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If you were a betting man, what do you think the odds are of Samoa Joe returning to ROH at the PPV on March 1st?
Yes, as I said on my hotline today (I am typing this on Tuesday) I would be surprised if Joe did not show up.
Do you think he's going to show up on NXT like Rhino did? I'm hoping he shows up in WWE programming in some sense. He's come close before I've read, and given how well he's done in TNA over the years, they have to see SOMETHING in him, right?
I think if he could get the right deal from WWE, he would be a great guy to help groom and worth with young talent in NXT. He was available a few years ago and WWE didn’t make a move to sign him to the main roster so I think him coming into NXT and showing them what he has to offer would be the first step in the process if he and WWE were to come to an agreement.
I just read that Samoa Joe has left TNA after each side decided not to renew the contract. How does TNA consistently allow talent to become involved in prominent programs when their contracts are about up and there is uncertainty whether or not it will be renewed? TNA wants to be considered as a major promotion, yet the people in charge continually drop the ball. ROH, Chikara, and other indies have been able to wrap up storylines before talent leaves. Why can't TNA plan better? Chikara ran an angle for almost a year, over several different promotions and was able to tell a complete story. Why can't someone in TNA check a contract before the plan a major storyline?
Joe wasn’t exactly in a prominent position. He was one of the Beat Down Clan. And keep in mind, TNA has a lot of TV taped right now. I haven’t read the spoilers so I don’t know if they have addressed his role, but they do have a lot of TV taped.
What is with the WWE having to have "one" top guy? Why don't they realize that part of the lure of the AE is that they had SEVERAL top guys who could've been champion at any given moment. You never knew what what would happen. If I was them, I would fill the top spots with atleast 6-7 guys. Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler (after his Survivor Series performance, there's no reason he shouldn't be a main eventer), Cesaro, and Bray Wyatt. The 7th spot I would give to a giant, as back in the AE era, WWE had 2 giants in Taker Kane, while WCW had Nash, Big Show and Sid at times. Baron Corbin seems to be showing great potential to fill that role. Give the belt to RR at WM, have Bryan and Ziggler go at it for the No. 1 contender's spot, have Cesaro face Orton and beat him, and Wyatt has a close call with Taker but after the match, Wyatt puts Taker in a casket w help from Harper and Rowan, and buries him, etc. Why is this is hard for the WWE nowadays?
I have nothing for that. I have been saying the same thing for years. Six legit top guys beats one every time. It gives WWE more options and makes things more interesting.
Question about the WWE "Reality" era. Why? Maybe I'm a bit old school, but WWE was so much more interesting when they had an influx of characters who were on TV. Part of the attraction to WWE during the attitude era was seeing characters you don't see on the street every day. For example, The Undertaker and Kane character, yes, we all know that this is fake. But the way Paul Bearer told the story and even Undertaker at times choking up when talking about Kane, in normal clothes, that's the type of stuff that draws a mass audience to wrestling. It's not just about wrestling purists ala Daniel Bryan. Pro Wrestling is half sports half theatre. Now I get the audience has "smartenned" up, but, they were always "smart". Even back in the Attitude era. Now, While I like what they're doing with NXT and it has been a treat, but to me, it exposes the business. Imagine back in 97 if they had the Taker-Kane storyline going, and they had Smoky Mountain Wrestling on a syndicated network. They take the only guy who is 6'10, 326 pounds off of the syndicated show and debut him as Kane. Everyone would know who he is and what he looked like. When they took Kane off as Isaac Yankem, there was a good amount of time between then and Kane's debut for him to grow out his hair, dye it black, etc, so that when he debuted, nobody really knew what he looked like. Watching Triple H's recent comments on the Network about fans getting too smart, seems like an easy way out of having to hide secrets and just have a bunch of wrestlers go out there with generic names and generic attire and wrestle. Also his 3 hour RAW comment, how it's so hard to book a 3 hour show. I have an idea. Look to WCW Nitro 97-98, bring back the Cruiserweight Division, Every week, bring a name in from Japan, or Mexico, have them get a chance. Worked well for WCW during those years.
Times change. Reality is part of the entertainment fabric now. On top of that, with social media people get more information now than they used to. The fans today aren’t as willing to simply believe as they were back then.
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