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Originally Posted by Observer U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Richardson ruled on Thursday that he was issuing sanctions on attorney Konstantine Kyros, who is representing wrestlers in concussion lawsuits against WWE. He issued a decision that Kyros would have to pay attorney costs of WWE and to inform his clients that the court had found him to have violated protocol. WWE is still attempting to get the cases filed by Vito LoGrasso and Evan Singleton thrown out, and a decision on that should come before the end of March. Kyros had been admonished for the lawsuit filed on at least one prior occasion.

Assuming the lawsuit gets tossed out, that opens up the possibility of Bryan being cleared by the WWE considering the real reason they were worried would be gone.

Originally Posted by Observer Bianca Belair was injured last night taking the eclipse from Ember Moon in Mississauga, ONT. We're not sure how severe or if she'll be working tonight in St. Catharines.

Originally Posted by Observer The Melbourne Herald-Sun said WWE was looking to run the MCG, a giant stadium, in the first week of October. They said that Victoria officials met with WWE last week to put the show together. The story pushed Ronda Rousey, who drew 56,000 plus when she fought Holly Holm in Melbourne in 2015.

Originally Posted by Observer It was noted that at yesterday's NXT show in St. Petersburg that there were fans chanting "Happy Ending" and "Pearl Harbor" at Kairi Sane. It was not many and others shouted them down, but people were not happy about it.

Originally Posted by Observer Trent Baretta apparently suffered a torn triceps. The injury took place last week at the PWG show, but he did wrestle earlier today in Tokyo anyway and is wrestling tomorrow as well. MLW announced The Dirty Blondes, managed by Col. Rob Parker (Robert Fuller) vs. Jason Cade & Jimmy Yuta has been added to its 3/8 show in Orlando at Gilt Nightclub. MVP has pulled out of a 4/13 Defy Wrestling show in Seattle at Washington Hall. Tommy Dreamer will be the replacement. Also on that show will be Shane Strickland vs. Austin Aries, plus Matt Cross, Tom Lawlor and Body King.

Originally Posted by Observer WWE has confirmed the Raw Tag Team Championship match and announced the pre-show bout for Sunday's Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. As expected, Cesaro & Sheamus will defend their titles against Titus O'Neil & Apollo. The Titus Worldwide team defeated the champions in a non-title match on Raw this past Monday and then challenged them in a post-show video, but WWE didn't officially announce the match until today ... The pre-show will also feature Raw's tag team division, with Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson set to face Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas. Gallows & Anderson had been feuding with The Revival in recent weeks.

Originally Posted by PWI The 2/22 edition of Impact did 262,000 overnight viewers, down from last week’s 300,000 overnight viewers.

Originally Posted by PWI Former WWE champion Jeff Hardy was in Birmingham, Alabama this past Tuesday to evaluate how his surgically repaired torn Labrum and torn rotator cuff are healing as he prepares for an in-ring return this Spring. Hardy suffered a torn rotator cuff and torn labrum while headlining Raw as part of a Six-Pack match in October 2017, admitting at the time that the timing of the injury was "depressing." With the exception of a cameo during the Raw 25 broadcast in January, Hardy has been completely off TV since that time. Recovery from rotator cuff surgery is usually 4-6 months, so he would right now be in the early range of a potential return. Obviously, Hardy's goal would be to return to WWE storylines in time for Wrestlemania 34 this April in New Orleans, but it remains to be seen if that can happen.

