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Benno, why did you buy the PPV if you have the network? Isn't that essentially buying it twice?

Ezekiel Jackson, who has been out of action for over a year with an injury, wrote the following on his Instagram today:

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In July 2008 I made my #smackdown television debut with

over 60% to their 12 month break-even target in just over 6 weeks, they have to be happy with that. Don't they have to reach 500,000 subscribers when they launch internationally to continue breaking even? really hope that they do reach the figures they want so that The Network is a success, some expected teething problems to start with, but its been pretty great so far

WWE is looking at streaming their international live events from tours on the WWE Network in the future

According to The Observer

nWo Legends of Wrestling roundtable is now on the network. This was previously on the nWo: The Revolution BluRay and is one of the best roundtables they've ever done

With the exception of Royal Rumbles and Iron Man matches, is there a longer match on WWE PPV than HHH vs. Shawn Michaels Hell In A Cell match (47:24) from Bad Blood 2004?

The odds of a good life after this aren't really in his favour, he should enjoy Sunday.

Hmmm. A 0 Wrestlemania, triple threat main event, 'proper' wrestler walking out with the title, fighting two of the boss' favourites, likes to use a flying headbutt and has a submission finisher very similar to the Crossface...

 

I'm a bit worried for the Bella twin. Does Bryan have Chavo's phone number?

I wouldn't worry, Spurs used to win the FA Cup in years that ended in 1, and that hasn't happened for a while

The 27 announced participants are: Alberto Del Rio, Big E, Big Show, Brad Maddox, Brodus Clay, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Darren Young, Dolph Ziggler, Fandango, Drew McIntyre, Goldust, The Great Khali, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, Justin Gabriel, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Sin Cara, Titus O'Neil, and Zack Ryder.

There are still 3 spots not filled, but that could become 4 if Christian doesn't get cleared after his concussion from last week

WWE's website has a new article up looking at 10 WrestleMania matches that almost happened:

* Mr. McMahon vs. Mick Foley: WrestleMania X-Seven

* I.R.S., The Headshrinkers, Rick Martel and Jeff Jarrett vs. Tatanka, The Smoking Gunns, Bob

There wasn't another HIAC match, but there was a very good World title match between Sheamus and Big Show. The rest of the card was pretty poor

Didn't they 'suspend' Razor prior to Wrestlemania and then he did the job to Vader at In Your House the following month. I assume this was all part of him finishing up before heading to WCW

Why do you have to train for Bloodstock?

I don't, it just gives me a timeframe in which to achieve a certain amount. Its 18 weeks away and I want to have lost at least 30lbs in that time

Got back onto it today, as I've decided I'm off to Bloodstock in August. 9 mile bike ride this morning and some clean eating today. Going to do some free weights tomorrow before repeating what I've done today on wednesday

Matt Heafy seems to have leaked part of the line-up for Mayhem Festival on his twitter

As flashy as Air Bourne is, it doesn't mean alot if he isn't around using it. Speaking of Bourne, have all the spots been filled for the Andre Battle Royal?

Refills me this: when the last time someone got a wellness suspension? Seems like ages since one was reported

Just make sure he is aware that he will be committing to the network for 6 months. Obviously with that you'll every PPV upto and including Summerslam which is worth it, but if he is only interested in Wrestlemania he'll be better just getting on Sky Box Office (if he is able)

The Old School section now has two cards from the Philadelphia Spectrum, one of which (27/8/88) has Savage v Dibiase, Hart Foundation v Rougeous and Jake Roberts v Rick Rude

The WrestleMania Week programming line-up on WWE Network includes:

 

WrestleMania 30 – Sunday, April 6 at 7 pm ET

 

WWE’s annual pop-culture extravaganza, WrestleMania 30, will air live on Sunday, April 6 at 7 pm ET. More than 70,000 fans from all 50 states and more than 30 countries are expected to converge on the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Current WWE Superstars will be joined by a host of WWE Legends for a celebration 30 years in the making. Featured matches include the first-ever Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, The Undertaker

A win against Brock takes him to 22-0. To get to 25-0, he would have to go on and win at Wrestlemania 33. The Dallas show is pegged for WM32 is it not?

WWE will air the 2014 Hall of Fame ceremony in its entirety on the WWE Network next Saturday night. A one-hour special will be shown on the USA Network following RAW at 11:05pm EST the night after WrestleMania XXX. The three featured names for that special are The Ultimate Warrior, Lita and Jake Roberts.

WWE has also confirmed that the WrestleMania XXX press conference from New York City on Tuesday will air live on the WWE Network. They also announced the "WrestleMania Today" live show from Axxess will air on the WWE Network that Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

 

Is this being shown on Sky before WrestleMania? If not where outside of WWE Network can we see it?

