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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Interviews with Morrison/Banks+Graves, note on DeMott, special WWE magazines, TNA taping schedule set, who DA likes in TNA, Impact lineup, GFW update, another big wrestling promotion?, NXT updates, more on WWE charity, Matt Hardy update, WM31 match official, more from JR on DeMott, what happened after Raw, and Questions on Nash headlining, matches in the HoF, turning Reigns heel, Vince's booking, and Rock vs. Reigns

The former John Morrison talked about Lucha Underground and more. One of the things people like most about LU is it not trying to be WWE on a smaller scale. The wrestlers have new characters and exist in their own universe.

As expected, a lot of wrestlers were talking about Bill DeMott's resignation this weekend. It's a changing of the guard in NXT.

WWE will have some special magazines through Topix. So, WWE Magazine is done, but we'll still have some WWE magazines.

TNA will be taping new episodes of Impact Wrestling this week in Universal Studios. They've canceled their April tapings, but plan to add new tapings in May. I assume this just means they're taping enough stuff this week to get them up to May. It will be interesting to see where their stories go from here.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

Destination America is pushing for Kurt Angle to have a prominent role in TNA. That explains some things. I wonder who TNA would utilize as their top names if there wasn't that factor. Would Angle still be there?

Set for this week's Impact Wrestling:
- Last Man Standing: Eric Young vs. Bobby Roode
- Magnus vs. Bram
- Ultimate X match for the TNA Tag Team Championship: The Wolves vs. DJ Z/Jessie Godderz vs. Manik/The Great Sanada
- Robbie E vs. Brooke
- Hair vs. Hair: Rockstar Spud vs. Ethan Carter III
- TNA Knockouts Championship: Awesome Kong vs. Gail Kim vs. Taryn Terrell

Honestly, that's a PPV-level card for TNA right now. Should be one hell of a show.

There are expected to be TV taping dates in Las Vegas announced for GFW for sometime in the summer timeframe. I'm definitely ready to hear what's happening on that front, because it seems like it's been a while since anything of note has happened on that front.

Shane Douglas is looking to create a new wrestling promotion, that would begin TV tapings in Las Vegas in 2016. The plan is to do in the range of 250 events in a year and possibly work internationally. The name would be Classic Wrestling Revolution. No word on if this involves purchasing ocean-front property in Arizona. I appreciate him setting his sights high, but I'll believe this when I see it.

Unsurprisingly, morale is very high in NXT after the recent live events. I'm sure the changing of head trainers doesn't hurt that feeling.

NXT could be touring regularly starting in May. That should be great for those talents! More experience and more money hopefully means even more big-name signings. If WWE's going to be a monopoly, they need to be a good one.

Adam Pearce was back as a guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center. Why haven't they signed him to a regular role yet?

Sasha Banks and Corey Graves talked about NXT. It's a shame we'll never see Graves wrestle in a WWE ring. I was looking forward to what he'd do. The sky is the limit for Banks if she keeps impressing.

WWE has added more perks to their Superstars for Hope campaign. I picture someone getting lunch with Triple H and telling him all these things he should do to get Vince out of power and such.

Matt Hardy gave an update on his status with TNA. I'm glad we'll be seeing him regularly. He's been doing pretty great stuff. I'm also very glad he's taking his health into account.

AJ Lee and Paige vs. The Bella Twins has been officially set for WrestleMania 31. That's MUCH better than some "Total Divas" match. I'm glad to see AJ and Paige working together again.

Jim Ross clarified his opinions on the Bill DeMott situation. It's definitely difficult to express an opinion in this day and age without people grossly misconstruing it. There's no reason to be disrespectful to JR because of something you don't agree with (and misunderstand, to boot).

Seth Rollins was stretchered out after Raw to sell the attack by Orton. That was a nice "Attitude Era" style ass-kicking you don't see as much these days.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. That's exactly why. It has nothing to do with who was the bigger star or anything like that.

2. I think that's a really good idea. I'd like to see that implemented at some point. They could also induct historical titles from the past, or even PPVs like Starrcade. Very good "outside the box" thinking.

3. Poor long-term planning on this questioner's part. Maybe, MAYBE they should turn him heel during the match itself if it's a Rock/Hogan reaction, but they definitely shouldn't turn him heel just a few weeks before Mania.

4. Vince is definitely stubborn! I don't know if that statement would be a literal one or not. Would he rather have 50,000 people at WM32 in Dallas rather than a full house? I'm not so sure.

5. This column went from bad to worse. Is this a "bad ideas" competition? How does that help Reigns at all? And who's to say Rock can even make WM32?

More wrestling tomorrow.

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