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The White Wolf · 15-10-2019 8:36am

Lord TSC wrote: »

Meltzer saying there’s going to be a big story breaking in Japan soon (enough of a one he’s going to do a special show for it when it does). Speculation of some sort of WWe and New Japan collaboration

Dave's head will explode in conflict if that's true. :pac:

Chuck Noland · 15-10-2019 9:04am

Lord TSC wrote: »

Meltzer saying there’s going to be a big story breaking in Japan soon (enough of a one he’s going to do a special show for it when it does). Speculation of some sort of WWe and New Japan collaboration

Is their many stars left in NJPW that WWE would want or is this just a stunt for exposure before an nXt Japan franchise?

RollieFingers · 15-10-2019 9:05am

Lord TSC wrote: »

Meltzer saying there’s going to be a big story breaking in Japan soon (enough of a one he’s going to do a special show for it when it does). Speculation of some sort of WWe and New Japan collaboration

Hopefully not, NJPW doesn't need the stink of WWE on it.

Agent Coulson · 15-10-2019 3:06pm

Could be the reason they stripped Mox of the belt so quickly.

RollieFingers · 15-10-2019 3:35pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Could be the reason they stripped Mox of the belt so quickly.

Don't think it is, Mox couldn't make it to Ryogoku to defend it because of the typhoon, neither could ZSJ, so think that's the genuine reason. Makabe got stripped before for having the flu.

Seen some people saying they're going to launch a joshi promotion but I really doubt that.

CastorTroy · 15-10-2019 5:57pm

And Viking Raiders mentioned their IWGP tag title reign on Raw. Though they also mentioned RoH.

ThePott · 15-10-2019 6:41pm

They've mentioned IWGP before too notably when AJ Styles debuted.
Could just be an NXT Japan, we'll see though.

ricero · 15-10-2019 6:56pm

Bischoff no longer running smackdown. Bruce Pritchard is now the man in charge.

The White Wolf · 15-10-2019 6:59pm

ricero wrote: »

Bischoff no longer running smackdown. Bruce Pritchard is now the man in charge.

Hahaha what the ****.

RollieFingers · 15-10-2019 7:04pm

ricero wrote: »

Bischoff no longer running smackdown. Bruce Pritchard is now the man in charge.

LoL, that didn't last long, I thought the return of Bischoff and Heyman were meant to be the saving grace for WWE.

Agent Coulson · 15-10-2019 7:29pm

Wait till he pulls a gun on the writers.

Dave will have the inside scoop on Smackdown now.

Lithium93_ · 15-10-2019 7:31pm

Bischoff fired for doing essentially nothing, while Heyman's penning fetish storylines, I think we all know who the real winner is here :pac:

Agent Coulson · 15-10-2019 7:34pm

Conrad's next pod with Eric 83 days at Smackdown.

ERG89 · 15-10-2019 7:39pm

https://twitter.com/iamjohnpollock/status/1184174881602265089?s=19

He's gone. Tbf he is one of the biggest spoofers in wrestling that always finds work.
Pritchard ain't a revelation either. Another lad who likes to rewrite history to make himself sound like he wasn't a kiss ass.

Loughc · 15-10-2019 7:48pm

ricero wrote: »

Bischoff no longer running smackdown. Bruce Pritchard is now the man in charge.

Well that didn’t last long. That’s a joke.

sirmanga · 15-10-2019 7:55pm

Something to Wrestle has been in the toilet since Prichard went back to WWE, but surely with these added responsibilities, Prichard will have to give up the podcast now. I can't see how he can keep it going.

ricero · 15-10-2019 8:39pm

sirmanga wrote: »

Something to Wrestle has been in the toilet since Prichard went back to WWE, but surely with these added responsibilities, Prichard will have to give up the podcast now. I can't see how he can keep it going.

I agree, the episodes focusing on a wrestlers career are still half decent but they have been phoning it in the last while. Be interesting to hear what happened on Erics next 83 weeks

Riddle101 · 15-10-2019 10:43pm

Poor Eric though. He uprooted his life and moved out to Connecticut only to be released. Wonder what he did to get released. I heard there were people under him who wanted to quit.

CastorTroy · 15-10-2019 10:59pm

Maybe he was looking to sign guys over from Raw, including Becky, with the intention of throwing the women's Raw championship in the bin.

PTH2009 · 15-10-2019 11:24pm

This night can't get any worse

Ireland beaten in Switzerland and the real realisation were ****e and the luck of the irish wont get us through

Now Bischoff is gone from SD and there new roster looks ****e of ideas on paper and I have tickets to a show in a few weeks ha

ThePott · 15-10-2019 11:34pm

Bischoff might be the scapegoat for Fox execs being unhappy.

Also saw someone point out the stupidity that they pushed Charlotte and Becky as the big faces for Smackdown on Fox and now they're both gone to Raw. The draft looks dreadfully planned.

bot43 · 16-10-2019 11:48am

Was browsing on twitter last night and it occured to me I hadnt noticed a very regular poster in quite some time.

