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QUOTE (scs787 @ Jan 24, 2016 -> 09:00 PM) Knew it was coming and still got chills Love the crowd, not just going with what wwe wants cheered. So glad aj got the great reaction

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jan 24, 2016 -> 11:34 AM) HHH winning is a awful call so much for building new stars. HHH over Sting was bad enough. Reigns will win. Vince is in push him blindly mode. Just hoping rest of the action will make the night entertaining

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jan 21, 2016 -> 05:50 PM) It does seem odd that if the Sox and Mets are holding firm at 3 years and the Nationals are guaranteeing him 5 that he hasn't signed already. the 5 years can mean so many things. It's all so hard with what's leaking what and for what purposes. It's entirely possible that it's 5 years, backloaded, but only three years are guaranteed and 4 and 5 are team options.... lots of scenarios.

http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/no-bounc...hout-nfl-205961 Even without football, ratings fell flat. Most concerning is 3rd hour, promise of Reigns/Lesnar face-off not only didn't draw people, it was a flat out poorly rated hour. I have to imagine Royal Rumble is being re-written.

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jan 20, 2016 -> 04:48 PM) https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/cespedes-may-b...ision/162264320 Did that guy include 8 teams as a possibility???? The infamous "I wouldn't be surprised"

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 19, 2016 -> 02:09 PM) Rumor Daniel Bryan has been pulled from a Wizard World appearance on Sunday. Last time we heard something like this was Night of Champions and *fart noise*. If he is cleared, I'd say VMK has a tough time OK'ing him coming back, Reigns has gotten some traction as a babyface, so unless non-football Raw ratings crater, I don't see Vince OK'ing Bryan to return because the fans would quickly reject Reigns. Now, with that said, Reigns could then be a heel, but not sure Vince is ready to concede his next hand-picked top superstar can't cut it.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 17, 2016 -> 01:18 PM) I'm surprised all this TV money hasn't dried up. I guess people are willing to pay anything to get the premium stations. I thought advertisers had no money, however, and ad revenue was gonna dry up and even companies like ESPN were doing cost saving things. Will this money for sports be around forever? I guess probably so. To my understanding, the thought is that with dvrs, on demand services, Netflix and the like, live sports is the best value for advertisers since they're watched live

Quality short stops are hard to come by, it was so nice as a fan to know for the last several years that the Sox had a quality and dependent one was great. Hope he finds success in SD, I'm sure he'll enjoy the weather!

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jan 12, 2016 -> 10:33 AM) Yep, seen him when he first started out in Windy City Pro, and a few shows for IWA Mid South. The company I used to work for did ring rentals and we rented out to a Lucha show, guess they had him booked before he signed with WWE and he canceled his booking with them so the owner absolutely hated him and I got to hear a big long rant from him. Dudes exciting as hell, and I hope he gets pushed like Mysterio did. Cool, yeah, it's always cool to see someone on a smaller show and then they make it big.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jan 12, 2016 -> 09:53 AM) New Japan has to be passed at him. They stripped the title from him and canceled all his matches, including the Nakamura vs Omega match they were hyping up. Yeah, it's such a sudden shift, I wonder if WWE is planning on debuting him sooner or something. I definitely had a window where I wasn't going to Indy shows, but did you get a chance to see Kalisto when he was Samurai del Sol? I believe he's from Cicero, so I'm assuming he did local shows.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 11, 2016 -> 03:24 PM) We need to stop using Bill Cosby as an example. He violated over 20 women. Give Ben time, he's only 33.

Anyone else here been to a Freelance Wrestling show? Been to a few, they use to be at the Abbey, but with the fire there they moved to the Bottom Lounge. Lots of fun and extremely affordable. Last months had Colt Cabanna, Grado, Joey Ryan, Dick Justice and was a blast.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 5, 2016 -> 06:32 PM) http://www.wwe.com/inside/are-aj-styles-sh...49?sf18250852=1 Haha, beat me to it! Have to think ink is dry on the deals if wwe is posting this

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 5, 2016 -> 05:36 PM) Any invasion angle would include jobbing to Cena. Pass My thought is it will be jobbing to Reigns (part of a re- formed Shield to defend the wwe), but agreed, pass. That's what's really bringing me down on this, if it's main roster, Vince will bury them

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 5, 2016 -> 04:20 PM) Are these real names or are you extending on my joke? Nope, all real. I believe Tonga is Haku's kid.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 10:30 PM) Styles apparently to debut at the Rumble. Guess hell be main roster afterall. F4wonline.com is indicating Styles is done with ROH and NJPW, Gallows and Anderson will finish their ROH dates, and Nakamura will finish with NJPW (not like Del Rio with AAA, he'll actually drop his belt) and his ROH dates as well. Will be interesting to see if they weave them in still, especially Gallows and Anderson, then just let them do their ROH dates.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 07:21 PM) Triple H has mentioned a few times before the plans for a 3rd touring brand that was indie style. Perhaps that is their first investment into that. Possibly, that would be one hell of a start. Interesting though, assuming Styles back issues weren't a work or exaggerated to cut down on his matches for the last 2 months or so, I don't know how much he has left.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 07:13 PM) If all this is true you'd think the Balor club will be back too. They're already struggling with this issue, but if Nakamura and Styles are in NXT, it would be SO noticeably better than the main roster that it would be mind numbing.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 07:04 PM) It was thought the WOR podcast that just released. Listening now. Styles, Gallows and Anderson effectively immediatly and Nakamura has to wait and drop his title. Thanks! Wow, that's interesting.... welp, if they go to NXT I'll get the Network, if they're on the main roster I'm taking a wait and see approach, too afraid Vince will just feed them all to Reigns.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 07:00 PM) Nakamura and Styles to NXT would be amazing. Yeah, but wonder if they'll do an invasion angle on main roster if there's more than those two.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 06:55 PM) Well Nakamura and Styles seem to be top 5 wrestlers in the world so it's pretty big news IMO. Sure scs can fill us in more. Their contracts ended with Wrestle Kingdom last night which was supposedly a GOAT tier show. Anyone have any links? I usually go to Meltzer's site, but it mentions NJPW talent going to WWE, but no written story yet, just an audio link.

Well. Condit and Lawler decided to set 2016 fight of the year bar pretty high

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 02:35 PM) If the Sox do sign Gordon, it would be interesting to hear what the reasons are that he would say in his press conference. Lots of talk about the Sox rotation and "new challenges".

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 02:30 PM) Correct, but the point was he didn't take the most money available. He signed to contract for other reasons than the biggest contract. He signed it with the possibility of more money later, hopefully. Yes, true, but it isn't some fantasy discount to play for the magical Cubs, IMO.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 02:23 PM) So, in other words, he signed this deal due to the opt outs not the most money in the deal. He signed it with the possibility of more money later not more money now. He took guaranteed less, but the option of getting another HUGE contract in three years, and if he sucks or is horrifically injured, he still gets a substantial guarantee.