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TAKER AT MANIA, EXPLODING GLASS IN MATCHES, ARN IN THE HALL OF FAME, RETRO FOR WWE AT SURVIVOR SERIES AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2011-12-03 14:16:30
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Was it just me or did The Survivor Series seem like something from 98-99, and I don't just mean because the Rock/King/Michael Cole and the Fink were there, but because when they panned out it seemed like more signs than usual were there and the crowed seemed a lot more into it.

I wouldn't go that far.  There was a lot of excitement there but there usually is for PPVs.  I didn't get the 1999 vibe.  People were a lot more animated about the shows back then but it did have a bit of a throwback vibe to it.

With Kane's return do you think he will be the Undertakers opponent for this year's WrestleMania. I can see a great storyline (if done right and God knows that's a long shot these days) of Undertakers brother trying to stop "The Streak" before win #20. They have time now to build Kane as an unstoppable monster, maybe even going through Mark Henry to build up his character and then challenge the Deadman. What do you think?

Honestly, we have been down that road so many times that I just don't want to go there again.  The rivalry between those two has been done enough for my tastes.

When is it going to be Arn's turn Arn Anderson, arguably one of the greatest workers and on mike performers of all time, deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. What's taking Vince so long to get him there?

It is just a matter of time.  Arn is still relatively young so they have time.  Given his standing as an employee of the company, it's just a matter of when with him.

First of all, great site! All the work you guys do a much appreciated! Secondly, what would it take, in your opinion, to get the WWE to see that it is time to merge the WHC/WWE & IC/US titles? That simple thing would serve a couple different purposes that would solve some issues with the current product. First, it would make the titles actually mean a little more if there was only 1 major championship and 1 mid card championship. The titles would be come more of a commodity and guys would fight for them a lot more passionately. Also, that would free up a lot of PPV and TV to, dare I say it, start showcasing some newer talent! Am I just insane for having this thought and believing it to make sense?

There was talk about it this time last year and for what it's worth, I agree with you.  You need one top title and one "up and coming guy" title.  Having two top belts dilutes them.  It made sense to do it when the brands were more separated but now I don't think it matters a whole lot.  To answer your question, what it would take is Vince McMahon deciding to do so.

I saw a 1000 ways to die episode where two backyard wrestling idiots were hitting each other with light tubes and one died from mercury poisoning after a cut got tube dust in it, now I love deathmatches and am wondering are the tubes deathmatch promotions use gimmicked and if so what could they possibly use? I know the glass is real because the cuts tell the tale but wouldn’t everybody be sick/dead by now if the dust was legit in there?

Every time I ever saw those bulbs used they were the real thing.  It's incredibly insane to do if you ask me. 

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