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

Itssoeasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfzpWE2n8ZY

rovert

End of an era:

Former WWE World champion The Great Khali was moved to The Alumni section of WWE.com this evening. PWInsider.com has reached out to several sources in the company to confirm he has actually been released.

Itssoeasy

rovert wrote: »

End of an era:

What era ?

rovert

Itssoeasy wrote: »

What era ?

The era of him being the worst Wrestler in the company. Cameron and Eva Marie have big shoes to fill.

Stereomaniac

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

A show with 10 million viewers, with a 1.0 18-49 rating will get cancelled.

A show with 5 million viewers, with a 2.0 18-49 rating will get renewed.

Exact numbers needed to get renewed or cancelled depends on what network the show airs on.

So (probably a stupid question), has any network ever pulled Raw before a deal concluded?

rovert

Stereomaniac wrote: »

So (probably a stupid question), has any network ever pulled Raw before a deal concluded?

Raw was genuinely close to being cancelled by the USA Network in the mid 90s don't remember the specific circumstances but didn't have anything to do with WCW just WWF's ratings weren't what they wanted.

Stereomaniac

Well then would that not automatically have something to do with WCW? I would imagine if Nitro had never existed, a lot of that audience would have been tuning in to Monday Night Raw.

rovert

Stereomaniac wrote: »

Well then would that not automatically have something to do with WCW? I would imagine if Nitro had never existed, a lot of that audience would have been tuning in to Monday Night Raw.

Didn't really work that way. The Nitro and Raw audiences were pretty different. WCW fans didn't migrate over to WWF when WCW closed.

Agent Coulson

When the WWE do the..."Did you Know".. RAW was the higest rated show etc etc it only uses the 18-49 demographic it doesn't use over all ratings. The reason being they would drop out of the top 5 shows on cable for those given periods they use for the "Did you Know" segments.

Rating in America really are stuck in the 1950's thought. Hence the reason great shows get cancelled and reality tv stays on tv.

gerrybbadd

Seemingly, Maddox has also been removed from the active roster listings.

Agent Coulson

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Seemingly, Maddox has also been removed from the active roster listings.

That makes me

JP Liz V1

connemara man wrote: »

and when first aired it was shown out of sequence and it wasn't given a permanent timeslot. I think it started on a thursday at 9 then moved day and time within 2 episodes and again before they ended it.... a complete mess I miss it still

Damn Fox I still have not forgiven them

Agent Coulson

https://twitter.com/Billy/status/533626852242235392

leggo

Why did he need to clarify the difference between officially and unofficially? Would people have speculated that he was unofficially still a part of it if he hadn't said it. Now I'm suspicious. And I've no reason to be, as I don't give a rats about his promotion officially or unofficially.

rovert

leggo wrote: »

Why did he need to clarify the difference between officially and unofficially? Would people have speculated that he was unofficially still a part of it if he hadn't said it. Now I'm suspicious. And I've no reason to be, as I don't give a rats about his promotion officially or unofficially.

No one has past the first year. Apparently the promotion was shambles and terrible to work for. Like for example they would manage to put on a good show and then Billy would wheel in lad dressed as Jesus and do sacrilegious things. Just simply alienating things. Billy also had his disabled half brother Jesse in storylines too.

leggo

rovert wrote: »

No one has past the first year. Apparently the promotion was shambles and terrible to work for. Like for example they would manage to put on a good show and then Billy would wheel in lad dressed as Jesus and do sacrilegious things. Just simply alienating things. Billy also had his disabled half brother Jesse in storylines too.

I really wanna see their reality show now, sounds perfect for the format. Is that idea dead? Last I heard AMC commissioned it, so if they put money into it and he walked that's lawsuit central for him.

rovert

leggo wrote: »

I really wanna see their reality show now, sounds perfect for the format. Is that idea dead? Last I heard AMC commissioned it, so if they put money into it and he walked that's lawsuit central for him.

AMC dropped it after the channel changed formats and dropped reality TV projects from their schedule.

rovert

Eat your heart out Vinny Jones

https://twitter.com/WWEDeutschland/status/533691122472992768

kksaints

rovert wrote: »

Eat your heart out Vinny Jones

https://twitter.com/WWEDeutschland/status/533691122472992768

Not entirely sure why but he reminds me of Batista for some reason. He had a decent enough soccer career. German cup winner and capped by the national team.

Hashtag_HEEL

He looks like a jacked Tyler Breeze

rovert

rovert wrote: »

Eat your heart out Vinny Jones

https://twitter.com/WWEDeutschland/status/533691122472992768

I thought Tim was a very good gk for Bremen tbh. Jesus he's put on some mass though!!

rovert

Mark "Savage" Mulligan was back in the papers today:
http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/crime-desk/courts/dublin-based-stalker-child-pornographer-and-fantasist-to-be-sentenced

Stereomaniac

rovert wrote: »

Raw was genuinely close to being cancelled by the USA Network in the mid 90s don't remember the specific circumstances but didn't have anything to do with WCW just WWF's ratings weren't what they wanted.

Are we talking about casual fans, i.e people who wouldn't be as passionate as ourselves?

Omackeral

rovert wrote: »

Mark "Savage" Mulligan was back in the papers today:
http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/crime-desk/courts/dublin-based-stalker-child-pornographer-and-fantasist-to-be-sentenced

Deeply deeply worrying carry on. The lack of friends thing is a cop out. I've seen him at events with people. Creep.

Strongbow10

Omackeral wrote: »

Deeply deeply worrying carry on. The lack of friends thing is a cop out. I've seen him at events with people. Creep.

hes a wrestling fan? some of the stuff in that article is absolutely horrific

rovert

Strongbow10 wrote: »

hes a wrestling fan? some of the stuff in that article is absolutely horrific

He presented a Wrestling radio show on Anna Livia/Dublin City FM and was a fairly farcical ex-Irish Indie Wrestling promoter.

Diabhal Beag

I'm not joking when I say there was student radio that came across as more competent and with less lisps. Admirably awful listening. It always followed this DCFM show about awful sport like ladies hockey and the top bowlers Rathfarnham has to offer.

rovert

WWN Live drew 10,500 in Beijing, China today.

DM_7

rovert wrote: »

WWN Live drew 10,500 in Beijing, China today.

Who are WWN live?

Ageyev

DM_7 wrote: »

Who are WWN live?

Evolve, Dragon Gate etc.