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June 13, 2013
WWE's Paul Heyman: 'TNA Crossover Makes No Sense'
Paul Heyman has laughed off the suggestion that WWE and TNA should have a crossover event.
TNA boss Dixie Carter told Digital Spy last month that she "absolutely would" be up for a joint promotion, but Heyman - who represents CM Punk and Brock Lesnar - rejected the proposal.
"I'm sure that Dixie Carter would love to do a WWE versus TNA pay-per-view," Heyman told DS, speaking ahead of this weekend's WWE Payback pay-per-view.
"Why wouldn't she? A friend of mine who has way too much time on his hands just started a new beverage company here in the United States.
"It's called Shmuley's Soda Company and he's now distributed in three stores in the Bronx and two in Brooklyn."
He continued: "He would like to do a global promotion with Coca-Cola. I don't suggest that Coca-Cola would be profitable having to do a global co-promotion with Shmuley's Soda Company.
"In the same way it would make no sense for WWE with 95% global share to do an event with TNA with its 5% global market share!"
source: digitalspy.com
New NXT Champion Crowned
WWE NXT star Bo Dallas defeated Big E. Langston on this week's edition of NXT on Hulu Plus to become the new NXT Champion.
June 12, 2013
ION Television - WWE Main Event Nominated for a CableFAX Faxie Award
ION television has been nominated for a Faxie Award in the following category:
Marketing of a New Series or Show - Large Network
Cartoon Network - DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk
The History Channel - Hatfields & McCoys
ION Television - WWE Main Event
Oxygen Media - Oxygen's The Face
Sundance Channel's Push Girls
TLC - Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
WE tv - Kendra on Top
www.cablefax.com
June 11, 2013
Justin Credible on first run with WWE, thoughts on Triple H
Justin Credible joined Inside The Ropes last Thursday for the first of a two part interview. Talking about his Aldo Montoya run, here are the highlights:
How he went from jobbing on RAW to getting a contract with the company in 1994:
"I live in Conneticut, I live 45 minutes from WWE headquarters and I was doing jobs (on TV) and one day the office called me and they said “We need you to come down to the office and work out with Mark, Undertaker. We have somebody coming in that’s gonna do a double Undertaker and we need to train him during the week to look like Mark and do his moves.” So basically they paid me $150 a day to go up there and be a crash test dummy for Brian Lee doing the impostor Undertaker. We did it all week and on Friday we did a dress rehearsal with Brian Lee in full Undertaker gear and Mark was sitting there and Vince and Pat Patterson, one of the bookers at the time, came down and saw the entire dress rehearsal and at the end Pat and Vince come up to me and started asking me questions about where I was from, who trained me but the next question they asked me was, what nationality I was. So I told Vince I was portuguese and he said “Ahhh, you’re portuguese, do you speak it?” I told him yeah absolutely and he laughed and said good and that was it. So low and behold I found out later they’d been fixing to do the Aldo Montoya gimmick anyway and they had it written up. So they were looking for a legitimate portuguese kid to come in and do the gimmick and I was just the in the right place at the right time."
Thoughts on Triple H:
"I was there when Hunter came in. I was his first set of matches around the loop. i was real close with Kev, Shawn, Scott and Pac. I remember, in 1996, we weren’t making much money so Hunter and I would share like a $40 room at Red Roof Inns across the country. I knew he had the passion, I knew he had ability. He just wasn’t.....His rise to stardom was very slow for a very long time. He just wasn’t getting over. That thing with the bow and the snob gimmick just was not getting over. The office was trying and trying, he was beating everybody, they were giving him storyline after storyline but the fans just weren’t biting. But Vince kept trying and you know the Kliq thing, the curtain call, Paul went out and he got put in the doghouse. Vince buried him on the road and on TV for almost a full year. For a long time, I didn’t think Paul was gonna get to where he is today that’s for sure. It’s just amazing, time heals all wounds, You know the persistance paid off. He’s a hard working guy, passionate about this business. For that I respect him."
Video: Mr. McMahon gives Triple H his match with Curtis Axel but The Game doesn't want it: Raw, June 10, 2013
June 10, 2013
Jim Ross Explains Why Some Talents Are Not Pushed In WWE
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross recently talked with Hooked on Wrestling and explained what goes into giving some talents a push while others may not receive a push:
“I’m not going to start naming names of guys that have had issues telling the time, committing or paying attention,” Ross said. “But the company have to invest in guys that are reliable. Reliability comes in many forms, shades and colours that the average fan is not aware of.mIt’s not that the company are trying to hold someone back or keep someone down. That’s totally counter-productive. No businessman of any intellect is going to do that in any business. No matter what I say or you say, there will still be some people who still say ‘I still think so-and-so should be pushed’. That’s great. That’s your right to say it. But don’t live and die by it and let it upset your day. If it is meant to happen, it will happen.
“Look at The Shield. They are three guys that came in and they were prepared. They had no issue in developmental. They were very professional in all aspects in their preparation. They earned the opportunity for the ‘push’ that they are getting. They covered all the bases. The results are three guys getting quality minutes on television and maximising those minutes very well. They are starting to get over.
"If WWE didn’t want a guy to get over and didn’t want to use him, guess what they would do? They would release him. It’s simple. In the corporate world, you get job reviews for every job you do. If you are really successful, you get a promotion or a raise. You advance up the ladder to a new payscale and now the task in hand is to do that job very well and be successful. You don’t get into one role where you say, ‘I’m not going to work hard at this job because I don’t really like it. I’ll just wait for my promotion’.
“I’ve had wrestlers that I’ve watched their matches and Vince [McMahon] and I would brainstorm and say, ‘You know, so-and-so doesn’t look like his heart is in it, we need to have a little visit with him to see what’s wrong’. He might be hurt, he might have issues at home. I’ve had guys that have literally said to me, ‘Well I haven’t really been putting out a great effort. I’m waiting for my push’. So when you get your push, then we’ll get your great effort? I say, ‘Well, I think you’ve got it backwards. We need to see the difference now so that you earn your push’. It’s funny that you have grown adults, professionals, that have a chance to make an amazing amount of money for something they allegedly love to do, and they have that attitude. It makes no sense.”
