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HOW WWE SHOULD TEST THE NETWORK BEFORE WRESTLEMANIA XXX, WILL ZIGGLER WALK OUT LIKE PUNK DID, WHAT WWE SHOULD NOT DO AT MANIA AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2014-03-02 08:59:00

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I just read the post about Ziggler taking shots at WWE for taking out the "WE WANT ZIGGLER" chants, to me Dolph has always seemed like the type of guy that most of all wants to make the fans happy and put on a good, with the way they bury him and now cutting out support chants do you see any chance he would either follow Punk on the walkout or possibly not resign and take the pay cut to move over to TNA?

It is pretty clear he is not happy with how he is being used but it's not the same as Punk's situation. Punk had a run on top and made a lot of money. Ziggler has not had that run, so he made as much as Punk has. Also, TNA isn't exactly in "pay top dollar" mode. They have let people leave the company over money and guys are saying that they will be expected to take less on their next deal if not before. Money is part of the equation and there just isn't much to be had in TNA.

When former WWE talents do shoot interviews, do members of WWE management review them after they’re released (i.e., to see if said talent decided to burn any bridges)?

WWE definitely monitors all aspects of the Wrestling media. They may not ever confirm it or comment on it but yes they know what is going on.

Why did shane mcMahan leave the WWE?

He decided he wanted to try ventures on his own and wanted to break away for the family business. I respect his decision a lot. His company, You On Demand Holdings, Inc., is growing in China.

How about this WM30 scenario...Batista gets the win over Randy Orton and Batista becomes the new world champion. The fans boo Batista. Hulk Hogan comes out and claims that as host of WM30, he is going to make Batista defend the title against Daniel Bryan right at that moment. Daniel Bryan comes down to the ring. Batista is arguing with Hogan. The bell rings, Batista still arguing. Daniel Bryan in the corner behind Batista. DB runs at Batista and hits him with the flying knee just as he turns around. DB the new world champion. Hogan and Bryan in the ring doing the YES chant to end WM30. The next night on RAW, HHH says Hogan had no authority to make the match and strips DB of the title as usual.

I hate that. The story has been, since SummerSlam, that Bryan is the undersized guy that fights. If he won the Title that way he would look like a coward. And if they put it on him only to strip it the next night, that would suck even worse. They have done that already. Sorry, terrible, terrible scenario.

With the Network still experiencing issues, and with the dip in quality at points during the NXT special, do you think WWE will/should add a fairly important live event (I'm thinking something to determine Daniel Bryan's 'Mania future would do nicely) to the Network in the next few weeks in order to generate something at least approaching WrestleMania levels of traffic? They can't really afford to crash during that show...

I think they should add at least one more live event and I think the best way to do it is something like this. Have Raw end with The Shield and The Wyatts totally out of control and brawling everywhere. They do a "this is not over" kind of thing (like This Tuesday In Texas) and they say this will carry on tomorrow at 8 p.m. on the Network. They will already be taping Main Event and Smackdown anyway, so you do a live cut out. I would do a few of those to be honest with you. And of course, they also have the Hall Of Fame. But if it's me, I do a few more live test runs before game day.

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