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WHY ZIGGLER WAS OFF TV, CORGAN'S NWA PURCHASE, SHAWN VS. BRET AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2017-08-25 10:00:00

Where is Dolph Ziggler? Is he on his way out, or do they just have nothing for him right now?

Ziggler returned to WWE TV this past Tuesday.   He told PWInsider.com over the weekend that he had requested for time off TV.  He had been working live events that entire time.

Whatever happened to Billy Corgan buying the NWA?

He bought it.  Now, what he does with it, we will have to wait and see....

Do you see the tv show "The Goldbergs" teaming with WWE to do an episode?? Perhaps Murray taking Adam and Barry to a WWE event?? They could possibly be attending Wrestlemania. What do you think??

Absolutely.  Adam F. Goldberg, who created the series, was a huge wrestling fan growing up and the series has already done one episode with pro wrestling themes.  Having the family go to a Wrestlemania, although one didn't happen in Philly in the '80s, is possible.

In today's Q&A you mentioned you wouldn't strip Asuka of the title due to injury but would hold off on a match until she's healed. I agree. But what do you think about NXT crowning an interim champion in her a sense and then having her battle for the undisputed NXT women's championship upon her return? Much like what UFC and other combat sports due. 

Since she was stripped of the title, it's all moot, but I wouldn't have stripped her.

I was watching older episodes of Raw and with Canadian Stampede coming up, originally Shawn Michaels was going to be in the main event with the rest of Team USA, but then was replaced with Goldust.  I assumed this was because of the whole backstage fight between Bret and Shawn, followed by Shawn telling Vince he quit the WWE, but the way I understood it, Vince made it clear if HBK wasn't at work, he wouldn't get paid, so Shawn came back rather quickly.  So what was the reason HBK wasn't in the match?

They didn't want Shawn and Bret in the same match at that point.

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