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Former TPWW Royalty
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Today's Dirty Sheets:
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Originally Posted by Observer
Impact Wrestling didn't get a significant ratings bump coming off Bound for Glory 2018.
Thursday's episode averaged 189,000 viewers on Pop TV, up slightly from last week's 183,000. The rating in the 18-49 demo was unchanged at a 0.04.
This was the third-lowest audience Impact has drawn in 2018 and the third straight week they've been below 200,000 viewers.
Impact will begin airing in a new time slot next week. Next Thursday's episode, which will feature new Impact World Champion Johnny Impact defending his title against Fenix, will air at 10 p.m. Eastern time.
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Originally Posted by PWI
There are plans for WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels to appear on this Monday's Monday Night Raw in Providence, Rhode Island to help build to his return to the ring at the 11/2 Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia, PWInsider.com has confirmed.
That match, featuring DX vs. The Undertaker and Kane will be Michaels' first official match since retiring after losing to The Undertaker in the main event of Wrestlemania 26.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Saudi Arabia state media has confirmed the death of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who wrote for the Washington Post. They said that an altercation between Khashoggi and those who met him inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey led to his death. Crown Jewel is scheduled for November 2 in Riyadh.
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Pretty much more fuel to fire for WWE's backlash if they still go ahead with the event following recent events. Saudis originally denied that the journalist was dead or having any role in it.
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Originally Posted by Observer/Post Wrestling
Indies Roundup:
ROH has begun announcing matches for next month’s Global Wars tour. Jay Lethal, KUSHIDA, Chris Sabin & Jonathan Gresham vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI) is set for Lewiston, Maine on November 7, The Young Bucks vs. KUSHIDA & Sabin vs. Lethal & Gresham vs. The Kingdom (Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan) will be taking place in Lowell, Massachusetts on November 8, KUSHIDA vs. Gresham vs. Flip Gordon vs. BUSHI is set for Buffalo, New York on November 9, and Lethal will defend his ROH World Championship against Kenny King in Toronto on November 11.
Dalton Castle and CMLL’s Stuka Jr. and Guerrero Maya Jr. have been announced for ROH’s Survival of the Fittest tournament in Columbus, Ohio on November 4.
Pro Wrestling EVE has uploaded their entire WrestleQueendom show from May 5, featuring a match between Meiko Satomura and Kay Lee Ray.
David Starr vs. Tomohiro Ishii has been added to the 11/9 Rev Pro Uprising event in York Hall. The match was made after Starr issued a challenge to Ishii.
Lucha Underground averaged 73,000 viewers this past Wednesday on the El Rey Network, which was down from 84,000 last week. The fourth season will conclude with a two-part Ultima Lucha special on October 31st and November 7th.
Jordynne Grace has announced she has had to pull out of three shows this weekend due to a lingering ankle injury she has been working with. Grace sprained her ankle several weeks back and was told it would take 4-6 weeks of recovery but worked on it anyway. She said her ankle is worse than ever and take a short break and hopes to be back in two weeks. She was scheduled to work for Nova Pro Wrestling in Virginia, AWS in California, and Innovative Pro Wrestling in New Jersey this weekend. Grace also made her debut with Impact Wrestling at the television tapings this past Tuesday and wrestled a match with Katarina.
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ROH: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/da...d-championship , PW EVE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETBcUtaO7uY , Rev Pro: https://twitter.com/RevProUK/status/1053402866247970818
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Originally Posted by PWI
There's been talk of naming the Big Show's new alliance with Sheamus and Cesaro "Showbar." The name was being used backstage at Smackdown 1000, but we'll see if it ends up on camera.
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Originally Posted by Post Wrestling
The WWE will be holding their quarterly investors call next Thursday and should have significantly more attention than usual because of the upcoming Crown Jewel event. It’s impossible to imagine that topic not dominating the questions from investors and the rationale of the company to move forward with the event and fulfill this pact over the next decade.
