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Chicago Screwjob Update, Latest on Ryback, HHH And Bret Hart

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Source: PWInsider

– The “Chicago Screwjob” finish to the WWE Women’s Title Match between Natalya and Charlotte at Payback was decided on this past Friday, just two days before the pay-per-view. No word on if they plan to keep referee Charles Robinson in the storylines.

– WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson was backstage visiting at Payback.

– Despite being vocal about the company and Triple H lately, WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart spent more than 30 minutes talking to Triple H before the Payback pay-per-view. There were said to be no signs of issues between Bret and company officials.

– As noted, Ryback flew home to Las Vegas on Monday after having a talk with Vince McMahon at RAW about his contract renewal. Ryback’s current deal expires this summer but the two sides are said to be far apart on money. Vince reportedly told Ryback to go home if he didn’t like the offer. PWInsider adds that the current deal expires in late July or early August. They also noted that one source is adamant about Ryback asking to be taken off the road until a new deal is agreed on.

News On Ryback Possibly Leaving WWE This Summer, His Plans At Raw

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Source: F4WOnline

As noted, Ryan “Ryback” Reeves left yesterday’s WWE RAW taping before the show started after a contract dispute with WWE.

Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio last night that he was told that Ryback met with Vince McMahon yesterday afternoon about renewing his contract, which expires this summer. Ryback apparently didn’t like the offer that was presented, with Meltzer noting that the two sides were very far apart on money.

The discussion ended with McMahon suggesting to Ryback that he go home, and Ryback agreed.

Ryback, who wrestled Kalisto in the pre-show match at WrestleMania 32 and again at the pre-show at this past Sunday’s Payback pay-per-view, wore a weightlifting belt at Payback that read, “Pre-Show Stopper.” Ryback also mocked CM Punk during his entrance this past Sunday.

Ryback expressed his frustration with his position in the company last month during a radio interview in Dubai.

“I’ve heard in this business hard work doesn’t always pay off,” Ryback said. “So maybe The Big Guy has to go find another world where that does pay off. But you work really, really hard at something and you dedicate yourself, and you sometimes have to be told you’re somewhere else. That’s a tough pill to swallow time and time again but I’ve never stopped believing in myself and I never will. Next year should undoubtedly be a big year for The Big Guy.”

Ryback was originally scheduled as part of the U.S. Title contender Battle Royal as part of Raw before leaving the venue.

Adam Rose Posts Note From Doctor Over His WWE Suspension, Prescription Drug He’s Been Taking

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As promised, Adam Rose has posted a note from his doctor that shows he did nothing knowingly wrong in violating WWE’s Wellness Policy. As noted, Rose was suspended on April 16th for 60 days due to his second violation. The first came when he was in developmental.

Rose says he was prescribed nervous system stimulant Adderall for ADHD symptoms but WWE knew about it for over a year. He posted the following:

The WWE Raw Report 5/2/16 (Payback Fallout)

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The WWE Raw Report 5/2/16

Wasn’t sure if I was going to make it to this week’s Raw Report… It’s been a busy few weeks trying to get things back in order… We’ve got Podcats, all new OH MY GOD Reviews and more getting ready to launch… I slept through most of the PPV last night, didn’t really see a whole lot beyond the preshow matches and the opening match with the Enzo injury, but I am aware of the outcomes. I plan to watch the Payback matches tomorrow, but I wanted to make sure I was up to date on the storylines heading into Raw tonight… I am skipping the Raw preshow tonight, I’ve been watching it and there was nothing of note to speak of as per the usual.

Okay, so here we go… Raw kicks off with a Payback recap video of Shane/Stephanie situation and Reigns vs. Styles…

STEPHANIE MCMAHON / SHANE MCMAHON SEGMENT

Shane and Steph are now being referred to collectively as “The Power of Monday Night Raw”. Steph is out first, Shane follows immediately. Shane upstges Steph but Steph has a peace offering. She has re-framed the pic of Shane as a kid with Vince.

