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Former TPWW Royalty
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Dirtsheets sponsored by Daniel Bryan's Candidacy for Mayor of Suplex City:
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Originally Posted by Observer
Coming off all of the buzz surrounding yesterday afternoon's announcement that Daniel Bryan has been cleared for an in-ring return by WWE, SmackDown posted its best rating in almost a year and the third biggest number since moving to its live format on Tuesday nights.
The show averaged 2.888 million viewers, a four percent increase over last week and 12 percent higher than two weeks ago.
The only shows to beat this number were the Superstar Shakeup episode from April 11th of last year and the initial draft special in July 2016 ...
SmackDown was also up nine percent from the same week last year, the third time in the last four weeks the show was up year-over-year.
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Getting out of their long holding pattern and actually building things to Mania has started to pay off for Smackdown.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Bryan was interviewed by Al Arabiya English before he was cleared. Bryan said that the Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia may end up being more historically important than this year’s WrestleMania. He was also asked about the Bullet Club’s “All In” show and said that his contract with WWE runs out on September 1st: “But no, my contract actually runs out September 1st, which is actually the day of the All In show, but it’s funny because that doesn’t compute. I was in the Bahrain Comic Con the last two days, and we did Q&As, and at each one, somebody asked me about that. They said, ‘are you going to be at All In’? I’m not. I don’t know what to tell you. But yeah, my contract is up September 1st.”
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Link: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/lif...stlemania.html
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Originally Posted by Observer
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn’s profile pages have been moved to the alumni section on WWE.com to further the angle where Bryan “fired” them on SmackDown. Owens has also changed his Twitter name to Kevin Steen and his handle to “FightSteenFight.”
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Originally Posted by Observer
Former Indianapolis Colts punter and current Barstool Sports personality Pat McAfee will be part of the NXT TakeOver: New Orleans pre-show panel with Charly Caruso and Sam Roberts on April 7th. McAfee is a pro wrestling fan and was the guest ring announcer for Adam Cole vs. Aleister Black at a house show in Indianapolis earlier this month. McAfee took a steel chair out of Cole’s hands before Black got the win.
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Link: https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/art...pre-show-panel
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Originally Posted by Observer
HBO released the poster for their Andre the Giant documentary ahead of it premiering on April 10th.
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Link: https://twitter.com/HBO/status/976503718681202688
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Originally Posted by Observer
Zack Sabre Jr. challenging for Kazuchika Okada’s IWGP Heavyweight Championship was set up for Sakura Genesis on April 1st as Sabre defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the New Japan Cup this morning. Sabre beat Tetsuya Naito, Kota Ibushi, SANADA, and Tanahashi on his way to being elevated by winning the tournament.
Chris Charlton noted that Sabre will be the first British-born wrestler to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight title since William Regal in 1995.
The post-New Japan Cup press conference will be taking place at 11 p.m. Eastern tonight, likely to announce the rest of the card for Sunday’s Strong Style Evolved show in Long Beach and the lineup for Sakura Genesis.
Dragon Gate will be launching a streaming service on April 1st. It will have a tiered pricing system, with there being a cheaper option for just the archives.
ROH uploaded Mayu Iwatani vs. HZK from the first round of the Women of Honor Championship tournament on YouTube. The match took place in Japan for Stardom.
MLW moved their show that was originally scheduled for May 10th to May 3rd in order to not conflict with NXT’s TV tapings.
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Sabre: https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/976381426386927617 , Dragon Gate link: https://twitter.com/DragonGateEN/sta...43001956929536 & https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/976358035802136576 , ROH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N-2YOcsaQg , MLW: https://mlw.com/2018/03/21/schedule-...for-may-event/
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Originally Posted by PWI
Several WWE sources have indicated that Rey Mysterio will be traveling to Birmingham, Alabama later this week in order to have his partially torn bicep checked out in advance of Mysterio potentially signing a new WWE deal.
Mysterio is still advertised for Sunday's New Japan Pro Wrestling event on 3/25 in Long Beach, CA, where he is slated to face Jushin Liger.
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Originally Posted by PWI
On the latest edition of his podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler announced that he and Jim Ross would reunite as the announcing team for the 4/27 Greatest Royal Rumble event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The event will air on the WWE Network. Lawler also stated the event would live on television on Saudi Arabia.
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More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...am-is.html?p=1
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Mark Henry spoke with TMZ Sports about being a personal friend of 17-year old Draylen Mason, a victim of the recent bombings in Austin, Texas. Henry was asked about how the city was doing and called the young man a talent and that it was a hard loss.
"People were on edge, it's very unfortunate that [Draylen Mason] died, he was a friend of the family," Henry said. "I knew the kid pretty well, I know the Grandfather, really well, Dr. Mason. It was his Grandson, we spent a lot of time together. We're in a couple different civic organizations together, try to help people out, it was just tragic to lose a kid like that so young. He was so full of life, so talented, a talented bassist. He traveled, competed, it was a hard loss."
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Link with the video and more comments from Henry about the Austin bombing spree: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...n-bomb-victim/
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
As noted, 2018 WWE Hall of Fame inductee Bill Goldberg will appear on ABC's hit comedy The Goldbergs tonight at 8 p.m. The former WWE Universal Champion will reprise his role of high school coach Nick Mellor, who moves in with the Goldbergs, a role which he has played twice before. Goldberg spoke to the Associated Press about appearing on the show tonight, as well as his return to WWE in 2016. The former WWE Universal Champion said that he's not closing the door on a WWE return.
"Do I want to roll the dice again? I don't know," Goldberg said. "I'll quote one of the most famous movies that I was ever in, 'Santa's Slay': It ain't over 'til I say it's over."
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Link: http://www.pahomepage.com/news/forme...edy/1063215700
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Matt Hardy teased on Twitter that we may see more matches like The Ultimate Deletion from The Hardy Compound in WWE. He also made some comments on Bray Wyatt that may give an idea of potential storyline plans for Wyatt now that The Great War between the two has ended. You can see some of Hardy's recent tweets below:
Gracias, mi amigo. This #UltimateDELETION was merely an introduction of My #BROKEN & #WOKEN Universe to the @WWEUniverse.
Merely the GENESIS. https://t.co/AvPdj9tgel
— #WOKEN Matt Hardy (@MATTHARDYBRAND) March 20, 2018
RE-TWEET if you DESIRE to see another #UltimateDELETION on #RAW, maybe..
Michael Cole, The OBSOLETE MULE
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Roman Reigns, The LARGE CANINE
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The DASTARDLY MeekMahan pic.twitter.com/VQMfDKQjsj
— #WOKEN Matt Hardy (@MATTHARDYBRAND) March 20, 2018 |
Links: https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/s...13841582039041 , https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/s...81285876387845
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
WWE has a new poll asking fans which was more emotional - Daniel Bryan's retirement speech in 2016 or his passionate return address on last night's SmackDown. As of this writing, 59% voted for last night's segment on SmackDown.
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Some other sheet news includes: - NWA recently uploaded a new episode from their Ten Pound of Glory series featuring the upcoming NWA World Championship match between Tommy Dreamer and Nick Aldis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ree7FIGxSK8
- Webesite Solo Wrestling had a recent interview with AJ Styles talking about if his match with Nakamura should main event Mania 34, possibility of a match against Daniel Bryan in the future, and possibility of reuniting with The Club. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...rafted-to-raw/
Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:
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