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DID ORTON OVERREACT?, JOE ON MAIN ROSTER, LES THATCHER-WWF, NEW JAPAN WORLD AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2017-01-26 10:00:00

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Is Samoa Joe coming to the main roster of WWE?

All signs would appear to say so.  He isn't involved in any storylines currently in NXT.  A surprise debut at or after the Royal Rumble makes sense.  I'd be surprised if he isn't on Raw or Smackdown by 2/1.  He certainly deserves it given the career renaisance he has had.

If AT&T completes their merger of Time Warner, do you think AT&T has any interest of bringing back professional wrestling to TBS and TNT? If they go head to head against WWE, they'll be destroyed like TNA so maybe a revival of TBS 6:05 pm on Saturdays?

I have no idea but I doubt that is even on their docket right now.

I love watching the New Japan matches presented on Axces tv, especially the recent Wrestle Kingdom.  How functional is the NJPW website?  How is the monthly service?  Would you recommend to a fan with no experience with the Japanese language?? That is the only thing scaring me off right now

I don't know why you would let it turn you off.  The NJPW World streaming site allows you to translate the site to English.  It's really easy to sign up for it and then poke around the site.  The translations aren't perfect but with five-ten minutes of getting to know the site, you'd be fine.  The streams are always perfect as well.

I was reading the Q&A regarding the Randy Orton and Fan incident at the gym and read about it online as this was the first I heard about it from the Q&A.  At first it sounded like the fan interrupted Orton with a pen and paper while he was training which I would agree would be annoying.  But from what I've read the fan took a photo of Orton from across the room.  Granted I would be pissed of a stranger took a photo of me but Orton is a celebrity.  Orton did fist bump the fan earlier and continued to work out.  Do you think in this situation Orton overreacted?  I've seen photos of wrestlers standing in line at fast food restaurants and never hear of them snapping at people.

Absolutely, Orton did not overreact.  No one deserves to have a photo taken of them when they are out and about.  If someone did it to a wrestler in a fast food restaurant without asking, it was rude.  Orton was completely justified in my mind.  The fan asked and Orton blew it off.  That was Orton's choice and if the fan wasn't happy about it, I can understand that.  Taking the photo after that was ignoring Orton's obvious wishes.

Did Les Thatcher ever wrestle for WWF?

No, he did not.  He worked for the company in terms of running a developmental territory in the early 2000s and helped to produce the first-ever WWF Magazine, Wrestling Action.  He was never an active wrestler for the company, however.

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