Kevin Owens interrupts, he wants his IC Title rematch tonight. Cesaro interrupts. He wants another IC Title shot with Miz. They’re booked in a #1 contenders match next.

— Commercial Break —

MATCH #1: CESARO VS. KEVIN OWENS
Cesarp starts off fast with the uppercut train and Owens goes to the floor. Cesaro with a flying somersault senton body block on Owens outside. Back inside Cesaro controls. Owens takes over with a Superkick and lands a senton for 2. KO DDT also gets 2. I forgot to mention Miz is on commentary. KO controls but gets crotched on the top rope. Cesaro with a GUT WRENCH SUPERPLEX off the top!!!! 1….2….Owens kicks out! KO sends Cesaro to the floor and lands a FROG SPLASH OFF THE APRON!!! Raw goes to commercial.

Back from break, Cesaro attempts to take over but Owens lands a release German Suplex and the cannonball in the corner for 2. Cesaro comes battling back with a flying uppercut and then outside he nails a running uppercut into the barricade… Nice. Owens snags the IC belt from Miz to use, Miz snags it back… Cesaro uppercuts Miz over his chair, lol… Cesaro back inside looking for the giant Swing… But MIZ ATTACKS causing a No contest at 11:45.

It appears Miz & Owens both want to attack Cesaro post match, but SAMI ZAYN makes the save…. HELLUVA KICK TO OWENS… And Miz with Maryse takes off before he gets beat down… But Miz leaves the belt in the ring, and Sami Zayn holds it up…

– Backstage, Stephanie McMahon runs into Dean Ambrose. He isn’t buying her new nice attitude. Steph offers to be on the Ambrose Asylum and she promises to field all questions… Ambrose agrees.

— Commercial Break —

– Backstage, R-Truth is couring Tyler Breeze as his new partner. Tyler is busy using his selfie stick, R-Truth has his phone duct taped to a tree limb as a selfie stick. Goldust interrupts. Goldust challenges Breeze and Truth to a match. Truth calls him jealous. Dust has his own partner… Fandango comes in dancing… This entire segment is supposed to be “comedy” and we’re promised a match to follow between Goldy & Breeze… Help us all..

– Backstage, AJ Styles is talking with Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows. They tell AJ that at Extreme Rules anything goes, and Reigns won’t leave champ… Cue Roman Reigns and the crowd boos the shit out of him… lol. Reigns has respect for AJ but not the others. Reigns has back up in the Usos… They challenge to a 6-man tonight. Didn’t we JUST see this exact thing in the Goldust segment????

— Commercial Break —

MATCH #2: GOLDUST (w/FANDANGO) VS. TYLER BREEZE (w/R-TRUTH)
It’s “comedy” from the get go with Truth mimicking Breeze in the entrance. Truth & Goldust have “comedy” words. Nothing happens, Goldust becomes distracted with Fandango & Truth arguing or something. Breeze rolls Goldy up and gets the pin in a minute. UGH… Wht worthless trash. Why even put it on TV, there wasn’t even a match. Oh, and the crowd didn’t care.

— Commercial Break —

NEW DAY / VAUDEVILLAINS / DUDLEY BOYZ / BIG CASS PROMO

Big E is carrying the lone Booty O from Mania. We go back to see Enzo’s injury from last night in slow motion. It’s followed by New Day comedy and a pic of Enzo doing well out of the hospital. Crowd pops.

Vaudewillains interrupt. They bury Enzo for not being a real man. They are the #1 contenders….

Dudley Boyz Interrupt… Though I dunno why, they lose to everyone… Bubba calls them Carneys, lol… Bubba’s beef is that the Vaudevillains didn’t beat anyone last night. Bubba wants to restart the tag tourney right now… Please, God no, don’t do that…

Big Cass interrupts. Cass wants to finish what was started last night. He calls the Vaudes and Dudleys SAWFT….

This leads to n 8-man brawl, and presumably an 8-man tag.

