THE WRESTLING THREAD: HHH KEEPS DOING HHH THINGS.....
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Mickie James Makes WWE Return To Challenge Asuka At NXT TakeOver: Toronto
One of WWE's biggest female stars is making a surprise return for the NXT show.
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When the brand split took place, NXT's roster was depleted to help deepen the talent pools of both Raw and SmackDown, with the women's lineup being the most severely lessened due to the losses of Bayley, Alexa Bliss, Carmella and Nia Jax. This left NXT women's champion Asuka as an incredibly large and talented fish in a small pond and in dire need of new challengers who are capable of competing on her level.
While there's some promising female talent being built through the developmental promotion in hopes of reloading the roster to the previous levels, none of them are quite ready for the spotlight and task of stepping into the ring with one of the best women workers in the word. With another big TakeOver card on the horizon, what's the solution? Reach out to a former member of the company.
WWE announced via Twitter that Mickie James will make her return to challenge for the NXT championship at TakeOver: Toronto on November 19th. This will be Mickie's first appearance with the organization since being released in April of 2010. The six-time WWE women's titlist has remained extremely active during the time following her departure, doing the majority of her wrestling with TNA, while working various independents as well as recording a pair of of country music albums.
James' most recent work with WWE was as a guest trainer at the Performance Center where she lent her experience and knowledge to the ladies there, and obviously has remained on good terms with the company as she's being brought back and immediately put into a prominent position; partly out of a desperate need for opponents for Asuka but also due to her name recognition.
At 37 years of age, Mickie James can still get it done in the ring and should make for a fun match against the current champ. We'll have to wait and see if this is meant to be a one-off or if it will turn into a full-time gig, either as an active wrestler or in a behind the scenes role.
https://whatculture.com/wwe/mickie-james-makes-wwe-return-to-challenge-asuka-at-nxt-takeover-toronto
One of WWE's biggest female stars is making a surprise return for the NXT show.
WWE.com
When the brand split took place, NXT's roster was depleted to help deepen the talent pools of both Raw and SmackDown, with the women's lineup being the most severely lessened due to the losses of Bayley, Alexa Bliss, Carmella and Nia Jax. This left NXT women's champion Asuka as an incredibly large and talented fish in a small pond and in dire need of new challengers who are capable of competing on her level.
While there's some promising female talent being built through the developmental promotion in hopes of reloading the roster to the previous levels, none of them are quite ready for the spotlight and task of stepping into the ring with one of the best women workers in the word. With another big TakeOver card on the horizon, what's the solution? Reach out to a former member of the company.
WWE announced via Twitter that Mickie James will make her return to challenge for the NXT championship at TakeOver: Toronto on November 19th. This will be Mickie's first appearance with the organization since being released in April of 2010. The six-time WWE women's titlist has remained extremely active during the time following her departure, doing the majority of her wrestling with TNA, while working various independents as well as recording a pair of of country music albums.
James' most recent work with WWE was as a guest trainer at the Performance Center where she lent her experience and knowledge to the ladies there, and obviously has remained on good terms with the company as she's being brought back and immediately put into a prominent position; partly out of a desperate need for opponents for Asuka but also due to her name recognition.
At 37 years of age, Mickie James can still get it done in the ring and should make for a fun match against the current champ. We'll have to wait and see if this is meant to be a one-off or if it will turn into a full-time gig, either as an active wrestler or in a behind the scenes role.
https://whatculture.com/wwe/mickie-james-makes-wwe-return-to-challenge-asuka-at-nxt-takeover-toronto
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TNA's Huge Debt Revealed
Let's just say Dixie owes a lot of people a lot of money.
ImpactWrestling.com
The bad news is TNA owes various creditors $3.4 million. The good news is...actually no, there is no good news for them right now. Everything for TNA is really quite terrible at the moment.
Recently the company received quite a bit of emergency cash to air Bound for Glory, but apparently that was only to pay the production costs for the show. That may not have been enough to pay the talent who worked the event. Then there's Billy Corgan's lawsuit against the company for an untold amount of money, and that's just the beginning.
PWInsider has revealed that various other parties are also owed a lot of money. One of those groups is Audience of One Productions, which used to be the production company behind Impact. They are suing TNA (as well as Aroluxe Marketing, which has been an ongoing player in the battle to own the company) for "$223,000 plus interest." They allege that TNA has not paid them since Bound for Glory for their services.
It keeps on going. The Tennessee Department of Revenue has filed a tax lien with the Davidson County Register of Deeds over a month ago for unpaid business taxes against TNA. Prior to that, Toronto's Anthem Sports and Entertainment has listed TNA as a debtor to the Tennessee Secretary of State.
In addition to all of that, add in Aroluxe Marketing and MCC Acquisitions (along with Corgan) to the parties that TNA owes money too. The grand total is estimated to be at $3.4 million. That's just what we know of; for now.
