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Old 01-12-2017, 10:03 PM   #801
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The WrestleMania show isn’t finalized, but there is an idea on the table where Joe will debut with a major push and be in one of the top few matches on the show, which also makes it likely he’s starting very soon and would have to have a big Rumble if he’s in it.

Spoiler tag used since its related to both a possible major call-up and major plans for Mania.

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While this can all change, the Terry Taylor class at the Performance Center, which is the one to groom people who will be are being considered right now for somewhat imminent main roster spots are Nakamura, Almas, Alexander Wolfe, TM 61, Itami, Ciampa, Gargano, Hero, Samson and Dillinger. The next group down, meaning right now not imminent but they are the ones who would move up when those in the top group go to the main roster would be Tino Sabbatelli, Riddick Moss, Damo, Authors of Pain, Tommy End, Roderick Strong, Dan Matha (who is 6-7 and a bodybuilder but has hardly worked in developmental), Oney Lorcan, Wesley Blake, Buddy Murphy, Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder. Bobby Roode doesn’t train at the Performance Center as his deal is different, nor does Eric Young, Samoa Joe and I believe Austin Aries so they wouldn’t be in get-ready classes
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Shane Thorne of TM 61 will be undergoing knee surgery I believe on 1/12, which will put him out of action for several months ...

They are looking for new gimmicks for TM 61 (although with Thorne injured there is no rush for this), Blake, Murphy, Steve Cutler, Aliyah, Moss, Sabbatelli and Matha, which is a good sign in the sense they see something in them, just not as they are right now
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There have been some changes made in WrestleMania plans as noted in recent weeks, with the major thing being that the proposed Undertaker vs. John Cena match is off the boards. The card will be clearer coming out of the Royal Rumble, on 1/29 in San Antonio. Undertaker, and whoever was to challenge for the Universal title on Raw, would have been Rumble favorites if the idea was to go with tradition and have the Rumble winner challenge for one of the two the major titles at Mania.

While connecting dots can come up with a pretty good idea of the show, the key things known is that Undertaker right now is not scheduled to challenge for either title on the show. He did appear on the 1/9 Raw show, after first arriving on Smackdown, because when he was on Smackdown, it was to build for him to face Cena. Now he will face someone on the Raw roster. There was a tease of Braun Strowman on Raw, but it will not be Strowman as things stand right now.
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The key matches remain Brock Lesnar vs. Bill Goldberg, which based on current hints and direction looks likely to be presented as the main event on the show, HHH vs. Seth Rollins and Big Show vs. Shaquille O’Neal ...

Roman Reigns will obviously be in one of the major matches on the show. This also leaves open spots for Cena, A.J. Styles, Finn Balor (who is expected to be back in action around March unless that date is a Rumble swerve, which it probably isn’t) and Dean Ambrose. Ambrose and Miz is just starting as a program and timing wise I could see them building to a blow-off. But there is a tradition of the multiple person ladder match over the IC title as well ... If Jericho is to retain the U.S. title, that would seem earmarked for the Owens match, if that is the direction they continue.

There will be six or seven major main event level singles matches on the show, not including cruiserweights or women. The women’s match is not finalized, but Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Nia Jax is the current proposed main woman’s match.
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Kenny Omega’s prior New Japan contract was to end on 1/31. The belief is that he was offered a two-year new deal. There are those who believe he has signed it but that is not confirmed information, although he has denied it.
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There is a very sad video message from Perry Saturn regarding his various health issues. He's attempting to raise money to pay medical bills and keep him from being homeless.
Link to the video: https://twitter.com/adampacitti/stat...88827111194624

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Shawn Michaels did a TMZ interview where he said what is pretty clear, that he will never wrestle again.
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While there are no details Fred Ottman (Typhoon/Tugboat) was hospitalized for several days this past week.
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UFC star Josh Barnett will be appearing at tonight's TNA television tapings in Orlando and making his debut for a national U.S. promotion.

Barnett, currently on a USADA temporary suspension regarding an out of competition drug test taken on December 9th, has a pro wrestling background and was a disciple of Billy Robinson, one of the biggest stars of the 60s and 70s.

Barnett is expected to work some kind of an angle with TNA champion Bobby Lashley, which would be notable for a pro wrestling feud between a UFC star and a Bellator star.
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According to Ticketmaster's website, tickets for the WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony will now go on sale Friday, January 27th with a presale beginning on Wednesday, January 25th. This is the second time the sale date has been pushed back.
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Former ECW and NWA champion Steve Corino officially began working as a Coach for the WWE Performance Center this week, PWInsider.com has confirmed.

Corino officially departed Ring of Honor on 12/31 when his contract as an announcer for the company expired.
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The updated lineup for WWE NXT: Takeover San Antonio following last night's episode of WWE NXT:

*NXT Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode

*NXT Women's Championship Fatal 4 Way: Asuka vs. Nikki Cross vs. Billie Kay vs. Peyton Royce

*NXT Tag Team Championship: DIY vs. The Authors of Pain
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Wrestle Kingdom ended up a major success for NJPW. They picked up more than 10,000 new subscribers to New Japan World in a 24 hour period on 1/3 and 1/4, prior to the start of the Tokyo Dome show, bringing the total to about 60,000, an amazing one-day increase of a two-year-old business by 20 percent in 24 hours. Even more, 5,500 of those new subscribers came from the U.S. The total number of subscribers outside of Japan was about 8,500 to 9,000 on 1/3, but that’s the rest of the world, not just the U.S. Obviously that pales compared to WWE numbers, being only about four percent of those numbers which gives you an indication of just how competitive the two companies really aren’t as businesses even if New Japan puts on significantly better major shows. And in reality, when New Japan World was launched in 2015, the goal was 100,000 subscribers by January 4, 2016, so it has been a major disappointment.
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Things remain not strong in Pro Wrestling NOAH as they are struggling to replace the Suzuki-gun group. They recently closed their dojo and are said to be looking for a new location
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New Japan owner Takaaki Kidani stated that the reason they are running the 7/1 and 7/2 shows in Long Beach is: “The reason why we decided to go to US is what WWE did to us one year ago. I’m really frustrated. That’s the reason.”
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B.J. Whitmer signed a new deal with ROH after some talks with WWE about being a trainer.

Several of the people whose contract expired with ROH are working on a per date basis right now
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There was very little different with TNA. They had the same talent in the same positions as it’s seemed they’ve been in for months. The television wasn’t bad, nor was it good. It felt like the same spinning of the wheels going nowhere and throughout the show all l kept thinking was the saying about how the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. When I see modern pro wrestling and sports entertainment, there are things that are working and things that aren’t. What TNA has been doing for years hasn’t been working, yet the television show was exactly the same as far as the feel and look. It’s taped in the same place. It was all the same guys. The only difference was no Dixie Carter as an authority figure. They never used the name TNA except the closing graphic which listed Anthem Sports & Entertainment and TNA Wrestling Productions. The push was for the name Impact.
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The Big Show cancer angle was originally conceived by Terry Taylor. The idea was to rebuild him back to the top star level, which he'd fallen from. The planned conclusion was nothing like it turned out. The idea was that the father would die and be cremated. After the funeral, Undertaker would go to his house and steal the urn that the ashes were in, and pour them down the toilet and flush it, to build to an Undertaker vs. Show headline program
Wacky WWE story from back in the day in regards to the original plans for Big Show's father angle. WWE ended up going in a different direction with the Big Bossman feud instead.


