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According to The Wrestling Observer, former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan has been cleared to return to the ring by a UCLA neurology specialist.

 

The report notes Bryan recently underwent a battery of tests by a UCLA doctor to determine if he was fit to return to in-ring wrestling, and the doctor informed him he could.

 

As noted, Bryan has been publicly insisting for awhile now that he is ready to return to the ring, but he has yet to receive medical clearance from WWE.

http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/665219-report-ucla-doctor-clears-daniel-bryan-to-return-to-the-ring

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^^^ Yay, finally. WWE really, really needs him back, even though he'll just be the YES YES YES guy still. I'll be the first to admit I am really not super high on DB anymore, but he can sure go in the ring and can work with anyone they put him in there with. I just hope that beard gets trimmed at some point, dude looks like a guy I saw on the NYC subway once...eating a rat.

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WWE won't clear Daniel Bryan until they get Roman Reigns over. Roman is Vince's chosen one and he'll sink the company trying to push him on fans.

 

Then you have Tyler Breeze which spent 5 years in NXT finding the right gimmick. He gets the call up and Vince destroys him in two months. Why? Because Vince didn't create him.

Same thing could be said about Daniel Bryan. Vince didn't create him he came from the indies and naturally got over with the fans.

 

Until Vince is done and HHH has control don't expect any meaningful change.

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Then you have Tyler Breeze which spent 5 years in NXT finding the right gimmick. He gets the call up and Vince destroys him in two months. Why? Because Vince didn't create him.

Funny you mention Tyler Breeze; I read somewhere last night that there's heat on him backstage because he left a TV taping early: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/0120/606853/backstage-news-on-tyler-breeze-getting-heat-after-asking-to/

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The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Award winners for 2015 came out yesterday. http://www.cagesideseats.com/2016/1/21/10805104/2015-wrestling-observer-newsletter-awards-analysis

 

DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. 

 

FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS

 

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR)

1. A.J. STYLES (299) 2,507
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi (160) 1,674
3. Kazuchika Okada (136) 1,532
4. Shinsuke Nakamura (190) 1,481
5. John Cena (55) 976
6. Brock Lesnar (79) 668
7. Seth Rollins (51) 580
8. Sasha Banks (80) 519
9. La Sombra (35) 228
10. Jay Lethal (21) 214

 

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER

1. A.J. STYLES (334) 2,631
2. Shinsuke Nakamura (149) 1,254
3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (134) 1,146
4. Kazuchika Okada (72) 870
5. Roderick Strong (82) 712
6. Seth Rollins (60) 640
7. Kota Ibushi (46) 425
8. Chris Hero (49) 364
9. Tomohiro Ishii (34) 343
10. Cesaro (7) 324

 

FEUD OF THE YEAR

1. CONOR MCGREGOR VS. JOSE ALDO (342) 1,995
2. Bayley vs. Sasha Banks (216) 1,684
3. John Cena vs. Kevin Owens (45) 684
4. Dragon Lee vs. Kamaitachi (90) 645
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (72) 624
6. Brock Lesnar vs. Undertaker (25) 554
7. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn (17) 491
8. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma (44) 417
9. Suzuki-gun vs. NOAH (41) 371
10. Ronda Rousey vs. Bethe Correia (41) 345

 

Oh yeah, they also include MMA in some of the awards, so you're gonna see a few overlaps.

 

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR

1. YOUNG BUCKS (382) 3,284
2. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly (229) 2,204
3. New Day (167) 1,691
4. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (86) 835
5. Naruki Doi & Yamato (70) 637
6. Jason Jordan & Chad Gable (33) 537
7. Tyson Kidd & Cesaro (2) 189
8. Michael Bennett & Matt Taven (6) 172
9. Matt Sydal & Ricochet (16) 156
10. Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta (7) 125

 

MOST IMPROVED

1. BAYLEY (116) 1,397
2. Moose (94) 793
3. Sasha Banks (81) 654
4. Roman Reigns (75) 649
5. Baron Corbin (63) 617
6. Michael Elgin (55) 477
7. Jason Jordan (19) 387
8. Chad Gable (65) 349
9. Tetsuya Naito (23) 226
10.Nikki Bella (22) 223

 

BEST ON INTERVIEWS

1. CONOR MCGREGOR (524) 3,285
2. Paul Heyman (193)` 1,839
3. Kevin Owens (73) 1,109
4. New Day (23) 369
5. Jay Lethal (27) 360
6. John Cena (15) 359
7. Jay Briscoe (16) 235
8. Ronda Rousey (9) 176
9. Hiroshi Tanahashi (16) 159
10. Rush 127

 

