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A STEVE AUSTIN-WWE RETURN, SHAWN MICHAELS TITLE RUNS, ADVICE FOR ZACK RYDER, KEVIN NASH LOVE AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2011-12-12 09:53:00
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Do you think it is realistic that Stone Cold could make a surprise return at the Royal Rumble and set up a program with someone to work WrestleMania this year, and also as a lead in to Tough Enough Season 2? If Punk didn't have the title, I could see that match happening or maybe Taker?

I am really hesitant to believe Austin will really come back and take the chance of risking serious injury this late in his life.  He has made it well into his forties and avoided that serious injury so I don't see why he would take the chance now.  If he does come back, I think it would end up being announced in advance so that WWE could make more money off the show he was going to be on.  Using him as a surprise costs buys.  I am a poet and I know it.

Do you think Shawn Michaels would have had more world title reigns post-2002 comeback if he would have reprised the old edgy HBK character we saw in 1997-98? I know he was hesitant to do so after becoming a Christian but often times I felt like that was the only thing holding him back from his already high popularity going through the roof again. If he came back as HBK '98 version from 2002-05 I would imagine he could have been on top of the business again and probably had more than 1 title reign. A heel HBK vs. Cena could have been huge. It really is a shame Shawn hurt his back during that 98-01 Attitude era. He already is considered the best ever, could you imagine if he was around then??

I don't think the character he played has anything to do with title runs.  Part of it was he didn't want to be on the road all that much so he took himself out of the Title picture.  That was actually a big part of it.  Plus, when he came back from the injury he wasn't even sure how much bumping he could take.  So no, I don't think the character he played mattered at all.  On his last run he was a legend that had great matches.  That supercedes the Title to me.

If Zack Ryder is going to keep his "spike your hair" gimmick, should he consider get the Tommy Dreamer, Chavo Guerrero hair procedure? He's looking rather thin lately.

That is definitely a concern.  I think it's something he will take under advisement.

Is it me, or is that big wide belt across Nash's stomach hiding a big gut?

It's you. Definitely you.

Do you think Damien Sandow/Aaron "Idol" Stevens will ever make it back to the main WWE roster? He really seems to have the potential to be, at the very least, an excellent mid-card talent. I ask because his matches I've seen online are quite good, his work since coming back in FCW is entertaining. He's not Seth Rollins, but, he's kind of in a different category.

I will put it at 50/50.  FCW gets you on the road but doesn't get you all the way home.

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