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Originally Posted by Observer Of the names on the early Hall of Fame lists, only Bam Bam Bigelow and Kid Rock have yet to be announced.

Spoiler tag used since its related to the rumored remaining members of this year's WWE Hall of Fame class.

Originally Posted by Observer After six straight weeks of declining viewership, SmackDown rebounded on Tuesday night with a seven percent increase from the previous week and had its biggest audience since the January 2nd episode. The show averaged 2.613 million viewers ... It wasn't all good news, though, as SmackDown was down year-over-year for the fourth straight week. Conversely, Raw has been up from the previous year the last two Mondays and three of the last five weeks.

Originally Posted by Observer The first major program built out of Being the Elite, with Cody vs. Kenny Omega, has its first meeting late tonight (early tomorrow) at Korakuen Hall with a six-man tag main event of Cody & Marty Scurll & Hangman Page vs. Omega & Kota Ibushi & Chase Owens. There is also a Cody & Scurll vs. Omega & Ibushi tag team match on the second show of the tour which takes place on Saturday in Japan. Lou Thesz, Pedro Morales, Bearcat Wright, announcer Dick Lane, Chavo & Mando & Hector Guerrero and The Assassins (Jody Hamilton & Tom Renesto) were elected to the Los Angeles Wrestling Hall of Fame. River City Wrestling on 3/2 in Kirby, TX at Turner Club features Abyss vs. Michael Faith, plus Jeff Jarrett will appear as a referee. WrestleCircus announced for 3/24 in Austin, TX will have Tessa Blanchard vs. Chelsea Green for the women's title plus Teddy Hart, Andrew Everett, Zachary Wentz, Shane Strickland, Myron Reed, Dezmond Xavier, Leva Bates, JT Dunn and more. Pro Wrestling Eclipse announced its 3/10 show in Oshawa is off since WWE is running the same night in the city. They will be running 3/18 with Teddy Hart.

Originally Posted by PWI ROH has announced that Cody will take on Matt Taven on the 16th Anniversary pay-per-view on March 9 in Las Vegas. Previously announced: Jay Lethal versus Dalton Castle for the ROH World Title. The Briscoes versus The Motor City Machine Guns for the ROH Tag Team Titles

Originally Posted by PWI I was watching an old WCW PPV and I was curious, as dumb as this is, how the hell did WCW get the rights to OZ for a character played by Kevin Nash? At the time, WCW was owned by Turner Broadcasting, which had the rights to The Wizard of Oz. There was a decision made to try and use the rights within the promotion, hence that short-lived gimmick.

From PWI's weekly Q&A articles about the origins of the Oz character in WCW.

Originally Posted by PWI It was announced yesterday that Ronda Rousey, who will "officially sign" her WWE deal at the Elimination Chamber PPV this Sunday, will be going into the International Sports Hall Of Fame March 3rd.

Originally Posted by Observer Seth Rollins actual wrestling time over his three matches was 62:16, which is likely the longest actual in-ring time on a show for any wrestler in company history since the legit 65:05 time of the September 30, 1972, match with Morales defending against Sammartino in what was called “The Match of the Century.” It was four seconds longer than Rey Mysterio Jr.’s 62:12 in winning the 2006 Royal Rumble. The Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels Iron Man match at the WrestleMania on March 31, 1996, in Anaheim, went 61:52. Cena vs. Rollins, which went 34:22, was the fourth longest match in the 25-year history of Raw if you take them as separate matches, and really you should. There was a 60:00 Iron Man match on July 24, 2004 with HHH vs. Chris Benoit, and a 55:49 length match on April 23, 2007, with Cena against Shawn Michaels from London. There was also an elimination mach on June 14, 2004, with Benoit & Chris Jericho & Edge vs. Randy Orton & HHH & Batista that went 34:33.

Originally Posted by Observer From a money standpoint, for the top talent, the difference in cutting PPVs probably won’t be significant. It could be down, since in the network era, the pay is determined based on what the shows each month did in the pre-network era, and then allocated in a secret and non-existent formula among the talent on the shows. If there is more talent on the shows in the main event position, then the money in theory would decrease. It wouldn’t decrease from the top guys, as the company traditionally always takes care of its top talent. For non-top guys, if there are more people on the show, it would cut down on their money. For mid-level guys who would have been on PPVs eight to ten times a year, and now may not be on PPV at all, or if they are, on fewer shows, the difference will be more significant.

Originally Posted by Observer John Pollock reported that based on the regulations of the Louisiana Boxing and Wrestling Commission, that blood and piledrivers are both prohibited on all wrestling shows in the state. The commission will be having a meeting on 3/7 to determine whether the Canadian Destroyer fits into the category of a piledriver. At press time there was no answer regarding a tombstone piledriver although it would be hard pressed to say that wasn’t a piledriver. The ban of the move is because there was a legitimate significant injury from the move in a match that took place under their auspices, and they banned the move.

