Full Complete Report: Meltzer On Mania Plans and other Newz!!

> Roman Reigns will obviously be in one of the major matches on the show. This also leaves open spots for Cena, A.J. Styles, Finn Balor (who is expected to be back in action around March unless that date is a Rumble swerve, which it probably isn’t) and Dean Ambrose. Ambrose and Miz is just starting as a program and timing wise I could see them building to a blow-off. But there is a tradition of the multiple person ladder match over the IC title as well, although I could also see them doing the first major show women’s ladder match instead. If Jericho is to retain the U.S. title, that would seem earmarked for the Owens match, if that is the direction they continue.

> There will be six or seven major main event level singles matches on the show, not including cruiserweights or women. The women’s match is not finalized, but Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Nia Jax is the current proposed main woman’s match.

>Le Meltz

> Wrestle Kingdom ended up a major success for NJPW. They picked up more than 10,000 new subscribers to New Japan World in a 24 hour period on 1/3 and 1/4, prior to the start of the Tokyo Dome show, bringing the total to about 60,000, an amazing one-day increase of a two-year-old business by 20 percent in 24 hours. Even more, 5,500 of those new subscribers came from the U.S. The total number of subscribers outside of Japan was about 8,500 to 9,000 on 1/3, but that’s the rest of the world, not just the U.S. Obviously that pales compared to WWE numbers, being only about four percent of those numbers which gives you an indication of just how competitive the two companies really aren’t as businesses even if New Japan puts on significantly better major shows. And in reality, when New Japan World was launched in 2015, the goal was 100,000 subscribers by January 4, 2016, so it has been a major disappointment.

> An interesting note regards web traffic for New Japan World. From September through November, according to a Brandon Howard article on Fightful.com, 64 percent came from Japan, 21 percent from the U.S., 3 percent from Australia and 2 percent from the U.K. However, over the period from 12/8 to 1/5, the lead into the Dome show, the percentages changed from 42 percent from Japan, 35 percent U.S., 5 percent U.K., 4 percent Australia and 2 percent Canada.

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>The key matches remain Brock Lesnar vs. Bill Goldberg, which based on current hints and direction looks likely to be presented as the main event on the show

>le 50 year old 2 moves man in the main event

great response to Omega/Okada, WWE.

> New Japan owner Takaaki Kidani stated that the reason they are running the 7/1 and 7/2 shows in Long Beach is: “The reason why we decided to go to US is what WWE did to us one year ago. I’m really frustrated. That’s the reason.” I hope that’s not the reason

> Here is a little more information regarding the Alberto Rodriguez incident in Leoben, Austria on 12/31. This is from an eye witness who saw everything. Alberto and Guillermo Rodriguez were at a club after the 12/30 show. They were scheduled to be driven from Leobon to Vienna about 100 miles or more, at 2:30 a.m. that night to get to the airport for their early morning flight. Alberto was having such a good time that he asked promoter Chris Raaber if he could stay an extra day and celebrate New Year’s Eve in Austria and that he’d use his miles to re-book the flights for himself and his brother. Raaber agreed to it. At some point later there was a misunderstanding between Alberto and a 26-year-old Austrian, resulting in a scuffle and punches were thrown. Guillermo saw his brother in a fight and joined in, not knowing what the situation was. He said the other person wasn’t hurt that badly, but he was bruised up and taken to the hospital, but past a few bruises was okay. Police were called and they were taken in to the station. Alberto was very upset. Nobody knows exactly how the Alberto fight with Guillermo started since both were talking Spanish.

JUSTlemania

> The belief is that Guillermo was trying to calm his brother down and Alberto got mad about it. They did start fighting although the story that Alberto knocked his brother out was exaggerated. Alberto did rip through the zip-ties they put on him but the ankle shackles that they put on him were on his wrists, not his ankles, and that finally got him to calm down. There was a back of a chair broken and some blood splattered on the wall. Guillermo actually was taken to two different hospitals and then took a train to the airport in Vienna and went home the next morning. Alberto took a cab to the airport and went home. Once everyone calmed down, the police were really nice to Alberto. Part of it may have been because Raaber’s wife is a police woman and Raaber is something of a local celebrity.

> The police actually asked that when Alberto comes back for the promotion if they could have him come to the police station and meet with them and take photos with him under better circumstances. When someone is taken to the hospital after being hurt in a fight, the hospital is required by law in Austria to press charges for assault, but there would be no problem with Alberto returning and he is scheduled to return for a match later this year. As for Raaber himself, he had mixed feelings as the old school part of him thought it got a lot of publicity and in the end, a star wrestler was portrayed as a real tough guy in real life in the local media

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> There was very little different with TNA. They had the same talent in the same positions as it’s seemed they’ve been in for months. The television wasn’t bad, nor was it good. It felt like the same spinning of the wheels going nowhere and throughout the show all l kept thinking was the saying about how the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. When I see modern pro wrestling and sports entertainment, there are things that are working and things that aren’t. What TNA has been doing for years hasn’t been working, yet the television show was exactly the same as far as the feel and look. It’s taped in the same place. It was all the same guys. The only difference was no Dixie Carter as an authority figure. They never used the name TNA except the closing graphic which listed Anthem Sports & Entertainment and TNA Wrestling Productions. The push was for the name Impact. When the show opened, Josh Matthews and The Pope put over Anthem and talked about this as a New Beginning, which is funny because that’s the name of next month’s New Japan PPV shows

thanks for posting this, I didn't get a chance to listen to WOR yet

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NXT NOT DRAWING WELL!!


