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Dirtsheets sponsored by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan Appreciation Day:

Originally Posted by Observer Raymond Louis "Bobby" Heenan, generally considered the greatest pro wrestling manager of all-time, passed away this afternoon [Sunday]. He had been battling serious health issues for many years after contracting cancer first in 2002. Heenan was 72.

Originally Posted by Observer Jessica Solt, Bobby Heenan’s daughter, spoke to the Tampa Bay Times for an obituary on her father. The article notes that Heenan died of organ failures that were brought on by his battle with cancer.

Link to the article: http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituar...-at-73/2337830

Originally Posted by Observer WWE will be filming a lot of stuff backstage tonight on Heenan with everyone giving comments for what would likely be a documentary. I expect the Raw rating to be up slightly as that's usually the case when a figure of this level passes away. I would expect something big, or at least hope that's the case for tonight's show.

Originally Posted by Observer With competition from both Monday Night Football and Dancing With The Stars, Raw dropped to 2.82 million viewers last night, a drop of three percent from last week ... The first hour did a stronger than expected number, which is likely at least partially due to curiosity regarding how the company would handle the death of Bobby Heenan. Both the second and third hours had far larger than usual drops and the third hour was the lowest rated hour since the end of the NBA playoffs. Raw still remained in second place on cable, trailing Monday Night Football, which did a strong 12.29 million viewers for the Detroit Lions vs. New York Giants game. Dancing With the Stars, which featured Nikki Bella, and was never mentioned on Raw for obvious reasons, did 10.71 million viewers. The first-to-third hour drops were the biggest among women, notably teenage girls which dropped from hour one to three by nearly 40 percent ... The three hours were: 8 p.m. 3.12 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.84 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.53 million viewers

3 of the past 4 weeks have averaged 100k less viewers than the week prior. With the way the 3rd hour has been dropping, could be looking at sub-2 million being a trend by the end of the year.

Originally Posted by Observer Chris Jericho announced today an ambitious vacation type of rock and pro wrestling entertainment venture, called "Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea" that will run next year from October 27-31 from Miami to Nassau in the Bahamas. The cruise aboard Norwegian Jade will feature both rock and pro wrestling entertainment events, including a Sea of Honor tournament presented by Ring of Honor and hosted by Jim Ross. Names listed as being on the cruise include Diamond Dallas Page, Mick Foley, Ricky Steamboat, Rey Mysterio, Raven, Konnan, Disco Inferno, Hurricane Helms, Lance Storm, Don Callis, and members of the Busted Open radio show. Musical guests will include Fozzy, Kyng, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, The Vies, Jim Breuer (who will also do comedy) and The Loud and Rowdy, Shoot to Thrill, Blizzard of Ozzy and the Dave Spivak Project. The Sea of Honor tournament will have 12 ROH wrestlers competing in an outdoor wrestling ring.

Originally Posted by Observer Bound for Glory is headed to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Impact Wrestling announced today that the Aberdeen Pavilion would be hosting the pay-per-view on November 5th, with television tapings also set for the venue on November 6-10. When the word got out that the tapings were being moved to Canada, a number of people in wrestling inquired about the status of Jim Cornette, who has been all over the recent television shows as the head of authority for the promotion. Cornette hasn't been to Canada for years because he was turned away at the border in 2010 when they ran his record, which included a number of assaults, mostly stemming from incidents involving fights with fans who attacked him while he was a manager at matches in the 80s ... Because of that, Cornette won't be at the next set of tapings and is done with the promotion, which he said there is no heat over and it's just a matter of circumstances.

Originally Posted by Observer Ed Nordholm told the Ottawa Citizen that Impact Wrestling’s tagline is “Less Talk More Action.” The article states that the company hopes to get about 500 fans a night at the Aberdeen Pavilion for Bound for Glory and the subsequent TV tapings.

Link to the article: http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/loca...g-pay-per-view

Originally Posted by Observer Though details are still sparse, WWE is reviving the Starrcade name for a SmackDown live event during Thanksgiving weekend. The Greensboro Coliseum announced today that they would be hosting WWE Starrcade on November 25th, which would be the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The venue at least partially hosted the first four Starrcade events from 1983-1986, with the shows in 1985 and 1986 being split between the Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina and The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia.

