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Originally Posted by Observer Raw last night fell to a near record low mark with 3.00 million viewers. It would have been the lowest number since football season ended, and the fourth lowest number since 1997 for a show that didn't go head-to-head with football. The three shows that did worse were against a blockbuster NBA playoff game and the two weeks against the 2016 Olympics. The audience dropped 10 percent from last week and last week had a stronger NBA game head-to-head ... The three hours were: 8 p.m. 3.00 million viewers 9 p.m. 3.14 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.88 million viewers

This year's RAW on track to become the lowest ever year post-1997 and probably start dipping into New Gen territory. Only 2 weeks have been better than 2016.

Originally Posted by Observer A film chronicling the life of Vince McMahon could be making its way to theaters in the near future. The Hollywood Reporter announced today that a biopic on McMahon is close to landing at Sony's TriStar Pictures. The film is titled "Pandemonium" and will be directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. The two have directed four movies together in the past and are currently involved with the NBC show "This is Us." Perhaps most importantly, WWE is involved with the project in some capacity. President of WWE Studios Michael Luisi is attached as one of the film's producers. The Hollywood Reporter's article notes that there was hesitation among studios when the script first made the rounds last summer because WWE and McMahon hadn't signed off on it, but talks were revived in recent weeks after producer Andrew Lazar secured the rights to McMahon's life story.

Originally Posted by Observer Though it ultimately didn't happen, Big Show vs. Shaquille O'Neal seemed to be the first match penciled into the WrestleMania 33 card at one point. Both O'Neal and Big Show offered explanations for the match falling through even before it was officially off, with Shaq saying that it wasn't his fault and Big Show blaming his opponent. Triple H also discussed the issue at one point and said that he didn't think either participant was serious about the match. While recording a live episode of his podcast in Atlanta, O'Neal reiterated that WWE was to blame for the match not happening. “Because they kept playing," Shaq explained. "First, they said it was me and Big Show. Then, they said it was going to be three and three. Then, they canceled it, so when they canceled it, I made other arrangements. And then they tried to call back and tried to get it done, and I just said, ‘I’m not going to do it.’ They messed it up.”

Originally Posted by Observer Mike Johnson reported that it was The Young Bucks who were to be the ROH representatives that were going to face Tommy Dreamer & Bully Ray last night at the House of Hardcore show. On the mic Dreamer had thanked Joe Koff of ROH for clearing the way for replacements, without mentioning names, but that something fell through. Nick Jackson got very sick yesterday morning and had to cancel. I was told that Vince McMahon and Paul Levesque agreed to allow the Hardys to wrestle to save the show after first not allowing it, I guess with them figuring Dreamer did everything he could to get a replacement. They were told they were not allowed to do anything physically risky but could do a match. At the show they teased Dreamer & Bully vs. Spirit Squad, the same match as the night before, and then got the pop as The Hardys came out and Matt said that they had been told they couldn't wrestle tonight, but they were going to wrestle even if it means getting fired on Monday. Besides Koff, Dreamer also thanked HHH and Vince, saying that HOH owes both of them one.

Originally Posted by Observer John Cena turned 40 [Sunday]today. Happy Birthday. Vince McMahon sent out a tweet calling him the Babe Ruth of WWE.

Originally Posted by Observer Scott Steiner was revealed at last night's Impact tapings as the mystery partner of Josh Matthews at Slammiversary on 7/2 in his tag match against Joseph Park & Jeremy Borash for the lead announcing position. LAX also won the GFW tag team titles in a tournament final over Wilcox & Mayweather (Jax Dane & former Crimson). Last night was the final night of tapings and covers all of May.

Originally Posted by Observer USA Today has an article on Jinder Mahal getting a shot at the WWE title. Triple H is quoted in the piece, where he says that he doesn't know if Mahal was ready for the experience when he was first with WWE and compared him to Drew McIntyre. He said that he told both Mahal and McIntyre when they were initially released to "go other places, learn more in your career, mature, and think about the business in a different way" and gave them credit for working hard and improving while away from the company.

Link to the article: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/04/jind...e-championship

Originally Posted by Observer The former Andrea D'Marco confirmed that she's gone from WWE on Twitter today. Pro Wrestling Sheet also reported that NXT's Chris Atkins has been released.