Some other sheet news includes:
  • Lucha Underground announced they are taking a mid-season break lasting last till Summer.
  • WWE showed off the new UK championship belt during a recent episode of the Blue Peter show on the BBC. https://twitter.com/natkinESPN/statu...13774608859137
  • TNA is currently in the process of a name change after the company and their new owners started to purged the TNA name from their social media accounts.
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, the WWE now considers the Universal belt and Smackdown Tag belts as eligible for their Grand Slam criteria. Official list of Grand Slam champions also got updated for the new criteria. http://www.wwe.com/new-grand-slam-winners
  • According to the Observer, WWE is currently in the process of having both an Asian and Latin American tournament some point after the upcoming UK tournament. Both tournaments would have their own belts made like with the CWC and UK tournaments.
  • 2K Games announced the PC port of WWE 2k17 will be arriving on February 7th. All DLC currently available will be available at launch for PC but future DLC will still arrive at a later date after consoles get them.
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Old 01-13-2017, 01:44 AM   #802
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The Grand Slam should be every active open championship in the WWE. Right now it would be World, Universal, RAW Tag Team, SmackDown Tag Team, US and IC.
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Old 01-13-2017, 01:46 AM   #803
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If the plan is to not do Cena/Taker at this year's Mania because they are holding it off to New Orleans next year (and probably a final match against Undertaker), then I'd still go with Taker winning the Rumble and challenging AJ Styles. Have Cena face Samoa Joe in a personal story for Mania.
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Old 01-13-2017, 02:01 AM   #804
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The Grand Slam should be every active open championship in the WWE. Right now it would be World, Universal, RAW Tag Team, SmackDown Tag Team, US and IC.
Worst part of them redoing the rules and criteria for the Grand Slam was taking away belts.

HBK no longer is considered the first Grand Slam champ in WWE history under the new rules. Now its Kurt Angle who holds that status.

Jericho went from the 4th ever GS champ to now 7th because of the US title replacing the Euro and Hardcore belts.
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Old 01-13-2017, 10:24 AM   #805
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I was really dissatisfied with WWE when they had Christian seem to challenge for the US title near Raw 1000 only to switch it up at the last moment and challenge for the IC title and win. The dude won nearly every belt in the WWE besides the US title.
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Old 01-13-2017, 10:30 AM   #806
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Could have sworn Undertaker was an IC champion at one point
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Old 01-13-2017, 01:38 PM   #807
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Nope. Kane was for a while in 2001.
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Old 01-13-2017, 03:47 PM   #808
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I was really dissatisfied with WWE when they had Christian seem to challenge for the US title near Raw 1000 only to switch it up at the last moment and challenge for the IC title and win. The dude won nearly every belt in the WWE besides the US title.
I don't think Christian was ever a WWE Tag Team Champion. I mean as in the SmackDown created belts that have now become the RAW Tag Team Championship. He was also never WWE Champion, US Champion (as pointed out) or Cruiserweight Champion.

Am I the only one who feels that it feels wrong to have guys that aren't American hold the US Title when they are babyfaces? I don't know why, but something just feels like it doesn't connect.
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Old 01-13-2017, 03:49 PM   #809
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Nope. Kane was for a while in 2001.
He also won it in 2002. But yeah, Taker never held the belt. Cena has never won it either.
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Old 01-13-2017, 03:49 PM   #810
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Meh, I never felt that way when an American held the European belt either.

It's just the name of a title.
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Old 01-13-2017, 03:59 PM   #811
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Yeah, it doesn't really matter, it's just weird. Maybe I just don't like the US Title?
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Old 01-13-2017, 04:43 PM   #812
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UK belt looks 1000 times better than than...both WWE belts honestly but especially that stupid red belt that looks like a 7yr old commissioned it.
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Old 01-13-2017, 05:04 PM   #813
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Because I don't watch RAW every week, when I tune in the RAW Title still startles me, haha.
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The 1/12 edition of Impact on Pop brought in 277,000 overnight viewers, down from last week's 290,000 viewers.
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Regarding rumors of Kurt Angle in the Royal Rumble, as of this morning, there is nothing to them. That isn't a cryptic thing. There's been no discussion as of today. Sometimes they don't call people until the last minute (which is why they sometimes get turned down because many older guys don't have time to get in shape).
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It was announced yesterday that Angle will be starring in a movie called "In the Ring" which was described as being a comedy like "Major League" about a group of local misfit wrestlers led by Angle are in a war against a multinational promotion to get a network television contract. Tommy Dreamer plays the role of Vince McMahon. A lot of wrestlers are in the movie including Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, John Morrison, Ken Anderson, Jay Lethal, Joey Ryan, Candice LeRae, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Kevin Kelly, Nick Aldis, Chad Lail, Dalton Castle and the Briscoe Brothers.
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Vince McMahon spoke to the New Orleans Times-Picayune earlier this week and when asked if he was going to retire, said, "No. No. Never. This is not work for me. I never go to work. Ever. Every aspect of the business, whether it's working with the talent or the writing staff, even on occasion working with the legal guys, it's all a big family. I never go to work." He also said that he doesn't miss being on television at all. He said he enjoyed it when he did it, but then he couldn't produce and direct the show, which is what he loves to do.
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"From a creative standpoint, it's subject to change when you see something better. If I take this piece and put it here, that would really help. As opposed to what we were advertising or even the way we were going.

You listen to the audience and if the audience is catching on to this or you think they may gravitate to that, that's where you go. You have to lead. ... I don't even think that way in terms of “what if that would have happened?” We just go do."
From the same interview Vince had with New Orleans Times.

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Paul Levesque, Scott Armstrong and Marty Miller will be overseeing the production of the U.K. shows this weekend. David Finlay is a producer. There will be no Vince McMahon at the show nor his fingerprints on the show. The talent, if left to their devices, want to do all kinds of blow away high spots so we'll see how it turns out.
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Brock Lesnar will be at every Raw in February except the show in Las Vegas. He'll also be on the first Raw in March, on 3/6 in Chicago as well as the 3/20 Raw in Brooklyn and most likely (not confirmed but probable) the 3/27 Raw
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Paul Levesque held a press conference today in the U.K. to talk about the tournament this weekend. This was his response when asked about Kenny Omega:

"As far as Kenny Omega goes, I'm interested in talent period and if someone is talented as a performer and they want to come work for the WWE. If they want to work for the best in the world. If they want to come to the largest platform where they can truly show what they do off on a global basis then WWE is the choice for them. If they want to work for us and they are very talented then I'm interested in talking to them across the board. I hear a lot of speculation sometimes about well this guy who's been working for a long a time, or they wouldn't have interest or they would, or they're going after football players or this and that. I'm interested in talent at every level. Somebody with charisma, someone with the it factor, that is athletic, can do what we do...I'm interested in them. So, to me, anytime anyone questions me on a talent and if I'm interested in them...the fact that you are questioning me on it means that person is pretty talented so yes I'm interested."
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AXS TV opens up its 2017 Friday night fights with New Japan at 8 p.m. with Jim Ross and Josh Barnett commentating on the much-talked about Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega main event from 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome. The ratings over the next month for the Dome shows will play a factor in determining how prominent New Japan may be on the station going forward. The show is moved up one hour this year and the live MMA fights that follow now start at 9 p.m. instead of 10 p.m.
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The TNA show last night didn't air until 10 p.m. Eastern on The Fight Network. TNA finished editing late and sent it to Toronto, where they were racing against time to get it ready for air, and then one of the files was corrupted so they didn't get it done. They aired last week's show in the normal time slot and then aired the new show in the later time slot.
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Bill Apter spoke to Fred Ottman's wife show noted that he was in rough shape with four different infections including a kidney infection and had a 104 degree fever, but she said he was doing better.
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PW Insider reported a joint ROH and New Japan show will take place on 5/7 in Toronto. Plans are for at least four shows over eight days in May.
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Don West was brought back to help the company liquidate a lot of stock that is sitting in the warehouse in Nashville, TN. I was told it was a Jeff Jarrett suggestion. We are told there is going to be a massive unloading of merchandise with insane, even for Don West, deals.
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Wrestler Len "Hard Rock" Hamilton filed a suit against Microsoft claiming that the character in Gears of War of Augustus Coel Train Cole was a rip-off of his character, claiming he provided photos and voice recording in 2005 for the character, which is voiced by another former pro wrestler, now actor Lester Speight (Rasta the Voodoomon in pro wrestling).
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New Japan today has announced a full schedule of events on New Japan World with English language commentary of the events that will air live.

