Vince Russo’s The Brand Recap – Dave Meltzer in the Guinness Book of World Records, Asuka Compared to Goldberg, How Much Did Russo Make Writing…

Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host Jeff Lane.

Russo points out the Meltzer reported this past week that Alberto Del Rio and Paige had an argument somewhere in Florida. Russo says that this is not news, and it’s just another example of a wrestling ‘journalist’ who is making up a story when there’s no story to be told.

Lane points out that someone tweeted Dave Meltzer this past week, asking him for his opinion on Russo. Meltzer’s response was, “Life’s too short to worry about people desperate for attention”. Russo says that Meltzer’s responses to these fans are so lame. Russo adds that for someone who’s starving for attention, he’s doing a poor job because he just moved into a cabin in the woods.

Lane reads some comments from a recent Reddit thread, where fans discuss the differences between the attitude era and the today’s product.

One fan says that this era’s product is superior to the attitude era because there are better stories, promos, and matches. In addition, the attitude era was a racist, sexist product which was overly aggressive in an attempt to appeal to the ECW fanbase.

Russo says that he can’t even name one storyline that’s occurring on RAW at the moment. RAW was drawing a 6.0-7.0 rating back during the attitude era, and the notion that they were trying to copy ECW which was drawing a 0.8 rating doesn’t make any sense to him.

Hideo Itami Taking Back the GTS from CM Punk

Hideo Itami mentioned on Twitter that he will be taking back the move he created that was stolen by CM Punk, the GTS. He sent out the following message while promoting that upcoming NXT Takeover: Chicago event:

It will be interesting to see how the crowd reacts if he attempts to do the move in Punk’s hometown.

WWE Hall of Fame live notes: Kurt Angle headlines 2017 inductee class

Submitted by br26 on Fri, 2017-03-31 15:57As part of WWE's WrestleMania weekend, Friday's Hall of Fame ceremony kicks off five straight nights of WWE-branded action in Orlando, FL, even though tonight won't feature any in-ring competition.
Starting at 8 PM EST, I'll be your companion through tonight's show on WWE Network, giving you bullet points and any need-to-know fun facts from the ceremony at the Amway Center.
Historian and MLW podcaster Matt Farmer will have some insight on the ceremony from a different slant, coming either later tonight or early Saturday.
Here's who is being inducted and by whom:
– Kurt Angle, inducted by John Cena
– “Diamond” Dallas Page, inducted by Eric Bischoff
– “Ravishing” Rick Rude, posthumously inducted by Ricky Steamboat
– The Rock 'n' Roll Express, inducted by Jim Cornette
– Beth Phoenix, inducted by Natalya
– Teddy Long, inducted by Ron Simmons
Additionally, former Rutgers football player Eric Legrand ..

WWE Battleground live results: Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins

Submitted by shk66 on Sun, 2016-07-24 16:15Roman Reigns returns to televised action, and we get one step closer to this week's official brand split as WWE Battleground takes place Sunday in Washington, DC, on WWE Network.
This is the fourth Battleground event in WWE history, and the first held in the nation's capital. Last year's show saw then-champion Seth Rollins defend against Brock Lesnar — a match that ended when the Undertaker returned to attack Lesnar, resulting in a DQ win for Rollins.
This year's show again features Rollins in the main event in a three-way match for the WWE title against champion Dean Ambrose and Reigns. Reigns is returning after a 30-day suspension due to violating the company's Wellness Policy.
The show also features John Cena teaming with Enzo & Cass to take on The Club (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows), and the U.S. and Intercontinental titles on the line. Additionally, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens revive their feud, and Sa..

NJPW G1 Climax 26 opening night live results: Tanahashi vs. SANADA; Okada vs. Marufuji

Submitted by dave on Sun, 2016-07-17 19:56The 26th edition of the NJPW G1 Climax tournament kicks off at 2 AM EST Monday morning (U.S.)/7 AM UK from the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center with lots of intrigue, questions, and eventually answers.
Send your thumbs up, thumbs down, and thumbs in the middle to [email protected]
Tonight's show features five A block matches along with four tag team matches. The show will be aired on New Japan World.
For those of you looking for previews, check out the Big Audio Nightmare's prediction show, as well as this feature by F4W Online staffers picking their most anticipated match and wrestler for the tourney. Additionally, Bryan Rose has created a guide for first-timers that you should really read.
Our coverage begins at 2 AM EST.
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TIGER MASK & JUSHIN LIGER & MANABU NAKANISHI & KATSUYORI SHIBATA VS. CAPTAIN NEW JAPAN & RYUSUKE TAGUCHI & KUSHIDA & TOMOAKI HONMA
Nakanishi beat Captain to win with the Hercules cutt..