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REHEARSING BIG SPOTS, CENA RIPPING ON THE ROCK, THE JARRETTS BUYING WCW? AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2024-07-05 09:54:00

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When they have a big Ladder Match this like this or a Hell in A Cell, are there like rehearsals?

It depends on the talent and situation.  For some, there won't be.  For others, there may be a technical rehearsal a few days before just to go over certain spots or plans.  Each situation is different.

Not sure if this true or not, but I read that the Jarrett's were trying to put together the capital to buy WCW. If they did, how do you think it would have went? Would they have had an easier time finding TV deals etc. because WCW was an already established brand? Would they have been able to keep the talent? Do you think that by using the WCW tape library to produce DVD's, online on demand etc. they would have been able to stay self sufficiency, or would they still have had to seek outside investors as they did with Panda Energy? 

Jerry Jarrett did look into buying WCW but Turner Broadcasting never took his offer seriously enough to where it went into serious negotiations. Had they bought it, they would have been in for a big problem once WCW was canceled by TBS and TNT. Without the TV, they would have been in dire straits immediately as there wasn't interest by networks to bring wrestling to their stations at that point in time. No one wanted ECW, either.  They might have made money off the other assets but it would have been a huge hole to climb out of without TV, so in a lot of ways, it may have been a blessing it was never purchased.

Do you think Stu Snyder's smile on Death of WCW all but revealed the work was in and the company was funneled to WWE?

I don't think he'll ever admit it, but his body language sure as hell was telling, wasn't it?

When John Cena called out The Rock for having notes written on his wrist, was that part of a planned effort or not?

It was not.  Cena did it on his own.  We reported that at the time and years later, Bryan Gewirtz wrote about it in his memoir, confirming that to be correct.

Any word on new TV deals for TNA, AEW, MLW, NWA, etc.?

Nothing that we are aware of and have cofirmed at this time.  

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