THE WRESTLING THREAD: HHH KEEPS DOING HHH THINGS.....
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Lucha Underground 5/20/15: Trios Championship Ladder Match
@ 14:10
Gotta love what Lucha Underground is doing.
Lucha Underground has some of the best wrestling matches, wwe should take notes.
That white boy is fuckin crazy. 
That white boy is fuckin crazy.
That's not the first time someone has dived from that place into the ring. In fact I think it may have been that same white boy or someone else. I don't remember the match but I think it was a previous triple threat match.
RING OF HONOR SECURES NATIONAL CABLE TV DEAL AND YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHEREby Mike Johnson @ 1:21 PM on 5/27/2015
I am not making this up.
Ring of Honor will debut on Destination America next Wednesday 6/3 at 8 PM. It will be the first time since ROH debuted in February 2002 that the promotion is seen on a national cable outlet weekly.
That effectively means that ROH is now the lead-in for TNA Impact Wrestling. What this means for TNA on the network remains to be seen.
I have calls into ROH. More as I get it on this breaking story.
LOTS MORE ON RING OF HONOR'S NEW TV DEAL
by Mike Johnson @ 1:43 PM on 5/27/2015
Here is what we have confirmed about Destination America signing a TV deal with Ring of Honor:
*The series on Destination America will be the same series that is owned and distributed by Sinclair Broadcasting. The episodes will debut over the weekend for Sinclair affiliates and then air Wednesday on Destination America.
*The relationship between Ring of Honor and Destination America relationship is something that has built over the last several months and I am told is independent of whatever is going on between the Network and TNA currently.
*For ROH, and this is just my speculation, it provides them a national outlet to promote their talents, events and PPV shows. While TNA going from Spike to Destination America might have been seen as a step down, for ROH, it's the first time they've had any national TV exposure and this can only be seen as a big boost.
I am told that Destination America wants pro wrestling content on their Network and they want to make the cable outlet a "destination" for that.
*I have not confirmed a timeline for the deal but was told that ROH will be seen weekly through at least the end of the year, possibly longer.
Destination America issued the following press release regarding the deal. I am told ROH will be issuing their own release later this afternoon as well:
DESTINATION AMERICA BRINGS MORE ACTION TO THE RING ACQUIRING THE RIGHTS TO RING OF HONOR’S WEEKLY TELEVISION PROGRAMMING
(Silver Spring, Md.) –Destination America announced today that it has signed a national broadcast deal with professional wrestling league RING OF HONOR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., bringing one of the most respected wrestling organizations to the only network dedicated to all-American entertainment. Destination America is now the one-two-punch to professional wrestling, adding RING OF HONOR (ROH) to its line-up after launching IMPACT WRESTLING in early 2015. RING OF HONOR has been delivering top wrestling matches for ten years with captivating hard-hitting stars such as Jay & Mark Briscoe, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, The Young Bucks, Maria Kanellis, Adam Cole and Jay Lethal. Destination America will pack on the action beginning Wednesday June 3 with the series premiere of RING OF HONOR at 8/7c leading into brand new premieres of IMPACT WRESTLING at 9/8c.
"With the electric and intense matches that RING OF HONOR provides, Destination America is the network for fans to get an entire evening of jaw-dropping entertainment on Wednesday nights,” said Marc Etkind, general manager of Destination America. “RING OF HONOR showcases tenacity, athleticism and passion and it serves as the place where America’s favorite wrestling stars are born.”
“We are very excited to be partnering with Destination America for the broader distribution of the ROH programming,” commented Joe Koff, Chief Operating Officer - Ring of Honor Wrestling. “ROH will now reach an additional 57 million households including those in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and other large cities where Ring of Honor is not currently airing. ROH has a loyal fan base and is one of the fastest growing major wrestling franchises in the country. With this great partnership with Destination America, we can continue to expand our footprint and reach while producing entertaining, original content and continuing to provide wrestling fans some of the best wrestling content available.”
RING OF HONOR will premiere on Wednesday, June 3 leading into IMPACT WRESTLING, making Destination America the home for wrestling every Wednesday evening. The first match will feature the Briscoe Brothers, Mark and Jay, as they face off with the House of Truth in the main event. Also catch athletes of New Japan Pro Wrestling battle it out with the RING OF HONOR stars and follow former NFL lineman Moose compete against BJ Whitmer.
Since launching in 2012, Destination America has become one of cable’s top fastest-growing networks, and continues to earn telecast ratings records among key series. In 2015 to date, Destination America has acquired over 50 million unique viewers. With top series that explore unique American cultures and ways of life – including Paranormal Survivor, Hillbilly Blood, Buying the Bayou, and BBQ Pitmasters – Destination America’s programming spans the nation from Alaska, Hawaii and Colorado to Louisiana, West Virginia and communities in between. To find Destination America, go to destinationamerica.com/watchda.
For fans, this is dope but if they signed ROH without notifying TNA, that's fucked up.
