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A BRYAN-ROLLINS FEUD, MOVING PPVS OVERSEAS AS THE NETWORK GROWS, COULD DOLPH WIN THE ROYAL RUMBLE AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2015-01-18 09:59:00

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I know the debate for the Rumble is Reigns or Bryan...but couldn't a case be argued for Ziggler? He had the biggest moment of his career stolen by cheap storytelling and I feel like he's owed one. I'd love to see him come in early, like top 5. That would continue the "authority punishment" idea, but he rubs it in Triple H's face by outlasting and surviving to pull out the upset. Bryan had his moment and reigns needs time to work on his promo skills before he's a main event player. Dolph has worked his ass off this year and beyond deserves the spot. Your thoughts?

He has all the tools to do it for sure. It just comes down to whether Vince would commit to him in that role. I am sure he could hold up his end if Vince decided to do it.

What do you think of this scenario. Seth beats Brock and John at the Rumble to give him a legitimate win. Bryan wins the Rumble. Seth defends the title successfully until Mania. Bryan beats Seth at Mania, then Seth cashes in the MITB brief case and regains the title. Then Bryan and Seth start a long feud. I think these two would have some awesome matches.

I like them in a feud, I think it would be great in the ring. I don’t love Bryan winning the title only to get screwed out of it since we have seen that before, but if they did it over time, like having Rollins saying, “I have until July to cash in so have eyes in the back of your head” it could work. I just worry that getting the belt off of Rollins that quickly could hurt him in the eyes of the fans. Maybe it wouldn’t, but it could.

So if the WWE gets the majority of it’s PPV audience accessing via the Network do you think the WWE might start experimenting putting some of it’s supercards (PPVs) in different countries since the time delay is less of an issue when people are paying for a month of access rather than a specific show and live access isn’t as important?

I think there is a number that they have in mind where they would definitely consider that. After all, if they were to run a show in say the UK, it could air at 7 local time, 2 p.m. in the east. They could rerun it a few times meaning they could have a 5-8, 8-11 and on the west coast an 8-11 replay. I don’t see a problem with doing that down the road, since spoilers would be much less of an issue. Plus, it’s a nice way to sell Network subscriptions in the country.

Raw and SD have been so lousy and predictable lately, is there any question that Cena will beat Brock, then Rollins cashes in?

Sure there is, things are more in flux now creatively than you would think. That scenario is not a given. And Daniel Bryan’s return to Smackdown this week made the show much more fun than it had been recently.

I was wondering why WWE doesn't allow their athletes to get sponsored from supplement companies. The only thing i remember was Cena in a ABB Commercial. They can make huge money with it, and it makes perfect sense for the wrestlers to get sponsored from supplements companies. Then why NOT?  That being said, how in the hell is Eva Marie using her sponsors continuously on Total Divas and on Instagram ?

Brock Lesnar has his deal too but that comes from his pre-WWE days. WWE takes the stance that since a talent is using their broadcasting platform to get out the message of the advertiser, everything needs to go through the company and they decide what they want to do, and not do.

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