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I was wondering about MLW (Major League Wrestling). Does the new MLW relaunched company or its founder, Court Bauer, own the innitial MLW video tapes and adjancet footage, from 2002-2004? This would be a great asset to the new MLW. They held some solid shows back then.
Bauer indeeds has the ownership and rights to the original version of the company, so MLW could utilize them at some point in the future.
I was watching MITB at a friends house, and he wondered where the raw announcers go for a Smackdown match and vice versa. Sitting with the ring announcers? Hanging out by the panel?
They remain at ringside, either sitting at their table or they shift over towards the ring announcer's corner. They do not return backstage.
Does it bother you as much as me to see certain moves done every night that we would rarely see even a decade ago? My main beef is diving through the ropes and also using the ring apron as if it were part of the ring. I'm not stuck in the past but it's the mentality of "they did it, I should do it." It really dampens the response and makes things riskier for everyone . Am I wrong here?
It doesn't bother me, but I do feel that at times there is a feeling of "same guys doing same moves every time against everyone" and it does take away from the unique, colorful nature of pro wrestling. I personally miss the way that shows would build over the course of the evening, but when the main revenue source for WWE is television rights fees, they are going to do everything they can to garner the audience. Since that's WWE's strategy, everyone else is going to follow. I don't see it ever changing, either.
What are the ratings for MLW on BEIN and for NJPW on AXS? I've never seen the ratings ever reported for both companies?
Neither station are covered by Nielsen according to any source we currently have access to. If and when that changes, we will happily report the audience information.
I enjoy watching NJPW and I wanted to ask your professional opinion how do you think these 5 talented wrestlers:Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito,Tama Tonga, and Hiromu Takahashi would fare in the WWE?
It all depends on how WWE wants to use them. In 1997, they hired TAKA Michinoku, who was one of the best rising talents in the world at that time and promptly booked him in ways that devalued him and made him a comedy act. It really all depends on how WWE wants to utilize the talents. Everyone you mentioned are great and would be a huge asset to any company, but that doesn't mean WWE would use them correctly.
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