Triple H Says MMA Needs to Evolve, CM Punk Responds, More
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- MMAFighting.com has excerpted part of Triple H's interview he did with Moviefone.com last week. It should be noted this question wasn't in the original interview we wrote about. Here's Triple H's response when asked about UFC:
Moviefone: How do you think WWE and pro wrestling needs to evolve as UFC and MMA grows in popularity?
"I don't think we have to evolve. It's two totally different things. I think now especially there's this thing like, "oh it's very similar."
I don't see us needing to evolve to what UFC does because quite frankly sometimes the fights are long and boring, guys lying around and sometimes the fights are fast and over in five seconds. I've always thought one of the things about us, if you look at us solely from a sports standpoint, is that we always give you a good show. We're never going to give you a crap game.
I think if anybody needs to evolve, it's them. Give more of an entertainment standpoint. Give more form; they just have fighters who walk in in T-shirts and shorts and just stand there and then they fight and then they win and then they go "thanks, I'd like to thank my sponsors" and then they leave. The whole world was up in arms when Brock was flipping people off and was cussing at the beer company because they didn't give him any money and everyone thought, "oh my god, he's disrespectful," -- the whole world was talking about it. They couldn't wait to see him get beat up. And then he did well, and he beat some guys and then people jump on his bandwagon going "Brock's the greatest." I'm good friends with Floyd Mayweather and Floyd would be the first to tell ya, "I make the most money in boxing and I have the biggest buyers because I have the biggest mouth." He'd be the first guy to tell you that. That's what it's about. Sports is entertainment."
CM Punk responded on Twitter this afternoon to Triple H's MMA comments: "RIDICULOUS!!!!! Laugh out loud ignorance."
Triple H was also asked about the recent article exposing Ric Flair's troubles. He said:
"Ric is one of my best friends. Ric doesn't know when to walk away. Ric doesn't want to be told to walk away. And Ric can't afford to walk away. Ric has lived every day of his life like it's the last for almost the fifty years he's been in the business. In Ric's mind, it's still 1982, he's on top of the world, he's young, he's got a lot of money. Ric has never questioned spending. We have a term on the road where if you go out and you have a crazy night that you spent a ludicrous amount of money or you just lose it one day and you can't go through another airport and you're trying to get a jet instead, we call it 'Naitching.' Ridiculously spending money for no point is called 'Naitching.'"
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-The official website of WWE has featured Hulk Hogan his back on millions of Hulkamaniacs Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in the formation of one of the most famous groups in history, the new world order, as no. 1 in its "list of this: Legends of the fall."
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-Former WWE Paul Heyman talent turns 46 today.
-Rosa Mendes, who has not appeared on WWE programming since SummerSlam, posted his first message on Twitter since August 20 by ranting on teammates A.J. Diva on SmackDown! The veteran of three years does not feel the Union native city "it seems a WWE Diva".
She wrote, "but what one thing do not miss looking rookies made call divas when they cannot obtain a suspension of some proactive to clarify his horrible skin and begin to dress like real Divas instead of shops of shipment in the section of kid." Would you like to be a Diva? They seem to be an AJ. They seem to be a cashier who works at my local grocery store.
"Why are list malignant my mind!"
Video - see the half-empty arena for the last week of SmackDown recording->
Punk's contract expire; Layla gears on the Russo, needs surgery, WWE dreamer's contract is checked,
How already reported Phil Brooks for time away from WWE so far searching and they still have to change his mind. His current contract runs still sometime this summer.
An offer by WWE would have a role in an upcoming WWE film punk, but still he refused.
-In other Phil Brooks, a message here is what he said recently on Twitter:
"Just a few of the new Nitro DVD." The Russian stuff is unwatchable. "Rick fuller is in the ring, so cool."
-WWE Diva Layla has a torn ACL and was diagnosed with a torn MCL. Today, she will have surgery.
-Result a two-year State Audit of the WWE, they owe $7,316 in back unemployment benefits. Of course WWE deny the claim, but it is easier for them to pay to go through a costly legal battle. It's not really a big sum in their eyes.
-Tommy Dreamer TNA runs a month contract. No word on the negotiating process.
Karen Jarrett Needs Your Help + WWE/TNA UK Ratings
Raw from February 7th:
149,000 in the live airing (up 38,000 viewers/+25%).
59,000 in a replay on Friday evening.
SmackDown from February 11th:
133,000 in the first airing (up 32,000 viewers/+24%).
33,000 in a replay on Saturday morning.
NXT from February 8th:
22,000 in a replay on Saturday night.
Superstars from February 10th:
23,000 in a replay on Saturday night (before NXT).
The TNA Impact on Challenge TV in the UK (US airdate February 3rd; aired in the UK on February 8th). TNA iMPACT! drew 134,000 viewers, which is their highest UK rating to date. Problem was, it was #5 on Challenge TV that week - the top rated show was a re-run of the quiz-show Catchphrase which drew 161,000 viewers on Wednesday evening. For reference, the final iMPACT! on Bravo did draw 37,000 (airing Christmas Day), which would make that an increase of 262% (comparing Christmas Day at 9pm to 10pm-midnight on a Tuesday night!)
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