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Old 03-21-2019, 09:39 PM   #379
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Originally Posted by Fightful
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer reports that John Cena has been "confirmed" for a match at WrestleMania 35. An opponent was not given and WWE has not officially announced Cena as being part of the show.

Cena has not appeared on WWE television since the Jan. 14 episode of Raw where he competed in a fatal four-way bout against Finn Balor, Drew McIntyre, and Baron Corbin. In the match, he suffered an "ankle injury" as a result of an ankle lock applied by McIntyre. Cena was announced for the Royal Rumble but the "injury" kept him from appearing in the match. In reality, Cena began filming "Playing with Fire" and has been on set since February. Filming will reportedly conclude on Mar. 29.

This past Monday on Raw, the crowd chanted for Cena after Kurt Angle announced that Baron Corbin would be his opponent at WrestleMania 35. As of now, the plan is for Angle to face Corbin.
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Originally Posted by WrestlingInc
It looks like the negative reactions to Baron Corbin being the final opponent for WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle have reached WWE officials.

Corbin vs. Angle at WrestleMania 35 is now being reconsidered, according to a new report by @Wrestlevotes. There's no word yet on who might replace Corbin for Angle's Farewell Match at WrestleMania ...

WWE officials did not expect this type of negative reaction, according to the report, and they don't want such a negative feel to Angle's final match.
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Originally Posted by Fightful
According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, Garza Jr and Shane Strickland are scheduled to report to the WWE Performance Center on Apr. 9.

Meltzer reports that Garza Jr initially signed with the company (no date was given), but the deal was pulled after he failed his physical due to shoulder issues. He was offered a new deal recently and was able to pass his physical this time around. He is expected to finish up with The Crash on Mar. 23 ...

Strickland has been long rumored to be WWE bound, but his Lucha Underground contract caused a delay in his signing. In January, Strickland announced that he was officially a free agent.
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Originally Posted by TPWW Frontpage via Triple A
All Elite Wrestling announced today that they have signed Allie.

Her Impact contract expired at the end of 2018 and she was not signed to a new deal, according to PWInsider.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Allie's last appearance for Impact Wrestling will air on tomorrow's episode of Impact and she will not be appearing at this weekend's TV tapings. Impact Wrestling informed her in January that they would not be renewing her deal and that she would be finishing up at their last set of TV tapings in Las Vegas. We are told that it was just a decision made to refresh the roster and she was genuinely well liked. There were quite a few people from Impact who praised her work to me today, especially her attitude from the last set of TV tapings as she showed up and worked hard and had a great attitude towards everyone despite being put into a difficult situation where she knew she was done. We are also told that Allie kept the fact she was finishing up to herself and no one on the roster was really aware of it until today's AEW signing announcement. At one point, she was one of the hottest characters in Impact, so it should be interesting to see what AEW plans to do with her.
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During our recent interview with Adam "Hangman" Page, he noted that AEW didn't own a wrestling ring yet, and he wasn't sure of what the design for their championship would end up looking like. However, on the most recent episode of AEW Road To Double Or Nothing, Chief Brand Officer Brandi Rhodes shed some light.
Allie Signs With AEW; No Longer Under Contract With IMPACT Wrestling
Related Article Allie Signs With AEW; No Longer Under Contract With IMPACT Wrestling

Brandi was speaking to noted belt maker Dave Millican, where she mentioned that Cody Rhodes and Tony Kahn had a fixation on the All Elite Championship being as big as the Mid-South North American Championship. Millican would confirm that the target of the title is one they're reaching.

"We're going for that ballpark," said Millican. "Obviously a unique design, so that we won't look like that title belt. But we're swinging for the fences to get that knockout effect on the title belt itself."
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Originally Posted by Observer Newsletter
At least for last week, the highest-rated pro wrestling show in North America was not Raw, but the two-hour AAA show on Azteca 7, even in the weak time slot of Friday’s from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The show did a 2.4 rating with a 4.8 share, with 4.4 million viewers on 3/8. CMLL debuted on Televisa 9, a stronger station in a better time slot, airing Saturday, 3/9, from 4-5 p.m., and did a 1.2 rating with a 2.6 share and 1.3 million viewers ...

For this past weekend, AAA on Azteca 7 in the same time slot did a 2.5 rating and 10 share, with 3.9 million viewers. CMLL on Televisa from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, moved up a half hour from the week before, which likely confused viewers, did a 0.9 rating and 5 share, and 1.3 million viewers.
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AAA this past week was in negotiations with Madison Square Garden for a fall date. For anyone who knows how this goes, it really means nothing because they can’t run there until they get strong U.S. television. It only says MSG is open to booking them a date, which has been known for about a year, and after the precedent of the ROH/NJPW show and WWE’s attempt to block it not working, it pretty much says MSG isn’t wasting its time doing talks if they aren’t open to having the show whether WWE likes it or not
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There are plans for a major NJPW show in Melbourne, perhaps as early as the summer

Regarding the Dallas and London shows, the London shows are being run by the Harold Meij regime while Kaname Tezuka, who runs Bushiroad USA, is handling the Dallas show. Tezuka is a former New Japan President. But in the expansion, the Meij side is doing U.K. and Bushiroad USA is handling the U.S. side including cities, date and price point ...

