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WILL TRIPLE H ALLOW TALENTS TO RETAIN THEIR RING NAMES POST-WWE?, MUSTAFA ALI, SASHA AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2022-11-12 10:00:00

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Do you think WWE will become less stringent with the ownership of names, gimmicks, etc. for talents and allow them to take them elsewhere when their WWE run is done?

Absolutely not.  They are going to protect themselves as hard as they did before.  In no dimension does WWE just intellectual property slip through their fingers.  Never going to happen.

You wrote last night that a big international tag match is slated for Rampage?  Really?  Come on.

Uh, yeah, it is.  Jun Akiyama coming to the United States to make his televised debut is pretty much a damn big international story in its own right.  Akiyama vs. Eddie Kingston is a pretty damn cool story if you've been following how Kingston has mentioned for YEARS, this was his personal dream match.  Then you add in Takeshita, who had a hell of a series of performances last time he was in AEW and Ortiz getting the biggest spotlight he's had to date from the Japanese media with his involvement?  For all those reasons, I'd argue it is a big international tag.  

Do you think Sasha Banks is still with WWE?

No one has ever told me she was released.

Did they move Mustafa Ali to Smackdown?

No one has officially confirmed to me as of this writing that is the case, but you would think so based on the announcement of his inclusion in the World Cup tournament last night.

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