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Originally Posted by PWI
As we broke in the Elite section of PWInsider.com, two names have been discussed heavily in WWE Creative discussions for appearances in the first-ever women's Royal Rumble on 1/28 in Philadelphia.
The first is former WWE Women's Hardcore champion Molly Holly, who sources have told us is booked for the Rumble. Holly has been working as a trainer at Shawn Daivari and Ken Anderson's Academy Wrestling School in Minneapolis. Holly's last match for the company was the women's battle royal at Wrestlemania 25.
The second is former WWE Divas champion Michelle McCool, who recently teased on social media during an interaction with Charlotte Flair that she would be interested in returning for a final match. We are told McCool is not yet 100% locked in but has spoken with the company about an appearance.
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Spoiler tags used since its related to possible surprise entrants for the Women's Rumble.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Tuesday night's episode of SmackDown on the USA Network averaged 2.603 million viewers, down four percent from last week's total.
The show was eighth for the night in terms of total viewers on cable but did finish first in the important 18-49 demo with a 0.76 rating.
For the second week in a row, and for the sixth time in the last eight weeks, SmackDown was up as compared to the same week from the previous year. The January 10th, 2016 show did 2.533 million viewers.
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Originally Posted by IGN
Another thing brought up in the Boom! Comics story is how some felt like AJ was a "rookie" - the "Redneck Rookie" being the actual moniker used. "I was like 'Uh, I've been doing this for 16 years.'" Styles said. "I'm not a rookie and I'm not even the age a rookie would be coming into anything. So yeah, I kind of tried to squash that as quickly as I could."
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From a recent interview Styles had with IGN. http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/01/...t-club-reunion
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Originally Posted by Observer
While the venue and location have yet to be announced, Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks apparently have a date for their "All In" 10,000 seat show.
Cody revealed the official Twitter account for the event today and teased that it will be taking place on September 1st. The account follows Cody, Matt & Nick Jackson, Kenny Omega, "Arrow" star Stephen Amell, Marty Scurll, and Hangman Page. All seven tweeted out that they're "All In" for the show.
The idea for "All In" began when Dave Meltzer tweeted last May that Ring of Honor couldn't sell out an arena with over 10,000 fans any time soon. Cody took that as a bet, and it was revealed in November that Cody and The Young Bucks were planning to self-finance the show.
September 1st is on a Saturday during Labor Day weekend. That weekend is traditionally when Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's Battle of Los Angeles tournament takes place. In an interview with the AV Club last October, ROH's Joe Koff said he believes Daniel Bryan is under contract with WWE until September. If the deal expires after the 1st, it would mean Bryan is unavailable for the show regardless of what his future with WWE ends up being.
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Originally Posted by Observer
TMZ reported that Triple H had dinner with Ronda Rousey and her agent in Los Angeles last night. Though the article noted that it was a big deal for Triple H to miss SmackDown for the dinner, he and Stephanie McMahon were already in LA for Television Critics Association press events to celebrate the 25th anniversary episode of Raw.
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Link: http://www.tmz.com/2018/01/10/ronda-...-h-wwe-dinner/
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Originally Posted by Observer
Triple H and Stephanie noted WWE is waiting for the legal process to play out in Rich Swann’s arrest. They reiterated that Swann will be immediately released if he’s convicted, which is what WWE’s zero-tolerance domestic abuse policy calls for.
The Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, which will host Fastlane on March 11th, put out a WWE-produced video that continues to advertise AJ Styles defending the WWE Championship against Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kevin Owens, and Sami Zayn in a fatal five-way match as the PPV’s main event.
Xavier Woods posted a video where Carmella trained with pancakes in preparation of teaming with Big E in Mixed Match Challenge.
Rusev teased that a Rusev Day calendar may be getting released soon.
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Swann: https://www.thewrap.com/rich-swann-wwe-raw-205-live/ , Fastlane: https://www.facebook.com/NationwideA...8718589155023/ , Woods: https://www.facebook.com/xavierwoods...2448714587198/ , Rusev: https://twitter.com/RusevBUL/status/950928669786169344
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Originally Posted by PWI
WWNLive's Gabe Sapolsky will be signing an official contract with World Wrestling Entertainment as a consultant, PWInsider.com has confirmed. Sapolsky, 45, has been working on a handshake agreement with WWE for months, helping out specifically at the WWE NXT tapings. We are told Sapolsky will retain his position and responsibilities with WWN and the EVOLVE promotion and this is seen as a growth in the relationship between WWE and WWN.