As has already been reported, both major shows in February, the New Beginning in Sapporo on February 5th with the Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki IWGP title match and the February 11th New Beginning in Osaka with the Tetsuya Naito vs. Michael Elgin IC title match will have English language commentary.

The other shows between now and August with English commentary are:

March 6th -- 45th Anniversary show at the Tokyo Ota Ward Gym
March 20th -- New Japan Cup finals (winner to get an IWGP title match on 4/9)
April 9th -- Sakura Genesis at Tokyo Sumo Hall
May 3rd -- Wrestling Dontaku in Fukuoka's International Center Arena
June 3rd -- Best of the Super Junior finals
June 11th -- Dominion in Osaka Jo Hall (the biggest event between now and G-1)
July 1st -- The show in Long Beach, CA
July 2nd -- The second show in Long Beach, CA
July 17th -- Opening night of the G-1 tournament in Sapporo
August 11th -- A block finals of G-1 at Sumo Hall
August 12th -- B block finals of G-1 at Sumo Hall
August 13th -- G-1 Climax championship match at Sumo Hall

Kevin Kelly will be the lead announcer for the broadcasts. At this point it's unknown who will be working with him now that Steve Corino has taken a job as a trainer at the WWE Performance Center.
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The new Liberace-inspired Aron Rex character was something that was pitched to WWE years ago back when they were bringing Damien Sandow up from FCW. That pitched eventually changed to the more "Intellectual" character that fans got to see instead.
Wacky Sandow/Rex story from back in the day in regards to the origins of his new gimmick.


Some other sheet news includes:
  • Website WrestlingDVDNetwork recently revealed the entire list of matches and content for the upcoming DDP DVD/Blu-Ray set. http://www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com/f...ng-dvd/129145/
  • According to reports, another DVD/BR the WWE is also planning on releasing this year is called "WrestleMania Monday is Raw" and will be highlights from RAW After Mania episodes.
  • According to PWI, TNA recently got caught up in the back pay owed to wrestlers going as far back as last October.
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So basically Vince doesn't even have the wisdom or humility to look back to learn what they may have done wrong, need to improve upon, could do differently in the future to improve, etc. Explains a lot.
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Old 01-13-2017, 10:11 PM   #816
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I wonder if CyNick will believe it if it comes from Vince's mouth?
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Something about Vince notl telling that truth or letting people in so he just says something to appease the masses but really it's the opposite
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Old 01-14-2017, 10:40 PM   #819
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Well in all fairness he's not one to show "weakness" or admit mistakes. To be frank, knowing the very little I know about the man, it would make no sense for him to see it any other way.
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I wonder if CyNick will believe it if it comes from Vince's mouth?
CyNick thinks Vince craps out rainbows that cure terminal cancer in unicorns

so yes.
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So basically Vince doesn't even have the wisdom or humility to look back to learn what they may have done wrong, need to improve upon, could do differently in the future to improve, etc. Explains a lot.
Lol. Let's put up his bank account against yours. Maybe you should learn how to do things differently in life.

Fucking amazing reading moronic posts like this.
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Old 01-15-2017, 01:43 PM   #822
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All I gathered from what he was saying was "I keep moving forward and don't look back".

I don't agree with McMahon on many things or particularly care for him as a human being but I just don't see why he would need to give a different answer. What he has done has worked for him. Why should he be like "Well I really wish I gave Dean Ambrose a clean win over HHH because then the fans would take him more seriously". It would be ludicrous lol
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Lol. Let's put up his bank account against yours. Maybe you should learn how to do things differently in life.

Fucking amazing reading moronic posts like this.
Nah. I'm good and have more than I could need or want financially. I actually work in the entertainment industry and am accepted by my peers in it, unlike Vince, who only wishes the same was true for himself. Plus, finances aren't everything, but having the respect of your peers or being able to help your peers when you're (typically the first) person they call when they need advice or help, can be an immeasurable benefit and bring more joy than any amount of money ever would, especially if (unlike Vince it seems) you have a healthy ego and don't live to work but still love what you do.
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So you are done running a multi national law firm? Damn.
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So you are done running a multi national law firm? Damn.
Who said I run a multi national law firm? I do run a law firm (practicing in primarily entertainment law, sports law, intellectual property and business law) with offices in multiple states though.

As well as several other businesses in the music and entertainment industries that provide various services to creatives, talent, artists/acts, producers, execs, etc.
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The 2017 WWE Hall of Fame class has its headliner -- and it's someone that many doubted would ever be back with the company in any way.

ESPN broke the news on Monday afternoon that Kurt Angle would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 31st over WrestleMania 33 weekend in Orlando, Florida. The induction is the first association Angle has had with WWE in over a decade after parting ways with the company in 2006.

"I was shocked. I've been out of WWE for a long time and out of touch with them so I didn't really expect this," Angle told ESPN about the news. "It's a huge honor. This is the only Hall of Fame that I'm not in and probably (the one) I want to be in the most. This is the one that means the most for me. I had a lot of fun entertaining the fans for seven years with WWE, and I'm glad that my hard work paid off."
Link to the ESPN article: http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/1...ame-class-2017

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Kurt Angle spoke to Sports Illustrated about his upcoming WWE Hall of Fame induction. Angle said that Steve Austin is at the top of his list to induct him and called the decision a "no-brainer."
Link to the interview: http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017...tion-interview

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Though he just returned to WWE earlier this month, it's unclear when Tajiri will be wrestling for the company next after suffering an injury.

WWE.com posted on Tuesday that Tajiri isn't medically cleared to wrestle after suffering a right knee injury at NXT's latest TV taping. Tajiri teamed with Shinsuke Nakamura against Samoa Joe & Bobby Roode in what may have been a dark match main event on that taping. The conclusion of the match saw Chris Hero make his NXT return as Kassius Ohno to confront Nakamura after it was over.
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WWE is holding 2016 year-end awards for NXT that will be announced on the one-hour pre-show prior to TakeOver: San Antonio. The categories are performer of the year, male of the year, female of the year, breakout of the year, tag team of the year, and TakeOver of the year.
Link to the awards: http://www.wwe.com/article/triple-h-...the-nxt-awards

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Mickie James is backstage at the SmackDown tapings tonight in Memphis, though that doesn't necessarily mean she will debut on the show.

James had been widely speculated to be the eventual person who would be unmasked as La Luchadora. James was not under the mask on the previous shows with that character, but from the start of the angle it was always supposed to be revealed as her.
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With Steve Corino leaving Ring of Honor and his announcing duties with New Japan Pro Wrestling for a job at the WWE Performance Center, NJPW was tasked with filling the spot on their streaming service's English broadcast team opposite Kevin Kelly.

That spot has been filled, with Don Callis (formerly known as The Jackyl in WWF and Cyrus in ECW) announcing on the latest episode of his "Killing the Town" podcast -- that he does with Lance Storm -- that he has accepted a position to be NJPW World's new lead English color commentary voice.

Callis noted on the podcast that he had agreed to the deal within the last week and would be working on the broadcast team alongside Kelly, who he worked with previously in the WWF in the 1990s. Callis thanked Kenny Omega for helping facilitate the deal.

