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Scott Hall was taken off live support four hours ago. He is still alive at this writing. Miracles have happened but this would need to be one of them.
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Dwayne Johnson, wife Lauren and his two youngest children have all tested positive for COVID-19. Best of luck to all of them.
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For anyone complaining that WWE taped ahead this week so the talent could spend Christmas mornings with their families this week, please leave and don't come back until you change your mind.
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Rhodes won with two crossroads and a sledge hammer shot. This was among the most compelling matches in pro wrestling history.
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That was easily the best wrestling television show of the year.
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Just got the word about Brodie Lee (Jonathan Huber) passing away. This is beyond devastating. He was a good man who LOVED his family.
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Rhodes won after three crossroads. Seth was tremendous in this match. They were put in the position to deliver a classic and they delivered.
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Email just sent to WWE employees. Paul Levesque is the top man responsible for creative.
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Just a confirmation that Shane McMahon is out of WWE. More to come.
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Your father in law was just accused of sex trafficking and rape. Everyone knows how much I personally like Paul, but this was bad. The most powerful man in the history of the business was just removed in disgrace. This was really bad.
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Tony Khan tweeted the death of Jay Briscoe in an auto accident. Two people in car died in an accident at 5:30 p.m. in Laurel, Maryland. Just horribly tragic news.
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I don't think showing it was a good idea.
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Just want to say that was a wonderful speech by Roman Reigns and I hope everyone says more than a few prayers for him.
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How does this happen in AEW? Everyone paying attention should have known to keep Sammy & Andrade apart.
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Bobby Heenan just passed away a few hours ago. He was the best ever at what he did.
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Cody won in 71 minutes eliminating Gunther, Gunther who started the match and set the record for longest time in a traditional Rumble. One of the best Rumbles
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My deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Scott Hall.
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More impressive, AEW beat both NBA games and was No. 1 on cable last night.
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Ripley won via riptide off the middle rope. This was a super match. Among the best women's matches in WWE history.
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Ospreay won with the hidden blade. If you see one match this good in your life as a wrestling fan, you should consider yourself blessed.
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Wyatt showed up to end the PPV show and got the huge reaction. It was a big production involving all his characters.
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Vince really isn't coming back this time. He doesn't have the voting power. That lawsuit made it impossible. Sponsor pullouts can be a domino and they needed to stop the dominos from falling immediately.
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Yep, AEW just confirmed WBD changed its policy on Mark Briscoe and he's allowed to appear going forward.
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This CM Punk theme stuff is so annoying. Excalibur explained its meaning RIGHT AWAY. If you don't get it, that's on you.
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WWE confirms Windham Rotunda aka Bray Wyatt released today. More to come.
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Please send prayers for Jay's daughters Jayleigh and Grace. Both had serious injuries in the accident and Grace needed significant surgery.
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All those people saying WWE doesn't consider AEW competition sure look foolish tonight.
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Hana Kimura just passed away. There are no other details at the moment but this is a death that can be blamed on the cruelty of social media and it's a subject that really needs addressing.
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Snoop Dogg did the worst people's elbow in history and pinned Miz. But they really saved the segment.
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It was done in the right way. Place went nuts of course.,
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Oh well, for all those people who thought nobody would react to him or they'd think he was a midcarder, didn't work out like that.
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Austin beat Owens with a stunner in their no holds barred match. Basically this was the Austin retirement match. He did more than you'd think. Crowd loved it, very good. Austin was drinking beer during the bout.
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Reigns beat Logan with a spear , Usos, Jake & Sikao all involved. As great as Paul was in his last match, he was far better here. He is someone really special at this.
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Bayley won clean with the rose plant. Felt like a Stardom main event with no interference at all. Excellent match. Great crowd reactions.
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Ruby Soho vs. Bunny tied Roman & Lesnar, both at 0.23.
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What horrible news, Rocky Johnson passed away, Dwayne's father. Our best to Dwayne, Ricky, Ata and the entire family.
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Cody Rhodes will be on Dynamite tomorrow night. He will not be in the Royal Rumble. Nor will Jon Moxley.
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All I'm going to say is Regal is one of the most knowledgeable people in this industry.
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Anyway, MJF was absolutely the biggest minute by minute draw last night.
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AEW Wembley gate after one day has hit $4.7 million. Largest ever in England, second largest ever in Europe.
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Antonio Inoki was one of the biggest stars in wrestling history, certainly No. 2 in Japan and biggest of the last 55 years, as well as incredibly influential in both the wrestling and MMA businesses. One of the most charismatic humans I've ever met.
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Sorry I haven't posted sooner. This is a very sad day. Terry Funk's knowledge and teachings changed the way I look at so many things and changed my life. I wrote a story on the Observer site that should be up soon. RIP, best wishes to his family and to everyone in this…
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@WWEGraves
Now that we're on day three of this, you could at least apologize to Mauro, show a slight bit of remorse, take down the tweet, all of the above. When you mess someone up on your own team, don't think only about yourself first, second and last.
