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Dirtsheets sponsored by Ric Flair Appreciation Week:
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Originally Posted by Observer
Lucha Underground has been officially renewed for a fourth season. There is a lot to this, but officially the next set of tapings are to be filmed early next year. The talk we've heard is March. For some talent, this is good news, but for the talent under contract that wants to sign with New Japan or WWE, this is not good news. This doesn't make a difference regarding either Ricochet or Rey Mysterio Jr., who are gone from the promotion and their contracts have expired. But it does regarding people like Penta 0M, Jeff Cobb or others.
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Originally Posted by PWI
The Trentonian interviewed Daniel Bryan at last night's WWE Night at the NJ Devils game. They quoted him as saying:
“I’m trying to get cleared as we speak. All my tests have come back fantastic, better than people who have never had any concussion-type stuff. But it’s a weird thing. We’re in a weird situation politically with the climate around concussions; right now, it’s very difficult. WWE would love to have me back, but is that the smart thing for me as a business to bring me back? If I was to come back, and they let me back, would they get a lot of flak for it? They have a ton of stockholders that they’re responsible for. It’s more than just, ‘Is he healthy to do it?’
There’s more than that to the whole situation. All the concussion doctors think that I’m healthy enough to do it, and that I should be able to do it — well, I don’t want to say all of them, I’m sure there’s somebody out there who doesn’t think that — but there’s a lot more than goes into it than just that. That’s the unfortunate situation with giant corporations and big business in the United States.”
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Link to interview: http://www.trentonian.com/sports/201...return-to-ring
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Originally Posted by Observer
Dustin Rhodes will be brought to ringside for the War Games match at the 11/18 Takeover show in Houston. Dusty Rhodes invented the War Games match in 1987, although the reality is that he invented and what this match will be are very different and they are really just creating their own new match and using the name of a famous match.
The Bill Goldberg 24 documentary debuts after Raw on Monday night.
Jeff Hardy will be doing a concert on 11/25 in Greensboro at The Blind Tiger. This will take place after the conclusion of the Starrcade show at the Greensboro Coliseum that night.
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Originally Posted by PWI
WWE is working on a Matt and Jeff Hardy WWE 24 production currently.
With Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn having been sent home from the WWE European tour, it should be interesting to see if WWE Network airs their Kevin Owens 365 special as initially planned following the Survivor Series on Sunday 11/19.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Evolve has this new documentary in 4K on Keith Lee as WWN champion plus future plans for the title.
Pro wrestling returns tonight to the Cow Palace in San Francisco with Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera vs. Penta 0M & Rey Fenix, Jeff Cobb vs. Jack Swagger and Reno Scum vs. Michael Elgin & Brian Cage as the top bouts.
Austin Aries made his first appearance since his WWE release this past Saturday night for Impact Pro Wrestling, which is not the nationally televised promotion of a similar name. that group has its 20th anniversary show tomorrow night in Algona, IA at the Locker Room Bar & Grill.
Wrestle Circus announced that Aaron Solow, half of the tag team champions (and the fiance of WWE's Bayley), has another wrestling commitemnt on 11/18 so he's off the show in Austin. So there will be no tag team title match. New matches announced for that show on Twitch are Jimmy Jacobs vs. Ethan Page, Jervis Cottonbelly vs. Joey Ryan and a five-way with Rey Hours vs. JT Dunn vs. Jordan Len-X vs. Serpentico vs ACH. Other matches are Brian Cage vs. Keith Lee, Sammy Guevara vs. Matt Riddle, Zack Sabre Jr vs. Andrew Everett, Tessa Blanchard vs. Chelsea Green (Laurel Van Ness), Jimmy Jacobs vs. Ethan Page and Shane Strickland vs. Scorpio Sky. (thanks to Jake Koch)
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EVOLVE link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxYaoA2kuBU
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Originally Posted by PWI
PWInsider.com has confirmed with multiple sources that after being sent home from the currently ongoing tour of Europe, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn are scheduled to be at this Tuesday's WWE Smackdown Live taping.
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WWE have applied to trademark 'WWE Mixed Match Challenge',an interesting choice as it could be the title of a new series or event.
