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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Questions on pushing Ryback, booking Cena to lose, TNA > WWE?, WWF vs. WWE, and Joey Ryan, Ryback's victims ID'd, JBL update, WWE disses TNA, Interviews with JBL/Del Rio, 6/11 Raw rating, and an all-FCW dark match

For  my take on the 6/12 PWInsider.com questions:
1. I'd definitely keep building Ryback but I don't know if he's ready for that big of a push yet. If he does become a big deal fairly quick I'd be ok with him beating Big Show. I don't know about Lesnar yet. He'd have to be pretty impressive to beat such a mainstream star.

2. With the right story, it wouldn't matter if Cena lost. He should definitely be used to elevate other wrestlers. The catch is finding a way to do it that doesn't make the kiddies lose faith in him.

3. I don't see it. TNA has Garrett Bischoff, AJ Styles/Dixie Carter, Eric Young/ODB, and the Hogans. WWE has Punk, Bryan, Kane, Sheamus, and Del Rio with an undercard featuring Damien Sandow, Antonio Cesaro, the Prime Time Players, and Dolph Ziggler.

4. I don't see there being a big difference. They like the PG direction regardless of the company's initials.

Everything else from 6/12 is after the break!

5. That's actually a pretty good point. I'd personally like him to show what he can do in the ring to show that the trainers were wrong to say he couldn't "go" in the ring.

The identities of the two men who lost to Ryback on 6/11 were Scotty Slade and Mikaze.

In a correction to a previous story, JBL has stated that there are no plans for him to appear on WWE TV in the near future.

As part of an ongoing WWE vs. TNA lawsuit over confidential information, WWE's attorney has stated that they have "no interest in current TNA talent". Ouch. Perhaps they have to say that legally but unofficially "send out feelers" to talents? I find it hard to believe that they don't want ANYONE from the company.

JBL was interviewed on Aftermath. I like these little snippets.

Alberto Del Rio also was interviewed.

The 6/11 Raw did a 3.2, with hours of 2.73, 3.34, and 3.55. People were willing to tune in to see if Vince McMahon would shake things up. That's a good sign. Now, if WWE can get them to stay is another matter altogether.

Finally, the dark match for the 6/12 Smackdown taping saw Big E Langston defeat Dean Ambrose. Interesting. I hope both men bring strong things to the table when they make it to the "big time".

More news after the 6/13 NXT, which will be up later today.

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