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Originally Posted by Observer Chuck Williams, better known as the Rockin' Rebel, and his wife were both found dead by a family member earlier today at their home in West Chester, PA, in an apparent murder/suicide. West Goshen Township Police have not released the names of Williams and his wife, but a close friend of Williams confirmed it was him and that the home in question, shown on local news, was his home. Other friends of his have confirmed the story. The story going around is that the couple's adult son came to the house this morning and discovered both dead ... Local news reported that police had been called to the home several times. Williams was 52. He took the name Rockin' Rebel because of being trained by Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, the Rock & Roll Express, and he started his career in 1988. He first made his name in Joel Goodhart's Tri-State Wrestling promotion, which was the forerunner to ECW. He was the group's champion and wrestled against men like Sandman and D.C. Drake He later wrestled from 1993 to 1995 for ECW, and worked for a ton of different independent promotions and also did matches for both WCW and WWF in the 90s.

Originally Posted by Observer Ring gear worn by Roderick Strong on November 18, 2017 at NXT War Games, and autographed later that evening at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX is up for bidding. The money from this will be donated to the www.specialops.org in honor of one of Roderick Strong's best friends Dustin Yates Page

Links: https://auction.wwe.com/iSynApp/auct...tionId=2333131 , https://www.facebook.com/dustin.yates.18?fref=mentions

Originally Posted by Observer/PWI/Post Wrestling Indies Roundup: Shotzi Blackheart is expected to debut at the Impact tapings in Windsor, ONT on Friday night. Over the Top has two shows this weekend. On Saturday in Dublin at the Tivoli Theater they have David Starr & Jordan Devlin vs. Low Ki & Walter, Pete Dunne & Mark Haskins & ? vs. Zack Gibson & Sha Samuels & Charlie Sterling, LJ Cleary vs. Tyler Bate vs. Kris Wolf and more. Sunday in Belfast at the Europa Hotel has Devlin vs. Bate, Dunne vs. Adam Maxted, Gibson& Samuel & Sterling vs Kings of the North, Tucker vs Curtis Murray and more. Trent Seven, who is injured, will be General Manager at both shows. Ring Of Honor is returning the 2300 Arena (formerly the ECW Arena) in Philadelphia, PA on August 25. It will be their first show there in 2018. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has announced the following matches for their “Threemendous V” card at The Globe Theatre on July 13th: Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz vs. The Young Bucks for the PWG tag titles, WALTER vs. Brody King, Marty Scurll vs. Matt Riddle, Dalton Castle vs. David Starr, Trevor Lee vs. Rey Fenix, Penta 0M vs. Rey Horus, and Jeff Cobb vs. Joey Janela. Revolution Pro has announced that KUSHIDA will be working their annual Summer Sizzler card on Friday, August 17th at York Hall.

Originally Posted by PWI Curtis Axel tweeted: 10 years today with @WWE! #BTeam — Curtis Axel (@RealCurtisAxel) June 1, 2018

Link: https://twitter.com/RealCurtisAxel/s...41929505198081

Originally Posted by PWI WWE posted the following: The United Kingdom welcomes back WWE and your favorite Superstars with several Live Events and broadcast editions of Raw and SmackDown LIVE this November. Tickets for the London Live Event will be available soon, while all other U.K. Live Events (except Minehead) are available now at www.bookingsdirect.com. WWE Live’s latest tour through the U.K. runs from 3 November through 11 November, and includes installments of Raw and SmackDown LIVE broadcast from the Manchester Arena on Monday, 5 November and Tuesday, 6 November, respectively. When Raw and SmackDown LIVE emanated from the Manchester Arena in November 2017, Sheamus & Cesaro were crowned as new Raw Tag Team Champions, and the WWE Championship changed hands outside North America for the first time ever when AJ Styles defeated Jinder Mahal to capture his second WWE Title.