> There is no secondary market buzz on the San Antonio shows as compared to Toronto. You can get secondary market tickets for NXT Takeover for $25 and Rumble tickets for $40. Granted, I didn’t expect any kind of a secondary market inflation for Rumble when playing such a big building because the secondary market goes nuts when the primary market has little inventory. Rumble wasn’t going to be an advanced sellout at the Alamodome. But the key is that Rumble tickets must be selling well and it’s just a question of how many seats they are going to open up. It also means NXT has no great demand. Right now NXT has the floor section sold out but there are good seats in the 100s with great views still available. For the Rumble, 11th row ringside was still available and there were good seats in every price range I checked still available.

> There are long-term plans to follow the WWE UK Tournament concept and do similar tournaments to create as Asian champion and a Latin American champion

> The WWE canceled its 3/18 date at Madison Square Garden as a favor to building officials who were able to get the Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs fight that night. Joe Fisher, the MSG Executive Vice President of Marquee Events, noted at the press conference for the fight that the WWE had to agree to move their date. “A lot of you don’t know this, but I really need to thank the WWE. Everybody says, `Why the WWE?’ Well, we had an event booked on March 18, with the WWE, and they are just tremendous partners. They realized the magnitude of this event and the fact that we needed to have it here. It had to be at Madison Square Garden. So, with their cooperation and partnership, they were willing to move off the date, and make this date possible. So I really, really want to thank all the great people at WWE.

> Victor Travagliante, who had been the lead announcer for Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore promotion, has signed to start here, likely with NXT. PW Insider reported that Travagliante will use the name Vic Joseph. They had been talking with him for months, as the first we’d heard about WWE having interest in him was at the same time they were contacting guys like Curt Hawkins, Jinder Mahal and Shelton Benjamin at the time of the brand split

> Those who started this week full-time in Orlando at the performance center are three wrestlers from China, Mustafa Ali, Daivari, Gulak, Nese, Tajiri, Mary Kate Glidewell (Andrea in Florida indies), Dori Prange (Heidi Lovelace), Kimberly Frankele (Kimber Lee), Julia Ho (Julie Real, a model, singer actress with a martial arts background), Hero and coach John Miller (Johnny Saint)

> WWE is scheduled to release a DVD called “WrestleMania Monday is Raw,” built around highlights of the Raw after WrestleMania

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CHRISTIAN IN THE HALL OF FAME 2017

>We noted before that there were rumors of a current WWE employee that’s going into the WWE Hall of Fame this year. Word now is that WWE NXT General Manager William Regal will get the nod this year.

>Other names considered for the 2017 class are WWE’s 12th Grand Slam Champion Christian, current agent and former WWE Tag Team Champion Mike Rotunda (Irwin R. Schyster) and former WWE Tag Team Champions The Natural Disasters – John Tenta (Earthquake) and Fred Ottman (Typhoon), according to Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Radio. Tenta would be inducted posthumously as he passed away in 2006.

>As noted, we also know that former World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page and former Intercontinental Champion Rick Rude will be going in this year.

>The 2017 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony takes place on Saturday, April 1st from the Amway Center in Orlando during WrestleMania 33 weekend. WWE may announce the headliner next week as tickets for the event officially go on sale.

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>>2145323
> There are long-term plans to follow the WWE UK Tournament concept and do similar tournaments to create as Asian champion and a Latin American champion
Fucking Nips called it holy shit.

>>2145349
Go outside

TIGER MASK WE NEED YOU

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>>2145337
Literally why

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>>2145358
ok

>>2145395
Because Christian is a tag team legend.

>>2145395
>Nami on pooicide watch

KILL! YOUR-SELF!
KILL! YOUR-SELF!
KILL! YOUR-SELF!

>>2145398
Sad!

>>2145349
japanese one will fail due to lack of fan support in that county and latin american one will be too different in style for wwe audiences

>>2145323
Gaytchs money sink vanity project BTFO

>>2145301

>The women’s match is not finalized, but Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Nia Jax is the current proposed main woman’s match.

I'm pretty sure Bryan Alvarez, Vinny, whoever donates $250 to the Whale Scouts, and Dave himself could put on a better Four Way than that will be.

