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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

WWE live event visitor, new Table for 3 coming, legend book coming soon, Rock films at Raw, Rollins DVD coming, Jetsons-WWE update, Interviews with Revival/Pillman, Jr., new HoFer, where's Seth?, more ways to see Network, WM33 host, Vince on Andre doc, Raw PPV set, upcoming WWE international show, another Mania contest, and Questions on part-timers on Raw, WWE Network series being dropped, Steiners in the WWE Hall, and Mania's title pictures

Korn's Jonathan Davis was at Raw's live event in California this weekend. Always cool to see people who will be open with being a wrestling fan.

A new "Table for 3" with Stan Hansen, Larry Zbyszko, and Bob Backlund will be on WWE Network Friday. Those are generally pretty fun.

A Mad Dog Vachon biography is due this September. Should be a good look at his career.

The Rock and the staff of his Paige movie prepared for their scenes before the Raw taping. I look forward to seeing what they do with it.

- Thea Trinidad and Tessa Blanchard did footage after the show. Tessa stood in to take bumps as Paige. This seems to confirm Thea is more or less playing AJ Lee. That should be pretty interesting!

- The Rock came out before Raw confirming the scene they were taping was based on Paige beating AJ Lee. He also cracked a joke that Cena wasn't going to be in the movie, because they wanted it to be good. Vince McMahon "fired" Rock before the live crowd. That all sounds hilarious. I hope WWE cameras got footage.

- Rock returned after Raw to tape the scene. Fans started chanting C.M. Punk, so Rock allegedly called him and tried to get him on Facetime, but wasn't successful in either attempt. I can only imagine how that went down backstage. Rock has some serious pull to be able to do that without serious repercussions.

Seth Rollins will get a three-disc DVD on May 30. Wow. He's already had that much material? Damn.

The Jetsons-WWE crossover is out March 14. Should be pretty fun.

The Revival talked in Orlando:
- I LOVE their attitude.

- They kind of downplay their indie backgrounds because they weren't Internet darlings before WWE.

- I expect WWE will bring the team up after Wrestlemania.

- NXT is kind of a blend of developmental and a "third brand."

Diamond Dallas Page has been announced for the WWE Hall of Fame. BANG! I'm glad his career inside the ring and accomplishments outside of it are being acknowledged at that level.

Seth Rollins has been rehabilitating his knee in Alabama. It's unclear whether he'll be able to work WM33. Time will tell.

Brian Pillman, Jr. discussed beginning his wrestling career. I wish him a lot of luck there.

WWE Network is now available on Chromecast for PC, Mac, and both iOS, and Android mobile devices. That's good!

New Day will host Wrestlemania 33. So, they probably won't be wrestling on the show. That's fine. It'll be good for some new teams to be in the title mix, and the trio can keep the crowd engaged during a LONG night.

Vince McMahon commented on the upcoming Andre documentary.

Raw's Payback PPV will be on April 30 in California. Neither Brock Lesnar nor Goldberg are currently advertised for the show.

WWE will run a show in Chile on October 21. This could be the site of some scouting for any upcoming Latin American Championship tournament.

A Wrestlemania contest is being offered by Cricket Wireless. That could be a really big opportunity.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Hopefully that attitude changes somewhat going forward if they want Smackdown to be a big thing.

2. JBL confirmed for not a draw. I assume it was a similar reason as dropping the pre-show panel: the cost of paying talent to host the show wasn't worth it given low viewership.

3. I'm guessing after the Dean Ambrose podcast they shied away from following up. I'd like to see Goldberg do the show, but it will depend on if WWE wants to do any more of it.

4. As entertaining as Scott would be with a live mic, I don't see family-friendly WWE letting it happen. I wouldn't rule out the two sides reconciling at some point, but they'd be taking a big risk letting Scott speak.

5. I don't see either happening. Goldberg vs. Brock for the Universal Title is expected to close the show, and Bray vs. Orton (vs. Luke?) is expected to be the WWE Title match.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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