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

Originally Posted by PWI A question concerning Smackdown remaining a live program once it moves to FOX. WWEs touring schedule for as far back as I can remember has been to have RAW live Monday nights then have the crew transport everything to the next town overnight and tape or broadcast Smackdown Tuesday night. How does the logistical change of having a 3 day gap between the shows effect them in terms of this? It seems like a major burden everytime time I think about it. All the crew (creative, agents, backstage guys, etc) would have to be flown home after Monday then flown back out for Friday’s broadcast. How is WWE going to address this major logistical change? There are going to be a lot of changes, especially because some members of the crew would work other broadcast gigs during the weekend, including NFL and MLB games before flying into town for WWE. It's been a concern for some who work production, especially senior members of the team who had a lot of leeway to work outside events because obviously, this will change their lives in a major way on a weekly basis. I haven't heard that there is a concrete plan on how to handle things, but there are several things they could do - including having different production crew teams for Raw and Smackdown or adding other events the production team could work (for example, a NXT taping or a Network special) over the weekend, etc. WWE is going to have to re-invent the wheel and their scheduling and we aren't close enough to the change (it is happening in October 2019, after all) for WWE to have made the decisions. It could mean some members of the crew will no longer work for WWE full-time, but again, we are too far away for definitive answers.

From PWI's weekly Q&A articles discussing the changes within WWE in regards ti Smackdown moving back to Fridays.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling The Best of the Super Juniors tournament is winding down this weekend with the final round robin matches scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. The finals will take place Monday from Korakuen Hall. Here are the updated standings for the blocks: *A BLOCK: Will Ospreay (8 points), Taiji Ishimori (8), Flip Gordon (6), YOH (6), Bushi (6), Tiger Mask (6), ACH (4), and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (4). *B BLOCK: Dragon Lee (6), Marty Scurll (6), Hiromu Takahashi (6), KUSHIDA (6), Chris Sabin (4), El Desperado (4), SHO (4), and Ryusuke Taguchi (4) In the A Block, Ospreay and Ishimori would be the favorites. Ospreay faces Flip Gordon in his final tournament match and Ishimori is facing YOH. If Ospreay and Ishimori both win, Ishimori advances due to his win over Ospreay on the opening night. If Gordon beats Ospreay AND Ishimori loses, Gordon would win the block as he would have wins over both. YOH and Bushi could cause a playoff by winning their final matches and tying, but that is highly unlikely. Tiger Mask, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and ACH are eliminated. The B Block is wide open with the parity booking and all B Block members have two remaining tournament matches so everyone is still alive. Takahashi would appear to be the favorite to win the block and has matches with SHO and KUSHIDA remaining. **Here are the B Block matches scheduled for Saturday’s card in Gunma: *Chris Sabin vs. El Desperado *Marty Scurll vs. Ryusuke Taguchi *SHO vs. Hiromu Takahashi *KUSHIDA vs. Dragon Lee

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Impact Wrestling is taping four episodes of Impact in Windsor, Ontario tonight and tomorrow at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario. These will be the four episodes leading into Slammiversary on July 22nd in Toronto.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling The Intercontinental title match between Seth Rollins and Elias has officially been added to the Money in the Bank card on Sunday, June 17th at the Allstate Arena. Here is the updated card: *AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in a Last Man Standing Match for the WWE title *Braun Strowman vs. Samoa Joe vs. The Miz vs. Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens vs. Rusev vs. Bobby Roode vs. New Day member in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match *Ember Moon vs. Natalya vs. Sasha Banks vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch vs. Lana vs. Naomi in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match *Nia Jax vs. Ronda Rousey for the Raw women’s title *Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal *Carmella vs. Asuka for the SmackDown women’s title *Seth Rollins vs. Elias for the Intercontinental title *The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows for the SD tag titles *Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn *Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt vs. TBA for the Raw tag titles (the challengers will be determined in the Battle Royal on Raw next week)

Originally Posted by Fightful.com "I don't recruit a prospect unless I think the person has the potential to main event WrestleMania," Brisco said. One of the prospects who Gerald Brisco has his eye on is a student at Duke University and the school's third All-American in the sport of wrestling, Jacob Kasper. Standing at 6'3 and weighing at 230 pounds, Kasper has caught the eye of a certain WWE talent scout and Brisco went on to praise the red-shirt senior; even comparing him to former 16-time WWE World Champion John Cena. "In my nearly 50 years in the wrestling business, I have seen only a few wrestlers who have such powerful personalities that when they come into a room, everyone there knows that person has arrived," Brisco said. "Jacob Kasper has that type of personality, and he reminds me in many ways of a young John Cena."

