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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Foley talks Rollins, Bourne update, more on Batista-WWE, options for WWE DVDs include TNA names, Interview with Devitt and Questions on WWE working with NJPW, refs being clued in, AJ Lee, WWE on SNL and the opening to WM30

Mick Foley gave his thoughts on Seth Rollins' heel turn. I continue to hope for the best!

Evan Bourne celebrated the six-year anniversary of his first match with WWE (on the ECW brand), leading to speculation he was done with the company. He put those rumors to rest. With Kofi Kingston, Tyson Kidd, Justin Gabriel, Sin Cara (Hunico), Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn all available, does Bourne stand out enough to be brought back after two years with two Wellness strikes, or should they just wait for his contract to expire? I like Bourne as a competitor, but I don't know if it'd be worth it to give him any kind of serious push when they could use that spot for one of those other names. If he was brought back by now, he'd probably just be jobbing to Bo Dallas and/or Rusev like Kofi and the other low-level babyfaces.

DiGiorno's Pizza played off Rollins' heel turn. Pretty funny. Believe in pizza!

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Main Event Reax - 6/3/14, what happened after Raw, more Pro Wrestling 101, Interviews with Daivari/HBK, more on Rollins, Bryan update, Raw audience, WWE offers valuable service to former employees and Questions on Sandow, Brie vs. Stephanie, Styles in WWE, uncut shows and having one physical title

Main Event:
Barrett laid it in pretty rough on RVD there. I don't really expect Van Dam to get his heat back with a win, either.

At least Cody and Goldust are still cordial. I wonder if Dusty will come back to make peace between the two sides?

Goldust's teaming with Kofi? Doesn't he want to win?

That was a pretty darn good tag match. Kofi and Goldust both pulled off some impressive moves. It's amazing to see this level of athleticism from Goldust after his dismal TNA run years back.

That was a pretty good promo from Van Dam.

Pretty damn good match between Barrett and Van Dam. I think Cesaro's interference took away from it a little bit, but I was impressed by the action.

I can easily see Barrett, Cesaro and RVD in Money In The Bank. But a feud for the title works, too.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Live Payback report, MVP update, TNA returns, Impact lineup, what happened after Payback, Payback injury?, Punk/AJ update, Barrett's black eye, More Torito vs. Hornswoggle?, Batista addresses #Bluetista, Foley addresses Bray's loss, Smackdown audience, Hall of Famer appearance, next TNA special announced and Questions on a Wyatt breakup, the WWE Title situation, Cena's feuds and Dixie going through a table

Someone posted live thoughts from Payback. Having a "come down" match is important and shouldn't be overlooked when there are multiple main events. Having brawls all over the arena makes it difficult for the crowd to focus on one thing. That's a good point I didn't really think of.

MVP worked as a "general manager" for his other European bookings due to his injury. He was still on crutches. I hope TNA has a good backup plan for Slammiversary. How about EY vs. Abyss? MVP has no reason to reward Roode or Joe (whom I suggested previously)  and there's no babyface authority figure to oppose him. EY vs. Abyss already has heat to it as well.

Taryn Terrell and Manik are expected back on TNA TV shortly. That's great! Taryn makes a natural antagonist for the Beautiful People since she's not tied into the current mess of transitioning heels and babyfaces.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

Raw Reax - 6/2/14

Read on for my thoughts on last night's Raw.

Monday, June 2, 2014

Diva face turn?, Hall of Famer done watching WWE, Foley talks WWE diss, TNA upset at online reports, Lawler appearance and Questions on more Shield vs. Wyatts, Punk coming back, NXT, other promotions on the WWE Network and Monday Night War pettiness

Summer Rae was paired with Dolph Ziggler to take on Fandango and Layla at Saturday's WWE live event. Could they be turning her face? And if so, would the WWE audience be open to that? Ziggler could definitely use something new to do and working with Summer Rae could be helpful for keeping him relevant.

"Superstar" Billy Graham offered a thoughtful critique of the current WWE product. I'm with him as far as not wanting to see a lot of the Hornswoggle/El Torito stuff, but I think in general he's missing the mark here. If he's just now figuring out WWE is a company of characters doing "sports entertainment" and getting fed up about it, he's been spared a lot. I actually like Adam Rose and Bo Dallas and I'm not alone in that sentiment.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.



WWE Payback Reax

Read on for my thoughts on last night's WWE PPV.

Sunday, June 1, 2014

More trouble for Sin Cara I, two TNA stars working reality show, Interviews with Barrett/Kevin Von Erich/Double J, TNA main eventer injured and Questions on multiple appearances in a night, Legends House, game shows on the WWE Network and Velocity

CMLL has stated they own the name Mistico for one of their performers, and anyone else using that name is a fraud. In other words, things could get ugly if the original Sin Cara tries to use that name for AAA. Things have really not gone well for him since leaving Mexico.

TNA's Robbie E and Brooke Tessmacher are on the 25th season of "The Amazing Race", which will be filming through some point in July. Considering TNA doesn't have any mention of this on their website, it could be something they did independent of the company. I wonder if there's any heat there? TNA's active roster isn't exactly huge right now.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.