Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 483: "America's Finest" Nick Aldis

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Alexa not medically cleared and will be pulled from MITB.

Perfect opportunity for Nikki Cross to come in, win, and start an angle with Alexa. So I fully expect Tamina to get put in the match instead.
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https://www.express.co.uk/sport/wwe/1128154/Ric-Flair-hospital-emergency-WWE-news
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What the hell was with that random 30 second video package on Smackdown about Bobby Heenan? Literally didn't have shit to do with anything that's going on

And then Conrad confirms TMZ is sensationalist:

https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1129070551048380416
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scarletspeed7 posted...

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/wwe/1128154/Ric-Flair-hospital-emergency-WWE-news

scarletspeed7 posted...

And then Conrad confirms TMZ is sensationalist:

https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1129070551048380416

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Dave on the backstage reports regarding morale that Wade got:

Some notes regarding different things of late. Paul Levesque, while never saying anything publicly, those close to the situation say hes very frustrated with how things are going on the main roster. One person noted that a big problem isnt Vince not being open to suggestions, but that they believe hes far too open these days to suggestions and that it ends up watering down all the original visions and storylines. Were told that there has been too much input from too many people on the team who havent figured out that when you change something in a story, it has a ripple effect on every aspect of the story. He solicits input on so much from so many people that it leads to things being watered down.

There is a question of how Vince is going to cope with things early next year once the XFL starts. I can recall in 2001 when everyone doing both was just exhausted during football season. For better or worse, Vinces workload is crazy now. Hes often in the office past midnight, close to 3 a.m. at least once a week and Fridays his easy day, hes working until 8 p.m. Its mostly work and lifting weights, and occasionally watching some football on the weekend. The feeling is once the XFL starts, even though he says nothing will change, that it is simply impossible thats the case unless he spends little time on the XFL. And since hes got so much riding on the XFL, and is spending so much money on it, I cant see him staying out of it.

Regarding the family, Levesque picks his spots to talk with Vince, but never does it in front of anyone. Stephanie has nothing to do with creative. Shane does pitch ideas for himself but they rarely get used

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Jakyl25 posted...

One person noted that a big problem isnt Vince not being open to suggestions, but that they believe hes far too open these days to suggestions and that it ends up watering down all the original visions and storylines.

can't believe dave has vince has a source these days
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Final MITB card

Zayn vs Ricochet vs Drew vs Corbin vs Orton vs Andrade vs Ali vs Balor for MITB
Ember vs Bayley vs Mandy vs Carmella vs Dana vs Natalya vs Naomi vs ????? for MITB
Rollins vs Styles for Universal title
Kofi vs Owens for WWE title
Joe vs Rey for US title
Becky vs Lacey for Raw Womens title
Becky vs Charlotte for SD Women's title
Miz vs Shane in a cage match
Reigns vs Elias
(Pre Show) Nese vs Daivari for Cruiserweight title
(Pre Show) Bryan/Rowan vs Usos for SD Tag titles
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Andrade
Bayley
Rollins
Owens
Joe
Lynch
Lynch
McMahon
Reigns
Nese
Bryan/Rowan
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pre-show daniel bryan what in tarnation
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McIntyre
Mandy
Rollins
Kofi
Joe
Becky
Becky
Miz
Reigns
(Pre Show) Nese
(Pre Show) Bryan/Rowan
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Zayn
Ember
Rollins
Kofi
Joe
Becky
Charlotte
Shane
Reigns
(Pre Show) Nese
(Pre Show) Bryan/Rowan
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Nameless2000 posted...

pre-show daniel bryan what in tarnation

As someone who defended the decision to give Bryan and Rowan the tag titles when a lot of people were down on it, I've gotta admit this is a really bad look
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What match would you boot though?

I have a much bigger issue with giving the Usos another shot for no reason
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Jakyl25 posted...

What match would you boot though?

I have a much bigger issue with giving the Usos another shot for no reason

it's not a title match!
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Well then I have no issue!
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Jakyl25 posted...

What match would you boot though?