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Based on an analyst, WWE could be looking at a $12-$16 million hit in net income for the fiscal year if they break the Saudi contract. Link: https://deadline.com/2018/10/wwe-sau...gi-1202484980/
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Originally Posted by Post Wrestling
The full lawsuit that has been filed by Riki Paul Johnson against Ashley & Ric Fliehr, author Brian Shields, and the WWE can be read online. Johnson is seeking $500,000 in actual damages and an additional $5 million in punitive damages over the content of the Fliehr’s 2017 book, “Second Nature”. Johnson is alleging that falsehoods were written in the book, including that Johnson was sterile and unable to father children, physical and psychological abuse that Ashley outlined in the book along with alleged criminal misconduct that is “unsupported by any official record, medical reports or any other supporting documentation. Moreover, such conduct being attributed to the Plaintiff that is, in fact, contradicted by official police reports and police dash cam video footage depicting Defendant #1 (Ashley) being the ‘out of control’ aggressor in a physical and verbal tirade which was directed at the responding officers as well as her disparaging and racist comments being directed at the Afro-American community in Chapel Hill, NC.”
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Some more details regarding the Flair's defamation lawsuit.
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Originally Posted by WrestlingInc
Earlier today a report was released that stated Chris Jericho and Jim Ross were working with a major benefactor to launch a new pro wrestling promotion. The report also noted that the two had been in talks with AXS TV about securing a TV deal. Since then AXS TV has flatly denied any involvement in the rumored project.
Chris Jericho has taken to Twitter just now to share the following, throwing even more cold water on the idea:
I'm starting my own wrestling company? AWESOME! Im also starting my own movie studio w #LadyGaga, my own carwash w #Bono & my own bakeshop!
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) October 20, 2018
It doesn't seem in the cards for Jericho to be opening a movie studio with Lady Gaga, or a car wash with Bono for that matter. So, it would seem he's not going to be launching a promotion with Jim Ross.
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Link: https://twitter.com/IAmJericho/statu...44644812546048 , Link from the SEScoops report in dispute: https://www.sescoops.com/chris-jeric...ing-promotion/
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Originally Posted by WrestlingInc
WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair is currently scheduled to be at WWE Evolution later this month, according to PWInsider. We also now know of more WWE NXT names that are reportedly being brought in - the injured Tegan Nox, Shadia Bseiso, Kavita Devi, Xia Li and Taynara Conti. It's possible Bseiso is working as a backstage interviewer like she has with the Mae Young Classic.
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Originally Posted by WrestlingInc
RAW Women's Champion Ronda Rousey has received a lot of props this week for her promo with Nikki Bella on Monday's RAW from Philadelphia. This strong promo by Rousey is especially interesting because she personally wrote most of the promo herself and used her own words, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Paul Heyman has been producing Rousey's segments as of late because she's most comfortable working with him, and because Heyman has the best knowledge of Rousey's career and her character.
Regarding Monday's RAW promo, Heyman gave Rousey instructions and the key parts to focus on - the line about John Cena's bedroom, The Bella Twins leeching off Cena and Daniel Bryan. He also gave The Bellas their key lines on how they were the real Superstars who started the women's revolution and the Divas Title record. With The Bellas putting over Nikki's Divas Title record, the idea was that fans consider the Divas era to be a negative point in time for the women of WWE, and The Bellas would be pushing the era like it was a good thing.
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Originally Posted by WrestlingInc
WWE has a new poll asking fans which Evolution match they're most looking forward to. As of this writing, 46% voted for the Last Woman Standing match between Charlotte Flair and SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch while 20% voted for Nikki Bella vs. RAW Women's Champion Ronda Rousey, 17% for Alexa Bliss and Mickie James vs. WWE Hall of Famers Lita and Trish Stratus, 11% for the Battle Royal and 6% for Shayna Baszler vs. WWE NXT Women's Champion Kairi Sane
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Originally Posted by Post Wrestling
Next Wednesday’s episode of 205 Live is their 100th episode after premiering in November 2016 on the WWE Network. The show will feature a Falls Count Anywhere match between Hideo Itami and Mustafa Ali and Mike Kanellis will have his first match on the show against Lince Dorado. The show will be taped Tuesday in Newark, New Jersey prior to the SmackDown and Mixed Match Challenge tapings.
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Some other sheet news includes:
Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:
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