Trent Barreta talked ahead of an indie show. DGUSA will be using him a lot in the future I believe. He's a talented (and hilarious) guy. I wouldn't mind him being in TNA on a somewhat regular basis.
Dolph Ziggler got a cake for his birthday on 7/27 at a WWE live event. He smashed some in AJ Lee's face, and then hugged her before Lilian Garcia sang "Happy Birthday". Pretty cool.
JBL is taking time off to do some more mountain-climbing. That could be an opening for Alex Riley to impress as a commentator.
Here's JR's latest blog, which included advice for up-and-coming stars. It applies to all walks of life I think.
Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
For some reason, PWInsider.com had 10 questions yesterday. Here's my take on all of them:
1.Oh, you know they'd bring Bully Ray back? I believe that they had the opportunity to pick him up last year and didn't do it. As for "dream matches", I think the matches mentioned could be pretty good. Samoa Joe and Magnus could also have good matches with a number of people. Whether WWE would actually pick up some of those guys is an interesting question. Honestly, some performers in TNA are somewhat big fish in small ponds and might be lost in the shuffle in WWE.
2. I do think that they should have gotten ahead of it sooner. As for giving him a big settlement, they're not made of money and they were paying him a lot more than someone of similar experience in what he was doing would have gotten. I don't think she just looked at it from her point of view at all. She addressed the concerns people had. At the end of the day, she's running a business and not a charity and has to run things accordingly. Sometimes that means making tough decisions.
3. It feels like every other question here is about some kind of alleged conspiracy to ruin the IWC's vision of what wrestling should be. Geez.
4. If they can turn it into Heyman being "in charge", I'm all for it. That could be a lot of fun if they shift the McMahons to the background.
5. 50,000? Are you serious, bro? WrestleMania can pull in more than that. I don't know if WWE would go there for that reason alone.
6. Pretty much what they said. I can see him coming back into the fold more. Warrior seems to be open to burying the hatchet. If Vince sees money in it, he'll forgive just about anyone.
7. Reality shows kind of play loose with the facts to present the story they want to. You know, kind of like wrestling.
8. If Warrior "doesn't matter", why would 2K Sports put him in the game and make a big deal out of it? And if he walked out on the business, why is he working on a wrestling game? I don't see him "coming back", but I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up on documentaries or something down the line.
9. Basically what they said. I don't even know that TNA can get that kind of attendance on a regular basis, but I could be wrong.
10. I don't think it's as simple as "push the X-Division". If they have some people in the X-Division who have good enough personalities and a good enough feud, then sure: push them. At any rate, I'm glad that there's agreement that the mainstream fan tunes in for bigger performers (unless the smaller performers are really good and pushed like they matter).
More wrestling tomorrow.
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