Dr Duncan Steel
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Honestly, they're like the most perfect cannon fodder you could possibly ask for. Entertainment from top to bottom.
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You sent me down a dark path and I stumbled upon this: https://soundcloud.com/swag_out_brendan5/wwe-remix
I blame you.
Gail is great in the ring, but let's be honest and stop kidding ourselves...her voice grates on the nerves and her promo "style" is too forced and often comes across as condescending.
I really hate the Miz now, more than ever.
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Honestly, they're like the most perfect cannon fodder you could possibly ask for. Entertainment from top to bottom.
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I don't. He ruined Ryback's career!!![]()
we miss you, Mad Ox
I need one, for research purposes
Why is the dvd cover on the left blank?
Black PPV: Blacklash.
God damn, I was not prepared for Diablo III to be as good as it is. It's hard to believe there were people concerned how it would translate to a controller. It plays so well.
WWE SUMMERSLAM POLL RESULTS
Thumbs up 318 (93.3%)
Thumbs down 14 (04.1%)
In the middle 9 (02.6%)
BEST MATCH POLL
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena 206
Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose 69
Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton 42
WORST MATCH POLL
Stephanie McMahon vs. Brie Bella 91
Paige vs. A.J. Lee 51
Bray Wyatt vs. Chris Jericho 46
Rusev vs. Jack Swagger 24
Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton 23
Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose 21
Reigns/Orton ****
Cena/Brock ****1/4
Alberto Del Rio is said to be financially well off. One vague question that wasnt addressed in his termination letter would be whether he could do autograph shows, but since that wasnt specifically prohibited, one would think he could do so. However, people representing Del Rio have contacted independent promoters in the U.S. and said that Del Rio would be taking both autograph signing bookings and wrestling bookings in the U.S. starting very soon, because he didnt believe a one-year non-compete where he wasnt getting paid at all could hold up. His asking price for outside bookings is said to be extremely high, described to me as Bret Hart level.
He said that his contract expired in February 2015, and he was considering leaving WWE at that time before this happened. He said that he and his wife at first decided against suing to get his job back because he was going to leave anyway, but when he got the termination letter that included the one-year non-compete in both wrestling and MMA, that changed his position.
Those close to the situation said Paul Levesque told him when he was being let go to just keep his nose clean and when the heat died down, they would bring him back in six months. He said that he wasnt interested in coming back.
The situation, as those close to him believe, is that there is a lawsuit out against WWE and Big Show from a former guy in production who is suing Show for allegedly roughing him up during a filmed interview segment. WWE felt that having another incident like that, that if Del Rio wasnt fired, it would strengthen the case and strengthen a potential case by Barbierri that WWE provided an unsafe working environment. Those close to the situation have said that John Cena, Big Show and Randy Orton all told Del Rio they would push to get him his job back because most of the locker room was sympathetic to his position, but Del Rio made it clear that he doesnt want to come back. Del Rio has become a big-time hero in Mexico, where the basics of the story broke in mainstream news, although he would not confirm them.
Daniel Bryan has been doing almost nothing but rehab on a daily basis. He joked and said that he actually feels fine, but his right arm has almost no strength, which is the troubling issue. He was going to undergo surgery on 8/19, near his elbow as they believe theres a nerve issue there which isnt allowing the arm to regain strength. But then this past week, they postponed it and wanted to do more testing and see if they can fix the problem without surgery. Hes pretty frustrated because he wants to be wrestling. Hes been told that after surgery, he would probably be able to return in three months, so maybe as early as the end of November. But by delaying the surgery, they delay the return. He goes to two different physical therapy sessions, as well as gets acupuncture treatment and goes to an Active Release Technique class. Bryan was actually told in 2013 that he was going to need neck surgery because of his wear and tear. It was not a question of if but when. He didnt tone down his style as best we can tell, particularly doing the missile dropkicks and diving head-butts. He was hoping to go as long as he could without needing the surgery and is now happy he made it through WrestleMania. He also said that he thinks Yuji Nagata is the best wrestler he was ever in the ring with, said one of the best matches of his career that was never taped was with Minoru Suzuki, and thinks Shinsuke Nakamura is the best wrestler in the world, and when he said this, was only through day one or two of the G-1 tournament. He also noted in an interview with us at how crazy it was that the band of thieves who broke into his house were caught last week, figuring that after the one guy he tackled was caught and they knew the police were after them after so many burglaries and youd think theyd lay low for a few weeks.
