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Old 06-10-2017, 10:57 AM   #1161
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Old 06-13-2017, 03:30 PM   #1162
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Old 06-13-2017, 10:49 PM   #1163
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To the surprise of nobody, the NBA playoffs led to Raw doing the second lowest number in its modern history, averaging 2.53 million viewers.

The only lower number for a modern Raw was the September 26th, 2016, show, going against the Trump-Clinton debate, which did 2.46 million viewers.

Raw was fourth for the night on cable.

Raw was down 15 percent from last week, which is no surprise. It would have likely fallen below the Trump-Clinton number had it not been for a decent first hour with the Brock Lesnar/Samoa Joe angle. The decision to do the angle earlier in the show meant more people saw it, but sacrificed the show's overall rating because they had nothing close to that level to build toward for the remaining nearly three hours.

The third hour, in particular, did poorly, but still better than it did on debate night. The debate drew far more viewers than the NBA playoffs.

The Warriors-Cavaliers game did 24.47 million viewers ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 2.77 million viewers
9 p.m. 2.52 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.34 million viewers
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When John Cena returns to WWE television next month, he'll be doing so with a storyline that he's a "free agent" ...

What that actually means quickly became a question. And people naturally wondered if it was related to the announcement that Roman Reigns will be making on Raw next week about his plans for SummerSlam.

Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez briefly discussed the matter on last night's edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, and Meltzer noted that he was told that Cena won't be Reigns' opponent at SummerSlam. The idea is apparently for Cena to be able to appear on both Raw and SmackDown even if it goes against the brand split because he's one of the only draws that WWE has.
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Paige wrote that she's getting her last X-rays after neck surgery and seemed to indicate that she could be coming back soon. She also posted pictures of herself working out on Instagram.
Link to the post: https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/sta...84344748605440

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The Daily Mail ran a story yesterday about Bray Wyatt's wife Samantha filing for divorce. Samantha's lawyer alleged that Wyatt was having an affair with WWE ring announcer JoJo.
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As they usually do, WWE is sending the Golden State Warriors a customized championship belt for their NBA finals win. The company also sent one to the Pittsburgh Penguins for their Stanley Cup victory.
Warriors belt: https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/874666649667895303 , Penguins belt: https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/874303379366977541

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Eight years ago today, Mitsuharu Misawa passed away following a match in Japan. Hideo Itami (formerly KENTA) paid tribute to Misawa on Twitter: "Never forget. We miss you."
Link to Itami's tribute post: https://twitter.com/HideoItami/statu...31666965495809

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Ring of Honor has announced two more matches for their Best in the World pay-per-view. KUSHIDA will defend the ROH TV title against Marty Scurll, plus Motor City Machine Guns, Jay White & Jonathan Gresham will face The Rebellion in an eight-man tag.
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When Impact Wrestling begins taping in Orlando again on July 3rd, the company will be hosting a ceremony to honor those who were affected by last year's attack at the Pulse Nightclub. Yesterday marked one year since the tragedy.
Link to the announcement: http://impactwrestling.com/orlando-united-day/

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Netflix's "GLOW" series has been made available to a lot of television reviewers and has gotten very positive reviews. Entertainment Weekly gave the series an A and UPROXX's Alan Sepinwall called the first episode "very promising."
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New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced many of the matches for the shows in Long Beach on July 1st and 2nd.

The July 1st live show on AXS TV will be headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. Cody for the IWGP Heavyweight title and will also feature first round matches in the United States Heavyweight title tournament. Those are: Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin, Jay Lethal vs. Hangman Page, Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito, and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Juice Robinson.

The semifinals and finals of the tournament will be on July 2nd, plus a weird match with Hiroshi Tanahashi defending his Intercontinental title against Billy Gunn.

The card for July 1st is --
IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada defending against Cody
Michael Elgin vs. Kenny Omega in a US title first round match
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito in a US title first round match
IWGP Tag Team Champions Guerrillas of Destiny defending against War Machine
David Finlay, Jay White, KUSHIDA & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Sho Tanaka, Yohei Komatsu, Yoshitatsu & Billy Gunn
Juice Robinson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. in a US title first round match
Jay Lethal vs. Hangman Page in a US title first round match
Titan, Dragon Lee, Volador Jr. & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA
Roppongi Vice, Will Ospreay & The Briscoes vs. The Young Bucks, Marty Scurll, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale

July 2nd will have (with more matches to be announced) --
The semifinals and finals of the US title tournament
IWGP Intercontinental Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi defending against Billy Gunn
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks defending against Roppongi Vice
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Mark Andrews suffered what appeared to be a neck injury earlier today in an eight-man tag match on the NXT show in Derby, UK. He was taken out on a stretcher and went to the hospital, but he is okay.
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PWInsider.com has heard from multiple sources that Raw star Braun Strowman, 33, who has been out of action after suffering an elbow injury last month, is set to return soon. The word backstage at Raw was that Strowman was cleared to return to WWE action a week ago and will be back as soon as WWE Creative plots his return into Raw storylines.

