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Originally Posted by Observer Raw fell four percent last night to 3.03 million viewers and the viewing followed the normal patterns with most viewers watching the first two hours and dropping off after that point ... The second-to-third hour drop was 16.5 percent, which is the fourth biggest single hour drop in the show's history. Ronda Rousey being in the first segment probably hurt the overall number since if people were turning in for her, they would have left 15 minutes in. Still, this was among the lower rated shows since football season ended, and there is no competition that you could point to as a primary reason. The show didn't really promote anything for the third hour past Paul Heyman addressing Roman Reigns' remarks from the previous week. The three hours were: 8 p.m. 3.30 million viewers 9 p.m. 3.27 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.73 million viewers

Originally Posted by Observer Jonathan Coachman was one of several ESPN employees named in a sexual discrimination and harassment lawsuit filed against the company Monday. Former ESPN employee Adrienne Lawrence filed the suit in Connecticut's United States District Court, but damages were not specified. Coachman, now with WWE, was named on page 36 of the lawsuit in the section "Men Preyed on Ms. Lawrence Under the Guise of Being Collegial or Providing Mentorship".

Lawsuit link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OOp...-Xm3t14YI/view

Originally Posted by Observer After being named in a sexual harassment lawsuit against his old employers Monday, Jonathan Coachman fired back Tuesday morning in denying the claims ... On Twitter, Coachman, now a broadcaster with WWE, responded to someone asking a question about Lawrence's claims: I will address this only once because I am seething today. In 21 years of being a PROFESSIONAL I have never been more offended in my life. I my 9 years I can count on one hand the amount of times I interacted with anyone other than a co-anchor. To allow someone to spread vicious https://t.co/4NYsZjK2C6 — Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachrules) March 6, 2018 Lies and flat out fabrications is not ok and it’s time someone stood up for themselves. @jemelehill addressed her lie last night. I am not a part of this lawsuit because I have never done anything wrong. My reputation speaks for itself and anyone that has ever worked with me https://t.co/4NYsZjK2C6 — Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachrules) March 6, 2018 Will back that up. I am also offended that someone can dangerously throw peoples names into something for the clear attempt at getting headlines. This the only time I will address this because I am not a part of this lawsuit. My heart goes out to anyone falsely accused of https://t.co/4NYsZjK2C6 — Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachrules) March 6, 2018 Anything. Trust me it doesn’t feel good. But most of you have been incredible and supportive. Onward and upward. https://t.co/4NYsZjK2C6 — Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachrules) March 6, 2018 In a statement, WWE said, "We take these matters very seriously and are investigating."

Originally Posted by Observer The stone pitbull Tomohiro Ishii will be a part of Ring of Honor's WrestleMania weekend event. ROH announced today that Ishii will compete at this year's Supercard of Honor XII show, though it hasn't been announced who he will face. Other stars from New Japan coming in are Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kenny Omega, who will headline the event against Cody. It will take place Saturday evening, going head to head with NXT Takeover. Something to note about this weekend is that with the exception of Omega, all of the New Japan talent coming in that weekend are also confirmed for that weekend's Rev Pro event, which will take place a day prior. Minoru Suzuki is scheduled for the Rev Pro event as well, so it's possible he may be added to Ring of Honor's card in the not too distant future, though that isn't currently confirmed. Other talents confirmed for Supercard of Honor XII include ROH World champion Dalton Castle and The Young Bucks.

Originally Posted by Observer An NXT TakeOver special is officially set to take place in Chicago over Money in the Bank weekend. The show is scheduled for the Allstate Arena on June 16th, which is one day before the venue hosts Money in the Bank. Though there have been changes to the WWE pay-per-view schedule, TakeOver returning to Chicago has been planned since at least December ... There are now five TakeOver events on the calendar for this year, with this being the only one not happening during a "Big Four" pay-per-view weekend. The next one will be in New Orleans on April 7th, and NXT will finish building to that show at their television tapings at Full Sail University on Wednesday.

Link: https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/970736672848703488

Originally Posted by Observer Katsuyori Shibata has been named head coach of New Japan's Los Angeles dojo. New Japan made the announcement tonight, with New Japan's English site confirming the news shortly thereafter. It was also announced that Scorpio Sky, who currently wrestles for Ring of Honor as a part of SoCal Uncensored, will be the assistant coach.

