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There will be a lot of New Japan news coming early next week. The announcement of the complete Tokyo Dome card as well as more info on the show should be announced shortly after the tag team tournament on Saturday. Saturday's show, which airs live on New Japan World, should have several angles building new matches. The main event of Saturday's show will be the finals of the tag team tournament with Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa facing Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Randy Orton was interviewed by USA Today to promote his appearance on the USA Network's "Shooter" next week at this link. It's a very good read. Orton talked about a number of topics, including his five year old nephew TJ, who is fighting leukemia. “He’s a little badass,” Orton said. “It’s going to be a long journey. That’s why I wear the bracelet and will continue to wear it.” Orton also discussed his new team with Bray Wyatt.
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Link to the interview:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/12/randy-orton-shooter-wwe
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Originally Posted by Observer
Mickie James has signed a three-year deal with WWE
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PWI reporting she is currently planned to be put on the Smackdown brand and her debut to occur by January 2017.
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Originally Posted by Observer
There will be a press conference on Thursday at the O2 Arena in London with HHH, William Regal and Finn Balor.
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Evidently they are preparing Lana once again to wrestle. She will start working in NXT on tonight's show in St. Petersburg, FL. Not Russia. She will also be wrestling in Winter Haven tomorrow night.
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Tweet from Lana about the announcement:
https://twitter.com/LanaWWE/status/806693184294293504
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Originally Posted by Observer
Randy Orton will appear on "Shooter" on the USA Network this coming Tuesday night after Smackdown.
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Now that Jerry Lawler is no longer under a full-time WWE deal, he's made a deal to do talk shows in the U.K. on 3/16 in London at the Leicester Square Theater, 3/17 in Manchester and the Dancehouse Theater, 31/18 in Glasgow at The Classic Grand and 3/19 in Belfast at The Empire Music Hall.
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Originally Posted by Observer
DDP and Fite TV reached an agreement that DDP Yoga will air on Fite TV starting on 12/8. The price for DDP Yoga on Spike is $64.99. The first 100 sign-ups will get a Fite TV T-shirt.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Alberto Del Rio/El Patron announced that his first ever match against Kurt Angle has been booked for 2/12/17 in Great Britain by What Culture Pro Wrestling.
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WWE announced today that Gabriel Iglesias will be appearing on Smackdown Live next week as part of WWE Week.
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Pretty much going to be the norm for a while with the WWE having a special guest and/or guest host every week for their shows. TLC having a guest for the pre-show panel was the start of it.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Reuters featured a piece on World Wrestling Entertainment's continued push into China, based around the signing of 22 year old Bing Wang (training at the WWE Performance Center currently) and other talents who have been signed and will come to the United States to train next year. It was noted that WWE is still working on bringing the WWE Network to the country after coming to terms over the summer to live stream programming in Mandarin via online provider PPTV.
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Link to the article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ww...-idUSKBN13X2G0
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Matt Hardy sent the following on Twitter:
#TotalNonstopDELETION came to me in a dream..
The #7Deities warned me of #Apocalypto..
It all becomes reality on Thursday, Dec 15th.. pic.twitter.com/pLYnfupWh6
— #BROKEN Matt Hardy (@MATTHARDYBRAND) December 8, 2016
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WWE is absolutely in signing mode right now. We are told that the company is working harder than ever to evaluate and watch the independent scene, to the point that WWE is now watching iPPVs and doing complete agent's reports on them (similar to reports WWE create for their own live events to track talents and how they are improving) so they can track talents from afar. I was told you can expect a lot of talent acquisitions in the first quarter of 2017.
WWE already has a new crop of talents set to report to the Performance Center on 1/3. Heidi Lovelace, Kimber Lee, Nixon Newell and Cheree Crowley (aka Evie) are all expected to be signed and reporting on that date.
There is already another Performance Center tryout week set for early February.
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Originally Posted by JR's Blog
Big news coming from AXSTV next week on exciting, new developments with the NJPW Friday night TV show specifically regarding Wrestle Kingdom in 2017.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Vince McMahon had given the okay in trying to make deals with at least some independent wrestling for the WWE Network, and days later, changed his mind. Still, there are talks going on behind the scenes with the idea he may change his mind again.
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Some other sheet news includes:
- PWI currently speculating Dixie Carter is very likely leaving TNA within the near future once everything settles in with Antheme as the new boss of the company. Pretty much said owners/founders selling the company and then stay in charge in any meaningful way never happens in business. Was part of a Q&A article they do weekly.
- Observer currently debunking rumors of frustration building up in RAW's Women's division based on WWE unwilling to end the Sasha-Charlotte feud and/or not giving more time to the brand's other female wrestlers. The stuff involving Naomi for Smackdown's Women's division wasn't debunked as being meant for potential future storylines though.
- Sports Illustrated had a recent interview with Edge who revealed if it wasn't for health issues, he wanted to face Christian for his retirement match. http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016...shaq-bret-hart
- Apparently WWE had issues with the cage used for NXT's house show in Melbourne, Australia. Cage itself ended up getting stuck during the lowering process and delayed the show as a result. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...rrently_stuck/
- In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, prior to being involved in the wrestling industry, Vince McMahon used to be a traveling salesman for encyclopedias. https://twitter.com/davemeltzerwon/s...35895823650816