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Admittedly, I'm not a fan of Enzo and Cass' gimmick. However, I will say that Enzo is good on the mic. The reason I feel this way is because he comes off so natural and his delivery is so smooth and believable. So my question is does he do his own improvisation or does he have to recite everything word for word like everyone else who has to do promos?
Enzo is involved with the creation of his promos but obviously clears it with WWE management.
Do you think that the Money in the Bank ladder match will return at WrestleMania 33 which would mean dropping the MITB PPV? Thanks!
No, I suspect they will maintain that as it's own PPV and have two different Ladder Matches - one for the Universal championship and one for the WWE World championship.
Thanks for taking the time to read my question. Its a bit long winded, so bear with me. I’m interested in how TNA’s standing in the industry has changed over the last decade. I watched pro wrestling a lot when I was younger, primarily WWE, but I dropped off around 2006/2007. At that time, I recall TNA being pretty well off, positioning themselves for substantive growth. They had recently landed the Spike TV deal, they were scooping a lot of big names from WWE (Christian, Kurt Angle, Gail Kim are three names that stick out, but I’m sure there were more), and they started taking PPVs outside of Orlando. They obviously never stood a chance at overtaking the WWE, but they were certainly positioning themselves to be a worthy and legitimate alternative. Flash forward to 2016. I caught Wrestlemania 32 on WWE Network, which prompted me to plug back in to the professional wrestling world. I was surprised to see the TNA product is nowhere near what I would’ve expected it to be. Huge TNA stars are now with WWE (AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode, to name a few). That whole Matt Hardy handy-cam promo thing was a total mess. The general consensus seems to be that TNA is in financial ruins. So my question is: what happened? I realize it’s a pretty big question, and I’m not looking for a complete history of TNA 2006-2016, but what have been some of the major fumbles? It would seem to me that for TNA to go from where they were in 2006 to where they are today, some massive mistakes must’ve been made. What were they? Do you know of any books or other resources that provide some insight into those years?
The major issues were the company making the decision to reboot itself when Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff came in, which really killed what little character and identity the company did have. The loss of SpikeTV was also a major factor and with that loss of money came the need to cut back, which led to the losses of talents that pretty much raised their profile to the point the company could no longer afford them. There was also a lot of other, smaller factors such as poor creative decisions, but the ship really started to tilt when Hogan came in and what looked to be a surefire raising of the profile instead led to the company taking on water.
Is it just me or did Brock Lesnar look significantly smaller on RAW than he normally does?
It sure seemed he did.
Since Brock Lesnar doesn't get drug tested by WWE due to his part-time status, is it safe to assume HHH, Vince McMahon, Undertaker & Rock don't get tested either? What about Jericho and Cena? Are they testing Orton now that he's back? What about while he was out injured?
It all depends on what WWE defines a part-time performer. There's no word on who is and isn't. Orton should have been tested during his time out as well as since he's returned, if he was randomly chosen to be tested under the Policy. Vince McMahon is not subject to the Policy.
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