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Monday, March 7, 2016

Praise for WWE on YouTube, WWE live event press, Interview with JR, more on Shane preparing for Taker, NXT tryouts, and Questions on Bundy in the HoF, the last WCW show, Rey coming back to WWE, Styles getting a big push, and WWE changing ring names

 WWE's YouTube channel and its potential to draw a lot of revenue in years to come was profiled. It will definitely be a big part of the changing media landscape, and WWE is wise to capitalize on that.

An upcoming WWE live event was promoted. Nothing really earth-shattering there.

Jim Ross talked about his early years in wrestling. He learned some really important skills it sounds like. The territory days were pretty rough, but they made him really appreciate the business.

Shane McMahon continues to train for Wrestlemania. He's been working with Tommy Dreamer lately. I can only imagine what everyone has up their sleeves for HIAC.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
NXT posted video from their tryouts at the Arnold Classic. Triple H has big plans for signing talents to the brand.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I'd definitely like to see WWE extend the olive branch to get him into the HoF before too much longer. If Bret, Sammartino, Warrior, and Billy Graham can come back, I don't see why Bundy can't.

2. I guess the new owners figured they might as well finish out the other stuff they usually taped at Nitro. There were no WCW tapings after that.

3. The Lucha Dragons (and some non-masked luchadores working NXT) have less wear-and-tear and age than Mysterio. Plus, none of them have any Wellness violations. WWE had Rey under contract a long time without putting him back in the ring, to the point he was trying to get out of it to work elsewhere. So, I think they're going to continue on the path of making new lucha stars. Even if Rey wasn't working elsewhere now, I don't think they'd sign him to a long-term deal again.

4. It could be Styles, Ambrose, Owens, Rollins as a face, or even someone currently in NXT like Balor or Zayn. Depending on your definition of "top spot," I think we could see some promising pushes for a new generation of stars in 2017.

5. I still think it's kind of funny they rebranded Tensai as Jason Albert for an announcer role. But yes, WWE likes owning their talents' ring names so they can't go somewhere else and give that other promotion buzz from having a talent who made their name in WWE.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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