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Pro Wrestling Discussion Thread II

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WWE Releases SmackDown Wrestler - Eighth Release In Recent Weeks
By Daniel Pena

source: PWInsider.com

While this has yet to be announced by World Wrestling Entertainment, the company released SmackDown wrestler Ryan Braddock sometime within the last few days. He had been employed to WWE for just over three years.

Sans a few appearances on SmackDown last year, Braddock spent the majority of his tenure in the company in developmental.

Update On Internet Leaks From WWE
By Daniel Pena

sources: www.f4wonline.com, TheSun.co.uk

-- With the script for last Monday's Raw leaking this past week (featuring a huge storyline plan that was delayed at the last minute), the huge snafu Big Show made during yesterday's music video countdown show on VH1 by revealing a yet-to-be-announced match for WrestleMania XXV, as well as all the reports regarding plans for the 25-Diva Battle Royal at Mania (with some leaks even coming from the women themselves), it's pretty much a given that WWE head Vince McMahon is irate, especially with the company-wide initiative to stop storylines getting out on the Internet. The feeling is that a lot of plans and angles will be rewritten this coming week, starting with tomorrow night's Raw in Jacksonville. It should also be interesting to see if Big Show receives any heat for spoiling huge storyline plans regarding his scheduled match at WrestleMania.

WWE Diva Possibly Leaving, Contract Set To Expire In October
By Daniel Pena

In an interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper, WWE Diva Candice Michelle talked about a variety of subjects including who she travels with on the road, her thoughts on Stephanie McMahon & Torrie Wilson, if she minds bra and panties matches, the Diva to "watch for," and more.

In an interesting note, Candice says her WWE contract is expiring this October — and she doesn't know if she's staying. She has interests besides wrestling such as acting and modeling, and when the time comes near, she'll decide on what she wants to do.

It should be noted that WWE prefers to re-sign talent approximately a year before their contracts are set to expire. At least in part, this could explain why the former Playboy cover model has been sparingly used since the fall as the company may not want to invest the time and resources on an individual who could leave in the near future.

WWE Planting False Info
By Daniel Pena

source: PWInsider.com

-- WWE officials are planting a number red herrings in order to keep their creative plans a mystery to Internet wrestling fans. The word backstage is that almost anything could be planted. This is also being done to discover the individuals within the company leaking confidential information to the people behind wrestling news websites.

As of late, WWE head Vince McMahon has grown increasingly frustrated over the number of backstage news leaks finding its way onto the Internet. More so than ever before, there is a bigger company directive on stopping Internet leaks. McMahon is actually said to be "obsessed" with stopping stories from leaking out of his company and officials underneath him have made that fact very clear to everyone.
 
Well, hopefully you do. This is one of the few remaining dream matches out there.

What did Orton do to Hunter?

Talk abouot bad. He was fighting Umaga, and he whiped Umaga over the top ropes and Umaga got injured. Then Orton and his goons came and attacked Hunter. Hunter was ready, but just couldnt do it. Spit was everywhere. it was really disturbing....in my POV.
 
I wouldn't really care if Candice leaves or not. I personally don't find her enjoyable anymore due to her boring personality.
 
Talk abouot bad. He was fighting Umaga, and he whiped Umaga over the top ropes and Umaga got injured. Then Orton and his goons came and attacked Hunter. Hunter was ready, but just couldnt do it. Spit was everywhere. it was really disturbing....in my POV.
I can tell. I thought Umaga was in Raw....?

They should really hire some talented, female wrestlers from Independent companies. Some of them are really good.

I really care about Braddock.

So, they're still in a finacial turmoil, right?
 
So, they're still in a finacial turmoil, right?

Yep, WWE is cutting people left and right. Even referees, creative staff, etc aren't safe. TNA are currently doing the same thing.
 
Yep, WWE is cutting people left and right. Even referees, creative staff, etc aren't safe. TNA are currently doing the same thing.

From whats been released, TNA doesn't need to be doing these measures, because of better then expected revenue and TV viewership. There doing them though in case things get worse. One of the Adv of not being a publicly traded company unlike the WWE (Who released a referee who has cancer though they promised they would keep him on)
 
I can tell. I thought Umaga was in Raw....?

They should really hire some talented, female wrestlers from Independent companies. Some of them are really good.

I really care about Braddock.

So, they're still in a finacial turmoil, right?

He got traded in the WWE draft. Speaking of which, mewthree, any news on the next draft? xD
 
He got traded in the WWE draft. Speaking of which, mewthree, any news on the next draft? xD

Only info coming out right now is released wrestlers and accidental TV/posters that local stations and affiliates run that show info. Vinnie K is keeping the flood doors closed.
 
Only info coming out right now is released wrestlers and accidental TV/posters that local stations and affiliates run that show info. Vinnie K is keeping the flood doors closed.

Isn't the Draft 8 days after WrestleMania 25?

Apparently Vince is so busy keeping the WrestleMania storylines hidden from the interwebs that the creative team haven't even started writing the Draft story yet.

Edit: Also; I don't know if anyone noticed this at the time but: (It's probably to big to post a vid of so...) if you go to this YouTube link of the WrestleMania 21 promos and watch until the end with Batista just before he walks off, listen to what he says.
 
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If this happens then Edge should go to Raw or ECW. I don't want to see another Edge/Cena story.

