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WWE PUSHING TWISTED TEA, REMOVING ROMAN REIGNS FROM THE WWE TITLE MATCH, MARKETING RIGHTS AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2014-07-08 09:59:00

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What would you think if instead of Roman Reigns they had Orton, Kane and Bray Wyatt in the Fatal 4- way?

I think it would make a lot more sense. Triple H has hated Roman Reigns in storylines, so putting him in the match doesn't make sense. Plus, Cena should be going against heels. The other problem is if Reigns loses, it's the second time he is in a Title match and comes up short. Hopefully they have a good booking idea for him, like Mike Epsenhart and I discussed on this past Saturday's Mailbag show.

They may be broken up by the time this gets answered but, why are they still called the Funkadactyls when there is no longer a Funkadactyl?

Sometimes the secondary part of the act gets over more than the person that was supposed to be the star. That is the case here.

First I'm surprised this wasn't covered more on your site (or it was and I just missed it) but I was really caught off guard by the Twisted Tea segment on last Monday night's RAW. With the WWE trying to be so family friendly they advertise an alcoholic beverage? and then use one of their more kid-centric characters in Santino to help peddle it. Isn't that kind of setting a bad image?

We covered it a lot on audio. You have to remember that what you read on the free site is only part of what we offer. We go more in-depth and provide more commentary on issues on audio shows. With that said, yes it is surprising tha they did that spot and that they had their kiddie character pushing liquor.

Would it have been a a good idea for TNA to truly make their fans & fans that's still iffy about giving TNA a chance, that this is a total re-boot of the brand to air their 1st NYC event live, scrapping the original episode for that Thursday night? and go from there with other NYC episodes for Thursdays impacts

Given that the TV from Bethlehem has been very good, I don't see the point. And you also have to consider the cost involved with throwing out a month's worth of TV. That would cost TNA substantial money.

Back in the 80's & 90's, why was Vince so much more lenient in letting wrestlers keep their established ring names when debuting for WWE, whereas nowadays any wrestlers who get signed, it's a top priority to give them a name change from the moment they're signed? Guys like Savage, Steamboat, Piper, etc. were not Vince's created characters, but they never went through name changes like today.

There are two things in play here. Most importantly is the rights fees issue. If a talent uses a name WWE doesn't own, they can't control it and fully monetize it. If they do, they can.

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