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Sunday, October 30, 2011

New (old) name for the unmasked Sin Cara, CeNation tops a million, The Soup pokes fun at HHH ,Questions on announcing legitimate weights, Hogan's lobbying, Roode vs. Hogan, title belts, and HHH in charge of Smackdown, Hogan character update, Hornswoggle gets his tattoos, Raw main event made, next WWE Network show name, Foley-WWE update, Mattel Q&A, and Tough Enough on G4

The Sin Cara who lost last week's mask vs. mask match is now officially being referred to as Hunico, which was (is?) his name in FCW. Glad they're going to keep using him. He's done pretty well so far.

Update: WWE.com has video of him which confirms the name change. That was pretty funny.

John Cena now has over a million Twitter followers, which is very impressive.

"The Soup" poked fun at Triple H's segment on Raw. A steroid joke. How original!

On to PWInsider.com's questions:
1. That's weird of them to do. They basically have free license to exaggerate such things and they didn't take advantage of it. If they go back to the kayfabe weights next week, it'll look like the whole roster's on yo-yo diets. Maybe this is part of the "Reality Era" thinking?

After the break, I go into the rest of the day's questions and news, starting with one on Hulk Hogan and Bobby Roode.
2. I could be misinterpreting here, but I don't think it's unfair that Hogan lobbied that way. He and everyone else should have that right. It'd be unfair if he wasn't allowed to express his opinion. I think it's a "fair" assessment if perhaps not a valid one. I don't really see the logic other than being upset that he lobbied the way he did.

3. I agree that Roode would almost certainly be able to take Hogan in a shoot fight. This question's vague though. Maybe it means what about them having a storyline in TNA? Given that only so many people know about what happened behind-the-scenes and it would be hard (impossible?) to do without breaking kayfabe, I think they should go with other ideas. Especially since Hogan just turned face.

4. I can see that argument. They look fine to me, but I'm not usually focusing on them. I actually really like the white leather for the IC title. It stands out more.

5. As was explained on the show, Theodore Long was put in charge without HHH having any say in his decisions, so for the "day-to-day" of the brand, they wouldn't have to answer to him. The Board had/has HHH as COO, but not directly in charge of Raw or Smackdown. It's admittedly somewhat complicated.

Hulk Hogan has decided to retain the red and yellow look after a lot of negative feedback to the idea of going back "Hollywood".

Hornswoggle got his Muppets tattoos.

Raw's main event has been set: C.M. Punk faces Mark Henry. If he wins, he gets the title match against Del Rio at Survivor Series. That should be pretty good given both men's work lately. I continue to worry about them going through such big clashes so often.

WWE is looking to trademark "The Monday Night War", so that looks like what they'll name their Raw vs. Nitro show.

Mick Foley is no longer being advertised for the upcoming 3-hour Raw on 11/14. It's possible that they're trying to make it a "surprise".

Speaking of Foley, he was interviewed by Newsday.

Mattel did a Q&A on WWE's action figures.

G4 aired a marathon of Tough Enough. No word on the next season yet.

That's all for Saturday's news. More to come later tonight. Thanks for reading!

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