Jim Ross put up a mid-week blog, here are some of YOUR highlights:
on Brock Lesnar
Intriguing statement made by Brock Lesnar regarding WWE earlier this week. I don’t think that anyone should expect Lesnar to competitively step back in a WWE ring while he is still competing in UFC and if did it would surprise me. I can see Lesnar easily pulling off a Guest Host shot on Raw around the time that Brock’s book comes out which I assume is later in 2010. After Brock calls it a career in UFC, which I also don’t see for a while, it’s within the realm of possibility that he could do a ‘one off’ bout in WWE likely at a Wrestlemania. This is not likely, in my opinion, for a few years so let’s not start the dialog about Atlanta and who Lesnar ‘might’ wrestle in the Georgia Dome. That’s just not going to happen in my eyes.
on Smackdown to SyFy
Big news that Smackdown is moving to cable this fall on Syfy and leaving MyNetwork TV. There’s lots of industry speculation that MyNetwork TV may be on shaky ground and if so, that;s reason enough for WWE to move Friday Night Smackdown, starring Matt Striker and Todd Grisham, to another of their strategic partner’s networks. This move is great for Syfy which averages under a one rating point whereas Smackdown should garner well above the network norm. I do not know the availability of Syfy on all cable systems but we have it here on Cox Cable in HD even. I can’t recall seeing Syfy too often on hotel TV systems but that’s not a hill to die on when looking at the big picture. It seems as if WWE would attempt to have a presence on broadcast TV via local syndication so that 100% of their content isn’t strictly on cable or satellite. I’m not in the loop and my opinion is just that, my take on the matter.
on NXT to Bravo
It would not shock me to see NXT move to Bravo but that’s mere speculation on my part. Nonetheless some numb skull somewhere will likely say that “JR says that NXT is moving to Bravo.” Bravo is another of WWE’s ‘partner networks’ and seems like a viable candidate for NXT but your guess is as good as mine.
