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WHO'S WRITING TNA, WHY HULK VS. BRET IN WCW NEVER HAPPENED, ECW ARENA HALL OF FAME AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2013-11-14 10:00:00
I realize it's because Hulk Hogan nixed it, but is there any rational reason why he never worked a program with Bret Hart in WCW. WWE on Demand just showed the Nitro after Starrcade 97 and it appears they were laying good groundwork for the feud. Why no follow through?

Unfortunately, the best answer I can give you is, "It was WCW." Politics and stupidity prevented a lot of cool ideas from happening there - and from coming to full fruition.

With Kassius Ohno being released, I was wondering if WWE developmental talents have a 90 days non-compete as well?

In asking around, I have to say that I don't know if this is an across the board policy, but some talents have a 30 day window where they cannot appear on a competing wrestling TV series. I don't know if Hero has that, but if he does, don't expect to see him on TNA in the next few tapings.

Who's writing TNA now that Eric Bischoff is gone?

The consensus among those we speak with are that it's Dave Lagana and Matt Conway writing the shows with Jeff Jarrett and John "Big" Gaburick involved as well. I would think Dixie Carter has some say in the process.

When the ECW Arena closed, where did the Hardcore Hall of Fame banners go?

They remained in the possession of the Arena's General Manager Roger. He still has them and now that he's back involved with the Arena, it stands to reason they will go back on display.

I noticed that the IWC complains that it thinks that the WWE won't fire the likes of the Great Khali and Hornswoggle whereas it tends to release in the past very good wrestlers such as Mickie James and Kassius Ohno. Your thoughts?

There's no such thing as the IWC. Every talent gets let go at some point.

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