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If you had to guess the Wrestlemania main event, what is it?
Roman Reigns vs. Oba Femi.
I was thinking about this recently. WWE no longer owns their HQ and that deal to lease it came when Vince McMahon owned the company. So, what happens to WWE when the lease is up?
To the best of my knowledge, WWE would have the ability to purchase the building after the end of the current lease. However, my gut feeling is that eventually, the company moves its operations to Las Vegas to be lock and step with UFC, especially since Nick Khan operates out of Los Angeles anyway. For a company that is all about reducing redundancies and saving money, I can see them pulling up stakes.
So does MFT stand for motherf'n Tongan, now?
You ask Haku and find out.
Do you think Kevin Owens beats CM Punk for the WWE title?
Well, if he gets pinned right after returning from a neck injury, he's sort of dead in the water, right? I can see the argument that Owens should beat Punk clean. That may be the best thing for their story, especially if they want to do rematches.
All the fan behavior stuff recently mentioned in your Q&A makes me realize we've always had crazy or oddball fans. Was there ever a venue or market you were most worried about yourself or talents being in? Was it the ROH riot?
You are right in that pro wrestling has always attracted strange fans who obsess or act out. One would hope that they would realize they are the cause of their own problems and address them, but sadly, most people in that predicament never realize the mistakes they make until it is far too late, like hopping the rail, hurting themselves, or getting arrested. We've all seen stuff at shows and in life that we roll our eyes at. One can only hope that fans like that turn to medication or therapy or anything else to get themselves out of their manic, obsessive behavior so they can live a long and happy life, but sadly, that won't be the case for many people trapped in that cycle, not just in pro wrestling circles, but life - but that's a bigger conversation. When it comes to pro wrestling, I worry far more about talents who could be hurt or stalked or worse, however, especially in the days of social media where those caught in their delusions can feed them 24/7 and that it's far easier now to track where talents could be.
The only time I can ever remember being relieved the show was over and I was in the car and gone were some of the smaller towns ECW ran in the mountains of PA, because you could see the fans getting more and more on edge the crazier the violence got. I remember one show in Jim Thorpe where I started at ringside and by the end of the show, I was standing against a wall next to the exit door because I really thought they were a few moments away from a powderkeg being lit and there being a scary incident. Thankfully, once ECW brought in Atlas Security, I never had those fears again, however. They were masters of their craft and are probably the most underrated part of the ECW experience, because they kept that roster safe through some scary moments and riots over the years.
I was at the ROH riot at the First Anniversary show, but I was never worried about my safety there because being a NYC guy and having been to many of the Long Island Wrestling Federation school shows over the years, I knew 99% of everyone involved were students and proteges of Homicide, so I knew it the second they started to get involved, it was just a well crafted storyline. Most of the building however, did not and some rightfully freaked out and left. But, no, I was never worried for my safety in that moment. I had lived through ECW at that point and that was 10000% worse at times than the ROH angle ever could have been.
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