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Ric Flair’s Return To WWE TV As A Regular Character, Potential Health Issue

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Jim Somers
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Source: PWInsider Elite

As of Monday, Ric Flair still had not been to Pittsburgh for WWE’s medical tests that are required before he can be brought back as a regular on-air talent.

One source believed that Flair could still be dealing with the blood clot in his leg. WWE doesn’t allow their active performers to use blood thinners so that could be a problem. For what it’s worth, it was mentioned in Flair’s new interview with Mike Mooneyham that his blood clot issue had “cleared up.”

As noted, Flair was backstage at Tuesday night’s tapings in Atlanta but we haven’t heard an update yet.

Why WWE Didn’t Sign Top Indie Wrestler, Which Producer Tried To Help Him

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Jim Somers
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Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

We noted before that top indie wrestler Ricochet had a tryout with WWE several months ago at a camp. Word is that he was very good in the ring but still wasn’t offered a deal. A person close to WWE developmental said Ricochet was a victim of timing and circumstances.

Apparently when Ricochet came in, there were younger wrestlers in developmental who reacted to him like he was a big deal but to WWE, he’s just a guy who they don’t know that’s getting a tryout for a developmental deal. It’s said that because officials didn’t know who he was and got the reaction that he did from talents, that was the first strike against him until producer Jamie Noble outright told people that Ricochet is really something special.

In the end, Noble’s praise didn’t help and he wasn’t offered a deal. While Ricochet received high marks from those that judge talents at the tryouts, the decision was that they already have too many guys of his size in developmental and they have more than their quota of high flyers, as we’ve heard with other cases.

Spoilers: WWE NXT TV Taping Results For the Month of June

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Jim Somers
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Thanks to Tara for the following WWE NXT spoilers from tonight’s tapings at Full Sail University:

– Adrian Neville vs. Rob Van Dam is announced for later tonight.

June 5th episode:

* Mojo Rawley kicks off NXT and gets everyone hyped. Aiden English sings and gets beat with Mojo’s finisher in a fairly quick match.

* Bayley comes out and gives her bandana to one of the Special Olympic athletes at ringside. NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte comes out for a match. Charlotte gets the win with Bow Down to the Queen after Summer Rae returned to NXT and distracted Bayley. Sasha Banks, Summer and Charlotte beat down Bayley until Emma and Paige made the save.

* Jason Jordan and Tye Dillinger defeated two indie wrestlers from FIP.

– CJ Parker came out with more Earth friendly signs in protest.

* Tyler Breeze comes out for an in-ring segment and talks about beating Sami Zayn to become the new #1 contender. Breeze promises he will be the new NXT Champion when he gets his shot against Adrian Neville. Breeze shows us a music video he had made which is a compilation of his greatest entrances.

* Adrian Neville defeated Justin Gabriel. After the match, Tyson Kidd came out and apologized for his actions at Takeover. They shook hands and agree to a rematch at a future date that isn’t announced.


June 12th episode:

* Bayley, Emma and Paige defeated Charlotte, Sasha Banks and Summer Rae. The BFF’s argued from the time they came out to the stage. They argued all during the match, allowing Bayley to get the pin on Charlotte. The problems continued after the match as Charlotte and Sasha argued to the back. Summer ended up staying at ringside and taking photos with fans.

– More protesting from CJ Parker.

* Big Cass defeated Sylvester Lefort.

* Bo Dallas comes out under a mask and he’s called Mr. NXT. Sami Zayn comes out and exposes him. After Sami wins the match, he calls for security to escort Bo out of the arena since he was banned from NXT previously. Bo runs around the arena but security catches up with him. Bo begs for someone’s help but they take him away.

* Adrian Neville defeated Tyson Kidd with the NXT Title on the line. Natalya was at ringside. Kidd won the match at one point but the referee didn’t see Neville’s foot on the bottom rope and the match was restarted. The end came when Kidd grabbed a steel chair from Natalya but got caught with a heel kick and Red Arrow. Kidd walked away from Natalya after the match.

June 19th episode:

– There’s an off-camera segment with Bo Dallas running around asking for help from security.

* Alexa Bliss defeated Sasha Banks. Charlotte and Summer Rae were at ringside with Sasha. Sasha lost when there was more arguing among the BFF’s.

* Mojo Rawley defeated Garrett Dylan.

* “The Vaudevillians” Aiden English and Simon Gotch defeated Travis Tyler and Angelo Dawkins.

* Tyler Breeze defeated Kalisto.

