SyFy is advertising a live edition of Smackdown on 2/21, which will be the first episode after the Elimination Chamber PPV. Smart move to kick start the road to WrestleMania.
PWInsider.com had some Sunday questions. Here are my takes on them:
1's a very good question, but I don't think I'm qualified enough on that era of the WWF to answer. I'm under the impression that Hulkamania was partially Hogan's idea, so wrestling would be VASTLY different if he went with someone else.
2. I've heard that urban legend. Interesting to hear the real story behind it.
3. Those are the main ones that come to mind. I'm surprised Tanaka and Mahoney can remember their names after some of their matches. They turned killing brain cells into an art form. I seem to remember Jeff Hardy getting brained pretty good when Matt cost him the match with Edge at the Rumble a few years back, too.
After the break, I go into the rest of the day's news and questions, starting with why we haven't seen a Pat Patterson DVD.
4. I'd wager that they'd be right in the assumption that it wouldn't sell well. WWE doesn't put out DVDs to pat people on the back. They do it because they think they can make money off of them. While that likely would make an interesting DVD, I don't think enough people would be interested enough for it to be a commercial success. A lot of current fans would have absolutely no idea who he is (or at least care enough to check out a DVD on him).
5. I think if they did anything more than that, it could be seen as bribing them and could possibly influence their opinions for coverage.
Randy Orton wasn't advertised for this weekend's Smackdown house shows, and didn't appear. It's possible that he's still recovering to some degree.
The Miz was interviewed to promote a Raw show in Abu Dhabi. While his comments fit into his heel persona, why plant the idea in people's heads that Alex Riley is irrelevant and that the World Heavyweight Champion and #1 Contender are jokes (for being little, and unable to beat a little person, respectively)? Why would someone want to see performers like that, instead of a man who beat a former WWE Champion and WrestleMania main eventer in Alex Riley, this year's MITB winner (who also beat Miz, and had some good showings against C.M. Punk and Alberto Del Rio) in Daniel Bryan, and a juggernaut who's headlined PPVs and been in big title matches for well over a decade in Big Show? Then he says one of his favorite wrestlers is The Rock, who he had beef with around the time of last year's Mania. Some would say I'm really overanalyzing things here, but I think these are points that should at least be considered in things like this.
Sting talked about WWE, WCW, TNA, and his future. Maybe that match with Taker does happen some day after all. After all the talk about it over the years, I've actually gone from somewhat disinterested to fairly intrigued at the concept. It'd certainly be an interesting combination of gimmicks (if they go with "Crow" Sting as I feel like they should).
Finally, in Raw live event news: Ryback (the former Skip Sheffield) once more defeated Alex Riley at both of the weekend's shows. Also, an FCW performer who fits the description of Kenneth Cameron worked at least the Saturday show against Santino Marella. I don't know too much about him, but I do believe he was one of the names Dusty Rhodes and Jim Ross endorsed as people we'd be seeing on the main roster sooner rather than later. With all of these people getting tryouts and new looks, I'm starting to think this is tied in to the talk of new shows on the WWE Network focused on in-ring action (as opposed to reality shows anf the like).
That's it for Sunday's news. More to come tomorrow. Thanks for reading!
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