NXT has tapings set in Full Sail on July 11 and August 23. Of course, there will be another Takeover special before Summerslam.
The former Jack Swagger discussed leaving WWE and more. Here are some highlights:
- I think it was the best move for him to branch out and do something different. Obviously the end goal in wrestling is to make as much money as you can. If he can pull a Drew Galloway, he'll be able to come back in a few years and pull in a bigger contract.
- Jack is definitely talented, but doing the same things with the same people will ground pretty much anyone. See Dolph Ziggler.
- I would mark SO hard for Swagger working with Dutch Mantell again. Not so much for him in ROH.
Sean Waltman missed a UK wrestling appearance. He's reportedly OK. Hopefully things are going well for the former X-Pac overall these days.
Jeff Hardy broke a tooth in his Payback match. There's a North Carolina joke in there. Hopefully he gets that fixed up pretty soon.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. To complement their answer, Impact has been able to bring in a lot of new and fresh talents for a cheaper price and less hassle. It's good to see people get opportunities under the new regime. I don't really see it as putting over GFW as much as trying to establish new stars, as GFW will almost definitely fold into Impact like WCW did for WWE. As for the Matthews storyline, the goal is to use the heat he generates in order to get a big payoff when he finally gets clobbered.
Honestly, the rating has been pretty consistent with what it was when they had the Hardys and Drew, so I don't think there's too much to worry about. A lot of people gave up on Impact a long time ago, and it's going to take quite a while to grow an audience.
2. Yes, Impact should either drop the issue or reach an agreement to sell the intellectual property. The Hardys aren't coming back anytime soon, if ever. Really all they're doing is preventing two popular wrestlers from doing a gimmick fans love. I don't see how that benefits Impact beyond getting a payday from WWE.
3. Heyman explained this a lot the last time Brock was part-time champ. It makes Universal Title matches all that more important when there are only a few of them a year. People can still have big feuds (Braun/Roman) and even declare they want the title like Finn did. I doubt many people are eager to step in the ring with Brock at any rate given his dominance.
4. Well, they're putting out a lot of new and returning faces, so there's plenty to potentially get hooked by. I'm liking things other than non-wrestlers being so prominent.
5. OH MY THE BIG DOG OVERCAME THE ODDS!! HE SURVIVED A WAR WITH THE MONSTER AMONG MEN, BRAUN STROWMAN!! Basically the way they could have done that kind of thing would be for both men to beat the holy hell out of each other with a lot of big moves and big bumps leading to Roman winning by means of surviving the destruction. It's pretty much how action movies go.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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