Strummer

Also Bryan was on Jericho's show and revealed the booking last fall was simply to get Orton over as champion. So if he wasn't working there is the answer many of us have been looking for. He said the booking didn't do Orton any favors either. Totally agree with him there

Alvarez is saying that the plan is for Bryan to surrender the titles on Monday. No title match at Payback but two matches at MITB where one winner becomes champion and the other winner gets the briefcase. Bryan is scheduled to immediately be put back in the main event scene when he returns. They wanted him to do a one shot to return the titles to give him more sympathy Edit: read this at cageside which featured other Alvarez tidbits so I assume this was him also And if this goes down that's even more heat put on Stephanie and Hunter. I'm all for pushing strong heels but when is this thing going to be blown off?

if they do Bryan/HHH again over the summer they really should attach a stip to the match where they can finally blowoff this Authority storyline. Doing it at SS would provide a nice one year symmetry

Maybe "not even close" was hyperbole but there's pics of her online with almost no make up on and dressed down and she's gorgeous. I'm someone who found Torrie Wilson and Daffney both gorgeous so there's a million different ways women in wrestling can be beautiful

I will say this about TNA. Velvet Sky is the best looking woman in wrestling right now and I don't know if anyone else is even close.

Bryan v HHH in a street fight is being advertised for the MSG house show in July. Could mean nothing but maybe they are going back in that direction

Foley's post about the stock drop made the NY Daily News. Lol. Im sure the company has just been enthralled with him the last 6 months or so

Raw had its lowest rating of the year last night. I'm sure that will be tied into the stock fiasco

Holy shit Hunter was hilarious in the post show dark stuff. He and Steph should do a George Burns Gracie Allen act. Or Jerry Stiller/ Anne Meara

So Mick Foley thinks part of the reason for the stock drop is because Triple H and Stephanie are too convincing as evil bosses and people can't tell the difference between the show and real life

British Bulldog's theme. I marked out!

Alicia with another great performance but the crowd didn't like Paige getting squashed like that

Ambrose is absolutely killing it on commentary. Steph imitating Bryan's entrance was much better than her Jericho impression in 01. Just in a lot less hot outfit. I'm I the only one that remembers that segment? I remember that outfit. Good promo from Steph. Looks like she has dropped the feigned concern act. Good as it just wasn't clicking

Rosa Mendes will join the cast in Season 3. Not sure it's a great idea to add someone who struggles with sobriety on a show like this but they did it with Eva Marie apparently

There was confusion with the segment due to the Punk chants. Steph never stripped him of the title. She said he has to show up next week and if he's unfit to compete he must surrender the title. Hopefully setting up an angle

I feel bad for Bryan. I hope they put the title back on him as soon as he can return. This has been a depressing half year to be a wrestling fan

Well they didn't really announce much of anything. Feel bad for Bryan if they are really stripping him Oh well should have known they weren't going to do much on a taped show

so Stephanie and Hogan did an interview with the Mirror and when asked her first impression of Triple H she said that when she was in college watching RAW she thought he and Shawn were lovers. I don't think she was kidding. about 20:15 in http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/wwe-live-video-hulk-hogan-3568491

PWI is now reporting Bryan may be out longer than expected

Emma is dying a slow death in front of wwe crowds. I feel bad for her. And Rose is already in the doghouse

Him working in the interview would be so lame. Even Cena seemed to be giving genuine answers. Nash, Hall, Shawn and Bret were all awesome

Posted in the show thread but Hunter is going to be on Austin's podcast. I hope Steve grills him about Bryan's push

Triple H will be an upcoming guest. I hope Steve asks what the hell happened with Bryan's push at the beginning of the year. Should be an interesting interview obviously

Will Stephanie and HHH adopt Vince's worldview? It's tough to get a perspective on them because wrestling interviews in the media are total fluff. Hunter seems like an old school guy but seems to be somewhat of a size freak due to his bodybuilding obession. I've never really heard Steph's philosophies on the business but something tells me they aren't far away from Vince's. Apparently she was supportive of Jericho backstage in the early 2000s but I don't remember much more than that. Oh yeah she did want to push Dan Rodimer to the moon about a decade ago. Umm...

Announced on SD that Bryan will be on Raw Monday. Having him get beat down four days after neck surgery doesn't sound exactly practical but I wouldn't be surprised to see that happen