Well, this is obviously really, really bad for Dixie Carter and TNA. The company effectively got a stay of execution for Impact, as they have episodes taped into Dec. But for the company itself, they could potentially go under (or switch ownership hands) depending on how these court cases play out in the near future.
Let's just say Dixie owes a lot of people a lot of money.
ImpactWrestling.com
The bad news is TNA owes various creditors $3.4 million. The good news is...actually no, there is no good news for them right now. Everything for TNA is really quite terrible at the moment.
Recently the company received quite a bit of emergency cash to air Bound for Glory, but apparently that was only to pay the production costs for the show. That may not have been enough to pay the talent who worked the event. Then there's Billy Corgan's lawsuit against the company for an untold amount of money, and that's just the beginning.
PWInsider has revealed that various other parties are also owed a lot of money. One of those groups is Audience of One Productions, which used to be the production company behind Impact. They are suing TNA (as well as Aroluxe Marketing, which has been an ongoing player in the battle to own the company) for "$223,000 plus interest." They allege that TNA has not paid them since Bound for Glory for their services.
It keeps on going. The Tennessee Department of Revenue has filed a tax lien with the Davidson County Register of Deeds over a month ago for unpaid business taxes against TNA. Prior to that, Toronto's Anthem Sports and Entertainment has listed TNA as a debtor to the Tennessee Secretary of State.
In addition to all of that, add in Aroluxe Marketing and MCC Acquisitions (along with Corgan) to the parties that TNA owes money too. The grand total is estimated to be at $3.4 million. That's just what we know of; for now.
Well, this is obviously really, really bad for Dixie Carter and TNA. The company effectively got a stay of execution for Impact, as they have episodes taped into Dec. But for the company itself, they could potentially go under (or switch ownership hands) depending on how these court cases play out in the near future.
See. This is the problem. There's always been this corrupt-a-wish thing with the WWE. They give the fans something they want at the expense of something else.
People at this point are fine with Cena in his current role. He's not overbearing and he loses matches. But he also adds to the program. His focus is that he wants to be champ again but he's not gonna take the low road. That's a good contrast to AJ. AJ can also get legit wins as well so that makes him a better heel foil for Cena and Ambrose. I'm all for more dominant heels, but how can they make Cena a heel without undercutting AJ's great work right now. Also, there are some guys they can build up to be the next big heels. I'd love for a heel Cena. I just don't trust them to fuck it up.
Instead they need to worry about how to not shit on other over characters for Roman Reigns.
They need to also focus on cleaning up this Owens/Rollins/HHH mess.
why dont they just turn Reigns full-on heel and have him build a stable with the Usos..
Because it makes sense. As well as overlooking the Cena US Title run which was great and elevated people while he was a face.
I don't think Cena will win his 16th title until Mania. At any case there's no up incoming talent to push right now until the next NXT call ups debut. Guess they're continue to have AJ be the heel that Cena can't get passed and then have Cena go over at Mania. I agree with you that most fans don't care about Cena turning at this point. The ship has sailed years ago for a Cena turn. Now that he's putting people over he's not a issue anymore.
I doubt Reigns sells enough merch that it would hurt their bottom line. Vince is just being stubborn.
Vince McMahon Rejects Charlotte's Request To Moonsault Off Hell In A Cell
Vince said no. Good call.
WWE.com
Sasha Banks and Charlotte are going to be the first women to ever compete in a Hell in a Cell match in a couple weeks, and you can expect there will likely be something big planned for it. After all, both competitors take a lot of pride in their work, they want to create something memorable and they seem to work extra aggressively in big matches.
But what Charlotte reportedly had in mind for the match went a step too far...or maybe 20 steps.
According to Top Rope Wrestling, she pitched the idea to Vince McMahon that she should do a Moonsault off the top of the cage! There's no further details, so we don't know what the context would have been. Perhaps Sasha would be on the announcers table like The Undertaker was at WrestleMania 32 when Shane McMahon tried to land on him. Maybe Charlotte would moonsault onto another object that just happened to be there (like when Rikishi was chokeslammed onto the back of a truck at Armageddon 2000).
Again, this is all just a rumor for now, but if true, that would be an absolutely insane request! Jumping from that height is, of course, incredibly dangerous, and is much more so when you can't see where you're landing. If either competitor was badly injured (or, you know, worse) that would create some incredibly negative publicity for WWE.
The Moonsault from Hell was simply nowhere near worth the risk, so if this is true, then Vince made the right call.
http://whatculture.com/wwe/vince-mcmahon-rejects-charlottes-request-to-moonsault-off-hell-in-a-cell
Vince said no. Good call.
