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• ICYMI: GOOKERTHON: Hector Guerrero Talks Vince Calling Him To Play The Gobbledy Gooker, Vince’s Vision For It, Fans’ Reaction To The Gooker Debut

  28-11-2015 23:10 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Happy Thanksgiving weekend! WrestleZone Radio is celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with the one and only Gobbledy Gooker, Hector Guerrero!  All day today WZ Radio will be running transcribed quotes from it’s exclusive interview with the legendary Hector Guerrero. We are declaring it the first annual GOOKERTHON!
  GOOKERTHON: Hector Guerrero Talks Mando, Eddie, His Father Gory & His Nephew Chavo in Lucha Underground
  GOOKERTHON: Hector Guerrero Talks TNA Always
  
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• Backstage Report – WWE Interested In ROH’s reDRagon

  28-11-2015 23:03
  
  Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  As WWE continues to try and beef up their NXT roster, a new report says that they’ve turned their eye onto a popular Ring of Honor tag-team. According to sources, a few talent in the company are trying to recruit Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly, aka reDRagon, to jumping ship.
  According to the site, Fish and O’Reilly’s contract negotiations have stalled recently which is giving WWE an opening, and a few members of the WWE roster have
  
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• Backstage Report – WWE Officials Excited For La Sombra

  28-11-2015 22:58
  
  Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  WWE’s recent acquisition of CMLL and NJPW star La Sombra is a move that could bring them the top Latino star they’ve been wanting for a long time. According to sources, those within WWE believe that La Sombra, who is now training at the Performance Center, has the potential to be a big crossover star for the company.
  Sources in the company note that Sombra is known to be very professional and takes a lot of pride in his work, noting that he&r
  
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• Sean Waltman Shoots On His Infamous RAW Botch, & More

  28-11-2015 22:53
  
  Sean Waltman spoke with WrestleTalk TV for a new interview and discussed his infamous botch during a RAW match with Scott Hall on RAW back in 1993. Waltman was in a rematch after having made his name by getting a surprise win over Hall and went for a dive from the top rope to the outside but slipped, landing on his head. Check out video and highlights below:
  On the botch: “The first time I tried that in WWE was in my rematch with Scott where I slipped off the top turnbuckle and ate the con
  
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• VIDEOS: Sami Zayn & Elias Samson WWE NXT Vignettes

  28-11-2015 22:50
  
  Here are two vignettes that aired on NXT, promoting the return of Sami Zayn and a new start for Elias Samson. Zayn has been on the shelf since a shoulder injury caused him to be written out at NXT Takeover, while Samson has previously worked on NXT as an enhancement talent:
  100% DIRECT LINK (PHOTOS): Torrie Wilson & Maria **GETTING FRISKY** Together!!! UMF!!!!!!
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• PHOTOS: Post-Surgery Photo Of Cesaro + Sami Zayn/WWE

  28-11-2015 22:45
  
  – Dr. Jeff Dugas tweeted a pic of Cesaro on Tuesday following the WWE star’s shoulder surgery on Monday:
  The team making sure @WWECesaro makes it back to the ring! The guru Kevin Wilk getting it done today on day 1!! pic.twitter.com/FjyeuBkq6E
  — Jeff Dugas (@JeffDugasMD) November 25, 2015
  – In case you missed it the other day, Sami Zayn is back at the WWE Performance Center and posted the following pic with Finn Balor and Bull Dempsey:
  #WWEPC @WWEPerformCtr pic.twitter.co
  
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• VIDEOS: WWE NXT Highlights + Eva Marie Backstage

  28-11-2015 22:42
  
  – Here is the highlight video from Wednesday night’s WWE NXT main event between Bayley and Eva Marie:– And here is a post-match interview with Eva Marie where she says that WWE never handed her anything and she’s earned it all:100% DIRECT LINK (PHOTOS): Torrie Wilson & Maria **GETTING FRISKY** Together!!! UMF!!!!!!
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• More NWA Episodes Added To The WWE Network, Stock, More

  28-11-2015 22:37
  
  – WWE has now added a total of thirty-five episodes of NWA World Championship Wrestling to the WWE Network under the Vault VOD section.
  – WWE’s stock closed at $17.10 yesterday, up $0.25 (1.48%) from Thursday.
  – WWE has announced that a thirty-minute First Look preview of the Owen: Hart of Gold Blu-Ray/DVD set will be aired on the WWE Network next Wednesday at 4pm ET.
  – Next week’s episode of Breaking Ground has the following synopsis:
  “As Cal Bishop con
  