>>2145323
>more fucking gooks
FUCK

Meltzy also said that Nakamura, DIY, Tye and some others are being prepared for ''imminent callup''. The Revival are expected to remain on NXT for months to come and as they're not part of the group that is being groomed.

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>>2145473
>white trash runnin' scared

KONICHIWA MOTHERFUCKER

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>>2145473
eat it

>>2145299
fucking thank god I don't have to see Taker's old ass fighting for the title. Cena is only as good as who he's facing and the Taker match will be slow, overdramatic shit.

>>2145466
wrong, WWE is HUGE in japan.

Such rampant speculation but he doesn't say fucking anything

>>2145670
>being this worked by based big dick dave
holy shit I keked

>>2145668
>t. doesn't actually know shit about japanese sports

>>2145670
Its worth 10 bucks. Subscribe.

>Roman Reigns will obviously be in one of the major matches on the show.
>Now he will face someone on the Raw roster. There was a tease of Braun Strowman on Raw, but it will not be Strowman as things stand right now.

Based Big Dog versus Undercarder?

>>2145485
>nakmaura
>call up
RIP his WWE career.

>no Taker/Cena

So, Undertaker faces Braun to get RAW ratings up? kek

>>2145398
kek

This sounds like an emergency smokescreen dirtsheet put out by the WWE/Le Meltz's sources

Why wouldn't Cena/Taker feud? Why would Taker feud with someone from Raw (obviously Roman)
How will Owens and Jericho feud now that they both have titles?
Why would they shoehorn the horse on Wrestlemania after she just lost the feud a month ago?

>>2145818
Congratulations anon, you just discovered that meltzer makes shit up and reports it just so they have something for the loser smarks to pay for. And when it is wrong he has the classic 'things change' excuse. He's a retard and a scam artist.

Lesnar and Goldberg will either self eliminate themselves and brawl into the audience or Lesnar will be eliminated by the undertaker.

>Seth Rollins will win royal rumble 2017

>Roman reigns will defeat KO , (The only reason they took the US title OFF of him is to put the heavyweight title on him)

>It will be SethXRoman at WW33.

>Brock vs Berg at WM33


>Undertaker Vs. Jobber at Wm33

TopMark just called the rumble and the mania...

RECOGNIZE

>>2145821
Hehe this xD

Oldberg vs Bork
Part Cena vs whatever
Undertaker vs whatever

4 part timers in the top 3 matches at mania

they are really trying hard to make a worse show than last year's?

>>2145917

>Speaking on the issue, Alvarez said: “Not everybody, obviously, but a whole bunch of people in WWE creative all watched the Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada match.

>“And the idea today is, now, they want a great main event at WrestleMania.”
Vinny responded with: “Oh, now they decided to have a good main event?”
Alvarez added: “Well, they want to close the show with, like, a great match.
“So, I guess that eliminates Braun Strowman from main-eventing.”

That's the best part. I can't stop laughing at this.

>>2145922
AJ/Finn main event then?

>>2145924
Find hasn't had a single great match in WWE.

>>2145922
>>2145924
Sounds like we might get lucky and Cena/AJ will happen at Wrestlemania after all. AJ might hold the belt until then.

My hope is in Undertaker vs Cena for WWE World Championship being really plannified, taking all this information as only a distraction for keep the surprise...

Reigns vs Strowman is the best match for both of them in WrestleMania. Roman doesn't need another world championship, because is when he has a belt when the crowd boo him... If WWE really wants save Roman as face, he should be in a superman vs monster heel. An awsome powehouse fight between two guys with great credibility.

In the Universal Championship storyline, I think that the best option is Bálor returning and getting the belt from Owens (betrayed by USA Champion Jericho and starting their WrestleMania feud). Styles moving to RAW and leading The Club for some months, trying to get Bálor for the group... and then, their match at WrestleMania.

>>2145985
>Reigns and Strowman with no belts or stakes
>good feud
(lol

Smarks will boo Roman with or without a title and it helps neither man if they're not on a title feud

>>2145987
Well, I think that during his feud with Rusev he wasn't so hated as in months before.

Triple H, Styles, Rollins (heel) or Jericho being cheered was terrible for kayfabe... and that, saddly, is what happens and what will happen each time that Reigns is near to the main belt. And that is really an injustice for him, who right now is a solid main eventer and the best powerhouse in the company.

>>2145323
>Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs
literally who

>>2145995
Smarks will always find ways to hate Based Big Dog, that's why he's THE GUY and has supplanted John Cena as the smark final boss with no rubs, coronations or any of that stuff.

Strowman feuding with a no-belt Based Big Dog will be a disaster for his monster push as opposed to losing to Based Big Dog with a belt on his shoulder. He'll look like an even bigger chump and if they are serious about him as a main eventer he should just win the Andre the Giant Battle Royale.

>>2146015

Based Big Draw Roman Dimes

>>2145924
This is their best bet at replicating Okada vs Omega.