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Monday, September 29, 2014

Interviews with Kamala/Bobby Fulton, more live event notes, and Questions on Bryan vs. Jeff Hardy, the Wyatts, WWE names, Cena, and Big E/Kofi/Xavier

Kamala talked about working as a face in WWF and more. It's amazing to think of a time when Kamala was a top draw as a heel. Totally different era.

Bobby Fulton of The Fantastics talked about the state of wrestling today vs. the territory days. I think the good guy/bad guy dynamic still works in 2014, but the fans aren't just going to cheer someone just because they're pushed as a good guy. A lot of fans choose their own favorites and cheer for them regardless of which "side" the promotion says they're on. As for Vince, he adapted wrestling into sports entertainment and keeps drawing money from that concept. I don't see him leaving "his baby" in favor of doing another XFL or WBF kind of thing at this point. I can easily see him staying heavily involved with WWE until he's physically unable to do so.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

NXT's Sami Zayn beat Tyler Breeze at a main roster live event this weekend. Both men are pretty talented, and I hope they deliver when they come to the main roster as actual additions.


For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I do think there are some big differences between Bryan and Hardy, but Hardy broke through that top tier in a same way as Bryan. Hardy has a big connection with the crowd that he built up for years, and was less likely to be seen as a fad as Bryan could have been seen as. I think Bryan would have remained a force had he not been injured. He was booked pretty strongly, but a lot of people have somewhat distorted views on that.

2. I think a big thing that happened was WWE for some reason shifting toward Orton vs. Jericho instead of finishing the Wyatt/Jericho feud at Night of Champions. With Big Show then involved with the Rusev feud, that left the Wyatts out of the picture. I also don't think Vince is intentionally sabotaging them. He'd just rather push other performers.

3. Finn Balor sounds like a mythical figure, which was what Devitt intended when he chose it. I don't see WWE shying away from re-branding indie names any time soon.

4. WWE absolutely relies too much on John Cena, and some other names who have been around for quite some time. It's been a problem for years now, and has only been addressed in pieces.

5. I think WWE's still experimenting with the group on live events, possibly to determine whether they'd work better as faces or heels. Hopefully WWE does ultimately decide to do something with them as a trio.

More wrestling tomorrow. 

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