PeterHilton

I think it's great that you post news and all, but would you mind citing your sources? Kinda meaningless to post gossip w/o at least knowing if it's from a believable site. Because.. I mean..this: ..is utter crap. Just a total and complete steaming pile of BS. Not criticizing you at all, but the site who posted that as "news" is incredibly stupid.

I tend to agree with chris that Rocky's response came off a little flat because it was taped...but logically it made plenty of sense: kind of hard for Cena to say that The Rock isn't "committed" or "invested" to the business when his entire frickin' family is in wrestling. Father..grandfather....any number of uncles, cousins, etc If this somehow leads to a Cena/Rikishi showdown I'd be pretty

TMZ is reporting Chris Jericho will be on Dancing with the Stars. Will that huge and supportive fans of wrestling audience push him to the top?????

Jericho spoke about seeing the TNA video (I'm sure it around most news site)

These are her own Twitter fans..

Well.... Let's be real: the idea that Sting was the one in those videos was entirely started by and kept alive by net fans. The WWE obviusly planned it to be Undertaker all along. Sting had made no move to sign with the WWE. Maybe it made fun of the idea that the WWE could get so much hype and excitement generated among fans for the "return" of a guy who is on the roster and takes a long break every year and returns before a big PPV, every year (just like Sting does) But here's my issue: TNA is AGAIN creating the comparison to the WWE, and they don't really look good in doing it. Not bad. But not good. And - after reading the spoilers - they are relying on the hype for a video that they didn't create to push a character who - the last time he was on TNA TV - was being booked to look like crap. Soooo..you are hyping the return of a guy that's been around forever, that was turned heel then face then super secret face because of storylines, and who *probably* is no longer that big a deal in your company. And you promoted it as 'the biggest thing in the history of the industry'...which pretty much set yorself up to mocked by the haters and to get a bunch of heat from your actual fans It's not that the video is bad per se, so much as I don't see the benefit. At all.

Im not sure I think AAA has any 'awesome talent' but they do have guys that are fun to watch

Fair enough. And it's an interesting bit of new because Mexico really has operated in a bizarre manner for years. For one...it's kind of a task even watching the shows because their TV time slot changes so frequently. And - especially here in the states - the shows are shown out of sequence pretty often A merger would make sense.

That's what I tend to think. Supposedly a lot of the "American" talent like Konnan and Waltman that went down to Mexico to work for AAA did so because the pay dys were as much or more than TNA (of course, the cynic would also point out that a lot of those guys also burned all their bridges in the US so there you go)

No one has said that recently. Profits aren't up. They're leveling off or dropping. They are profitable, but the recent quarters have been not so hot and specifically PPV numbers are way down. jbergey is right that paying guys in the millions wouldn't make sense right now I don't want to get into an argument of specifics. My over-all point which started the "what is rey getting paid" line of discussion was that Ray could work in Mexico as more of an attraction and still make roughly what he makes for the WWE. I still think that.

Meh. All the reports at the time were that The Rock and SCSA cleared around 2 million a year and that was at the absolute peak of the industry's popularity. The numbers that came out after WCW closed were that it's headline core averaged around that. I certainly believe that Cena clears $1.5 million. But you said you thought Rey Misterio ( who is definitely NOT the most popular or the biggest merch seller) cleared "mid seven figures." That's $5 million. I sincerely doubt that. And i would believe it's A LOT closer to that wiki figure of 400 K than it is to "mid seven figures."

Let me clarify..I stated that very poorly: his ringwork hasn't suffered "recently" Meaning, his ringwork now isn't any worse than it was in 2009 or so. Comparing him to his prime in WCW or even his early WWE days is totally laughable. You guys are right on that. But if you were to see what passes for 'ringwork' in AAA, you'd know that him and his 'three moves of doom' would fit right in. Plus..it would be like when someone like Kenta worked ROH dates..the match didn't have to be **** for people to get excited. He'd be an event.

C'mon...I know you don't like fan negativity...but seriously????

Mid 7 figures??? really??? I would think less than that. I guess that's where our POV differs because I think he's high six figures which would make Mexico a viable option

I think you're understimating how much of a draw Rey would be in Mexico at this point in his career.He could probably get real decent pay out just working limited dates and the odd TV taping for AAA...it might be a wash but I don't think his going to Mexico would be as 'lose-lose' a scenario as you're describing. He wouldn't be just 'any worker.' He'd be an event signing who would be working a series of 'dream matches' that fans have thought about for years.

Because Mexican fans can only cher guys with masks? Y'know...I keep hearing Rey is retiring and he keeps on "not retiring" If I were him I'd tour Mexico for big $$$ for a year and then come back for one more run. His in-ring work hasn't suffered, and he's still over. Unless he's dying to hang 'em up, I don't see where there's this NEED to retire. Sure he has his backstage issues, but they are no worse than quite a few guys on the roster.

I don't think it's the same think but I'm not going to pick nits.

A Mexican guy in a mask is does not = lucha libre. And Del Rio is nothing - NOTHING - like his Dos Caras persona Lucha is about the in-ring style and the presentation, as well as the masks. I would say that Rey hasn't worked a true lucha style match since his WCW days. If you're saying that Vince and the WWE would add more hispanic workers and stars from Mexico to appeal to hispanic viewers, then I agree. But that doesn't mean he's adding (or has added) any aspects of lucha other than whatever similaritiesthe two styles may have in general.

Actually it translates into "Without Face" or "Faceless" 'Faceless Heart' would be Corazon Sin Cara EDIT: you changed it.

I think you're right that he could add some lucha stars to the product..probably even create a division on SD But what parts of lucha do you think he's added? Out of curiosity...

You seriously don't know why the E didn't try to better utilizea guy's whose strongest attribute was his in-ring work? Did you see how Dean Malenko's WWE run went? Agreed. But based on the product, and the way they present their workers, I think that it's a Big IF that Mistico hits it big. I hope I'm wrong though

Ultimo and Mistico are incredibly similar...little to no English, promos aren't their strong suit, smallish, cruiser weight style wrestlers who might not fit the WWE's idea of ringwork... That's why I have very tempered hopes fo MIstico

Meh...I don't know how much 'lucha' you can add. The biggest obstacle is still that the E is a sports-entertainment product and many of lucha's biggest names - including Mistico - aren't great at cutting promos and some aren't exactly great at speaking English. It'll be a tough transition, but Mistico is an amazing talent so I really hope for the best for him.

On a totally unrelated note:

I was actually speaking about the fact that ODB returns tonight. I was saying that there's NO WAY Dixie would hype her return. If it's Sting, it wouldn't surprise me in the least. Specifically, it would make me feel like "yes she's this oblivious" but she's not dumb enough to hype up the aforementioned returnee.