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Originally Posted by Observer inDemand confirmed carrying Extreme Rules. The show is on 5/4. It’s significant because all the major cable systems are adopting a wait and see attitude, but inDemand assures coverage in every cable system, but not for dish owners. The dish networks had been more critical than inDemand of WWE and both had made threats not to carry shows. Thus far, DirecTV has carried every show. Dish Network skipped Elimination Chamber, but it made no difference.

Originally Posted by Observer There is renewed interest in signing NFL players who are still young, but their careers in football are over, for developmental. It may be because of the success with Rawley and Reigns, since both are big guys who are extremely agile for their size, and the feeling that they’ve got an endless supply these days of smaller guys who are good workers. To me right now, physical size and look, which has probably been a huge deal for more than a century in the business, has never meant less because fans know it’s a work and who are real tough guys doesn’t matter. Nobody, and I mean nobody, ever asks if it was real or who would win between guys in pro wrestling, or goes with the idea that even though wrestling matches aren’t real, that pro wrestlers, if it was real would be the toughest guys in a fight. Still, you can see the company mentality, because whenever they have a press conference, they bring in the Divas and dress them up but just use them as greeters, and the usual crew is Khali, Show, Henry, Cena, HHH, and then often Del Rio (for someone to speak Spanish) although now Bryan has to be added just because he’s such a signature star.

Originally Posted by Observer There is talk of Kidd being repackaged. He did do the Lucha gimmick a few months ago with Ricardo Rodriguez as a tag team, and does some house shows, but hasn’t been used much on television. At this point, he’s far better known for being Natalya’s husband on Total Divas.

Following the main roster call-ups of Adam Rose and Bo Dallas, WWE's plan is to bring Sami Zayn and The Ascension tag team up next.

TNA talents continue to be nervous because nothing has been announced regarding a renewal of TNA's contract with Spike TV. There is talk that one of the reasons they are going into the expensive New York market for tapings this summer is because it's a way to impress Spike officials that they are still looking to improve and that the Northeast audience will come across more rabid on TV.

According to PWI, Chris Saban is leaving TNA once his current contract is done (around August).