More details: https://www.f4wonline.com/japan/kats...es-dojo-252831

Originally Posted by Observer WWE confirmed last night that their stadium show in Melbourne, Australia is official and will be happening in October. Renee Young wasn’t on Raw and won’t be on SmackDown tonight due to being sick. She wrote that she’ll be back for Fastlane on Sunday. Ronda Rousey clarified that she used a standing reverse kata guruma to lay out Stephanie McMahon on Raw. Here’s the updated card for WWE’s house show at Madison Square Garden on March 16th: * Universal Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Braun Strowman and Kane in a triple threat match * Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins & Finn Balor vs. The Miz, Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas * John Cena & Nikki Bella vs. Elias & Bayley * AJ Styles & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn * Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus defending against The New Day and Titus O’Neil & Apollo in a triple threat match * Matt Hardy, Bray Wyatt, Sasha Banks, Alexa Bliss, and Asuka are also advertised WWE announced a deal with Snickers to be the presenting partner for WrestleMania. Snickers will be involved in promoting WrestleMania Axxess, and a WWE.com series and YouTube series leading up to Mania.

Renee: https://twitter.com/ReneeYoungWWE/st...70363633561600 , Ronda: https://twitter.com/RondaRousey/stat...23311873753088

Originally Posted by PWI The footage that was used on Raw last night of the Hardy Compound in North Carolina was filmed last week by Matt Hardy's wife, Rebecca. We've had some readers ask if the footage was material licensed from Impact Wrestling. That was not the case. While WWE has licensed content featuring the Broken Universe from Impact, that is not what was utilized last night. No word yet when WWE will be filming what has been termed "The Ultimate Deletion."

Reby link: https://twitter.com/RebyHardy/status/970894572204118017

Originally Posted by Observer Mike Piellucci wrote an incredible profile piece on Cody Rhodes for The Ringer, with the center of it being Cody’s relationship with his father before and after his death and how that has shaped him. Cody and The Young Bucks announced that ticket information for All In is forthcoming and fans will be given plenty of notice before they go on sale. ROH posted an update about their HonorClub streaming service, saying that they’re in the pre-beta testing period for Apple TV, Roku, and Android TV channels and iOS and Android apps. They mentioned that people have asked about matches from the first few years of the company’s history, noting that they’ll continue rolling out classic content as they move forward. UCW on 4/14 in Owesnboro, KY at the Sports Center features Vader, Tommy Dreamer, Hurricane Helms and Shane Douglas.

Cody: https://www.theringer.com/2018/3/6/1...-rhodes-all-in , "All In": https://twitter.com/ALL_IN_2018/stat...67874306674688 , ROH: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/ho...-status-update

Originally Posted by PWI WWE are selling a new Kevin Owens "KOMania III" shirt, playing off of the poster of Wrestlemania III.

Link: https://shop.wwe.com/kevin-owens-ko-...rt/PE7010.html

Originally Posted by Observer It was also very clear, after the excellent backstage segment with Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax, that the storyline for the Raw Women's championship will head in that direction for a Wrestlemania showdown, which explains why Mickie James is suddenly Bliss' second again - to help run interference against Nia. While the Raw storyline has been building towards Asuka challenging Bliss, WWE's online articles continue to mention from time to time that Asuka has not "officially' announced what title belt she will be challenging for at Wrestlemania, certainly leaving the door open to Asuka still challenging Charlotte for the Smackdown championship.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross underwent the first of several eye surgeries yesterday. Ross wrote on his Twitter account that he was told the first surgery was successful, but noted that currently, he could not see out of his right eye. Our best wishes to Jim on a quick and painless recovery. Ross will soon be announcing the new home for his weekly podcast after not coming to terms with Podcast One. Ross' latest "Slobberknocker Sessions" event, an intimate affair featuring a book signing for his excellent autobiography and a question and answer session will take place on Friday 4/6 at 10 AM in New Orleans as part of Wrestlemania 34 weekend. The event will be held at The Hilton Garden Inn New Orleans Airport.

Link: https://twitter.com/JRsBBQ/status/970831966491815942

Originally Posted by PWI WWE announced this afternoon that R&B sister duo Chloe x Halle will open Wrestlemania 34 in New Orleans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, performing America the Beautiful. The duo are signed to Beyonce's Parkwood Entertainment and will release their first album, The Kids are Alright on 3/23.

