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Originally Posted by F4W "There's another guy [not Wade Barrett] that allegedly gave his notice this week and some people will be thrilled to hear this."

Observer is aware of the rumor but hasn't been able to confirm or deny it yet. https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/s...00876445040641

Originally Posted by Observer Ed Leslie, the former Brutus Beefcake, is mad that Hulk Hogan in his trial said how he and Leslie used to be good friends but Leslie's wife and him don't' get along. Leslie wrote: "I'd like to defend my wife and call out Hulk Hogan to tell the truth! The real reason we aren't friends or get in the ring. This is unreal. Why would my wife be brought up in the Hulk Hogan sex trial? Shit's about to go down if the real truth comes out."

Thursday’s WWE Smackdown averaged 2.186 million viewers for USA Network, according to Showbuzzdaily.com. The number was down from the 2.491 million count from last week.

Pro Wrestling Sheet is reporting Anderson was fired because he failed a drug test. Apparently he worked a match against Eric Young, "appeared to be under the influence," was asked to take a drug test backstage, and sent home immediately after. The results of that test are what reportedly led to his release. The match he was possibly under the influence during was supposed to air on Jan. 19 but was pulled from the show because of this situation.

Some details regarding Mr Anderson's recent release from TNA.

Originally Posted by Observer The third season starts taping on 3/19 and after that, they will move everything out and there won’t be anything more until early 2017. Once again, they will have to either raise money to film a fourth season or get new television deals to help pay for the filming of the fourth season. But this buys them a lot of time to do so, but it also will leave talent with no work for months and give WWE the chance to try and cherry pick the top guys, some of which they are already interested in. There are contracts involved, so that does become tricky

Some details regarding Lucha Underground's future for this year and a potential 4th season.

Originally Posted by Observer Shane McMahon has been training of late with Tommy Dreamer to get ready for his match with Undertaker. The Undertaker matches on the post-Mania European tour will be Undertaker & Show vs. Harper & Rowan.

Originally Posted by Observer The Y2AJ shirts were Jericho’s idea to make people think that they weren’t going to split as a team anytime soon because of the new merchandise that was just released.

Originally Posted by WrestlingDVDNetwork.com An edit has been spotted in the “NXT Greatest Matches Vol. 1” DVD/Blu-ray content. In the first match featured on the compilation, Seth Rollins vs. Jinder Mahal from 2012, Rollins’ Curb Stomp (Blackout) finishing move has been edited out. That part of the match has not been completely omitted, but as the move is being delivered a crowd shot is shown instead. The replay of the match ending then shows Rollins covering Mahal without the Curb Stomp before hand, and therefore the music playing in the background doesn’t quite match up correctly. Rumor has it the move was ‘banned’ by WWE management last year.

Originally Posted by Observer Jim Ross' debut as a boxing announcer for CBS Sports was scheduled for tomorrow night in Las Vegas, but due to an issue with the athletic commission, the entire show has been canceled. Ross is scheduled to return to Las Vegas to announce a 4/16 show.

Originally Posted by Observer The Lucha Underground show in Austin, TX coming up now has General Admission tickets available to people who aren't going to SFSX, available for $10

WWE has announced a live WWE Network special for Wednesday, September 7th from the 02 Arena in London, England. The O2 announced: “WWE have announced that its unique brand of action packed entertainment is returning to London for a one-off special on Wednesday 7 September at The O2. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see WWE Superstar and Diva favourites Roman Reigns, AJ Styles, New Day, Sasha Banks and Charlotte and many more to be announced.”

Originally Posted by Observer There is a petition going around to have a statue of Randy Savage done in Columbus, OH, where the former Randy Poffo was born. At least word it had 3,451 signatures on it. It's gotten local media and even Rolling Stone writing about it.

Update to the Macho Man statue petition news.

Originally Posted by Observer Traylor was in particular lauded for never breaking the gimmick, which wasn’t easy in certain cases. Cornette was hilarious on promos and Traylor had to stand behind him and never crack a smile or show any emotion. At another point, Cornette, Traylor and the Midnight Express were in a cab taking them from the airport to the arena. They got to the arena parking lot, and the cab driver was getting their baggage when he accidentally slammed the door on Traylor’s hand. Traylor, knowing fans were watching, very calmly said, “Uh, brother, you mind opening this door for me? You closed it on my hand.” The cab driver opened the door and freaked out. Traylor told him, “Nah, I’m fine,” and no sold it all the way until he got in the building because of his gimmick. Then, when no fans could see him, he started screaming loudly in pain and cursing ... Bossman also had one of the strongest runs of any opponent of Hogan. That was more impressive because Hogan had lost the title, so the matches were non-title bouts, but they significantly outdrew Savage’s title matches and Savage himself was a big draw. The Hogan vs. Bossman feud climaxed in cage matches in most of the key markets that would feature Hogan giving Bossman a superplex off the top of the cage. What was either the last, or among the last of those matches took place on NBC’s Saturday Night’s Main Event.

A couple of Big Bossman stories from back in the day. Was part of a recent Observer article honoring his now Hall of Fame worthy career.


Some other sheet news includes:

• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Miz's newest catchphrase of “When the hand goes up, the mouth goes shut” comes from a t-shirt worn by a character in the 1979 movie Meatballs.
• According to the Observer, Yoshi Tatsu is currently expected to be making his in-ring return next month. Had been recovering since late 2014 from a neck injury caused by AJ's Styles Clash move in Japan.
• For those interested, recent article on WWE's website dealt with the history of the long rivalry between Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens spanning several promotions. http://www.wwe.com/article/sami-zayn...y?sf22306093=1
• WWE recently teasing if Ambrose beats Triple H at Roackblock then the Lesnar-Ambrose match at Mania will be for the WWE title although may or may not also include Triple H in the match.