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IS RAW OR SMACKDOWN THE MORE SUCCESSFUL WWE SERIES, BAYLEY, TED DIBIASE AS THE MARINE AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2023-04-15 10:00:00

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Which show to you is more successful - Raw or Smackdown?

To me, Smackdown, because it went for a series that WWE was paying UPN to have on the air to a series that the company makes tons of money from via rights fees.

Is Bayley leaving WWE?

As we covered in the Elite section, there is no belief in WWE she's exiting.  All the social media stuff was done to create buzz for herself, smartly.

I'm going through old WWE movies (don't mock me) and in hindsight, it's rather odd Ted DiBiase Jr. was the star of one of these things.  How and why was he tapped for it?

DiBiase and a number of other WWE talents went through an auditioning process and DiBiase was tapped as the star.  The feeling coming out of the film at the time was that DiBiase did great as a novice actor and this would be the start of future project for him.  Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way.

What happened to Tori who was with Kane in late 90's?

After leaving the company, the only real news I've ever heard regarding Tori Poch is that she had opened up some sort of Yoga studio in the Pacific Northwest.  She completely divorced herself from the business and hasn't even done any signings that I am aware of.

Do you keep a library of wrestling books and tapes and DVDs?

I wouldn't call it a library but I keep whatever I think I'd need for reference in my office.   More books than anything else.  Unless I personally worked on something (like the ECW DVD series or the Legends of Extreme episodes) I don't feel the need to keep physical copies at this point.    I'm getting older and there's only so much space.  Unless you want to pay for me to add a library wing to my house.  Let me know!

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