Some of Todays Wrestling News and Rumours (Possible spoilers) ***NO CHAT***

DM_7

The wrestling only market is not that big and shows like total Divas would actually be a big asset to the network as it would give a broader appeal.

jaykhunter

gnfnrhead wrote: »

If they fill it with the back catalogue of WWWF, WWF, ECW, WCW, WWE, AWA, Smokey Mountain, Stampede Wrestling etc. it'll do very well. If you're a wrestling fan, it'll have something you'd enjoy.

I think you're overestimating the amount of hardcore fans (i.e. fans that would watch non-current wrestling) a lot. We get a skewed view since we're on the internet and we're all hardcore fans. I'd say we're looking at maybe 400k fans who'd be into this, tops. Most people don't know or care! That's why Booker T is the "greatest world champion of all time". :mad::pac:

Omackeral

GTR63 wrote: »

It isn't possible but i'd love to see a Big Bossman 1999 timeline. "In March at WrestleMania I got hanged, in September I fed Al Snow his dog Pepper and in December I tied a chain to Big Show's fathers casket & sped off with it attached to my police car". "Oh and Big Show was also on top of the casket". "And the feud was for the WWF Title".

This is golden. I've an idea actually...

rovert

Mesut Ozil wrote: »

What makes you think that?

Vince lost his ever loving hole on the first season of the XFL however he was more than willing to run a second season but joint venture partner and TV carrier NBC pulled the plug.

Too a lesser extend they stuck with WWE films for years.

GTR63

Will the WWE Network have softcore porn late at nite like TWC had?

SimonQuinlank

If they have any sense it will!

Charisteas

Good chance for Chyna and X-Pac to earn some royalties.

Mesut Ozil

Maybe Triple H and Stephanie could make a blue movie, too.

Sirsok

Sorry if this seems silly but what would the differences be in having a network and having the wwe 24/7 channel?

MitchKoobski

Hopefully it leads to a few more editions of the Legends of Wrestling round table.

Mesut Ozil

I never knew WWE 24/7 was an actual channel. How come Sky haven't picked this up?

gnfnrhead

Mesut Ozil wrote: »

I never knew WWE 24/7 was an actual channel. How come Sky haven't picked this up?

Impact gets higher ratings than any of the WWE shows so it likely isn't worth the expense to Sky.

CastorTroy

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Hopefully it leads to a few more editions of the Legends of Wrestling round table.

Wasn;t the WWE Network the reason they started those in the first place?

MitchKoobski

CastorTroy wrote: »

Wasn;t the WWE Network the reason they started those in the first place?

You're thinking of the Legends House reality series they made.

The round table was a discussion series on a specific topic. Every two or three months there was a new one on 24/7, but they haven't made any since it stopped.

From the episode about "Renegades and Outlaws"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IL7NXFXrqA

MitchKoobski

MitchKoobski wrote: »

You're thinking of the Legends House reality series they made.

The round table was a discussion series on a specific topic. Every two or three months there was a new one on 24/7, but they haven't made any since it stopped.

From the episode about "Renegades and Outlaws"

Yeah some of the roundtables are great.

Hayes and Flair are insufferable on them though.

Charisteas

Cody Rhodes' new wife Brandi is returning to WWE on Monday

http://www.wrestling-news.net/wwe-returning-company-2/37223/

rovert

Exclusive interview: Chris Jericho talks retirement and responds to Triple H
http://www.wwe.com/inside/chris-jericho-interview-26160562

Not sure if this was hacked or not.

Tinie

rovert wrote: »

Exclusive interview: Chris Jericho talks retirement and responds to Triple H
http://www.wwe.com/inside/chris-jericho-interview-26160562

Not sure if this was hacked or not.

He did an ama on reddit a few days ago if you guys didn't know. It was pretty interesting and got a lot of questions.

rovert

PWInsider took a closer read of:

Section 2 of the 10-Q is a booking agreement between WWE and Stephanie McMahon-Levesque (her married name) which sees her referred to as a wrestler as part of a three-year contract for $350,000 per annum, and was signed on October 18

Great signing. :P

May see Steph wrestle again.

GTR63

rovert wrote: »

PWInsider took a closer read of:



Great signing. :P

May see Steph wrestle again.

Her last match was the I Quit match with Vince. The one where she gave him a chair shot and the blood was shooting out his head.

