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WAR GAMES IN WWE, VINCE AND KING BACK AT THE TABLE AT RAW 25, MANIA WEEKEND EVENTS AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2017-11-13 10:00:00

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I’ll be attending my second Wrestlemania next year in New Orleans. This time around I’ll have money to attend more than just Wrestlemania. My dilemma is I’ll have to choose between Wrestlecon  or Axxess. In your opinion, from a “best bang for your buck” standpoint, what is the better option? I definitely want to get my money’s worth that weekend! Keep up the great work guys!

If it’s me, I go to WrestleCon.  That would give me more of a rounded experience.  You will get your fill of WWE through the other events so I would broaden my experience.

With the 25th anniversary around the corner, do you see them bringing back the King and Vince to do commentary at the Manhattan Center?  I think it would a cool thing to see.

That would be pretty cool, no doubt.  I would like to see it. It would depend on whether Vince McMahon would want to be on camera that much.

I refer to an answer you gave about The Rock the other day. Is the stuff about his charisma not all hindsight? I don’t remember many people extolling his charisma when he first showed up as Babyface Rocky Maivia. Could Jason Jordan not get an edge and use the fans’ apathy as a good starting point for a heel turn much like Rocky Maivia turning into The Rock?

I don’t think so, no.  Anyone who knew Rock outside of wrestling knew he was loaded with personality.  They knew if he got the chance to show it, it would break through.  He was given a weak character and when it didn’t work, he let the real him come out.  According to everyone I have ever talked to that knows him, Jordan doesn’t have that inner Rock lurking under the surface.  In fact, he was kind of plodding along in NXT until he was paired with Chad Gable.  Gable was the one who brought personality to the duo.

Given the history and significance that comes with the War Games name, and given how much of a big deal they are making about the whole RAW team vs. Smackdown team storyline at Survivor Series, doesn't it make much more sense to have the War Games match as the main event of Survivor Series instead of NXT?  It even fits into the storyline perfectly given that since the siege, RAW and Smackdown are literally at war.  This is not a slight against NXT, but the RAW vs Smackdown 5 on 5 match has been built up far greater than the actual NXT War Games match.

Considering that it’s NXT building up the significance of the name and not WWE, no it doesn’t make sense to make it a WWE match.  Plus, for years WWE Production has been against doing the match because it’s so hard to shoot.  It definitely makes more sense from a company standpoint to do it on an NXT show and see how it works out.

Regarding the question about Daniel Bryan being on Raw then being attacked and that causing Smackdown to invade. Logically, why would Smackdown heels invade Raw to avenge the attack on a Babyface GM?

I will answer your question with a question: Why would heels from Smackdown want to join babyface Shane to do the initial siege in the first place?  Dolph Ziggler was fighting alongside Bobby Roode.  Logic went out the window right there.

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