Originally Posted by Observer Mister Saint Laurent said on today's MLW Radio podcast that Cody Rhodes has signed with Ring of Honor. Rhodes told Sports Illustrated last week that he would be making a decision about his future soon.

Link to the announcement: https://twitter.com/MLW/status/856966524090896384

Originally Posted by PWI WrestlingDVDNetwork.com is reporting that the WWE project Sean Mooney was filming with Charly Caruso is meant for home video later this year. "WWE Unreleased & Unseen:1986-1995" has the following synopsis: "WWE unlocks the vault and brings you never-before-seen matches from 1986-1995. Check out these unreleased hidden gems featuring some of the greatest Superstars in WWE history." It is currently slated for August release in the US and September in the UK.

Originally Posted by PWI The talk of the Impact locker room over the last 48 hours has been what was described to PWInsider as a "loud and ugly argument" between Impact executive Bob Ryder and Karen and Jeff Jarrett at the final Impact Wrestling taping this past Sunday 4/23 in Orlando, Florida that at one point, appeared to have been Ryder's exit from the company. Multiple sources stated that Karen Jarrett confronted Ryder (who was timing out the show) and began arguing with him over what we are told was, of all things, the booking of a hotel room. Shortly after Karen "dressed down Ryder", she left the scene. Several minutes later, Jeff Jarrett loudly confronted Ryder and told him to "not wait" and to leave the taping. After his argument with Jeff Jarrett, Ryder packed up and left before completing his duties. We are told that Ryder then had another argument with the Jarretts before getting in his car and leaving. There was a lot of sympathy for Ryder after the incident because his health has not been the best in recent months A number of those we spoke to believed yesterday that Ryder was fired by the Jarretts or that Ryder had quit after his argument with Karen. However, PWInsider.com has confirmed that Ryder was in the Impact offices in Nashville today working per usual. It is believed that whatever sparked the issue was settled once everyone returned to Nashville.

Originally Posted by PWI Former Impact Wrestling star Crazzy Steve announced today he was now accepting independent bookings "for a limited time." He can be booked by emailing bookcrazzysteve@gmail.com. The word making the rounds is that Steve has received WWE interest and opted out of his Impact deal because of it. We are told that Impact had the legal option to renew his contract for an additional year but opted to let him go when he asked for a release. He was well liked and it was an amicable departure. PWInsider.com has heard from multiple sources that WWE officials are telling talents that are leaving contracts with other promotions that they will not enter into discussions with them for at least 90 days. This stems from a widely discussed (but never confirmed) story within the business that Ring of Honor sent WWE a legal letter warning them about discussions with talents who were coming to the end of their contracted deals.

Originally Posted by PWI Former TNA and ROH champion Eddie Edwards was injured over the course of the last Impact Wrestling tapings and will be undergoing surgery on his knee shortly. Pro Wrestling Revolver announced today that Edwards was pulled from their May return to Iowa due to the injury.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Another incident regarding JBL and a non-wrestler whose name was not mentioned was discussed. Apparently the person had a close family member dying and had to miss a couple of weeks of work due to a minor operation. JBL went off on the person for taking time off and harassed the person while noting that he didn't miss shows after he had hernia surgery. He kept going on until the person was in tears, even though the person noted that it wasn't the week to do this.

Was from last week's Observer Newsletter as part of the larger JBL-Mauro bullying saga.


Some other sheet news includes:

• Update to Vader collapsing after a match in Japan news as Vader ended up being healthy enough to wrestle in another show over the weekend.
• Jim Ross' autobiography called "Slobberknocker" was announced to be getting released this October.
• Chris Jericho announced Samoa Joe will be this week's guest for Talk Is Jericho podcast show.
• Scott Hall recently had an interview with Pro Wrestling Illustrated Podcast talking about bullying in wrestling and how things have changed since he was a wrestler. Pretty much said bullying isn't acceptable in wrestling and there is a very fine line between harmless pranks and bullying. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...all-talks-jbl/
• Update to Shibata suffering a possible career ending injury news as Shibata revealed he still is suffering from some paralyzing effects but also wants to try a possible comeback if he is able to fully recover. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...ending-injury/