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Old 08-30-2016, 10:32 PM   #251
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Originally Posted by Observer
With the show built around a four-way for the vacant Universal title, Raw did some of its best numbers in a long time for a show that wasn't the day after a PPV.

In fact, the 3.41 million viewers was up three percent from last week's show, the day after SummerSlam. Even with the lack of major competition, under normal patterns that wouldn't be the case. It was the best number for Raw since the show the day after Money in the Bank.

The key is that the viewers cared about the Universal title match and it had a week of advertising directly ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.39 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.44 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.41 million viewers
They have one more week to beef up the numbers before Monday Night Football starts. Then pretty much until next May or June before no more real NFL/NBA Monday competition.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Jose Alberto Rodriguez, better known as Alberto Del Rio, will not be returning to WWE after the conclusion of his 30-day suspension for a wellness test violation.

WWE may make the announcement shortly, but Rodriguez being removed from all house shows he had been advertised for, even after his suspension was over, was WWE's indication that he is leaving.

Sources say he and WWE have come to terms on a release, leaving him free to work in Mexico and internationally imminently. He would also be free to work in the U.S. in a few weeks.

The Wrestling Observer had reported for some time that issues with Rodriguez and WWE stemmed from creative problems, and that the chances were solid that he may leave the promotion. It was considered likely last week and now, it is said to be a done deal ...

According to sources close to the situation, Rodriguez was unhappy, claiming he was given empty promises when they brought him back last year for a surprise return. He indicated he was promised a main event push which didn't materialize.

Similar issues caused him to leave Lucha Underground, because he said he was promised the main event of Ultima Lucha and was mad because his match was not in that position. There were also financial issues with that promotion, but the WWE situation has no financial issues tied to it.
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Originally Posted by Observer
It looks like things aren’t quite settled between Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton.

Chicago's Allstate Arena announced on their verified Facebook page on Monday afternoon that Lesnar vs. Orton II will take place at the arena’s September 24th house show in Chicago, IL. Paul Heyman later confirmed the news on his Twitter account.

According to Dave Meltzer, WWE will announce the match today. The house show isn't currently scheduled to be a WWE Network special, but it would make sense for it to be given the profile of the match.

The match is scheduled for the day before Raw's Clash of Champions pay-per-view on September 25th in Indianapolis, IN. Neither Lesnar nor Orton are scheduled for the PPV, making the decision to put the match on a house show even stranger.
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Originally Posted by Observer
On the debut episode of his podcast released on Monday, Ryan "Ryback" Reeves opened up about what led to him leaving WWE ...

He said that he was never the company's guy and wondered why they put the Intercontinental Championship on him in 2015. After winning the title, he was presented with a new contract offer. Reeves said he wasn’t happy with the offer considering what he had done for the company.

But Reeves said he didn't leave because of monetary value of the offer. "Not about a money issue, just so everybody knows, I walked away from the WWE, the contract offer that I walked away from was a three-year $1.5 million contract.” Reeves said.

Reeves mentioned that there were other things he wasn't happy about. He said that there were merchandising opportunities that didn’t pan out and noted how expensive travel expenses were, saying the way professional wrestling has always done things isn’t always right.

Reeves said that he had been lied to at many times in his career about booking and other opportunities. He claimed that Vince McMahon told him that he would be the number one heel in the company and have the title put on him if he listened to McMahon and read his promos as they were scripted. Reeves also claimed that he was supposed to face AJ Styles at WrestleMania 32, with McMahon telling him that he would "squash that little twerp."

Though he was told that by McMahon, Reeves said that he didn't necessarily believe he would squash Styles given the way he was brought into the company.

That changed and Reeves would go on to face Kalisto on the WrestleMania 32 kickoff show. He said that he was set to sign a new contract but sent a revised offer to the company after not being happy about how he was handled.

On his last day at television, Reeves said he knew that WWE wasn't going to accept the revised offer and thought the booking of the show was intended to make him look bad before he left. He claimed he told Mark Carrano to take him off television, but didn't talk to McMahon because he had been lied to too many times before ...

He claimed that he was offered magazine covers but WWE wouldn't let him do them despite allowing other talent to. He said that WWE wanted Roman Reigns to appear on a cover instead of him at one point.
Part of a longer interview Ryback had and link to the podcast itself: http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/ry...we-deal-219676

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Originally Posted by Observer
With Michael Elgin retaining his IWGP Intercontinental Championship in a match against Donovan Dijak at ROH’s Field of Honor show over the weekend, Elgin’s match with Tetsuya Naito at NJPW’s Destruction in Kobe on September 25th will be for the title.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Ring of Honor announced that they will debut six-man tag team titles, with a tournament for the newly-created belts starting at their All Star Extravaganza VIII pay-per-view on September 30th. The tournament will feature an eight-team field, with ROH saying that The Bullet Club, The Cabinet and The Addiction & Kamaitachi are expected to compete in it.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Officially added to the WWE 2K17 videogame roster are Asuka, Bayley, Big Boss Man, Blake and Murphy, all three faces of Mick Foley, Diesel, Goldust, Dusty Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Kane, John Cena, Kevin Owens, Lex Luger, Luke Harper, Road Dogg, Roman Reigns, Undertaker, Vader, Seth Rollins and Steve Austin.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Sasha Banks was interviewed during the Raw Pre-Show. They acknowledged her back inury, which they stated happened during the Charlotte match at Summerslam (she actually went into the bout injured, as PWInsider.com reported that night). Banks noted that she would not require surgery for the injury and said that she is working hard to be cleared and return to the ring.

There are plans for Banks vs. Charlotte to take place on a future Raw brand PPV, PWInsider.com can confirm.
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Originally Posted by PWTorch
Global Force Wrestling is planning to run 10 straight nights of live wrestling action in September.

GFW announced Monday a partnership with the Tennessee State Fair to run pro wrestling on each night of the 2016 Fair from September 9-18.
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Originally Posted by PWTorch
In a battle of former WWE stars, Cody Rhodes pinned Kurt Angle in their first-ever match-up Saturday night in New York.

Rhodes defeated Angle at Northeast Wrestling’s highly-anticipated “Wrestling Under The Stars” outdoors wrestling show at the baseball stadium in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.

The finish was Rhodes reversing the Angle Slam into Cross Rhodes to pin Angle.

Some other sheet news includes:
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