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AUSTIN VS. BOOKER T SUPERMARKET BRAWL, BURIED ALIVE MATCHES, WRESTLEMANIA 32 ATTRACTIONS AND MUCH MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2015-01-23 10:00:00

When the WWE hosts a Buried Alive Match, how do the wrestlers escape from the grave? Is there a secret door they can open just before the dirt is put in the grave? I always was curious because the camera shots of the grave never show wrestlers in the bottom of the grave with dirt being placed on them.

There is a way for talents to escape from the mound and under the platform that the area is staged.

Why are there a variety of different rules in steel cage matches? Some cage matches you can win by escaping while others you had to win by pinfall/submission. Also in tag team matches, some matches required tags while other matches all 4 men could compete at the same time?

Different promotions in different areas all had various mind-sets on what would work in their market and how the steel cage matches should be presents. WWF always had the escape while NWA promoters often had clean finishes. In 1989, WWF began using the pinfalls in the cage matches as well.

When SteveAustin fought Booker T in the Supermarket Brawl in December 2001. Which supermarket store did they fight in and how did the WWE convince the supermarket to use their facility for this brawl?

The brawl was inside a Green Frog Market in Bakersfield, CA. Like any other production, WWE found the location, paid them to use the store (which was closed for the shoot) and then covered any damages from the brawl as well.

If John Cena isnt in the main event some way come this year's Wrestlemania, who could you see him facing ?

I've mentioned this several times in Elite audio, but I could see Rusev vs. John Cena as a worthy Wrestlemania attraction, Rusev has been crushing everyone with his submission hold and Cena is the "Never Give Up" guy. Rusev is the evil foreign wrestler and John Cena is as apple pie as Hulk Hogan. It could work.

Do you think Steve Austin will return at Wrestlemania 32?

If I am WWE, I am doing everything in my power to make that happen. The return of Steve Austin, plus the potential retirement matches of Sting and Undertaker (potentially against each other) would be great attractions to try and hit that 100,000 mark.

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