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What do you think about WWE allowing TNA (or any promotion) access to their video library? For example, I don't think the WWE would do a retrospective look on Jeff Jarrett career but they have tons footage that could allow TNA to create an ultimate Jarrett DVD. Of course, the WWE would have final say so over the project.
I don't see it happening in Jarrett's case given the animosity between the parties due to how he left the company years ago. In rare cases, such as what they did with allowing Bret Hart access to images for his book, I could see them working with a few people but overall I don't see it happening often. WWE buys video libraries so that they can use and market the footage. They are not in the business of helping other people make money from their assets.
I see “Chyna” on TNA, and now even her *ahem* new film is called “Backdoor to Chyna”. I thought WWE owned the name? Didn’t she have to make appearances as Joanie Lauer, or make some alteration to the name when she first left the company?
She bought the rights to the name a while ago and is now free to use it (and some say destroy it) as she sees fit.
I sent JR a question on his Q&A a few times and it always tends to be one of the ones he erases and doesn't answer. I thought it was appropriate, but maybe you guys know something I don't since I didn't follow the backstage/insider news of wrestling in 1996. Why was JR the one to "bring in" the fake Diesel and Razor Ramon after Hall and Nash left? It came off very random to have the Raw/Superstars announcer just out of the blue promote and then bring in these guys, especially having no previous on-screen relationship with Diesel or Ramon. There must have been some reason they picked him out of everyone else.
WWF was a mess back then, getting its butt handed to them by WCW. Vince McMahon was not a happy camper being in second place. Ross was often in Vince's crosshairs as a supposed reason the product was trailing WCW (even though JR is one of the greatest of all time). It's well documented that Ross was fired by Vince in the past and for years Vince didn't think Ross was good looking enough and didn't have the right kind of voice (read JR was from the south) to be the man who brought Raw into living rooms. They turned Ross heel and did a bad angle where he was spiteful and the fake Razor and Diesel were part of that mess. He even had his own "unauthorized" broadcast booth for a while after he was removed from Raw. It went over like a fart in church. I can see why he would not want to address it on his page. It wasn't a good time in his life.
What a bummer. When Booker T called out Cole, I thought for just a minute, that he might say something about him apologizing, shake his hand, insult him a little, and then this whole foolish, insipid storyline would end. But Noooo. I guess the writers are going to drag out this mess and torture the fans jus a little longer. Bummer.
I had hoped they would either make Cole the Raw GM or let him go back to being announcer after his angle with Jerry Lawler ended too, but it hasn't happened. Now, he is just kind of weird and contrary a lot of the time. It doesn't make sense right now.
After seeing that Wrestlemania broke the 1 million buy mark, I was just wondering: How much of the $65 I spent on the HD PPV ends up in WWE's pocket?
WWE gets 40% of the price so they got $26.
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