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Originally Posted by Observer Impact is attempting to work with both ROH and New Japan as far as exchanging talent goes and working together in whatever fashion can be beneficial. As of right now, there are no plans for talent trading with New Japan, but that can always change. One thing for certain is that with Callis in a power position, that Bruce Prichard won’t be back, although that seems to have been already in the cards since Jeff Jarrett left. When they did the angle on television getting rid of Prichard, he was to return as a heel manager, but there have been so many changes since that angle was shot and his name hadn’t been mentioned since, but this would probably lock the door on that one happening because of past heat between the two from WWE. Callis and D’Amore will be part of a three-man creative team, with Sonjay Dutt, who remains head of talent relations and day-to-day creative. Callis and D’Amore will also manage and execute company business. Callis is unlikely to become an on-screen character as when he was studying the company since a deal was expected to go down, he felt that Jim Cornette was a great performer but felt the authority figure regularly appearing on a wrestling show gimmick was played out.

Originally Posted by Observer Anthem has given Nordholm the directive to get the company into a break-even position, and as difficult as that sounds, the belief is with enough cost-cutting, which means getting rid of people with high salaries, and having few if any full-time contracted wrestlers, use guys on daily deals and no longer compete with ROH or WWE money for young talent that everyone wants, perhaps that is possible. But the talent level will decline. The company has its fixed income sources, mostly the Sony Six television deal from India and the other international deals. The company had talked a few months ago about getting back in the house show business, but after booking a group of shows in the New York area that didn’t draw well, they have scheduled nothing since.

Originally Posted by Observer Regarding Jim Ross and AXS TV, both sides have verbally agreed to a contract extension and everyone is proceeding with the idea it is happening. The actual contract has yet to be finalized and signed. Since Ross isn’t appearing on WWE television, and right now isn’t doing anything with WWE (he was hired for the U.K. show, which hasn’t transpired yet, and hasn’t done play-by-play work for WWE since the Mae Young Classic), WWE did not stand in his way of the deal. His WWE deal allowed him to continue doing existing work

Originally Posted by Observer Regarding the big show that the Young Bucks and Cody are working on putting together, the latest word is that the probable location will be either an arena in the Chicago area or an arena in Southern California. There are other places like London, Toronto and San Francisco that have been talked about, but based on recent discussions, they are now less likely. They are working on a few sponsors. On this week’s Being the Elite show, they showed the Young Bucks and Cody in Dallas at TGIF Headquarters being cooked a meal. While nothing was said, the reason they were there was for a meeting regarding sponsorships or being involved in some form with the show.

Originally Posted by Observer Sexy Star was back in the news regarding a match that fell apart on a show in Monterrey back on 11/19 because the video surfaced. The part of the video that I saw showed Diosa Quetzal, her opponent, who is a TV star who does pro wrestling, kicking Sexy Star, going by the name Sexy Dulce, in the face hard and then Dulce started back and it broke down into a sloppy fight. There is a claim that Quetzal stiffed her because Sexy wasn’t cooperating, while Sexy said she was the victim. Quetzal said everything she tried to do, that Sexy was uncooperative and said she was a fan of Sexy Star and was disappointed. She also said Reyna Isis is as unprofessional as Sexy Star. It also could be old-school mentality that a TV star comes into pro wrestling and the wrestlers try to teach her respect by making it difficult for her. I’m not advocating this, as everyone outside the business would say this is silly, and you don’t hear much about it in the U.S. business anymore, but it was part of the business in the U.S., Mexico and Japan until the modern era

Originally Posted by Observer Add Eddie Edwards, whose deal is up in February, to the list with Bobby Lashley and Ethan Carter III, whose contracts are coming due. The word is that Impact will only be offering the new per-day contracts rather than significant money guaranteed deals like all three are signed for, so there’s a good chance all three may leave. It’ll be interesting to see if Lashley, at 41, tries to go back and fight because he pulled out of Bellator to concentrate on pro wrestling because of his contract, and that storyline was kind of a weird way real life mimicking storyline. The belief right now is WWE and ROH have interest in Edwards, with the WWE interest likely for NXT. They passed on him years ago, but that was when they had the negative mentality toward ROH stars that is no longer the case, and it was also as a tag team with Davey Richards, and they are no longer a team The situation with Chelsea Green (Knockouts champion Laurel Van Ness) is that after she won the title, hours later, she asked for a release and it was turned down. The company was really upset because they had already gone through several days of tapings and angles to build for her winning. She admitted she had made a mistake in not asking for the release on the first day of the tapings and then going through all the plans of making her champion without saying anything. Apparently there was an agreement that, since she held the belt, that this wasn’t supposed to be talked about publicly anywhere until she lost the title. Unless they arrange something at an indie show quickly, that wouldn’t be until the January taping and the last word we heard is that it would be at the January taping.