Strowman underwent surgery in mid-May following the WWE European tour. At the time, WWE reported he had suffered a shattered elbow and would be out six months. That was likely stated in order to showcase Strowman making a huge superhuman comeback early.
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Dash Wilder of the Revival, who had been out with a broken jaw that had to be wired shut, was involved in the big fracas between Samoa Joe and Brock Lesnar that opened Raw, so he is officially back from injury.
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We have received a number of emails asking about a long-haired wrestler who was involved in the melee as well. That was Bo Dallas, who has changed his look a little by growing his hair out and is now sporting a goatee.
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The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, a non-profit museum and Hall based in Wichita Falls, Texas applied for two trademarks for "World Class Championship Wrestling" (one for the name, and the other for the well known WCCW logo featuring two wrestlers grappling) for merchandise and toys/action figures purposes. The trademarks were applied for on 6/7.

World Class was once one of the most popular promotions in the world, empowered by the Von Erich family, The Fabulous Freebirds and Chris Adams, among others. The original incarnation of the company under that name was used in September 1982 and ran through late 1989, when the initials were replaced by the USWA name.

World Wrestling Entertainment purchased the World Class video library from Kevin Von Erich and once sold a t-shirt utilizing the WCCW logo in conjunction with their "Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling" documentary. PWInsider.com research into the logo's trademark reveals it was abandoned in 2003.
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Ring of Honor revealed the first talents set for their first-ever War of the Worlds UK tour set for this summer.

ROH champion Christopher Daniels, ROH Tag Team champions the Young Bucks, Jay Lethal, Kazarian, the Briscoes as well as CMLL stars Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Ultimo Guerrero, and Mistico will be appearing.

The tour will consist of the following dates in England and Scotland:

August 17th – RevPro Summer Sizzler 2017 at York Hall - London , England

August 18th – WOTW UK Night 1 at York Hall – London , England

August 19th – WOTW UK Night 2 at Liverpool Olympia – Liverpool, England

August 20th – WOTW UK Night 3 at Edinburgh Corn Exchange – Edinburgh , Scotland
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Sin Cara and his fans have been using the "#PushSinCara" hashtag over the past few days with Cara re-tweeting many fan comments. He pinned this tweet at the top of his account:

All #Dreams can come true, If you have the courage to pursue them! ???? @WWE @wweespanol @WWE_es TodosSomosSinCara #PoderLatino #PushSinCara pic.twitter.com/xmi2EEsPV2
— Sin Cara (@SinCaraWWE) June 13, 2017

Some other sheet news includes:
  • Bellator announced they have recently signed former Smackdown announcer Mauro Ranllo to a deal to be a commentator for their MMA shows. Also snagged Mike Goldberg who was rumored for a while to be a target by the WWE as Mauro's replacement. http://www.f4wonline.com/mma-news/be...oldberg-237201
  • Renee Young recently revealed on Twitter about not being on future seasons for Total Divas.
  • Indie promotion WrestleCircus announced they have signed a deal with Twitch and will be the first wrestling company showing live events on the service. https://twitter.com/wrestlecircus/st...73427998797824
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Old 06-13-2017, 11:55 PM   #1164
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I'm looking forward to those New Japan shows. I'm thinking that War Machine might win the Tag Titles.

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Old 06-14-2017, 03:52 PM   #1165
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Old 06-14-2017, 04:25 PM   #1166
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Even if he's healthy, I'd leave him off RAW until the night after GBF. Joe beats Brock for the belt and Brock is throwing shit around on RAW, calling out Joe. Braun's music hits and the two have a stand-off in the ring -- Brock suddenly more stoic. Joe later arrives at the building and someone asks if he heard Brock calling him out, and he just shrugs.

At SummerSlam run Brock vs. Braun and Joe vs. Balor for the belt in the main event. Joe can beat Balor at SummerSlam, Clash and finally inside Hell in a Cell -- Balor getting a little closer each time. Brock vs. Joe rematch at Survivor Series where Brock can win back the belt -- assuming that you want to do Brock vs. Reigns at WrestleMania. Hell, you can probably pad Joe's reign out more and give him matches against John Cena and Jeff Hardy. I don't know why I'm throwing Hardy's name in there -- I guess because he's over. Brock should probably go over Braun if he's getting the belt back -- Braun will just look good tossing Brock across the ring. But why not consider putting Braun over and using Brock to actually get some of their newer guys over? Especially if Brock has that rematch all lined up and doesn't need to re-contend by the laws of their own canon.
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Old 06-14-2017, 05:00 PM   #1167
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Show was on Jerichos podcast and said flatout he hated tapings because creative sucks lol.
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Old 06-14-2017, 06:05 PM   #1168
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Lesnar doesn't need to lose any time soon. He has to rebuild the monster hype after that feud with Oldberg...
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:39 PM   #1169
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Between giving Triple H his win back, giving Taker his win back after ending the streak, getting squashed by Goldberg, can you imagine if Lesnar was full-time? He'd have been fucked up and re-built as a monster to a Big Show/Kane level by this point. Thank God he's a part-timer.
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:42 PM   #1170
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Also, lol @ Cena being a free agent.
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Old 06-14-2017, 07:50 PM   #1171
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Show was on Jerichos podcast and said flatout he hated tapings because creative sucks lol.
Show should be a legend at this point. I mean Andre-level. He's so fucking good if you don't factor in the way he's been booked his entire WWE career.
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Old 06-14-2017, 08:24 PM   #1172
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Also, lol @ Cena being a free agent.
Pretty much the WWE admitting they are terrible at building new mega stars and legit revolve around Cena. Unless the plan is to finally use up Cena's star power on both brands to actually rub off on new and future mega stars, just going to be the usual with Cena.
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It's also the first sign of another jumbled mess of a brand split. Plus it doesn't make sense. Why the fuck is Cena a free agent?
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Old 06-14-2017, 10:07 PM   #1174
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It's also the first sign of another jumbled mess of a brand split. Plus it doesn't make sense. Why the fuck is Cena a free agent?


