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Is CM Punk ever coming back?  I mean, enough is enough, right?  I think he made his point.

He certainly made his point.  In a few weeks, it will be the six year anniversary of his last pro wrestling appearance at the 2014 WWE Royal Rumble.  He's now 42 years old.   It's going to have to be his choice.  Is he going to ever come back?  He's the only one who can tell us that and he's never actively said or hinted that he wants to.  As I discussed a few weeks ago with Cliff Compton when I interviewed him for Elite,  I feel like we are getting to the point in time where if he's going to return, it's going to be in the next year or so or else the window of him wanting/potentially being where he wants to be as a performer may have passed.    But, that's just my opinion.  Time will tell if and when he ever returns, although I can say that if he wanted to, every major promotion (yes, even WWE) would probably be thrilled to sign him.  He's the last drawing talent who hasn't returned somewhere and that sort of fresh, popular performer is very rare in 2021.

I listened to your hotline about being at the first-ever Raw.  We are just a few years away from the 30th Anniversary of the show.  Would you want to go to that taping?

If it was in New York City, I could see myself going.  If it was in, say, Los Angeles or Idaho or something, I don't see myself getting on a flight to watch something I can watch from home and be in bed the same night after recording a post-show audio.

I am watching old ECW shows on the WWE Network and they change the music, but given how much money they have and how little ECW had, how is it ECW even used the original music on their shows and on DVD?

WWE could easily afford to purchase the rights to the songs.  They choose not to, because it's cheaper.  ECW was so under the radar during its time in business that they were never noticed (or if they received any cease and desist letters, it never came out publicly).  I can tell you that in the case of their DVDs, Pioneer Home Video went out and licensed the Dr. Dre & Ice Cube Natural Born Killaz song and for Enter Sandman, used the Motorhead cover that was featured on a ECW soundtrack album as it was far more feasible from a financial level than the Metallica version was, but there's a reason so many ECW on Pioneer DVD matches had the entrances edited out, because it would have been impossible to license every song and still hope to make a profit.

Where is Grado?

In Scotland, waiting for COVID-19 to pass so he can get back to work.  Just like the rest of the world.

Do you think Fabulous Moolah has been exiled forever from WWE history?

I think we'll always see clips and photos of her used, but it is pretty obvious given the backlash years ago to the idea of the Fabulous Moolah Memorial Battle Royal that they won't be actively seeking to exploit her name or legacy going forward.

Is it possible we've seen Triple H's last match?  He didn't work at Wrestlemania this year, he's getting older (as we all are!) and I don't see him wrestling in the Thunderdome environment, so is he done?

Is it possible?  Of course.  Is it likely?  I really don't think so.  At some point, as long as he is healthy and can go in the ring, WWE is going to need him for a big moment or PPV match as an attraction and I can't see him quietly exiting.  I think it's far more likely to see him get The Last Ride style documentary and farewell treatment, especially given how important he is to the day to day of the company currently and going forward.  I don't think he'll be done without one last Pedigree.

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