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Friday, February 8, 2013

Returning WWE stars updates, Gut Check voting suspended, Flair daughter update, curious Jeff Hardy note, news on recent WWE tryouts, Hardy signs new TNA deal, and Questions on the WWE Network, wrestlers' court, Eddie Guerrero,and Mania

Mark Henry is set for all Smackdown TV tapings leading to WrestleMania. Del Rio vs. Henry would be awesome, but they might want to hold off on it.

Triple H is advertised for the Smackdown after WrestleMania.

Chris Jericho is advertised for Elimination Chamber, some Smackdown tapings, and live event tours in March.

Brock Lesnar is advertised for a number of Raw dates, but curiously not the Elimination Chamber PPV.

It will be interesting to see how everyone fits in going into Mania, and what WWE does with the rest of its roster before and after that date.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

TNA has suspended its voting for which independent superstars should appear in Gut Check due to "voting issues". No word on what those were.

NXT's Charlotte will be joining her father Ric Flair at the NXT live event on 2/24. She hasn't popped up on the TV show yet for those wondering.

WWE.com has added Jeff Hardy to its alumni section, which is pretty crazy given that he's the reigning TNA Champion. That kind of gives them promotion, doesn't it?

Here are some details on WWE's recent tryout camp:
Bill DeMott headed it up.

Jim Ross was on hand and had a say in who might get offered contracts.

As for some of the talents involved:
PWG Champion/ROH TV Champion Adam Cole
DGUSA star Samuray del Sol
ROH's Mike Bennett
Extreme Rising's Luke Hawx
former NFL player Lorenzo Hood
former NJPW talent Ricky Reyes
Taz protege Smith James
ZERO-ONE's Nathan Banner, who worked as Ernie Ladd, Jr.

There were other, less prominent names involved as well.

The workout regimen was described as incredibly brutal, and a lot of people were weeded out. There were even a slew of injuries (estimated as 9-10).

There were both matches and promos.

It will be 2-4 weeks before anyone is signed. Those who won't be signed are encouraged to keep improving and to stay in touch as the company is always looking for new talents.

Jeff Hardy just signed a new long-term deal with TNA. I can see why they'd want to keep him around. He's a big deal. Hopefully they use him to build some of their current stars.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Yeah, I don't think it's a stretch to say that they're overestimating how much fan support there is for the Network. I don't think it will do as well as they hope.

2. I think it's really a case-by-case basis. Something might have happened to where they felt they needed wrestlers' court.

3. Guerrero would be 45, so I don't know if he'd still be an active part of the roster. He clearly loved wrestling so I think it would have been great if they used him in some other capacity.

4. I think they'll do their damnedest to make sure the show goes on. I haven't seen any back-up plans.

Nothing to add to 5.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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