NJPW announced last week that they would be ramping up their English commentary broadcast schedule as they attempt to further appeal to international fans.
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Ring of Honor officially announced three dates for the upcoming 2017 War of the Worlds tour with New Japan Pro Wrestling.

The dates announced were May 7th at the Ted Reeve Arena in Toronto, May 10th at the Dearborn, Michigan Ford Community and Arts Center, and May 14th as a television taping at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.

No names were announced for the shows but all three events are expected to sell out.

Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday for ROH Ringside Members and on January 20th to the general public.

There may be one date added to the list as we had heard it was a four show tour.
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Regarding questions I'm getting asked a lot, all of the wrestlers who appeared in the WWE tournament have been signed. They are also able to work U.K. independent dates until or unless WWE starts running a full-time circuit.
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated is one of the most beloved professional wrestling magazines of all time. Before the Internet, this was how wrestling fans got their news. It also gave fans a chance to have their voices heard when they held their year-end voting each year with the results completely chosen by the fans. One shocking result this year came when fans voted Roman Reigns as the Most Hated Wrestler of the Year in the PWI Awards.

When speaking about the fan-voted award for Roman Reigns, PWI mentioned that this was the first time in their publication’s history that a babyface – a fan favorite – won the Most Hated Wrestler award.

“More than a quarter of our respondents cast their vote for Roman Reigns as the Most Hated Wrestler of the Year, marking the first time in the history of the PWI Achievement Awards that a so-called “fan favorite” has won this distinction.”
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In our search for the best wrestling on the planet, we noticed a gap in our offerings. Lucha libre, one of the oldest and most revered forms of professional wrestling, is on its way to FloSlam.

A pair of lucha libre promotions -- Pro Wrestling Revolution and Lucha Forever -- have joined the FloSlam family.

The promotions offer distinct takes on the artform that originated in Mexico. These multi-event deals will include live streams on FloSlam. After the initial airing, shows will be available for unlimited rewatching via our ever-growing library.
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Keith Lee announced on Twitter this past weekend that he has signed with EVOLVE. Lee had been under a non-exclusive deal that recently expired. EVOLVE quickly announced that he will face Chris Hero in one of his final EVOLVE matches on Jan. 27 in San Antonio during Royal Rumble weekend.

According to sources, ROH officials were aware that Lee was negotiating with EVOLVE, but he was still working on a handshake deal with ROH. Lee’s tag team partner, Shane Taylor, recently signed an non-exclusive deal with ROH. Lee had offers on the table from EVOLVE and ROH. ROH officials were aware of Lee’s negotiations with EVOLVE, but weren’t expecting him to sign there in the near future.

Lee and Taylor appeared as a tag team on ROH’s TV Tapings last weekend in Atlanta on Jan. 14. According to multiple sources, Lee didn’t tell anyone in the ROH locker room or the office that he was going to sign with EVOLVE. ROH ended up booking Lee & Taylor to go over strong on The Briscoes during an in-ring segment. One top wrestler was furious that Lee appeared on the tapings without notifying ROH management he was going to sign with EVOLVE and noted that he and Taylor were booked to look strong against The Briscoes, which likely would not have happened had Taylor notified ROH management he was leaving the company.

According to a source close to Lee, he chose to sign with EVOLVE because the money was the same and being under a non-exclusive deal really limits where talent can work outside of ROH. ROH recently added a clause to their non-exclusive deals that states that talent can’t wrestle on independents that air on FloSlam. With FloSlam expected to become affiliated with more prominent indie organizations in 2017, wrestlers under a non-exclusive deal will have a hard time finding bookings.

Sources have confirmed with PWTorch that one of the companies that ROH has added to the banned list for those under non-exclusive deals is Beyond Wrestling. Beyond Wrestling does not air regularly on FloSlam, as they’ve only had one show air on the service, but ROH is using a very broad interpretation of their clause to ensure talent doesn’t work for the company.

Some other sheet news includes:
  • RAW's rating and viewership numbers got delayed till later this week due to the MLK Jr holiday.
  • Kurt Angle was revealed to be this week's guest for ESPN's weekly wrestling segment.
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 40th anniversary of Howard Finkle's debut in the WWE.
  • In another "WWE Did You Know" type fact, WWE's Youtube channel is currently the 4th most viewed channel on the service with a little over 13 billion total views. In terms of actual revenues, they only earn a few million per year at most from it.
  • According to reports, Darren Young joined Taijri in being recent offerings for the Papa Shango Curse. Young suffered an arm injury during a match against Epico at yesterday's Main Event tapings.
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As expected, Raw bounced back strong with no football competition, doing 3.26 million viewers on Monday night. That's only down six percent from the 3.46 million viewers that the bounce-back Raw the same week last year did, so the decline is far less than it was during football season.

It was up 13 percent from last week, and the usual goal is a ten percent increase the first week after football season ends ...

The story was a very strong open and a big fade. Whether that was attributable to the idea that people were curious to see Brock Lesnar, and after his appearance, there was nothing plugged for him later, or they just lost interest after the first hour, the ratings pattern wasn't good ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.52 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.22 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.07 million viewers
Highest since last August but 3rd hour took a bit hit and NBA now having their own primetime Monday games gave a small hit to RAW's rankings. Drop compared to same week last year was smaller than usual (200k).

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In an interview with the Fox Sports' Wrestling Compadres podcast, WWE COO Paul "HHH" Levesque confirmed that a WWE women's tournament is happening this year, likely this summer.

The podcast aired a clip from the interview Wednesday with the full interview set to be released this Friday. You can listen below, starting at the 21:30 mark ...

Levesque said that the difficult thing has been trying to find the right time for the tournament, given their current schedule and the ever-changing landscape of WWE. He mentioned the UK tournament fit perfectly prior to the Royal Rumble and that he is hoping the women's tourney can happen this summer.

The plan is to recruit very similarly to the WWE Cruiserweight Classic where they "scour the globe" and find some talents that may be flying under the radar, increasing the talent pool for WWE as a whole.
Link to the podcast episode: https://soundcloud.com/the-wrestling...adres-slamcast

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Levesque was also asked about intergender matches and while he understands that they may work for some smaller groups as shock entertainment value, he didn't think the WWE fanbase would be ready for a male to be seen beating up a woman in the ring. He prefers the women being able to stand out on their own athletic merits.
From the same interview Triple H had with Fox Sports' Wrestling Compadres podcast show.

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It was announced on Talking Smack last night that Jerry Lawler would be calling the Royal Rumble match alongside Michael Cole and Corey Graves. Lawler will also be part of the pre-show in San Antonio. Both Lawler and Lita were pulled from their regular pre-show duties at the end of last year.
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You may not want to bother Randy Orton at the gym. There is a story making the rounds about Orton having a confrontation with someone who tried to get Orton to take a photo with him in the middle of a workout. When Orton did not, the fan snuck a photo of Orton working out instead and the two had words. When the story began making it's way online, Orton responded:

Apparently I hurt a fans feelings when I told him to F off at the gym yesterday. That's news? Been happening for 15 years. #getalife
— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) January 18, 2017
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Darren Young tweeted an update about the injury that he suffered at the Main Event taping before Raw on Monday: "Hyperextension which resulted in a traumatic dislocation & fracture of the coronoid process of the right elbow. #blockthehate #standby"
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Chris Charlton translated an interview from NJPW owner Takaaki Kidani where he talked about the company's plans for expansion into the United States. Kidani said, "When you ask what it is we can do (with New Japan), it is to create an American based subsidiary and run shows there. In addition, it is to produce television in line with our Japanese content that can be sold cheaply to American cable networks. While we currently sell television content to AXS TV, the most popular and visible networks have a high demand for volume of content available cheaply."
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The Hardys are set to face Pentagon Jr. & Fenix on the March 31st WrestleCon show over WrestleMania weekend.

