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Old 12-05-2017, 10:09 PM   #1585
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Originally Posted by Observer
A wrestling-heavy Raw last night was up very slightly from last week's low mark, doing 2.78 million viewers ...

There was a major drop in every demo throughout the show. The message was pretty clear that a series of long matches, as opposed to long matches with main event talent, are not good for retaining viewers.

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.15 million viewers
9 p.m. 2.86 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.43 million viewers
In terms of rankings, RAW took the #3, #5, and #6 spots. In terms of comparisons, this week was only 54k higher compared to last week and around 200k less than last year's show.

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Crash Lucha Libre based in Tijuana announced today that booker Charles "Konnan" Ashenoff is no longer with the promotion.

Rumors had started about two weeks ago coming off the conclusion of a tour around Mexico that saw some small crowds and canceled shows.

The promotion released a statement saying, "The Crash Lucha Libre brand is known for the way we treat people and value each and every single person that works in this company. Bettering the economical and habitual needs. Showing the support for each element and giving opportunity to new talent. In this way, the value and professionalism shown between each of its partners. Not being able to comply to the Crash Lucha Libre code of ethic is something we do not tolerate in this company. With that being said, we now announce that Carlos Santiago Espada, 'Konnan,' will be longer be working with The Crash."
Some more details: https://www.f4wonline.com/mexico/cra...company-247381

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Originally Posted by Observer
The 205 Live roster will be hitting the road in January.

Just over a year after the series debuted, WWE made the announcement today that the first three 205 Live-exclusive house shows will be taking place across one weekend in January. All three venues that will be hosting the events are smaller buildings where NXT road shows have taken place.

Here's the schedule for the events:

January 19th -- The Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island
January 20th -- The Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts
January 21st -- The Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York

Vince McMahon previously mentioned the idea of cruiserweight-only house shows on a conference call in February, but no timetable for them was given then. PWInsider reported that the 205 Live tours in January and potentially February will be an experiment by WWE to determine if it's a financially viable concept.
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On Sunday, AXS TV will officially announce a three-hour Wrestle Kingdom 12 special to air on Saturday, January 6th, starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time, the main focus of 11 straight hours of New Japan programming starting at noon that day.

All of the top main card matches -- IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, US Champion Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho, and IC Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jay White -- will be on the special.
More details: https://www.f4wonline.com/japan/axs-...nuary-6-247311

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WWE officially confirmed that NXT will be airing on the USA Network on Wednesday, December 13th at 7 p.m. Eastern time as part of “WWE Holiday Week.” It’s listed as a one-hour special from Full Sail with Andrade “Cien” Almas, Ember Moon, SAnitY, Adam Cole, Aleister Black, and more advertised. With that, it would appear that the show will be one of the episodes filmed at the latest television tapings.

Our Paul Fontaine notes that last night's first-to-third hour viewership drop was the second largest in history since Raw became a three-hour show.

Chris Jericho is a no for WrestleMania, since he is starting a U.S. concert tour with Fozzy on 2/28 and will be in concert on WrestleMania night in Hampton each, NH.

Ron "R-Truth" Killings underwent shoulder surgery on Monday. He posted on it a few times on Twitter.
WWE link: http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/article...e-holiday-week , RAW rating: https://twitter.com/PaulAceFontaine , Jericho link: https://twitter.com/FOZZYROCK/status...rc=twsrc%5Etfw

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Mia Yim is taking time off until March or April due to an injury.

In documents filed in his ongoing divorce, Rob Van Dam claimed that a concussion he suffered working on the indies caused visual impairment and disqualified him from wrestling for WWE.

PROGRESS Wrestling announced that a “Thunderbastard” match (an elimination match with staggered entry) is scheduled for their WrestleMania week show in New Orleans on April 6th.

British Championship Wrestling thanked Impact for helping resolve their issues with Matt Sydal and getting them their deposit back in full after Sydal missed his flight for their show this weekend due to traffic issues.
Yim link: https://twitter.com/MiaYim/status/937799979602792448 , RVD: https://theblast.com/wwe-rob-van-dam...al-impairment/ , PROGRESS: https://twitter.com/ThisIs_Progress/...73750125760512 , BCW: https://twitter.com/bcwofficial/stat...30091987193858

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The basic gist is BCW asked Sydal, because he missed the show, to repay his deposit, which was $1,500. Sydal's agent, Bill Behrens, repaid his $300 portion of the deposit. Sydal has not returned his and said he is entitlted to it because he attempted to work the show. The promotion said they are owed $1,200. Sydal said he felt he didn't have to repay it because he made every effort to make the show, that he missed his flight due to traffic and was able to get a new flight, which would have cost $1,333, and would have made the show with the new flight, but the promoter wouldn't pay for the new flight. Sydal said he'd use the deposit money toward working another date for the promotion but the promotion said they didn't want to book him again. He said that he offered to pay some of the extra money to get the new flight because he felt bad about missing the show and claimed the promoter didn't pay for the new ticket.
Some details regarding the above BCW story.

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Originally Posted by Observer
The implosion of the Pontiac Silverdome got a lot of coverage in Detroit, all over the local news. Some stories talked WrestleMania III and others didn't. Things like the Lions, The Who, the Rolling Stones and such got more play. They tried to blow up the stadium this morning, but the stadium was still standing after the explosion. The story is the building was built a little too well, but enough damage was done that the building will eventually collapse, they just don't know when.
Ended up needing 2 explosion sets in order to demolish most of the building. First one failed to do any real damage and the other still left parts of it standing.

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The reason Luke Harper didn't work the Smackdown shows the last two nights was that his wife gave birth to a son, Nolan Rhino Huber. His wife had to deliver due to medical reasons a month-and-a-half early and he rushed home from Lima, Peru and the baby was born five minutes after he arrived at the hospital. Congrats to the family. Erick Rowan has been teaming with Mojo Rawley.
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When Raw Women's champion Alexa Bliss faces Sasha Banks on the U.A.E. event on 11/7, it will be the first ever women's match presented by WWE in that country.
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Aleister Black and No Way Jose each suffered injuries over the course of this past weekend's NXT live events, PWInsider.com has confirmed. They are not said to be serious issues, but the company still opted to hold them off the last NXT show of the weekend in Bel Air, Maryland. That is why Adam Cole worked twice at that show.

For those who have asked where 205 Live's Gran Metallik and TJP have disappeared to, we are told neither is injured but it's a case of WWE not having anything for them at the moment. Rather then spend money to fly them around the country to hang around backstage, they are being kept at home until creative works them back into the mix.

WWE filed a trademark on the Paige crew "Absolution" on 11/27. I would suspect they are in the process of doing the same for "Riott Squad."
Original filing for "Ruby Riot" got contested which is the reason for Ruby Riott's new name.

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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Austin Aries appeared as the surprise new signing of Defiant Wrestling General Manager Stu Bennett, f.k.a. Wade Barrett, on Monday. In front of a sold out crowd at the Newcastle O2 Academy, Aries confronted Defiant Wrestling champion Marty Scurll and said that he signed a six-month contract with the promotion. After the main event, Aries joined Mark Haskins and Chris Ridgeway to attack Martin Kirby and Scurll.
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WWE has a new poll asking fans which fate is worse - being "burned" by Bray Wyatt or being "deleted" by Matt Hardy. As of this writing, 85% voted for "Woken" Matt.
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The "WWE NXT: Best of 2017" three-disc DVD has been confirmed for a March 20th, 2018 release in North America, according to WrestlingDVDNetwork.com. Along with matches, word is that the set will include some never-before-seen footage.

Some other sheet news includes:

Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:
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