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I was able to slip a couple in. Thanks so much guys. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2103669-wwes-hacksaw-jim-duggan-on-potatoing-andre-legends-house-and-his-trusty-2x4

Someone tell me about Meltzer's big 4th of July party and Lilian Garcia concert?

Last minute opportunity to get 10 minutes with Hacksaw. Any questions that might be highspots if you will?

One doesn't have to delve very deeply into the wrestling subculture to disprove this premise. Plenty of wrestlers are performance driven, worrying about the quality of their matches, interviews and storytelling whether it has box office impact or not. This has always been true.

Thanks to all for their help. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2079220-wwe-superstar-seth-rollins-on-factions-politics-and-the-rise-of-the-shield

I'm working with some guys on a WWE fantasy game and need your help. I've been on vacation and not following the storylines closely and hoped you could lend me your expertise. Who do you consider the favorites to win in the following matches? If they are strong favorites, please note. I appreciate it! El Torito vs. Hornswoggle Triple H Randy Orton and Batista vs. Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt Bad News Barrett vs. Rob Van Dam Sheamus vs. Cesaro Paige vs. Alicia Fox

Thanks guys. Was fun. The WWE rep called and said he told her Lawler really enjoyed it. Which is neither here nor there, but kind of cool.

Between the two major companies wrestling had a much larger audience in the Monday Night Wars era. Come on. That's funny. I'm not sure if you're kidding or not. So the biggest wrestling site in the world isn't a good indicator of interest in wrestling? Come on.

This one got cut short, but I still snuck some of these in. You guys are great.

Here's what I came up with. Thanks for your help. Just ran out of time before I could ask everything I wanted to! Sorry. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2060349-wwe-hall-of-famer-jerry-lawler-on-vince-mcmahon-ecw-and-the-perfect-angle

So I fell into an interview with Seth Rollins tomorrow. Anything you guys interested to know? I will need to focus quite a bit of time on the idea of Factions, but am also curious about his approach to the art of wrestling. Thoughts?

The internet is about eight times bigger than it was in 1999, much of that growth coming in China, India and the rest of the non-English speaking world. It's much larger, I'll grant you that. But your premise that the internet wrestling audience has grown 1000 times in the same 15 years? I don't see why that's believable. Especially when the actual wrestling audience is a fraction of what it was in the Monday Night Wars. The two biggest wrestling site, by the way, are Bleacher Report and WWE.com. Neither audience has shown much interest in puroresu. Is there evidence of more than a niche fandom at any major wrestling site? More fans may have access to it now. That's not the same thing as exposure. They can. Does that mean they will? You have access to Turkish game shows and Spanish news programs too. Do you watch them? Why would you? And yet ROH has struggled as Punk and Bryan have risen the ranks. Where's the indication that WWE fans are seeking out these other groups? Quite the opposite. And ROH has the advantage of being, you know, in English. No one is arguing that except your strawman. The argument is that interest is lower. You haven't really offered any compelling evidence to the contrary. This is a baffling argument. Fans saw Hogan by clicking on their televisions. Same with Rock and Austin. They see Daniel Bryan on TV every week. And, yet, stars got pops. Huge ones. If the Japanese guys didn't get a pop, it's because no one cared. Simple as that.

I'm not sure that's true. The number of wrestling fans is much lower than it was in the Attitude era. Also, say what you will about Nitro, but it created an appetite for wrestling from other cultures. There are surely more wrestling fans online today—but there's no indication they are interested in puroresu. Who is pointing them that way?

I can say this—in the comments of our Bleacher Report articles there is a lot of anger about Brock's deals. They don't like that he's a part timer. In their minds it means he's not really part of the business and is stealing an opportunity from a real wrestler.

Did this today. Got some of these in there. Will drop a link when it's ready. Thanks!

I'm getting a pretty significant block of time with the "King" next week. Any thoughts on how to make this the best interview it can be? I'd like to hit some of his best stories, but also delve into areas no one has gone. A note: I'd like to stick to wrestling and artistic questions, not stuff about politics, etc.

The Ring had an interesting system in the Steve Farhood years where they graded a fight based on both quality and relevance. That might be a way to approach this.

I am told that giving fights a star rating would be "dumb." So if I'm going to do it, it would be on my own and for free.

I think what we need is a weekly "What You Need To See" list. Include UFC, boxing, Bellator, etc. There's so much material, it would be worth the effort to help people decide when to hit play on the DVR and when to clear that precious room.

I have thought about giving fights star rating. Think that's worthwhile?

How long will we have to live with this new bullshit narrative? The guy failed on top, was generally awful in ring and fairly reprehensible. Count me out on the rewrite.

That commercial made me cry. Thanks A LOT WILLIAMS!

Triple H was obviously looking to get some juice on Bryan but he's no Harley Race.

There's nothing on the WWE Network I haven't seen that I actually want to watch.

By far the best place I've ever seen a wrestling match. I sat in the balcony for an ECW show and it brought back so many memories. Even 1000 Sabu botched spots looked good in the township. As a television viewer, there's Korakuen Hall and then everything else.