Matt Jackson of The Young Bucks tweeted a photo of them and the Hardys along with a message agreeing to their challenge to a match. The teams are scheduled to face each other at ROH's Supercard of Honor show in Lakeland, Florida on April 1st.
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PROGRESS Wrestling has confirmed that Tyler Bate, Pete Dunne, Trent Seven, and Mark Andrews will be wrestling for the company over WrestleMania weekend in Florida. PROGRESS is part of WWN's weekend of events and will be putting on a supershow with EVOLVE in addition to a show of their own.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer featured a story today on the city of Brotherly Love being passed over for Wrestlemania again and their continued push to bring WWE's flagship event to the city. "Philadelphia is proud of our longstanding partnership with WWE over the years,” Larry Needle, executive director of PHL Sports told the newspaper. “Bidding for WrestleMania was extremely competitive, but we are very confident that we'll have many more premier WWE events in Philadelphia in the near future. We're also looking forward to hosting one of the country's biggest sporting events this spring, the NFL Draft, and welcoming another fantastic slate of events throughout 2017 and beyond.”
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We are told that there were plans for Wrestlemania 34 to originally be in the Northeast (I believe in the NYC area) but that idea was dropped due to the excellent bid and presentation New Orleans made to bring the event back to the Big Easy.
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Kenny Omega appeared on The Taz Show with former WWE and ECW star Taz this morning on CBS Radio for an interview discussing his recent main event at the New Japan Wrestle Kingdom show, his future, his time in WWE developmental in the past and more.

During the interview, when asked what he might be able to discuss about his future, Omega stated that he wasn't being "suspiciously silent" or trying to make people think one thing to "work" them. He said that a year ago,when AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson were all signed by WWE, it opened the eyes of New Japan that they needed to break away from the standard one year deals. He said talents were signed to unique deals and he was one of them ...

In terms of what would direct his decision-making, Omega said that he's not looking for monetary goals but is looking to change "the business as much as I can in my own way and do something with impact." He said he's come so far in Japan that he almost feels as if he's had a "complete career" there and is now mulling over what the next potential move for him could be. He said that by almost winning the IWGP title and not getting there, he would hate to feel like he's walked away from there without that.

Omega said that he wasn't sending out feelers but was open to receiving them, commenting that after the Dome and the buzz that he's gotten, it appears that WWE is more "receiving" of seeing Omega in a way that would allow him to "contribute" to that company. He said that he doesn't want to just take a payday for money but wants to contribute in a way that makes current fans happy and bring former fans back to the business. He admitted that seeing how former NJPW talents have been used there has opened his eyes to the potential.

Omega noted "no negotiations have ended" and it's not a case of one company outbidding another in the end.

"It's not a money situation."
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While there are a lot of rumors making the rounds about TNA executive changes, nothing has been officially set in stone yet. Obviously, Anthem will be restructuring the company going forward, but to what extent remains to be seen.

Marti Belle is gone as her deal has expired. Bell, who most notably had a run with the Dollhouse, had not been used at the last several TV tapings. She was not booked for the most recent set and the set before, she was actually fielded out by TNA to go work for Rocky Mountain Wrestling in Colorado during the same time period. She's always been good. On Twitter, she noted she was back where she began, meaning being an independent talent. She's working for the National Wrassling League group in Kansas City area that has been signing a number of talents to full-time contracts, but not word if she is signing there.
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“The WWE Universe is different from the rest of the world,” explained Angle. “Even though I was wrestling all these great matches, most WWE fans didn’t see those matches. That makes me sad, but it would be nice if WWE somehow got my TNA library, as well as AJ Styles’s, Samoa Joe’s, and Bobby Roode’s so people can see the stuff we did. Those guys will continue to have great matches, but we also had some great ones in TNA.”
From a recent interview Kurt Angle had with Sports Illustrated on not wanting his TNA career to be ignored by the WWE.


Some other sheet news includes:
  • Observer Radio show had Triple H as today's guest although mainly talked about Surf's Up 2: Wavemania, HBK, and sausages. According to Brian Alvarez, the interview had to be cut short due to Triple H running late with his plans and WWE emailed later being upset that the movie wasn't promoted more. http://i.imgur.com/mV4MOKm.jpg
  • According to reports, Kevin Nash recently agreed to donate his brain for CTE research after his death. http://accmag.com/kevin-nash-to-dona...-cte-research/
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, MVP owns The Royal Rumble record for quickest elimination after eliminating someone else at 10 seconds (2010 Rumble). Brian Kendrick is second on the list at 15 seconds (2009 Rumble). http://officialfan.proboards.com/thr...ticular-record
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SmackDown averaged 2.652 million viewers for Tuesday night's show, which was headlined by a steel cage match between Women's Champion Alexa Bliss defending against Becky Lynch ...

The show is now averaging almost 2.5 million viewers since moving to Tuesday nights and airing live, which is way up from the 2.1-2.2 million level they were at on Thursday nights.
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Two promotions in the United Kingdom have announced changes to upcoming cards for FloSlam broadcasts as it seems WWE is setting guidelines for where their UK contracted talent is allowed to appear.

IPW:UK, who will be airing a supershow on FloSlam live on Sunday, posted on Facebook that Pete Dunne will now face Tom Dawkins in a bonus match for the live crowd that won't be streamed on the service. Dunne had been scheduled to face Matt Riddle, who will now face Ryan Smile instead. Joseph Conners has been pulled from the show entirely.

The promotion posted, "Unfortunately in the early hours of this morning we learnt that due to contractual obligations with the WWE, certain wrestlers will be unable to appear on our FloSlam live broadcast this Sunday, namely in this instance, Pete Dunne and Joseph Conners."

In a move that seems to be related given a tweet they posted, Lucha Forever also announced that the main event of their debut show on April 17th would now be Shane Strickland vs. Travis Banks after Strickland had been scheduled to face Dunne, who will still be appearing on the show in some capacity. The promotion recently signed a deal to broadcast events on FloSlam.
In a bit of irony, WWE also ends up hurting themselves with these sudden pullings since they are a miniority owner of FloSports which runs the FloSlam service.

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For a short period of time, there was an article on the WWE website with current talents giving comments on potential surprises in the Royal Rumble. Where this gets interesting is the headline of the piece was based around Seth Rollins' comments on Kenny Omega potentially appearing. The article was pulled but featured Rollins commenting that Omega's time with New Japan could be "up" but that he didn't know if that meant Omega in the Rumble.
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Deadline is reporting that much like Billy Batson himself, DC Comics' Shazam! movie will be split into two separate films.

The first will be be the 2019 "Shazam!" film that has been long announced with the second being a new film "Black Adam" starring The Rock, who first announced back in 2014 that he would be playing the character.
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Adam "Hangman" Page and ring announcer Bobby Cruise have both come to terms with Ring of Honor and have signed new deals.

Donovan Dijak appears to be finishing up here as he's not currently scheduled for anything beyond the February TV taping in Pittsburgh (although one source noted that could change). That may be a by-product of WWE interest as the word that has been making the rounds the last two weeks is that WWE isn't comfortable offering anyone who was under a ROH deal an offer until they are 60 days out of their ROH deal expiring, obviously because they don't want to be accused of contract tampering. So, it's a case of talents now having to give notice to ROH, then wait a few months while working the indy scene to see if they will get a WWE offer. That likely explains why Kyle O'Reilly disappeared after his contract expired on 12/31.

