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Friday, January 10, 2014

Ziggler update, sending Kaitlyn off, ROH name has WWE tryout, more on Mae Young, Flair update, Interviews with Henry/Maddox/Ambrose and Questions on NXT on Hulu, firing JR, Kaitlyn's future and Bryan vs. Bray

Dolph Ziggler is scheduled to undergo further testing following his concussion.

AJ Lee and Big E Langston took to Twitter to say goodbye to Kaitlyn. She'll really be missed.

Former Ring of Honor Tag Team Champion Rhett Titus had a tryout with WWE. He's young at 26 with a good amount of experience for his age, so he could be a keeper.

Mae Young is said to be "gravely ill", but still alive as of this writing. She'll keep fighting as long as she can, I'm sure.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

ESPN covered the controversy about Ric Flair's NFL team preference. Sting or Dusty Rhodes should get involved.

Mark Henry was interviewed about a number of topics spanning his career. The Tony Atlas story alone is worth it.

Brad Maddox talked about the origins of his ring name and more. There've definitely been worse names for wrestlers coming through developmental.

Dean Ambrose talked ahead of Raw being in his hometown. His years of varied experience have really done him well.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It's all a matter of dollars and cents between WWE and Hulu. I can certainly see WWE wanting to move it exclusively to the network if Hulu doesn't make them a sweet deal.

2. Vince has always seemed to have it out for JR for whatever reason. It was politically easy for them to have him take the fall for the incident. That's pretty much what it comes down to.

3. I'm sure Kaitlyn was more than OK with putting AJ over on the way out. It makes sense to build the champion up, since she's staying and Kaitlyn isn't.

4. Honestly, I don't think it's going to make much of a difference. This seems like more of a case of wanting to do something other than wrestling than wanting to get away from WWE.

5. It's possible, but I really think WWE's got something deeper in mind here. I don't see this as WWE throwing Bryan under a bus as much as possibly setting up something different for Mania season. There's a rumor/theory going around about this leading to Bryan vs. Taker, assuming Batista vs. Orton is the WWE Title match then. I'm willing to let that possibility play out, but Bryan vs. HHH or Bryan vs. HBK with Bryan as a face makes more sense at this juncture.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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