From a recent interview ESPN had with Gerald Brisco: http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/2...-pro-wrestling

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Last July, the Mae Young Classic commenced, and the winner of the women's tournament was crowned in September ... Although the full list has not been announced yet for 2018, one particular name could be a part of the tournament. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, indie talent Xia Brookside could be a part of the tournament, and may possibly be signed to a WWE contract. Xia reportedly canceled her summer tour after previously asking for more dates. She did not tell the promotion why she had to cancel the dates, and WWE does not want talent to tell others that they are about to be signed to a contract. Xia, 19, is the stepdaughter of WWE trainer Robbie Brookside. Although Xia has only been involved in the pro wrestling business for three years, she is a former Women's Champion for International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom and Pro Wrestling Ulster. Xia credits Joey Ryan as being her "travel buddy," and has wrestled 186 matches in five countries and 10 states.

More details: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...ning-with-wwe/

Originally Posted by WrestleInc A new episode of WWE Photo Shoot will premiere on the WWE Network after Monday's RAW goes off the air. The thirty-minute episode will focus on WWE Hall of Famer The Godfather. Below is the synopsis: "All aboard! The Godfather's got nothing but love, laughter, and loads of unique insight when looking at photos from his Hall of Fame career!"

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE has a new poll asking fans who is their favorite to win the women's Money In the Bank Ladder Match on June 17th. As of this writing, 24% voted for Ember Moon while 17% voted for Charlotte Flair, 16% for Becky Lynch, 14% for Alexa Bliss, 14% for Sasha Banks, 7% for Lana, 5% for Natalya and 3% for Naomi.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc The Independent reports that the Yemen-based branch of Al-Qaeda has threatened Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman for "opening the door wide for corruption and moral degradation" by allowing cinemas and WWE into the country. The terrorist group has sent a warning to the crown prince, calling his efforts to liberalize the Kingdom as "sinful projects." It appears Al-Qaeda is especially upset with WWE's Greatest Royal Rumble event that took place in April. "[Foreign] disbelieving wrestlers exposed their privates and on most of them was the sign of the cross, in front of a mixed gathering of young Muslim men and women," the warning from Al-Qaeda said.

Wonder what show they were watching since I don't remember any wieners flopping around or wiener-related stuff happening besides Nakamura's low blow spot.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc We noted in April that Kevin Owens practically went silent on Twitter. His tweets became protected to only 4 followers. His Twitter account is back to being public again, and he is once again verified. Owens cited Shania Twain as the reason why he decided to become verified again. "I got verified again so that I can beg Shania Twain to play my favorite song 'When' at her concert this summer in Montreal because I'll be there," Owens wrote in his Twitter bio. "I'm serious."

For some reference, Owens dropped Twitter at the time due to his wife's social media accounts getting hacked and being fed up with dealing with trolls and/or toxic people online.


Some other sheet news includes:

• WWE had a recent interview with Dakota Kai talking about her feud with Shayna Baszler, her NXT career, sharing the same ethnicity as The Rock, who influenced her style of wrestling, and more. https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/art...?sf190752617=1
• For those interested, Post Wrestling released two reports about today's proceedings from the CM Punk libel trial. Today was the first day Punk was on the stand and detailed his health history leading up to his departure. https://www.postwrestling.com/2018/0...amation-trial/ , https://www.postwrestling.com/2018/0...famation-case/
• Natalya's recent article for the Calgary Sun was an interview of Titus O'Neil talking about his early life and his biggest career goal in the WWE. https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/t...pbringing-more