Originally Posted by Observer While wrestlers were last told that ITV’s World of Sports would be starting in the spring, we’re getting close to spring with no word at all, so that’s not a good sign. Really, most expected when they canceled the tapings last year and there was no rescheduling that the project wasn’t going to come to fruition

Originally Posted by Observer The fourth season of Lucha Underground will begin taping with six shows taped at the new location on 2/23, 2/24 and 2/25. Because of the way they’ve set up the building, the capacity will be about the same (300ish) as in the old building. There are no places to jump off and the freezers, since its an cold storage building, will be utilized. They are now planning on taping over the next four weekends and Christopher DeJoseph on The Wrestling Guy’s Store said there would be five wrestlers debuting this week.

Originally Posted by Observer The reason Io Shirai isn’t in the Women of Honor tournament is because her eventual goal is to get cleared and go to WWE and she’s afraid working for ROH could hurt her chances

Speculation is whatever caused her heart problems is very treatable with medicine and similar to MVP's heart issues when he wrestled in the WWE.

Originally Posted by Observer You can make of this what you will, but WWE company policy when it comes to drug test failures and suspensions are that all main roster failures and suspensions are released publicly, but failures in NXT and of other developmental talent are not

This could tie into the rumor of Velveteen Dream's sudden removal from NXT for over a month was due to him getting busted by the Wellness Policy for cocaine.

Originally Posted by Observer Mark Henry was interviewed by TMZ and said that in his mind, for Hogan to return he should apologize to all the existing black talent currently in the organization. They questioned if Hogan would do so. I don’t question it for a second. Hogan would apologize to everyone individually to get himself back in. The issue is the role he would play is one in P.R., and it’s not good if somebody is out doing P.R. for a company and it leads to media stories that bring up sex tapes and racial things, and also, if any sponsors will question it or look the other way. If they are assured by people that is no longer an issue, there is no reason they wouldn’t bring him back. If there is any risk of either of those things, as a company, it’s best they don’t

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE shocked the wrestling world earlier this month when they confirmed TNA co-founder Jeff Jarrett for the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame class. Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated reports that Triple H is the man who made the induction possible. It was noted that Jarrett does have some supporters in WWE. The obvious allies would be WWE Champion AJ Styles and WWE United States Champion Bobby Roode but Jarrett is also close with WWE Hall of Famers Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, who are close to Triple H. Barrasso also pointed to another possible twist in the Jarrett story - his future with WWE. There's no word yet on if Triple H will try to bring Jarrett on to work with the WWE NXT brand, as he has done with Jeremy Borash, another longtime TNA employee.

Link: https://www.si.com/wrestling/2018/02...gler-joey-ryan

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Last September, Bray Wyatt, 30, and his estranged wife Samantha, 31, split after Samatha allegedly learned that he was cheating on her with WWE ring announcer Jojo Offerman, 23. Prior to the split, the two had been married for five years after meeting in college. The couple also share two children together, aged six and four. Per a court judgment, Wyatt (Windham Rotunda) was ordered to pay Samantha $14,735 per month in spousal support, with an upfront payment of $50,000 to cover legal expenses. However, Wyatt has only been paying his wife $6,000, nearly two-and-a-half times less than the court-ordered amount. According to a report from Daily Mail, Wyatt has allegedly been using this money on luxurious expenses instead of spousal support. Samantha claims that Wyatt has been using thousands of dollars to shower his girlfriend, Jojo, with gifts. The report noted that Wyatt "spends much of his time" at JoJo's apartment near Miami.

More details: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...equired-child/


Some other sheet news includes:

• Besides Roman Reigns, the alleged steroid dealer from Florida also recently claimed he will reveal very soon 15 others in the WWE who have purchased roids from his now defunct company. These are supposedly a mix of former and current wrestlers in the WWE. Already speculated Brock Lesnar is one of them based on a tag made on a recent Instagram post. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...sion-was-over/
• WWE's official website had a recent interview with Mark Henry talking about WWE's old developmental system, Braun Strowman, Bianca Belair, Baron Corbin, and helping the WWE recruit new stars. http://www.wwe.com/article/mark-henr...e-scout-mentor
• According to the Observer, NJPW's tour of Australia is currently estimated to have done better than NXT's tour of the country in 2016. NXT had higher crowd numbers but in terms of gate revenue and merch sales, NJPW did better. NJPW also flat out beat NXT in regards to ticket sales for one of the cities.
• Also according to the Observer, NJPW is currently planning on holding another tour of Australia later this year. Looking at either November or December as the likely target and more cities included for shows.
• New York Post had a recent interview with Elias talking about who he wants to face at Mania, Braun Strowman playing a bass, and wanting to do a concert with The Rock. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...ss-on-wwe-raw/

Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:

• Various: Heyman/TMZ, Gauntlet Match, Velveteen Dream “Shoots,” Ellsworth
• Dusty Rhodes Classic Winners to Get Tag Team Title Shot at TakeOver
• WWE NXT Results – Feb. 21, 2018 – Almas vs. Gargano (Title vs. Career)