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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Questions on WWE Superstars, Taker's final Mania match, legends opening wrestling schools, comparing ring announcers, and Japanese promotions in the US, Randy Savage memorial show, '90s wrestler interviewed, TMZ picks up Hogan-Warrior story, Road Dogg/BG James interview, Del Rio and Kelly Kelly talk WWE '12, Hogan to sue Warrior, more on WWE stock, new FCW signee, Hard Justice location, and updates on WWE stars on other shows

Today I start off with a look at PWInsider.com's questions:
1. And they wonder why the show got dropped from WGN. Actually, they might not have been surprised. Anyway, they'd rather talk up their business than promote a show that's basically dark matches with an announce team and a camera. It's kind of a self-defeating cycle: The show doesn't get good ratings, so they don't push it. They don't push it, so the show doesn't get good ratings. And so on and so forth. Not so different from NXT. They want to get both shows back on the air in the States, but their track records aren't very good. As for why they don't just drop the shows, they have contracts to air them internationally. And they're pretty cheap to make, all things considered (They're taped before Raw and Smackdown, all they have to do is change the ring aprons, ropes and lighting, and boom, the set's different). I would guess that there's not enough interest for them to put it on Netflix. It gets less than 20,000 views on YouTube (not sure how many it gets on the WWE website).

2. I have to concur with their answer. From a storyline standpoint, I think Triple H or Kane would be best for his last match there. I personally think his final match in WWE should be against Kane, with some sort of symbolic ending of the character with Paul Bearer involved. But, if he only gets one match, I think he should face Triple H again. He could still use Paul Bearer (who recently signed a 5-year Legends Deal with WWE, by the way) to play mindgames with the Deadman, and the match can take so much out of Taker that Bearer finally seals him away (or whatever supernatural ending they want to go with).

After the break, I look at why legends don't generally open wrestling schools, and the rest of the day's questions. Plus, all of the day's news.

 3. I never really thought of that. Dusty Rhodes and Ricky Steamboat work in FCW, but as for those names (Austin aside) perhaps they would view that as meaning their careers were over? They're known to be pretty restless, going through all sorts of endeavors over the past few years. That's my guess: they still want some of the spotlight. Hogan's friend Brian Knobs runs a wrestling school, so that could be part of his reason for not doing so. As for Austin, I'm guessing his film career is more important and lucrative.

4. At first I misinterpreted this to be about commentators. I'm going with WWE. I definitely prefer the voices of Justin Roberts and Tony Chimel to Christy Hemme. I like Jeremy Borash alright, but I think Dave Penzer (who did the job for the company in past years) was better than both. It's mainly how the person's voice sounds. If you throw in Superstars' Eden Stiles, it might be a little closer, but still in WWE's favor.

5. Does Dragon Gate USA count? They're a branch of a Japanese company. That's the major one I can think of.

An official memorial wrestling show will be held for Randy Savage, headlined by his brother. Here's a poster with the details.

WWF and WCW alumnus Mark Starr was the subject of an interview recently.

TMZ.com has picked up the video from Ultimate Warrior going after Hulk Hogan. Hogan is refusing to comment. Those accusations would be pretty heavy if they were/are true.

Update: Hogan denies the accusations, and is now planning to sue.

Alberto Del Rio and Kelly Kelly discussed WWE '12 at E3. No Ricardo introduction, though, sadly.

The former Road Dogg (WWE)/BG James (TNA) talked about his recovery from substance abuse, and the struggles that his tag team partner Billy Gunn/Kip James and Scott Hall also went/are going through.

WWE's stock dropped to a new year-low on Wednesday as the stock exchange in general has done poorly. I wouldn't read too much into it; it was already having some trouble because of the slashed dividend, and the general market's on a downtrend. Things could certainly be better, though, and Q2 results for the company will be very important to see how things are progressing.

An independent wrestler from the Midwest known as Juice Robinson has been added to the FCW roster as CJ Parker. Hopefully good things come from this for him and for WWE.

TNA Hard Justice will be in the Impact Wrestling Zone this year. That name still sounds too long. There will (thankfully) not be an ECW reunion theme this time.

Edge will be on SyFy's Sanctuary 6/13. Kelly Kelly and The Bella Twins will appear on The Price Is Right on 6/14 to promote a Summerslam package.

That's all for Wednesday's news. More to come tomorrow. Thanks for reading!

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