— Commercial Break —

MATCH #3: NEW DAY & BIG CASS VS. THE VAUDEVILLAINS & THE DUDLEY BOYZ
Yup, joined in progress from the break. New Day works over the Vaudes. Big Cass gets his first tag to exact some revenge for Enzo. Unicorn Stampede follows. Bubba makes a blind tag and takes over with a Big Boot to Woods. Dudleys work over Xavier. Woods blocks the flip flop and fly and connects with a dropkick to Bubba… D-Von blocks Woods from tagging out. D-Von misses something off the ropes and Kofi gets a hot tag. Kofi on the offense on D-Von, but the Vaudes distract and D-von dumps Kingston outside… One of the Vaudes send Kofi into the post s we go to commercial.

Back from break again, the heels have control of Kofi. This feels like a house show match, just placed here to kill time. The heel heat just goes on, and on, and on, and on. Kofi finally hits a double dropkick to the Vaudes and hot tags to Big Cass… Cass explodes on all 4 heels. Fall away slam on and big boot on English. Empire Elbow but Bubba breaks it up… Cass big boots Gotch off the apron. Dudleys take over on Cass, but Kofi lands a flying body block on Bubba…. Big Cass with the spinning sidewalk slam (East River Crossing) for the win… This thing went at least 16:00+

– Apparently there’s a Battle Royal tonight for US Title #1 contender… First I heard of it..

— Commercial Break —

– Happy Birthday Rock…

– We recap the Shane/Steph saga, and AJ/Reigns

– We recap the screw job from last night between Charlotte and Natalya. They note the ref was Charles Robinson and show a clip of Charles as “Little Natche” in WCW… The plot thickens!

MATCH #4: BECKY LYNCH VS. EMMA
I’m digging the new Emma. Now this looks like someone who would rip off a store. Emma slaps the shit out of Lynch. Becky fires up in response. Emma powders but Lynch hits a forearm off the apron to the floor. Back inside, Emma yanks Becky off the second rope and takes over. Emma dominates with near falls. Lynch finally comes back with a series of clotheslines and she’s fired up… Exploder suplex gets 2 on Emma. Emma blocks the Dis-Armer by getting to the ropes. The ref tries to separate the two and Emma gouges Becky in the eyes and lands the Michinoku Driver. Emma wins in 5:43.

— Commercial Break —

– Another new Primo & Epico vignette… Hoping Carlito shows up eventually… Puerto Rico has great food, I guess…

THE AMBROSE ASYLUM WITH STEPHANIE MCMAHON
Dean is out with his plant named Mitch. Steph follows. She says she’s happy, Dean isn’t buying it. He shows a picture of Roman spearing Steph from Mania. Dean keeps trying to rile Steph up, and she keeps calming the issues. Ambrose talks about Steph working hard for years only for Shane to return and get equal power. Steph accepts the changes, or so she says. Steph says she learned her lesson, and Dean needs to learn his own lesson. Stephanie cancels the Ambrose Asylum. Crowd shits on her.

Ambrose is cool with the cancellation and starts to leave with Mitch the plant… But Stephanie introduces Jericho and the return of the Highlight reel… Jesus Christ is the entire Extreme Rules PPV just Payback rematches…Jericho & Ambrose cross paths in the aisle. And the brawl begins… Dean clotheslines the shit out of Jericho on the floor. They brawl unto the ring. Jericho counters Dirty Deeds with a Codebreaker…

Ambrose is down and Jericho turns his attention to Mitch the plant… JERICHO BREAKS MITCH THE PLANT OVER AMBROSE’S HEAD… YOWCH!!!

— Commercial Break —

coming up later…

MATCH #5: BATTLE ROYAL TO DETERMINE THE #1 CONTENDER FOR THE U.S. TITLE WITH ZACK RYDER, SIN CARA, BO DALLAS, TITUS O’NEIL, STARDUST, DAMIEN SANDOW, VIKTOR, CURTIS AXEL, APOLLO CREWS, RUSEV, DOLPH ZIGGLER, SHEAMUS, BARON CORBIN, ALBERTO DEL RIO, DARREN YOUNG

