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WHEN CENA STARTS HIS FINAL RUN, WILL WWE STILL PURSUE TAPE LIBRARIES UNDER ENDEAVOR, MLW UPGRADES & MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2024-07-11 10:00:00

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What did you think of the Vince McMahon questions at the WWE presser?

Nothing, as they were questions that were fair play at what is supposed to be a press conference.  If WWE doesn't want hard questions to get in there, they can fill the room with fans.  John Pollock and Brandon Thurston have every right to raise the questions they did, whether WWE or WWE fans are happy about it or not.  Now, I don't think anyone expected the responses to be anything beyond what they were, but that doesn't mean the questions shouldn't have been asked.  I ask WWE questions all the time that sometimes go unanswered.  It's part of the job. 

When is John Cena done with Peacemaker?  Do you expect his last run begins there?  Could promoting the series get in the way?

Peacemaker season two is slated to finish filming in late November/early December.  The series isn't slated to be released via MAX until late 2025, so promoting the series won't get in the way of his comeback.  Cena mentioned a lot of shows for early 2025, including the Raw Netflix debut, so it appears he will close out his WWE run before another film or TV project.  It's Cena's call and it should be.

Why is MLW making all these upgrades and hiring to their production when they are simply on YouTube?

Well, there's a few obvious reasons.  One, they don't want to always be on just YouTube.  Two, we are told that MLW's braintrust felt the last event in Atlanta was under what they wanted it to be from a production standpoint, so the only way to fix that is to upgrade and to hire others.  They want to present the best product they can, the same as everyone else.  Improvement is the only way to try and grow it beyond what it is.

Under Endeavor, do you see WWE buying the tape libraries anymore?

I don't think it will be a priority, but obviously it's going to be a case by case basis.  The buying spree over the last several decades was to boost the library for the WWE Network and well, we know that's going away and for many fans, the older archival content was not a major draw the way live PPVs and current series were.  So, I think if something of worth came up, they'd have their TV department or Ben Brown, the company archivist, take a look but I don't see them chasing them Indiana Jones style anymore.

Any word whether New Japan World has put up their archives again?

As of this morning, they have not.  

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