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• ICYMI: GOOKERTHON: Hector Guerrero Talks TNA Always Trying New Things & Their Focus On International Markets

  28-11-2015 21:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Happy Thanksgiving weekend! WrestleZone Radio is celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with the one and only Gobbledy Gooker, Hector Guerrero!  All day today WZ Radio will be running transcribed quotes from it’s exclusive interview with the legendary Hector Guerrero. We are declaring it the first annual GOOKERTHON!
  GOOKERTHON: Hector Guerrero Talks Mando, Eddie, His Father Gory & His Nephew Chavo in Lucha Underground
  Please feel free to celebrate with us by shar
  
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• Henri Deglane Challenge wraps with Francois and Chun earning medals for Team USA

  28-11-2015 20:44
  
  Enock Francois earns silver at 97 kg in men's freestyle and Clarissa Chun takes bronze at 48 kg in women's freestyle.
  
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• Jim Ross Blog: Who Are the Two Biggest Stars WWE Could Bring in for WrestleMania?, PPV Build, Daniel Bryan Awaiting Medical Clearance

  28-11-2015 20:16 via wrestlezone.com
  
  A new Jim Ross blog has been posted over at JRsBarBQ.com and below are some highlights: On how WWE will build momentum for WrestleMania 32:“Going to really be interesting to see how WWE begins to build momentum for WrestleMania Texas over the next several months as April will be here before we know it. I still feel confident that WWE will have over 100,000 people in AT&T Stadium on April 3 but am curious as to what the card is going to resemble. I can’t recall the WWE Title being
  
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• Jim Cornette Catching Heat for 30 Year Old Promo, ECW Original Involved in Car Accident, 25 Most Personal WWE Grudges

  28-11-2015 20:12 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Jim Cornette Catching Heat for 30 Year Old Promo
  Jim Cornette is getting some heat after WYMT-TV posted a 30-year old wrestling promo during which Cornette mocks people buying their Thanksgiving meals with food stamps. You can check out the promo below:ECW Original Involved in Car Accident
  ECW Original Balls Mahoney missed the Pro Wrestling Syndicate event in New Jersey last weekend after being involved in a car accident. Mahoney was reportedly side-swiped by another vehicle on the Garden State
  
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• Man Shot At WWE’s PC Thought He Was On A Reality Show

  28-11-2015 19:39
  
  The man who was shot outside the WWE Performance Center in August after charging police officers has spoken with WFTV channel 9 in Orlando for a new interview. Armando Alejandro Montalvo — who was arrested and charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and trespassing — told the news station that he wanted to become a wrestler and thought he was on a reality series.
  Montalvo said that he ran at the police officers who responded to the call by staff
  
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• WrestleCon 2016 Updates – Confirmed Talent, Tickets & More

  28-11-2015 19:29
  
  Tickets are now on sale for all events taking place at WrestleCon 2016. The event takes place in Dallas, Texas over WrestleMania weekend; you can get tickets here.
  The currently-announced set of talent for the show is as follows: Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle, legendary Bobby Heenan, Rick Steiner, Bobby Fulton, Bill Apter, Maryse Debra Marshall, Raven, Tommy Dreamer, Justin Credible, Scott Steiner, Paul Ellering, Nikolai Volkoff, Lance Storm, Bushwhacker Luke Williams, Molly Holly, Vampiro, Marty J
  
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• Lots Of Matches For WWE’s NXT: Greatest Matches Vol. 1 DVD

  28-11-2015 19:27
  
  According to WrestlingDVDNetwork.com, the following matches will be included on the WWE’s NXT: Greatest Matches Vol. 1 DVD. The DVD is set for a March 8th, 2016 release…
  * Seth Rollins vs. Jinder Mahal, NXT Title Finals, 8/29/2012* Bo Dallas vs. Neville, NXT Title Ladder Match, Takeover: Arrival* Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn, NXT Title Match, Takeover: Rival
  The following matches have previously been announced…
  * Paige vs. Emma, NXT Women’s Title Tournament Finals, 7/24/20
  
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• Kurt Angle Discusses His Retirement, TNA’s UK Tour, & More

