Are they trying to make Tensai a face?

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He's gonna be the new Khali or Zack Ryder.

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From monster heel to lovable goof. Makes sense...

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BO DALLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess they figure if the crowd already treats him like that, might as well go with it.

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Funny you mentioned Wade Barrett. I considered him, but he hasn't established his character enough for me. Ziggler has grown his character into a top 5 on the show now. Sandow, while relatively new, is firmly established who he is. Barrett was the leader of the Nexus early on and maybe in that first year or two he beats Undertaker (timing wouldn't work due to HBK I believe and I wouldn't want to remove that match from history). He's now been rebranded. I can't decide if I like it or not. I felt like he was better on the mic as the leader of the Nexus than he is now. Maybe its the character. He could benefit from a guy like Heyman. I really think making heyman the next Bobby Heenan would be great. Lets get 6 to 8 guys under his belt. They don't need to be a faction. They can all have their own agendas. There's just a handful of guys that could really use his voice to elevate their game. Guys like Cody Rhodes have the tools, but I'm just not there with him as far as his mic skills. Wade Barrett would be great under him.

What is Wade Barrett's character anyways? A hard ass britt with a blazer and a flower costume? He could definitely use a new character.

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Vince McMahon Having Surgery, Backstage News on Jericho vs. Ryback, McGillicutty's Status
By Marc Middleton
Jan 31, 2013 - 8:54:51 AM


- We noted before that The Rock trained with Michael McGillicutty to prepare for his Royal Rumble match. Rock is now supporting McGillicutty and he's always had Triple H backing him. No word yet on why he continues to be kept on the lower end of the roster. There's been a big push to get rid of his name and call him Joe Hennig but WWE officials are so against real names these days because they want to full own everyone's ring name.

- Vince McMahon is legitimately having surgery done on his left hip soon. Vince has had a bad hip for some time now. The storyline injury from Brock Lesnar was done as a reason to take off for the surgery.

- As noted before, the early word on plans for Chris Jericho's return is that he will feud with Dolph Ziggler before turning heel and facing Ryback at WrestleMania 29. The idea would be to use Jericho to get Ryback back where he was. Jericho felt back in October that Hell In a Cell was the right time for Ryback to take the WWE Title.



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2012 WWE Salaries for The McMahon Family, How Much Stock Does Shane McMahon Own?, More
By Marc Middleton
Jan 31, 2013 - 8:44:53 AM


- Here is the current line-up of the major players running the direction of WWE:

* Vince McMahon, Chairman of the Board and CEO

* Kevin Dunn, Executive Vice President, Television Production

* George Barrios, Chief Financial Officer

* Paul Levesque (Triple H), Executive Vice President, Talent

* Michael Luisi, WWE Studios President; Executive Vice President, Business Development; General Counsel

* Stephanie McMahon (who has dropped the McMahon-Levesque last name she had been using), Executive Vice President, Creative

* Michelle Wilson, Chief Marketing Officer

- Here is the list of straight salaries for 2012:

* Vince McMahon, $1.1 million

* Barrios, $575,000

* Dunn, $800,000

* Levesque, $500,000

* Wilson, $575,000

Those employees will also earn another 25% to 200% of that total based on company profitability as set forth at different levels. The totals for 2012 aren't in yet so the amount of bonuses they will get has not been determined.

As far as stock ownership goes, Vince currently owns 39,722,641 shares worth $334 million. Stephanie's stock is currently worth $31.78 million. Shane McMahon's stock is worth $15.55 million and Triple H's stock is worth $405,227.

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Nice Guys Finish Last

Thank you,and have a nice day !

Top indy tag team The Briscoe Brothers won't be attending the WWE tryout camp this week after all as they are still under contract to Ring of Honor. Adam Cole is expected to attend the tryout.

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Nice Guys Finish Last

Thank you,and have a nice day !

I would really like to see the Briscoe bros. in the E. Don't know if they can brings chickens to the ring for their promos though.

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It's been an All-American American Smackdown !!!

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I can't wait to see what gimmick they come up with for El Generico.

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Monday after mania you think?

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Nice Guys Finish Last

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For him to be on tv?

Way longer than that I think.

I don't think he's even started in Florida yet.

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In this week's (subscribers-only) F4W Newsletter, Bryan Alvarez talked about some of the early internal discussion for El Generico, noting that the feeling is the 28-year-old will likely lose his trademark mask and be repackaged:

The belief from speaking with those in WWE is that there is a very good chance he'll be unmasked and given a new gimmick and probably spend at least 6 to 8 months in developmental before being called up, probably starting around the end of this month if everything goes as planned.

