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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Next WWE Network addition, NXT-WWE 2K15 update, notes on end of WWE Magazine, TNA-India updates, WWE star returning from injury?, former WWE name and TNA Original work tapings, and Questions on Swagger vs. Rusev, NXT names on the main roster, HoF nods for backstage folks, Vince pushing smaller stars, and Neville

WWE Network will next add the old Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling cartoon. That's pretty cool. I'm glad they're adding that.

Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn are supposed to be part of WWE 2K15 in some fashion. That's a pretty high endorsement considering they made it in before people already on the main roster (David Otunga, Zack Ryder, etc.).

AL.com covered the end of WWE Magazine. I also have some good memories of reading the magazine, like the brand split days resulting in a Smackdown magazine and Stone Cold telling his side of his walkout to Raw magazine. It's sad to see the publication go, but its time has passed. WWE is offering subscribers a 30-day pass to the WWE Network or a refund check to cover the balance.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

WWE just signed a big five-year deal with Fox Sports Latin America to bring Raw, Smackdown, Main Event, NXT, and PPVs to 56 million Latin and South American households. That's great news! A big get for WWE and I hope it leads to more talent coming from that region. Also, Superstars got buried. It's something of a recap show these days, so they're not missing much.

Samoa Joe also will be doing promotion for TNA in India. I wonder if we're in for any tapings or anything there.

There's also talk TNA could sign someone who worked for Ring Ka King. One of the wrestlers from that series took a picture in a TNA shirt.

Santino Marella underwent successful neck surgery, and could be able to return to the ring around the time of WM31. In other words, he might have jumped the gun with the retirement talk. I think I'd be fine with seeing him come back and deliver some Cobras. He's pretty over.

The former Brodus Clay and Shark Boy are both booked for this week's TNA taping. Both are good workers in my book!

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I do think it would have been hard to have Swagger keep losing the feud, and they really wanted to keep Rusev undefeated (possibly leading to a big match with Kurt Angle?). They wanted to get Rusev further over, and to some degree want the same for Bo. So, they used Swagger to get them further along. Swagger has done an awesome job, and could have made a solid midcard champion if they went that route. I'm a fan of Ziggler, but I wouldn't mind if Swagger was IC Champion right now instead. He's certainly earned the recognition.

2. I don't know if Main Event and Superstars have higher viewership than NXT (either on the Network or internationally), so I don't know how much it would really help them outside of working more experienced names. Having them work Raw and Smackdown every once in a while or something is an intriguing idea. There are people on the main roster who could use some TV time they aren't getting, too.

3. I absolutely think some of those unsung heroes behind-the-scenes deserve recognition. Namely Jim Johnston, once he retires.

4. I definitely think we'll see more of a transition toward smaller wrestlers in the years to come, but it's not going to happen overnight. I think a lot of fans want to see more of the type of wrestler we see on NXT, and WWE would be wise to push them more.

5. This is a popular topic today! Yeah, NXT is HHH's baby. He booked Neville to win, not Vince.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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