MitchKoobski

rovert wrote: »

May see Steph wrestle again.

Good times

rovert

Roland Alexander:

Not really the person/promoter portrayed in Beyond the Mat. A much more caring and genuine promoter. Lots of Wrestlers have already paid personal tribute online. His promotion APW was really on the cutting edge, when it came to technology, in that it was one of the first companies to stream matches live on the net. His shows were pretty hot on the tape taping circuit in the late 90s - early 00s.

Jimmy Bottlehead

rovert wrote: »

Roland Alexander:

Not really the person/promoter portrayed in Beyond the Mat. A much more caring and genuine promoter. Lots of Wrestlers have already paid personal tribute online. His promotion APW was really on the cutting edge, when it came to technology, in that it was one of the first companies to stream matches live on the net. His shows were pretty hot on the tape taping circuit in the late 90s - early 00s.

I assume he's died? Your post doesn't specify.

rovert

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

I assume he's died? Your post doesn't specify.

Hazards of early morning posting

He has unfortunately.

rovert

Congrats to Kane on being appointed WWE Director of Operations.

The latest Michael Cole-Triple H interview:
http://www.wwe.com/videos/triple-h-answers-questions-about-who-the-new-corporate-kane-is-wwecom-exclusive-26161689

Charisteas

Love that Boot Camp segment of Beyond the Mat.

rovert

I know names that aren't normally discussed here but still worth noting.

The 2013 class of Takashi Matsunaga, Dr Wagner Jr, Kensuke Sasake, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Atlantis was voted into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame.

I am so happy that Tanahashi was voted in. In ring wise took New Japan was an absolute scorched position (think 2001 WCW or current TNA) to where it is today. Personally and widely regarded as the best big match wrestler of this generation. Beloved by New Japan fans too who tend to stick around in the area for half an hour after his matches end so to celebrate with him. He is also extremely business and giving in the ring. A big part of elevating Okada and Prince Devitt the past two years.

Meltzer's write up:

Hiroshi Tanahashi, 36, is the biggest star in today's Japanese pro wrestling world. While not coming close last year, he followed it with another year of having incredible main events in the ring. He was the key guy during a period where New Japan's business showed significant increases. His Jan. 4 main event this year at the Tokyo Dome with Kazuchika Okada became the first Internet PPV show to top 100,000 buys worldwide, with roughly 99% of the viewership being from Japan.

You could make a strong case for him as the best in-ring performer in the business today. But he's the leading star in New Japan Pro Wrestling's comeback from being in terrible shape a few years back to being the No. 2 pro wrestling company in the world. He's also won the Lou Thesz/Ric Flair award the past two years. The only two-time winners historically have been Harley Race, Ric Flair, Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, John Cena and Chris Jericho, all Hall of Famers. And he was largely responsible for putting over his successor to the top spot, Okada, in one of the great in-ring programs in modern pro wrestling. To me, he had clearly established the credentials, but the only question was as an active performer who is still considered the top guy in his promotion, would people hold off on voting for him.

Both for his role as the ace of the promotion in building the company while playing a completely different role than any prior superstar in Japan had ever played, and doubling with his blow away matches, which he's really been doing for a decade, to me it made him a strong pick, as he fits the criteria for drawing power, influence, being the key performer in a strong growth period of a major national promotion, and his in-ring is without question Hall of Fame standards.

Tanahashi did what may have been a first in this year's balloting, in that every wrestler who voted either from Japan or who had worked significant time in Japan in the past decade voted for him. He also had strong support among reporters, and surprisingly given he's a current performer, among historians, who tend not to vote for younger wrestlers.

Tinie

rovert wrote: »

Congrats to Kane on being appointed WWE Director of Operations.

The latest Michael Cole-Triple H interview:
http://www.wwe.com/videos/triple-h-answers-questions-about-who-the-new-corporate-kane-is-wwecom-exclusive-26161689

Is Kane retired now or is that kayfabe/

rovert

Tinie wrote: »

Is Kane retired now or is that kayfabe/

Kayfabe. So far at least.

rovert

Probably nothing but Steve Austin training with strength and conditioning coach Mark Bell won't quell the Wrestlemania rumours to be sure:

https://twitter.com/steveaustinBSR/status/400342383822635009/photo/1