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PWINSIDER Q & A: KANE AND REY, GUYS WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE BETTER THAN THEY WERE, DOPEY HANDICAP MATCHES, NEW ECW BELT AND MORE

I am really interested in why did the WWE choose to make the ECW Belt Platinum/Silver? It just looks odd. As the top prize for the brand it should be gold. 

I have not heard one way or another why they did it but I don't have a problem with it, whatever the reason.  Nothing says that a belt has to be gold and I think it looks cool since it's different.

I was curious about the process WWE goes through when picking out a theme song for a PPV. Do they go by what's new and popular at the time, what someone in the higher ups likes or something else? I bet Triple H had a big say in using Motorhead for the Unforgiven theme, as he is a huge fan of them.

Sure, HHH did have a say because, well, he's HHH!  Plus, he is a good friend of Lemmy's, so it stands to reason that he would go to him for music.  In other cases, it usually is based on who they can strike a deal with.  Sometimes, bands come to them.  Sometimes, they go to bands.  I think the right circumstances coming about play a big part in the process, such as a band either being fans or wanting to reach WWE's demo, or both.

I've just finished watching the Handicap Tag Match between Rhodes/Dibiase versus Cena.  I understand that WWE wants to play up the underdog thing, but doesn't it defeat the purpose of the one-man advantage if a duo or team never beats the one opponent? 

What it comes down to is this:  WWE doesn't have any respect for the tag team division.  To creative, the tag champs are a vehicle to make a top singles guy look stronger.  I agree with you completely.  The whole concept has become a joke now and it should stop.

After watching Kane reveal he had Rey Mysterio's mask I was upset because I wanted to see Kane put his mask back on but the more I think about it, the more I want to tune into Raw to find out what is going to happen, What are your thoughts on the current storyline?

Well, you will find out more tonight.  You are a lot more excited about it than I am at this point.

Who do you think are some of the more deluded wrestlers with regard to their talent level? 

I will do this off of the top of my head, naming the first people that pop into it: Mike Sanders, Konnan, Honkytonk Man, Buff Bagwell, Tom Zenk.  There are others, no doubt, but they came to me right away.  Before anyone emails me saying, "What about JBL or Randy Orton, you rag on them all the time?"  Those guys have actually showed a lot over their careers to back up their belief in themselves.  They are not talking out of their rear ends.  Just because I sometimes don't like their work it doesn't mean I don't appreciate it.  Of the guys I mentioned above, Bagwell was the only one that sometimes had good matches (and then his ego took over).  Zenk was a jobber for most of his career.  The other three?  They were legends in their own minds.

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