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Originally Posted by Observer It appears that Styles will go back to working on top with John Cena over the WWE title, who returns on 12/26 for a house show in Madison Square Garden, and is expected to work regularly from that point on. The storyline will revert back to the idea that Cena is attempting to tie Ric Flair’s record of 16 championships.

Originally Posted by Observer Vice has a great story on WWE that is well worth reading including the first time it's come out that Shane McMahon attempted to take over creative in 2012 and the reaction from HHH and Stephanie and a lot of backstage stuff. The story is extremely accurate and one of the rare major media stories that isn't either an all out mindless knock or a poorly researched shallow piece. They talked to a lot of former WWE employees including Donna Goldsmith, who was one of the leading people in the company, as well as Sally Presutto, who handled arena bookings, and Brian Gewirtz, who was head writer and now works for Dwayne Johnson.

Turns out Kevin Dunn tried in 2012 to get Shane attempt a hostile ownership takeover of the company in order to force Steph and Triple H out as future owners of the WWE. Been rumored for a while once they take over, Dunn is the first getting fired. Link to the article: https://sports.vice.com/en_us/articl...usiness-empire

Originally Posted by Vice.com But, on July 28, three and a half months after WrestleMania 32, WWE released its quarterly report—a mandatory, all-encompassing document that lets the Security Exchange Commission, shareholders, and the public know how the company is functioning, both logistically and financially. An analysis of the report shows that WrestleMania 32 attendance was not, in fact, the 101,763 figure that WWE had been throwing around. It wasn't even in the six figures. According to the documents, the actual paid live attendance for the event was between 74,000 and 86,000. "As long as they don't lie about the financials, they aren't committing fraud," said Chris Harrington, an independent WWE business analyst. WWE has been doing this for years. There is a discrepancy between attendance numbers submitted to the SEC and those touted in press releases for every single WrestleMania dating back to at least 2008, with an average inflation of about 15,000 spectators. And in 2001, respected wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, writing for his publication Wrestling Observer Newsletter, reported that numbers for WrestleMania III, the event's previous longstanding record, were knowingly fudged. WWE boosted the numbers by more than 13,000 spectators. Meltzer claimed that Vince told him as much—that the numbers shown on television are for "entertainment purposes only." Inflating attendance numbers exemplifies Vince's approach to the business, doing whatever it takes to maintain a certain image. Moreover, it continues to blur the line between WWE as a real-life, publicly traded corporation and the WWE that exists as it appears on television. Much like how Vince has created a fictionalized version of his family, he seems to have done the same with his company.

Part of Vice's article about the WWE and why the WWE doesn't suffer any legal problems by constantly lying about attendance numbers.

Originally Posted by Observer A.J. Styles right now is not expected to wrestle on the weekend house shows. He is expected to be at television on Tuesday. There is no firm date on when he'll be wrestling again but it doesn't appear anything too long off.

Originally Posted by Observer The ITV World of Sport show has been moved back one hour and will air on 12/31 from 5-7 p.m., leading into Ninja Warrior UK, with the idea they'll draw from a similar audience.

Originally Posted by Observer There was a minor shakeup in WWE creative today. Tom Casiello, the managing lead writer, who oversaw the Raw & Smackdown writing teams, was let go. He was a key person who was very influential in the push of the women of late.

Originally Posted by PWI He was promoting his new album Spawn Of Me. It’s an eclectic twist of rock, country and some hip-hop all rolled in one. I highly recommend it. He also had TNA’s music man, Dale Oliver, produce the songs. They recorded them at Oliver's house over a two-day span. He said fears of developing CTE from repeated concussions weigh heavily on him and are the inspiration for one of the tracks on the album, "Irreversible." We also spoke about the upcoming Total Nonstop Deletion. He gave me a little scoop about who else other than the Rock ’n’ Roll Express will be popping up. Plus he talked about his contract status in TNA, the management shakeup and his future

From a recent interview CBS had with Jeff Hardy: http://sports.cbslocal.com/2016/12/0...ars-new-album/

Originally Posted by PWI The 12/8 edition of Impact did 303,000 viewers, down from last week's 338,000 viewers.

