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THE GREATNESS OF RONDA, WHAT SHOULD HAVE CLOSED MITB, TELLING STORIES AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2018-06-24 10:00:00

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Thank you very much for all these year accompanying me. The question: in my opinion Ronda Ruosey (until now) is the Rookie of the Year. Did you remember any rookie who learned this art so fast? I understand that Ronda has a solid base in her background, but for me is amazing. 

The comparison has been made many times to Kurt Angle and that is who I think of as well.  Ronda debuted on the main roster, but she also has had a LOT of training before coming up to the main roster.  There’s no doubt in my mind that she is a prodigy.  She has been amazing in the ring so far.  She totally gets it.

Watching MITB on Sunday, I just thought the woman's MITB match and the title match with Nia and Ronda - combined with Alexa cashing in was just the best complete set of booking in recent memory. Such a compelling and awesome story played out. One of those times when you say to yourself, “That is why I still love professional wrestling." With that said - do you think everyone in WWE management regrets not closing the show with it? Do you think it was their lack of faith in the woman's division or their lack of faith in sticking two people in the closing match that barely have three years experience between the two of them? I mean I could totally get being afraid of Nia ability to call the match, especially with a neophyte opponent - but she really stepped up when given the stage.

That whole scenario was amazing, no doubt.  Nia and Ronda had a great match, and Alexa was fantastic in her part as well.  It was a fabulous story.  I get why they closed with the Men’s MITB…they wanted Braun standing tall.  I won’t fault them for that in the least because it was a great visual.  But if they would have closed with Ronda-Nia, that would have been even better.  Agreed.

What would you say was Vader's best match in WWE?  Was it vs. Shawn Michaels at Summerslam?

I am not much of a “best match” kind of person but that one was definitely amazing.  Vader was definitely a one of a kind talent, no doubt.

NJPW story telling is great, NXT story telling is pretty darn amazing. RAW & Smackdown is lacklustre most of the time. Do you believe the exposure of both RAW and Smackdown hurt? If so how could potentially WWE fix it if it was a problem? 

First they would have to see it AS a problem, which currently they don’t.  Hardcore, older fans see it that way (and I am not saying you are wrong).  But as long as WWE doesn’t see it that way, they have nothing to fix.  Considering the amazing jump that they are getting on their TV rights fees next fall, I don’t see them changing much unless a TV partner asks them to.

Now that the full card for the G1 Special at Cow Palace has been finalized, will the event sell out?

We will know on show night.

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