Hello and welcome to the WrestleTalk News.
I am El Fakidor Laurie Blake and as you can see from those clips I am just days away from
embarrassing myself in front of a live audience.
So apologies if I’m a little grumpy during today’s news.
If you cast your mind back to Monday’s Raw, which was basically a big old mess of beat
downs and team ups, like a Marvel movie but without the years of planning.
Somewhere in that melee the Shield got themselves arrested, bundled into a van and taken off
to the police station, before arriving back to the show in the van later on, not a rozzer
in sight.
Thankfully Corey Graves’ detective agency was on the case to explain how the Shield
got themselves unarrested and un-in trouble.
And it turns out it wasn’t just a moment some writers put in without really thinking
about, it was all David Otunga.
‘Made a few calls this morning. Turns out @DavidOtunga has a judge friend in Columbus
and called in a late night Labor Day favor for The Shield. Everybody can relax now. Stressed
out smile emoji.’
Where was Otunga when we needed him though? Phone Manchester council David, phone Cultaholic’s
mums, Jack still lives with his, I don’t want to dance…
If the non-stop Shield action on Raw has got you wishing for more three-man factions in
WWE well NXT has you covered.
As last night’s episode saw the long awaited debut of The Forgotten Sons who got a win
over the Street Profits.
And Wesley Blake certainly has been forgotten for a while, while his buddy Murphy has been
off being the juggernaut of 205 Live, he’s been a locker-room only kinda guy.
But now he’s formed the Forgotten Sons with Steve Cutler and Jaxson Ryker - the former
Gunner from TNA, and now the owner of the most WWE name in all existence, you can expect
more Blake on our screens.
And we all want more Blakes on our screens, don’t we?!
Speaking of getting more on your screens, the first viewing figures are starting to
roll in for All In.
The Zero Hour pre-show on WGN America was watched by 196,000 people, pulling in .8 per
cent of the 18-49 demographic according to ShowBuzz.
Doesn’t sound like loads but these are similar figures to what Impact pulls in regularly,
and All In has a tougher time slot on Saturday, going up against college football!
The final attendance figures for the lucky buggers in the audience have also been released
with 11, 263 packing themselves into the Sears Centre to watch the show.
11, 264 if you count Chris Jericho who was so desperate to be involved he impersonated
a Luchadore. Pfft what a loser.
But it’s the merchandise sales figures which may be the most impressive, indie wrestler
Arik Cannon revealed the Bucks and Cody sold ‘417,430’ shirts in just four months.
Which you think would mean they’re all out of stock.
But if you were one of the 11,263 people in the Sears Centre, then they’ve got a t-shirt
for you…
Somebody who won’t be getting one of those t-shirts is former WWE wrestler and producer
Joey Mercury aka Adam Carlson Birch - famed for being one half of Seth Rollins’ J & J
Security.
Mercury was set to work behind-the-scenes at ALL IN, but PWInsider are reporting he
missed the show after being arrested early in the morning on the day of the show.
Mercury, who currently works as a producer for Ring of Honor, was woken up by police
while sleeping in his car outside of a Marriott Hotel in Illinois.
When they ran his name, they discovered he had an outstanding warrant in Orange County,
Florida.
So he was taken into custody and was held on a $2,500 bail at the Cook County Department
of Corrections for his court date, which took place on Tuesday.
Somebody get Otunga on the blower we’ve got another case.
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