Originally Posted by PWI Metro Sport caught up with Impact President Ed Nordholm, plus Vice Presidents Don Callis and Scott D’Amore to establish whether Impact are still in the fight to succeed, or if they’re in a permanent lockdown. During the interview, Scott D'Amore addressed the early departures of some talents, the idea that Impact isn't signing talents anymore and the importance of the company in terms of grooming talents as stars, commenting, "It’s a false narrative that we don’t have talent under contract. The vast majority of our talents are under long-term contracts. Take a look at the departure of Bobby Lashley. He was under contract to us until almost Summertime this year. When he had other opportunities, we made a decision as a group that we were okay facilitating his release earlier than anticipated. Contracts are going to come up and will need to be renegotiated on an ongoing basis, but there’s only a small number of talent that are going to have deals coming up in the next six months. The talent we’ve been bringing in have been signing one or two year deals. People are always scared of change. EC3 was a great talent, but people are talking as if he’s irreplaceable. What was he before he came to Impact Wrestling? He was a guy who had been in developmental and never really panned out. You look historically at this company and the people who have come here and built a reputation, and when they leave, people think they’re irreplaceable. Well, what was Bobby Roode before he came here? Or Eric Young, or AJ Styles?"

Link: http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/23/bound-...tling-7336185/

Ed, the news that you won’t be keeping the trademarks and characters of your talent is a potential gamechanger. How hard was that to implement? Ed Nordholm: Not that hard. I came in, I’m new to the business, trying to understand the roster and what we do, how we market them and how they work. I start seeing Rosemary, a wonderful talent, wonderful gimmick, great gal, and I find out that she doesn’t market herself as Rosemary when she’s not doing IMPACT. So, how does that work? We’ve got our talent, who don’t have enough confidence in their characters that they feel like they should be developing a safety net. They’re developing the safety net because they don’t want to be starting all over again creating a new identity. It was a pretty tough process of getting guys to buy into the idea, that you know, this is kind of silly to be trying to control people in this way. The fact the Hardy thing was going on in the meantime was sort of creating a whole dynamic within which I was sort of trying to evaluate this.

From the same interview above.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Wrestling Inc. asked Bravo why Reigns was the only WWE name mentioned, and if it was because there is not enough evidence for the other names. "Yes, on every individual that Richard has named I do my due diligence to carefully go thru every piece of evidence as well as verify contact information etc.," Bravo replied (sic). "The Reigns case is unique because of the way orders were placed and delivered. The reason why I have done each client individually was because all 3 have came out and said they did not know of WFN nor Richard Rodriguez. I am giving detailed information for each person to show that the evidence I have is legitimate and they did indeed place orders with WFN. Once this evidence is shown I will not have to show this level of evidence on each individual. Besides WWE and former WWF stars there are UFC, NBA and NFL players as well. It's a really big case and I am coming up with a plan besides the film to provide that information for everyone. The film itself is not a film meant to expose people but portray a message and the big names help deliver that message to the public. Hope that helps. Thanks!"

More details: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...oid-ring-over/


Some other sheet news includes:

• Greg Valentine is currently reported to be dealing with a serious illness at the moment according to his wife. Already had to be pulled from an indie appearance due to his illness.
• Recent episode of the Edge & Christian podcast show had Hacksaw Jim Duggan as the guest. https://art19.com/shows/ecs-pod-of-a...1-1b5e706baa54
• ABC 15 in Phoenix had a recent interview with Mojo Rawley talking about becoming a pro wrestling, being inspired by the Ultimate Warrior, and his football career, and more. https://www.abc15.com/sports/sports-...s-dream-in-wwe
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 16th anniversary of ROH's debut. Their first ever show was held at the Murphy Rec Center in Philly with the main event being a Three Way Dance between Low Ki, Christopher Daniels, and American Dragon.
• The Mirror held a recent interview with Jimmy Uso talking about the Usos reinventing their characters and their feud with the New Day. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...n-of-the-usos/
• Based on current predictions, WWE's new tv deal is expected to be around 1.7 times higher than their current deal and very likely are staying on USA Network. Ronda isn't expected to make the overall amount jump higher but her real value is in the amount of new sponsors she can bring to the WWE. Same for her not having a major long term impact for their India market or WWE Network. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-wwe-business/

Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:

• Impact Wrestlers Complain About Pay Issues, Ed Nordholm Responds
• Ronda Rousey Finishes Movie, Returns to WWE Performance Center
• Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament Brackets Revealed