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Former TPWW Royalty
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Dirtsheets sponsored by Neutralizer OUTTA NOWHERE:
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Originally Posted by Observer
For the second week of the brand extension period, Raw held up well last night, doing 3.30 million viewers, down from 3.33 million the week before ...
The pattern was different from usual, in that the first hour was the strongest instead of the second hour. There was the third hour fade. It wasn't as bad as in some weeks, but it was still 9 percent drop, with the final hour built around the return of Brock Lesnar ...
For the three hours, the numbers were:
8 p.m. 3.46 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.40 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.08 million viewers
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For some reference, same show last year had 3.7 million as the average
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Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that SmackDown will be adding its own women’s and tag team titles. Daniel Bryan did an interview with the Bear Hug it Out podcast, and confirmed Meltzer’s report that a women’s title will eventually be added to SmackDown.
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Link to the Bryan interview: http://bearhugitout.podbean.com/e/ep...yan-interview/
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The judge in the Jimmy Snuka case has denied the District Attorney’s request to drop the charges, stemming from the 1983 death of Snuka’s girlfriend at the time. That means that Jimmy Snuka, at this point, is likely to stand trial for murder shortly.
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Though the newly revamped SmackDown Live may still only be two hours long, it will be receiving an extra hour of analysis on WWE Network.
WWE announced on Tuesday that WWE Talking Smack, a weekly SmackDown wrap-up show featuring analysis and interviews will be debuting on WWE Network tonight. That is in addition to the half hour pre-show that already airs on WWE Network before both Raw and SmackDown.
Talking Smack will air immediately following SmackDown at 10 p.m. EST.
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The Huffington Post has an article on TNA Knockout Jade, focusing on her overcoming domestic abuse. As a former victim of domestic violence, Jade is now an advocate of women’s rights championing the cause to end domestic battery. “We choose to get in the ring. We’re trained to keep ourselves and our opponents safe. But when someone brings it back home, that’s not wrestling anymore. That is not entertainment. That is just straight abuse.” Pass this article along if you know of anyone in a dangerous situation, female or male, child or adult. Violence in the home is not ok in any form.
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Link to the article from Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bryan-..._11269074.html
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As expected, Gawker founder and partial owner Nick Denton has declared bankruptcy stemming from judge Pamela Campbell's ruling that he needed to start paying Hulk Hogan his share of the big verdict. Denton is in a legal vise as he may not be able to raise the $50 million to appeal the original verdict.
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After an absence earlier this year caused speculation about her employment with the company, Lilian Garcia will officially be leaving WWE to help take care of her ailing father ...
Garcia has been sporadically absent from shows this year to care for her father who is fighting two different types of cancer, and is now leaving her role in WWE so she can stay closer to home and have time to spend with him.
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Ring of Honor announced IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Dalton Castle in a non-title for Death Before Dishonor XIV on pay-per-view August 19th.
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Originally Posted by PWI
WWE applied to trademark "King of The Ring" as an event name on 7/28, so it could be returning again.
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Tony Nese, who made his WWE debut last week in an excellent showing on the Cruiserweight Classic, has signed a new deal with WWNLive.com, the parent company of EVOLVE, PWInsider.com has confirmed.
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A round of roster reveals have been made for WWE 2K17 with Aiden English & Simon Gotch of the Vaudevillains, Booker T, Brian Pillman, Brie & Nikki Bella, Chris Jericho, Diego & Fernando of Los Matadores, Erick Rowan, Heath Slater, Jey & Jimmy Uso, Jim Neidhart, Konnor & Viktor of the Ascension, Larry Zbyszko, R-Truth, and The Ultimate Warrior all being announced for the game.
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Some other sheet news includes: - In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Jinder Mahal's win over Heath Slater last night was his first ever singles win on RAW in the WWE. His only other wins on RAW were as part of 3MB while he had a few singles wins previously on Smackdown shows.
- E! announced the debut of Total Bellas will occur on October 5th.
- For those with Verizon Fios, El Rey channel was recently added to their lineup making Lucha Underground available to watch now.
- ESN announced their weekly wrestling segment is being moved to Wednesday starting this week.
- Rhyno will find out later tonight if he managed to win the Republican primary for one of Michigan state house seats up for grabs later this year.
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