Kurt Angle made inquiries recently about coming in and was pretty much blown off. Mark Madden reported, and we were able to confirm with a couple of sources, that Angle spoke to HHH and was pretty much blown off. Angle then called Vince McMahon, but McMahon, playing good cop/bad cop, said that HHH makes the talent decisions. Madden reported that HHH wasnt happy that Angle tried to go over his head. Angle pushed the idea of returning on a schedule similar to what Michaels worked his last several years, where hed come in for specific shows and work very limited house show dates. Angle, 45 had told Madden that he felt he could do at most eight dates per month. Vince still seems pretty adamant about it not being worth the risk, saying in the past that absolutely nothing is worth putting the company in the position where an Olympic hero dies on their watch, because of the negative news stories that would follow. The fact Angle, whose contract expires in one month, is approaching WWE probably says something about the Jarrett promotion in the sense that with Angles contract expiring with TNA, Angle would seem to make the most sense as the foundation star for Jarrett if he had something, and theres really no other foundation star out there. Angle has claimed TNA has offered him a new deal and he turned it down because he wanted to end his career in WWE and felt this next contract would be his last one. If Angle had a chance to come back, and there were no indications McMahon had changed his mind, they werent helped by the reports from various WWE talent that were on a flight with him that he was passed out. Angle claimed he was just sleeping on the plane, and has claimed to be clean after going through rehab several months ago. But in the last year, between the rehab and two knee injuries, hes had a lot of down time.
Santino Marella is already talking about possibly coming out of retirement. He said hes got a lot of neck problems and his stenosis has increased to the point he needs to get it taken care of. He said the severity of his spinal stenosis is such that he cant do any physical contact right now. But he said that if he gets double fusion surgery in his neck, he may be able to return.
-Wrestling Observer NewsletterOne of our readers who subscribed to the network, and then his credit card expired, called customer service to renew. He was told to just start up a new subscription as his old subscription was closed after the card expired and he didnt respond to e-mails letting him know. When asked about the four months left, he was told, Dont worry bout that. When people cancel or stop paying, we just close their account and dont charge them anything. He questioned that, saying he didnt want to get a surprise bill after subscribing. He was told the company policy at this point was not to enforce the six month agreement (not wanting to get a negative reaction from consumers on the network most likely) but they just hoped people didnt know they could cancel at anytime.
Sandow and I are dressed almost exactly the same...
Even the NASA shirt.
Also, Barrett is a very good-looking man. How is he not a top guy?
I'd love to watch this Shield doc you're all talking about, but you know...Canada.
Sigh.
I'd love to watch this Shield doc you're all talking about, but you know...Canada.
Sigh.
So, with Gabe Sapolsky doing interviews on the Network doc's and them consistently mentioning the indies and what not, why aren't WWE jumping into the gaping hole Ustream is leaving?
Off the indies a chance to run their i-PPV's through the WWE Network? Hell, they could even offer to produce them or run their shows in Full Sail or something. Surely that would increase WWE's Network numbers are minimal cost increases. I guess they could offer a deal where WWE owns the right of showing the repeats on the Network forever (or even outright owning that footage).
I dunno, random thought, but why wouldn't you move the WWE Network into an area where it's the single place on the internet where people can consume as much wrestling as humanly possible?
Diminishing returns on production quality, having to deal with a third party for your content, etc. It's fine when you're buying tape libraries, but it's not fine when something fucks up on a random indy iPPV, and the Network gets the blame
Yeah, plus the WWE would have to ensure they pay these companies out, no?
So WWE is pretty committed to not letting Kurt die in the ring.
Indies would be happy with peanuts. It wouldn't be that big of a deal.
Edit: I am fucking dying laughing at that Spirit Squad gif. Dolph/Kenny talking shit while the other three do the dumbest dances I've ever seen in my life=gold
Diminishing returns on production quality, having to deal with a third party for your content, etc. It's fine when you're buying tape libraries, but it's not fine when something fucks up on a random indy iPPV, and the Network gets the blame
Yeah, plus the WWE would have to ensure they pay these companies out, no?