Weekly News Roundup (9/19 - 9/25) - Matt Hardy-WWE, Cena/Taker, SD stable?

[AfroThunder396]

Kurt Angle was on Dan LeBatard and said that at the height of his addiction he was taking 65 extra-strength Vicodin a day.

 

[Virtanen18]

That sounds impossible?

 

[Paris in Flames]

Can....can people survive that?

 

[ColePens]

Just googling and researching a few websites... anything over 15-20 is a good chance of overdosing. Sooooo.. that sounds like a bit of ********.

 

[Isi]

almost wonder if doing an elimination triple threat on the PPV, so you can have Ambrose pin Cena on the PPV, and then AJ pin Ambrose, would have been the best way to go. obviously they never would have done that, but I'm not really happy with how they did it

anyway, just got around to going through the observer, most the wwe stuff has mentioned. outside of that:

- Devon might get a job as an agent, which in my opinion helps explain the possible TNA angle Bubba, who is still gonna work as a single, did against the Hardys at house of hardcore.

- Jeff Cobb vs. Matt Riddle has happened, at AAW (9/16) and was great. that show has just been uploaded online so it's probably worth checking out. oh and the main event was chris hero vs fenix....

- No real TNA update. Dave still isn't naming the possibly mystery company that may swoop in. Dixie is looking at 4-6 million for her 70%. Corgan's the most likely, although Dave casts doubt on the claim that he's using his own money.

- Eden can use the Rhodes name as her last name, so if Cody and Eden/Brandi do the TNA angle with Mike Bennett & Maria Kanellis, they can be introduced as Cody and Brandi Rhodes. Outside of that little loophole, Cody's probably just gonna his first name

It may be early to say this, but the surprisingly low turnouts for Raw in recent weeks coincides with Cena no longer being advertised on the Raw shows. Smackdown has also been up with Cena on all the Smackdown shows.

Talent has been told over the last week or so that New Japan is looking to expand into new international markets. This may lead to more of the foreigners getting contracts, similar to Kenny Omega, Bad Luck Fale, Rocky Romero, Tama Tonga and Michael Elgin where they are New Japan as their home group. .. Expect Adam Cole & Young Bucks to work together as a trio more going forward as key players in the trios division.

 

[Isi]

oh yeah Kurt's liver would almost certainly be completely destroyed if he did that over any great length of time (not to mention his actual life)

 

[The Gongshow]

Cena still bringing in that audience. Vince gonna put the title on him again forsure. Glad SD is getting an audience tho.

 

[GKJ]

Nobody wants to see Roman Reigns, who knew?

Listening to the Observer, and it's funny they're doing the show during the New Japan show and Dave is still watching it

 

[UnrealMachine]

Cena still bringing in that audience. Vince gonna put the title on him again forsure. Glad SD is getting an audience tho.

Don't forget his multiplier effect - for every 1 child Cena fan, that also brings in an additional parent or both parents, and maybe even siblings too.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Nobody wants to see Roman Reigns, who knew?

Listening to the Observer, and it's funny they're doing the show during the New Japan show and Dave is still watching it

Well, to play devils advocate, you can say no one wants to see Seth or Kevin either.

 

[GKJ]

Well, to play devils advocate, you can say no one wants to see Seth or Kevin either.

KO and Seth aren't positioned as the new face of the company.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

KO and Seth aren't positioned as the new face of the company.

Reigns is working for the U.S. Title while Rollins/Owens have been a part of every main event for the Raw brand.

 

[GKJ]

Reigns is working for the U.S. Title while Rollins/Owens have been a part of every main event for the Raw brand.

Reigns is still the #1 guy though. WWE is about guys, not titles.

 

[Emperoreddy]

LAW didn't like Cena jobbing clean. Felt like it just happening on a SD like that made it seem like just another lose and not a big deal, and maybe the point was they expect the audience to forget it happened (they already forgot) which is even more bizarre.

Also they felt it makes the No Mercy booking make less sense. Cena has not jobbed clean to both AJ and Dean, so why does he deserve to be in this title match at all?