They half-assed the Shakeup stuff this year and all supposedly because Vince got cold feet on doing an actual trade episode(s) and some of the ideas they had for swaps.

If RAW made an announcement about resigning Lesnar to a deal or WWE mentioning stuff about free agency, could have easily spin the Cena stuff as him wanting to test the market.
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Old 06-14-2017, 10:53 PM   #1175
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Following near-record low ratings for Monday Night Raw the night before, WWE got more bad news in the form of Tuesday's SmackDown numbers.

The show did just 2.072 million viewers, the second lowest number since the brand split last July. It beat only the November 8th episode, which went up against presidential election coverage on both cable and network TV.

Unlike most weeks where SmackDown is at or near the top of cable viewership, the show was just 13th on cable for the day in terms of total viewers. It was second in the 18-49 demo with a 0.63 rating, trailing only a new edition of "30 for 30" on ESPN.

Viewership was virtually identical to the SmackDown number from one year ago this week, which was 2.073 million. The bad news there is that show aired via tape delay and went up against game six of the NBA finals.
Outside of being #2 in the most important demo, complete disaster by Smackdown this week for numbers and comparisons.

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WWE posted an article on their website today in an attempt to make sense of John Cena's "free agency." It notes that Cena became a free agent in storyline after April's superstar shakeup.
Link to the article: http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/a...e-agent-status

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Zack Ryder returned to television on SmackDown last night and for now is being paired with Mojo Rawley again. Pro Wrestling Sheet reported that Ryder has been cleared to return to the ring. He had been out since suffering a knee injury last December.
Link to the article: http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/zac.../#.WUG_JBPyvOQ

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Pro Wrestling Sheet also reported that Rusev has been cleared to return to action. He underwent shoulder surgery in March.
Link to the article: http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/rus.../#.WUG_ZRPyvOQ

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WWE is returning to China with the company's first show in Shenzhen on September 17th.
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Johnny Mundo (John Hennigan) and Taya Valkyrie (Kira Forster) announced their engagement.
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For some reason this evening, a rumor began spreading online that WWE Hall of Famer Bob Orton had passed away. That is not the case. Orton is alive and well and is scheduled to appear at ringside for his son Randy Orton's match against WWE champion Jinder Mahal at WWE Money in the Bank.

We normally ignore rumors but due to the sheer amount of email we have received, we felt it was important to shoot the report down.
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As PWInsider broke two weeks ago in the Elite section, the following names have been confirmed for the Mae Young Classic tournament, which will tape 7/13 and 7/14 in Winter Park, Florida at Full Sail Live:

*Zhao Xia - The first Chinese woman to sign a developmental deal with WWE and was brought over as part of a group of Chinese trainees who have been working out in the WWE Performance Center. Xia has trained in martial arts and has had multiple first-place finishes in various martial arts and fitness competitions, including the Second World Traditional Chinese Wushu Championship, the Nike Challenge Competition and First China Throw Down: Battle on the Bund.

*Mary Kate- The former Rosie LottaLove in TNA, was originally trained at the Team 3D Academy, who completely remade herself on the independents and later toured in Japan.

*Bianca Blair - former crossfit and track star that was signed by WWE in April 2016

*Danielle Kamela - Trained by Rikishi's Knox Pro school in Arizona, Kamela was an on air personality for Fox Sports Arizona, an Arizona Cardinals cheerleader and a former member of the Phoenix Suns’ dance team before signing a WWE deal. She was in the top 30 finalists for the most recent version of Tough Enough as well.

*Julia Ho - Canadian model and MMA fighter, who trained with Brian Kendrick before being signed.

Kimberly Frankele aka Kimber Lee - The former CHIKARA Grand champion.

*Lacey Evans - Former Marine, who recently debuted on WWE NXT TV.

*Victoria Gonzales - The daughter of Rudy Boy Gonzales Gonzalez played basketball for two seasons at Texas A&M-Kingsville before transferring to Sam Houston State, redshirting one year and playing another before graduating in 2013. She was signed to a WWE developmental deal last year.

*Sarah Logan- The former Crazy Mary Dobson aka Sarah Bridges, who recently debuted under that name on WWE NXT TV.

