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FIRING MANDY, WHAT WAS THE BEST WRESTLING OF ALL TIME, THE ONE ANGLE THAT COULD HAVE CONTINUED FOR YEARS AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2023-02-10 10:00:00

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If Shawn Michaels, the head of WWE NXT, didn't fire Mandy Rose, then who did?

Well, it was pretty obvious to me the implication was that the upper tier execs in the company decided she needed to go.  Whether that was Paul Levesque or someone else, that I haven't heard.

My friends and I often argue over what promotion was the best of all time, so what do you say?

In my opionion, think whatever pro wrestling you first discovered and loved growing up is the best promotion of all time for you as an individual.    Those arguments are really rooted in nostalgia and the pure love you had for wrestling when you first begin enjoying it more than any financial records on money made, angles, ratings, etc.  

What angle do you think could have made a promotion way more money?

I really think an argument could be made for the Edge vs. Matt Hardy angle in WWF, but the obvious big one is the WCW Invasion.  WWE ran through six months of stories in one episode of Raw to get ECW involved and create the alliance and they popped a huge buyrate for that Invasion PPV.  Just a few months later, it was done at Survivor Series.   I still feel they could have gotten a few years of major storylines out of it where every time WWE finally had the upper hand, now Goldberg or Flair or whoever comes in, then Eric Bischoff is revealed as the "Final Boss" secret partner with Shane and Stephanie, which could have spun off into ECW vs. WCW since Paul Heyman hated Bischoff, etc.  There was a lot that was left on the table for whatever the reasons are, which I'm guessing was rooted in the idea that WWE couldn't ever look inferior to other companies, even if WWE now owned that company.

Is there ever a chance WWE could just sell the Network directly again to fans who don't want to deal with Peacock?

Not when Comcast NBC Universal is paying them MILLIONS of dollars for exclusivity.  Not going to happen.

Any word on the Hulk Hogan Netflix film?

We've heard nothing in terms of movement on the project.

Is the Vince McMahon Netflix documentary dead or not?

All signs I've heard is that it was never officially dead, but my belief is it was likely paused to recalibrate given all the revelations of the last year.

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