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Richie Freebird

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More on the feud that seems to be emerging between WWE and ROH (not sure how accurate the report actually is, but it does make for interesting reading).

 

Warning, minor Battleground Spoilers:

 

WWE is known for being the top wrestling promotion in the world. When your average person thinks about wrestling, WWE or WWF come to mind right away. This might be deeper for fans of wrestling, but on average, WWE is known. So it may come as a surprise that WWE holds a bit of a grudge over Ring of Honor, an indie promotion — who is in no way competition for WWE. In fact, most would imagine that WWE would be friendly to a place that helped produce some of their biggest stars.

 

However, that is not the case.

According to Cageside Seats, WWE is miffed at ROH for starting the trend of doing indie shows during WrestleMania week. This, apparently, has been stirring for some time. It is not a shock that WWE is putting a WWE NXT show on the same night as ROH’s show in New York, the night before WWE SummerSlam on August 22. The NXT show has sold over 10,000 tickets so far, and WWE has actually put more out. They are stacking the show to make it can’t-miss.

This is said to be a direct shot at indie promotions. WWE even put on an NXT show the night before WrestleMania in San Jose, California, to hurt indie shows taking advantage of the WWE fanbase being in the same town during a big week for them.

WWE is looking to take ROH out in some ways — so do not be surprised if the trend of them putting on WWE NXT shows before big events continues. WWE will win that battle every day of the week.

According to the Wrestling Observer, WWE took a shot at ROH last night big time at WWE Battleground. You may have noticed the ring apron bumps that came in full force last night. Over a dozen happened, in fact. This was not because the wrestlers just wanted to do them, but rather WWE wanted them to be done. The splash Big E. did was certainly a shot at ROH.

ROH is known for the apron bumps, like many other indie promotions. WWE was simply doing this to show that they can do anything they want with their talent just as well.

WWE has many talented ring workers who can work in various styles. For the longest time, fans have considered indie wrestling better because of the big bumps you could see there, versus WWE, where they didn’t happen as often, if at all. The ring apron bumps have become an indie staple. WWE was showing that they could easily do them, and any other spot they wanted, but do not get used to seeing them on every show. The apron is the hardest part of the ring, and doing these spots every night wouldn’t be safe for the WWE talent. This was just a shot to show ROH that anything they can do, WWE can do better, if you will.


Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2267528/wwe-news-wwe-looking-to-take-ring-of-honor-out-took-shot-at-them-during-wwe-battleground/#orZrzIOZK3FCKmhu.99

 

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Sounds like two and two making five to me. WWE putting on an NXT show the night before SummerSlam is as simple as them trying to sell an extra ticket to their own fans that are in town anyway. Intentionally hurting ROH would be counterproductive for WWE's future, and I'm inclined to believe Hunter is smart enough to know that.

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Apparently when ROH started drawing regular houses over 1000 and got an action figure deal (which beat them to the Kevin Owens release and could beat them to several future WWE wrestlers figures) then they became direct competition to them now that NXT is a touring promotion. There's only so much of the pie to go after, and if ROH is selling a 1000-1500 seaters out, then that could potentially cut into the market that NXT is trying to take over. So WWE wanting to take ROH apart is very real. ROH is the new TNA. WWE couldnt give a fuck about TNA anymore. That's the thing with wrestling these days. If you grow past a certain level, WWE will come after you.

 

Evolve/WWN is the "new" ECW if you want to call something that. They are the unofficial scouts for WWE these days. So if any sort of talent exchange happens it will be with them.

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It's also the case that WWE (for the main brand at least) are not interested in hiring people who have previously had national cable tv exposure. That, now, includes ROH. They're actively telling people who might be interested in making it to WWE one day to stay away from ROH and go for Evolve instead.

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On a side note, Dalton Castle would absolutely shine in NXT. I was drawn in by his character, but the entire "everyone has honor, shake hands guys" shit that ROH doesn't fit his gimmick at all and he needs to be in an environment where you can get away with being more cartoonish.

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