The cpmpany has also applied to trademark "Project Rock", which may or may not be connected to Dwayne Johnson's "Project Rock" brand released as part of Johnson's partnership with Under Armour.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Former WWE Announcer Jonathan Coachman tweeted the following:
Yes I? will be. Several projects in the works. When I? can discuss I? will. But it was just time to leave espn. Professional and personal reasons. But I? feel great and this show is for fun and to stay sharp. https://t.co/zw0Y9omDUj
— Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachESPN) November 8, 2017
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Ring of Honor put out a vignette for former WWE Superstar, Simon Gotch, who now goes by Simon Grimm. Grimm will make his debut at their upcoming live event in Florida this weekend and it looks like he'll be doing some kind of MMA gimmick with the company.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Bleeding Cool reports that Asuka will make her WWE Comics debut in an upcoming issue of Boom! Studios' ongoing WWE comics series, WWE #14. The issue, which is the first of a four-party story, will be released in February and will feature the women's evolution. The story on Asuka will highlight her undefeated run in WWE NXT.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
WWE UK competitor Wolfgang suffered an injury during the November 3rd WWE live event in Aberdeen, Scotland, in a loss to WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne. He has been pulled from Sunday's PROGRESS Wrestling "Chapter 57" event where he was set to face Doug Williams. No word yet on injury details or when he might be back in action.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
As noted, today's "Flashback Friday" programming on the WWE Network will have a Veteran's Day theme. Below are upcoming themes for Flashback Friday:
* November 17th: Setting the Thanksgiving Table
* November 24th: Thanksgiving: Part 2
* December 1st: 27 Years of The Undertaker
* December 8th: WWE's Shortest Title Reigns
* December 15th: 'Tis The Season: Part 1
* December 22nd: 'Tis The Season: Part 2
* December 29th: Celebrating the New Year
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Originally Posted by Observer
Emma, Darren Young and Summer Rae were all given 90-day non-competes. Basically that means they are being paid their downside guarantees through 1/27, at which point they will be free to work anywhere. Not sure what will happen but we do know that Emma is actively looking to continue her career and has publicly said she’s looking for indie dates after 2/1. Emma, who will go by Tenille Dashwood, her real name, was in talks with Stardom to start when her non-compete ended, but negotiations have fallen through as her asking price of $2,000 per match, plus first class tickets and full creative control weren’t thought to be economically or business prudent by that company
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Originally Posted by Observer
The story of this match dates back to this past summer. Jericho was watching how much attention the Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather fight got, and came to the conclusion that the reason it was going to be such a success (and it ended up grossing more revenue than any combat sports event in history) was because it was two top guys in a match people thought they would never get a chance to see, because they were from different sports and different companies that don’t work together. But they did.
He tried to figure out how he could use what happened there and worked so big in his own world. So he came up with the idea of doing a singles match with Omega, who had become the biggest star in the U.S. with a non-WWE pedigree coming off his win of last year’s G-1 tournament and his Tokyo Dome and Osaka main events with Kazuchika Okada.
Jericho pitched the idea to Callis over the summer, who spoke with Omega about it. Omega was likely going to wrestle Kota Ibushi at the Tokyo Dome, which also figures into why Ibushi will be challenging Cody for the ROH title at the Dome show.
Jericho’s last WWE contract was set to expire with WrestleMania this past April. When he signed the contract, the plan was for Jericho to go into WrestleMania as the Universal champion, and then lose the title at WrestleMania to Kevin Owens. Plans changed, as the decision was made to have Bill Goldberg, rather than Jericho, win the title from Owens, and then lose it to Brock Lesnar. That’s why Jericho vs. Owens turned into a program for the U.S. title. The angle was going to well that he ended up signing a one-month extension to last through early May, and then dropped the title and left, so he’s been a free agent for the past six months, contrary to a lot of reports published this past week.