MOST CHARISMATIC

1. SHINSUKE NAKAMURA (418) 3,147
2. Conor McGregor (314) 2,293
3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (64) 966
4. Bayley (45) 387
5. Ronda Rousey (61) 378
6. Rush (48) 367
7. Brock Lesnar (33) 340
8. Dalton Castle (17) 310
9. John Cena (5) 302
10. Pentagon Jr. (4) 242

 

BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER

1. ZACK SABRE JR. (346) 2,411
2. Kyle O’Reilly (130) 1,099
3. Timothy Thatcher (77) 841
4. Roderick Strong (40) 356
5. Shinsuke Nakamura (56) 279
6. Cesaro (33) 255
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi (7) 215
8. Chad Gable (28) 196
9. Seth Rollins (8) 179
10. A.J. Styles (7) 160

 

BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER)

1. TOMOHIRO ISHII (426) 2,994
2. Katsuyori Shibata (72) 1,051
3. Kevin Owens (133) 1,006
4. Brock Lesnar (111) 828
5. Tomoaki Honma (24) 532
6. Pentagon Jr. (50) 527
7. Dean Ambrose (15) 344
8. Daisuke Sekimoto (32) 313
9. Chris Hero (22) 255
10. Drew Galloway (13) 253

 

BEST FLYING WRESTLER

1. RICOCHET/PRINCE PUMA (583) 3,708
2. Kota Ibushi (144) 1,327
3. Will Ospreay (109) 847
4. Matt Sydal (24) 737
5. Neville (37) 618
6. Fenix (16) 593
7. Angelico (40) 508
8. Flamita (18) 328
9. Kushida (8) 223
10. Aero Star (23) 218

 

MOST OVERRATED

1. KANE (211) 1,775
2. Roman Reigns (186) 1,121
3. Sheamus (85) 755
4 .Big Show (46) 702
5. Charlotte (58) 466
6. Bray Wyatt (21) 353
7. Eva Marie (41) 309
8. Braun Strowman (27) 265
9. Ryback (3) 243
10. Alberto Del Rio (20) 226

 

MOST UNDERRATED

1. CESARO (477) 2,643
2. Neville (39) 527
3. Luke Harper (22) 407
4. Sasha Banks (39) 337
5. Mascara Dorada (15) 271
6. Kevin Owens (17) 211
7. Samoa Joe (16) 189
8. Dean Ambrose (6) 185
9. Katsuyori Shibata (9) 182
10. Tama Tonga (7) 172

 

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (354) 3,290
2. UFC (383) 2,286
3. Ring of Honor (55) 1,137
4. Lucha Underground (56) 880
5. Dragon Gate (79) 798
6. PWG (17) 439
7. WWE (19) 392
8. DDT (9) 246
9. Progress Wrestling (20) 154
10. Evolve 96

 

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW

1. WWE NXT (347) 3,148
2. Lucha Underground (410) 3,112
3. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (197) 1,803
4. Ring of Honor (73) 918
5. WWE Monday Night Raw (4) 97
6. Ultimate Fighter Faber vs. McGregor 60
7. Dragon Gate Infinity 48

 

PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR

1. SHINSUKE NAKAMURA VS. KOTA IBUSHI 1/4 TOKYO (319)2,429
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 8/16 Tokyo (207) 1,519
3. Bayley vs. Sasha Banks 8/22 Brooklyn (107) 1,173
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 1/4 Tokyo (90) 939
5.Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins 1/25 Philadelphia (57) 619
6. Shingo Takagi vs. Masaaki Mochizuki 11/1 Osaka (64) 588
7. Sami Zayn vs. Adrian Neville 12/11/14 Winter Park (27) 407
8. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma 2/14 Sendai (25) 391
9. Minoru Suzuki vs. Takashi Sugiura 9/19 Osaka (29) 287
10. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. A.J. Styles 8/14 Tokyo (11) 229

 

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1. CHAD GABLE (539) 3,299
2. Jay White (159) 2,395
3. Dana Brooke (51) 1,357
4. Kazusada Higuchi (48) 671
5. Cody Hall (33) 431
6. Takehiro Yamamura (23) 311
7. Shotaro Ashino (4) 216
8. Matt Riddle (15) 213
9. Kaito Ishida 119
10. Nia Jax (1) 114

 

BEST NON-WRESTLER

1. DARIO CUETO (362) 2,394
2. Paul Heyman (358) 2,373
3. Xavier Woods (61) 736
4. William Regal (56) 547
5. Stephanie McMahon (13) 343
6. Truth Martini (12) 338
7. Maria Kanellis (9) 314
8. Lana (7) 220
9. Katrina (2) 181
10. Gedo (4) 128

 

BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER

1. MAURO RANALLO (625) 3,751
2. Corey Graves (57) 819
3. Shimpei Nogami (96) 774
4. Josh Barnett (3) 676
5. Kevin Kelly (74) 572
6. Joe Rogan (36) 537
7. Steve Corino (19) 485
8. Brian Stann (40) 391
9. Jim Ross (25) 391
10. Lenny Leonard (21) 284

 

WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER

1. JOHN LAYFIELD (225) 2,016
2. Michael Cole (107) 1,179
3. Jerry Lawler (127) 1,117
4. Byron Saxton (101) 1,005
5. Josh Matthews (93) 815
6. Matt Striker (82) 809
7. The Pope (48) 408
8. Booker T (32) 373
9. Vampiro (1) 117
10. Corey Graves 49

 

BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW

1. NEW JAPAN WRESTLE KINGDOM 9 1/4 TOKYO (614) 3,663
2. UFC 189 7/11 Las Vegas (104) 1,039
3. WWE WrestleMania 31 3/29 Santa Clara (89) 953
4. NXT Takeover Brooklyn 8/22 (67) 797
5. New Japan Dominion 7/5 Osaka (11) 604
6. NXT Takeover R Evolution 12/11/14 Winter Park (32) 375
7. Lucha Underground Ultima Lucha 4/19 Los Angeles (14) 362
8. New Japan G-1 Climax finals 8/16 Tokyo (8) 311
9. PWG Battle of Los Angeles 8/29 Reseda day two (28) 263
10. NXT Takeover Respect 10/7 Winter Park (9) 192

 

WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW

1. AAA TRIPLEMANIA 8/9 MEXICO CITY 483
2. WWE Royal Rumble 1/25 Philadelphia 79
3. WWE TLC 12/14/14 Cleveland 74
4. WWE Survivor Series 11/22 Atlanta 58
5. TNA Bound for Glory 10/4 Concord, NC 48
6. WWE Payback 5/17 Baltimore 38
7. WWE Elimination Chamber 5/31 Corpus Christi 31
8. WWE Extreme Rules 4/26 Chicago 18
9. UFC 186 4/25 Montreal 9
10. TNA Slammiverary 6/28 Orlando 9

 

BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER

1. A.J. STYLES STYLES CLASH 137
2. Young Bucks Meltzer Driver 131
3. Kazuchika Okada rainmaker 93
4. Neville red arrow 86
5. Ricochet & Matt Sydal double shooting star press 45
6. Kevin Owens pop up power bomb 41
7. Shinsuke Nakamura flying armbar 32
8. Angelico dropkick off the stage into the ring 22
9. Tomoaki Honma kokeshi spear 20
10. Ricochet 630 17
 

MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC

1. WWE USING REID FLEIHR’S DEATH IN AN ANGLE 618
2. WWE Divas Revolution 26
3. TNA having James Storm push Mickie James onto the train tracks 24
4. WWE changing Ultimate Warrior’s words and meaning in giving Connor Michalek the Warrior Award 17
5. Lucha Underground and indie men vs. women matches 15
6. WWE having Michael Cole do a broken neck angle right after Perro Aguayo Jr. died from a broken neck 10
7. WWE getting rid of Hulk Hogan while Lionizing Ultimate Warrior who said things as bad or worse in public 9

 

WORST TELEVISION SHOW

1. WWE RAW 470
2. TNA Impact 169
3. WWE Smackdown 66
4. Lucha Underground 9

 

WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR

1. PSYCHO CIRCUS VS. VILLANOS 8/9 MEXICO CITY 396
2. Royal Rumble 1/25 Philadelphia 137
3. Big Show vs. Erick Rowan stairs match 12/14/14 Cleveland 60
4. Ryback vs. Sheamus vs. R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Mark Henry vs. King Barrett Elimination Chamber 5/31 Corpus Christi 57
5. TNA Gauntlet for the Gold 10/4 Concord, NC 32
6. Eva Marie vs. Carmella 8/22 Brooklyn 31
7. John Cena vs. Rusev chain match 4/26 Chicago 13
8. Mahabali Shera vs. Crazy Steve TNA title tournament 11

 

WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR

1. TEAM PCB VS. TEAM BAD VS. TEAM BELLA 221
2. Seth Rollins vs. Kane 111
3. Dolph Ziggler & Lana vs. Rusev & Summer Rae 110
4. Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt 72
5. Kingdom vs. Bullet Club 43
6. James Storm vs. Magnus 23
7. R-Truth vs. King Barrett 20
8. Charlotte vs. Paige 19
9. TNA vs. GFW 16
10. Ultimo Guerrero vs. Thunder 15

 

WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

1. TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION 423
2. World Wrestling Entertainment 151
3. AAA 37

 

