What is the likelyhood of a Rampage / Dynamite brand split? Floating world, tag and womens champion, quarterly dual-brand PPVs, brand-exclusive TV specials. Many pros and cons, of course, but I truly believe it is very doable; especially with the hindsight of the now 19 year history of the WWE Brand Extension. Creates exclusive matchups, drafts can be a rating drawer, and can also be a good storytelling device.
I never kept up with WWE ratings in the past, but were demos always as heavily discussed? I felt like in the past Iād hear about Raw doing however many million, but never followed up by the demo the way it is today.
Is it just something we started to discuss when AEW hit the scene? If so, why do you think that is?
Early this week was listening to the Between The Sheets and of it was covering some of 1985 Memphis. Bix and Kris gave heavy praise of how Jerry Lawler and did excellent booking on the fly. It got me wondering if you ever knew if Lawler had any creative input during his time in WWE? Hope all is well and take care John and Wai.
While the lack of foreign talent in the G1 is understandable, I think NJPW still deserves criticism for not reaching out to more top-tier talent within Japan. It was only three years ago that they picked up Shingo from Dragon Gate, and he is already a fan favourite who has become champion and still feels very fresh.
If NJPW is the peak of wrestling, shouldnāt they be able to attract the top talent? I know CyberAgent can afford to compete with them, but NJPW should be able to make enticing offers to wrestlers in promotions like Dragon Gate and AJPW. Regardless of contract status, do you think there is anyone in a Dragon Gate or AJPW that could come in and freshen things up or reach the heights Shingo has reached in just three years? Is there another āShingoā in those companies, someone who is one of the best in the world already that many of us simply donāt know about because they donāt have the easy-access English platform?
Given Waiās interest in reality TV - most recently āBachelor in Paradiseā - I wondered if, for the next Ask A Wai I could ask āwhat lessons could pro wrestling shows learn from reality tv?ā
Given how good a heel MJF is and how much heat he generates, could you ever see him turning face, would it even be possible for such a āheelā character?
I apologize if it has already been asked, but Iām just wondering if either of you will be continuing on your respective jiu jitsu journeys? Or if you have been all along and Iāve somehow missed that fact.
I enjoyed hearing you share your progression.
If Warner Bros was willing to do cross promotion with AEW for Space Jam, is it possible that they will want John Cena to promote the Peacemaker series on Dynamite as well?
The WM19 Ask-A-Wai inspired this question - do you think thereās an amount of Saudi money that could tempt Steve Austin to come out of retirement for one more match, in whatever form that may take?
What would you consider the worst heel turn you have ever seen in wrestling? Use any criteria you wish, be it how it was executed, how it faired financially, or just personal preference.
John, as I write this itās the day after the latest WWE releases (Lee, Cross, ect.) and I was wondering how you try to handle a major news story. News can break at any time, not many of which are convenient for someone with a young family. How do you approach a major breaking new story?
If POST Wrestling had a collaboration with Tim Hortons to have 2 exclusive flavors of āTing Bitsā, with a flavor chosen by each of you, what would each of you choose to be your flavor?
When will there be a spotlight on the actual site in say a newsletter fashion? I donāt have time to always view the site but I enjoy some of the specialized posts that I get via email of topics and would love to start my day with a newsletter of say 1-3 stories with links to them so I can read in full at my leisure. I currently get most of my news from Reddit and thatās unfortunately in the form of twitter discussions that are postedā¦which I hope you two then speak about.
No idea how much additional work that may be nor do I want to pin it on anyone - just stating thereās hardly focus on the website.
Hey John & Wai, hope you are both well and thank you for all the hard work you are doing, especially now with the audio daily news updates which are really enjoyable
After the recent releases from WWE, who on the full time roster would you consider āUntouchableā in that they will likely never be released by WWE?
In my opinion, right now I would consider Orton, Reigns, Rollins, AJ, Becky & Sasha as within that category. Everyone else seems, at least from the number of higher profile releases recently, seem to be moveable pieces unfortunately
Also would there be a person that is currently on the roster that if they were to get unfortunately released that would make you shocked?
Hey guys, great job as always, loving the news updates daily, hope itās not too taxing cuz itās been fantastic so far.
Just a quick one this month, wondering if you know why ufc gets a pass to run the garden when itās such a sacred place for wweā¦ is it so simple that itās technically a different sport? For a time there they seemed like wweās most direct competition. Thanks and keep up the awesome work.
Maxx Payne/Man Mountain Rock recently came out of exile for an interview with Hannibal TV and when asked about his mid 90s āthe Real Maxx Payneā documentary which was supposedly threatened with lawsuits by the then WWF over illegally filming wrestlers in altered states without permission, he now states that the documentary is still in his possession and will be released eventually. Would you both be willing to watch this if it came out given the nature of the topic (supposed substance abuse from multiple wrestlers who have since passed away since the recording in 1995).