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Dirtsheets sponsored by Braun's Musical Masterpiece ... or not:
PWI's Elite section reported Jeff Jarrett is currently rumored to be among this year's class for WWE's Hall of Fame.
Spoiler tag used since its related to a possible member of this year's Hall of Fame class.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Raw delivered well last night when going against the Winter Olympics, actually increasing over the week before.
Raw had some of its lowest numbers in history in 2016 against the Summer Olympics, but last night's show did 3.10 million viewers, up one percent from the 3.08 million viewers the prior week ...
It appears the 3.0 million to 3.2 million level will be the range at least until the NBA playoffs, which is the next period that usually hits Raw hard.
The three hours were:
8 p.m. 3.28 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.22 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.84 million viewers
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Originally Posted by Observer
John Cena appeared to reference The Undertaker on Raw, with him doing a promo and calling WrestleMania a place that can bring a legend back from the dead.
Kevin Owens posted a tweet noting that today is the one-year anniversary of the Festival of Friendship where Owens turned against Chris Jericho.
David Bixenspan wrote about a letter Jerry Lawler sent to prosecutors in his 1993 statutory rape and sodomy case. Those charges were dismissed in 1994 as part of a plea agreement.
Drew McIntyre thanked ICW after being inducted into their Hall of Fame yesterday.
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Cena: https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/st...17713316421634 , Owens: https://twitter.com/FightOwensFight/...04468594647040 , Lawler: https://deadspin.com/jerry-lawler-wr...ors-1822790447 , ICW: https://twitter.com/DMcIntyreWWE/sta...83127307800576
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Originally Posted by Observer
New Japan World uploaded a nearly 30-minute long video where Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi speak about their reunion, teaming together as the Golden Lovers again, and the ongoing Bullet Club split.
Filming for Lucha Underground season four will begin in Los Angeles later this month as three days of tapings were officially announced for February 23-25. They’ll be filming at a different venue than the previous three seasons, and Uproxx got a look at the new location.
Matt Riddle and Tom Lawlor will face off in a semifinal match in Orlando on March 8th as part of MLW’s tournament to crown a World Heavyweight Champion.
Riddle won a fan vote against Jonah Rock and will be challenging for Travis Banks’ PROGRESS Wrestling Championship in London February on 25th.
David Starr vs. Mike Quackenbush is the second match announced for Joey Janela’s Spring Break II on April 6th during WrestleMania week. Janela vs. The Great Sasuke will headline the show.
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NJPW: https://njpwworld.com/p/o_original_0002_63 , LU: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/lucha-u...nd-16771024101 , LU new location: http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/lucha...-pics-tickets/ , MLW: https://mlw.com/2018/02/13/riddle-vs...march-8th-bro/ , PROGRESS: https://twitter.com/ThisIs_Progress/...22625237643264 , Janela: https://twitter.com/JANELABABY/statu...28707312848896
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Originally Posted by PWI
Shouldn't it be the inductee's decision on who can induct him/her into the WWE Hall of Fame? Seriously, the way this company micromanages everything is pathetic.
I think for a Hall of Fame where the person is voted in by a (mostly) impartial group of voters, yes they should be able to choose who inducts them. But that isn’t what the WWE Hall is. It’s a company event where they choose who gets inducted. People have a voice in who want to induct them but the final decision rests on WWE. I understand that too as this is their feel-good celebration event of the year and they want to have a degree of control over how it comes across on the Network. Yes, they are very micromanaged, but they always have been.
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From PWI's weekly Q&A articles on why inductees don't get to pick who gives their speech for WWE's Hall of Fame.
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WWE issued SEC filings announcing various executives received performance stock bonuses:
Kevin Dunn - 52,062 (239,233)
Stephanie Lesvesque - 46,963 (38,507)
Paul Levesque - 43,145 (38,507)
Michelle D. Wilson - 42,770 (232,157)
George A. Barrios - 42,349 (231,780)
Michael J. Luisi - 28,398 (30,805)
Casey Collins - 23,622 (27,725)
Basil V. Devito Jr - 13,002 (16,173)
Blake Timothy Bilstad - 10,994 (12,322)
Mark Kowal - 8,358 (9,627)
Numbers in brackets is how much performance bonus they received last year.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
The increase in the number of live events WWE runs isn't paying off as strongly as the company might've hoped. WWE ran more live events in 2017 compared to previous years, but the increase in volume hasn't led to strong increases in profits related to events. In fact, according to WWE's new annual report, sales of merchandise at venues was down slightly for the year, despite more events and attendees.
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More details and charts: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...re-events-and/
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Ethan Carter III in a recent interview with Newsweek talked about what led to his decision to leave Impact Wrestling and join WWE. While Impact has a track record of financial problems, that wasn't a factor in his move, he told Newsweek.
"My decision to leave Impact had nothing to with their business or finances and everything with me wanting to challenge myself to something new," he said on January 23. "Leaving Impact was a very difficult decision as I had six months left on a very lucrative and talent-friendly contract. Anthem lived up to that contract and always treated me with the utmost respect as a businessman and a person."
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Link: http://www.newsweek.com/impact-wrest...agement-802632
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin tweeted the following on Ivory joining him in the Hall this year, indicating that he will be there in New Orleans for WrestleMania 34 Week. Austin and Ivory shared the cover of Entertainment Weekly back in December 1999 for what was considered a big score for WWE. Austin wrote:
Congrats to @MorettiIvory on making it into @WWE HOF!!!! I have been a fan ever since your days in #GLOW. Looking forward to talking w you!
— Steve Austin (@steveaustinBSR) February 13, 2018
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The 2018 WWE Hall of Fame Collection on the WWE Network will go live this Friday at 10am EST on-demand. The Network updated their Shorts section earlier this week with a "Then & Now" Collection on SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair and a "Playback" Collection on The Miz.
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Some other sheet news includes: - NJPW and ROH recently revealed the cards for this month's joint promotion Honor Rising event. https://www.f4wonline.com/japan/njpw...-ibushi-251636
- In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 21st anniversary of HBK's "Lost My Smile" speech and vacating the WWF Championship due to a "knee injury."
- According to reports, WWE likely made last minute changes to the main event of RAW due to accidentally spoiling the winner of the Last Chance match for the Chamber. Their ad for the Chamber leaked Balor as the final competitor before it was quickly pulled.
- ESPN had a recent interview with Ivory talking about being inducted into WWE's Hall of Fame, today's era of women's wrestling, Vince McMahon, and more. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...notes.html?p=1
- WWE currently dealing with some online backlash due to their PR Twitter account retweeted an article from far right/alt-right website Breitbart. Also for being revealed they gave the writer ring side seats as possible gift for writing a favorable article.
- Indie wrestling streaming service Powerbomb TV recently fired one of the co-owners of the company due to issues related to Micheal Elgin's recent sexual harassment controversy. The co-owner was fired after objecting to Elgin matches being streamed on the service while the other co-owner and company did not want to risk losing their deal with Smart Mark Video who helps deliver indie content to the service. https://twitter.com/newfoundmass/sta...57287078719488
Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:
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