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CM PUNK VS. HBK, CAN YOU PLAN FOR A CATASTROPHE, AIR BOOM, IMPROVING THE TAG DIVISION AND MORE 

By Dave Scherer on 2011-09-18 09:51:00
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Just wondering what your opinion might be. If the current CM Punk vs. HHH and the Kliq storyline were to lead to a Wrestlemania match between Punk and HBK would that justify putting the Punk -Cena feud on hold? Seems like that would be better than how they gave us Cena vs. Orton a million times. Also, do you see HBK coming back for such a match? I would like believe that he would at least be intrigued. 

To start, I think Shawn Michaels is one of those guys who will really stay retired (at least from singles competition).  Sure, Punk would love wrestling HBK but it is most probably never going to happen.  Even if it were a possibility, I still think it was a huge mistake to end the Cena-Punk feud so early.  I think the drop in the ratings since SummerSlam would bear that out.

Air Boom? What a dumbass name..lol. I don't belong to twitter, so I could not suggest any names, but mine would have been the WindWalkers. What do you think of Air Boom?

I hate the name too, it's goofy and makes Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne sound goofy.  To be honest so is the one that you came up with.  As for Twitter, it's free so there no reason not to sign up for it.

The airplane crash that killed the Russian hockey team last week got me thinking.  Does the WWE have wrestlers or the big names not be on the same flights? Would they have a plan in place in case something like that happened?

This isn't an issue a lot of the time as the wrestlers live all over the country and thus travel to the shows from different cities.  On overseas tours or road shots that require a plane intstead of a car to get from point A to point B, they generally all fly on the same flight (with the exception being anyone who gets to fly on the company plane).  There is really no way that WWE, or sports teams for that matter, can plan for a disaster like that.  They are such unique talents that they can't be readily duplicated.

With the WWE's renewed interest in tag teams, do you see them looking overseas for talent? This might seem extremely out of the box, but Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson look impressive and Bernard has experience with the WWE's way of working.

First off, I want to see them actually dedicate themselves to improving the tag team division before I believe they will actually do it.  The company's track record will make me skeptical until they prove to me that they are actually serious about doing it.  If they do, sure those guys would be a good edition. 

I was impressed by the TNA 9/11 tribute, especially where they let Rosita break character and talk about the loss of her father on that day. Now...to my question. TNA opened the show with the playing of America The Beautiful with all of the wrestlers on stage. I don't know if the same rules apply to that song or the National Anthem or God Bless America. Most of the wrestlers did put their hands over their hearts or crossed them respectfully and weren't wearing hats. However, James Storm and Bully Ray were wearing head attire. I think Mexican America was wearing bandanas. Taz and Mike Tenay didn't bother to remove their headsets. Bobby Roode didn't even BOTHER to put on a shirt. Eric Bischoff, Hulk Hogan and Dixie Carter didn't even bother to appear on the stage at all. Just wondering what your thoughts are about this?

The same rules don't apply America The Beautiful that do to the Star Spangled Banner.  Removing headwear is optional.  Then again, sometimes people don't even take their hats off for the National Anthem.

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