First up, answering a query sent to the blog:
1. The Cabinet in ROH take a knee in reference to the NFL's Colin Kaepernick doing so during the U.S. national anthem as a protest. Their characters are basically saying the system of ROH is against them, etc. I think it's pretty clever; they're doing well in their roles.
Austin Aries was unable to compete for NXT this weekend, so his Dusty Classic match was turned into a one-on-one match between Roderick Strong and TM61's Shane Thorne. Thorne won with a rollup, so TM61 advanced. Aries and Strong would have been my picks to win. Aries should be able to return next week.
The Authors of Pain beat Rich Swann and No Way Jose this weekend to advance in the Dusty Classic. I'm curious to see what the Authors' future holds.
Nikki Bella talked about misconceptions and more:
- The Bellas have definitely benefited from their relationships. Their current stepdad got them hired, They got an initial push for being twins despite being incredibly green, Total Divas got them a spotlight upon returning, Brie got a push from Bryan missing time, Nikki got a push from WWE wanting to eclipse AJ's reign, etc. That doesn't mean Brie and Nikki aren't talented, but they certainly got a lot of help from things unrelated to their ring work.
- It's more than a little upsetting she thinks she should be immune from criticism for feminist reasons. I can support Sasha Banks, etc. for breaking the glass ceiling while still being upset the Bellas were hired with zero wrestling experience and only spent a year training before making it to the main roster.
- Again, Nikki has worked really hard to improve her game and I'd say she's a pretty good wrestler in 2016. That doesn't change her getting a spotlight before she was this level of a wrestler because of reasons unrelated to her in-ring ability.
- I can't say I really want to see a Cena/Nikki teaming on-screen.
Sasha Banks visited at the House of Glory school again recently. That's awesome.
Dolph Ziggler talked about a PPV possibly happening in the UK and more. Leaving because you're not getting "a push" kind of irks me. As for a PPV in the UK, it's possible, but nothing is currently in the works.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Where this bankruptcy would differ from WCW going under is a good number of WCW talents were still under contract to AOL Time Warner and were legally still employees getting paid for the remainder of their deals. If TNA goes out of business, everyone would immediately be free agents to be signed to new contracts by whatever promotion picks them up.
2. I see the comparisons, but this was more "I can barely walk because I went through this kind of match. Be careful out there." than "screw you fans for goading us into doing this crazy stuff." I would pop if Charlotte tried to make the match a whole bunch of headlocks, etc. though. It's tougher to sell the Cell match as dangerous after so many of them get booked so often with people going back to wrestling shortly thereafter.
3. I wouldn't be surprised to see Scherer and/or Johnson honored some day if they keep doing what they do for years to come.
4. No one scripts their promos.
5. I think Corgan definitely wanted to save TNA for the sake of the people there and for the business as a whole, but obviously problems have arisen between him and management during the process. I can see this being him lashing out in frustration with how things have worked out.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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