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Former TPWW Royalty
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Dirtsheets sponsored by Rollins channeling his inner chicken:
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Originally Posted by Observer
Fueled by the Kurt Angle reveal, Raw did its best numbers since April 17th, averaging 3.15 million viewers, a five percent increase over last week's show that went head-to-head with the Home Run Derby ...
The three hours were:
8 p.m. 3.14 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.24 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.08 million viewers
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Originally Posted by Observer
After months of speculation, the storyline surrounding Kurt Angle and his secret led to a revelation on Raw tonight: he has a son, and it’s none other than one half of American Alpha, Jason Jordan.
Angle made the announcement at the top of the third hour of Raw. He revealed that he had a relationship with a woman during his college years. They broke up, but nine months later she gave birth to a baby boy. The son was adopted to loving parents, with Angle being unaware of the pregnancy or the birth until recently, and eventually grew up to be Jordan, who he also announced as the newest member of the Raw roster.
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Originally Posted by PWI
CHAD GABLE COMMENTS ON JASON JORDAN'S REVEAL
Ummmmm..... what?
— Chad Gable (@WWEGable) July 18, 2017
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Originally Posted by Pro Wrestling Sheet
Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned the saga between Jason Jordan and Kurt Angle will be a central storyline on Raw over the next few months … however, his tag partner won’t be switching brands.
Sources with direct knowledge tell us Jordan is set for a solid midcard level push following the reveal on Raw this week — in which Angle announced that Jason is his son — and his relationship with Kurt will grow as the Olympic athlete tries to be a father figure for Jason.
As for Jordan’s tag team American Alpha, it appears to be done for good. We’re told there aren’t any immediate plans to bring Chad Gable over to Raw.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Jerry Lawler announced that he'll be appearing on the Battleground pre-show on Sunday and on Talking Smack after the pay-per-view. Renee Young confirmed that she'll be hosting the show with him. That episode of Talking Smack will be the first since its weekly run ended.
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Link to Lawler's tweet: https://twitter.com/JerryLawler/stat...59874517430272, Link to Renee's tweet: https://twitter.com/ReneeYoungWWE/st...30304004276225
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Taylor Wilde (who formerly wrestled in TNA) tweeted that she was considered for the Mae Young Classic but opted to stay in retirement after suffering an injury during training.
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Link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/TaylorWilde/stat...07014862508032
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Originally Posted by Observer
Ring of Honor announced today its next major event would be an iPPV on August 19th from Liverpool, England.
One match was announced for the show, a four-way elimination match for the ROH TV title with KUSHIDA defending against Dalton Castle, Hiromu Takahashi, and Marty Scurll.
The show will be called "War of the Worlds UK -- Liverpool," and will be available for $19.99 through the ROH website and FITE TV. It will start at 1 p.m. Eastern time on a Saturday afternoon and will be the company's first iPPV show outside of the U.S. or Canada, although they have also had streaming specials on New Japan World.
The iPPV is part of the War of the Worlds UK tour, with dates also scheduled for August 18th at York Hall in London and August 20th at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh, Scotland. Revolution Pro Wrestling's Summer Sizzler show is also set for York Hall on August 17th and is listed as a kickoff event for the tour.
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Originally Posted by Observer
After announcing that the show would be broadcast on iPPV, it didn't take long for Ring of Honor to reveal the main event of War of the Worlds UK: Liverpool.
It will be Cody Rhodes defending his ROH World Championship against Los Ingobernables de Japon member SANADA. Rhodes won the title at ROH's Best in the World pay-per-view last month when he defeated Christopher Daniels.
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Originally Posted by Observer
The G-1 tournament will continue on Thursday at 5:30 a.m. Eastern time from Korakuen Hall. That show has Kenny Omega vs. Minoru Suzuki, Kazuchika Okada vs. Toru Yano, Evil vs. Sanada, Michael Elgin vs. Tama Tonga and Juice Robinson vs. Satoshi Kojima. They did some teasing of some of those matches on today's show in Sapporo. Results are up, but people have been raving about today's first night of G-1.
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Originally Posted by Observer
We went into more detail on this on the show, but evidently the reason behind stripping Taya of her title without letting her know was part of a deal to bring Sexy Star back to AAA, as Sexy Star showed up as a surprise at AAA's tapings in Monterrey and won an elimination match for the Reina de Reinas title that Taya had until it was recently stripped from her for reasons that made no sense.