Originally Posted by PWI ROH returns to PPV this Friday 3/9 for their Anniversary PPV from Sam's Town in Las Vegas, featuring: *ROH champion Dalton Castle vs. Jay Lethal. *ROH Tag Team champions The Motor City Machineguns vs.The Briscoes. *Matt Taven vs. Cody Rhodes. *Flip Gordon vs. Hiromu Takahashi. *Punishment Martinez vs. Marty Scurll. *The Hung Bucks (The Young Bucks & Hangman Page) defend the ROH Six Man Tag Team Championship against SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky) in a Vegas Street Fight.

Originally Posted by PWI Rey Mysterio is scheduled to undergo testing today to determine the severity of his arm injury, which is feared to be a bicep tear, later today, PWInsider.com has confirmed. The injury is believed to have occurred during the final minutes of the main event of Northeast Wrestling's Wrestlefest 2018 in Waterbury, CT this past Friday, with Mysterio teaming with Flip Gordon to defeat Joey Mercury and Caleb Konley.

More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...pdate.html?p=1

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Jeff Hardy has been cleared by his surgeon to return to action, according to a report from Pro Wrestling Sheet. Hardy, who has been out of action since suffering a torn right rotator cuff in September, is now just waiting to be cleared by WWE. Hardy underwent surgery during the first week of October in Birmingham, Alabama and PWInsider reported in late February that Hardy was back in Birmingham being evaluated by his doctors to get cleared. Dave Meltzer reported last week on Wrestling Observer Radio that Hardy was back in training and was hopeful to be back in time for WrestleMania 34.

Pro Wrestling Sheet link: http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/jef...edical-update/

Originally Posted by WrestleInc John Cena's WrestleMania 34 plans don't seem to involve the Smackdown brand. Following this Sunday's Fastlane pay-per-view, Cena is not scheduled for any SmackDown Live tapings. He's not scheduled for tonight's SmackDown Live at the Resch Center in Green Bay, WI, and the only upcoming live events he's currently slated to appear at are for the RAW brand. The last date on Cena's current WWE schedule is the post-WrestleMania episode of Monday Night RAW in New Orleans. Cena was not featured in recent advertising materials for SummerSlam in August or The Survivor Series in November, although he could be appearing at those shows if his schedule opens up during those periods. Cena's next major movie, Blockers, is scheduled to be released on April 6th, days before WrestleMania 34. SPOILER: show He is rumored to be facing The Undertaker at WrestleMania, which would be their first singles match on pay-per-view since Taker defeated Cena at the Vengeance pay-per-view on July 27, 2003.

Spoiler tag used since it teases at potential Mania plans.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Last night's WWE RAW broadcast on the USA Network abruptly ended at 11pm EST as USA's special on the murders of Tupac & Biggie began airing. The show aired for about 1 minute until RAW came back on right as Paul Heyman was walking to the ring doing his promo. We can confirm that the glitch happened for USA Network app viewers and viewers using other streaming services such as Sling.

Some other sheet news includes:

• According to the Observer, rumors of WWE holding a War Games event this year in Los Angeles are false. https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/w...angeles-252976
• Recent episode of Chasing Glory with Lillian Garcia podcast show had AJ Styles as the guest. https://www.podcastone.com/episode/W...enal-AJ-Styles
• According to PWI, WWE is currently considering adding Ronda Rousey to their upcoming MSG RAW brand house show. If it happens, it will be the first time in Ronda's career (UFC & WWE) she will make an appearance for a show at MSG.
• WTMJ-TV Milwaukee had a recent interview with Braun Strowman talking about being a WWE star, when he wanted to become a pro wrestler in the WWE, and how he caught the WWE's attention. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...he-eye-of-wwe/
• According to PWI, the Ultimate Deletion match between Bray and Matt Hardy is currently planned to occur during one of the RAWs leading to Mania and not at Mania itself.
• Apparently ROH's plans to improve the image and prestige of their women's division involves them just being pre-show material for TV and PPVs. Management pretty much lied to their women's division about things improving for them in the future and the Women's of Honor tournament meant to be the start of it.

Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:

• WWE: Bar’s Mystery Opponents, Ultimate Deletion on Raw? JR Eye Surgery
• Alberto El Patron Reportedly Met With Vince McMahon Last Week
• Venue + Date Announced for Bullet Club’s 10,000 Seat Event
• WWE Will Debut a Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship Soon
• Ronda Rousey Will Be on Every Raw Leading to WrestleMania