I haven't seen it advertised for SKY as yet, but I'm sure they show the same edited version that gets shown in the states. You can usually find it on the torrent sites the day after broadcast, so if its being shown on the network in its entirety, I'm sure someone somewhere will figure out a way to get that version up on the torrents too

According to his Wikipedia, the last time we saw Evan Bourne was at an NXT live event on March 28th 2013 were he fought Sami Zayn (under his real name of Rami Sebei at the time).

And surely people would notice that Sin Cara was a completely different skintone. Unless we're going with the idea that we were speaking of on here a few months back that Sin Cara can regenerate

According to the Courthouse News Service, British metal label Earache Records has filed a lawsuit against New York-based The Century Family, an affiliate of the nonparty record label Century Media Records, of Dortmund, Germany, claiming that the U.S. distributor owes it $250,000 in licensing fees, and broke a promise to release a catalog of hundreds of albums.

 

Earache claims that The Century Family breached a January 2013 agreement to market and distribute Earache's music, and attempted to escape its obligations by falsely claiming Earache had breached a three-year licensing agreement. Earache claims that of the 356 albums it delivered to Century, including 10 new releases, the company has distributed only 13 albums in the United States.

 

Excerpt from the complaint:

 

"On December 10, 2013, Don Robertson of [The Century Family] asked Al Dawson of Earache Records whether Earache Records would give [The Century Family] a six-month extension of its obligation to pay the $125,000.00 advance due February 1, 2014, because [The Century Family], according to Robertson, was having cash-flow problems. Mr. Dawson explained that, for reasons of its own (including among other things imminent obligations of Earache Records to third parties, for payment of which Earache Records was depending on timely payment of [The Century Family's] second and third advances under the U.S. Licensing Agreement), Earache Records regretfully could not agree to [The Century Family's] request.

 

"On January 31, 2014, less than one day before [The Century Family's] deadline to make its second $125,000 advance payment, Earache Records received a letter from attorney Eric German, characterizing himself as 'litigation counsel' for [The Century Family], setting forth a list of spurious allegations, on the basis of which [The Century Family] was claiming (for the first time ever) that Earache Records was supposedly 'in breach' of the U.S. Licensing Agreement. That this letter sent on behalf of [The Century Family] was nothing but a transparent pretext for delay was made clear when Mr. German therein advised, after first threatening litigation, that '[The Century Family] will not be making any payment pursuant to [the January 2013 agreement], unless and until such time as this matter is resolved, whether by negotiated settlement or by litigation.' [The Century Family] thereby not only announced its intended breach of its obligation to make the $125,000.00 February 1, 2014, advance payment, but also the $125,000.00 March 1, 2014, advance payment.

 

"On February 7, 2104, counsel for Earache Records, William Leibowitz, responded in writing to Mr. German's letter of January 31, 2014, stating in detail Earache Records' position and factual contentions, and noting [The Century Family's] actual and anticipatory breach of the U.S. Licensing Agreement's payment provisions. Mr. Leibowitz's letter constituted notice of termination of the U.S. Licensing Agreement, pursuant to its terms.

 

"[The Century Family] did not timely make the $125,000.00 February 1, 2014, advance payment, and has failed to cure that default of [The Century Family's] contractual obligation. [The Century Family] has also now failed to make the $125,000.00 March 1, 2014, advance payment, and has already stated that it has no intention to cure that default, either. Accordingly, as of at least March 9, 2014, [The Century Family] is in material breach of its payment obligations under the U.S. Licensing Agreement. Moreover, by [The Century Family] having failed to cure such breaches within thirty (30) days of the date of Mr. Leibowitz's letter of February 7, 2014, the U.S. Licensing Agreement is deemed terminated effective as of March 9, 2014."

 

Earache says The Century Family is still marketing and selling Earache's records in the U.S. market.

 

It seeks an injunction and $250,000 in damages.

Michael Chiklis has joined the cast for the forth season of American Horror Story, which is being subtitled 'Freak Show'

Don't remember ever seeing it used in WWE. Would be a good one for Neville when/if he ever gets called up. He hit a sweet reverse 450 on this weeks NXT too

Just watching This Week In WWE, Renee Young scores more points by doing her Schwarzenegger voice

WWE will air the 2014 Hall of Fame ceremony in its entirety on the WWE Network next Saturday night. A one-hour special will be shown on the USA Network following RAW at 11:05pm EST the night after WrestleMania XXX. The three featured names for that special are The Ultimate Warrior, Lita and Jake Roberts.

WWE has also confirmed that the WrestleMania XXX press conference from New York City on Tuesday will air live on the WWE Network. They also announced the "WrestleMania Today" live show from Axxess will air on the WWE Network that Thursday, Friday and Saturday.