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I was wondering in regards to a question answered today. You had said 'The worst part is if someone that knew what they were doing were running that company, they could actually be successful. It's a shame," about TNA-Impact wrestling...who do you think that person could be? Who do think could work and play well enough Dixie Carter, Jeff Jarrett, and the super-massive egos of Bischoff and Hogan; who could be the person that they would all listen to, agree with , and get out of their way? Does such a person exist in the industry that is that well liked and respected a booker?
I think there are a number of people who could do the job to be honest. But to do it, they would need to given full authority. Jim Ross and Paul Heyman both talked with Dixie Carter about coming and both decided against it when they saw the way she ran her company. She allows too many people have a say in how things are done there and that is part of company's problem as there is no direction set for it. Sure, there are egos there but there are egos in WWE too. The difference is that WWE has one man in complete control in Vince McMahon. When one person has complete autonomy, the egos are forced to fall in line or hit the bricks.
Obviously Daniel Bryan is legitimately pissed that his match at Mania was 18 seconds, but does anyone know if Sheamus has expressed frusturation. Sure, he got to win the world title, but getting little to no exposure on the biggest ppv of the year has to be annoying on some level, championship or not?
I haven't heard anything saying that he was upset. Honestly, I don't see why he would be. He had a good day. It was Bryan that didn't.
What is the locker room reaction to Brock Lesnar being back? At least Rock came back for love of the sport he grew up in and has heritage in (not saying he didn't do it for a paycheck, but considering the amount of money he makes from movies, he came back for love of the business). Brock, it would seem from the outside looking in, came back because there's not much else for him to do, he made his UFC money and left, couldn't hack it in the NFL and now is back in a company he bailed on 8 years ago, right in the middle of a rocket ship push.
Brock definitely has some detractors that resent him for purely coming back to WWE for the money but there isn't a whole lot that they can do about it. And to be fair, Lesnar means something and bringing him back, provided he doesn't bail on the company, was a good business move. As Mike Johnson said last week, if he hadn't returned who would John Cena be feuding with now? There aren't many options.
Why is everybody so down on Roode winning at Lockdown? Surely the idea of wrestling is that anybody can win on any given night, and that results should not be predictable. Too often the hometown / sentimental favorite has been built up to win a match and then done so without regard to future storylines but simply because it's what fans want. I for one (and I maybe the only one) am pleased that TNA buck the trend and don't just go with the flow. Still wish they'd dump HH and EB / GB though!!!
Predictability is not a good thing most of the time, true. With that said sometimes doing the thing that makes sense is the right call and I think this was one of those times. TNA doesn't exactly have a treasure chest of video where they can show truly amazing moments. Having Storm win the title, in his hometown with all of the cool celebratory stuff that would have happened after, could have given them one of those moments.
Did the WWE ever consider using WWEF as a replacement for the WWF? Phonetically, it sounds the same as the WWF but the name and trademark are different. From time to time I hear you all sometimes slip in a WWF by accident so I know for sure that people still have that WWF memory ingrained.
Not that I ever heard. What I was told at the time was once Vince McMahon put himself in the position where he had to change the company's name, he went with the E right away. He has always viewed the company as entertainment so it was a fitting change to him.
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