So I did a search for "Hairy Wrestling Fan"........

Oh dear me

TimesArrow · 16-10-2019 12:53pm

https://www.ringsidenews.com/2019/10/15/why-seth-rollins-burned-down-bray-wyatts-firefly-fun-house/

Possible reason why the FFH is gone.. I don’t think he fiend works without the FFH And bray in that role.. given that fox suppoesdly want a more “sports centric” show, this wouldn’t surprise me at all if it were true

Agent Coulson · 16-10-2019 1:29pm

They could have kept him on RAW and kept the FFH.

Bray needs a gimmick to get over he won't get over as a pure wrestler.

Lithium93_ · 16-10-2019 3:12pm

bot43 wrote: »

Was browsing on twitter last night and it occured to me I hadnt noticed a very regular poster in quite some time.

So I did a search for "Hairy Wrestling Fan"........

Oh dear me

I've noticed that as well, and oh dear me is right.......

Lord TSC · 16-10-2019 4:20pm

And here's the Meltzer story he was teasing...

https://twitter.com/JJWilliamsWON/status/1184374399790735360

Lithium93_ · 16-10-2019 4:34pm

Lord TSC wrote: »

And here's the Meltzer story he was teasing...

https://twitter.com/JJWilliamsWON/status/1184374399790735360

Between the OG NXT, and NXT UK, is a NXT Japan really needed? Doesn't Hunter have enough plates spinning in the air as is, without adding another into the mix.

JP Liz V1 · 16-10-2019 7:04pm

ricero wrote: »

Bischoff no longer running smackdown. Bruce Pritchard is now the man in charge.

AEW next for Eric?

Riddle101 · 16-10-2019 9:11pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Between the OG NXT, and NXT UK, is a NXT Japan really needed? Doesn't Hunter have enough plates spinning in the air as is, without adding another into the mix.

At the end of the day, NXT is Triple H's baby and he wants that brand to grow and expand. He'll expand into any market he feels NXT can prosper in. Japan has always been a popular wrestling location, so it makes sense to me that NXT would try to branch out there.

If it was any wrestling promotion other than WWE I think people would probably consider it a wise move.

Agent Coulson · 16-10-2019 10:07pm

Got a giggle out of this.

https://twitter.com/CMPunk/status/1184469014749368321?s=20

Agent Coulson · 16-10-2019 10:15pm

Riddle101 wrote: »

At the end of the day, NXT is Triple H's baby and he wants that brand to grow and expand. He'll expand into any market he feels NXT can prosper in. Japan has always been a popular wrestling location, so it makes sense to me that NXT would try to branch out there.

If it was any wrestling promotion other than WWE I think people would probably consider it a wise move.

The way the WWE treat Japaneses wrestlers that are contracted to them I wouldn't want them anywhere near young and upcoming Japanese talent even in Japan.

J. Marston · 16-10-2019 11:13pm

I know very little about Japanese culture but I imagine the Yanks steaming in looking to sweep up Japanese talent would be met with a lot of resistance.

ERG89 · 17-10-2019 7:03pm

https://twitter.com/we_are_stardom/status/1184660010753613824?s=19

This was part of the news due in Japan this week. Bushiroad are also the parent company of New Japan. WWE also made an offer to buy Stardom.
Does this mean we will see Stardom talent on New Japan World? No, Stardom have their own streaming service; Stardom World & their TV rights are muddled (on a rival station to New Japan) so they won't be in New Japan World anytime soon.
They may feature on New Japan tours overseas in the future but in Japan they will be run shows independently of New Japan.

Apparently the second part of the news from Japan will be NXT Japan, this could be announced as soon as Friday. Big Japan may be involved in that along with Sendai Girls; that may be 2+2 = 5 but WALTER is working a show for Big Japan soon & the worst kept secret in Japan is that WWE have all but signed Sendai's biggest talent Sareee (yes 3 e's) to a deal.

RollieFingers · 17-10-2019 7:29pm

ERG89 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/we_are_stardom/status/1184660010753613824?s=19

This was part of the news due in Japan this week. Bushiroad are also the parent company of New Japan. WWE also made an offer to buy Stardom.
Does this mean we will see Stardom talent on New Japan World? No, Stardom have their own streaming service; Stardom World & their TV rights are muddled (on a rival station to New Japan) so they won't be in New Japan World anytime soon.
They may feature on New Japan tours overseas in the future but in Japan they will be run shows independently of New Japan.

Apparently the second part of the news from Japan will be NXT Japan, this could be announced as soon as Friday. Big Japan may be involved in that along with Sendai Girls; that may be 2+2 = 5 but WALTER is working a show for Big Japan soon & the worst kept secret in Japan is that WWE have all but signed Sendai's biggest talent Sareee (yes 3 e's) to a deal.