Im not so sure... Edge and Cena made a pretty cool story before... i don't see the harm in another one.

But if any, I would want him to go to Raw. I simply hate ECW. =(
 
If this happens then Edge should go to Raw or ECW. I don't want to see another Edge/Cena story.

As soon as I saw the Big Show come out last week after the World Heavyweight Championship match and get named the #1 contender I said to myself "This will become a triple threat somehow." and then a week later, oh look, a triple threat match. Come on WWE, you were becoming unpredictable, this is just lazy story writing.
 
BTW, random shout out, Vinnie K does not like Christian as a performer, so don't expect any huge pushes.

Leading Venue Candidate For WrestleMania 27
By Brad Ingles

The Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN is the leading candidate to host WWE WrestleMania 27 in 2011. The Lucas Oil Stadium has a retractable dome and can hold up to 70,000 people. The stadium opened on August 14, 2008 and replaced the RCA Dome (Hoosier Dome) that hosted WrestleMania 8 in 1992. An interesting note is that WrestleMania 8 holds the record for the most tickets given away for a WrestleMania at approximately 15,000.

Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
 
BTW, random shout out, Vinnie K does not like Christian as a performer, so don't expect any huge pushes.

Well that's partially the Internets fault.

Leading Venue Candidate For WrestleMania 27
By Brad Ingles

The Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN is the leading candidate to host WWE WrestleMania 27 in 2011. The Lucas Oil Stadium has a retractable dome and can hold up to 70,000 people. The stadium opened on August 14, 2008 and replaced the RCA Dome (Hoosier Dome) that hosted WrestleMania 8 in 1992. An interesting note is that WrestleMania 8 holds the record for the most tickets given away for a WrestleMania at approximately 15,000.

Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Do they have a venue for WrestleMania 26 yet? It would seem a bit strange that they get the WrestleMania 27 venue all set before they get the WrestleMania 26 venue...
 
26 is going to be in AZ.

# NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Weekend Announcements UPDATE: on Friday, March 13th, Lowe's Motor Speedway officials, with the help of SPEED, 2007 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race champion Kevin Harvick and one very special guest, will make several announcements at the Time Warner Media Center, Lowe's Motor Speedway infield regarding the 25th running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on May 16.(LMS PR)(3-12-2009)
UPDATE: Lowe's Motor Speedway officials announced that Ric Flair, 16-time World Wrestling Heavyweight Champion, will serve as Honorary Race Director for the 25th running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on May 16. As Honorary Race Director, Flair will attend the drivers' meeting, assist SPEED personalities with driver introductions for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and serve on the panel of judges for the second annual Pennzoil Victory Challenge during the pre-race entertainment. In addition to Flair's role on race day, the Charlottean will be voicing the speedway's radio and television advertising campaign for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race that will begin airing within the next 10 days. Tickets for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on May 16 start at only $25 and can be obtained by calling 1-800-455-FANS or online at www.lowesmotorspeedway.com. Convenient payment plan options and multi-day ticket packages are also available.(LMS PR)(3-13-2009)

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
26 is going to be in AZ.

# NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Weekend Announcements UPDATE: on Friday, March 13th, Lowe's Motor Speedway officials, with the help of SPEED, 2007 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race champion Kevin Harvick and one very special guest, will make several announcements at the Time Warner Media Center, Lowe's Motor Speedway infield regarding the 25th running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on May 16.(LMS PR)(3-12-2009)
UPDATE: Lowe's Motor Speedway officials announced that Ric Flair, 16-time World Wrestling Heavyweight Champion, will serve as Honorary Race Director for the 25th running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on May 16. As Honorary Race Director, Flair will attend the drivers' meeting, assist SPEED personalities with driver introductions for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and serve on the panel of judges for the second annual Pennzoil Victory Challenge during the pre-race entertainment. In addition to Flair's role on race day, the Charlottean will be voicing the speedway's radio and television advertising campaign for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race that will begin airing within the next 10 days. Tickets for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on May 16 start at only $25 and can be obtained by calling 1-800-455-FANS or online at www.lowesmotorspeedway.com. Convenient payment plan options and multi-day ticket packages are also available.(LMS PR)(3-13-2009)

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I feel happy for Ric. xD
Is there gonna be anything good in Smackdown tonight? (Don't spoil it, though)
 
Yep, WWE is cutting people left and right. Even referees, creative staff, etc aren't safe. TNA are currently doing the same thing.
Darn. I never it was this bad....

If this happens then Edge should go to Raw or ECW. I don't want to see another Edge/Cena story.
I agree. How many fueds did they have already. It's not like Stone Cold/Rock's fued. Edge/Cena is just too boring nowadays.

BTW, random shout out, Vinnie K does not like Christian as a performer, so don't expect any huge pushes.
Wait, so Vince just took Christian from TNA to just take out one of TNA's best performers?
 
I think we all know pro wresting to a certain point is scripted. But every now and then we get a reminder that these people are human beings.

Andrew "Test" Martin found dead in Tampa
By PainLord

Dave Meltzer of WrestlingObserver.com and Mike Johnson of PWinsider.com are both reporting that Andrew "Test" Martin was found dead in his apartment in Tampa. Martin was 33 years old and was 4 days away from his 34th birthday. No other details are currently known. More info should be available soon.
 
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