As we noted last week, Keith Lee signed with WWNLive while having a ROH deal on the table. We are told that Lee and former tag team partner Shane Taylor were each offered contracts at the same time. Taylor signed immediately while Lee told ROH that he had other offers on the table. He informed ROH that he was going to sign with WWN over the weekend at the Atlanta TV taping and ROH told him they would finish him out in Texas against the Briscoes, obviously with the idea of closing the storyline out and putting The Briscoes over. Lee announced he was signing with WWN the next day and there's no clearcut answer to whether he'll actually work his final dates with the company.
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The following was announced on TrishStratus.com:

Trish Stratus welcomed Madison Patricia, her second child, a bouncing baby girl on Saturday, January 14, 2017.

Trish delivered her daughter with her midwife and husband by her side at Southlake Hospital in Newmarket, Ontario.

Three year old brother Max is said to be over the moon about the latest edition to the family!

The newborn's middle name honors Trish's Greek paternal grandmother who passed away last month.

Congrats to Trish, Ron and big brother Max!
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One of the big issues is that the TV people here think in terms of huge money television sponsorships, toy deals and the big goal of the Lucha Underground movie series, and these are multi-million dollar projects. The problem is they are not getting any of those deals based on the ratings they are drawing. The idea of house shows with a small profit margin and keeping the wrestlers busy and making money year-around isn’t part of the concept from the TV people, who are the key ones involved.

The problem is we’re a few years into the run and not one of those big deals has come through past I’ve seen some of the characters in a Slim Jim’s commercial. Still, the bottom line is that while they could have a cool cult thing with non-Hispanics if they didn’t go so far out to turn people off, the real money was with this product on a Spanish language station, and when this thing goes away with nothing to show for it other than tens of millions in losses and a missed opportunity, the real keys were the inability to get the product on a strong Spanish language station in the U.S. and onto television in Mexico. With names like Robert Rodriguez and Mark Burnett involved, I’m not sure why that never happened.

There is now talk once again of a Netflix deal, and Melissa Santos did an interview where she mentioned that, but that’s been talked about for a long time.

There’s also been very little promotion of the show itself as far as major media has gone. That was the province early on of Court Bauer, and when he left the promotion, nobody ever picked up the ball and they never got a media professional in that realm to take his spot.
From the recent Observer Newsletter on how badly Lucha Underground's management has messed things up so far.

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As we broke on Monday afternoon in the Elite section of PWInsider.com, the landscape of the WWE Network is expected to change as all signs are that Scotland's Insane Championship Wrestling will soon debut as programming on the WWE Network and that other promotions could follow. The belief is that ICW has a multi-year deal (depending on who is talking, the deal is believed to be 2 or 3 years) and that PROGRESS Wrestling in Great Britain and potentially others will soon follow.

The move is one that WWE has been discussing internally since last year, with the idea of adding independent wrestling material to a new tier of the WWE Network that would be available for a higher price point (believed to be $14.99) with discussions internally within WWE about everything from licensing indy content from existing television shows to paying promotions to create content. We are told feedback and viewing numbers for last weekend's the UK Championship Tournament were going to be a strong factor in determining how WWE moved forward with that plan. With the WWE Network about to hit it's three year anniversary next month, it makes sense that an announcement could be timed sometime soon.

Over the course of last weekend, the talk overseas was that WWE had all but completed a deal with Mark Dallas' Insane Championship Wrestling. The belief is that it's weekly "Fight Club" series would migrate to the WWE Network and air via VOD with disclaimers and a parental warning on the content, similar to how WWE Attitude Era material and the original ECW are featured on the Network. Fight Club currently streams on the Fite App, but the belief among many over the past week is that a deal is completed and could be announced at any point. There is no word whether the deal would also bring the company's major events, such as their annual Fear and Loathing show (which was carried via streaming platforms last year) to the WWE Network as well ...

There have been discussions of all sorts of other promotions potentially being part of the WWE Network, but the one that has been primarily discussed beyond ICW has been The UK's PROGRESS Wrestling, which is believing to be in discussions with WWE currently. What makes that interesting is the timing that PROGRESS will be making its United States debut over Wrestlemania weekend in Orlando, Florida as part of the WWNLive.com events there with a number of talents from the UK Championship tournament already announced. There are also plans for an EVOLVE vs. PROGRESS event that weekend, obviously on Flosports' streaming service ...

It's important to note that both ICW and PROGRESS have existing on demand subscription channels, so it will be interesting to see if they are maintained and continue to be updated or if WWE deals will mean the end of those platforms for either of those promotions or any others who sign up with WWE ...

While there have been rumors of Rev Pro (which will be running it's own debut event in the United States as part of Wrestlecon in April), we are told that they were not part of the current discussions with WWE.

It's also important to point out that we are told by multiple sources that ITV, coming off their 12/31 two hour pilot broadcast, is currently trying to formulate what their plan is for the World of Sports revival as they have had discussions of doing a weekly series in both a one hour and a two hour format, as well as potentially doing quarterly specials. Once the financials are worked out (we are told that there is no final decision even made on where the series might air), the plan is to try and offer talents contracts for that series if and when it is officially picked up, which means that those contracts will only make things even more complicated for the UK scene. The ITV pilot led to WWE pushing their plans for the UK tournament up several months and certainly there will be talents that play two ends - WWE and ITV - against the middle to see where they can get the best possible deal.
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Flo Slam and the WWE have approached the UK’s Revolution Pro about putting their shows on their respective networks. Revolution Pro turned down Flo Slam based on the idea their offer wasn’t financially worthwhile to them based on where they are at now. WWE’s approach was more of a feeling out process and no offer was made. Andy Quildan, who heads Revolution, told WWE he would listen to any offer but it probably wouldn’t be possible to make a deal due to his group’s relationship with New Japan. He said that was important to him due to loyalty to New Japan, and also because the NJPW alliance allows them to present unique match-ups that can’t happen anywhere else in the world, they can bring in talent that appears for no other UK promotion.

WWE will be paying ICW an annual fee for them to produce shows for the WWE Network. The deal is reportedly for $50,000 per year on a three-year deal, which would end in early 2020. This is said to be a tiny fraction of what Flo Sports is paying for Evolve content on its current deal, and is believed to be around half of the annual fee WWE would pay for a better drawing promotion for a weekend of shows. UK sources believe a deal with Progress is also completed. An official announcement of these deals could come as soon as this week. Two of ICW’s biggest stars are Drew Galloway and Grado, and Bram is used as a regular. There is some question as to if they would be able to be used on shows that air on the Network.
More details from the Observer about the recent ICW deal with the WWE.

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While 39-year-old Allen Neil Jones of Gainesville, GA performed at the WWE Live event Monday night at the Convocation Center, 217 Olympic Dr., someone stole his cash and belongings.

Jones, who performs as AJ Styles, reported the theft of a black bag containing $1,000 in American currency and $7,000 in Japanese yen.

The culprit also stole an iPhone, a set of Beats headphones, a small screen TV, an Xbox 360, and six Xbox 360 games.

The case is still under investigation.