More details and planned card at the moment: http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/ww...e-event-243021

Originally Posted by Observer PWG announced that their next shows will be on October 20th and 21st as part of All Star Weekend 13. Ricochet tweeted that he won’t be at WrestleCircus’ first anniversary show on the 21st due to it conflicting with PWG. PWG also uploaded the preview video for the DVD of the first night of this year’s Battle of Los Angeles. WhatCulture announced today that several key staff members (Adam Blampied, Adam Pacitti, Ross Tweddell, Sam Driver, and Jack King) will be leaving the website to focus on other projects. Blampied was WhatCulture Pro Wrestling’s on-screen general manager and the promotion will reveal his replacement at their “Refuse to Lose” show on October 2nd.

Link to Ricochet's tweet: https://twitter.com/KingRicochet/sta...55814848290816 , Preview Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD6t7wZx7j4 , and WhatCulture announcement: https://twitter.com/whatculture/stat...81043142725632

Originally Posted by Observer Revolution Pro Wrestling announced that this year’s Global Wars UK shows will be taking place in Bethnal Green on November 9th and Walthamstow on the 10th. Minoru Suzuki is the first wrestler confirmed for the shows.

Link to the announcement: https://twitter.com/RevProUK/status/909092595447603201

Originally Posted by Observer There is a WWE 24 documentary in the works covering Bill Goldberg's comeback from last year and earlier this year.

Originally Posted by Observer An hour-long documentary on Madusa called “Trailblayzer” will be premiering on the WWE Network after NXT on Wednesday. It will focus on her career and Hall of Fame induction.

Originally Posted by PWI Announced for the 2017 WWE Hell in A Cell PPV on 10/11 from Detroit, Michigan is: *WWE champion Jinder Mahal vs. Shinsuke Nakamura. *Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon inside Hell in A Cell. *WWE Smackdown Women's champion Natalya vs. Charlotte Flair. *WWE Smackdown Tag Team champions The New Dayvs. The Usos.

Originally Posted by PWI Ursula Hayden, who performed as Babe the Farmer's Daughter for the original Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling and holds the rights to the original GLOW video library, filed a trademark on the term GLOW on 9/1. What is interesting is the description of the trademark, which would include the premise of the Netflix series of the same name, which is based on the original GLOW television series

More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...tflix.html?p=1

Originally Posted by WrestleInc As noted, Bayley returned from her shoulder injury on tonight's WWE RAW from her hometown of San Jose, California. After Nia Jax defeated RAW Women's Champion Alexa Bliss in a non-title match, Bayley returned and ended up helping Sasha Banks to take out Jax and then Bliss. WWE has announced that Bayley is being added to the No Mercy card on Sunday, making the RAW Women's Title match a Fatal 5 Way.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc The WWE NXT live event scheduled for Friday at the Mark Lance Armory in St Augustine, Florida has been canceled due to the National Guard using the armory for Hurricane Irma relief operations. NXT tweeted the following information for ticket-holders: Due to the Nat'l Guard activating after Hurricane Irma, the 9/22 LE in St Augustine is cancelled. For tix info email NXTTickets@wwecorp.com — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 19, 2017

Some other sheet news includes:

• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is Rene Young's (32), WWE Hall of Famer Gerald Brisco's (71), and Eva Marie's (33) birthdays.
• WWE's newest book focusing on Ric Flair called "Second Nature" was released today.
• First gameplay trailer for WWE 2k18 was recently released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX2ApPUn05c
• Anthem is currently rumored to changing the name of GFW due to possible legal issues related to Jeff Jarrett. Likely will be going back to the Impact Wrestling name.
• CBS had a recent interview with The Young Bucks talking about Marty Scrull in Bullet Club, talking with WWE stars, and not seeing a legal situation like the Broken Hardys occur with them in ROH. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...g-out-to-them/
• Former WWE writer Court Bauer revealed during a recent episode of The World According To Wrestling podcast show what the original plans for the post-Vince limo explosion story were prior to Benoit's actual death. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...hon-real-life/
• Mae Young Classic competitor Toni Storm became the first foreigner to win the 5 Star Grand Prix tournament in Stardom history. https://twitter.com/tonistorm_/statu...21751429136384