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[Dr. Evil]

Speaking of Dolph Ziggler:

- As some may have guessed after he won the Money in the Bank briefcase, Dolph Ziggler is indeed being groomed for a run with the World Heavyweight Title. Regarding how he is looked at backstage, Ziggler is known for being a good worker and it's said that all of the top babyfaces in WWE want to work with him.

Partial source: F4Wonline.com

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[TheNextNolan22]

Speaking of Dolph Ziggler:

Deserves it. He's easily one of the top workers in the company.

 

[Superark]

credit www.PWInsider.com

According to sources, Velvet Sky is said to have wanted more money in her new deal with TNA, but TNA did not want to give it to her, which is why she is said to be leaving.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Article regarding the ratings spike for Monday Night Raw.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/wrestlings-raw-hits-a-ratings-high/

 

[Pink Ranger]

The 1000th episode wasn't a great show, but at least the WWE took some advantage of the spike in viewership to advance two key plotlines: CM Punk/Rock and Brock/HHH.

 

[Kaleb]

No doubt next week Punk will bring up last years promo about how "dwayne is a huge kiss ass",and he is probably pissed off that he (Rock) can just return and slot himself into a Title match.

 

[Incrediblejeff]

The new Botchedspot comic is great.
http://botchedspot.com/2012/07/25/turning-on-the-fans/

 

[Metallo]

credit www.PWInsider.com

According to sources, Velvet Sky is said to have wanted more money in her new deal with TNA, but TNA did not want to give it to her, which is why she is said to be leaving.

They shoud have given her a small raise. She's been there long enough and proven she's a draw for their division. The knockouts as a whole don't make enough and the division is looking thin on members.

Seems like they want certain peope to work for the same old thing for years with no incentive. Not even a good title run. Matt Morgans attitude on TNA lately is making more sense. Its one problem I've always had with TNA. They play this take it or leave it game even with popular talents that DO contribute something. I know they have to spend their money wisely but Chavo Guererro and Garett Bischoff and Claire ain't gonna be doing the company a HUGE amoug of good.

No doubt next week Punk will bring up last years promo about how "dwayne is a huge kiss ass",and he is probably pissed off that he (Rock) can just return and slot himself into a Title match.

Its a fair point. I still don't see how Rock thinks he can just put himself in a title match when he's only wrestled ONCE this year and hasn't won a number one contenders match or anything. WWE feels like they can book however they want for certain guys the hell with logic or rules.

 

[TX85]

WWE'13"WWE Live"&Predator Technology 2.0 Trailer
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Awesome stuff in there,Loving the mid-air finishers catching and new realistic pinning roll-ups animations!!

New WWE'13 Screenshots
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I was really hoping for Special Guest Referee and so I'm marking out,Suvivor Series'98&NOD Henry are awesome bonuses!!

 

[Pink Ranger]

WWE'13"WWE Live"&Predator Technology 2.0 Trailer
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Awesome stuff in there,Loving the mid-air finishers catching and new realistic pinning roll-ups animations!!

Jerry Lawler was the biggest fan of predator technology, until he found out it was only a computer programming thing.

 

[Kaleb]

Zing

 

[TX85]

WWE'13 Hands-On:"10 Reasons Why WWE"13 is Awesome"
http://whatculture.com/gaming/wwe-13-hands-on-review-10-reasons-why-its-awesome.php

Updated Roster so far:
http://wwe.thq.com/roster

 

[Specter313]

Other reports are saying she wasn't responding well to how WWE wanted to CHANGE her character...which makes sense. Her character didn't NEED changing. She was more over than any other women at the time she made her debut. As far as beig hard to work with lets keep in context that this is McMahonland. She's got an attitude problem or she used to but in this instance I'd wait for more stories/rumors/whatever.

As far as her weight it doesn't makes sense. If she was losing weight that means she was getting in better shape so whats the issue? Do they mean RING shape or physique? Those are two different things IF she was in RING shape her looks should have been the last thing that was at issue.

This is WWE and Vince McMahon we are talking about here so "shape" could mean any number of things. He may have wanted her to get more muscular...which would be stupid. If he wanted her to improve her conditioning and in ring cardio I can understant that.

I'm definitely not arguing that she wasn't fighting the silliness that comes in Vince's world. She could have been.

But here's the deal, she is an unproven commodity in WWE and not really in a position to be turning down ideas, no matter how dumb they COULD have been. It was dumb move on her part if she wanted to keep a job and she very well could have killed her future chances of ever working in WWE again.

The fact is, WWE was promoting her big time and putting a lot of time into pushing her. Then she gets pregnant right after her debut and it basically killed all the time and effort WWE put into her. That alone was probably enough to piss off management, and rightfully so. Then to come back and start to fight management when you have no tenure in the company does not jive well for your chances.


This recent news on her departure substantiates past stories of her being difficult to work with. TNA had no problem letting her go a couple of years ago for a reason.

She's a phenomenal talent and I am a fan of her work and character, but if she wants to have any success on a national level, she needs to re-evaluate how she does business and carries herself.

I'm honestly not really buying these recent rumors of Kharma's release. First, because they sound like a rehash of other "reasons" behind other releases in the past. Doesn't it sound like almost a carbon copy of reports behind Mickie's release? Wanted her to lose weight (even though she didn't need to), hard to work with, etc. There's obviously been some kind of an amicable split on their part because they've kept it quiet and neither party has turned it into much of an issue.

