James Ellsworth continued his string of interviews. They can at least use him in NXT if he doesn't "make it" as a main roster guy.
Big Show talked about the non-importance of winning and losing and more:
- I wish more people in the business got that. Titles, wins, pushes, etc. aren't real. The paycheck is.
- Show's spot on about fan criticism. He's been in the business a lot longer than a good deal of fans have been watching.
- I LOVE Show's response to people burying him (note Show's correct use of the term). Show gives NO fucks.
- Show's the man for burying Internet darlings. So refreshing to hear.
- He's right about needing to build sympy for the face in the ring so their comebacks and big moves mean something. Can he be become a producer now?
- I wouldn't assume WM33 is his last match. I don't see him wrestling past WM34, but it's possible WWE uses him in the ring throughout 2017.
Jessicka Havok discussed TNA, not making it in NXT and more:
- Cyberbullying of people with any level of fame is a real thing.
- I can definitely see how she got pushed aside for Awesome Kong, which didn't end up ending too well for either of them.
- WWE tryouts are definitely really intense.
- Twitter more or less killed her career. There's a lesson there.
- I don't know if suing is going to get her into WWE or anything, but maybe it'd help her in some way.
- Yeah, burying trolls doesn't really make this any better.
- Things got a little whiny and defensive there at the end. I hope she doesn't turn into Bret Hart or Shill Y2J at this point.
AJ Styles posted fan art of him facing Shawn Michaels at Royal Rumble, which will be in HBK's hometown of San Antonio. Given the big anniversary that show is, if Taker's not going to be able to wrestle that night, it might be worth looking into getting Shawn for a one-off. That could really be something.
NXT has signed a new host/announcer, going by the name Kayla Braxton. Presumably she'll be interviewing people backstage on NXT TV soon.
Mike Bennett's entrance music returned on this week's Impact Wrestling. It was removed from laast week's edition airing on Pop due to potential copyright issues with composer Dale Oliver. So, hopefully that's all settled now.
Some music on Impact Wrestling written by Billy Corgan was replaced on the most recent episode of Impact Wrestling, likely due to the ongoing legal issues between Corgan and TNA Management.
Davey Richards is expected to be able to return to the ring in the next few weeks, so we could see him back on Impact Wrestling in early 2017 if TNA's in position to film more shows then.
At an NXT live event in Florida:
- Macey Estrella debuted in a battle royal.
- Brennan Williams lost to Lince Dorado in the former Marcellus Black's singles match debut. I hope the former NFL player does well.
- Other cruiserweights on the show included Rich Swann and #DIY.
- Eric Young appeared alongside the rest of Sanity, but did not compete.
- Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe, and Cedric Alexander were all advertised, but didn't appear. NXT's had a real problem with this lately.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I like the idea of people who have experience as wrestlers being on the Creative team. Too often, it's soap opera writers, etc.
2. A lot of Raw cruiserweights are working NXT. I don't know if the plan is to eventually have them do Raw live events or what, but it's been a regular thing to see them on NXT TV and NXT live events.
3. I REALLY want to see Gillberg make a cameo in all this. He was really fun. I'd pop for Gillberg vs. James Ellsworth at Survivor Series, honestly.
Nothing to add to 4.
5. I'm sure there's something really obvious I'm not thinking of like "what if this person had gotten involved in wrestling sooner" kind of stuff. As far as the big invasion, there were a good number of people who were basically being paid a lot of money by AOL Time Warner to sit at home (and possibly recover from the wear-and-tear of working for however long they had). There would have been a lot of politics of not waning to job to people who tried to put WWF out of business, etc. There's no way it could have lived up to expectations.
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