The 5 News Week: WWE Ditching Full Script Promos? NXT Superstars Still Expected To Move To The Main Roster?

Hello, my fellow wrestling fans and welcome to the 5 news week. The post where I report 5 major or minor news of the week that I don't have time to do it separately. Without further ado, here are the 5 news week.

NXT Superstars Still Expected To Move To The Main Roster?

Although the yellow brand is much better in terms of how they approach storylines subjectively speaking, of course, it is still a developmental brand after all even though it doesn't feel like so.

I'm sure you guys have heard of reports (more specifically from post wrestling) that a draft is coming next month and the NXT Superstars will still be called on either RAW or Smackdown hence not being treated as a third equal brand.

That is all coming from Dave Meltzer and The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. I really enjoyed when the main roster guys like Tyson Kidd in 2014, Brezzago, Apollo Crews for a bit move to NXT and those moves makes that brand more legit but I and you guys should keep in mind that this is all speculations at the end of the day so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

WWE Ditching Full Script Promos?

And no, that is not an oxymoron. In that same Wrestling Observer, Dave basically stated that the promos segments on the recent RAW and Smackdown episode weren't written word for word but rather replacing scripts with bullet points.

Notable examples mentioned were Bayley, Sasha Banks and Rey Mysterio. Meltzer also mentioned that there's "an internal movement" in which that the promos would have more "freedom".

I know this is an unpopular perspective but I actually don't mind scripted promos as long as the person writing the promos actually knows the strengths and weaknesses of how a particular wrestler cuts a promo. I will say this, it's a change that I and other fans will definitely embrace.

WWE Brings On A Senior Director For Their Upcoming Podcast Network.

So a few weeks back, WWE has announced that they're working on a podcast network which was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter and the company hired a very qualified one.

From PWInsider and Mike Johnson, WWE has hired Dara Frank as their Senior Director and has been working with Viacom since 2007 as a dept. assistant, standards and practices and went on to oversee the production, strategy, marketing and sales as a senior director, podcasting, radio and records from since February 2016 bringing in Viacom millions of dollars thanks to her eye of talent and her relationships with advertisers.

Her body of work also includes being a director enterprise on Comedy Central records and radio and started her career as a production assistant on ABC News. By the way, I read the Fightful Wrestling Weekly article that WWE is reaching out other talents, writers and others so that's very interesting to watch out for.

And yes, I did gather some of the information from her LinkedIn profile but based on her resume, I certainly believe it's a great hire. I'm a big audio connoisseur so I'm definitely be looking at their podcast network once it's available for the masses.

Ric Flair Plans On "Taking Down Nike" In His Deal With Adidas.

Ric Flair was asked about his deal with Adidas by TMZ in Los Angeles. Here's what the nature boy has to say about it (transcript via TMZ):

"Ready for the good news? Adidas thinks I’m ‘The Man.’ I signed a deal with them, and we’re fixin’ to make Nike the 2nd brand. It’s not gonna be Air Jordan anymore, it’s gonna be Air Flair, and I can’t jump." It's gonna be Adidas, Woooooooo!!!"

Take that as you will.

Walter On Brock Lesnar Being A Smart Performer.

Walter has recently given the fans a match of the year candidate with Tyler Bate for the UK title at Takeover Cardiff (which you can click here to read my thoughts on the whole show) and also gave his opinion about The Beast Incarnate in an interview with SPORTbible:

“I think right now there’s no smarter professional wrestler than Brock Lesnar at the moment. I’m aware of the — I don’t know — the negative reactions he gets by the fans, but if I ever end up in that position in my career, I would be very thankful [laughs]. For sure, 100 percent. I think Brock is amazing and I would love to do that.”

What do you think about the news I just reported and follow me on the tweets @omartheplayaguy. Anyways, stay safe smarks.

Additional sources: https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2019/09/wwe-nxt-main-roster-call-ups-to-continue-after-usa-premiere-659326/,

WWE NXT 24/4/19 | My Coherent Review.

This was a meh episode of NXT. If this is the first time that somebody watches NXT with this episode then you'll have a hard time convincing that particular person to watch another episode you know what I mean? The Forgotten Sons’ Jaxson Ryker vs Humberto Carrillo. I don't watch 205 live but I'm loving every time Humberto wrestles. The match ended in a double count out because Ryker was beating the crap out of Carrillo until Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan showed up to save the young luchador. Not a fan of the Forgotten Sons but this feud for some reason made me wanna watch those two teams fight and I don't know why exactly. After that, Adam Cole was asked backstage in a photo shoot about the Roderick Strong vs Johnny Gargano match until Matt Riddle showed up and said that it's his turn which led to Adam Cole leaving the shoot. Aliyah and Vanessa Bourne vs Candice LeRae and Kacy Catanzaro. This was okay. The team of Candice LeRae and Kacy Cat...

The 5 News Week Look-Back: Batista's Match With Triple H At Wrestlemania 35 Supposed To Be A Hell In A Cell!?, A Look Back At Eric Bischoff's Role As Executive Director.

Hello, my fellow wrestling fans and welcome to the 5 News Week where I usually report on the 5 major or minor news of the week but I'm not doing that here if you can't tell from the graphic I made (you're welcome, by the way). But Rather, all throughout December, I'm going to look back at some of the news that came out in 2019. The start of a new decade is going to be upon us in the coming days and that can be exciting especially for the future of the wrestling business as a whole. I hope you guys celebrate the new year's day and of course, drink responsibly. Fans Frustration Over The Booking Of The Main Roster Women's Division. I wrote an article earlier this year about why women's wrestling in world wrestling entertainment of the year 2018 was great (which you can click here to read the whole thing). However, it seems like the year after (2019) was the exact opposite. Now, they did rebound the quality of storytelling in the women's div...

RUMOUR: The Rock Offered 20 Million Dollars By Saudi Arabia To Become Champion?

Now you are probably reading this headline like "what?" but it is a speculation after all. From the dirty sheets , they've been told that Saudi Arabia offered Dwyane 'The Rock" Johnson 20 million dollars to become WWE champion in an event on April of 2019. A rumoured match for him is against Roman Reigns for the Universal Title at Wrestlemania which Dwayne was offered 4 million dollars for that match. If he accepts those offers, he would be the first wrestler to make that amount of money. What do I think of this? I think this is nonsense in my opinion and the reason being is because if you go to his IMDB page, he has 11 I repeat 11 movies to appear on. Four of them are coming in 2019. and two of them are rumoured as of writing this so It's highly unlikely but never say never as they say. What do you think of this? Sound off in the comments below and follow the blog for honest pro wrestling opinions. Anyways, stay safe smarks. ...

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