* The Ascension defeated Sami Zayn and Tyson Kidd with the NXT Tag Team Titles on the line. Sami got hit with Fall of Man after Kidd walked out on him.

June 26th episode:

* The Vaudevillians defeated two unknown wrestlers.

* CJ Parker comes back out with more Earth friendly signs in protest.

* Bull Dempsey defeated Xavier Woods. Dempsey took the mic and said the business used to be dominated by brawler guys like him. He said he’s the last of a dying breed.

* Becky Lynch defeated Summer Rae when she was distracted by Sasha and Charlotte arguing at ringside.

* Big Cass defeated Sawyer Fulton in a squash match. After the match, Marcus Louis and Sylvester Lefort came out and beat Cass down. Enzo Amore made his return and made the save for Cass. Enzo cut an awesome promo and the crowd was all into it. Cass and Enzo did their schtick and left to a new theme song.

* Tyler Breeze is out next for commentary. Rob Van Dam vs. Adrian Neville in a non-title match is next. Neville gets the win with the Red Arrow. Breeze and Neville stare each other down after the match.

WWE Smackdown Results for 5/30/14

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Jim Somers
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Thanks to Tim B. for the following WWE SmackDown spoilers from tonight’s tapings in Atlanta:

– The Shield kicks off SmackDown with a promo on Evolution and Payback. Roman Reigns says Evolution will pay for putting him through the table on RAW.

* Cesaro vs. Kofi Kingston is next. Cesaro came out to a big pop with Paul Heyman. Cesaro gets the win and attacks Kofi after the match, hitting him with the Neutralizer while Heyman cheered him on.

* Paige vs. Tamina Snuka in a non-title match is next. Paige gets the win with her Scorpion Crosslock. Alicia Fox came out during the match and taunted Paige with the Divas Title belt. She tried to distract Paige to allow Tamina to get the win but it backfired.

* Xavier Woods vs. Bo Dallas is next. Bo comes out and cuts another cheesy promo about Bo-lieving. Bo gets the win with the Bo-dog.

* Los Matadores, El Torito, 3MB and Hornswoggle are out next. The match is Jinder Mahal vs. El Torito. Torito, without his tail still, gets the win.

– Jimmy Uso vs. Bray Wyatt in a Last Man Standing match will take place later.

* Paul Heyman comes out and reminds us that Brock Lesnar ended The Undertaker’s Streak. Heyman joins commentary as Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett and United States Champion Sheamus come out for their match. This match was described as a must-see brawl. There were big “Let’s go Sheamus, Bad News Barrett” dueling chants. Sheamus got the win after a finishing sequence that was described as “amazing.”

* Big E came out with an American flag and squashed Titus O’Neil. Before they began, Lana interrupted and cut a promo on Big E and America. They got huge heel heat and USA chants, according to our correspondent. She and Rusev watched the match from ringside.

* Adam Rose came out to his biggest pop yet, except for the UK, according to our correspondent. Rose went on to defeat Jack Swagger in a match and taunt Zeb Colter some more.

* Bray Wyatt vs. Jimmy Uso in a Last Man Standing match is next. This match gets the first CM Punk chants of the night. This was described as a good physical match. Wyatt destroyed Uso in front of the announce table and got the win to end SmackDown.

Silva Comments On UFC 175 Removal, Dana White On Sonnen v. Belfort

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MMA Dan
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– Wanderlei Silva has released his first statements since being removed from UFC 175 and a fight with Chael Sonnen. Vitor Belfort was tabbed to replace Silva after “The Axe Murderer” did not comply with a drug test from the Nevada Athletic Commission. Sonnen stated on UFC Tonight this week that Silva ran away when an official from the Nevada Athletic Commission approached Silva for a surprise drug test. While Silva tells a different tale than what Sonnen revealed, it all equates to him not being able to obtain a fight license to compete in Nevada in July. Silva, though, does believe he will be able to explain everything once he returns to the country.

“I have invested all my time and I’ve gone through a lot to make this fight happen. This is all a big confusion,” said Silva, in a video interview. “Everything I’ve heard, I heard it from the internet.”

Silva continued, saying he was at his gym – like Sonnen claimed – when a member of the commission showed up with papers written in English.

“I told him that I can’t read English very well and would need my lawyer present to be able to sign,” he said. “Then I had to leave since it was the day of (Renan) Barao’s fight and I was really busy in Las Vegas.”

– Turns out everything Chael Sonnen said on UFC Tonight recently might not be true. Sonnen now faces Vitor Belfort this July at UFC 175, and stated the fight was for the No. 1 contendership in the UFC’s middleweight division, despite the fight being contested at light heavyweight. While promoting UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi in Germany Friday, UFC president Dana White clarified what is at stake.