Strange, so of all the promotions WWE could have tried to acquire they went with the death match promotion?

Can't see Takeda, Kobayashi or Numazawa fitting the WWE sports entertainment style, although Sekimoto and Hashimoto would definitely fit the big man, strong style mould they love.

sky88 · 17-10-2019 7:50pm

RollieFingers wrote: »

Strange, so of all the promotions WWE could have tried to acquire they went with the death match promotion?

Can't see Takeda, Kobayashi or Numazawa fitting the WWE sports entertainment style, although Sekimoto and Hashimoto would definitely fit the big man, strong style mould they love.

May be the only ones willing to partner with them

Do wonder how the new Japan and stardom deal effects stardoms use of wwe uk and aew woman

Agent Coulson · 17-10-2019 8:15pm

So Vince fired Eric because Smackdown lost a million viewers from week 1 to week 2 on Fox.

Loughc · 17-10-2019 9:02pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So Vince fired Eric because Smackdown lost a million viewers from week 1 to week 2 on Fox.

I called it a while back Vince is only looking for an excuse to fire both Bischoff and Heyman and first chance he’d get he would. And he did.

Classic old man Vince.

sky88 · 21-10-2019 9:29am

https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1186160727838490624?s=21

J. Marston · 21-10-2019 2:51pm

Xavier Woods got an achilles tendon injury at a live show in Australia. Facing a long spell out with that.

Loughc · 21-10-2019 2:53pm

J. Marston wrote: »

Xavier Woods got an achilles tendon injury at a live show in Australia. Facing a long spell out with that.

At least he was hop around on the outside playing the trombone.

I wouldn't be surprised if they incorporate a wheelchair while having him handing out pancakes.

B.A._Baracus · 21-10-2019 2:56pm

J. Marston wrote: »

Xavier Woods got an achilles tendon injury at a live show in Australia. Facing a long spell out with that.

It's ok, he can watch re-runs of The Golden Girls. (Skip to 3:07)

... The Golden Girls.

Agent Coulson · 21-10-2019 3:32pm

Loughc wrote: »

At least he was hop around on the outside playing the trombone.

I wouldn't be surprised if they incorporate a wheelchair while having him handing out pancakes.

That is the first thing I thought they will do.

Big E to become a wheelchair pusher the biggest push he will every get in the WWE.

Blue_Dabadee · 21-10-2019 4:00pm

sirmanga wrote: »

Something to Wrestle has been in the toilet since Prichard went back to WWE, but surely with these added responsibilities, Prichard will have to give up the podcast now. I can't see how he can keep it going.

I enjoyed it a lot more when it was WWE Network show last year. Seeing video footage while they talk really does add a lot to the show.

sky88 · 21-10-2019 11:20pm

If the nxt rating keeps dropping this is the plan

https://twitter.com/tripleh/status/1186403338549637120?s=21

PTH2009 · 21-10-2019 11:34pm

I knw they will prob only be in the ring max 15/20 mins per night but still Gym work etc has to be done. Its the crew setting up the ring/ramps etc are the real victims

https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/wwe-smackdown-stars-are-in-for-a-hectic-november

leggo · 22-10-2019 8:42am

PTH2009 wrote: »

I knw they will prob only be in the ring max 15/20 mins per night but still Gym work etc has to be done. Its the crew setting up the ring/ramps etc are the real victims

https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/wwe-smackdown-stars-are-in-for-a-hectic-november

It’s fairly gruelling but I don’t feel too bad for them, that’s literally the life they chose. It’s essentially the same for when people pick up a guitar and decide they want to live on the road touring. Roadies and people who do setup at these things make the same decision, they weren’t kidnapped and forced into a life of slavery building and taking down sets. It’s a job they applied and interviewed for like. It’s arguably tougher for people who do it on the weekends for little to no money then go back to 40+ hour ‘real jobs’ and trying to raise families. At least WWE employees are given decent full-time wages for what they do, and now the Saudi shows seem to be opt-in I’d say they get offered a decent premium for them.

J. Marston · 24-10-2019 5:00pm

Rollins at a recent Q&A said when Kenny Omega is done "playing around in the minor leagues" he'll be waiting for him in the biggest company with the most money on the biggest stage at Wrestlemania.

JR has returned fire with "Maybe someday he'll be over as his girlfriend."

https://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/1146675-jim-ross-seth-rollins-aew-over-girlfriend#2HLdX05y6Z5yxg0v.16

I love this stuff honestly.

johnnyryan89 · 24-10-2019 5:23pm

That's what you call a mic drop by JR, no petty talk about dark matches or minor leagues. Just a good old fashioned put down.

Lithium93_ · 24-10-2019 5:44pm

I wonder who the 2 Hall Of Famers JR spoke to off the record?

Agent Coulson · 24-10-2019 6:06pm

He is right the WWE name is the draw now not the wrestlers that work for the company.

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