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So there has been a lot of talk about Mahal winning the title to help break into the Indian market but I just thought of something...all 3 champions are Canadian now (as Lesnar seems to consider himself Canadian). So with Canada 150 coming up on July 1st I think WWE should do a huge event where Roode/Mahal/Lesnar fight in a 3 way to become the Canadian Champion. You get Bret to referee and you have a money match.
Yeah, I don't see that happening, but it's a pretty funny idea.
So, WWE is obviously #1, and will probably always will be. But who is #2? Six months ago, I would have said TNA, for the last 10 years, with ROH right behind at #3. But with the Anthem takeover, and them cutting ties with the main eventers, and recently, pushing GFW over their TNA counterparts, I have to disagree now. Furthermore, with ROH's new owner, Sinclair Broadcasting, expanding the ROH platform, increasing the production platform, and most recently, with the purchase of Tribune Media, expanding their TV base open for ROH Wrestling, I'm more inclined to say ROH is now #2, with TNA close behind at #3. If not, do you see ROH overtaking TNA by year's end?
Last year, I wrote a column titled "The Race for Number Three", noting that there is no number two anymore. I still feel the same. ROH will undoubtedly gain more ground as soon as Sinclair's takeover of Tribune but WWE is so far beyond any other potential competitor, that I don't foresee we will see a situation similar to the Monday Night Wars anytime soon.
Recently, there has been a report that Kairi Hojo will not be allowed to use her signature elbow drop in the WWE due to Bayley using one. If this is true, isn't that really a really petty move on the part of the WWE, considering the elbow drops don't even look similar? The only thing they share in common is the fact that they are elbow drops. The style and impact are pretty much completely different.
I think it's way too soon for anyone to definitively say that WWE will and won't do with Hojo. Remember everyone assuming the Styles Clash would be retired?
So, why was Matt Hardy's petition to copyright and trademark Broken Matt Hardy denied?
The USPTO decreed that the reasoning Hardy used in his petition didn't hold up. Hardy used video evidence, which was dismissed as simply evidence of Hardy appearing on shows. The third one would have been approved, but since it was an advertisement for an appearance outside of the United States (Ireland), it was ruled that it wasn't valid in this instance.
I seem to remember Jeff Hardy saying he needed a surgery to have a rod removed from his leg. Given the WWE schedule is so nuts, when could he have that taken care of?
That is still a situation that Hardy needs to take care of, but there was no timetable as to when he would handle it. When he feels he needs to have it removed, he will. When he needs it removed, WWE will simply craft a story to explain his absence.
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