BEST BOOKER

1. PAUL LEVESQUE/RYAN WARD (NXT) 317
2. Gedo (NJPW) 314
3. Joe Silva (UFC) 117
4. Chris DeJoseph/Chris Roach (Lucha Underground) 61
5. Dragon Gate team 56
6. Delirious (ROH) 39
7. Sean Shelby (UFC) 19
8. Sanshiro Takagi (DDT/Wrestle-1) 17
9. Gabe Sapolsky (EVOLVE) 11

 

PROMOTER OF THE YEAR

1. DANA WHITE (UFC) 581
2. Takaaki Kidani (NJPW) 177
3. Paul Levesque (NXT) 121
4. Mark Dallas (ICW) 18
5. Vince McMahon (WWE) 15
6. Scott Coker (Bellator) 12
7. Joe Koff (ROH) 11

 

BEST GIMMICK

1. NEW DAY 213
2. Dalton Castle 200
3. Los Ingobernables 129
4. Bayley 71
5. Finn Balor 44
6. Pentagon Jr. 39
7. Conor McGregor 23
8. Bullet Club 20
9. Mojo Rawley 18
10. Kevin Owens 15

 

WORST GIMMICK

1. STARDUST 155
2. Alberto Del Rio Mex-America 85
3. Divas Revolution 54
4. Adam Rose 52
5. The Authority 45
6. King Barrett 27
7. Mojo Rawley 21
8. Mahabali Shera 20
9. The Ascension 17
10. Eva Marie 15

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WWE fans rejoice -- Tammy Sytch has stripped down to have sex on camera -- she signed her deal with Vivid Entertainment.


Sytch -- aka ex-diva Sunny -- tells TMZ she and Vivid honcho Steve Hirsch recently came to an agreement. Vivid's already running a teaser clip, but we're told she'll be shooting new footage for the final release, which has a very Farrah Abraham-ish title -- "Sunny Side Up: In Through the Backdoor."


Tammy says Hirsch's original offer of $100k wasn't quite enough but she says once Vivid came back with something "much, much higher" ... she was down.
The only downside to her porn deal -- Sytch tells us she's taking her WWE Hall of Fame ring off the auction block. Somehow we think her hardcore fans would take that trade.


We could tell Tammy was excited to get to work when she talked about it on "TMZ Sports" (catch it weeknights on FS1).

 

http://www.tmz.com/2016/01/21/wwe-tammy-sytch-vivid-porn-deal/

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the trailer can be viewed on vivid.com/celebs

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Also, Daniel Bryan: what is this now, 3 doctors against 1? SOmething more political is occuring here, and I think WWE just don't want to run a concussion risk on any level inthe current climate. Are there still not pending law suits? 

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Is it just my multiple computers or are all of the videos being posted here all including a stupid large black box around it that stretches the page down way more than needed?  I think it started within the last couple of months...

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6 minutes ago, grendal said:

Is it just my multiple computers or are all of the videos being posted here all including a stupid large black box around it that stretches the page down way more than needed?  I think it started within the last couple of months...

Yeah, it's not just you; it seems to be happening whenever I link anything from Gfycat. It's been happening since the recent forum upgrade.

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AJ Styles has always been synonymous with TNA and TNA synonymous with AJ Styles. AJ helped build the foundation of IMPACT WRESTLING, and his phenomenal body of work lives in our rich history - something we are very proud of.

 

In the last few weeks, rumors have swirled about AJ Styles, his future and TNA Wrestling. Fans have asked for the status and wrestling media have made numerous inquiries. 

 

For the past several months, AJ and TNA were involved in serious discussions to bring him back home to TNA. Creative discussions escalated and two additional wrestlers, Drew Hankinson [Doc Gallows] and Chad Allegra [Karl Anderson], were enthusiastically added.

 

These discussions culminated on December 14th in Nashville, Tenn., where all attended a meeting at Dixie Carter's home. A handshake and written deal between AJ, Drew, Chad and TNA was agreed upon and signed by all. Start dates were determined, creative decided, merchandise designed and plane tickets purchased.

 

Over the Christmas holiday, and after the lawyers finalized the long form agreement, all communication with TNA stopped. 

 

AJ's lawyer contacted TNA and stated the wrestlers had changed their mind and would not be honoring their commitment to TNA.

http://www.tnawrestling.com/Search-Listing/item/6977-AJ-Styles

 

Welp, someone's bitter about AJ and co going to WWE.

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14 hours ago, MightyJordan said:

Americans, your weekend is sorted (if you can get El Rey)...

 

 

I was gonna post about this!  wah, you beat me to it!  (okay, at least you got the good graphic up with your posting!)

 

45 minutes and counting, and I will be watching all day!  With about a foot of snow out right now, and still snowing, no going anywhere today anyway.

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