Dallas tickets were moving a little better as they were at 2,300 by the early part of the week. London is at almost 5,000 ...

Another note is that the 2020 G-1 Climax tournament is going to be very interesting. The summer Olympics are in Japan and all the venues that run wrestling are going to be used for the games. Most of the Japanese companies are probably going to be unable to book significant shows in Tokyo during that period. This may necessitate the G-1 to be more international as far as live events go next year.
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Originally Posted by Observer Newsletter
David Starr, who faces Jay Lethal for the ROH title on 4/21 in Netanya, Israel, cut a promo for the match and in the body of the promo was critical of Sinclair Broadcasting politics, calling them a corporate propaganda machine. Starr was asked to take the promo down by the Israeli Pro Wrestling Association, which was contacted by ROH and upset about the politics involved with the promo. There have been reports that they threatened to pull Lethal from the date if the promo wasn’t removed, but there is no evidence of such a threat taking place past the IPWA fearing that would happen if the promo wasn’t taken down. Starr posted, saying, “Last night, I posted a promo for my historic championship match on April 21st against Ring of Honor champion Jay Lethal in Netanya, Israel for Israeli Pro Wrestling Association. I have been asked by the powers that be to remove said promo. Out of respect to IPWA, who have already paid for Jay’s very expensive flight and accommodations, I will comply. My complying with this request is not an admission of wrongdoing or a retraction. I stand by my entire statement and do not regret any of my actions regarding this subject.
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Originally Posted by Observer Newsletter
There are talks going on where Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix would end up exclusive for AEW in the U.S. market while working through AAA
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Originally Posted by Observer Newsletter
The Sports Daily reported that in order to cut down the time for this year’s Hall of Fame, that there will be no inductors this year and that the inductees will be limited to 15 minutes. Sean Waltman, who is being inducted this year as part of DX, also brought up that it has been talked about to not have inductors. WWE has said that this is not accurate. “While we are looking at format options, the plan is to have inductors, but there could be a mix of ways to introduce inductees. We are also looking at flow, but I don’t know where the 15 minute time limit info is coming from.
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Whatever issues there were with Undertaker doing Starrcast may not have been settled, but they aren’t strong enough to keep Undertaker off the Saudi Arabia show on 5/3 as that appearance was just confirmed this past week. That also means Undertaker is not retired. Between the change from network to PPV and the ridiculous money involved, even though Mania is promoted as the biggest show of the year, the two Saudi shows are, by a wide margin, the two biggest money events of the year for the company
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There is at least talk in NXT, if Shayna Baszler is brought up to the main roster, and really it’s time for that once she loses the title, that Marina Shafir would be moved to add sizzle to the Undisputed Era. Shafir did team with them at some Florida shows. Jessamyn Duke would then be pushed as a singles wrestler. Then again, The Undisputed Era should be brought up by this point as well. It’ll be a real test for creative because the Undisputed era did great in NXT but they aren’t Vince’s kind of group, and Baszler, for all the clear pros of being one of the best in the entire company at playing a character and it’s a viable female bully character that her ring style backs up, has the obvious cons when it comes to starting out on the main roster at 38 and not being the type of woman they have traditionally pushed
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Originally Posted by TPWW Frontpage via Triple A
A “mask vs. hair” match between Rey Mysterio and Andrade was WWE’s original plan and was “on the books” for WrestleMania at one point, but the idea “fell by the wayside,” according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

As of now, Rey Mysterio is booked to face Samoa Joe for the US title at WrestleMania.

Dave Meltzer speculated that a possible reason why it didn’t happen is that WWE didn’t want Andrade to lose his hair.
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Originally Posted by PWMania
After successfully defending the Raw Women’s Championship against Nikki Bella last October at WWE Evolution, Ronda Rousey celebrated with the entire women’s division at the top of the ramp as WWE’s inaugural all-women’s pay-per-view event went off the air. With Rousey slated to defend the Raw Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 35 on April 7 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the WWE creative team has planned on the ending the show in a similar fashion.

WWE’s original and longterm plan for the match was for Lynch to win the Raw Women’s Championship and then for her, Rousey and Flair to emotionally embrace in the middle of the ring. Stephanie McMahon would then come out with the entire women’s division and they would give all three competitors a round of applause to end WrestleMania 35 on a heartwarming note.

However, this idea may have been scrapped.

With Rousey’s recent heel turn (which was not planned heading into February), WWE creative no longer thinks it’s a good idea to end WrestleMania 35 in an emotional feel-good manner. While we don’t know if the idea has been completely scrapped, it seems unlikely at this point.
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