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Former TPWW Royalty
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Dirtsheets sponsored by The Fists That Reunited Shield Bros:
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Originally Posted by Observer
Raw started higher and fell more last night than in previous weeks, ending up at 3.22 million viewers, which was a one percent drop from last week's number. Last week's rating was the best for the show since April 17th ...
My feeling on this is the huge first hour was curiosity regarding what would be said about Ric Flair, which was covered early and it was clear it wouldn't be talked about again. Even in males 18-49, which usually has its best hour in number three, it dropped 11 percent from one to three ...
The three hours were:
8 p.m. 3.42 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.29 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.99 million viewers
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Managed to do the impossible and break Love & Hip Hop's grip on the #1 ranked demo spot for the week.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Ric Flair remains in critical condition as of last word in a hospital in Atlanta.
Flair underwent colon surgery yesterday to remove a blockage that was the catalyst for a number of different health issues that followed including kidney failure. Those in WWE were made aware that Flair is on kidney dialysis as well. A key is being able to get the kidneys back functioning.
The surgery was considered a success, but as noted there are more issues involved.
With fans and people within the pro wrestling industry sending well wishes for her father, Charlotte Flair posted a message thanking people for their support this morning.
She wrote on Instagram: "Hi guys, On behalf of my family and I, we want to THANK everyone for the prayers, texts, calls and support. Our Dad is a FIGHTER and your continued thoughts and prayers MEAN THE WORLD to us. We will update everyone when we have more information."
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Originally Posted by Observer
PWInsider reported today and a WWE source confirmed to us that Adam Cole has officially signed with WWE.
The fact this was confirmed before NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn means there is a good chance that will be his debut.
Cole signing with WWE has been expected for at least one year and would have happened sooner had the WWE and Ring of Honor legal issues not taken place. Once WWE started signing guys like Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly, Cole, who the company has had eyes on for years, was imminent as far as coming in.
Cole's debuting has been a foregone conclusion since he finished up with ROH and New Japan. Fish and O'Reilly both debuted on NXT TV recently.
Cole said goodbye to ROH at their War of the Worlds pay-per-view in New York and post-PPV television tapings in Philadelphia in May and has since worked some indie matches.
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Mike Kanellis posted a message on Instagram about overcoming an addiction to prescription drugs. He wrote that he kept the problem from everyone and it has haunted him for three years after dislocating his kneecap. Kanellis noted that the addiction started to spiral out of control over the last year and a half until he decided that he couldn’t keep hurting his wife and himself in this way. He said that he was sharing the message as a symbol of hope to anyone else battling addiction issues.
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Link to the posting: https://www.instagram.com/p/BXzYcdpldcz/
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Originally Posted by Observer
Paige said that she hopes to return to TV within the next couple of months and that she still needs to be cleared by WWE doctors.
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Link to the posting: https://twitter.com/ChelseyKENS5/sta...79091153489920
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Originally Posted by Observer
GFW announced its decision this morning to strip Alberto El Patron of his Unified World Championship which would seem to indicate he will not be appearing at the television tapings this week.
Sources in the promotion had told us that the decision had not been made over the weekend.
Because they are taping television through the end of October, everything leading to Bound for Glory, if Alberto is not at television, and it appears he won't be, all the main event plans would have to be changed and a new champion would have to be crowned.
Ed Nordholm would have been the person with the final say on this matter and we had heard that even though Alberto was cleared of all charges regarding the Orlando Airport incident, that his long-term behavior had been a concern.
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Official reason related to GFW being upset at Alberto's attitude and actions while suspended. http://impactwrestling.com/alberto-e...sion-update-2/
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Originally Posted by Observer
After being stripped of the GFW Unified World Championship yesterday, Alberto El Patron released a statement on Instagram. He claimed that being stripped of the title was his idea and that the sides came to an agreement that works best for both parties.
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Link to the posting: https://www.instagram.com/p/BXyrTz1A...=prideofmexico
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Brandon Howard has an article for Fightful.com analyzing this year’s G1 Climax from a business perspective. Total attendance for the 19 shows was 80,639 people, up from 74,383 in 2016. The estimated gate for the final night at Sumo Hall was $1.3 million, also up from an estimated $850,000 the last two years.
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Link to the article: http://www.fightful.com/analysis-njp...te-final-night
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SummerSlam is returning to Brooklyn, New York for a fourth straight year.
WWE announced last night that the Barclays Center would be hosting SummerSlam weekend again in 2018, with four shows in four nights. There will be an NXT TakeOver special on August 18th, SummerSlam on the 19th, Raw on the 20th, and SmackDown on the 21st.
WWE released the official word to the New York Post before also posting an article on their website. The announcement comes ahead of the company's upcoming trip to the Barclays Center for NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, SummerSlam, Raw, and SmackDown starting this weekend.
SummerSlam first took place at the Barclays Center in 2015 and tickets have either sold out or mostly sold out right when they're put on sale every year that the venue has hosted the pay-per-view. Prior to that, the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California was home to the show for six straight years from 2009 to 2014.
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Link to the announcement: http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/...center-in-2018
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The G-1 tournament ended up being amazing. Tetsuya Naito beat Kenny Omega in the finals although the highlight was the return of Katsuyori Shibata ...
Both Kenny Omega and Tetsuya Naito are said to be fine after all the chances they took in their match this afternoon in Tokyo. There were tons of scary spots, but the worst two were a piledriver off a table to the floor, which was not supposed to happen, and a superplex spot that ended up with Naito being DDT'd on the top of his head on the top of the ring post.
On a lighter note, the stuffed cat, Darryl Takahashi returned and gave Naito a paw bump after he won the tournament. Darryl had a bandage on his hind paw after he was torn limb from limb by Bad Luck Fale, until he was put back together again.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Kevin Owens celebrated 3 years with WWE this past weekend. He is now a one-time WWE NXT Champion, a three-time WWE United States Champion, a two-time WWE Intercontinental Champion and a one-time WWE Universal Champion. Owens tweeted the following on Saturday while preparing to face United States Champion AJ Styles at SummerSlam in Brooklyn this coming Sunday:
3 years ago today, it was announced that I had signed with @WWE. Worked out pretty great for everyone...
You're welcome! #ThankYou
— Kevin Owens (@FightOwensFight) August 12, 2017
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The "Table For 3" episode with WWE Hall of Famers Ric Flair, Sting and Ricky Steamboat that was scheduled to premiere after last night's RAW did not air, apparently due to Flair's weekend hospitalization and the surgery that he underwent on Monday. A one-hour "Ric Flair: Forever The Man" special aired instead. That special can currently be found in the "Originals" section of the WWE Network. No word yet on when the "Table For 3" episode will air.
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WWE has a special John Cena collectible at ToysRUs to help benefit Special Olympics. You can buy it by clicking here.
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Link to the special collectable toy for those interested: https://www.toysrus.com/product?prod...127564646:TRUS
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Finn Balor tweeted that there will be an exclusive Brooklyn edition of the Balor Club T-shirt at the Barclays Center and available soon at WWE Shop.
Spread love it's the Brooklyn way
Exclusive Bálor Club Brooklyn Shirt @wweshop & Barclays Center pic.twitter.com/DWdZAKJkYI
— Finn Bálor (@FinnBalor) August 15, 2017
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Some other sheet news includes:
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