WWE.com
Sasha Banks and Charlotte are going to be the first women to ever compete in a Hell in a Cell match in a couple weeks, and you can expect there will likely be something big planned for it. After all, both competitors take a lot of pride in their work, they want to create something memorable and they seem to work extra aggressively in big matches.
But what Charlotte reportedly had in mind for the match went a step too far...or maybe 20 steps.
According to Top Rope Wrestling, she pitched the idea to Vince McMahon that she should do a Moonsault off the top of the cage! There's no further details, so we don't know what the context would have been. Perhaps Sasha would be on the announcers table like The Undertaker was at WrestleMania 32 when Shane McMahon tried to land on him. Maybe Charlotte would moonsault onto another object that just happened to be there (like when Rikishi was chokeslammed onto the back of a truck at Armageddon 2000).
Again, this is all just a rumor for now, but if true, that would be an absolutely insane request! Jumping from that height is, of course, incredibly dangerous, and is much more so when you can't see where you're landing. If either competitor was badly injured (or, you know, worse) that would create some incredibly negative publicity for WWE.
The Moonsault from Hell was simply nowhere near worth the risk, so if this is true, then Vince made the right call.
http://whatculture.com/wwe/vince-mcmahon-rejects-charlottes-request-to-moonsault-off-hell-in-a-cell
WWE Considering John Cena Heel Turn To Shake Up Product?
Are WWE fans finally about to get their wish?
WWE.com
John Cena's long-awaited heel return may finally be on the horizon. Forbes reports that WWE's creative team are seriously considering the idea of turning their biggest draw heel, and positioning him in a similar way to Hulk Hogan's 1996 WCW turn.
Vince McMahon is understood to be the major roadblock, but WWE are looking to make big changes in light of Raw and SmackDown's ratings woes. Turning Cena heel would be a huge, landscape-altering move that would allow WWE to utlilise him to put over the next generation of babyfaces, but fans will need to be patient.
Cena is currently on hiatus while filming the next series of American Grit, and isn't set to return for several months. If WWE go ahead with the turn, they may opt to wait for the biggest stage of them all: WrestleMania 33.
Forbes also reports that WWE are looking to put a new stable together, though they're understandably wary after the League of Nations disaster. Creative recently floated the idea of a recreation of WCW's Varsity Club: a collegiate-themed group with significant amateur wrestling pedigree.
Jack Swagger's move to SmackDown keeps this possibility on the table. The likes of Dolph Ziggler, Shelton Benjamin, and American Alpha have been touted as potential stablemates, with Kurt Angle's name also being mentioned.
http://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-considering-john-cena-heel-turn-to-shake-up-product
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10 Biggest WWE Missed Opportunities To Turn John Cena Heel
Are WWE fans finally about to get their wish?
WWE.com
John Cena's long-awaited heel return may finally be on the horizon. Forbes reports that WWE's creative team are seriously considering the idea of turning their biggest draw heel, and positioning him in a similar way to Hulk Hogan's 1996 WCW turn.
Vince McMahon is understood to be the major roadblock, but WWE are looking to make big changes in light of Raw and SmackDown's ratings woes. Turning Cena heel would be a huge, landscape-altering move that would allow WWE to utlilise him to put over the next generation of babyfaces, but fans will need to be patient.
Cena is currently on hiatus while filming the next series of American Grit, and isn't set to return for several months. If WWE go ahead with the turn, they may opt to wait for the biggest stage of them all: WrestleMania 33.
Forbes also reports that WWE are looking to put a new stable together, though they're understandably wary after the League of Nations disaster. Creative recently floated the idea of a recreation of WCW's Varsity Club: a collegiate-themed group with significant amateur wrestling pedigree.
Jack Swagger's move to SmackDown keeps this possibility on the table. The likes of Dolph Ziggler, Shelton Benjamin, and American Alpha have been touted as potential stablemates, with Kurt Angle's name also being mentioned.
http://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-considering-john-cena-heel-turn-to-shake-up-product
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10 Biggest WWE Missed Opportunities To Turn John Cena Heel
Kevin Owens does the People's Elbow & Seth Rollins Hulks Up At Live Event
Highly entertaining
That other white announcer on RAW is horrible. He has to be one of the worst heel announcers ever.
Corey Graves? He seems to be trying too hard tonight.
Goldberg doesn't look to be in wrestling shape.
DAHITMAN
Rising Star
I hope they dont try to push him over.
I want Brock to beat his ass..
Goldberg does less weight lifting and more cardio now. He does martial arts to stay in shape.
They really need to build their characters beyond the he's the face and he's the heel in the match. Fans aren't getting behind TJ Perkins. They're shoe horning the video game references. Fans appreciate their ring work but you have to give the casuals a reason to care about them.
Paige is starting to look strung out lately.
I saw her dad is opposed to them getting married.
That relationship won't have a happy ending. I can see it already.
I hear Vince is trying to change HBK's mind about coming back for 1 more match
