Monthly News Thread (March 2018)

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GKJ

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- Daniel Bryan reportedly has no 90-day non-compete clause and could be back in the ring very soon after he leaves the WWE. His contract reportedly expires on September 23. Daniel Bryan maintains that he's been cleared by outside physicians but WWE hasn't cleared him and if he doesn't work by Wrestlemania, he believes he'll never wrestle in a WWE ring again.

- Summerslam may move out of Barclays for 2019 as WWE is looking to put it in a stadium. With Barclays hosting the Hall of Fame ceremony, NXT Takeover, Raw and Smackdown next year for Wrestlemania, it would appear unlikely that WWE does that string for Summerslam in the same region as well.

- Batista is very open about returning to the WWE and turned down a Hall of Fame induction this year because he doesn't believe his in-ring career is over.
If they're doing Summerslam in a stadium, it will likely stay up north where it's less likely to be hot and humid.
 

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Rey Mysterio still isn't pulled from the March 25th match against Liger, and is expected to be at a CRASH Lucha Libre event tonight. He was originally scheduled to face Bestia 666, but one would assume that isn't going to happen. His injury two weeks ago was expected to keep him out of the ring for a month, so it is possible he could still face Liger.

He is still expected to return to the WWE after his March 25th match, should it continue as scheduled, though there's still no official confirmation that WWE and Mysterio finalized the deal they had in place before the injury
 

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They won’t sign him if he needs surgery and if he needs surgery that’s supposed to be one year
 

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If they're doing Summerslam in a stadium, it will likely stay up north where it's less likely to be hot and humid.
Up north as in how far north? Because everywhere from Montreal-Ottawa all the way down to the New York and surrounding states is hot and humid as f***.
 

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Up north as in how far north? Because everywhere from Montreal-Ottawa all the way down to the New York and surrounding states is hot and humid as ****.
Not always. We had a pretty good summer last year.
 

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Jesus it feels like Daniel Bryan's contract runs forever. I know they froze it while he was hurt but basically the earliest he's allowed to get back into a ring is Christmas 2018.
 

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Some more stuff from the Jon Bravo steroid documentary stuff:

- There's very little evidence whatsoever implicating Roman Reigns, but it's claimed that Roman Reigns used an alias to make purchases through a middle man but there is no way to prove it and cross reference it without seeing communication Rodriguez (the distributor) had with him via text messages, although I'd doubt anything comes of it.

- Rick Bassman, who trained John Cena, Sting and Ultimate Warrior, was one of the key players with a WWE connection.

- Rodriguez claims that through Chris and Mark Bell, Reigns, Lesnar and Steve Austin became advocates and clients of his. There is NO evidence of Rodriguez communicating with any of the three though. There IS a text message where Chris Bell had texted Rodriguez asking him if he had gotten in touch with The Rock and John Cena in 2016, though.

- In regards to actual evidence, there's evidence of communication with Daniel Puder, Rick Bassman, and Chris Cavallini, who trains Jinder Mahal and Sheamus. Rodriguez speculates that Jinder and Sheamus were using but that is yet to be confirmed.

- Bravo notes that there IS evidence on Reigns, but without key texts available to him to match orders he will not disclose it. This should still be taken with a grain of salt as this is the same guy -- who, although is just making the documentary -- claimed Reigns only to reveal LUTHER Reigns on his Instagram story.

At this rate, in my personal opinion, Bravo needs to shut the hell up about Roman Reigns without any proof before he's hit with a slander lawsuit.

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Some other news:

- The original plan for Wrestlemania was surprisingly Dolph Ziggler vs. Shane McMahon, with the idea being that it would be Ziggler's first ever singles match at Wrestlemania. WWE even made graphics for the match, but that's not the plan anymore clearly as they haven't had any on-screen interaction and Shane is still tied with Owens and Zayn.

- John Cena opened up the possibility of facing The Rock for a third time at Wrestlemania 35. John Cena said he was "too stupid" to realize that The Rock's Hollywood career was good for WWE at the time because it brought more eyeballs to the product.

- Jey Uso said a big reason for their successful run as heels was because of how long their face run went.
 

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Andrade Cien Almas also confirmed he wanted to leave NXT in 2016 but Alberto Del Rio convinced him to stay. He said it was due to lack of opportunities and criticism but Alberto told him to keep fighting for what he wanted.

ADR actually did a good thing.
 

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ADR has been giving money to the families who lost everything on the earthquake (mexico) last year.

he's not a bad person because he hates HHH.
 

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ADR has been giving money to the families who lost everything on the earthquake (mexico) last year.

he's not a bad person because he hates HHH.

I don't think that is why people think hes a bad person :laugh:
 

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AJ Styles missed last night's house show after the MSG one, so his injury may be real and the pre-match angle was to cover it up.
 
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They should do the Summerslam show in the Bay area maybe at the 49ers stadium or even the Giants. It won't be too hot or humid most likely
 

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Summerslam would actually be nice outdoors with the sun still up and not having to wait for old man Taker’s entrance.
 
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Mark Henry is one of the most under utilized talents of the last 20 years I don't feel he had a HOF career
 
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