“I’m not saying he’ll [Sonnen] get a title shot, but it will be big for him,” White said, in an interview with Fighters Only. “The fight has been made at middleweight, though, so we’ll see what happens.”

That is another change, as Sonnen said the contest would be at light heavyweight. Chris Weidman defends his middleweight title against Lyoto Machida in the main event.

The “OH MY GOD!” Review: ECW TV 7/16/96 & 7/23/96

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Heels Inc
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TV 1996/07/16 (matches taped at various dates and locations)

Champions
World: Raven
TV: Shane Douglas
Tag Team: Eliminators

Most of the matches on this episode will be from HeatWave which you can read my full review of for a more detailed report. You can check out the HeatWave Review here.

The show opens with highlights from the wild 4 way tag team brawl at Hardcore Heaven.

Opening Video

– We go to the Samoan Gangsta Party taking on The Gangstas from Heat Wave. The Gangstas beat the holy hell out of the Samoans and the referee calls for the bell. Post match interview from The Gangstas, New Jack suggests that they get it on with the Eliminators, Samoans, and Bruise Brothers all at once. Joey tells us this will be the first ever 4-way dance.

Mikey Whipwreck defeated Paul Lauria and it led right into a tag team title match with Mikey and Sabu taking on the Eliminators. The Eliminators retained their belts after a good match. Joey tells us this match has consequences that are far reaching. Sabu who has not let his neck heal has a stretcher match coming up on August 3rd against Rob Van Dam. Joey recaps their feud and we see some clips.

– World premier House of Pain video for the song “Fed Up” with some Eliminators footage edited in. Saturn is in the actual video.

– Joey tells us that on August 17th  in NY, the Sandman takes on Raven for the World Title. We go to Sandman backstage who tells the fans of NYC to be ready to witness his revenge. The Gangstas are outside they are coming to tear up NYC. Raven, Tyler and Lori Fullington are under a bridge and Raven tells Tyler that his parents divorce was Sandman’s fault.

– D-Von Dudley joins Joey and tells him that all he’s trying to do is help his family. He beats them with chairs because he loves them. D-Von talks about Magic Johnson, Michael Jordon and Madonna he gets a little weird but this promo is awesome.

Bill Alfonso vs. Tod Gordon ref Jim Molineaux Reverse Lumberjack Match (1996/07/12 Agricultural Hall in Allentown, PA)
So the way this match works is there are 4 lumberjacks on the outside of the ring to keep Taz out. Axl Rotten with a bat, Sandman with his cane, Mikey Whipwreck with a chair and Pitbull 1 with a chair. The match is joined in progress. Gordon gets in the ring and hits Alfonso with a cookie sheet. Gordon goes for the cover but Taz down the aisle. The ref goes to the corner to tell Taz to leave. Ummm isn’t that what the lumberjacks are for? Gordon goes over to complain and Alfonso picks up Rotten’s bat that was left behind. Gordon gets hit with the bat and Alfonso with the win. 1.05 is shown. Alfonso is busted open pretty badly.

Misirlou promos; Taz is training and Bill Alfonso is talking about training Taz wants Sabu, New Jack makes fun of SMW and Jim Cornette, Joey Styles shills Heatwave home video the Eliminators show up and they talk about the 4 way dance, Steve Richards talks about having a bad childhood and adulthood, Brian Lee says no one that Raven hangs out with matters to him but Raven has his soul, Bluedust checks in on Stevie to make sure he’s ok, Bluedust and Patricia talk about coming out of the closet, Shane Douglas wants the belt back, and the Gangstas get attacked by the Samoan Gangsta Party in the middle of the road. New Jack gets suplexed on the road and they decide after a little arguing not to run over Mustafa’s head.

My thoughts on this show
The tag title match is worth a viewing. If you saw HeatWave this is an easy skip through, unless you REALLY like House of Pain.

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TV 1996/07/23 (matches taped Heatwave 1996-07-13 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA)

Champions
World: Raven

 TV: Shane Douglas
Tag Team: Eliminators

More Heatwave matches so a condensed recap once again. Full HeatWave Review is located here .

Joey Styles opens the show telling the Samoan Gangsta Party to turn themselves in to the authorities and that they have been assured fair treatment.

Opening Video

Joey talks about how disgusted he is by what’s going on with Raven. Raven, Lori and Tyler Fullington are still under a bridge. Raven Is transferring all his pain to Tyler. Interesting.

Joey throws it to the 4 corners TV Title Match.

