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PWINSIDER Q & A: SUNNY'S RETURN, MAGNUM AND VON ERICH TITLE REIGNS, FLAIR DVDS, IVORY AND MORE

Here's one for all of us old-schoolers out there. Everybody knows that David Von Erich and Magnum TA were each being primed for a run with the NWA Heavyweight Title, but my question is: how long would each man have held the title? It seems like the NWA board preferred to have a heel keep the title for a long run, and of course both of these guys were major faces. Would these two guys have been given a lengthy program with the strap?

It's hard to say since you don't know how either man would have gotten over once they had the belt, but I can speculate.  In the case of Von Erich, it was a different time, with promoters around the country looking to get the belt on their guy.  It's really hard to say how long he would have held it since agreements among NWA members decided that.  In the case of Magnum, he would have been a top guy in a national company and would have been on top, if not the champion, for his entire career in my opinion.  I think he would have held the title for a while.

There have been a great number of 2nd generation wrestlers popping up on the scene as of late. But all of them seem to be children of male wrestlers. Is there, or has there been, significant 2nd generation wrestlers that were a child of prominent female wrestlers?

Ted Dibiase Sr. comes to mind immediately.  If anyone can think of any others, feel free to drop me a line by clicking my name above.

What is former WWE diva Ivory up to now a days?

Last I heard, she was raising her daughter, who I believe is training to be a wrestler.  Talk about synergy in questions.  I know she has also done charity work and has a job outside of wrestling, though I am not sure what it is.  At almost 47 years old, her in-ring career is pretty much over.

I know Sunny worked hard to get back in shape. Their were hints and rumors that she wanted to come back and that the WWE might be interested too. What ever happened?

Tammy "Sunny" Sytch did want to get another shot at WWE but it never materialized.  I don't know if it was due to the fact that she is 35 years old, that WWE wants their divas to be active wrestlers now or that they have so many of them under contract but they obviously never pulled the trigger on bringing her back.  With that said, it's more important that she did get herself back in shape, both physically and mentally, than it would be for her to get back on WWE TV.  Her health is more important than anything else. 

What's with the WWE making all these Ric Flair DVD sets. I know he's great and all but damn! This is the WWE's 3RD Ric Flair set now. They had Ultimate Ric Flair back in about 2004, Ric Flair & the 4 Horsemen in 2006, and now the Definitive Ric Flair. In 2010, will the WWE be putting out another Ric Flair DVD set called: "No, Really. THIS Is The Best Ric Flair DVD Collection You Can Buy. Honest."? But seriously, I noticed that Jim Cornette appeared in the Definitive Ric Flair DVD. Did the WWE ask Cornette to appear in the video and did TNA grant Cornette permission to be in a WWE production? Or was the footage shot while Cornette was still employed by the WWE and not used until now?

Here's the bottom line, if a product sells well, WWE will try to give the consumers as much of it as they can.  Flair, obviously, sells so WWE has made money while it's there.  As for Cornette, I think his deal with TNA is open-ended enough that he wouldn't need permission but I don't know that for sure.

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