NXT's Corey Graves lost to Ted DiBiase on the most recent Smackdown live event. He has over 10 years in the business, so presumably he's got a good grasp on things by now?
The UFC's Chael Sonnen, close friend to C.M. Punk, wants to buy WWE when he retires from fighting. One does not simply buy WWE. I don't see this happening, unless the McMahon family gets really desperate somehow. It'd make for an interesting angle at any rate. There are some wrestling fans who really hate MMA and him coming in and trying to make things like the UFC would be very heelish indeed.
Here's a flashback to an interview with Goldberg discussing the opportunity he had to go with WWF instead of WCW. He was a pretty important past of WCW's rise. Some say that they could have done the same thing with similar big guys from the Power Plant, but I think Goldberg might have had something that some of those other guys didn't. As for the interview itself, it's interesting that he says that he's been at the right place at the right time since that's what his critics say about him. He doesn't really seem like a "wrestling" guy as much as a guy who happened to end up wrestling.
Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
Matt Morgan is celebrating 6 1/2 years clean from his painkiller addictions. That's very cool. I hope others follow his lead.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Maybe he's successful AS an underdog character? I can see Vince (or HHH) eventually giving him the mark of approval if he sticks around and continues doing good things. It takes time to win him over if you're not a big "hoss" like Ryback.
2. Pretty much that. It could pop up down the line, though. TNA wants to do similar projects elsewhere (or at least did at one time), which I think is a great idea to grow wrestling in other countries in the hopes that those fans would become fans of the main product as well.
3. I think it's pretty much coincidence. TNA's wanted to go on the road for quite some time and I can pretty much assure you that WWE was much more interested in what Full Sail brought to the table than trying to beat TNA. I really don't think WWE cares all that much what TNA is doing (at least not enough to try to "beat" them like WCW). And yes, NXT is pretty highly lauded. Vince could very well be the problem.
4. I doubt it. Owen was always talked up as a great guy.
5. Vince could easily point to the recent PPV buyrates, the fact that there's a 3rd hour of Raw, and the addition of SMS and Main Event to say that he's not "putting out crap" and that he's doing a good job from a business perspective. I think the only way he willingly makes any changes is if NBC Universal gets on him or TNA starts breathing down his neck business-wise or something similarly monumental. And no, Vince doesn't ignore everyone's advice. He just ultimately goes pretty much in the direction that he wants to go in.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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