*Taynara Melo - A black-belt judoka from Brazil who was signed last year.
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Cena is going to Superman Punch City.
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So Cena became a free agent during the "Superstar Shakeup".

A) Why was that such a throwaway story that they're just bringing it up now?

B) What the fuck was the Superstar Shakeup? We were kinda left to assume it was a bunch of trades. Or maybe each brand just getting to pick a certain amount of workers from the other brand. Now it causes free agency somehow on occasion? lol
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Those ratings, combined with Cena free agent story, and Angle/HHH being the best return match they can offer, shows the state of things creatively.

How can they have let things get this bad? Literally just a few years off not even having a Cena or a Brock anymore and they just can't get things together.

It's a real pity there isn't a billionaire wrestling fan around like Ted Turner today, because I despite their size and reach, the product is woeful (just look at numbers and a peak in the Raw thread almost every week), they are complacent and I don't think they have ever been so vulnerable to proper competition.
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It's as good as it has to be.
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put a product on screen that can shill the network and merchandise, and until they aren't selling out arenas, they haven't much to worry about.
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Old 06-15-2017, 10:41 AM   #1183
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That might be a possibility in the future surely? I mean, if fans are not buying into TV, and there are no real star attractions, surely, eventually, network numbers and live attendances start to take a hit too?

They can't seem to get network numbers above certain numbers, and I know for me personally, I stopped watching TV, tried again various times, then stopped completely. Eventually I just cancelled the network too. I wasn't watching and wasn't interested in what was happening. I don't really have time to watch a lot of older stuff so I wasn't using it. Even at such a bargain price point, it was competing with the likes of Netflix etc... So I just cancelled.

Maybe there will forever be enough people who get enough out of the network and enjoy the product enough to keep paying. Maybe Indian and Chinese expansion will mean they don't even care what happens in the US in 10 years time.

Just a bit sad that they obviously realise the issues, but are just banking on what you said. As long as it's good enough to make money. It sucks.
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Old 06-15-2017, 10:48 AM   #1184
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feel like they bank heavily on nostalgia to keep their audience.
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Old 06-15-2017, 10:54 AM   #1186
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Nostalgia def helped for a long time, but I think that well is almost dry now. Undertaker looked horrible last few Manias and Rumble and is now, hopefully, gone.

Angle left for a decade...comes back, and in that decade they have built...HHH for him to face. Even when guys do come back now, they dont have opponents for them.
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They have people who can face him they just need to push HHH's ego out of the way.
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I've been wanting to try to get back into Smackdown at least because from what I've read and from the reactions, it seems enjoyable. But now it seems like that may have passed.

With the exception of Fashion Files of course.
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To add onto the KURT ANGLE storyline, it is very sad watching a man you know can rock the mic with ad-libs and delivery be relegated to the screening of PG. There was one backstage segment with him and I could just see the ideas pop into his head, but then he remembers where he is at.
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I've been wanting to try to get back into Smackdown at least because from what I've read and from the reactions, it seems enjoyable. But now it seems like that may have passed.

With the exception of Fashion Files of course.
This. Smackdown is blah now.
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If they're already going to start allowing Cena to float freely between shows, it won't be too long before they end up killing the whole brand split again already.

Shit'll be right back to where it was from 2012-15 with them trying to run the same storylines with the same talent on both shows while huge swaths of the roster have nothing to do.

I mean, they still have a problem with loads of people having nothing to do, but it'll be worsened if the rosters are merged again.
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If they're already going to start allowing Cena to float freely between shows, it won't be too long before they end up killing the whole brand split again already.
Don't worry. They'll split the roster/title once again a few years later. FOR REALZ THIS TIME THOUGH.
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If they're already going to start allowing Cena to float freely between shows, it won't be too long before they end up killing the whole brand split again already.

Shit'll be right back to where it was from 2012-15 with them trying to run the same storylines with the same talent on both shows while huge swaths of the roster have nothing to do.

I mean, they still have a problem with loads of people having nothing to do, but it'll be worsened if the rosters are merged again.
Have to figure once the brand split ends, a big roster purge is probably going to happen in the WWE. Roster is really bloated right now but only feels small because of how bad WWE has used them and being spread over several brands/shows.
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People always make that out to be a bad thing. I mean, on a personal level it sucks for the guys being released, but if someone isn't going to be getting spotlight in a unified WWE, then maybe they're just not warranting of it? They could go elsewhere and develop more skills that they can bring back to the WWE one day. They could spread out their "WWE power" to the independents elsewhere and help strengthen wrestling in general.

A spring clean is not always a bad thing, even for the people released.
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I've always been pro brand split based on the potential that it could bring. Loved the first few years of the first split because it really did give them a platform to feature new talent and give stories to people who otherwise wouldn't have had them.

