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It’s being reported by Sportskeeda that Kevin Owens wearing suits and calling himself, “The New Face of America” may not just be part of his character on SmackDown Live. Apparently, the suits are WWE owner Vince McMahon’s way of hiding Owens’ physique and presenting him differently. There is a possibility of him wrestling his matches in a suit going forward. Vince McMahon is said to be “fed up” with Owens being overweight and not lifting weights the way he’d prefer which is why he felt that the suit was necessary. Owens shaving his beard was another request from McMahon.

Sportskeeda been pretty dubious overall as a source but link to the article: http://www.gerweck.net/2017/04/28/ww...-kos-physique/

Originally Posted by Observer WWE is debuting a new name for Raw's July pay-per-view, and Brock Lesnar is set to defend the Universal Championship for the first time on the show. A video released by the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Twitter and Facebook today brought the announcement that the building will be hosting a Raw-exclusive PPV named "Great Balls of Fire" on July 9th. It was previously rumored that the show would be called "Bad Blood." The announcement also confirmed that Brock Lesnar will defend the Universal title on the PPV. Lesnar has yet to defend the title since winning it from Goldberg at WrestleMania 33, though a program with Braun Strowman was established on the post-Mania episode of Raw.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc As noted previously, the July 9 WWE PPV, Bad Blood, was changed to Great Balls of Fire and will now take place in Dallas, Texas. The phrase not only managed to trend on Twitter, but WWE Superstars, Becky Lynch and Big E, commented on the new name: Great balls of Fire?! What the..... — Becky Lynch (@BeckyLynchWWE) April 28, 2017 Clearly, the most disappointing aspect of no longer being on Raw is knowing I won't be a part of the 1st annual Great Balls of Fire. — ShinigamE (@WWEBigE) April 28, 2017

Originally Posted by Observer Reby Hardy on Twitter denied any stories that WWE has purchased the rights to the broken gimmick from Anthem.

Originally Posted by Observer Tama Tonga was injured at yesterday's New Japan show. There was fear it was a ruptured biceps which is a serious injury but that wasn't definite. So there is a chance he'll be out of action, but no announcement has been made and in Japan guys work through a lot of injuries just to get through the rest of the tour.

Originally Posted by Observer Ember Moon must have an injury because Natalya posted a group photo taken of a lot of the NXT talent and Moon had her arm in a sling. She was believed to have been injured on a dive at last week's TV tapings and she isn't on the main NXT tour this week.

Link to Natty's group photo: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-hre61UIAA9bfz.jpg:large

Originally Posted by Observer One of the biggest territorial angles of the 80s took place 30 years ago today. It was the night Jerry Lawler got his head shaved in Memphis. Lawler had won every hair vs. hair match in his career. It was comparable to Undertaker's streak. He wrestled Austin Idol, and Idol announced he would pay people back all of their ticket money if he didn't beat Lawler in the cage match. As it turned out, Lawler didn't get shaved completely bald, but Tommy Rich hid under the ring (this was one of the first times this happened) and Rich, Lawler and manager Paul Heyman (then using the name Paul Dangerly, not Dangerously) conspired to win the match and then crotch Lawler's groin against the post over and over (Lawler was actually taking time off to get either a vasectomy or a vasectomy reversed) to do an injury angle. It was one of the last huge drawing angles in that territory's history.

Originally Posted by PWI The 4/27 edition of Impact on Pop brought in 255,000 viewers, down significantly from last week's 320,000 viewers.

Originally Posted by PWI There is a "story" making the rounds that nude photos of Alexa Bliss have been leaked somewhere on the internet. We ignore these stories unless the person involved comments. Alexa tweeted the following: Once again, the risqué photos on the Internet supposedly of me are bogus. — Alexa Bliss (@AlexaBliss_WWE) April 28, 2017 I am offended and demand these altered photos be removed immediately — Alexa Bliss (@AlexaBliss_WWE) April 28, 2017

Originally Posted by WrestleInc TMZ Sports reported that the official cause of death for Jan Ross, the wife of Jim Ross, is traumatic brain injury. Jan was driving to a local gym when her Vespa was hit by a car in Norman, OK on Monday night, March 20th. Jan was not wearing her helmet and suffered multiple skull fractures. She passed away days later on March 22nd. While the cause of death has been determined, the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner told TMZ Sports that a toxicology report is still pending. It was also noted that the death has been ruled an accident, although the case still remains under investigation.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Zack Ryder noted on Twitter that he ran the ropes this week. Ryder, who has been out of action since injuring his knee last December, wrote, "I ran the ropes today...I blew up...I loved it."

Some other sheet news includes:

• USA Today had a recent interview with Karl Anderson talking about WWE, tag team wrestling, and the Hardys return. http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/04/karl...k-full-card-tv
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, this Sunday will be the 40th anniversary of the end of Bruno Sammartino's 2nd WWWF title reign. His 2nd reign lasted for around 4 years before ending at the hands of Billy Graham who owns the record for longest reign by a heel (no turns included).
• For those interested, r/SquaredCircle had a recent article summing up the careers of everyone involved in the Seasonal Era of NXT with the breakdown being only half are still in the WWE, half quit wrestling, and Michael Tarver being the only Season 1 contestant to never win a title in the WWE. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...p_as_of_today/