I'd shorten the promotional material to make room on the main show for it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsr9Nd4HU_8" data-time="
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Ashley Massaro passed away apparently. That seems so young to go.

dang

she was a lot older than I would have guessed and it's STILL really young to go

I remember liking her the best out of her Diva Search because she actually did a wrestling thing for her talent
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39 is like the bare minimum of half a healthy lifespan. So sad.
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She was super, super into drugs so it's kinda not surprising

Granted it'd be surprising if it wasn't drugs
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WWE put up a video of all the successful MitB cash-ins.

Which made me realize there has not been a successful cash-in on either major title since June 2016.

Jesus.
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RIP in Tuna Grumpy Cat.

He made Natalya his concubine.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/bprjs5/titus_talks_about_his_discussion_with_lars_on_ecs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

Good for Lars
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Remember when I said no one knows who deontay wilder is

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxktgVwhFWL/?igshid=76k8s8u6bi5t

YowieWowie
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from pwb

The WWE Performance Center Combine is essentially a competition among the WWE Superstars who train at the Performance Center to see who are the best athletes, while also testing themselves and attempting to improve upon their own abilities and feats of athleticism. In the past, WWE.com and Youtube have shown brief highlights of these competitions. Now, it is coming to their video on demand service on Sunday, May 26th, starting at noon.

WWE Network is currently listing an eight hour run time for the WWE PC Combine special. Whether or not this ends up actually airing for that long remains to be seen, and the WWE.com post promoting what will air next week has yet to be updated with information on neither this special, nor the WWE Untold special we previously reported. Of course if further information becomes available or changes are made, well be sure to make note of it.

-WWENetworkNews
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Eight hours of people doing squats.
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I watched all the brat wyatt stuff today

I like the theory I saw that this is all about Daniel Bryan. It's why Rowan is with him. And the kids show is to get to birdie
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https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1129484061393805312?

Oh damn, Becky.
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This is an extremely harrowing read

https://wweconcussionlawsuitnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Ashley-Massaro-Affidavit-Clean-11.1.pdf
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o.O

For fuck sake...
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Yeah, I saw excerpts of that yesterday and meant to post it in here. That's an awful fucking look for WWE yet not remotely surprising

It makes you wonder just how much shit this company has covered up over the years.
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There's a show in England that recently got suspended/cancelled because one of the guests committed suicide as a result of what happened on the show. Granted it's one of those shows like Jerry Springer but it's kind of stupid that a show like that is immediately held accountable (it's also arguably bigger than WWE given it has better viewership comparative population numbers and has a shittier timeslot because it's daytime TV) whereas WWE can just cover shit up and act like it never happened despite being more responsible (imo) for what happened.

friiiiiiiiiick
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That was a very rough read. What is wrong with this company?
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The Kuwait story pushes me off to no end for multiple reasons
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So I know its minor in the face of all those horrible things but even the fact that they could sign a woman up to pose for Playboy without asking her is just insane. But yeah independent contractors.

Time for John Oliver to do a follow up.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxm_AQTBrsI/?igshid=1gwil5u0rk3qj

Chris Jerichos new finisher, The Judas Effect

SO DANGEROUS MANY MARTIAL ARTS STOPPED TEACHING IT
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Well, it's definitely more devastating than the Self Powerbomb he's been using
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In that sense, you may as well call a midair
RKO falling next to a guy who was already falling
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Jakyl25 posted...

In that sense, you may as well call a midair
RKO falling next to a guy who was already falling

Man don't think too hard about the Russian Leg Sweep.
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Jericho looks more jacked now than he has ever
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Jakyl25 posted...

In that sense, you may as well call a midair
RKO falling next to a guy who was already falling

No, you see, the power of the RKO lies entirely within the arm position around the neck causing massive eternal damage to the recipient independent of the impact of them hitting the ground. Meanwhile the Codebreaker is just a self powerbomb that also lightly brushes the opponents head with your shin. They're very different!
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Panthera posted...

massive eternal damage

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That reminds me of an idea I had once where there should be a documentary about how everyone on the TNA roster had bad ankles forever from years of wrestling Kurt Angle
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Heres my idea for the mens MitB

Braun interferes in the match and walks off with the briefcase

The match technically isnt over for weeks until one of the 8 guys can take it from him
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Also based on those reports from a few weeks ago, its decision time for Sasha

Either shes back to work on Raw this week or theyre gonna start freezing her contract
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