Kalisto on commentary. Ryback, Truth, Swagger, Fandango, Heath Slater, were all in the original 20-Man image for this match, yet somehow they’re not out here for the match… So this is apparently a 15-man royal instead. Whatever… Titus eliminated Viktor and Sandow early. Crews dumps Stardust. Darren Young tossed 4th. Sheamus dumps Apollo Crews surprisingly. Ziggler dumps Corbin and then Corbin kills Ziggler outside and feeds him back inside to Rusev to eliminate Dolph. Gotta love commercials during Battle Royals…

Back from break, Sheamus dumps Titus. A.D.Rio dumps Axel, Cara eliminates Dallas. PLEASE don’t let Cara win… It’ll make the US Title even more worthless… Down to 5… The former League of Nations, Cara, and Ryder… You know it. Irish Curse to Ryder. Del Rio dumps Cara… Thank God.

It’s the League vs. Ryder… Poor Zack. Sheamus barks orders and turns on his “friends”. Everybody starts going after everyone. Back Stabber to Sheamus. Rough Ryder to Rio. RIO ELIMINATES SHEAMUS with a Superkick!!!

Ryder eliminates Del Rio!!!! CROWD GOES NUTS FOR RYDER….. It’s Ryder vs. Rusev… Middle rope dropkick from Ryder… Broski boot!!! Rusev reverses a whip over the ropes and eliminates Zack in 14:00, and it kills the crowd…

Lana comes out to celebrate with Rusev post match as Rusev stares down Kalisto… But the crowd doesn’t care because Ryder was screwed again…

— Commercial Break —

CHARLOTTE / RIC FLAIR / CHARLES ROBINSON / NATALYA SEGMENT

Charlotte & Flair confront referee Charles Robinson, who cheated at Payback and screwed Nattie out of the match. Robinson says Nattie submitted verbally and he did not do it because of his friendship with the Flairs or because he was paid off… Surrre Little Natche… The Flairs are happy with Robinson’s answers and he is excused from the ring…

Cue Nattie. She’s pissed about being screwed and blames Ric. She takes out Charlotte, slaps Flair and puts him in the Sharpshooter… Woo… End segment.

— Commercial Break —

– Backstage, Stephanie informs Charlotte that she has a rematch with Nattie at Extreme Rules and it’ll be a Submission Match. The Flairs are happy to hear this, until Steph informs Ric that Mr. Flair will be banned from ringside for the rematch. The Flairs are not happy…

MATCH #6: ROMAN REIGNS & THE USOS VS. AJ STYLES, LUKE GALLOWS, KARL ANDERSON
Styles team starts off in control, the Usos take over until Jey runs into a giant boot from Gallows… And we go to break.

Back from the final break, Jey is still being dominated. Anderson with a spinebuster for 2. Jey manages a superkick on Styles and hot tags to Reigns. Blah. Reigns starts wiping out Anderson and Gallows all on his own… Blah. Styles makes a blind tag, but Reigns hits him with a tilt a whirl slam… Crowd boos… Superman Punch sends Gallows off the apron. Reigns tries a Superman Punch to AJ, but runs into a pele Kick…. Jimmy Uso tags himself in and gets a near fall off a cross body on Styles… Elevated Samoan drop on AJ gets 2…

We’ve got all 6 man going at it now. Gallows & Anderson hit their finisher on Reigns outside the ring and into the barricade… Jimmy Uso goes off the ropes for a dive but eats a Phenomenal Forearm on the rebound… Styles gets the pin in 10:30…

After the match Gallows and Anderson want to injure Reigns… They hand AJ a chair while they beat down Reigns… AJ doesn’t look like he wants a part in it… Anderson & Gallows instruct AJ to use the chair… But Styles won’t… Even though the crowd wants him to… lol… Styles drops the chair… And the USOS use the chair on Styles…. Usos drop Anderson & Gallows… Styles comes back with the chair and lays out the Usos… And Reigns sees it… Reigns only sees AJ use the chair… SUPERMAN PUNCH to AJ… Reigns has “snapped” now for whatever reason… He plans to put Styles through the announce table. Running Powerbomb AJ Styles through the tables…….

