Chef Robert Irvine, Gail Kim's husband, was ringside at a recent TNA live event. They could probably use his expertise at turning businesses around.
Big E talked to promote the post-Extreme Rules Raw. Yeah, about that whole "still being IC Champion" thing... Good piece otherwise.
Sgt. Slaughter was part of an Extreme Rules viewing party in New York. That's pretty cool.
At one point, the plan for the main event of Payback was Daniel Bryan vs. Batista for the WWE Championship, with Bryan going over. Batista balked at the idea of another major loss on his way out. I can respect Batista's thinking there, but at the end of the day Bryan's the top guy in the company and should be pushed accordingly.
Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
WWE, through Triple H, has plans to bring back Ric Flair in a regular role for the company. I think I'd prefer him to be paired with a younger talent to help them get further over. Maybe he could be put with a heel HHH and Orton want to be part of Evolution? I hope they at least use him for something fresher than just hanging out with HHH, Orton and Batista more. There's not a lot of mileage in that concept.
Kane taught math at an elementary school. That would have been an awesome segment in the Hell No days. Heck, it'd be awesome in kayfabe now. That aside, Kane's a great guy outside the ring and I hope he's successful in whatever he does after wrestling.
Sheamus had an interview. I think he'd make a great heel challenger for Bryan, but Bray Wyatt should probably be his opponent for Summerslam.
Emma talked in Australia. I've really enjoyed what I've seen from her both in NXT and on the main roster. Hopefully the best is yet to come from her.
TNA has announced names for their big UK tour next January. Jeff Hardy/Willow probably won't be there given his criminal record. I think MVP might be in the same boat. If Kurt Angle doesn't re-sign, the tour will really be lacking in big names.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I don't know if WWE will address that unless it really starts to affect their business.
2. The Wyatts are more dominant than The Brood ever was as a unit. If we're looking at Edge and Christian from the record of their singles careers instead, things could be pretty different.
3. Yeah, the "three arenas" thing was certainly an interesting experiment to expand WrestleMania. I think there's a reason WWE only did that once.
4. It doesn't look all that likely. What makes that PPV difficult to sell is putting so many eggs in so few baskets (eight wrestlers in seven matches) and not being able to advertise the tournament final/main event as a sure thing. I think it's OK for a special episode of Raw, but I don't know how well it would work as a PPV in 2014.
5. Making him less indestructible and cutting out the juvenile humor would do it for me and for a lot of people.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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