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WWE VS. TNA, RANDY SAVAGE OOH YEAH, NEXUS VS. THE CORRE, WRESTLER PAYOUTS AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2011-01-26 10:00:00

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When the WWE releases a game for the various game systems (XBox, Sony, etc) and uses a particular wrestler in it, does that wrestler get paid any extra or royalties for it or are things like that figured into their downside guarantee that they get paid anyway? 

They get paid extra for those kinds of things.  They also get house show, PPV and merchandise bonuses.

What does Randy Savage's voice legit sound like? His style of speaking was so very unique, and his delivery in Spiderman sounds pretty similar to his WWF/WCW style. How much of that voice/inflection/accent is kayfabe, and how much is legit?

His voice isn't as over the top as his character's but it is pretty gravelly and very similar to what you hear when he is working.  Hey, it has worked very well for him so far, I don't blame him for continuing on with it.

Are they going anywhere with Nexus vs. Corre? Or are they just going to drop it? Cause it seems like a great inter brand feud between stables.

Down the road it may happen but given that they are on different shows right now it won't happen any time soon.  I think it makes more sense to establish both groups against other people at this point.  In the future, it could indeed make for an interesting feud.  I can't believe that they had them face off on Raw on Monday.  It's crazy to do it at this point, though the visual of Zeke and Ryan was cool.

When the WWE releases talented wrestlers who are over with the crowd and can still sell tickets and PPVs because WWE creative "has nothing for them", do they gift-wrap them before they send them out the door, and does Dixie Carter send Vince a thank-you note after she signs them and gets exposure and new fans tuning in to see the guy he just released? And how short is his memory that he doesn't remember WCW making the EXACT SAME mistake with misused talent that went to WWE, were given the ball to run with, and became big stars (like Stone Cold, Mick Foley, Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero, etc). I see a lot of people comparing mistakes TNA is making to mistakes made in WCW (some fair, some not), but this is a big one I see from WWE that boggles my mind when I think of all the excellent matches I've seen on TNA programming wrestled by guys the WWE trained, improved, and sold to wrestling audiences, only to hand over to TNA on a silver platter. 

I get what you are trying to say but it doesn't hold up.  WWE let Kurt Angle to TNA when he was still pretty hot and numbers didn't go up appreciably.  The same thing happened with Jeff Hardy, shortly after a World Title run, and he didn't spike Impact's numbers either.  I agree that it is never good to be arrogant and cocky in business, but this is not WCW vs. WWF.  WWF was the lead dog before falling on hard times back then.  They reloaded and in the end they put WCW in their film library.  TNA has never been the top dog and until they show that they are competing on the same level as WWE, Vince McMahon won't be overly concerned by them.  Actually, that is a good thing for TNA because they don't want Vince making them a priority anyway. 

Is Alex Riley well-liked by WWE? Sure, he does not win a match and takes finishers every week but he is in the main event picture.

Yes he is indeed.  From what I have heard they like him a lot and see a ton of potential in him.

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