TV Champion Chris Jericho vs. “The Franchise” Shane Douglas vs. Pitbull 2 (w/ Francine) vs. 2 Cold Scorpio ref John Finnegan Four Corners Elimination Match
 This match really has no chance of being anything but awesome. I also kind of expect it to be the longest match I’ve ever reviewed hope I can hold up. God I hope they put the belt back on Shane tonight. Shane blindsides Pitbull with a chair in the aisle. Scorpio and Jericho start. They do a bunch of misses and ducks off the ropes. Jericho ends it by hitting a spin kick and Scorpio bails to the floor. Some chain wrestling ends with Scorpio drop kicking Jericho. Somersault leg drop gets 2. Tiger bomb from Jericho for 2. Jericho with a submission. Scorpio reverses it a locks on a camel clutch. Pitbull gets on the apron and is bleeding. Scorpio with a spin kick and in comes Douglas. Jericho reverses a suplex and gets 2. Headlock takeover by Jericho. He goes for a slingshot splash and barely connects. Douglas goes face first into the turnbuckles a few times. Jericho walks over to both the men on the apron but doesn’t tag out. Chop fight between Jericho and Douglas ends with a spin kick and lionsault for 2. Jericho tags in Pitbull and Shane scurries to tag Scorpio. Press slam into a powerslam by Pitbull. Scorpio goes for a victory roll but gets power bombed. Scorpio pulls Pitbull out of the ring. Scorpio rams Pitbull into a chair. Scorpio with a few blows back in the ring and Shane tags in. Belly to back gets 2. Shane tags Jericho. Jericho goes for a leap frog and gets caught and powerslammed for 2. Jericho with a German release for 2. Frankensteiner reversed into a powerbomb. Pitbull tags Scorpio. Scorpio goes up but Jericho cuts him off. Both men are standing on the top rope now. Jericho with a SUPER RANA from standing! Douglas tags himself in and tries to pin Scorpio. Jericho favoring his knee as he gets out of the ring. Scorpio comes off an Irish whip with a spin kick. He punches Douglas out of the ring and then follows him. They brawl out there. Back in the ring Douglas gets bulldogged on a chair. Pitbull tags in and Shane again runs away. Shane tags Jericho. Jericho goes for a slam but his knee buckles. Jericho gets thrown into a corner, Jericho tries for an up and over but Pitbull never charged and Jericho just plants face first on the mat. Pitbull powerbombs him for 2. Scorpio tags back in. Butterfly suplex, Jericho fights back with a DDT. Douglas refuses to tag back in. Pitbull comes in a puts Scorpio up top. Super fallaway slam. Pitbull goes for the tag and Shane tags out Scorpio. Shane goes after Pitbull and gets hip tossed out of the ring. They brawl on the floor and Jericho hits a plancha on them. Scorpio does the same onto all three. Jericho sent to the rail and the he back drops Scorpio into the crowd and they brawl. Douglas with a bulldog onto a chair for 2. Douglas tries to tag Scorpio but he is down on the apron and rolls to the floor. Same thing with Jericho. Pitbull beats on Douglas in the corner now. Press slam Douglas wiggles out but Jericho immediately comes flying into the screen with a missile drop kick. Jericho and Pitbull fight over who gets the pin and Douglas is able to roll away. Dropkick, spinning toe hold and figure four by Jericho. Douglas’ shoulders are down during the submission but he keeps kicking out. Douglas able to tag in Scorpio. Jericho with a fishermen for 2. Jericho goes for a lionsault and gets dropkicked while he’s upside down and lands on his head!!! Jericho is maybe dead but Scorpio doesn’t tag. Powerbomb by Scorpio no pin again. Jericho drop kicks Scorpio in the back and hits a tiger suplex. Jericho tags Douglas. Douglas tags Jericho right back in. Scorpio with a tombstone and tumbleweed and eliminates the champion at 26.50. New champ tonight! Douglas in now and he extends a hand and wants to form an alliance against Pitbull but Scorpio doesn’t take it. Back drop, drop kick and abdominal stretch by Scorpio. Shane with a belly to belly but he’s to tired to cover. Douglas goes to the second rope but Scorpio sunset flips him. Pitbull comes in and gets superkicked. Shane stacked on top of Pitbull. Scorpio goes for a moonsault but they both move. Shane works out a superbomb with Pitbull. Pitbull begrudgingly agrees and Scorpios gone at 31.25. Douglas and Pitbull go to the floor. Shane goes into the rail and ring post. Pitbull slides 2 chairs into the ring and powerbombs Shane onto them! Pitbull puts a table in the corner. Douglas reverses a whip a pulls Pitbull into a belly to belly. Francine jumps up on the apron and Shane pulls her into the ring. Douglas picks her up and kisses her. Pitbull charges and Shane moves, throws Francine to the ground and the ref gets hit. Pitbull press slams Shane and Francine throws powder into the Pitbull’s eyes!!!!! Shane kicks him low and Francine slaps him. WHAT!!! She pulls down her dress and her undies say Franchise on the butt. Pitbull 1 comes down and is freaking out. He wakes up Pitbull 2 by slapping him and telling him to get them. Pitbull 2 is up and pissed. Clothesline, another and a third takes them both over the ropes. Pitbull 1 has Francine. SUPER BOMB THROUGH A TABLE!!!!!! They killed her!!! Shane DDTs Pitbull 1 onto the belt and hits Pitbull 2 with it. Pitbull 2 kicks out though. Shane charges with a piece of table in his hand and smashes it over Pitbull 2’s head but again only a 2 count. Brass knucks to the face but its still not enough! Chain to the face Pitbull 2 kicks out AGAIN and fires back. Pitbull 2 misses a spin kick in the corner and bounces off the top rope and lands outside of the ring with a thud. Belly to belly back in and that’s it! Shane Douglas is the TV Champion in 39.26. AWESOME! Shane carries Francine to the back.