All he gets is boos. Crowd hates him.

Conor McGregor Pulled From UFC 200 Bout Against Nate Diaz, Dana White Comments

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he’d teased it earlier in the day, and now it appears to be official — UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor has retired from mixed martial arts and will be pulled from the UFC 200 show.

McGregor tweeted that he was retiring early this afternoon, causing a firestorm. No reason for the retirement has been given, and many suspected that the 27-year old Irishman was either joking or leveraging for a better deal.

As it turns out, he seems serious, at least for now. UFC President Dana White appeared on ESPN to break the news to fans.

“Conor didn’t want to come to Las Vegas and be part of any promotional training,” White said. “He’s in Iceland training. It doesn’t make you exempt. We spend a lot of money on this stuff. Is Conor McGregor retiring? Only he can answer that question,” White said. “I don’t know. But he will not be a part of UFC 200.”

White said that a replacement fight is being sought out for the UFC 200 main event. McGregor was scheduled to take on Nate Diaz in a re-match on the July card.

Podcast: The TMPToW Interview Justin Credible

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Today’s episode is dedicated to the memory of ECW Original, Balls Mahoney. John and Chad are joined by their long time friend PJ Polaco AKA Justin Credible to discuss many topics in a follow up to last Summer’s appearance including his retirement from the ring, current WWE happenings and of course his run in ECW as World Champion and some of the greatest moments of a truly incredible career.

Full Episode Download Link:

http://tmptow.podomatic.com/entry/2016-04-14T21_00_00-07_00

Justin Credible On The New Generation’s  Schedule, Big Guy’s On The Roster & Ring Conditions:

If you use any of the quotes from this podcast, please credit The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling with a H/T to John & Chad for the transcription.

On the death of Balls Mahoney:

It’s very sad. I feel sorry for his family. We were a little close, however and without a doubt Balls was really cool and please God rest his soul. 

Life after his in ring retirement in November 2015:

It sucks quite frankly. Once you have that wrestling bug in you it’s real hard to get away because that’s what I do. Since I was out of high school I was a professional wrestler. I graduated High School at 17 years old and I worked at a Stop and Shop as a bag-boy for like  a year and I saved up enough money to go to Calgary to train with the Harts and had my first match ironically enough on my birthday October 16, 1992 was my first deal and my second ever match was against Chris Jericho which is pretty funny. 

Rumors that he recently came out of retirement at an Indy show and why he went on a retirement tour: 

The angle I did over the weekend where basically I was just at the “gimmick” table and was just selling “gimmicks” and somebody called me out to the ring and basically all I did was went in and did my “Terry Funk” impersonation and threw a ton of chairs in the ring and started hot, the kid did the match and I just came in and did the finish. So, it wasn’t a match. Sometimes in this business you make deals and it’s amazing how it’s so in the back of your mind what the big picture is and I’m not sure how many people know but my wife is dealing with cancer and it’s pretty serious so (wrestling a match) is the last thing on my mind. I don’t know what kind of deal I made with him but he expected me in my gear and I showed up and said “dude, I’m retired” but I’ll throw a super-kick and hit people with a stick and that is pretty much what happened. So no, I did not come out of retirement and it sucks being retired. The reason I did the whole retirement thing was quite frankly to get a little bit of publicity and press, not going to lie. Also because I need to move on with my life and John knows my story. He’s known me for years. 

Wrestlers no longer utilizing the art of selling selling and how matches are not believable: 

You are doing so much shit and setting the bar so high and you are talking to someone that came from ECW. I’ve done hardcore, i’ve done matches with RVD and Jerry Lynn so I’ve just not hit people with stuff. I can wrestle. But these guys that are doing these phenomenal moves and stuff that really hurts are just not selling. They are popping up like it’s no big deal and how do you expect them believe it or if it doesn’t matter to you to do something so spectacular and you don’t sell you are really taking away from yourself. If you power-bomb someone on the guard rail or what ever crazy shit that they do and then you are going to take a pin fall on a super-kick? The business is to the point where young guys and (it’s not there fault) but me and Pac (Sean Waltman) talk about the fact that we were the last of the old school into the new school. He was in Global in the early 90s, I did the Calgary scene and went to Memphis and did the USWA-Jerry Lawler stuff and that is where you are really learning from veterans. These young kids are going to their local wrestling schools, working their match with their buddy and they are having that same match every week and they make it like their WrestleMania match and they do it all. To me that is not learning. 

