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I was looking at new poll about best factions and my question is do you guys think WWE could use some factions? The closet thing to a faction in WWE is King Booker's Court and that seems to be dead already.

I have always enjoyed groups in wrestling and I think if they are done effectively, they add a lot to the product.  It's a good way to get younger guys over as well.  For instance, if they put say Carlito in DX, he could get the rub from the veterans.  It also allows feuds to be booked where the groups have cohesiveness instead of random guys teaming to face other random guys.

I noticed on this weeks episode of Impact (09/14/06), during the "I Hate Jeff Jarrett" video montage, I saw a short clip of him hitting Hulk Hogan over the head with his guitar. When did this happen? Did Hogan ever make an appearance on TNA television?

Hogan was in talks of coming in to TNA a few years ago and went as far as shooting the angle with Jarrett when Jarrett was working in Japan.  That is where the footage came from.  TNA was moving forward as if Hogan was coming in to do a program, since that is what he told them he was doing.  Before Hogan actually worked for TNA though he said he injured his knee.  Shortly thereafter, he came back to WWE.  Let's just say that a lot of people around the business felt that Hogan used "going to TNA" as leverage to get a better deal with WWE.  No matter what, it certainly worked out that way since he now has creative control over all of his storylines in the company. 

With the response from the fans that Lilian Garcia seems to get at each and every RAW, why doesn't the WWE involve her in storylines more often? They tease with the Viscera, and later the Viscera-Charlie Haas episodes, but it seems they could catch lightning in a bottle if they involved her more fully in a storyline.

It's largely because Lilian wants to limit her in-ring and storyline involvement.  She doesn't want to get overly involved in storylines or with taking bumps.  She also has no desire to do jello matches or the like.

My question is about John Cena and Batista. Both of these guys got the big push at the same time, yet now, some of the fans who were cheering Cena at the end of his babyface run are totally against him. Supposedly, this is because of his lack of in-ring ability, but Batista is just as poor a worker, and had arguably a quicker push to the top. Why don't the fans hate Batista the way they hate Cena?

I think the main reason that fans don't hate Batista as much as Cena is because there isn't a group that loves Batista the way that little kids and women love Cena.  I think the vociferous booing that he gets is in direct correlation to the amount of cheers that he receives.

In your opinion, what is the minimum amount of time Trish would take off before considering coming back to WWE even as a part timer?  Do you think they'll put her in the Hall Of Fame in 2007?

I don't think there is any chance we see Trish back in any kind of meaningful WWE role for, bare minimum, three months and probably much longer than that, if ever.  She's getting married and taking time off after 10 years on the road modeling and wrestling.  She is marrying a wealthy man and has made a lot of money herself so that will not be a motivating factor in a return to the ring.  She also wants to try to break into mainstream entertainment.  My hunch is that once she gets off the road for a while, she will really enjoy not having to live life out of a suitcase.  As for the Hall of Fame, she is definitely going to get inducted, it's just a matter of when.  Since she is only 30, I would wait a few years and see how her career progresses before inducting her if it were my decision.

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