Legends Live On

Prior to the Royal Rumble with its surprise returns (that’s for another day), returns made me realize that I could not stop thinking about the RAW Reunion. It was one of those moments when it personally made me proud to be a wrestling fan. From witnessing the greatness of a now rare appearance of the nWo on live TV to a surprise reunion of the APA and even an appearance by Sting, the pop from the crowd proved that bringing legends back to RAW is always a positive decision. Not only is it great to see old “friends” for older wrestling fans, it allows the next generation to say they were able to see the likes of say, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and/or X-Pac live and in an arena. Having the Ascension out with the nWo angle gave them a chance to have exposure in a segment that non-current WWE viewers may see who tune in just to see legends they grew up on. While old fans get their nostalgic fix, the new generation still gets promoted in a win-win situation. Besides, hearing Ric Flair express his praises for Dean Ambrose and Shawn Michaels loving the work of Bray Wyatt will never get old.

-Celine

WWE Network Reaches 1 Million Subscribers

F4WOnline reports that Monday was a huge day for WWE despite the #CancelWWENetwork trending after the Royal Rumble pay-per-view Sunday. WWE Network has reached 1 million subscribers.

Apparently far more users signed up for the WWE Network on Sunday and Monday than those who cancelled their subscriptions.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Issues With Lucha Underground Broadcast Team

Source: WrestlingINC.com

There have reportedly been some issues with the Lucha Underground broadcast team. Vampiro is said to have become a point of frustration with many in the company.

Sources have noted that Matt Striker often will feed Vampiro a line about the style or history of Lucha Libre, which Vampiro will dismiss or sound disinterested with. Vampiro has been criticized for not knowing some basic Lucha moves, as well as confusing babyfaces and heels. Vampiro’s audio track is often censored and requires extensive mixing in post production. A source says that Vampiro routinely uses foul language, which has caused the production team to spend hours adjusting the commentary.

Some in the company feel as if Matt Striker’s efforts are being compromised by Vampiro. It remains to be seen if the company will search for a replacement. Jim Ross was recently rumored to be in talks with Lucha Underground, however he told Raj Giri of WrestlingINC.com that he hadn’t had any talks with the organization.

 

 

Ring Of Honor’s Joe Koff Comments On Being Named Number One Promotion

Ring Of Honor COO Joe Koff spoke to fans at the promotion’s event in Philadelphia on Saturday night (Jan 24). He mentioned that the promotion was named number one domestic television broadcast and number one domestic promotion by Wrestling Observer Newsletter. He thanked the fans and said that if the wrestling observer had a “best fans” category the ROH fans would win.

Alternative News Outlet InfoWars Reports On WWE Fans Upset Over Royal Rumble

The alternative news outlet which focuses on what many consider to be “conspiracy theory” views on current events has reported on the fallout following the Royal Rumble. Paul Joseph Watson, a writer for Infowars.com posted the below video. Infowars was founded by popular and controversial radio host Alex Jones.

In the video Watson mocks the outrage saying that people can get upset about sports and entertainment while not getting outraged about current events and politics.

Triple H Challenges Sting To Confrontation At Fast Lane PPV

 

WWE announced on Monday that Triple H has challenged Sting to show up at the Fast Lane pay-per-view on February 22 for a confrontation.

Velvet Sky Really Gone From TNA

 

On last week’s TNA Impact Wrestling, Velvet Sky received a Feast or Fired briefcase from Robbie E. Velvet was fired after the briefcase’s were revealed.Velvet is really gone from TNA as her contract was expiring.

Velvet tweeted:

Thousands Unsubscribe From WWE Network

As noted before, fans were angry about the Royal Rumble and crashed the WWE Network cancellation page after the pay-per-view. Over 274,000 people unsubscribed from the WWE Network.

WWE Issues Statement About This Weeks RAW & SmackDown

WWE issued the following statement:

STAMFORD, Conn. – Due to the impending blizzard in the Northeast and statewide travel bans, WWE has postponed tonight’s live event in Hartford and cancelled tomorrow night’s live event in Boston; however, WWE will emanate live tonight at 8 p.m. ET from it’s studios in the Stamford world headquarters.

Ticket Information:

Hartford, Conn., XL Center: Tickets for tonight’s show in Hartford will be honored for a SmackDown event this Thursday, January 29 that will air live on Syfy.

Boston, Mass., TD Garden: Fans will tickets to tomorrow’s event in Boston will have the option of either exchanging tickets for an upcoming WWE event on Saturday, June 27 or obtaining a refund at point of purchase.

Plans For Tonight’s RAW & Thursday’s SmackDown

PWInsider Elite reports that rumors going around WWE today is that tonight’s RAW will be a best of show of some sort. Still waiting confirmation from WWE, but the live taping at the XL Center in Hartford, CT has been cancelled and WWE sent their production crew home a few hours ago.

Tomorrows SmackDown taping scheduled for Boston has also been cancelled. Rumors continue that WWE will broadcast SmackDown live from Hartford this Thursday. WWE talents were told to get hotel rooms in Hartford and to standby.

Talk within WWE is that an official announcement will be coming soon.

Source: PWInsider Elite via WrestlingINC.com