The deal puts Sapolky and long-time mentor Paul Heyman, technically, back under the same roof for the first time since the original ECW closed in 2001. Before his current position with EVOLVE/WWN, Sapolsky was the initial booker for Ring of Honor and worked behind the scenes for ECW, including authoring the promotion's official program and heading up a Sabu Fan Club.
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Impact Wrestling is back to having a four-sided ring for this week’s television tapings in Orlando. There’s also a Twitch logo on the side of the ring, which could mean they’re partnering with the company.
Austin Aries returned to Impact at the tapings.
Jericho also discussed the business impact of the Omega match when appearing on Busted Open Radio. Jericho said he’s interested in doing the “Brock Lesnar idea” with NJPW if it works out. He said he has to reevaluate and see what he wants to do next, where the next big impact can be, and what time he has available.
In addition to Cody and The Young Bucks, Omega, Marty Scurll, Stephen Amell, and Hangman Page have tweeted that they’re “All In” for Cody and the Bucks’ 10,000 seat show. The location for the show will be revealed on a future episode of Being the Elite.
Madison Rayne will be taking part in the tournament to crown the first ROH Women of Honor Champion. She’ll be facing Mandy Leon in a first round match at ROH’s television tapings in Nashville on January 20th.
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Impact: https://twitter.com/taiji_ishimori/s...33508319182849 , Jericho: https://twitter.com/BustedOpenRadio/...59236556378115 , Jericho's "Lesnar" idea: https://twitter.com/BustedOpenRadio/...61043898765312 , 10k Show: https://twitter.com/ALL_IN_2018/stat...32897431822336 , ROH: http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/mad...hip-tournament
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Originally Posted by PWI
Impact Wrestling star Moose suffered a knee injury during tonight's Impact Wrestling taping while competing in a Four Way bout. We will update with additional details when they are confirmed, but the belief right now is that he did not tear anything. More as we get it.
In regard to Impact Wrestling having the Twitch logo on their ring aprons at the TV taping tonight, we are told that there is a deal in place that will see the company producing content specifically for the streaming provider.
There will be a media call tomorrow AM with Don Callis and Scott D'Amore
There was a backstage meeting with all talent before tonight's Impact taping, including a chance for talents to ask any questions they had from management. We were told it was a very positive meeting.
Former WWE referee Marc Harris started with Impact tonight.
Kiera Hogan, who has a great look and a ton of potential, officially started with the company as well. She had been signed awhile back but not used.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Tickets for the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony at the Smoothie Center in New Orleans will go on sale on Friday 1/19 at 11 AM EST, so we should have the first honoree announced around that time.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Triple H announced today that the official theme songs for WWE NXT "Takeover: Philadelphia" will be Asking Alexandria's "Into the Fire" and "When the Lights Come On" singles. Above is a preview of the songs.
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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPlMBV27JbU
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
WWE has a new poll asking fans who is the favorite in the WWE United States Title tournament. As of this writing, 64% voted for Bobby Roode while 20% voted for Jinder Mahal, 12% for Xavier Woods and 4% for Mojo Rawley. As noted, next week's SmackDown will feature Mahal vs. Woods and Roode vs. Mojo will take place in 2 weeks. The winners of those matches will face off in the finals at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view.
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Some other sheet news includes: - According to Meltzer, WWE currently considering between 3-4 legends/celebrities for the Women's Rumble and 7-8 from NXT to fill out the spots needed.
- Recent episode of Talk Is Jericho had Kenny Omega as the guest. https://omny.fm/shows/talk-is-jerich...alpha-vs-omega
- Amarillo Globe-News held a recent interview with Seth Rollins talking about who he'd like to face at a future Wrestlemania, fans reaction to the Shield reunion, and if his match against Cena and Lesnar at Royal Rumble 2015 proved he deserved to be a top star. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...eld-reuniting/
- Update on recent news of RAW's 25th anniversary show being 5 hours long as the source of the news, Television Critics Association, issued a correction saying it will be a regular 3 hour show. https://twitter.com/OfficialTCA/stat...rc=twsrc%5Etfw
Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:
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