Originally Posted by PWI Paige's WWE Wellness Suspension officially ends today. We are told that the company expects her back on the road shortly, although she is not yet cleared to return to the ring following her neck surgery.

Originally Posted by PWI The Rock is in NYC today doing media appearances. He will be on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon tonight and this morning, was on The Today Show talking the "Baywatch" trailer that was just released, his SpikeTV Troops special and more ... It has been announced the eighth film in the " Fast and The Furious " franchise coming next year has the title "Fate of the Furious". The film, which will feature Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson reprising his role as Hobbs, is scheduled for release next year. The first trailer will drop Sunday.

Originally Posted by PWI Mick Foley wrote the following on Facebook PEACE FOR CHYNA I had a nice talk with Joanie Laurer's mom yesterday. While Joanie had been estranged from her mother for much of her adult life, including the entirety of her WWE run, the two eventually made peace and had become quite close by the end of Joanie's life. Joanie's mom is attempting to gain control of her daughter's estate – but is trying to do it on a very limited budget, and the legal costs are more than she can handle. Don't be fooled by the word "estate" - there is not a lot of money left, if any. But Chyna's mom is attempting to do the right thing by allowing whatever personal effects she did leave behind to stay with the family and not with her manager, so that her family may finally be at peace with her loss. Whatever help you can give will be much appreciated. https://www.generosity.com/fundraisi...she-can-rip--2

Originally Posted by Observer Michael Elgin had a minor setback that delayed him getting back in the gym, but is still targeting the Tokyo Dome for his return after surgery on his orbital bone. They used some bone from his hip on the surgery and his hip had started to swell up a few weeks back and they were afraid of an infection and put him on antibiotics.

Originally Posted by Observer There are still no definitive dates for filming the next season of Lucha Underground past hopefully some time in the spring.

Originally Posted by Observer SE Scoops reported an interesting twist in TNA’s attempt to get the lawsuit filed by Audience of One Productions (which did the production at several sets of taping in 2015 and is still owed for it) thrown out. The judge turned down that motion and ordered the two sides to go into settlement talks. What’s notable is that Ron Harris, who was sued along with TNA and Aroluxe, wrote that he was never employed by Aroluxe or TNA during that time period and that “my last employment with TNA was almost ten years ago.” Jason Brown of Aroluxe also stated that they do not employ Ron Harris and he was never authorized to speak in their behalf. Of course, the Aroluxe web site had for a long time listed Ron & Don Harris both as key members of the team. In October, both Harris Brothers names were removed from the Aroluxe site, which would coincide with Anthem Entertainment and The Fight Network funding TNA’s last set of taping. Interestingly, Jason Brown himself is also no longer listed on the Aroluxe site anymore.

Originally Posted by Observer Jerry McDevitt filed a motion with U.S. District Court in Connecticut on 12/2 to get the lawsuit filed by Marcus Bagwell and Scott Levy (Raven) regarding royalties for appearing on the WWE Network thrown out. The WWE claim is that neither man had anything in their contract that would entitle them to such royalties. When both men signed contracts with WWE, there obviously was no WWE Network and no thoughts of a service that would essentially cannibalize PPV and home video, both of which WWE paid royalties to talent for.

December 15th, 2016 at 8pm#TotalNonstopDELETION happens at The Hardy Compound.

It will be MIND-BLOWING.#Apocalypto changes EVERYTHING. pic.twitter.com/r08sWPT5yy

— #BROKEN Matt Hardy (@MATTHARDYBRAND) December 9, 2016

Some other sheet news includes:

• Jim Ross was revealed to be the guest for Thursday's Observer Radio show. Being teased he will reveal some upcoming big news regarding him among the stuff discussed.
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 15th anniversary of Chris Jericho beating both Stone Cold and The Rock to become the 1st ever Undisputed WWE Champion.
• Harley Race currently denying rumors on the net about him being in very poor health and getting admitted to a nursing home. https://twitter.com/8XNWAChampion/st...80086965972992
• Update to the on-going CM Punk vs Dr. Amann counter-lawsuit as the WWE officially joined the case on the side of Dr. Amann and want to use the stuff sealed in that case to be made available for the lawsuit Punk filed against them.