Region 8 News has requested more information to be released in the case, but Arkansas State University has denied our request. We will continue to seek more information.
Link to the report: http://www.kait8.com/story/34297768/...g-at-the-convo

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The updated New Japan World subscription numbers are roughly 60,000 subscribers with 15,000 outside Japan and 45,000 from Japan. What’s notable is that there are tons more outside Japan subscribers than ever bought iPPVs in the day of iPPVs, as the outside of Japan numbers for the Tokyo Dome show in 2014 was closer to 1,000. Granted, that was before AXS aired New Japan and the popularity of the promotion was a lot smaller. But there are far less Japanese subscribers to the network than those who spent more money on iPPVs when that was first starting out in Japan. The WWE Network never hit it big at all in Japan either.
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It appears that Anthem Sports & Entertainment will be dropping the TNA initials and just calling the product Impact Wrestling. Those kind of cosmetic changes and new logo aren’t going to make any difference. Granted, the TNA name does have a negative connotation and I’d have dropped it as well, but Impact has close to the same connotation and the setting and style being the same will mean the results will be the same. They still have the problem that Lucha Underground also has, which is how can they make any money on this venture and the costs are higher than the television rights fees, and there’s not enough revenue generated elsewhere to make up the difference.
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As far as the three key contracts that were coming due, neither Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy nor Drew Galloway have signed new deals with TNA. The Galloway situation is notable because of how the U.K. situation has greatly changed in a short period of time. Still, for the Five Star group, he was their spokesperson at a press conference this past week in Dundee, Scotland, for their next show and to announce the company’s television deal.

While the Hardys haven’t signed, things look good for them to stay. There are two options on the table, a guaranteed deal where they would have full control of their bookings outside the promotion, or a higher guaranteed deal where TNA would at least have to approve of their outside bookings. TNA likely wouldn’t nix anything unless it was maybe ROH (and maybe not since ROH is on The Fight Network so it makes no sense with Fight Network owning for those political issues to still exist) and of course WWE. Matt right now is leaning toward staying, since he has full control of his creative in TNA, which it’s highly unlikely he’d have in WWE. Jeff still hasn’t come to an agreement regarding number of dates per year, since the plan is to go back to running a regular house show schedule.

Some other sheet news includes:
  • The current maker of WWE's championship belts recently revealed the WWE recently ordered new designs for the IC and US belts. Main reason is due to them no longer wanting to pay royalties on the old designs since their former belt makers owned it. Also to finish up on all the belts having brand distinctions to them. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...ostcount=13398
  • According to the Observer, Bobby Lashley recently signed a new deal with TNA.
  • Chris Jericho revealed he signed a new deal with the WWE during a recent episode of the Talk Is Jericho podcast show with Perry Saturn as the guest. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...ned_a_new_wwe/
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, first issue of WWE's newest comic book retconed the ending to Mania 31 with Rollins using the Pedigree and not the Curb Stomp to win the WWE title. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...llins_won_the/
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Oh boy get ready for a candy striped belt with a big star covered logo in the middle.

I can't imagine what kind of horror they are gonna visit upon the IC belt just get ready for it to look and feel a lot less prestigious.
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I'm expecting a few things.

I'm pretty sure the US title with have a red strap and the IC title will have a blue strap.

I wouldn't be surprised if the titles have a similar design to the WWE, Universal and both Women's Championships, with the only difference being that the centrepiece being something distinctive, for example, the US title having the American flag or a single star in the middle or whatever. As for the IC title, I don't know what the centrepiece would be for that. A map of the world maybe? I don't know.

Or they could both possess the exact same design, with only the strap colour and the name on the title being what separates them. Pretty much the same as what's happened with Raw and SmackDown's Tag Team Championships.
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I'd keep the IC Title the way it is, but the US Title could use a change.
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According to a recent PWI Elite podcast episode, Teddy Long is currently rumored to be joining this year's WWE Hall of Fame class.

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Following Thursday's news of contracted WWE UK talents being pulled from FloSlam broadcasts, Friday saw more announcements of wrestlers being removed from scheduled appearances as restrictions regarding where they're allowed to work are put in place.

The "Working a Resthold" podcast announced that Pete Dunne, Mark Andrews, and Trent Seven would no longer be appearing on their live podcast in London on January 28th prior to wXw's show later that night.

The podcast posted, "Unfortunately, yesterday afternoon, Scott Andrews was informed that due to their new WWE contractual obligations, Trent Seven, Pete Dunne and Mark Andrews are now unable to participate in the show. On behalf of myself, Dannii and Marianne, we'd like to wish all three the very best for the future and would like to thank them for their professionalism."

They have updated their lineup with Eddie Dennis, Chris Brookes, Doug Williams, Jody Fleisch, and Johnny Storm now joining Marty Scurll and Ryan Smile.

Despite William Regal initially claiming that the signed UK talent would face "zero restrictions" regarding where they're allowed to work aside from dates where WWE needs them and some places that have contracts that would present a conflict of interest, it quickly became clear that wouldn't be the case.
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UPDATE: In what could possibly be related to Dunne, Andrews, and Seven being pulled from the podcast, Meltzer notes that WWE is bringing some of the UK talent to San Antonio next week for Royal Rumble weekend.

Meltzer also reports that contracted talents will be permitted to perform for certain promotions but the events cannot be distributed (televised, streamed, transmitted or taped) unless authorized. It is said that all talent was told this before signing deals, and is in all of their contracts.
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Kurt Angle has been pulled from Five Star Wrestling for the show next weekend in Dundee, Scotland. He was going to be a television announcer for the live Spike U.K. broadcast. I figured that was almost a lock to happen for all the obvious reasons.
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IPW UK announced for its Sunday show in Rochester, England, that Pete Dunne would do a dark match against Tom Dawkins since he can't air on Flo Sports, and Ryan Smile will replace Dunne in the main event against Matt Riddle. Joseph Conners is also off the show and will be replaced by Adam Maxted.

WWE did not pull talent (Trent Seven and Pete Dunne) from Saturday’s Revolution Pro show. Seven faces TNA’s Trevor Lee while Dunne faces NJPW’s Yoshi-Hashi. The show isn’t on FloSlam nor will it air live
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The company has released a Jimmy Snuka Collection today on the WWE Network and promoted it hard today in an e-mail blast. "Celebrate the Life of Jimmy Snuka" is more than a bit too much. Doing charity work and having class are hardly the same thing.
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New Japan also has a Jimmy Snuka special, not any kind of a tribute but they have put up a free match from 1985 with Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar from Sumo Hall. The finish is bad, as were most of the big match finishes of that era, but you really see how great Brody was at his character and what a phenomenal worker Murdoch is in this match.
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The 1/19 edition of Impact on Pop brought in 310,000 up from last week's 277,000 overnight viewers.
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EVOLVE announced they have signed 19 year old Austin Theory, from Atlanta, to a full-time deal.
Appears to be an Evolve-only deal. Evolve currently has a shared roster of WWE guys and their own guys.

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If he has been approached about a WWE return:

"It's funny because the two guys who really make the decisions, which is Vince [McMahon] and Hunter [Paul 'Triple H' Levesque], in seven years have never even approached me. I guess I'm semi-amused that people think 'Vince is saying this' and whatnot because those are the two people that understand why and respect why I retired and understood it."

His ideal dream return match:

"I look at Samoa Joe and I've told him a number of times that I see his stuff at NXT and think to myself, 'Man, I could have a great deal of fun with you.' He's a guy I have sort of enjoyed, and one of those sleeper guys that no one talks about.

"We have contrasting styles. I get that everybody wants to see me and AJ or Seth or Dolph [Ziggler]. From my standpoint, I think really telling a great story out there [is most important]. I could do it with a guy like Samoa Joe. His stuff looks really good, and sometimes he just looks like he's beating the tar out of somebody."
From a recent interview HBK had with ESPN in regards to a potential return from retirement: http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/1...dream-opponent

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Vince McMahon was on crutches this past week because he had minor hip surgery, apparently similar to the surgery Undertaker had. Undertaker at some point is likely to need a full hip replacement but has been trying to put that off until he retires and had his problems temporarily taken care of with his recent surgery.
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There was some Internet controversy this week when it came out that a fan reaction they cut to showing disgust when Jericho had beaten Reigns for the IC title was actually cut in from earlier in the show and that fan was actually cheering that Reigns lost in real time.
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Zayn, Rollins and Reigns were backstage talking about their six-man tag main event. So the purpose of this segment was not to get anyone over, or build the match. It was to establish Zayn as a total geek. Zayn does have heat on him right now. They had him say some nonsensical stuff and Rollins & Reigns rolled their eyes at him, like “who is ths guy?” Unlike Bayley later, where an idea that they thought would get her over fell flat, this was very much about getting Zayn under.