This brand split I really enjoyed early on. Even Raw felt pretty fresh for a few months. But now they've gone back to just totally unfocused booking.
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The Independent ran an article about the possibility of WrestleMania coming to London. They referenced a survey that WWE sent out this week to Wrestlemania 33 attendees, asking their interest in future venues, which also included locations like New York City and Toronto. The article mentioned the last major show held in England, SumerSlam in 1992, which saw the British Bulldog defeat Bret "The Hitman" Hart for the Intercontinental Championship in front of over 80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium.
Link to the article: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/g...-a7789331.html

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After having minor elbow surgery, reports have gone back and forth on if Braun Strowman is cleared for action by the WWE.

No matter the case, it looks like he will be scheduled to work the Great Balls of Fire PPV on July 9. It's expected to be against Roman Reigns, since that was the original plan before Strowman would go on to face Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam.

Strowman and Lesnar's SummerSlam match was - as of last week - planned to be the show's main event.
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With two of Impact Wrestling's announcers involved in a match at Slammiversary, the company is bringing in both a familiar voice and a new one to call the pay-per-view.

Impact announced today that Don West and Robert Flores will be the announce team for Slammiversary. West was formerly one of the voices of Impact alongside Mike Tenay. He parted ways with the company in 2012 but returned to work with ShopTNA at the beginning of this year.

Flores works in television for both the MLB and NHL networks, which he joined after leaving ESPN in 2016. He's a longtime pro wrestling fan and was slated to serve as the co-host of "The Ric Flair Show" on the MLW Radio network earlier this year before Flair decided that he didn't want to continue with the podcast.
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As we noted yesterday on PWInsider.com, WWE will release a DVD set devoted to "Unreleased Matches" from 1985-1993 hosted by Sean Mooney and Charly Caruso on 9/5.
3 disc set and the listing of the contents in the link: http://www.pwinsider.com/article/110...d-set.html?p=1

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Jeff Jarrett noted on Twitter he is going to Los Angeles for Impact-related meetings.

Impact has been working on bringing Naomichi Marufuji and Taiji Ishimori in for Slammiversary, PWInsider.com can confirm. Marufuji has already been announced for a date for Michael Elgin's Glory Pro Wrestling, so it would appear that he's a lock for the Impact PPV and subsequent TV tapings.

There are also plans to bring some AAA talent in to work LAX.

Ross Forman, who worked for WCW and has worked for TNA in the past, is back as Head of Media Relations for the company. He started back with the company last week.

There have been talks with Mike Tenay about coming in for Slammiversary.
Some Impact related news.

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Officially added to the 6/23 Best in the World PPV is that the losing team involved in Seek & Destroy vs. The Rebellion will be forced to disband.

Gabby Ortiz, who has been competing in the Women of Honor division for ROH, is currently touring STARDOM.

A number of ROH officials are slated to be at the 7/1 and 7/2 New Japan events in Los Angeles.
Some ROH related news.

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WWE posted this teaser with the Andre the Giant statue for what appears to be a new project being announced this coming Monday:

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As noted, WWE will tape The Mae Young Classic on July 13th and July 14th at Full Sail University. The following names have been confirmed for the 32-competitor tournament:

* Bianca Blair - standout at the WWE Performance Center and signed in April 2016

* Danielle Kamela - WWE developmental talent, trained at WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi's school

* Julia Ho - WWE developmental talent with MMA background, trained with Brian Kendrick

* Kimberly Frankele - WWE NXT talent, formerly known as Kimber Lee on the indies

* Lacey Evans - NXT talent and a Marine, formerly known as Macey Estrella

* Mary Kate - NXT talent and formerly known as Rosie Lottalove in TNA

* Sarah Logan - NXT talent, formerly known as Sarah Bridges in NXT and Crazy Mary Dobson on the indies

* Taynara Melo - WWE developmental talent signed last year, black belt from Brazil

* Victoria Gonzales - WWE developmental talent signed in 2016, college athlete and daughter of Rudy Boy Gonzales

* Zhao Xia - WWE's first female Chinese talent
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There will also be a lot of women not under contract from all over the world. Names talked about have included Toni Storm and Tessa Blanchard, who have worked Stardom
Other names for the tournament and revelation of WWE being unable to get everyone to sign a deal for the tournament unlike with the recent UK tournament.

