John Pollock and Wai Ting take your calls and chat about the week in wrestling news including Dean Ambrose and Hideo Itami requesting their WWE releases.
Plus, NXT tapes multiple finishes for Velveteen Dream vs. Johnny Gargano, NXT TakeOver: Phoenix thoughts, Ring of Honor, Impact, MLW, and a preview of this weekend’s NJPWNew Beginning.
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The problem with Hangouts is that it’s difficult to control when someone calls in. Calls automatically jump on air until I manually mute. When we’re ready, the caller has to be instructed to manually “un-mute” themselves. It all results in a bit of awkwardness and is overall not a platform really designed for a call-in show. If there’s enough demand for video calling, I’ll definitely consider opening it up again.
On the subject of WWE extending contracts due to injury, I don’t know if this is the same thing, but the Seattle Mariners have an injury clause in Felix Hernandez’s contract which allows them the option to extend his contract 1 year if he spends more than 130 consecutive days on the DL.