And something else that I've pointed out before, and I'll say again. She's still using the Kharma name in her twitter account. We alllll know that WWE is VERY protective of any of their copyright's, and we know that they own the Kharma name because we learned that's what they were going to call her when news broke of them purchasing the copyright. Pretty much everyone changes their twitter handles to a name that the WWE doesn't own when they leave. Even the Bellas, who had a supposed amicable split, changed theirs when they left. But Kharma's hasn't changed. So either there was a very, very amicable split with WWE, or there's some kind of hush hush deal between them.

Also, I just have to say the "well she went and got herself pregnant" argument REALLY irks me. We don't know the situation behind it. She could have been doing everything to be safe. Condoms break. Pills don't always work. So she's supposed to just go get an abortion? She'd still need time off because that's a pretty significant medical procedure. These things happen, whether they are planned or not. What, you want all divas to just stop having sex so the management doesn't waste their time planning stuff for them just in case it gets derailed should they get knocked up? It's an incredibly sexist argument, and grounds for lawsuits of several kinds.

 

[Dr. Evil]

SDR is finishing up her Indie commitments before the WWE treats her like crap.

 

[Pink Ranger]

There's no shame in taking crap for a paycheque. Or, being literally crapped on, in the days when Orton was still around.

 

[The Sage]

So let me see this:

Dolph - Good that the top babyfaces want to work with him, but how many of them want to put him over?

CM Punk's heel turn - Still don't know what to think of it, but the rumors for how it will lead to Cena vs Rock for the title at Wrestlemania...ugh why? Cena will obviously win, but that's a waste of a slot and I don't care to see the rematch. They really will have to walk the line with Punk's heel turn, because he could easily get the crowd on his side taking shots at Cena and Rock. And where does that leave Punk at Wrestlemania? Who will he face?

The Kharma situation confuses me.

 

[Superark]

www.pwinsider.com


-Velvet Sky posted the following on her Twitter account.

"I have been granted my release by TNA at this time. It's what's best for me right now and I wanted to thank TNA and all the fans for their constant support in me. Stay tuned though..And I also want to thank Vince Russo for creating and believing in the team of The Beautiful People. We had a great run!"


-Spike TV sources indicated today that there have been discussions about keeping Impact Wrestling as a weekly live broadcast on Thursdays after the scheduled run this summer. However, no decision has been made as of this writing.

-TNA announced on Dixie Carter's Twitter account that Dakota Darsow, Kenny King, Sonjay Dutt and Rashad Cameron will be vying for an X Division Title show against Xema Ion. Who do you want to see face Zema?

-Joey Ryan posted a video on his Youtube channel teasing he'll be on IMPACT tonight.

 

[TX85]

I sure hope Spike keeps TNA Live after Summer!

 

[X Knight]

WWE'13"WWE Live"&Predator Technology 2.0 Trailer
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Awesome stuff in there,Loving the mid-air finishers catching and new realistic pinning roll-ups animations!!

New WWE'13 Screenshots
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I was really hoping for Special Guest Referee and so I'm marking out,Suvivor Series'98&NOD Henry are awesome bonuses!!

Awesome!!!

Looks like a new Shining Wizard attack ( Punk uses it on Jericho ). Yeah!!

also, I hope we can RKO someone in mid-air. and, I wonder how many finishers/moves we can catch people in mid-air with.

 

[Kaleb]

So let me see this:

Dolph - Good that the top babyfaces want to work with him, but how many of them want to put him over?

CM Punk's heel turn - Still don't know what to think of it, but the rumours for how it will lead to Cena vs Rock for the title at Wrestlemania...ugh why? Cena will obviously win, but that's a waste of a slot and I don't care to see the rematch. They really will have to walk the line with Punk's heel turn, because he could easily get the crowd on his side taking shots at Cena and Rock. And where does that leave Punk at Wrestlemania? Who will he face?

The Kharma situation confuses me.

HHH - Punk still needs a win over. him (so that prob won't happen)

Brock - I could see Brock and Punk teaming up at survivor series (paul heyman guys) then they will split up for whatever reason, leading to a fued (Brock could cost Punk the title at Royal Rumble vs Rock) which will lead to Punk vs Brock at summerslam

Austin - most people want this

Taker-?

 

[Dr. Evil]

There's no shame in taking crap for a paycheque. Or, being literally crapped on, in the days when Orton was still around.

He'll be back on Monday.

 

[Dr. Evil]

THQ has recently updated the official roster for WWE '13 video game. Here are the names revealed so far.

CM Punk
John Cena
Sheamus
Mark Henry
Steve Austin
Mike Tyson
Chris Jericho
Mankind
Big Show
Miz
Undertaker
Attitude era Mark Henry from the Nation of Domination

The game is slated for a October 31st release date.

So there are going to be Two Separate Mark Henry's in WWE 13? Or is it going to be just one Mark Henry in an alternate attire?

 

[X Knight]

I'm most concerned about the CAW modes.

Is the Attitude Era story going to be the only storyline?? Will there be some kind of career/story mode for CAWs?

will the CAW models get an update and facelift to match the regular superstars?

I primarily use CAWs in these games. I'm liking what I've seen so far. But, if they gut the CAW mode, I'm not going to be happy.

 

[Dr. Evil]

WWE 13 will continue the consecutive WWE Games with the Rock in it streak.

 

[TX85]

As it should and especially for this game!