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Who is this generico cat? He has to be better than fucking sin cara right??

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He's the generic luchador. 1000x better than Sin Cara.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmK1i2JCIGI

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OLE!

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Hitman buries Trips really bad. Pretty funny.

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February 2nd 2013 - Arda Ocal of Layfield Report caught up with WWE Hall of Famer Bret "Hitman" Hart.

Bret talked about the Montreal Screwjob "Shooting Straight" Panel during Royal Rumble weekend and whether or not Bret is sick of talking about it.

They discuss Bret being the "Canadian Alberto Del Rio" and his respect for ADR.

Then, Bret gives context to his recent comments about Triple H, including why he thinks Triple H vs Undertaker at WrestleMania 28 was a "4 (out of 10) at best" and how these comments affect their relationship.

http://youtu.be/LiLtAMCIm7M

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I really hope this is part of a storyline. Otherwise, Bert Mark is out of control.

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I don't think it's a storyline.

Bert Hart might be talking workrate, not entertainment.

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After listening to it, I see where he's coming from in terms of wondering if Hunter could be another Vince in terms of creativity.

And he's right about him as far as actual wrestling ability.

But he does come off as a bitter old man.

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Nonsense....Somehow someway Shane O Mac will be the one to take over.

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Personally I was hoping Sabu would be standing at midfield when the lights went back on, but this isn't too bad.

Super Bowl XLVII Power Outage - WWE style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... wKTa_Baew#!

this is one is sooo January, but still reminds me of many of the folks here. (self included - locked myself in my room and cried when Swagger lost the WHC).

Kid Upset Over WWE Royal Rumble

youtube.com/watch?v=xg0uEVzknxE&list=FLptMjeCtTrM96Og3MunzDGQ

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Report - WM30 location set for 2014

WWE's WrestleMania PPV is coming to New Orleans's Superdome for the first time in 2014, reports a local radio station in New Orleans.

New Orleans has been rumored as the location for WWE's benchmark PPV next year, and the deal appears to be set for March/April 2014.

An official announcement is expected this month, around the time of WWE's Elimination Chamber PPV in New Orleans.

The Superdome just wrapped up hosting the NFL's Super Bowl, but things did not go 100 percent smoothly due to a power outage in the third quarter of the game.

WWE typically trails the Super Bowl with their WrestleMania PPV (e.g. announcing WM26 in Phoenix a few months after Super Bowl 42 was held there). However, this year, WWE will beat the Super Bowl to MetLife Stadium in New York.

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Uh, Boblaw, personally, I was hoping for early-nWo-era crow-Stinger with his baseball bat. The current incarnation that's standing there looking displeased with the centrifugal presence of Brooke "look at my daughter's legs" Hogan in the ring/storyline sure looks like he could use that bat.

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If the game were in Atlanta, I'm sure they would have gone with the Stinger. I would have also popped for a "Bloodbath", but it would have to be WCW style, where they fuck up and dump the blood on the crowd instead of the wrestlers.

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A.) Brad Madd-Ox is not just good, he's great. There. I said it. Can't take it back now. I do find it weird though that he looks more like Bishoff than Garrett does.

B.) Listened to Keller this morning and he said a Foley vs Ambrose match was set for SummerFest last year, but a neurologist gave Mick the thumbs down. Also hate to admit, but Keller probably has the best podcast in 2013 (other than MLW, but that's only weekly). Not all of the other Torch stuff, but just Wade solo.

C.) The WWE tryouts at NXT this past weekend were described as grueling as hell and very physical. One wrestler noted that it was the toughest time of his life. One talent who paid to be in the tryouts quit in the middle of the first day. There were between 10 and 14 injuries suffered over the weekend and a source noted that most of the guys that got hurt were non-wrestling guys who came in thinking they were tough. No word yet on who will be offered deals but officials at the tryouts said they would be making offers in 2-4 weeks. Popular wrestlers who attended the tryouts include ROH TV Champion Adam Cole, Maria's boyfriend Mike Bennett, DGUSA star Samuray del Sol, independent star Ricky Reyes, Northeastern wrestler Smith James and Luke Hawx from Extreme Rising. There was talk that Sami Callihan was there but that's not confirmed yet. (pwinsider)

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Taking my daughters to their first ever live event this Saturday night in Springfield MO. Was able to get 6 tickets for around $100. They know nothing about it. We are going to tell them we are going into Springfield for some dinner and surprise them. Can't wait!

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