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No sign of Kama Mustafa doing that then? In all seriousness though, looks pretty good. If it's well and good to do that, might check out the Bristol show.

They also got a few dates in Germany in conjunction with WXW, so I imagine they'll have a few on that. I think it's ingenious because it gets extra people on the big show without looking forced as there are a few promotions who tend to have quite a few throwaway multiman matches, be they scrambles or tags. But the deal they have with the league table to determine entry gives them all something to wrestle for. Plus GYV having to defend the Championship as well as any subsequent Champs should they lose it makes things more interesting.

6 hours ago, Simpo said:

Ughhh, it's gonna be a long week. Thanks for the heads-up though.

I'm definitely gonna go to the Liverpool tapings, it should be interesting as it's a theatre-style room. And there should be well established characters and storylines by then, it's fasinating to think how those shows will look by then.

Are there going to be UK-based "PPVs" for the Network, or are they gonna tag on UK matches onto Takeovers? I like the idea of one supershow a year, maybe the night before Mania, as the one time NXT UK has matches over there, possibly with an NXT US vs NXT UK gimmick.

That would be good in an Ashes style format where the home advantage changes each year as it were. Might make an interesting TakeOver.

Typical Con price I've found is around £20. Obviously, they're bigger names. So they will have to charge more. It's handy when they do sell photo ops in advance, so you can secure your place,

6 hours ago, Onyx2 said:

Oh god it's in Chicago isn't it? 

Yep. And they also got Reigns v Mahal. I'm expecting those chants during that one. But seriously though. It's been 4 years. We all gotta move on.

Puts me in mind of that Shawn Micheals figure they did of him when he did that Hulk Hogan skit in the run up to their match.

15 hours ago, lightningxlock said:

Do we know when the next Manchester show is? I left straight after the main event but overheard a conversation that the next Manchester show was supposed to be when this US tour is. I believe there was talk of rescheduling? 

The next one was August 12th I think, but that's when they're in Detroit. They are finalising a date from what I've gathered. The last one this year is November 11th.

I'm guessing they'll be doing the redemption story with Steffanie/Nixon Newell for this year seeing how she got injured before it started last time. In fact it happened not long after she arrived at the Performance Center. Anyone else been rumoured?

Flash and Haskins are tagging in the Thunderbastard Tag Match. I really like what they're doing with the Tag Team Series. Round Robin Tournament to determine entry positions and the Tag Titles will be defended throughout. So if GYV lose, the team that beats them have to defend them up until Wembley.

I think there's a possibility of a big name to boost sales. Wouldn't be a bad thing if not. 4,000 is pretty good going if true. Still 4 months to go. That's around what ICW Fear & Loathing got at the Hydro last year which was down from the announced 6,193 in 2016. I wonder what the final figure will be on the night.

Very interesting with 5 names from the WOS Special. Guessing the first round matches at Download will be spread out across the weekend and they'll show highlights from that to get some footage for the show.

If anything, that's a pretty impressive coup for them. I don't think he's ever done a wrestling related appearance since the Colt Cabana podcast.

Yeah. It's pretty wide open this year. I'm expecting Flash to do well as Triple HA are on his side. GYV may be worth an eye out as they got to decide which of them takes their spot. I still haven't got a pick this time. This will set up Wembley nicely for sure

They pretty much changed that storyline after that because the deal was he screwed the Pastor over and cost him the Progress title. He claimed he had a secret. They had the match at Chapter 36 where the KO happened. After that, he said because the bell hadn't rung when he clotheslined him, it constituted assault. He then made him his bitch/slave/manservant. Whatever you want to put it for months afterward. That street fight was after Chuck Mambo came out and used his legal know how to point out the statue of limitations had expired, he was no longer able to sue him and that what he was doing constituted blackmail. It ended after that. The Pastor was on Jim Smallman's podcast and they did discuss how that storyline was originally headed.

I'd imagine they'd announce them in a few days going by their recent timeframes.

I do hope that bit of him in the movie was improvised because it was so brilliantly done and laughed my head off. I honestly think he should play a Gunnery Sgt Hartman type character and just let him improvise his insults like R Lee Ermey did because who knows what he could come up with?

WWE UK Tournament announced at the Royal Albert Hall on June 18-19.

He's doing his own thing which is respectable. He's one of the biggest actors in Hollywood at the moment in the peak of his career. It certainly would be great to see him again at some stage. It's really a matter of if, not when. Probably for the best he didn't wrestle barring the squash v Luke Harper since both Cena matches, he got injured which put movies he was doing on hold which is obviously very expensive in many respects. I love seeing him in recent photos with his greying beard and how he hasn't shyed away from it because it shows he's aging gracefully. And have to agree. Brilliant read that.

He had made posts along those lines even before that and there wasn't anything.

1 hour ago, MVP RULZ said:

Is Jericho busy with Fozzy that weekend? 

They got a gig that night in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. It's the last few dates of their current tour that week. It wouldn't be very feesible for him to fly over, do the match and fly straight back for the gig. So another time NJPW permitting.

Him redebuting as EC3 did surprise me as you'd think he'd go back to being Derrick Bateman seeing how EC3 was the nephew of Dixie and thus, it wouldn't work. I don't see why he could still use aspects of the character whilst reverting to the name. I get them using it as its more recognisable if that's the case.

Well. Makes sense with Jinny as she was No.1 Contender recently, but she got injured. So that's that match covered. I'd imagine they'll start coming together with it on Sunday as well as the New Orleans shows.

The last time they did it, it was their way of getting a show in as they were using London as a layover on their way to that show in China where Big Show and John Cena snapped the rope.

Motörhead as a whole would probably be a better shout than just Lemmy on the grounds he never did anything with WWE solo. I've mentioned before they'll probably keep it simple and just induct the final lineup (Lemmy, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee) as they were the ones who recorded the themes. Lemmy's son Paul will represent him since the deal they normally have is one posthumous induction per year unless the tag team/stable inductee have at least one deceased member.

I remember watching WrestleMania XXV on DVD since that occurred during my years in which I drifted off wrestling and the way Justin Roberts made his announcement about the rules of a Battle Royal in the days a women's one meant elimination meant leaving the ring in any way as opposed to over the top rope as the match started and I honestly thought he made the announcement prior to introducing Kid Rock prior to singing his medley as if they tacked it on until I later saw the performance as the entrants came out to one of his songs and I realised that's actually what he did.

I think they're making the most of pushing the reset button for 205 Live which they've been doing with this tournament. I guess if they've got enough Crusierweights to have a Tag Title for them, I say why not give it a shot? Give more of them something to do. 

I think I did hear something like that. Though can't see how he'd have pulled that off. Maybe a house show as each persona every week or alternate which tour he did in addition to the televised shows?