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Originally Posted by Observer For a show that promised a WrestleMania announcement from Shane McMahon, last night's SmackDown averaged 2.771 million viewers, up six percent from last week. It was the largest audience for the show since April 11th of last year, which was the Superstar Shakeup episode.

Guess people really love seeing Shane getting beaten up badly

Originally Posted by Observer The first match between Eddie Edwards and Sami Callihan since Callihan accidentally injured Edwards in a baseball bat spot gone wrong will be taking place next month. Impact Wrestling announced today that Edwards will face Callihan in an I Quit match at their Impact vs. Lucha Underground show in New Orleans on April 6th. Though the theme of the event is the promotions going against each other, Callihan isn't billed as his "Jeremiah Crane" character from Lucha Underground ... Impact vs. Lucha Underground is part of WrestleCon's weekend of events in New Orleans and will stream live on Impact's Twitch channel at 10 p.m. Eastern time. Andrew Everett, Dezmond Xavier & DJZ vs. King Cuerno, Drago & Aerostar is the only other match that's been announced as of now.

Link: https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/...89638825127937

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling In the case of Rousey, POST Wrestling was told by someone in the company that it was an issue with the web department publishing last week’s article that she would appear on every Raw episode until WrestleMania with the web team not being given final approval to run the article. Given they are purposely false advertising Lesnar in hopes of generating a negative reaction for Lesnar, you don’t want to paint Rousey in the same light and the WWE.com article made it feel that way this past Monday.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE's latest book The Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be It.: From WWE's The New Day will be officially released tomorrow.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE production are putting together a new special "Wrestlemania's Greatest Moments" currently. The plan is for the 60 minute special to be be released on the WWE Network and for a version of it (obviously edited for time) to also air on the USA Network. No word yet when the special will debut.

Originally Posted by PWI A cursory Wikipedia search will show that Ric Flair has won far more than 16 world titles in his career. Why does WWE push the "16-time" narrative and ignore certain wins? I've noticed that they don't recognize many other wrestlers' title wins as well, even if they were legit wins. To be blunt, WWE feels that the facts and history are what THEY say they are. They literally couldn’t care less about what we can find by searching the net. They make the truth ... Perhaps I am being a bit over cynical here, but in reference to the question in the Q and A for February 19th about Stephanie McMahon having an influence over the WWE's shift in portrayal of the women wrestlers, if this is the case why didn't Steph instigate this when she was head of creative for all those years? Wasn't she in charge when they ran some of the more objectionable and lurid angles involving the woman, like making Trish bark like a dog, the Torrie Wilson-Dawn Marie lesbian deal and ludicrous Molly Holly fat shaming/virgin angles, to name just a few? Not to mention the proliferation of lingerie pillow fights and gravy bowl matches et al that also occurred under Steph's watch, surely if she was that adamant about portraying women positively she would have petitioned Vince about it much harder back then and not jump on the current bandwagon? As we have said MANY times, whoever holds the position of head of creative is really not where the buck stops. That person is Vince McMahon. Steph did not set the direction for the product, Vince did. He was the one who had the final say. To take it further, Steph has even stated that when she was “in charge” she was a manager/facilitator, not the idea person. Her and Triple H (and everyone else with an idea) has to lobby Vince to accept and implement it. That is what she has done over the years.

From PWI's weekly Q&A articles on WWE's revisionist history tendencies and why Stephanie's influence on women's wrestling rise in the WWE was a lot more limited than what WWE has portrayed.

Originally Posted by PWI The Hardy family took to Twitter, apparently commenting on the Jeff Hardy arrest over the weekend: Matt Hardy tweeted the following: Help others up when they're down. — #WOKEN Matt Hardy (@MATTHARDYBRAND) March 14, 2018 Reby Hardy tweeted: So much misinformation being touted as truth from people who have exactly ZERO real insight or information on what they're talking about. Seriously, unless you know - REALLY KNOW - just shut it with the "scoops" & speculate like the rest of them ???? — Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) March 14, 2018 Garbage like this is what I'm talking about. From all sides about all topics. It's exhausting. https://t.co/lw5G6jXpM0 — Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) March 14, 2018 On the lighter side of things, I made my pro wrestling debut on WWE #RAW while my brother had to work his way up the indies. Wolfgang: 1 Maxel: 0 pic.twitter.com/blc4Hpf6Sm — Lord Wolfgang (@WolfieHardy) March 14, 2018

