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CHYNA APPROACHING HHH AT PIPER'S FUNERAL, READY TO RUMBLE, TAZ AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2015-08-14 09:59:05
I saw Chyna tried to approach HHH at Roddy Piper's funeral. Perhaps I am getting old age, but was this not the classless, asinine stunt ever?

I don't know about EVER but it was a really stupid decision by someone obviously desperate to be back in WWE's good graces. Chyna reminds me of someone who's been dumped and constantly tries to come up with a way to get back with their former love, only to make it worse each and every time. There is a time to cut bait and let go and move on and that was a decade ago, when HHH broke up with her. She's constantly said things that end up being questioned when placed under scrutiny and recently pulled that stunt where she walked into WWE HQ to take a photo. Doing something at Piper's funeral was beyond insulting to Roddy's memory and just for that, I personally hope she never gets back in WWE's good graces.

Why did ECW never get sued for the Taz name?

Taz was a nickname for his original name The Tasmaniac and honestly, he wasn't trying to create a cartoon that would compete with Warner Bros. so it was a completely different genre. Similar names can exist as long as they don't infringe on the other.

I recently watched "Ready to Rumble." Was the villain promoter supposed to be Eric Bischoff?

Yes - in fact when it was originally scripted, Bischoff was playing himself in that role.

Where's Brad Maddox?

Still with WWE but not on the air at the moment.

I was with my daughter at the library and saw some kid's books on wrestling and saw Mike Johnson, PWInsider as a consultant. How did that come about?

Capstone Press reached out looking for a consultant and I ended up with the gig. We've done about 30 books and it's been a really fun, fulfilling experience. When I was a kid, one of the things that made me love reading was a series of monster movie books that were in the library at St. Mel's in Queens, NY. I hope that by working on these books with Capstone, I pay it forward and someone else that is young falls in love with it as well.

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