That said, those close to the situation expect him back in WWE in 2018, with one person saying that they don’t know the date but it could be as early as the Raw 25th anniversary special with the idea he’d have just come from making news and then would return as a bigger deal than before, citing how big the crowds reacted everywhere to A.J. Styles when he made his WWE debut coming from New Japan Pro Wrestling.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Itami’s call-up for 205 Live is now expected imminently. It also should be noted that in Japan there is talk that Itami is interested in returning when his contract is up. As far as other call-ups, in the end, it’s Vince McMahon’s decision and they happen when they happen. Andrade Cien Almas was at one time on the list to come up in April, and here it is in November and they are still working on his character, and that’s been a good thing. The Authors of Pain were also on the list and haven’t been pushed as much in NXT of late, but it hasn’t happened yet.
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Originally Posted by Observer
As noted before, Ronda Rousey has been training regularly at the Performance Center of late, so it’s no secret or something being hidden. Right now the Horsewoman vs. Horsewoman match it scheduled for WrestleMania, which gives her, Marina Sharif and Jessamyn Duke, who have all been training there as well, several months to be able to get ready for the match.
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Originally Posted by Observer
As noted in the financials, there was no evidence at all that his [Jinder] being champion had generated new revenue out of India, but this is still a long-term play, in the sense his being champion did lead to media coverage that WWE would have never gotten in that country, and even if there is no money to be made now, the idea is a perception of being important in India could pay dividends years down the line when things are in place where there is money to be made with that huge population.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Bound for Glory itself drew 650 fans. The television tapings the next two days did about 350, which were a combination of letting anyone who had purchased a ticket for Bound for Glory in free, some who actually paid and there weren’t many, whatever comps, and they were paying for 50 to 75 fans each night to attend using a local casting agent who offered $50 per night for fans to attend the shows, and they were told they could be given signs to hold and said that if they bring signs they will be more likely to get their faces sown on television.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Mesias (Mil Muertes) is out of action after undergoing surgery on both knees on 11/2. That’s a tough comeback at 42 years old
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Originally Posted by Observer
The idea of a Hulk Hogan return is being revisited. It’s always down to the same thing, the feeling of whether sponsors would be okay with it and perceiving if there would be a media backlash where the racist quotes come out. With Hogan, it’s magnified far beyond anyone else, which is why they could name an award after Warrior and build their breast cancer program around him even though he said stuff far worse than Hogan, and unlike Hogan, he never apologized for it. Hogan was in talks about a return to wrestling of late, but not with WWE, with an angle that would have been huge, but in the end, it wouldn’t have made economic sense and the feeling is also that if he went anywhere, maybe it would be a tease like he did in the past and not go through with it and it would just be his angling to get WWE to bring him back
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Originally Posted by Observer
Regarding AJ Styles winning the WWE Title from Jinder Mahal on this week's SmackDown ...
No word yet on why Vince McMahon changed plans but lack of interest in Jinder vs. Lesnar may have been a factor. Jinder's WWE Title reign was done to help with their long-term expansion in India and it was widely believed that if Jinder were to drop the title, it would be after the India live events on December 8th and December 9th.
Cena was set to be the special referee for Mahal vs. Lesnar and that decision was actually finalized late last week, after the Styles vs. Mahal match was announced for SmackDown. There was speculation on Cena costing Mahal the match at Survivor Series, leading to a Cena vs. Mahal feud that could end with Cena winning the WWE Title again. The change in direction included removing Cena from the match as there was no reason for him to be there since his role was originally done to set up a future match. WWE is not planning on doing Cena vs. Lesnar or Cena vs. Styles.
For what it's worth, Bryan Alvarez noted on Wrestling Observer Live that as of last Thursday, Styles vs. Mahal was not to end in a title change but Vince reportedly changed his mind on Saturday.
WWE workers who needed to be aware of the title change were not told until around Monday, one day before the match. Those same people were not clear about whether Jinder would get the title back before Survivor Series as Lesnar's feuds are all booked in advance and Lesnar was told he would be facing Jinder all along. It's possible they have Jinder win the title back before the live events in India or Styles could be added to the India tour to do the change there, then the rematch at Clash of Champions. Styles is currently scheduled to work SmackDown live events while the RAW brand is in India but he could be added to the tour. Jinder Mahal & The Singh Brothers are the only blue brand talents currently booked for the India live events.
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