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Out of the two, who do you think is the better wrestler London or Kendrick? It would be a very hard choice considering their similar styles and ways of selling.

I think that both are good workers and have a lot of ability in the ring.  Since part of being a wrestler is personality and how a guy shows that in the ring, I will go with Brian Kendrick since he has a little more flair to him than Paul London does.

How did Evolution come about? Was it HHH's or Vince's idea?

I don't know for sure who came up with the idea but both men were definitely behind it.  The idea was to put an established set of veterans in Ric Flair and HHH with Randy Orton and Batista as a way of elevating the new guys on camera and have them learn from the pros off of it.  I like the concept because it's a good way for young (or in Batista's case new) guys to learn how to be top guys.  Sure, Orton has had his problems off camera, but he could have had more if he didn't have veterans showing him the way.

Somebody told me that there were plans for WWE to surreptitiously buy WCW before Eric Bischoff found the investors to purchase the company. And Eric Bischoff was wasting his time because Vince had connections in AOL that were going to secure that WWE was the one who was going to be able to buy the company. Have you head anything about that?

That is kind of a sideways view of what happened.  Eric Bischoff worked with a company called Fusient Media Ventures and had agreed to buy WCW in late 2000.  They even announced that they had a done deal but it never was quite there.  As it ended up, their announcement was premature because Jamie Kellner, who was in charge of programming on TNT, decided that he no longer wanted to air wrestling on his network.  Without Nitro to sell PPVs and house shows, it made the company worthless since without TV there was no way to get a good revenue stream.  As ECW had found out by that point, no other network was interested in airing a wrestling show, even if it would bring in a 2 rating.  So, the deal fell apart and WCW was sold to WWE for a song.  I was told they only paid about $5 million for the WCW assets.  It was a major bargain.

Do you think we will ever see a Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy feud?

I think it's possible down the road but to me, I don't do that one until the guys have lost all of their steam.  That is the kind of angle that could rejuvenate a sagging career so it's not needed right now.  With as popular as both men are now, I wouldn't do it any time soon.

What ever happened to Dr. Death Steve Williams?

Doc is still fighting.  He has battled cancer, beaten it and has written a great book about his struggle.  You can by it from our good friends at Highspots.com by clicking here.  He is a real inspiration and a true feel-good story.

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