  28-11-2015 19:23
  
  Credit: Gavin HorneThis past Friday night, I attended “An Evening with Kurt Angle” at the Leicester City Football club as he is almost finished on his U.K. Golden truth Tour by Triple M Promotions.Also at the evening was TNA’s Jeremy Borash, who brought a TNA camera to the event and said that his girlfriend lives in Leicester and so he has been trying to get TNA to visit Leicester for a few years as he loves the city and owns a flat (apartment) here.Angle and Borash then talked
  
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• More on Sami Zayn’s NXT Return, Matt Hardy vs Jeff Jarrett for the First Time Ever Takes Place Tonight, Trish Stratus Photo Shoot

  28-11-2015 18:51 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Matt Hardy vs Jeff Jarrett for the First Time Ever Takes Place Tonight
  The fourth annual WrestleCade event takes place today in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with WrestleCade Champion Matt Hardy facing Jeff Jarrett for the first-time ever. You can get full details on the sold out event at this link.
  Trish Stratus Photo Shoot
  WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus recently did a photo shoot for a future issue of Shespoke Magazine. She tweeted some preview photos which you can check out at this link.
  Mor
  
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• ICYMI: GOOKERTHON: Hector Guerrero Talks Mando, Eddie, His Father Gory & His Nephew Chavo in Lucha Underground

  28-11-2015 18:35 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Happy Thanksgiving weekend! WrestleZone Radio is celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with the one and only Gobbledy Gooker, Hector Guerrero!  All day today WZ Radio will be running transcribed quotes from it’s exclusive interview with the legendary Hector Guerrero. We are declaring it the first annual GOOKERTHON!Please feel free to celebrate with us by sharing our Gookerthon posts or using the hashtag #Gookerthon on Twitter. You can also support the one and only H
  
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• WWE Teasing Wyatts vs Dudleys on Raw, WWE Hall of Famer Pulled from WrestleCade Event, Thanksgiving Day SD! Twitter Ratings

  28-11-2015 18:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Thanksgiving Day SD! Twitter Ratings
  According to Nielsen’s TV Twitter ratings, this week’s Thanksgiving edition of WWE Smackdown ranked #1 among non-sporting events for the night.
  Smackdown had a unique audience of 449,000, which is down from last week’s 683,000. This week’s show had total impressions of 1.411 million, which is also down from last week’s 1.766 million.
  WWE Hall of Famer Pulled from WrestleCade Event
  WrestleCade announced that WWE Hall of Famer Harl
  
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• AJ Styles Injured Yet Again, Pulled from NJPW Show, Full Results from the World Tag League Day 6

  28-11-2015 18:19 via wrestlezone.com
  
  According to PWInsider.com, AJ Styles was pulled from this morning’s NJPW World Tag League Day 6 show due to injury.No word yet as to how serious Styles’ injury is or if he will miss any more of the tour.
  The following are full results from today’s show:
  Block A: Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (4) defeated Frankie Kazarian & Christopher Daniels (4)
  Block B: Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows (4) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (2)
  Tag League matches for tomorro
  
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• NJPW Owner Reportedly Calls WWE’s La Sombra Signing a “Massive Shame”, Backstage News on Who Will Help Sombra with His English

  28-11-2015 16:43 via wrestlezone.com
  
  According to The Wrestling Observer, Sarah Stock (fka Sarita and Dark Angel), who is now working as a trainer at the WWE Performance Center, may be the one to help teach English to new WWE talent Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza (fka La Sombra). The two actually dated when Sombra got into wrestling at the age of 19. He’s now 26.
  In related news, it was previously reported that La Sombra likely gave his notice to CMLL officials in Mexico as far back as August. New Japan Pro Wrestling owner Ta
  
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• NJPW Owner Reportedly Calls WWE’s La Sombra Signing a “Massive Shame”, Backstage News on Who Will Help Sombra Learn English

  28-11-2015 16:43 via wrestlezone.com
  
  According to The Wrestling Observer, Sarah Stock (fka Sarita and Dark Angel), who is now working as a trainer at the WWE Performance Center, may be the one to help teach English to new WWE talent Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza (fka La Sombra). The two actually dated when Sombra got into wrestling at the age of 19. He’s now 26.
  In related news, it was previously reported that La Sombra likely gave his notice to CMLL officials in Mexico as far back as August. New Japan Pro Wrestling owner Ta
  