How does NXT fall into that same group: 

I love NXT and even as good as NXT is and how much I love the direction and the guys that they are bringing in and Hunter has done a great job with it. To me, still it’s not business. Everything is so rehearsed and is so choreographed. The last time I was in WWE it was horrible. Vince would literally be out there and make you walk through your match. He’d ask how many times are you going to punch him? I don’t know maybe one or two, I listen to the crowd. Like a lot of the great actors, a lot of it is improv. When that switch goes off and I turn into Justin Credible and John knows that I am the chillest, most laid back dude and very reserved but when that music comes on I am a different cat and that doesn’t mean I am aggressive or am going to hurt someone. 

Thoughts on WrestleMania and WWE’s overall direction:

Our business is on a steady decline. Unfortunately, Vince is going to get what he always wanted which was to take over completely and that’s kind of where it is at. I don’t mind the product but I can’t watch. I got the Network for WrestleMania, I don’t always subscribe and I let it go because I don’t really care that much about watching their product but I always watch WrestleMania as everybody does I think. I still haven’t gotten through it. It was the worst WrestleMania in years and even though I like Dean Ambrose and I don’t mind Roman Reigns and him vs. Brock last year was great, he just doesn’t do it for me but a lot of guys aren’t doing it for me. There was something about Dean Ambrose and Brock Lesnar that didn’t add up for me and it just was not believable. If you saw that in a bar, Brock would eat him alive and would come back for seconds. 

Gallows And Anderson Set To Make WWE In-Ring Debuts On Raw

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Jim Somers
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It was announced at tonight’s WWE SmackDown tapings in London that Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson will make their WWE in-ring debuts on next Monday’s RAW from Hartford, CT.

They will be facing The Usos.

Spoilers: WWE Smackdown Results For 4/21/16

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Jim Somers
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– Thanks to Franny Girard and Ben McCullough for the following WWE SmackDown spoilers from today’s tapings in London:

* WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz and Maryse kick off SmackDown with MizTV in the ring. We see Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson attacking Roman Reigns on RAW. Guest AJ Styles comes out and says he had nothing to do with it. This leads to Styles vs. Miz being announced for tonight

* Also taking place will be Dean Ambrose and Sami Zayn vs. Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens

* Ryback defeated WWE United States Champion Kalisto in a non-title match

* Dolph Ziggler vs. Baron Corbin never happens as Corbin beats Ziggler down outside of the ring and hits End of Days

* AJ Styles defeated The Miz in a good match. Miz tried to leave at one point but Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson stopped him. This led to AJ getting the win. AJ had a staredown with Gallows and Anderson after the match

* The Miz remains in the ring for a dark segment. He wants his loss investigated and he’s not happy about how he’s being treated. Shane McMahon interrupts to a huge pop. Miz demands that Shane put him at the top of his list and starts poking him around. Shane fires back, beats Miz up and sends him flying from the ring

* Backstage segment with Gallows and Anderson. They say they’re just making an impact, not joining up with Styles. They will debut against The Usos on RAW

* Paige and Natalya defeated Tamina Snuka and Naomi with double Sharpshooters. Paige got a huge pop

* R-Truth defeated Fandango with Goldust as special referee. They danced after the match

* Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady come out for promos in the ring. The Vaudevillains interrupt from the stage and they have words about their tournament finals match at Payback. All four were said to be very good here

* A video for Primo and Epico aired

* Shane announces via video that Corbin vs. Ziggler and Styles vs. Alberto Del Rio will take place after the tapings as dark matches

* Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens defeated Sami Zayn and Dean Ambrose in the main event, said to be a very good match

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