Originally Posted by PWI Ring of Honor announced the following: PUNISHMENT MARTINEZ AND TOMOHIRO ISHII FACE OFF AT SUPERCARD OF HONOR The monstrous Punishment Martinez has quickly established himself as a big-match competitor, winning the prestigious Survival of the Fittest Tournament last November, picking up wins along the way against stars like Jay Lethal, Flip Gordon, Shane Taylor, and more! Martinez has firmly established himself as one of the top contenders for the Ring of Honor World Championship but the Creeper of Violence and Messiah of Pain wants to spread his brand of anarchy across the globe. In New Orleans, he will get an opportunity to do just that against one of the most intimidating and hard-hitting stars in New Japan Pro-Wrestling history, the greatest NEVER Openweight Champion of all-time and former ROH World Television Champion, Tomohiro Ishii! PUNISHMENT MARTINEZ vs. TOMOHIRO ISHII

More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...honor.html?p=1

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Several days removed from the WWE’s announcement, the backlash against the decision to honor the Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison) with a women’s battle royal at WrestleMania has gotten progressively louder. While I have minimal optimism that the WWE would correct course and walk back their decision, it has been encouraging to see the level of coverage, outrage and education provided from this announcement so that the allegations are known to a wider audience ... Pro Wrestling Sheet spoke to Jeannine Mjoseth, who was trained by Moolah and described her as a “monstrous person”, who skimmed money from the women she trained, ignored their injuries, and pimped the women out. David Bixenspan has a piece on Deadspin outlining many of the allegations and questioning why the WWE opted to canonize Moolah at a time when they had bypassed Moolah as the “matriarch of the women’s evolution” by naming last year’s tournament after Mae Young. Again, I don’t expect the WWE to walk this one back, although in maintaining this decision it places the women that are a part of this battle royal in a difficult position. There will be numerous media interviews and it is bound to be brought up somewhere and I would imagine many of the women on the roster, involved in this battle royal will be offset by the company’s hypocrisy in celebrating the women’s evolution within the company while celebrating a woman like Moolah. The positive from this is a wider audience now aware of these stories and understanding the underbelly of Moolah’s legacy, understanding the actual history and not being spoon fed the WWE’s narrative. Ultimately, it would have to take significant mainstream media pressure or internal pressure from the WWE’s sponsors to force a change and history has shown that the WWE typically bypasses that level of scrutiny.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Revolution Pro has announced that Hiroshi Tanahashi and Juice Robinson will take on Aussie Open at their WrestleMania Week show on Friday, April 6th at 4 pm at The Sugar Mill.

Link: https://twitter.com/RevProUK/status/973999489068556288

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Triple H announced today that there will be two theme songs for the WWE NXT "Takeover: New Orleans" event during WrestleMania 34 Weekend - "It Follows" and "Lord of Flies" by NXT Loud artists Cane Hill. You can hear the singles below: With two official theme songs for #NXTTakeOver: New Orleans, NOLA's own @Cane_Hill is #NXTLOUD. #WeAreNXT pic.twitter.com/sd3K4LEOwJ — Triple H (@TripleH) March 14, 2018

Link: https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/974022220241604609

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE NXT General Manager William Regal will be hosting the "Best of NXT 2017" DVD that hits stores next Tuesday, according to WrestlingDVDNetwork.com. The DVD will also feature a foreword introduction from Triple H. The DVD will include 22 matches along with new interview segments filmed at the WWE Performance Center.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE has a new poll asking fans who has the mental edge in the ongoing battle between Jinder Mahal, Bobby Roode and new WWE United States Champion Randy Orton. As of this writing, 69% voted for Orton while 17% voted for Mahal and 14% for Roode. Roode announced on last night's SmackDown that he will be cashing in his rematch against Orton at WrestleMania 34.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Sami Zayn took to Twitter today and wrote the following on how he and Kevin Owens destroyed Shane McMahon on last night's SmackDown. The attack came after Shane booked Owens vs. Sami in a WrestleMania 34 singles match, which came right after Shane announced that he was taking an indefinite leave of absence from his SmackDown Commissioner duties. Speculation is this ending with Shane vs. Owens and Sami in a Handicap Match or Shane vs. Sami vs. Owens in a Triple Threat at WrestleMania 34. If you've never beaten up your boss, you should totally try it. I did it and it was amazing. — Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) March 14, 2018

