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Wasn't close to biggest push ever... cos the WCW title in effect meant nothing to Vince. It was a way to create a defacto main eventer from one they'd aborted on before... they botched it, Chris didn't... but reality is that had it gone another way, fans would have clamoured more for Jericho...

New Day nailed it with their statement today... they're indifferent. Frankly that's how it should be with Hogan from now on... hating on him won't make a difference, nor will supporting him. Hogan craves that approval/heat... if people simply no sell him then he will get bored quickly and want...

ECW overdubs make sense for early stuff... ECW were using licensed (probably unlicensed) at the time... Sandman coming out to Enter Sandman? You think Heyman was paying Metallica for that when he wasn't paying his own talent? Was he fuck!

Neither of them will be... for more than a minute or two, that's the point... Let's say argument sake, they want a new monster heel...which is likely if Brock is departing. They have two candidates in Lashley and Roman... both of whom will likely face Brock at Summerslam due to some...

To be fair, Piper DID talk about her on podcasts and that he thought very highly of her and was down with her using his name... I take the point that the promos aren't there... but she's learning, Roddy was a unique man and "out there" in many ways... Ronda isn't, but she has the fire/guts and...

The issues here are quite big... Like it or not, he was being illicitly recorded when that came out... and he won that case. So while it came out, the reality is that had he not been illegally recorded, no one would EVER have known about it. While it doesn't mean he is innocent, the reality is...

It comes down to this... Ronda and Piper were BOTH box office... not because of skill or size but cos of what they represent. Piper was the scrawny little scrote who could legit challenge...not beat but challenge Hogan when the business was at it's hottest... he played a big part in making it...

So people are citing that we now "know" how previous pushes worked and that we "know" how a modern one does... Get over this fact... you REALLY don't! You are not privy to the endless focus groups, marketing meetings and huddles that lead a star to get pushed. The nearest you got is someones...

Reality is that they have to get Brock in the building and do the cash in... or the title's cred is completely toast... It may mean they have to give Brock his release (which he probably wants) but it's better than basically shitcanning the title. If they vacate it without Brock losing it, then...

Want any doubts solved... this is a "good Christian man" who allowed his wife to be PUNCHED on TV for real cos it got him into the main event.... Yes Jericho benefited to, but to be at the point where you would either put that idea forward and it not be a bad stand up comedy joke (Please hit my...

Shawn Michaels without question... here is a guy who was an absolute shit person off camera. He famously threw Marty Jannetty under the bus with a lie to Vince, which saw Marty fired and started his descent into addiction... to the point Curt Hennig forced a "Billy Martin" when he heard about...

You're acting like 40 is past it... it isn't. Realistically, look at the life cycle of a main eventer in WWE. They need to be positioned first with a mid-card run of at least 2 years, normally 3-4. In that time you'll likely have at least one tag reign and multiple IC/US runs. It then takes a...

It's all down to that case Ventura won all those years back... once Vince had to pay royalties he wanted to own everything. On the odd occasion licensed music was used it cost him a lot of money and the license was covering all releases. Some are odd, like Rick Rude's theme... they changed it...

Wasn't there a rumor about Carmella and Cena at one point? That might also have come into play, even if Cena is not involved, they are clearly high on Carmella right now so if he's mouthed off to her or about her then they might have taken the decision. Especially if he did so drunk! I've heard...

I watch it now for what I know it to be... a soap opera that I can sit through and on occasion enjoy. Millions watch Eastenders/Coronation Street/Days Of Our Lives/Neighbours etc. and no one bats an eyelid. WWE is in reality a soap SET in a wrestling company and I can relate to it much more than...