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One of us goes bankrupt and destroys businesses, the other needs to insert a comma.
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It ended with Austin giving Vince a stunner. It was the worst stunner in history, so bad Austin just started laughing. Austin & McAfee celebrated after.
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Cody chose Roman. The pop was not what I would have expected
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-6 stars, Seth.
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WWE sent out a release saying Naomi & Banks handed the belts to John Laurinaitis and walked out.
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Everyone involved in the brawl is now officially suspended, Bucks, Omega, plus Pat Buck, Christopher Daniels, Brandon Cutler and Michael Nakazawa. Ace Steel was also taken off and Punk's situation should be clear soon. It's all pending the completion of the investigation.
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WWE's investigations have found another $5 million in payments made that they weren't aware of related to Vince McMahon, payments to two people in 2007 and 2009
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Page is feeling alright and is very appreciative of how everyone handled the situation.
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The Cody/Brandi split with AEW happened yesterday. The two sides didn't come to terms on a new deal after six weeks. There is a lot more to read into this and our show last night we talked about the different issues. But he could legally be on WWE TV at any time.
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Now he's blaming the two Omega-Okada matches.
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Regal in AEW made Danielson & Moxley shake hands. That was something. Looks like they are going to be a tag team.
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This has been such a sad day on so many levels. A lot of good hard working people lost their jobs at the worst time possible. Keep in mind this was in a company with $500 million cash reserves and was still expected without it to turn a significant profit this year.
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Tanahashi himself told the government earlier today that he believes pro wrestling should be the LAST sport to return and gave a passionate speech as to why.
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AEW did 15,100+ after first day of public sale for Arthur Ashe Stadium. It will be the largest crowd in company history and largest non-WWE crowd for U.S. pro wrestling since 1999.
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WWE & Bill Simmons producing a multi-part Netflix documentary on Vince McMahon, will be one of the highest budgeted Netflix docs in history.
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Belair won with the KOD. This was one of the best matches of the week. Just great.
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AEW will have an overrun tomorrow. Set DVR accordingly for an extra 30 minutes.
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Say what you want about Corey Graves, but there are very few instances in history of any announcer doing as good a job as he did in this match. Absolutely unreal.
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If you hear the story about Punk backstage tonight and didn't believe it, like I didn't, well strange but true.
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That's not makeup on Cody, that's really life full pec tear and what it looks like so soon after.
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As of last night, Vince McMahon vs. Pat McAfee was listed as a match on the internal schedule for WrestleMania.
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This is what happens when cats grow up watching Nitro and not realizing this stuff helped kill the company.
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This Shad Gaspard news has me shaking. Super friendly guy. I'm praying but man, it sounds horrible. If you didn't hear, he was lost during a rip tide at Marina del Rey yesterday and they spent 3 hours trying to find him.
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AEW just hit the $1 million mark in ticket sales for Double or Nothing on day one. WWE has done this before many times. Aside from WWE, no wrestling company did this as quickly and only NJPW/ROH ever hit the number in the U.S. aside from WWE.
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Just to confirm, Nikolai Volkoff, Brian Lawler and Brickhouse Brown have all passed away. Very sad day for pro wrestling.
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AEW was first last night, 945K/0.40 even on a heavy news night, beat both NBA games, and all news shows.
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It's a part of life that almost everyone has to go through, so many of you have as well, but it is the worst. My mother is still breathing but no longer responsive. So many who know her have been telling me how wonderful she is, even though I've always known that.
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Hey guys don't forget Bryan Danielson is wrestling Blue Panther tonight at Arena Mexico. Sometimes people's dreams do come true.
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Mauro Ranallo and WWE parting ways. Details forthcoming.
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Great AEW rating last night, 1.18 million/0.39, best numbers in a long time.
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Ospreay won in nearly 40:00 with stormbreaker. This was a very different match from the first one but this match was incredible, and scary at many times. These guys go to such lengths to entertain.
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Definite change in Cody/WWE status. Creative was told last night.
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I know this is spectacular, but for current wrestlers, please don't do this.
Bull Nakano hits Aja Kong with a Leg Drop from the TOP of the CAGE - AJW (11.14.1990)
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There will be surprises tonight and people internally are very excited about the show. Belief is they are going to destroy their existing PPV record (Revolution 2021) by a significant margin.
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AEW passed the 10,000 mark in tickets sold for First Dance.
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Vince is actually scripting a segment blaming himself on how bad ratings have gotten and using Corbin as his surrogate. It's fascinating.
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Punk injury, believed to be from the tope, is serious. Rumors from Sunday but he hadn't confirmed them but it's been confirmed to me no matter what happens discipline-wise that the title situation has to be changed and addressed tonight.
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AEW attendance tonight is 25% ahead of the last timeat the Wolstein Center. Another L for those who said they'll only draw once in each city as a novelty.
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The Punk segment did an unheard of 1.70 in 18-49 in the Chicago market.
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AEW Rampage staying on TNT in 2022 instead of moving to TBS. Dynamite still moving to TBS.
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