My thoughts on the show
Well this match is pretty awesome. If you can’t see HeatWave and can only pick 1 TV episode that recaps it, pick this one. Everything is there.

Daniel Bryan’s Return To Action And The Buried Alive Match Against Kane

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Brian Grey
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Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

It turns out that some of the WWE live event listings for June that advertised WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan may have been done before his surgery and just “fell through the cracks” in regards to being published by arenas.

It’s said that Bryan wrestling a match before the June 29th Money In the Bank pay-per-view is highly unlikely. Bryan’s return is still very much up in the air.

If Bryan’s not ready to do the Buried Alive Match against Kane at Money In the Bank, they’re hoping to do it at the Battleground pay-per-view on July 20th in Tampa.

Roddy Piper Gets Heat From WWE, Tyson Kidd Repackaged, Wyatt’s Future, More

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Jim Somers
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Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

– The Wrestling Observer noted that while it’s becoming somewhat of a regular thing, WWE officials have been very upset with Roddy Piper lately. The heat may come from Piper’s recent comments about Pat Patterson on a Kayfabe Commentaries DVD or could be from some of the negative comments he’s made about Legends House on social media and while doing promotion for the show. For those curious in regards to the Kayfabe Commentaries DVD, Roddy Piper was doing the Timeline for 1984 WWF and somehow got to talking about his time in the California territories during the early part of his career. Pat Patterson’s name came up and Piper made some rather negative allusions and seemed rather disturbed when talking about it in regards to Patterson taking advantage of young guys in the business.

– We noted before that WWE will be re-packaging Tyson Kidd under a mask soon. We know that they have already had a mask done by a Lucha Libre mask maker. There’s no word yet if this means they will be pushing Kidd’s new character as a Mexican star but the mask that was made is indeed a Lucha style mask.

– Mick Foley did a comedy show in Jacksonville, Florida last week and received boos from the crowd when he brought up The Undertaker losing at WrestleMania XXX. Foley said Brock Lesnar was the perfect guy to end The Streak because whoever did end it was going to get a lot of heat on them but that wouldn’t bother Lesnar. Foley said nobody cares less about what people in or out of the business think of him than Lesnar.

– There are a lot of people within WWE that expect Bray Wyatt to be a full-on babyface some time before the end of this year.

– WWE Hall of Famer Bob Orton Jr. wrestled in front of 10 fans on May 24th at a local independent wrestling show. Randy Orton’s dad ended up taking more photos with wrestlers than with fans. The promoter, who did pay Orton, came out and cut a heel promo saying that there are too many indie promotions. His promo contained adult language when there was a few kids in attendance among the 10.

– Emma will be going to Australia this June to do promotional work for WWE’s events in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne this August. WWEDVD.com.au is giving fans in each city the chance to meet Emma in June.. In 25 words or less, fans can explain what they would call themselves and why if they could be the next Aussie WWE Superstar. E-mail your answer, city, name, age and phone number to comps@shock.com.au with the subject, “MEET EMMA COMP.” The deadline is midnight on June 3rd.

– Former WWE Superstar Manu, real name Afa Anoa’i Jr., recently landed a role on a new MTV series that began filming this week.

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