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Have you heard anything on the TV deal negotiations front that includes NXT or are they only concerned with Raw and Smackdown? Do you think within the next 2 years NXT will be on prime time television?
WWE is not actively shopping NXT at this time. As Triple H said in the conference call we had on the site, first and foremost NXT is about teaching the young talent. It's also a nice draw for the WWE Network for the hardcore fans. If someone made a great offer for it, they would consider it but they are not looking to add it into the current negotiations. One thing to consider if they sell the show, then the network that buys it will have expectations of viewers. That could change how WWE approaches the show and they don't want to do that. They want the young talent to learn and grow.
Could the fans' reaction to Batista's return actually be a blessing in disguise? While it obviously wasn't planned to turn him heel, at least not that rapidly, the evil Batista seems to gain a much stronger reaction (as in heel heat) from the audience and, at least in my eyes, Batista's strength has really shifted towards working in a heel position in the last part of his career before he left anyway. Personally, I think his work back then was the best we've seen of him in his career and he seems to easily connect with this side again. So instead of being upset of the fan's reaction to him, shouldn't WWE embrace it and be thankful that it happened? It gives the faces someone to work with (and Batista can work with smaller guys as seen in his feuds with guerrero and Michaels, as well as bigger ones) and the audience a strong, credible heel to love to hate, one a wrestling company needs, especially since they really screwed Orton's heel run up thus far.
I won't go with a blessing in disguise because the reaction the fans gave him didn't make WWE happy and caused them to make changes that they didn't plan on them making. It's better now but not a blessing in disguise to me because it was a mistake that should have never been made in the first place to bring him back the way that they did.
How much of the political aspirations of Kane had to do with "Corporate Kane"? He's becoming a well known figure in the Libertarian Party and there have been rumors of him running for office.
As far as I know, one has nothing to do with the other.
This is a 2 part question here, do you guys think there would be any chance of Tony Schiavone (or "Tony Shaboney" as The Brain once called him) ever gets inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame? Or do you think the dying days of WCW might casts a huge shadow over his career as a whole? When you stop & think about it he has called most of the NWA & WCW PPVs as well as those Nitros. Also just heard he was at WWE's main office doing comments for the network & other projects. I could only promise you this, it will be the the "most explosive induction in the history of our sport".
At times, Tony was really good. At times, he was really bad. But at the end of the day, The Hall is not totally about merit so he has a chance some day to get in, down the line when they start running out of worthy names.
Now that tag teams are starting to re emerge, shouldn't the title belts get a makeover? The current belts are just not up to par, in my opinion.
Honestly, I wouldn't mind if they do and I don't care if they don't. I don't hate them the way they are.
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