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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Rock talks WM28, Questions on "Entertainmentmania", changing the rating for PPVs, Del Rio's push, HBK, and the Bellas turning heel, Austin clarifies Tough Enough remark, Tough Enough deleted scene and trivia, what's replacing Superstars, Mohammad Hassan interview, JR update, Austin talks Rock, and another Tough Enough replay rating

Here's a recap of The Rock's appearance on Jay Leno's show, where he talks about his match with John Cena next year.

PWInsider.com has some new questions up today. Here's my take on them:
Someone makes a reference to "Entertainmentmania" replacing the title WrestleMania in WWE. I've also seen the theoretical replacement referred to as "Entertania", which flows off the tongue better. I doubt they'll change such an iconic name, even if it has the "W" word in it. And they're not "matches" anymore, remember? The whole thing's really silly.

Next, someone wants to know if WWE should rate their PPVs TV-14 to make them better. I get where they're coming from, but to me it'd make more sense to keep everything the same rating if it's the same product. Remember that there are a lot of fans/customers who have children or are children themselves and might not want to see the theoretical TV-14 product. But the rating in of itself doesn't make a show good or bad. There's good PG and bad TV-14 and vice versa. Between a C.M. Punk PG promo and Mae Young giving birth to a hand in TV-14 for instance, I'd rather have the former.


After the break, more answers and news starting with a question on whether Alberto Del Rio's been pushed too much too soon.

It's not uncommon to be cautious about someone who's pushed as a big deal fairly quickly, like Del Rio. I mentioned yesterday that I was like this about Sheamus, Edge, and The Miz going up to World/WWE Title level. I personally think he's ready for a World Title run (and was disappointed when he didn't start it on Sunday). I wouldn't push him to the moon just yet, but I'm pretty pleased by what we've seen from him so far.

As far as Shawn Michaels mouthing words, it's just what they're having him do. It wouldn't have had the same impact if he brought a mic into the ring at WM24 or picked one up to talk to Triple H. I guess it was "meant for just the person he was speaking to" instead of the crowd AND them.

I wouldn't say that the Bellas are the new Laycool yet, but they certainly have more personality as heels. Though that's true for a lot of Divas.

Stone Cold clarified on Twitter that he didn't mean any disrespect to Melina or Alicia Fox for his comments on Tough Enough, adding that they're class acts and hard workers. I didn't take his comments as disrespectful at all, just shocked. Though, a number of people online, including some sensationalist reporters, took that stance. The thought of him actually not knowing who they were didn't even cross my mind.

Here's a deleted scene from the show where C.M. Punk catches up with one of the contestants.

The house being used for Tough Enough was also used for VH1's Tool Academy.

The final episode of WWE Superstars on WGN America is Thursday 4/7. The next week's timeslot will feature repeats of The New Adventures of Old Christine and South Park.

WWE now has Sin Cara masks available. That was a no-brainer from a merchandise standpoint.

Here's the press release for Impact in Spanish debuting on MTV Tr3s. The show will be commentated by their normal Spanish team of Hector Guerrero and Willie Urbina.

Slam!Sports has an interview with the former Mohammad Hassan. Now THAT was a gimmick that drew heat.

There's no set date for when Jim Ross will next do commentary in WWE, further confirming that he's not going to come back full-time any time soon.

Here's a brief clip of Stone Cold Steve Austin talking about The Rock's WWE return.

Finally, the Tuesday night replay of Tough Enough drew a .72 rating, further solidifying that the show is a hit.

That's all for Wednesday's news. I'll be back with more tomorrow.

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