Daniel Bryan vs. C.M. Punk?
Earlier this week while doing some cardio at the gym, I was thinking about what news to use for this week蘑菇视频 column.
And then, for some unknown reason, I thought back to the Talking Smack segment between The Miz and Daniel Bryan several months ago.
In it, The Miz made a comment about Daniel Bryan not wrestling any more, and it infuriated Bryan, whom the WWE蘑菇视频 medical staff will not release due to numerous concussions.
During the previously mentioned promo, Bryan commented, and I am paraphrasing, that the WWE wouldn鈥檛 let him wrestle and that he would see in 18 months.
Bryan蘑菇视频 contract is said to be up next summer or early fall, which would line up perfectly with the 18 months he mentioned.
So if Bryan leaves the WWE when his contract is up and wrestles again, who would he face?
Enter C.M. Punk.
Punk is able to wrestle for anyone he wants, but he is still trying to focus on his mixed martial arts training.
But who is to say that the pair doesn鈥檛 promote one match between themselves at a large venue and sell it on PPV?
If booked at the right venue, say in the Chicago area, who is to say that the match doesn鈥檛 sell out a 12,000-15,000 seat arena?
The duo have the drawing power, and the financial comfort of being able to put the show on themselves.
Will it happen?
Who knows, as the match literally popped into my head out of the clear blue.
Honestly, I have not heard this from any of my WWE sources, on any web sites, or from wrestling circles.
But if Bryan wants to get back in the ring, Punk may be the best, and most logical, choice for an opponent.
In This Corner: Hogan vs. Austin
This is the first of a new feature that will run periodically in this column where I pick a topic and you, the wrestling fans, can give your opinions.
For this piece, the topic is who was more important to WWE蘑菇视频 success: Hulk Hogan or 鈥淪tone Cold鈥� Steve Austin.
Due to a lot of news in this week蘑菇视频 column, I am only running the views of a few fans who emailed or tweeted and I will share my feelings in next week蘑菇视频 column.
鈥淚 think Hogan brought WWE to where it got bigger and better,鈥� said Bob Rager of West Brownsville.
Nick Bell of Connellsville went with Austin.
鈥淲restling was in a rut in the 90蘑菇视频 and Austin revitalized it,鈥� he said.
California Area Athletic Director Chris Minerd tweeted, 鈥渋f it wasn鈥檛 for the creation of Hulkamania, (WWE) would have never gone mainstream and that蘑菇视频 the bottom line.鈥�
It was a nice play on words by the self-admitted biggest Hogan fan in the world by using Austin蘑菇视频 line.
Fred from Smithfield said, 鈥淎ustin is the best ever because he was the man and that蘑菇视频 the bottom line because Fred from Fayette County said so.鈥�
WWE First Q results
WWE released its first quarter numbers on a conference call and it has to be happy with the numbers.
Revenue increased to $188.4 million from $171.1 million last year for the same quarter, and that is a 10 percent increase.
The WWE Network was up 16 percent from the same time frame a year ago with 1.49 paid subscribers.
Also, it was announced that WrestleMania reached a record 1.95 million homes, a new record.
Bad news for Raw
This past Monday, Raw set a 20-year low for a non-holiday and non-football episode with 2.86 million viewers.
This week蘑菇视频 edition may be bad as well as the show is pretaped.
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In 2007, former WWE star Ken Kennedy lost his Money in the Bank briefcase to Edge at Raw in State College, PA.
Earlier that day, Kennedy was told that he had a torn triceps muscle and would have to get surgery.
He was scheduled to defeat The Undertaker for the World title, but due to the injury, Kennedy lost to Edge who then defeated Taker the next night at the Smackdown taping in Pittsburgh.
Kennedy was misdiagnosed, so not only did he not win the title as he was planned to do, but his WWE career took a tailspin from there.
This week蘑菇视频 question: So Alexis Bliss defeated Bayley in her hometown for the Raw Women蘑菇视频 title. Why is Vince McMahon obsessed with having wrestlers lose in their hometown? Rasheed, Uniontown.
It is perplexing for how many times he has had wrestlers lose in their hometown, and the reason I have been given is that he thinks it creates more dislike for the person who wins, who is usually the 鈥渂ad鈥� wrestler.