On the other side, TNA made a mistake not getting an exclusive deal like WWE has with NBC/Universal.
I am not making this up.
Ring of Honor will debut on Destination America next Wednesday 6/3 at 8 PM. It will be the first time since ROH debuted in February 2002 that the promotion is seen on a national cable outlet weekly.
That effectively means that ROH is now the lead-in for TNA Impact Wrestling. What this means for TNA on the network remains to be seen.
I have calls into ROH. More as I get it on this breaking story.
LOTS MORE ON RING OF HONOR'S NEW TV DEAL
by Mike Johnson @ 1:43 PM on 5/27/2015
Here is what we have confirmed about Destination America signing a TV deal with Ring of Honor:
*The series on Destination America will be the same series that is owned and distributed by Sinclair Broadcasting. The episodes will debut over the weekend for Sinclair affiliates and then air Wednesday on Destination America.
*The relationship between Ring of Honor and Destination America relationship is something that has built over the last several months and I am told is independent of whatever is going on between the Network and TNA currently.
*For ROH, and this is just my speculation, it provides them a national outlet to promote their talents, events and PPV shows. While TNA going from Spike to Destination America might have been seen as a step down, for ROH, it's the first time they've had any national TV exposure and this can only be seen as a big boost.
I am told that Destination America wants pro wrestling content on their Network and they want to make the cable outlet a "destination" for that.
*I have not confirmed a timeline for the deal but was told that ROH will be seen weekly through at least the end of the year, possibly longer.
Destination America issued the following press release regarding the deal. I am told ROH will be issuing their own release later this afternoon as well:
DESTINATION AMERICA BRINGS MORE ACTION TO THE RING ACQUIRING THE RIGHTS TO RING OF HONOR’S WEEKLY TELEVISION PROGRAMMING
(Silver Spring, Md.) –Destination America announced today that it has signed a national broadcast deal with professional wrestling league RING OF HONOR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., bringing one of the most respected wrestling organizations to the only network dedicated to all-American entertainment. Destination America is now the one-two-punch to professional wrestling, adding RING OF HONOR (ROH) to its line-up after launching IMPACT WRESTLING in early 2015. RING OF HONOR has been delivering top wrestling matches for ten years with captivating hard-hitting stars such as Jay & Mark Briscoe, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, The Young Bucks, Maria Kanellis, Adam Cole and Jay Lethal. Destination America will pack on the action beginning Wednesday June 3 with the series premiere of RING OF HONOR at 8/7c leading into brand new premieres of IMPACT WRESTLING at 9/8c.
"With the electric and intense matches that RING OF HONOR provides, Destination America is the network for fans to get an entire evening of jaw-dropping entertainment on Wednesday nights,” said Marc Etkind, general manager of Destination America. “RING OF HONOR showcases tenacity, athleticism and passion and it serves as the place where America’s favorite wrestling stars are born.”
“We are very excited to be partnering with Destination America for the broader distribution of the ROH programming,” commented Joe Koff, Chief Operating Officer - Ring of Honor Wrestling. “ROH will now reach an additional 57 million households including those in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and other large cities where Ring of Honor is not currently airing. ROH has a loyal fan base and is one of the fastest growing major wrestling franchises in the country. With this great partnership with Destination America, we can continue to expand our footprint and reach while producing entertaining, original content and continuing to provide wrestling fans some of the best wrestling content available.”
RING OF HONOR will premiere on Wednesday, June 3 leading into IMPACT WRESTLING, making Destination America the home for wrestling every Wednesday evening. The first match will feature the Briscoe Brothers, Mark and Jay, as they face off with the House of Truth in the main event. Also catch athletes of New Japan Pro Wrestling battle it out with the RING OF HONOR stars and follow former NFL lineman Moose compete against BJ Whitmer.
Since launching in 2012, Destination America has become one of cable’s top fastest-growing networks, and continues to earn telecast ratings records among key series. In 2015 to date, Destination America has acquired over 50 million unique viewers. With top series that explore unique American cultures and ways of life – including Paranormal Survivor, Hillbilly Blood, Buying the Bayou, and BBQ Pitmasters – Destination America’s programming spans the nation from Alaska, Hawaii and Colorado to Louisiana, West Virginia and communities in between. To find Destination America, go to destinationamerica.com/watchda.
For fans, this is dope but if they signed ROH without notifying TNA, that's fucked up.
On the other side, TNA made a mistake not getting an exclusive deal like WWE has with NBC/Universal.
This was the first thing I thought after reading that news. I'll be interested to hear how it really went down behind the scenes.
That would have been a better for them, but I doubt TNA has the same clout that WWE to get an exclusive network deal.
I could be wrong, but I can't see TNA trying to make that demand with any network. Especially since they were coming right off of losing their TV deal with Spike.