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As expected, Taya was pissed on Twitter for both being stripped of the title and AAA not saying the reason why.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Lio Rush's final independent match before he starts with WWE will be on 8/12 for MCW in Joppa, MD. His last indie match will be in the same building where he started training only a few years ago.
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Originally Posted by Observer
At Friday's Mae Young Classic tapings, Triple H presented Sara Amato (Sara Del Rey) with a bouquet of flowers and credited her for starting the women's revolution in WWE. Stephanie McMahon wrote on Instagram: "#ThankYouSara for all of your sacrifices on the independent circuit all around the world, helping pave the way for women's wrestling, and ensuring its future as the first women's coach and assistant Head Coach in @wwe. #WeAreNXT #WomensWrestling #maeyoungclassic #WeAreReady"
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Originally Posted by Observer
What Culture Pro Wrestling announced that Will Ospreay will be facing Rey Mysterio at their Pro Wrestling World Cup show on August 23rd.
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Originally Posted by Sports Illustrated
There is a major name on the free agent market in professional wrestling, and Sports Illustrated has learned that WWE and GFW/Impact are negotiating with Rey Mysterio.
Mysterio, 42, is currently seen on El Rey’s Lucha Underground. He is signed through the end of the third season, which is set to air in September, and would then be free to work with any company after his 90-day non-compete clause expires.
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Link to the report: https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/201...gfw-free-agent
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
There's speculation on WWE possibly trying to recruit 22 year old Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani, who won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic games. Yazdani was mentioned several times on last night's RAW as Ariya Daivari dedicated his win over Akira Tozawa to Yazdani, as seen below.
Tonight's match against @TozawaAkira is dedicated to Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani...
Can @AriyaDaivariWWE "make it a win"? #RAW #205Live pic.twitter.com/9kvAesd4Kf
— 205Live (@WWE205Live) July 18, 2017
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
After twenty-one years in the business, @TheMarkHenry discusses the next step in his @WWE career on #TableFor3! @WWENetwork pic.twitter.com/wXBsS09Tox
— WWE (@WWE) July 18, 2017
Above is video of Mark Henry talking to WWE Hall of Famers Ron Simmons and The Godfather on last night's "Table For 3" episode. Regarding his WWE future, Henry says his in-ring time is coming to an end as he goes from a talent to a behind-the-scenes employee in a few months. Henry talks about being focused on helping the company with new talents.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Regarding plans for the RAW Women's Title at WWE SummerSlam, Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that the title will no longer be defended in a Fatal 4 Way. No word yet on who Alexa Bliss will defend against but it looks to be a singles match. There have been rumors of Bliss vs. Nia Jax happening. As noted, next week's RAW will feature Sasha Banks vs. Bayley with the winner earning a SummerSlam shot from Bliss.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Emma expressed her frustration on Twitter last night about not being used on television.
Emma returned to action in mid-June after suffering a shoulder injury in early May. WWE teased a storyline with her and Dana Brooke during the Great Balls Of Fire Kickoff show last week but have yet to follow up on it.
During the Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss match on last night's RAW, Emma wrote, "watching Alexa Vs Bayley... Then Sasha and Nia.. Love watching others get more opportunities that I never get! Cool.."
Emma had signed a contract with WWE in 2011. She revealed her Emma ring name in August of 2012. She tweeted that she has been with the company for five years and was just sitting backstage at RAW.
You can check out Emma's tweets below:
Here in #WWENashville watching Alexa Vs Bayley... Then Sasha and Nia.. Love watching others get more opportunities that I never get! Cool..??
— EMMA (@EmmaWWE) July 18, 2017
Sitting backstage at #RAW on my 5yrs with @WWE... Happy Anniversary to me! ??#RAWNashville
— EMMA (@EmmaWWE) July 18, 2017
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
The first two nights of the 32-women Mae Young Classic tournament concluded on Friday. It was noted in the latest edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that there were some people in WWE - the ones "who believe that WWE women all have to be hot" - that were not happy about the tournament. They reportedly felt that a lot of the women in it weren't good looking enough for WWE standards.
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Some other sheet news includes:
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