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AXS is planning on a marathon of New Japan in three weeks. The Dominion show will be edited down to two hours, from 7-9 p.m. There will be the all-time New Japan marathon leading to the live show at 8 p.m. Eastern from Long Beach.
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There will also be some sorts of a legends segment to the Money in the Bank show. Ric Flair, Bob Orton Jr., Larry Hennig (interesting since Hennig never wrestled once in his career in St. Louis), Baron Von Raschke and Greg Gagne are all confirmed as appearing on the show in some form with the idea they were former St. Louis stars. Gagne worked a few shows in the 70s in St. Louis, while Flair was one of the bigger draws in the history of the city, at least until 1983. The early years of Flair as champion were the best drawing years on a consistent basis in the city’s history, but after 1983 that was far from the case.
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The NWA deal and Billy Corgan remains in a weird state. Those close to the situation say that Corgan does have a signed deal with Bruce Tharpe and they are aware of the issues in play, but the money has not changed hands and Corgan’s side hasn’t officially taken over. The NWA affiliates are pretty much on hold waiting to find out what is going to happen
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Paul Lloyd Jr., 36, who works here as P.J. Black (Justin Gabriel in WWE), suffered a terrible injury base jumping this past week. He suffered a broken leg, a broken hand and lost a finger. He’s has to cancel all of his upcoming indie dates. He had suffered two broken ankles in October from an earlier base jumping accident while in South Africa
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There is still no planned date for when Io Shirai will start at WWE. She is still working for now for Stardom
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Tyler Bate, Trent Seven, Pete Dunne, Mark Andrews and Wolfgang either have been or are expected to be offered new three-year deals at a higher price. They had all originally signed $20,000 per year deals. The entire U.K. strategy seems up in the air. As noted, they had originally booked monthly TV tapings that would have started in June, but we’re now in June and nothing has been announced and even people in the mix don’t seem to know anything about a start date for the long-talked about weekly network show. The market changed with the ITV thing seemingly failing apart
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The Hardys did an interview for the WWE Network (which ended up being the most-watched show of the week) where they talked publicly for the first time on a WWE show about the Broken gimmick. Matt said it was weird to him to go back to the old Matt Hardy after doing the gimmick and that he almost became the new personality and had morphed into it. Regarding whether they would use the gimmick in WWE he said, “I definitely think there is a chance. It’s a work in progress. Unfortunately, due to legal reasons, I really can’t go into it right now, but I find it very flattering and humbling that every time we come and wrestle in front of the WWE Universe, they chant and they address it and acknowledge it.” Regarding the “delete” chants, he told fans to please keep doing it. He used the term, “When it (the transformation) happens, and I’m not going to say if, when it happens, its doing to be the most exciting thing to hit WWE programming in a long, long time.” Matt also said that it was inevitable that at some point Jeff would go as a single

Some other sheet news includes:
  • According to the Observer, NJPW is planning one more match between Omega and Okada to occur prior to next year's Wrestle Kingdom.
  • Observer's Dave Meltzer also rated Okada-Omega II as a 6.25 star match (0.25 higher than the first match).
  • Chris Jericho's next possible return to the WWE will either be cut short or could occur after the next Fozzy tour currently set to start around late October or November.
  • Curt Hawkins celebrated the birth of his first daughter today with WWE sending a congratulations announcement. http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/article...rst-child-born
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According to PWInsider, Mike Bennett and Maria are expected to make their debuts for WWE at this weekend’s house shows. The two signed on back in April after leaving Impact Wrestling. It’s possible that the two could get involved somewhere at Money in the Bank; otherwise, they are expected to make their TV debuts on Smackdown next week.

This will be Bennett’s first run in WWE, while Maria is making her return after leaving in 2010. The two are expected to be put into a storyline upon their debut, though who they will feud with isn’t known.
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After mostly bad news in ratings during playoff season, WWE had its best numbers in two months with last night's episode of Raw averaging 3.10 million viewers.

It was the best number since the April 17th show did 3.33 million viewers, and was up 22 percent from last week's 2.53 million, going against the Golden State Warriors closing out the NBA finals. If nothing else, this shows just how significantly the NBA game and the playoffs have been hurting Raw this year ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.08 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.20 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.03 million viewers
Only downside was they didn't take the #1 spot for rankings due to their dreaded and unexplained Monday Night War rival Love & Hip Hop show.

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Triple H also appeared on Sky Sports News while in the United Kingdom. He discussed the women's Money in the Bank match controversy and has gotten some criticism for joking that they're still trying to find out if James Ellsworth is 100 percent a man.
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Pro Wrestling Sheet reported that Shelton Benjamin is in talks to return to WWE. Benjamin was scheduled to return to the company following the brand split last summer but didn't end up signing due to a torn rotator cuff that was discovered during the process.
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Kota Ibushi is among the participants in this year's G1 Climax.

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the field for the tournament during this morning's Kizuna Road show at Korakuen Hall. Ibushi was listed as one of the entrants, with him competing as himself instead of as the Tiger Mask W character that he's been playing ...

The full lineup for the 2017 G1 Climax is:

Hiroshi Tanahashi
Togi Makabe
Michael Elgin
Kazuchika Okada
Hirooki Goto
Tomohiro Ishii
Toru Yano
YOSHI-HASHI
Kenny Omega
Bad Luck Fale
Tama Tonga
Tetsuya Naito
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Satoshi Kojima
Yuji Nagata (Nagata has announced that this will be his last G1)
Juice Robinson
Minoru Suzuki
Zack Sabre Jr.
Kota Ibushi

The tournament begins on July 17th and concludes on August 13th, with the A Block winner facing the B Block winner on the final day.
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Kenny Omega posted an in-character tweet about Kota Ibushi being announced as one of the participants in the 2017 G1 Climax: "So you've finally decided to come back... It's a different world now, Ibutan, allow me to show you just how far behind you've fallen. #njpw"
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Impact Wrestling made some budget cuts this week and released Al Snow, Pat Kenney and Shane Helms, who were all working as producers. Helms in particular surprises me since I'd specifically heard a lot of good things in recent months on his work.
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Sources indicate it was a financial decision made as a result of the company having seven different Producers all at the same time. That lead to cuts with the company keeping names like Abyss and Sonjay Dutt, who carried different responsibilities for the company and opting not to renew the deals of those who were just working as Producers. They had not been used since this past April.
Reasoning given for the recent releases.