Surprised the fuck outta me too
they had to put him over some kind of way..im guessing he'll be the newest member of The Authority soon
credit to son he has jobbed out to alot of talent of late (Brock, Daniel Bryan, Rusev 1st match & now Owens), put over alot of young talent in his weekly spots and been out the main event scene for close to year
he is doing whats best for business cause he was getting xpac heat from the core fan base and he doesnt need to be the champ to keep the kids in his pocket.
the only issue is that WWE still hasnt been able to build a face to rival his popularity with the kids. DB may have had a chance
Owens has all the charactiscs to be the perfect Cena rival. Dude is damn near Cena Bizaro with his ring attire, his attitude and his aping of his moves
he is doing whats best for business cause he was getting xpac heat from the core fan base and he doesnt need to be the champ to keep the kids in his pocket.
the only issue is that WWE still hasnt been able to build a face to rival his popularity with the kids. DB may have had a chance
Owens has all the charactiscs to be the perfect Cena rival. Dude is damn near Cena Bizaro with his ring attire, his attitude and his aping of his moves
They let UTA negotiate the contract and they didn't get it so this ends up being another time Dixie hires someone who ends up fucking up.
I think that's unanimous.
They did a Dusty Finish with the main event. I'm sure Dream had a good smile with that one.
Ryback? I don't expect a long run but good for him.
New Day rocks! New Day rocks!!
So the least over Diva won the match? What's the deal with Naomi? They made a mistake with turning her and when she finally gets a shot, she loses.
The Bellas, especially Nikki, are the John Cena of the Divas division.
Last nights PPV was actually good, just suffered from a crappy main event. All matches were decent, but the Ambrose/Rollins match was boring as fuck. I can't stand the whole JJ Security/Kane/Rollins gimmick. Shit is way past stale. Can't wait til Brock comes back.
The main event had pretty good wrestling from beginning to end, and the audience was into it (unlike a lot of the matches).
Crappy finish? Yeah, that's pretty unanimous. But boring the match wasn't.
I didn't know what to expect from the Tag Team chamber match, but I thought it ended up being pretty good. And I'm loving the renew interest in tag team matches.
To each his own. After the entertaining Tag Match, and Cena Owens match, the main event was a yawn fest. I was bored.
Just keep the New Day away from the Authority. Let the deal from SD last week be a one off. They're getting over on their own, don't hobble them like they're doing Rollins.
Indeed, that opening tag chamber match was mostly fun, and good at points, but was certainly a mess of a "match" compared to the main event.
Ryback winning the title was a excellent swerve because most people myself included figured they would of put the title back on Dolph or Sheamus, we already knew Truth wasnt going to win and Henry was a last minute fill in so he was a scratch and Barett was a dark horse but itll be interesting to see how long he keeps the belt....
damn again ??? I bet they wont be doing free subscriptions come Summerslam.....
damn again ??? I bet they wont be doing free subscriptions come Summerslam.....
That IC chamber match was fucking terrible.
The divas match was nothing to rave about either.
The Kevin Owens/Cena match was definitely the best match.
Maybe the best match Cena has ever had, considering he called almost all the spots.
Fair enough, the IC match was also boring, but I didn't think it was worst than the main event.
i thought Kane was supposed to have been turning/leaving the Authority anyways..? probably saving that till either Summerslam or the next Wrestlemania
I can't wait for the Authority storyline to be over and done with. Shit takes away from the overall enjoyment of the show and finishes.
unfortunately there probably wont be an end to that storyline,seeing as their motto is "The Authority Always Wins"
Samoa Joe Signs Full-Time WWE Deal
Posted by Steve Carrier on 06/01/2015 at 09:44 PM
Samoa Joe has signed a full-time contract with WWE, according to a source for the PWTorch.com website.
According to the report, not only did Joe impress everyone at the NXT tapings, but Joe's merchandise sales were so impressive, Vince McMahon and Triple H pushed to get him signed to a full-time deal.
He will fulfill his scheduled indy dates he has already agreed to, but otherwise will be worked into the WWE schedule full-time, either starting in NXT or shifting quickly to the WWE main roster.
Posted by Steve Carrier on 06/01/2015 at 09:44 PM
Samoa Joe has signed a full-time contract with WWE, according to a source for the PWTorch.com website.
According to the report, not only did Joe impress everyone at the NXT tapings, but Joe's merchandise sales were so impressive, Vince McMahon and Triple H pushed to get him signed to a full-time deal.
He will fulfill his scheduled indy dates he has already agreed to, but otherwise will be worked into the WWE schedule full-time, either starting in NXT or shifting quickly to the WWE main roster.
Uh oh...
I hear her dad is Jose Offerman.
The diva's match at EC was boring, the IC match I also thought was boring, but everything else was pretty good.
Won't be surprised if Naomi is sent back to jobber status.
The diva's match at EC was boring, the IC match I also thought was boring, but everything else was pretty good.
Won't be surprised if Naomi is sent back to jobber status.
I didn't know Jojo was still there. What does she do now?
She's an announcer on Smackdown, I think
