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[Grifter]

Patterson watching Dolph

Renee loves ECW.

 

[jackswstd]

Straight Outta Compton, crazy mastodon called Vader had no idea my man was from the CPT until I saw that Giants Of Wrestling dvd.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

awesome kong shoot interview has to be one of the most entertaining ever

 

[nomoreneveragain]

According to PWInsider.com, the current plan in WWE is to keep The Undertaker off TV until WrestleMania 31. As of now, ‘Taker will not be appearing on Raw or Smackdown to help build to his match against Bray Wyatt heading into WrestleMania.

The idea here is to create mystery surrounding The Undertaker, with WWE fans not knowing where The Dead Man is, what he currently looks like, what condition he is in, or if he will show up at WrestleMania at all.

WWE feels this will lead to a much bigger surprise when Undertaker does in fact show up at WrestleMania 31, and Undertaker and Bray Wyatt face off in a match.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

Michelle McCool should stop posting pics of him then

 

[R=G]

The most shipped DVD’s of the last nine months have been WrestleMania 30, with 158,000 units shipped; Slam City, at 100,000; Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Collection: at 94,000, The Best of Sting at 73,000 and WCW’s Greatest PPV matches at 53,000. It is notable that Paul Heyman’s DVD, which won the Observer award and got the most talk, didn’t’ crack the top five for the period.

 

[Silkk]

@puppetmaster TNA put the sting gloves back on sale. Copped the crow/wolfpack ones

 

[Smackdown625]

Triple H was on ESPN Cleveland for an interview this morning. He talked about his upcoming induction into the International Sports Hall of Fame in Columbus, OH.

If anyone wants to listen, here's the link.

 

[puppetmaster]

 

[R=G]

Observer Notes about the women

While it is about looks for men to a degree, you will never see an unattractive woman with a bad genetic body, no matter how talented they are technically, in a WWE ring. Sara Amato, who trains the women in NXT, I would not call unattractive at all, yet she was deemed not attractive enough to be anything but be a trainer, even though she was a more talented wrestler than almost all on the roster. Melissa Anderson is probably the furthest thing from unattractive, yet she never did nor is she likely to ever get a WWE look and it was said to be because she didn’t have the right look. One woman who was cut by WWE, and ended up having a successful long career in TNA, said she was told when released by John Laurinaitis, even though she was doing well as a wrestler, that, “We’re looking for tens and you’re not that.” Others at the recruiting level were told that while WWE no longer would allow their performers to pose in Playboy, what they are mainly looking for is women physically attractive enough to do so.

had done angles in the past to portray Molly Holly as fat, Mickie James as fat, and Natalya and Gail Kim as unattractive.


But where we are now is a big improvement from ten years ago, but yeah, Stephanie McMahon was really asking for it not to have the perspective to the can of worms she was opening up. While they expect none of the talent to have the guts, or stupidity, or whatever you want to say, to criticize them, it’s not as if people aren’t starting to talk due to the jealousy by the main roster stars of the praise that the women in NXT have gotten because they are portrayed more athletically, put in consistent real semi-mains on big shows, and are allowed time for their matches.


It’s the whole WWE main roster vs. NXT women’s portrayal that has become a hot topic the past few weeks. Given those portrayals, Stephanie did completely open herself up by giving that response to Arquette. But who would have thought any of the women would dare do it? But one of them did.


And by doing so, I guess that tells where she is mentally about WWE right now.


The story, once USA Today picked it up, caused the twitter of Vince McMahon to respond, saying, “We hear you. Keep watching,” with the hashtag of “Give Divas a chance.”


Stephanie responded in very un-McMahon after a public attack like fashion, writing to Lee, “Thank you. I appreciate your opinion.”


Clearly, she had no other way to respond past ignoring everything, because any kind of a defense would open the story up more and bury her and the company, and the story had gotten too big to do that.

 

[jackswstd]

- A "WWE Showcase" match with Big Show vs. Ryback took place at tonight's NXT event and it was not well received by fans at all, according to a correspondent in attendance. Big Show vs. Ryback was happening live in Columbus as it was airing on tonight's taped SmackDown episode.

Big Show was met with "please retire" chants. Our correspondent noted that he replied to those chants by saying his contract has 10 more years left on it. This brought on a "10 more years" chant from the rowdy NXT crowd. Other chants included "we want Divas" and "same old chant." A fan in attendance believes it's not likely that this match will air because of the crowd reaction.

 

[El Guapo]

Random David Otunga appearance at The Arnold. Also gives an idea on how big the Hodge Twins really are

 

[Heelish]

Rey Mysterio returns to the ECW Arena in South Ph…:

Rey Mysterio made his first post-WWE appearance in the United States at House of Hardcore tonight. After Ethan Carter III made a surprise appearance and helped Eric Young defeat Tommy Dreamer, Mysterio appeared and took both of the heels out. Rey and Dreamer then cut promos about how Rey was back home and how ECW was family forever.

 

[R=G]

Den of Geek has a new interview with Daniel Bryan, who said he has no interest in becoming an actor. He lends his voice to the WWE Flintstones animated movie Stone Age Smackdown, which arrives on DVD, Blu-ray and On Demand tomorrow. He said: “My main passion is wrestling. Some of the guys love to go make movies even though it might take them away from wrestling for three or four months. I was injured, so I just had to be away for 10 months. I don’t want to be away from wrestling even a little.”

 

[the artist known az]

So Steph & HHH got elected to the board of directors