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Maria Kanellis and Mike Bennett have arrived on the SmackDown roster.

They were introduced as Mike and Maria Kanellis on Money in the Bank pay-per-view, with the announcers mentioning that Mike had taken Maria’s last name. Maria cut a promo saying that for the last seven years, she had been looking for a partner and she ended up finding Mike. She said their goal in WWE is to “promote the power of love.”

It had been rumored that Bennett and Kanellis were heading to WWE following their departure from Impact Wrestling earlier this year. Both were spotted in St. Louis this weekend prior to the PPV.
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Konnan on his podcast said that Jeff Jarrett wants the opponents for LAX to be Aerostar & Drago, who are under contract to Lucha Underground. That's notable since previously LU had been strong that none of its talent could appear on television for any other promotion, at least under their LU names. He also said that ACH and Sammy Guevara will be getting Impact tryouts.
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As noted, Rhyno wrestled Kalisto before last night's WWE RAW in a match for this week's Main Event episode. It appears Rhyno and Heath Slater may be splitting up as Rhyno is booked for singles matches at RAW live events this summer.
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Recently on Talk Is Jericho, sports entertainment legend Chris Jericho welcomed his favorite tag team partner of all time to the podcast. Well, it's The Big Show. Among many other things, The Big Show talked about how he still enjoys working WWE live events, but hates doing TV tapings.

According to The Big Show, he loves working house shows on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, but he hates going to TV tapings.

"I love the live events. I love the Friday, Saturday, Sunday live event shows. I hate TVs. TVs, I just want to bash myself in the head with a hammer because they're just long, useless, time-wasting, bulls--t days where you sit around all friggin day for some idea that absolutely sucks. Debating it for hours and 17,000 inputs. And one or two guys laced up a pair of wrestling boots in their life and know what they're talking about. The others have never laced up a pair and really don't know s--t, but for some reason, they're telling you what to do. So you're just sitting there baffled. We all have that same look at TV, we walk around baffled, going, 'why are we doing this?'

"I like the live events. It's not as crazy. There's not as much B.S. backstage. It's just me and the guys. I like that part and I like getting out and working. I've done a lot of stuff where I go down, I knock somebody out, and I leave. I hate that. I get it. I'm old and beat up and they want to help me out and extend me, but I like getting in the ring."

While The Big Show believes that new talent should be given the television and pay-per-view time, he does not like to wait around all day to ultimately not get used on TV.

"There's a lot of change going on. There's a lot of new talent. There's a lot of new opportunities and I'm okay with that. They should get the TV time. They should get the pay-per-view time. I'm totally fine with that. Just don't make me come to Mondays when I don't have to do anything. That s--t pisses me off. Do you know what I mean? If I'm coming, use me. If not, send me home."
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John Cena has been added to the WWE Battleground pay-per-view on Sunday, July 23rd. Battleground is a SmackDown branded and is the final WWE pay-per-view before SummerSlam in August. It's not known what role Cena will have at the show.

As noted, WWE has a storyline where they are billing Cena as a "free agent" and is no longer under contract to SmackDown. We reported yesterday that Cena vs. Bray Wyatt has been added to the July 15th RAW live event in Huntington, West Virginia.

Cena is scheduled to make his televised WWE return on the July 4th episode of SmackDown Live.

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In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, last Saturday was the four year anniversary of Mark Henry's fake retirement speech on RAW.
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On the heels of the best Raw rating in over two months, SmackDown followed suit this week with its best number since April 18th. The show averaged 2.597 million viewers on Tuesday night, up over 25 percent from last week ...

After not finishing in the top 10 the last few weeks, SmackDown was up to fourth for the night on cable in terms of total viewers. The show also was back to first in the 18-49 demo with a 0.85 rating.

In year-over-year comparisons, SmackDown was up 21 percent from last year's show which aired via tape delay on Thursday night. That episode did a 0.67 in the 18-49 demo, so it was up 27 percent year-over-year. The comparisons to 2016 numbers will become more relevant in about a month when they can be compared to shows after last July's brand split.
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Kimber Lee has been renamed as "Abbey Laith" in NXT. She had been using her real name (Kimberly Frankele) but noted the change on Twitter. It's interesting timing given that announcements for the Mae Young Classic are being made.
Link to the announcement: https://twitter.com/AbbeyLaithWWE/st...57926466125825

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It was announced on Talking Smack (with Daniel Bryan returning to co-hosting duties for the first time since his absence for the birth of his daughter) that James Ellsworth is banned from ringside for next week's women's Money in the Bank rematch. In addition to that, next week's SmackDown will have Naomi defending her Women's title against Lana, Sami Zayn facing Baron Corbin, and The Hype Bros vs. The Usos in a non-title match where Zack Ryder & Mojo Rawley will become the number one contenders if they beat the champions.
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WWE Network News revealed that what seems to be the first two years of WWE's ECW revival will be uploaded to the Network soon. That's in addition to more classic house shows that are being uploaded this month.
Link to the article: http://www.wwenetworknews.com/2017/0...onth-revealed/

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Stardom tweeted a photo of Kairi Hojo at the airport as she heads to Florida to begin with WWE.
Link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/wwr_stardom/stat...51341381681152

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Jeff Jarrett told "The Miller Report" that the World of Sport project is planned to happen in 2018. He said that they initially tried to rush into it, but they're in the process of formalizing agreements for next year.
Link to the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D86ZV5-erVg

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Rusev is set to finally make his in-ring return as he is advertised for this weekend's Smackdown Live shows.

