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NXT STARS ON MAIN EVENT, TOD GORDON'S BOOK, ROH ON DISCOVERY AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2022-12-03 10:00:00

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Why are so many NXT stars wrestling on WWE Main Event?

It's to give them a chance to work in front of main roster crowds and see how they do.  Given Triple H is well aware of what they can do, it's sort of a testing the concept without placing them on Raw or Smackdown.

I'm watching ECW TV for the first time on Peacock, going through week by week.  Before he had The Pitbulls with him, Raven had a team called the Broad Street Bullies.  Who were they and where did they go?

The Broad Street Bullies were local Philadelphia wrestlers Tony Stetson and Johnny Hotbody.  They were with the original Tr-State Wrestling Association and then moved over to ECW when Tod Gordon formed it.  Hotbody was actually ECW champion early in the company's existence.  They were brought back for a short run during the early part of Raven's run but it didn't click with the Raven gimmick the way The Pitbulls later did.  Hotbody left and Stetson took on the Bullies name for himself, wrestling in a Philadelphia Flyers jersey while working opening matches.  

Speaking of ECW, any update on Tod Gordon's book?

The latest we have heard is that it will be released next year.  The book is finished.

Any update on Ring of Honor getting its own TV series?

It's all in the hands of Tony Khan and the Discovery team.  My guess is Tony Khan wants to bundle an ROH series of some sort with everything else when he locks in a new deal.  Whether that happens remains to be seen.  Khan said during a Full Gear PPV media call that everything will be evaluated after the Final Battle PPV, so my guess is the buyrate for that show will help determine the future.

Why doesn't Ole Anderson make any convention appearances with the Four Horsemen?

He did at times but mostly in the Carolinas.  In recent years, his health has taken a turn for the worse over time as he's been battling multiple sclerosis for some time.  The last time I saw him, which was a few years ago, he was wheelchair-bound and that doesn't make traveling easy in general, much less in the COVID era.

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