Is WWE.Com Kayfabe Dead Again?

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Taking Stock

by John "Bradshaw" Layfield

 

I thought the ECW PPV was very good. Because I lived in Texas I had never got a chance to see ECW, but I thoroughly enjoyed the show. The interaction with the fans was great.

 

The guys worked as hard as they could work, which is always fun to watch. Sandman’s entrance was probably one of the best entrances I have ever seen in wrestling. It is amazing what works and what doesn’t. If you had said that a guy with a cigarette in his mouth drinking beer would be the highlight of the night, I would think you were crazy. However, it was. Charisma like that is just innate, you can’t teach it.

 

The last match was fun to watch. I have always been a fan of The Dudleys. I thought they put on a great show with Tommy Dreamer.

 

Chris and Eddie had their normal solid outing. Mike Awesome tried to kill himself, and you could tell the fans appreciated it. I missed Lance Storm and Jericho, though I heard it was very good.

 

I wish RVD had been well for this, you could tell how much it meant to him. I, too, thought his promo was very good.

 

I admire hard work and passion and this PPV was full of it.

 

What do you have to do to go to jail in this country? There was blood in the bronco, Robert Blake tried to hire a hit man and Michael Jackson had tons of evidence against him. I can’t believe that the jury found him not guilty.

 

I believe that the jury just thought that the family was so screwed up that they couldn’t find Michael guilty. I couldn’t believe it.

 

I am on the plane returning from the UK. We had four sold out shows in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dublin, and Manchester. Fans here are awesome. I love Scotland, my ancestors are all from there, the MacGregors. Our overseas markets are just on fire right now.

 

The WWE stock is significantly undervalued right now. For full disclosure I have to say I own it and just bought some more because I think it's a good buy. I am going to beat the market again this year for the ninth straight year easily, which is a pretty good record.

 

My radio show should be up on the web now; I will have it posted at the beginning of each week. I will answer e-mails starting next column. I have had several hundred, but I don’t have access to them here so I can’t answer them this column.

 

One e-mail I do remember is a question about my toughest match physically, was it the last one with Cena? I think the answer is no. Though the I Quit Match was extremely physical, the most physical match I have ever had was with Undertaker at No Mercy. I had two black eyes and could barely walk for a week.

 

I also thought that was one of my best matches ever.

 

I was at the Grand ole Opry a couple of weeks ago for an appearance. I got to listen to Charlie Pride, which was a thrill. My affiliate in Nashville WWTN allowed me to do my radio show from their studios.

 

Be sure and check out my show this week on the radio, it is the fastest growing show in radio today.

 

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Take this into effect along with interviewing Matt Morgan after his release (completely exposing the studdering gimmick) and the Lesnar contract "negotiations", WWE.Com may be going back to it's old straight-up, non-kayfabe style.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Vince's "none of your business" comment regarding the Lesnar negotiations shoots your theory out of the sky.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

I wonder if WWE.com will offer Smackdown spoilers like it did before.

[Vern Gagne 0]

Vince's "none of your business" comment regarding the Lesnar negotiations shoots your theory out of the sky.

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Vince always seems to be in character during interviews. The JBL character would not say all these postitive things. It makes zero sense storyline wise. This has to be the words of John Leyfield.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

I enjoyed readins his positive out of character views of the ECW show. It also shows he's not just being a total ass on the DVD.

[AndrewTS 0]

The JBL character would not say all these postitive things. It makes zero sense storyline wise. This has to be the words of John Leyfield.

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When he was doing "out of character" columns back when he was just Bradshaw (and a face), he'd habitually come off as a total ass in his commentaries.

 

Maybe he realizes that he's a smark darling in some circles now.

 

Chris and Eddie had their normal solid outing.

 

"I'd praise it if I really could, but come on--it wasn't very good."

 

What do you have to do to go to jail in this country?

 

Blame California.

 

Nothing really too interesting or insightful, though.

[zyn081 0]

I still think JBL would make a good face.