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• Backstage News on Ric Flair’s Upcoming ESPN 30 for 30 Special and What it Will Cover

  28-11-2015 16:40 via wrestlezone.com
  
  According to F4WOnline.com, Vince McMahon reportedly signed off on allowing ESPN to use archival footage for the upcoming ESPN “30 For 30” special that Ric Flair has been filming. Flair spent four hours being interviewed earlier this month and camera crews were filming backstage at WWE Survivor Series in Atlanta.
  The ESPN special will reportedly cover Flair’s entire career, his personal life, financial issues, Reid Flair’s death, the 1975 plane crash and more. There will
  
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• Backstage News on Lana Training at the Performance Center, Was She at Raw Last Week?, Underrated WWE Table Bashings (Video)

  28-11-2015 16:37 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Backstage News on Lana Training at the Performance Center
  According to SquaredCircleSirens.com, whil WWE Diva Lana has been down at the Performance Center since returning to from injury, she is not actually training inside the ring, she’s just lifting weights and getting into shape. She has, however, been cleared to return to action.
  As noted, Lana has a lot of heat with WWE officials right now and word is that she was at Monday’s Raw in Nashville, where she lives with Rusev, but kep
  
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• PHOTOS: First Ever Global Force Wrestling Title Change Takes Place

  28-11-2015 16:31 via wrestlezone.com
  
  The first-ever Global Force Wrestling title change took place at Friday’s WrestleCade Showcase of Champions event in Winston-Salem, North Carolina as Sonjay Dutt defeated PJ Black (Justin Gabriel) to win the GFW NEX*GEN Title that Black previously won in a tournament.
  Dutt is scheduled to face John Morrison, aka Johnny Mundo, at tonight’s WrestleCade event in Winston.
  You can check out photos from the title change at this link.
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• Rey Mysterio Discusses CM Punk Leaving WWE & UFC Future

  28-11-2015 04:51
  
  Rey Mysterio recently spoke with WrestleTalkTV, here are the highlights…
  On CM Punk’s Decision to Leave WWE: “From what happened with his deal, I overheard it. I respect his opinion and what he wanted to do and why he wanted to do it. If it’s because he was disrespected and wasn’t given an answer… and he left because of that, as a man, you have to respect that,” Mysterio said. “You can’t be lied to or try to protect certain ideas or project
  
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• Backstage Update – Sting To Wrestle At WrestleMania 32?

  28-11-2015 04:44
  
  Partial Source: Pwinsider.com
  According to sources, there hasn’t been any talk of Sting appearing at WrestleMania 32 next year. This doesn’t mean he won’t appear, as the event is months away, but officials have not been talking about it. Sting vs. The Undertaker is not happening, as WWE still wants The Undertaker vs. John Cena. The match was discussed in August and WWE is sticking to their plan.Meanwhile, WWE was never set on having Triple H vs. Seth Rollins at WrestleMania, bu
  
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• Jim Ross Blogs – Sheamus As WWE Champion, Ziggler’s Future

  28-11-2015 04:37
  
  Jim Ross has posted a new blog entry, here are the highlights…
  On Sheamus as WWE Champion: “WWE has lots of work to do to get Sheamus in a position so that he can pass the title along at the right place, at the right time to the right person. The hotter WWE can make Sheamus the more it wil mean when he loses the title. I’d be curious to see how Sheamus would progress if he were mentored by Arn Anderson, in front of or behind the camera, and adopted some of the Anderson familie
  
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• WWE Business Numbers – PPV Numbers, Live Event Attendance, More

  28-11-2015 04:31
  
  – WWE released their Key Performance Indicators early this month, which you can find here. Last month’s WWE Hell in a Cell sold 87,000 buys on PPV, with 64,000 international and 23,000 domestic. It was up 5% from the 83,000 buys for last year’s event. Both events were available on the network and were headlined by two Hell in a Cell matches. This year’s included Roman Reigns vs Bray Wyatt and The Undertaker vs Brock Lesnar, while last year featured Seth Rollins vs Dean Am
  
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• New WWE Network Content, ‘Grammar Slam’ With CM Punk (Video)