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Above is new video of 2018 WWE Hall of Famer Hillbilly Jim talking to TMZ Sports. Jim talks about how he was lucky enough to work with Hulk Hogan early in his career, adding that he would love it if The Hulkster inducted him next month in New Orleans during WrestleMania 34 Weekend. Jim reveals that he won't find out who is inducting him until around the time everyone else finds out.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPxMXValmpU

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Filmmaker Jon Bravo revealed tonight on Instagram that his video on the WFN investigation is 25 minutes long and will be released this Friday. The video reportedly implicates Roman Reigns and 15 other current and former wrestlers as past customers of jailed steroids dealer Richard Rodriguez. Rodriguez and his company, Wellness Fitness Nutrition LLC (WFN), were accused of being involved in a distribution chain that imported goods from China, then manufactured illegal steroids in Arizona before distributing them out of the Miami area.

Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/BgSliJxhtGo/

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Recently, Corbin was recently interviewed by All Things Wrestling Radio. During the interview, Corbin stated that 2017 was a whirlwind year for him from winning the Money in the Bank briefcase to unsuccessfully cashing it in. He also revealed when he was told that he was going to cash-in the briefcase. "It was kinda like an hour before [SmackDown Live]," said Corbin. "We discussed, and then they made a decision that was gonna be the night. It didn't work out, but, yeah it was definitely about an hour before. I mean, it's the fun part of this business. You never know what your day is gonna hold. Some things could be very, very last minute. It could be at that very last second. So, it's pretty wild, and it keeps you on your toes. That's for sure."

Link: https://www.spreaker.com/user/lacros...r-baron-corbin

Originally Posted by Observer Kurt Angle posted a photo with him and Ronda Rousey in front of a WWE ring on Instagram today as they’re working out their match for WrestleMania. Angle also paid tribute to Eddie Guerrero on the 14th anniversary of their WrestleMania XX match: “14 years ago to this day, I shared the ring with possibly the greatest overall performer of all time, #eddieguerrero. He always had something up his sleeve, and he didn’t disappoint in this Wrestlemania Showdown. Thank you Eddie. #LieCheatSteal #itstrue”

Links: https://www.instagram.com/p/BgUEA8nh...erealkurtangle , https://www.instagram.com/p/BgT3HtdBrNZ/

Originally Posted by Observer Cody Rhodes gave an update on when “All In” tickets will go on sale: “Perhaps May, perhaps a bit earlier. We have to scale the arena first...it won't be a surprise. We will give plenty of heads-up. Judging

Link: https://twitter.com/CodyRhodes/statu...94035796877312


Some other sheet news includes:

• Apparently WWE is fully aware of the backlash they've gotten in regards to naming the Women's Battle Royale match in honor of the Fabulous Moolah. Their way of addressing the problem was to just disable the comments on their official Youtube channel for the video of the announcement.
• Deadspin's David Bixenspan recently wrote a new article about WWE's announcement honoring Moolah and why fans have been vocal online against it. https://deadspin.com/fans-are-revolt...lah-1823744298
• While responding to a fan question, Joey Janela revealed he is currently working on plans for more special Spring Break-like events to be held during the year. He is waiting on how well Spring Break II event does before making any official decision on his plans.
• Recent episode of the Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia podcast show had Sonya Deville talking about if she wants a match with Ronda Rousey in the future, being the first openly gay woman in the WWE, and the push for equality in wrestling and society. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-woman-in-wwe/
• Website TheWhig had a recent interview with Tyler Breeze talking about getting a gimmick over with today's fans, the grind of WWE's work schedule, his pairing with Fandango, and more. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...e-main-roster/

Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:

• WWE: Ambrose Injury Update, SD Dark Matches, Sheamus & Alexa Work Out
• Jeff Hardy Injury Update
• Ronda Rousey Advertised for Every Raw Again + Why She Missed Raw