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UPDATED AT 11:23 AM: SETH ROLLINS’ CURRENT DIRECTION, HOW TNA CAN SIGN CONTRACTS WHEN THE MONEY MAY NOT BE THERE, WWE BRANDING AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2016-10-18 10:00:00

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Can you explain to me why that ever since the draft, WWE always announces women's matches as "Women's division" matches, cruiserweight matches as "cruiserweight division" matches and tag-team matches as "tag-team matches"?

WWE is big on branding things.  They feel by repeatedly mentioning things that they brand it will drive it home to their consumers/fans.  It is just another example of them branding their product.

If TNA is hurting for money, how are they signing new talents and also putting a budget together for all the final deletion-like matches. Maybe because it is taped, it doesn't cost as much, but I remember them saying they were upping the budget for these matches. Could the third-party benefactor actually be the Hardy Boys? They have saved their money and do have a creative interest in the product.

A final deletion match really isn’t that expensive to tape.  They go to the Hardy Compound and use the props that are there.  It is like taping an indy movie.  As for the talent deals, you can sign a contract for just about anything.  I could sign you to a ten million dollar deal.  If I don’t have ten million dollars to pay you, it’s not worth the paper that it’s written on.  It is easily broken,  There is no way I see The Hardys being money marks on the scale that TNA needs.  I just don’t see it.  

This may be far fetched but I'll ask anyway. Do you think WWE is keeping the tag team belts on New Day so they can pass Demolition, just for spite because of their class action lawsuit?

I don’t know either way on that one to be honest.  If they wanted to remove people from history that they felt they treated fairly however, I wouldn’t call that spite.  I wouldn’t blame them at all.

Is the plan to keep the cruiserweight division separate from the rest of the roster, and if so, is the cruiserweight title the highest level they can aspire to achieve?  Or will we see guys who have success eventually break out and challenge for the US, Intercontinental, or world titles?

Right now, yes, that is the plan.  They are to be their own entity.  As we saw with Sin Cara joining the division, I think it’s possible that guys could move out but with a weight limit of 205 pounds, for many of the guys they will never even get close to that weight so yes, that means they will stay cruisers.  And that is best because there isn’t much chance that they would get a good push against bigger guys.

It strikes me odd as to how Seth Rollins is being booked. I can't tell if they are trying to turn him to a face and its not working, or what it is. Honestly I think that he was so good as a heel with the Authority that I can't buy him as a face.  I'm guessing that the payoff ends with Rollins vs HHH at some point, but when HHH wrestles the fans almost always back him.  Am I the only one who thinks that WWE needs to do something more to clarify Rollins' role?

I give them credit for not rushing it with him.  He is not a babyface yet but he has issues with a few of the heels.  I like that it’s not cut and dried.  I like storylines that unfold over time and that is what is happening here.  I don’t need them to be obvious here.

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