  28-11-2015 04:21
  
  – WWE Network has added season four of Total Divas to the on demand section.
  – WWE.com has a new article looking at the ten superstars with the longest tenures in WWE as of today. They include: The Miz (3,463 days), Hornswoggle (3,470 days), Dolph Ziggler (3,593 days), John Cena (4,899 days), Randy Orton (4,962 days), Big Show (6,128 days), Kane (6,625 days), Mark Henry (7,198 days), Triple H (7,514 days) and The Undertaker (9,134 days). You can find the article here.
  – Here is
  
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• VIDEO: Sheamus Discusses Winning The WWE Title, Reigns

  28-11-2015 04:19
  
  Here is this week’s WWE.com interview, which is hosted by Michael Cole. This week’s special guest is the new WWE champion Sheamus. During the interview, Sheamus discusses spoiling Reigns’ moment at the Survivor Series, and also discusses why Reigns doesn’t stand a chance in their high-stakes rematch at WWE TLC…100% DIRECT LINK (PHOTOS): Maria Looks Awesome Posing On A Car!! **WHOA BUDDY**!!
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• TNA iMPACT! To Broadcast Live On POP TV, EVOLVE Video

  28-11-2015 01:31
  
  – The pre-sale code for tickets to the January 5-9 TNA TV tapings in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is “SANDS2016”. The January 5th show will be a live broadcast for their POP TV debut.
  – EVOLVE posted the following match, featuring Jon Moxley (Dean Ambrose in WWE) vs. Austin Aries…100% DIRECT LINK (PHOTOS): Rihanna w/out Makeup In PINK BIKINI!!!
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• PHOTO: Finn Balor, Sami Zayn & Bull Dempsey At WWE’s PC

  28-11-2015 01:27
  
  Finn Balor posted a picture of himself with Sami Zayn and Bull Dempsey at the WWE Performance Center on Twitter:
  #WWEPC @WWEPerformCtr pic.twitter.com/yY8nQbp6SK
  — Finn Bálor (@wwebalor) November 24, 2015
  100% DIRECT LINK (PHOTOS): New WWE Diva Eva Maria In **TINY BIKINI** – OMFG!!i!
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• Big E. Reacts To His Spear, JBL Addresses Hogan Snub, More

  28-11-2015 01:17
  
  – Big E wrote the following about his spear on Twitter:
  I thought about adding the title "Best Spear in the Company" to my resume, but I'm not sure that's anything to brag about.
  — Epsilon (@WWEBigE) November 25, 2015
  – A fan recently asked JBL why he “danced around” saying Hulk Hogan’s name during Survivor Series. JBL simply referred to Hogan as “The Immortal One”. JBL replied:
  get a life. I call Undertaker 'Deadman' and Randy 'the Viper'-it's his
  
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• The Road Dogg Defends His Recent Survivor Series Comments

  28-11-2015 00:43
  
  UPDATE: The Road Dogg defended his recent comments to fans who were upset over Survivor Series. He wrote:
  Guys, I'll say this again; would the Whitehouse Press Secretary bury the POTUS? You're asking me to get real and Im asking the same of you.
  — Brian G. James (@WWERoadDogg) November 25, 2015
  You can keep burying the product and I can keep defending it. I literally have all day. Why is my stance so hard for you to see? #OUDK
  — Brian G. James (@WWERoadDogg) November 25, 2015
  ORIGINA
  
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• Seth Rollins Rehabs His Knee (Video), CM Punk’s Comic, More

  28-11-2015 00:39
  
  – The latest edition of EW has CM Punk’s Marvel comic book series Drax at #5 of its “Must-Have” list.
  – WWE’s stock closed at $16.85 on Wednesday, down $0.37 (2.15%) from yesterday’s closing price.
  – WWE has posted the following video, showing off Seth Rollins doing rehab on his knee…100% DIRECT LINK (PHOTOS): Eva Marie Hot **HOTEL ROOM** Pics – OMFG!! MUST-SEE-NOW!!!!
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• Does Jim Ross Miss WWE?, Would He Return To WWE?, & More

  28-11-2015 00:34
  
  During his appearance on The Steve Austin Show, Jim Ross spoke about a possible return to WWE and said he didn’t think his style of announcing would work in today’s environment. Here are highlights:
  On today’s WWE commentators: “I think those guys have a tough job. It’s just a different style. I’m kind of glad that I’m not [in that position]. [WWE] have more to sell. They have a mall where these other wrestling companies have a storefront. They have a sm
  
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