Originally Posted by Observer The ten most-watched shows on the WWE Network ths past week were: 1. NXT on 11/29; 2. 2017 Survivor Series; 3. Table for Three with Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat and Sting; 4. NXT Takeover Houston; 5. 2015 Night of Champions PPV Rollins vs. Sting; 6. WWE 365 Kevin Owens; 7. 205 Live from 11/28; 8. NXT from 11/22; 9. WWE 24 Bill Goldberg; 10. WrestleMania 33

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon has made it clear to SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan that Dr. Joseph Maroon will be the person that makes the final decision regarding Bryan possibly being allowed to wrestle in WWE again. Meltzer notes that the angle between Bryan and Shane McMahon is not designed to lead to them having match against each other. Keep in mind that things could change and there is talk about Bryan being allowed to work a limited schedule in WWE if Maroon clears him. If WWE doesn’t clear him, then Bryan has made it clear in interviews that he wants to wrestle again in October once his WWE contract expires. While there has been speculation about Bryan turning heel, a Shane heel turn is also being rumored for the Clash of Champions PPV.

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Link with more details from the Observer Newsletter: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._ring_for_wwe/

Originally Posted by Observer While they said Sheamus was out of action last week because he was on a trip back to Ireland, he’s actually rehabbing spinal stenosis, which is not a good thing at all. Spinal stenosis ended the careers of Edge and Steve Austin.

Originally Posted by Pro Wrestling Sheet Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned there have been serious internal discussions within WWE regarding a possible Global Warning pay-per-view event that would take place next year in Australia. For those who don’t remember, WWE Global Warning Tour 2002 took place in Melbourne and over 50,000 people attended the live event. We’re told officials want to top that in a big way next year. Sources with direct knowledge say WWE have discussed running Global Warning II in October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which holds 100,000 people. This time, however, they want to broadcast the event on PPV and the WWE Network. Nothing official has been set quite yet, but we’re told things are headed in the right direction.

Originally Posted by Observer A video that aired during this week's episode of NXT hyped the arrival of a new addition to the roster. The teaser featured the silhouette of a wrestler and the word "soon," with spades replacing the middle letters of the word. That Shayna Baszler appeared at the most recent set of television tapings and that her nickname is "The Queen of Spades" seemed to hint that she was the person who would be debuting, and Dave Meltzer said that the video was for her on Wrestling Observer Radio last night. Baszler has wrestled at house shows in Florida since losing to Kairi Sane in the finals of the Mae Young Classic, but her appearance last Wednesday was the first time she's been featured on an NXT TV taping. WWE announced in October that Baszler had officially signed with the company.

Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUingTdSjC4

Originally Posted by Observer WWE has sent out marketing surveys of late for those who have attended recent house shows as well as to those in the U.K. to learn their television viewing patterns.

Originally Posted by PWI The WWE NXT episode that airs next week on the USA Network will be the same as the one that airs on the WWE Network and internationally. The episode will feature Aleister Black vs. Adam Cole and WWE NXT Women's champion Ember Moon vs. Peyton Moon.

Originally Posted by PWI GLOW received four nominations for the 2018 Critics' Choice Awards. The series received a Best Comedy Series nomination, while Alison Brie received a Best Actress in a Comedy Series nomination, Marc Maron received a Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and Betty Gilpin received a Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nominations. Winners will be announced 1/11/18 Live on The CW Network.

Originally Posted by Observer According to the Twitter of Hiromu Takahashi, Darryl Takahashi Jr., the son of his stuffed animal pet and his stuffed animal pet’s wife Carol, was born on 12/3

Some other sheet news includes:

• HBO recently announced their upcoming Andre The Giant documentary will premiere Spring 2018.
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 13th anniversary of Lita & Trish becoming the first women to main event an episode of RAW.
• Recent episode of the School of Morton podcast show had Ric Flair as the guest talking about his recent illness, life advice, and a story involving how Morton once saved his life. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...orton.html?p=1
• According to a recent episode of PWI's Elite show, WWE is currently considering the idea of holding a 15 women Royal Rumble match at some point next year if its not at the Royal Rumble itself.

Some stuff from TPWW Frontpge:

• Austin Aries Says He Turned Down Impact After His WWE Release
• Five Matches Announced for Raw Including Strowman vs. Kane
• WWE: NXT/USA Info, Cena on Tonight Show, Total Divas Ratings, Birthdays