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NEWS: Steve Austin gives more definitive word on chances of a comeback at WrestleMania 31, Austin talks about being in awe of Lesnar at dinner, WWE Network subscriber update, new WWE DVD release for January

Oct 16, 2014 - 4:52:00 PM
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-AUSTIN ON COMEBACK: On Podcast #159 Steve Austin further clarified that his talk of a comeback was making a comeback to Gold's Gym. He said he's busy with deer hunting, his reality show, and "a project on the down-low" in February, "so I don't see that I have time in my schedule or the desire to climb back into the ring and start taking bumps again." In my interview with him two months ago, he said WrestleMania 32 sounded more attractive to him than WM31, but he considered a longshot.

-AUSTIN ON LESNAR: Austin also said that he had dinner with Brock Lesnar after Summerslam and they went to steak house where Lesnar had about five pounds of beef and six potatoes. He said he looked on in awe as he had about 20,000 calories as he himself ate his filet mignon and side of asparagus.

-WWE NETWORK NUMBER UPDATE: We will find out the latest subscriber tally for WWE Network on the Oct. 30 investor conference call. This could go either way. They were in the 700,000 range last time, up moderately from the 670,000 they had out of the gate just after WrestleMania 30. I could see the number going up or down based on a variety of factors without a lot of track record to make predictions easy or accurate. There certainly were a lot of drop-offs after the first six months, and those kicked in a few weeks ago. But they've had more time to market and grow, more big PPVs including Summerslam, and international expansion. The survey they're sending to ex-subscribers does ask if one of the reasons they canceled is because they don't plan to sign up again until around WrestleMania next year, so they're aware they may have some "seasonal" subscribers going with the Rumble through WrestleMania season, but going away for six months after that.

-WWE DVD NEWS: WrestlingDVDnews.com reports that "The Best of Raw & Smackdown 2014" will be released in January.

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