On Sunday 6/25, in Everett WA, he is advertised in a 3-way Match for Kevin Owen's U.S. championship that will also include Mojo Rawley.

Monday 6/26 in Bakersfield, CA, Rusev will again be challenging for Owen's U.S. dhampionship in another 3-Way match that will include Nakamura this time.
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El Hio del Dos Caras will be in attendance at the Impact Wrestling Slammiversary PPV. I'd be shocked if he doesn't end up working the post-PPV TV tapings, at least in a tryout. Hijo was under a WWE developmental deal a few years back under the name Memo Montenegro.

Speaking of Slammiversary, you can pre-order the PPV via the Fite App and receive $12 credit to use on the App.
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The Fight Network in Canada announced today that it will carry the 7/1 New Japan Pro Wrestling G-1 Special Night One in Long Beach, CA live. The show will air live in the United States on AXS TV and will stream worldwide on New Japan World.
Link to the announcement: http://fightnetwork.com/law/june-21-...an-television/

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Prior to going on the air this Friday at 9 PM, the ROH Best in the World PPV will feature debuting STARDOM star Kris Wolfe & Sumie Sakai vs. Deonna Purrazzo and Mandy Leon. Highlights of the match will be shown on the PPV broadcast.
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However, WWE officials are still making plans for her heading into the summer. An idea has come to light for her heading into Summerslam, but it’s out of the box. Rajah has reported that the powers that be are planning a huge romantic angle for Bayley for Summerslam.

WWE officials are planning to continue focusing on Bayley’s innocence, and it’s going to come to light that Bayley has never kissed a man before. The idea is that angle will continue to be pushed heading into Summerslam with her having her first kiss after her match at the event.

There is some speculation that Corey Graves is the favorite for the role, but the powers that be have yet to make up their mind about who will play the man in this scenario. On paper, an angle like this could be cute, but there is a good chance most WWE fans will really dislike it.
Rumor going around the net about potential plans the WWE has for Bayley.

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Tommaso Ciampa and Darren Young were both spotted in Birmingham, Alabama at Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Center working towards their ring returns over the past few days, according to PWInsider. Young has been out of action since January with an arm injury while Ciampa suffered an ACL injury in mid-May.
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As seen on RAW this past Monday night, WWE appears to be splitting The Miz and Maryse and pairing Miz with Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel. There have been some reports attributing the change to Maria and Mike Kanellis debuting on SmackDown due to some comments made by Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. It should be noted that it wasn't clear if Meltzer was speculating about the split or was stating it as fact.

"The end result is that they're doing Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas as Miz's new entourage and they're dumping Maryse, I guess with the idea that because they've got Maria and Mike Bennett on the other brand, they don't want another husband and wife team or something?" Meltzer said. When asked if Maryse was done for now, Meltzer replied, "it looks like it."
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WWE has added some new Madison Square Garden events to their Old School section on the WWE Network.

* WWWF (8/7/76) - Featuring: WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Stan Hansen (Steel Cage Match)
* WWWF (10/25/76) - Featuring: WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Nikolai Volkoff
* WWWF (12/19/77) - Featuring: WWWF Champion Superstar Graham vs. Mil Mascaras
* WWF (12/17/79) - Featuring: Hulk Hogan's Madison Square Garden debut vs. Ted DiBiase
* WWF (3/17/85) - Featuring: The final Madison Square Garden show before the first WrestleMania.

Some other sheet news includes:
  • Fire Pro Wrestling World was announced to be arriving for Steam's Early Access on July 10th for $19.99.
  • WWE currently holding a 20% discount on purchases made at their online store using coupon code SAVE20. Coupon is available till tomorrow 11:59PM.
  • BBC Radio 1 had a recent interview with Triple H talking about Rock's People Elbow move and how it was created. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...est-move-ever/
  • Sky Sports also had a recent interview with Triple H talking about who he feels will be the next big star in the WWE and the upcoming Lesnar-Joe Universal title match. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...future-of-wwe/
  • WWE recently had an interview with Matt Hardy talking about working on getting the Broken gimmick to debut in the WWE. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-again-in-wwe/
  • Rumor going around the net involves the WWE considering dropping the idea of Reigns-Lesnar for Mania 34 and instead have it occur at SumemrSlam. Rumor also hints at Reigns-Cena being the Universal title match for Mania 34.
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