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I know there has been talk of WWE doing a cruiserweight show, and I was wondering if any talent from Japan and ROH has interested them?
If the show ever comes about, WWE will absolutely look all over for talents. It's safe to say that they will check out everyone who is available.
With the brand extension all but dead, and the roster so thin, any chance we will see the World Title and WWE Title unified?
A chance, sure. They have talked about combining the belts in the past. Going forward, it wouldn't surprise me if they consider it again. I think the one thing that could happen to speed up that decision would be if SyFy were to cancel Smackdown. At that point, they would seriously consider combining the belts. But, as long as Smackdown is around and they are running two house show tours, they will probably keep both titles around.
What do you think of Hulk Hogan's work in Japan during the 80s/early 90s? I've seen some matches with him on YouTube where he is trading holds with guys like Antonio Inoki and Great Muta, showing off a lot more technical wrestling than what he ever did over in the US (well that's not saying much considering his U.S. matches). If injuries hadn't taken their toll (and if Hogan didn't become an unmotivated egotistical megastar leaching off WCW) do you think Hogan could have been able to hang with his nineties successors in Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels if he had stayed in WWF and maybe "reinvented" himself to fit the later times where actual wrestling shined?
Hogan always worked much harder in Japan at that time because that is what the audience and New Japan expected of him. He certainly was capable of doing more in matches than he usually did stateside. If he gave it everything he had, and was willing to sell for smaller guys, sure he could have had good matches with those guys. After all, he did have a great match with The Ultimate Warrior, so he had the ability to do it when he wanted to.
With the WWE Network seeming to be having issues with getting itself started and that it might be difficult once they are even ready to launch to get a cable or satellite company to even carry the channel do you think that it might be an option for them to go the Roku/Google TV/Boxee route? UFC already has a Roku channel which you can watch their PPVs on as well as other premium content. with so many cable cutters out there, and the fact that as the content provider you are selling directly to the customer, which mean all of the profit, not just a portion, it seems like a great route to take. your opinion?
I don't that would be their preference but I also think that the company probably has unrealistic expectations as to what the Network will be and the revenue that it will generate once it gets started. If I am correct, and they see it as a money loser instead of a revenue generator, sure I could see them considering other avenues. But their goal here is more than just distribution. They want to redefine the company and that is why they are doing the network in the first place.
Why did it make more sense for TNA to launch in India under a different brand name? Using different talent makes sense, but isn’t this preventing them from strengthening the "Impact Wrestling or the "TNA" brand itself? You’ve never seen WWE do something like that, or even Ring of Honor!
It wasn't technically a TNA branded product. It was a wrestling product that they corroborated on the network with. It was a way to get a foot in the door in India and give some guys paydays. Sure, they would have rather have gotten their brand into the country but they took what they could get. I don't blame them.
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