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Friday, November 11, 2011

Queries on 2nd/3rd generation wrestlers and TNA's rating, Jericho shoots down return (?), Questions on Alex Riley, Ezekiel Jackson, WWE Creative, Taker vs. Jericho, and Jericho vs. Punk. catching up with Perry Saturn

Someone wants to know who on the current wrestling rosters are 2nd or 3rd generation.
For WWE: Alberto Del Rio (son to Dos Caras), The Rock (grandson to Peter Maivia, son to Rocky Johnson), Michael McGillicutty (son to Mr. Perfect), Primo (son to Carlos Colon), Cody Rhodes (son to Dusty Rhodes), The Usos (son to Rikishi), Justin Gabriel (son to The "Pink Panther", Paul Lloyd, Sr.), Randy Orton (son to "Cowboy" Bob Orton and grandson to Bob Orton, Sr.), Sin Cara (son to Dr. Karonte), Ted DiBiase (son to Ted DiBiase, Sr.), Natalya (daughter to Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart and granddaughter to Stu Hart), and Tamina (daughter to Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka).

For WWE's developmental territory FCW: Bo Rotundo and Husky Harris (sons to IRS, grandsons to Blackjack Mulligan), Leakee (son to Sika), Ricky Steamboat Jr. (son to Ricky Steamboat), and Raquel Diaz (daughter to Vickie Guerrero). There's also the currently unassigned Brittani Knight (son to "Rowdy" Ricky Knight and Sweet Saraya).

And as for TNA: Does Garett Bischoff count yet? He's Eric's son. There's also Jeff Jarrett (son to Jerry Jarrett).

The other query received asked if TNA has ever been rated TV-MA. Nope. Only TV-14 to my knowledge. I don't know if they'd be able to do that rating in primetime.

After the break, I go into the rest of the day's news, including PWInsider.com's questions. First up, Chris Jericho talks about a possible WWE return.

Chris Jericho stated that he'll never wrestle for WWE again. I'm not so sure that isn't a prank made to keep people talking about him.

As for PWInsider.com's questions, #1 isn't really my area of expertise, so I'll skip it.
2. He got lost in the shuffle due to the ADD booking that plagues seemingly everyone in both major promotions but the top guys.

3's related to 2. They decide to use someone else for whatever reason to be the go-to person then. I think that some misuse is inevitable when you have that many people on the roster, but they could really be doing a better job with a good number of talented individuals. It takes time (generally years) to build people up to be at the ranks of the people who are at the top now. The easy (and short-sighted) way out is to keep going back to the well of long-time, established guys instead of booking the non-top stars well to build for the future. Not that this doesn't plague TNA as well.

4. It would be fine by me. There's the whole "not building new stars" thing to deal with and I think both could probably do more important things (since they don't really have a history), but I think it could work.

5. Could I see it actually happening? Maybe. It's a fair enough idea, although Jericho doesn't need to win the Rumble at this stage of his career. Jericho vs. Punk doesn't need a title or anything to be a solid feud (though it wouldn't hurt).

Perry Saturn's whereabouts were the subject of a recent story. I'm not so sure we'll see the 45 year old back in WWE. MAYBE TNA. You never know what will go down in wrestling, so there's not much telling.

Finally, John Cena and C.M. Punk paid tribute to Eddie Guerrero on the 6th anniversary of his passing. He's still heavily missed (and for good reason).

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

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