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WHY WWE RAISED PPV PRICES, WHAT VINCE MCMAHON IS CONCERNED WITH, WHY KURT ANGLE DIDN'T LOSE ON HIS WAY OUT AND MORE

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Now online exclusively for PWInsider.com Elite Online subscribers, Dave Scherer and Buck Woodward looks at:

- WWE's first quarter numbers, and how they have been dealing with the drop in advertising revenue from the switch to USA.

- Where WWE is showing improvement in their business. 

- Why WWE raised PPV prices. 

- The reason WWE continues to make money despite the creative funk of Raw and Smackdown.

- What TNA needs to realize about the current state of their product. 

- Why Vince McMahon is concerned with UFC.

- How the Internet views backstage bullies and pranksters. 

- Why WWE didn't have Kurt Angle do a job on his way out. 

- Much, much more.

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Also available exclusively for PWInsider.com Elite Online subscribers:

*Buck Woodward looks at the parallels between the life of Kurt Angle and the life of one of his most famous opponents, comparisons between Kurt Angle and a legendary wrestler with a relatively short career,  Chris Jericho's "one night only" appearance on Celebrity Duets, a detailed look at the upcoming Roddy Piper DVD release, and much more.

*Dave Scherer looks at how WWE is handling Kurt Angle's departure from the company, who Jeff Hardy is traveling with on the road, what WWE can do with the Edge-Cena TLC match and how they can help both participants and more.

*Mike Johnson looks at the promoter who WWE and TNA's legal departments both tangled with in the last week, why, and where those cases stand, WWE legal's latest target on the Internet, WWE act ready to return to TV from injury, the latest updates on three new wrestling TV projects set for the Fall, injury update on ROH champion and more.

*Dave Scherer and Mike Johnson discuss all of the available information on this breaking story including how it got to where it is now (and issues not discussed by WWE and Angle on the official WWE website), how WWE made the only decision that they could, the numerous personal and professional issues that led to WWE's decision, previous moves the company had made for Angle's well being, how the ECW brand played into the situation, the short and long-term future for Angle, what his next moves should be, how his athletic career pre-dating professional wrestling has played into this development, the effect of professional wrestling on its athletes, a comparison to another WWE star that was released, the idea of Angle in TNA, ROH, Mixed Martial Arts, and much more.

*Elite Radio with Jess McGrath and Mike Johnson returns, discussing the fallout of the Kurt Angle situation, double standards among wrestling fans for good in-ring performers, where the ECW brand and TNA stand in 2006, their positives and negatives, the Vicki Guerrero heel turn, and much more.

*Part One of the Ring Of Honor Straight Shootin' interview with ROH and TNA star Samoa Joe in which Joe discusses breaking into the business, Shinya Hashimoto, the tournament that put him on the map within wrestling, his first match with Low Ki, Rick Bassman's UPW, and much more.

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