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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Another Total Divas wedding, Flair press release, WWE stock note, Cena's Katie appearance, UFC head talks WWE Network and Brock, Wolves/TNA update, Genesis Part 2 card, why TNA had a meeting, Ziggler appearance, AJ Lee record, Genesis Part 1 audience and Questions on the Wolves in TNA, the Network in Puerto Rico, WWE special effects, Cena vs. Rock, Swagger at Mania and WWE Cruiserweights

Jimmy Uso got married to Naomi. I wish them the best. Will this lead to the Funkadactyls working with The Usos on TV?

Here's the press release for Ric Flair being grand marshall for a race. Slow news day...

WWE's stock has passed a 10-year high. So, yeah, the WWE Network has people happy.

John Cena's "Katie" appearances can be seen here and here. No RKO to Couric? Come on, WWE. You guys have a PPV to sell!

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

Dana White talked about the WWE Network, Brock Lesnar and more. I wonder how many more big matches they can get out of Brock. I definitely want to see him face Daniel Bryan.

The (formerly American) Wolves will be a part of TNA's "investor" storyline. Their signing was something Dave Lagana pushed for. It was smart to hold off on their debut since Genesis (Week 1 and 2) already had a ton of stuff set to happen.

Speaking of the investor storyline, some have speculated it's a knock on Jeff Jarrett leaving. Of note, he's still a minority owner. I'm not sure who I want to be the investor. Obviously, Scott Steiner would be hilarious, but it should be someone to win over TNA's fan base and help bring in a new era.

Set for next week's Genesis Part 2:
TNA World Heavyweight Championship vs. Sting's TNA contract: Magnus vs. Sting
Steel Cage match: Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode
TNA X-Division Championship - Velvet Sky locked in a cage: Chris Sabin vs. Austin Aries
Feast or Fired briefcase for TNA World Title shot: Gunner vs. James Storm
Samoa Joe vs. Rockstar Spud

Sounds like a good card to keep moving into the post-Hogan and Bischoff era. The Aces and Eights members other than Bully and Anderson have either been released or are off TV. They've cut some of the Gut Check people they weren't doing anything with. Chavo's gone. Hardy's off TV for the time being. Things aren't perfect, but I think they're improving.

Spike TV's Twitter team talked to the TNA roster about how better to use social media. No big deal.

Kurt Angle talked about his favorite places to wrestle. It made me miss some of those WWF/WWE-era matches he talked about.

Dolph Ziggler was at the AVN Awards at Hard Rock Vegas. No word on him coming back to TV.

For those who missed the announcement on Smackdown, AJ Lee is now the longest-reigning Divas' Champion of all time. I'm a big AJ fan, but I think it's time to shake things up there. I'm split on whether Emma should be the one to dethrone her. It's worth a pitch.

The audience for the first week of Genesis was 1.32 million viewers, down from the previous week. That's a little disappointing for such a hyped show, but I think Magnus vs. Styles might have been more anticipated.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. They've been added to the TNA website as "the Wolves", Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards. Hopefully no one's complaining about them not being the AMERICAN Wolves. If they keep their current names, that's great.

2. Sounds like you can watch all the Carlito and Primo matches you want on Day 1!

3. That was a pretty deep casket now that I watch the footage back. That makes me wonder how they'll finally write Taker and/or Kane off when they retire. I do miss some of the gimmicky sports-entertainment stuff.

4. The type of fan who votes for "best match" on PWInsider is very different from the type of fan who votes for "best match" for WWE's polls. This is why WWE's booking doesn't match what "smarks" want all the time. I liked the match from the standpoint of wrapping up the big Cena/Rock story. I do think it could have been built better and Johnson's injuries/workout regimen hurt it. I also think some people were really salty about Punk not being the champion anymore and there was no way Cena/Rock could win them over.

5. Pretty much that. I really enjoyed that character, and still do in its more minor role. I wonder how viable Del Rio would have been as a babyface, but I was willing to have Swagger win the title if he stayed out of trouble. That angle was pretty hot.

6. I'm split on that idea. They'd have to make the decision as to whether to put some talented NXT performers there or on the main roster, I'd think. As for how big the roster should be, number of titles, etc., it would depend on how long the show was, how many people wanted to watch it, etc. I wonder how much temptation there'd be to put a "real" (bigger than 220 lbs.) star on the show to keep the "vanilla midgets" in check. Can't you just see Kevin Nash showing up and delivering 12 jackknifes?

More wrestling tomorrow.

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