Some other sheet news includes:
  • During a recent episode of the Busted Open Nation podcast show with Chris Jericho as the guest, Jericho revealed he was originally planned to have a match against Dean Ambrose at Mania 32 before it got switched to AJ Styles instead. Main reason was due to Vince liking the Styles-Jericho feud enough to make it into a Mania match. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...ly_planned_to/
  • According to the Observer, TNA's new owners are considering the idea of giving Jeff Jarrett more power in the company due to his era as TNA's owner being better than Dixie's era. Also revealed it was John Gaburick who pushed for TNA to sign MMA fighter Josh Barnett to a deal.
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The loaded up Raw go-home show last night with the easiest competition since August did 3.29 million viewers, up slightly from the 3.26 million last week going against a marquee NBA game.

While next week's show should be way up, probably doing one of the best numbers of 2017 for the day after the Rumble, this does look to be the level, or perhaps a little above the level, the show will be doing the next few months ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.31 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.46 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.11 million viewers
Observer thinks this is likely the max range for RAW for this year's Road to Mania since the go-home and post-Rumble RAWs are usually the highest for the season till Mania's go-home show.

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Linda McMahon had her confirmation hearing today in Washington D.C. with members of the Senate's Small Business Committee as part of her ongoing process to become the head of Donald Trump's Small Business Administration.

For those wanting McMahon to be questioned about WWE's business practices, that didn't happen. The entire hearing was cordial with most of the questions focusing on how McMahon would work with them in her role. Recently elected Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois was the only one to bring up how WWE classifies its employees, noting that she talked about the issue with Linda previously.

Duckworth didn't pose any questions on the subject during the hearing, but posted on her Facebook account that she has concerns about WWE's labor practices under Linda that she hopes will be addressed as the confirmation process goes forward. Duckworth also wrote that she encourages McMahon to take a different approach at the SBA.

Stephanie McMahon and Triple H were there to support Linda at the hearing. Both were mentioned multiple times, including in awkward comments by New Jersey Senator Cory Booker.
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Kurt Angle told TMZ that he won't be in the Royal Rumble, saying that he hasn't talked to WWE about anything other than the Hall of Fame.
Link to the video: http://www.tmz.com/2017/01/24/kurt-a...l-rumble-2017/

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Jim Ross posted an apology to anyone who was affected by his remarks about how WWE handled the death of Jimmy Snuka. Ross had said that he had no issues with WWE's tribute to Snuka and called trying to posthumously prove Snuka's potential involvement in the 1983 death of Nancy Argentino an "Oliver Stone quest." His remarks were covered in Sunday's edition of the Daily Update.
Link to the blog post: http://www.jrsbarbq.com/blog/51041

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Netflix has acquired the rights to "Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press." The documentary looks at the implication of Hogan's legal battle with Gawker.
Link to an article about it: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...y-speak-967731

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Will Ospreay will face the former Pentagon Jr. for XWAUK on March 12th in London.
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After the addition of Cesaro & Sheamus vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson to the Royal Rumble kickoff show was announced earlier in the night, another match was added to Sunday's pre-show on tonight's episode of Raw.

Sasha Banks will face Nia Jax on the show as the Raw women's division gets another match at the Alamodome.
For those that missed the announcement or are unaware, the pre-show this year for the Rumble is going to be 2 hours long.

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WWE did allow Trent Seven and Pete Dunne's matches from Saturday's Revolution Pro show to appear on the RevPro streaming service. So even though it is unlikely RevPro will be on the WWE Network, at this point they appear to be on good terms with WWE. Regarding the talk on the show last night, two interesting notes. It was Trent Seven, not Tyler Bate who was pulled from the next Saturday podcast taped in London along with Dunne and Seven. But Dunne being in San Antonio for the Rumble would be in question since he was advertised for the main event against Jimmy Havoc for Progress Wrestling in London for a sold out show at the Electric Ballroom.
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More WWE contracted wrestlers in the UK have had a change in their schedules, with German promotion wXw the most recent to be affected by talent being pulled from appearances.

wXw announced in a press release on Monday that Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate, and Trent Seven are off of their show in London on January 28th. That's the same day that Dunne, Seven, and Mark Andrews were scheduled to appear on a live episode of the "Working a Resthold" podcast before WWE contractual obligations left them unable to participate.
PROGRESS is likely next to announce wrestlers getting pulled from their next card due to WWE's deal with British talent.

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While everyone was focused on the happenings in the U.K. in recent weeks, some equally major moves were taking place in Mexico as Pentagon Jr., Daga and Garza Jr. all showed up at The Crash promotion show in Tijuana, a Konnan-booked company which indicated them leaving AAA.

Pentagon Jr. posted about leaving AAA on Facebook.

This comes just days before AAA was scheduled for a major press conference, believed to be announcing this year's TripleMania event.

All three showed up wearing Perros de Mal gear, and while that is AAA's most popular stable, AAA, which has gone on a trademark spree of late, can't trademark that term which was started by the late Perro Aguayo Jr., along with Damian and Halloween years ago, long before Konnan recruited the group into AAA. Right now the status of Perros Del Mal, a valuable merchandise name, is uncertain.

Pentagon Jr. will no longer be allowed to use that name, but will instead be called Penta El Cero Miedo. AAA owns the name Pentagon Jr. Lucha Underground owns the name Pentagon Dark.
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Bill Goldberg responded to busting himself open on Raw last night, writing the following on Instagram:

Going out a limb .... but I'm putting the pre match headbutt on the shelf for now... kinda made me a bit loopy out there. #learnfromurmistakes #whosnext #every1isnext #royalrumble @wwe
Pretty much implies rumors of him having a small concussion were true.

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It appears WWE's plans to unveil the latest WWE Hall of Fame statue over Wrestlemania week this April at AXXESS has been revealed.

Model Sean Perry posted on his Facebook page that he posed as the body model for a Flair statue that will showcase Flair in the prime of his career.

The studio Perry is referring to is ATTA Inc., studios in NYC, which has been involved in the design and construction of the statues over the last several years.

Flair signed a new full-time deal with WWE late last year but has only been used sparingly since coming to terms. He is the only two-time WWE Hall of Famer as he was inducted in 2008 alone and then again in 2012 s a member of the Four Horsemen.

WWE has unveiled statues of Andre the Giant, Bruno Sammartino, Dusty Rhodes and The Ultimate Warrior in recent years. In 2015, plans for a Hulk Hogan statue (and a DVD release that was to be built around the reveal of the statue at Wrestlemania 31 weekend) were canceled when he was let go from the company.
Link to the Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/sean.perry....54540411417730


Some other sheet news includes:
  • John Cena revealed he will be this year's host for Nickleodeon's Kids Choice Awards show.
  • Roman Reigns was this week's guest for ESPN's weekly wrestling segment. http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=18544117
  • Japanese wrestling promotion DDT recently joined the wrestling network market with their network to be called DDT Universe, launched last Sunday, and the first month free for new members. http://www.f4wonline.com/japan/ddt-u...service-228871
  • During a recent interview with Sky Sports, Bray Wyatt revealed his dream opponent for a Mania match would be Daniel Bryan out of anyone past or present from the WWE. http://www.skysports.com/wwe/news/14...tlemania-match
  • Last year's animated film "Mona" with The Rock as one of its voice actors was revealed to have been nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Animated Film & Best Song).
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