Wrestling News & Rumours Thread ***NO CHAT***

Some dirt sheets have The Rock scheduled for EC in Australia, probably need a big name to sell more tickets now no Punk, Seth and Roman

A segment with Grayson Waller?

If mick wants to lose weight then great. But he under no circumstances should be back in a ring.

"The Rock hated Shawn Michaels and HHH...."

Quarter of a century ago. I'd wager with both of them pushing their mid 50s, backstage politicking is water under the bridge and has been for a while.

That said, HHH will likely have to go. No way he didn't know at least some of what Vince was up to.

I thought Rock's Hobbs rejuvenated the F&F franchise

Finn Balor's contract is up after WM and WWE have not approched him about signing a new one.

The Rock rejuvenated the F&F franchise when he starred in Fast Five, but Fast Five saved his Hollywood career because it was floundering before that.

I guess with Jade there along with others such as Charlotte, Bianca, Rhea and Ivy plus ones in NXT, they have that look covered pretty well.

Looking at her Wikipedia, I wonder if her husband being Charlotte's ex husband was a factor.

WarnerBrosDiscovery/ Disney & Fox and joining together to launch an online sports streaming platform.

That could be a big deal for AEW if they get put on it.

WWE has reached a legends deal with the Pillman family estate.

New Brian Pillman merch on the way.

Interesting news with Defy alright. Already concern online that Defy will no longer be Seattle centric and will run less shows here. Good news for my promotion though as we're looking to expand into Washington next. Also planning an LA show in partnership with another decently known indie. 2024 should be fun!

Mongo inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

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Dom on WrestleMania

“I have no idea what I’m doing at Mania. I don’t really get a head’s up on anything when it comes to creative and stuff. Tell me what to do and I’ll do my best to go out there and make it look as best as possible to the best of my abilities. I’m not in the position to be politicking. I’m very blessed to be in the position that I’m in, so I’m not going to be poking at any bears or any fingers or anything. Tell me what to do and I’m here for it. I’m happy. I’m having a blast doing it, especially with the crew that I’m doing it with. I’ve become actual friends with everybody there. So being able to just go out there and have fun and beat the sh*t out of people, I’m having a blast.”

(K100)

WWE's senior writer has left the company, Jennifer Pepperman has been with the company since 2017 and has been the main writer for the Smackdown women's division.

She wan't sacked leaving was her own choice.

It's his job to paint things in a positive light. He's not gonna come out and be like; "Half empty Dynamite crowds are a bit shìt."

Although defending things by citing Cagmatch ratings is ridiculous.

People in those executive positions are just professional spoofers for the most part.

Wild how face Cody was despised by AEW fans yet he is adored in WWE, getting cheered over The Rock, helping them do their best business in yonks and will, in all likelihood, win the main event at Mania.

Betting on himself worked out big time.

Yeah, exactly. A problem for Cody in his last while in AEW was he didn't have an adversary too. It's hard to be that ultra-sincere face without a proper heel to contrast it with. His run against Black was decent enough, but once that ended it just became Cody Vs the audience, with him doing everything he could to appeal and pander to them directly (flaming table spot), rather than as a byproduct of whatever story he was in.

Context is important for character to work, and the WWE context with Roman as the big bad is perfect for Cody's white knight, especially when you add in the legacy and 'finishing the story' etc - it's borderline fairytale stuff (in a good way).

Cody also backed himself into a corner in AEW when he said he would never challenge again for the AEW World Championship, After that he really left himself in a no mans land in AEW. Cody should have been AEW World Champion and the face of the company while he was there..,

He could also have turned heel and gone back on his word and won the World Championship and I think at that stage he would have been a fantastic heel Champion giving the All American babyface promos why it was right to go back on his word and being completely oblivious to the fact that the fans hate him.

Cody should have won the WWE Championship at last years Wrestlemania and all fans of wrestling will be delighted for him when he does finish his and to an extent Dusty's story.