05-02-2017, 11:23 PM
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#1040
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Dirtsheets sponsored by Seth Rollins channeling his inner Peter Griffin:
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Originally Posted by Observer
Raw numbers hit a shocking low last night, even coming the day after the Payback PPV.
The three hour show averaged 2.86 million viewers, setting a new 20-year low for the show on a non-holiday and non-football time frame. The number barely beat what a lot of the SmackDown shows had been doing prior to WrestleMania. It was a five percent decline from last week's 3.00 million viewers. Traditionally the Raw after a Raw-brand PPV should show an increase ...
The three hours were:
8 p.m. 2.92 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.04 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.65 million viewers
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Likely won't get better till after the NBA Playoffs are over.
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Originally Posted by Observer
TJ Perkins is now listed on the WWE roster page as only "TJP." That's what he was referred to on Raw last night as well. He'll face Lince Dorado on this week's 205 Live, with Rich Swann vs. Noam Dar also advertised for the show.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Fozzy's new song "Judas" will be one of the official themes for NXT TakeOver: Chicago.
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Originally Posted by Observer
NWA president Bruce Tharpe confirmed in a post on his Facebook page that Billy Corgan has agreed in principle to acquire the NWA brand. Tharpe said that he's excited for the NWA's future and that Corgan is putting together a strong team.
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Originally Posted by PWInsider
As PWInsider.com first reported last week, the scheduled World of Sport Wrestling TV tapings set for the weekend of 5/25 in Great Britain have been canceled.
An announcement on Twitter stated the tapings were postponed due to "contract negotiations" and that fans who purchased tickets would receive a refund.
No nee taping dates have been announced but one source last week stated they believed they would be rescheduled for July.
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Link to the announcement: https://twitter.com/WOSWrestlingITV/...37495217516544
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Originally Posted by Observer
Sean Waltman (who is best known as X-Pac) missed a booking for IPW:UK last weekend because he was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport while attempting to fly out to the show.
TMZ reported today that Waltman was arrested after being stopped at customs, where it was found that he was carrying "three cannabis chocolate bars, two THC liquid cigarettes, and 38 methamphetamine capsules." Waltman was on a Customs and Border Protection watch list for narcotics, which was likely due to drug-related issues he's had in the past.
Because of the large amount of pills that he was carrying and $736.10 in cash that he had on him, Waltman was arrested on felony charges of possession of narcotics with the intent to sell.
An existing warrant was also found that stemmed from a prior DUI arrest. Waltman was released on bail after it was set at $35,000.
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Waltman originally was denying his arrest was related to drugs while those in the UK were worried for his safety at the time since he wasn't answering calls checking on his well-being.
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Originally Posted by Observer
There is horrible news regarding Wayne VanDyke, a Florida wrestler known as Richard Delicious. He did a match last night for Ronin Pro and out of nowhere, just collapsed. His body was frozen (it has since been unfrozen) and he was put in a medically induced coma. According to his trainer, Chasyn Rance, he suffered three heart attacks and is in critical condition. According to his trainer, the situation sounds very serious. According to Lori VanDyke, his sister, on Facebook, they put him in a medically induced coma to give his heart and brain a rest. During the match he told his partner that he was sick and needed to tag out. When he tried to go through the ropes, he had his first heart attack. They started CPR and got him into an ambulance. His second hart attack was in the ambulance and the third heart attack was at the hospital. He also has broken ribs from the CPR, which punctured his lung and he's taking on fluid in the lungs. We won't have a good idea of his brain functions until they take him out of the coma which would be expected to be late Wednesday afternoon.
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Originally Posted by Observer
After being out of action since last November, Sawyer Fulton returned from injury at Saturday's NXT house show in Venice, Florida. He didn't wrestle in a match, though he did lay out Yanbo Wang in a segment.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Tokyo Sports has an update on Tomoaki Honma's recovery. In the story, Honma says that he is able to walk on his own again.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
The storyline update on Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns coming out of WWE Payback is that Braun tore his rotator cuff while Reigns re-injured his ribs and suffered other internal injuries. The storyline announcement was made by RAW General Manager Kurt Angle on tonight's RAW from Sacramento.
Regarding the Braun storyline announcement, Erick Rowan just returned from a torn rotator cuff after being out of action for around 7 months. Shelton Benjamin was recently cleared for the same injury and he also was out for around 7 months. There's been speculation on Strowman vs. Reigns in an Ambulance Match taking place at the June 4th WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
As noted, WWE announced that their July 9th pay-per-view at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, now titled Great Balls of Fire, will feature Brock Lesnar's first WWE Universal Championship title defense since Lesnar won the strap at WrestleMania 33 last month.
Dave Meltzer noted on the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio that while Lesnar is scheduled for the July pay-per-view and SummerSlam, his other dates aren't solidified yet ...
Meltzer noted that Lesnar will be around a lot more for this championship reign than his seven month 2014-2015 run.
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Originally Posted by PWI
According to PWInsider, as of today, Adam Cole is now a free agent and is free to sign anywhere. In recent interviews, Cole has stated this will be the first time in awhile he's been able to look outside of Ring of Honor and if he did come to WWE, he would want to start in NXT. No word yet on where he plans on signing.
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Some other sheet news includes:
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