Jeremy Borash was not at one of TNA's shows this week for reasons unknown. I assume he's still with the company and just got a night off. He's been with TNA since literally the first show.
Natalya beat Alicia Fox on a WWE live event in Texas, so it looks like she's back on the road for now. Maybe they can pair her with Cesaro since he's supposedly lacking in personality?
Bob Ryder gave some updates on the state of TNA. Those live event numbers aren't bad. I hope they do well in that area as their tours continue.
Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
Lana gave an update on her recovery. I wonder what they do with her when she returns.
King Barrett finished filming for WWE, so he should be back soon. I wonder where he fits in now that Stardust has a new crew. He's a guy who could use something of a reboot after a promising start fizzled. I mean, he was main eventing PPVs when he was in Nexus.
Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker will headline Hell in a Cell next month, inside the titular structure. That should be HYPE. It will be interesting to see what that leaves for Taker at WM32, since this would presumably blow off the feud.
Visiting backstage at Night of Champions were:
- MVP, who left TNA fairly recently and lives in the area. It'd be interesting to see him, either on the main roster or in NXT.
- Scott Hall
- Stevie Ray, whom I would guess lives in the area since that's where Booker lives.
- Several NXT names, due to the live events held nearby.
I wonder if MVP's interested in working for WWE again.
WWE has stated they'll prosecute the fan who entered the ring at Night of Champions to the fullest extent of the law. It's all fun and games until someone actually hurts a performer. WWE doesn't want that to happen, and will take steps to ensure their employees' safety.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I think if they do want to push Sandow and Axel again (instead of just having them as jobbers or whatever), they should take both of them off TV for a few months to rest up and fine-tune some things at the Performance Center. That way, when we see them again, it's less likely fans will be like "oh yeah, these were the goofs impersonating Hogan and Savage" and more likely they'll be like "man I missed how great these two were!" The last thing either man needs is to be a gimmick of impersonating someone else. They need to show they can work as themselves. But first, we need to get the bad taste of them as jobbers out of our mouths.
2. Maybe. Rollins was just in a group with Kane, Mercury, Noble, and Show, so I don't think it's something they should rush back into. Maybe they could put some people together as a group around the time of WM32, but nothing in the near future.
3. If Rollins took a long beating from Cena, then another from (say) Kane and/or Sheamus or something, they could probably justify him losing to the icon. But it would be difficult to accept otherwise.
4. I'd mark out, but there's no reason to sacrifice the Wyatts, Ambrose, or Reigns in that scenario (since all the focus would go on Brock).
5. Because DA wants to get everything they can out of the deal with TNA. I'm under the impression they're not happy with the lack of ad revenue from the show, so they want to at least get attention for their other shows from the audience.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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