Ask PWTorch ASK PWTORCH STAFF for 8/9: Is automatic title rematch same as Money in the Bank? Why does WWE edit out some commercial music and not others from library? Is TNA worse than WCW at the end? Who is Angle’s dream opponent?
Aug 9, 2014 - 8:20:55 PM
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PWTorch reader Adam A. asks: Okay, I know that there's copyrights with the music in WWE, but what's the deal with the library not using the same music from the same year? I'm watching the old PPV from 2002 on the WWE Network and notice that Ric Flair using his classic music early in the year but for some reason later in the year they use a version that they used in the videogames. In fact, in 2000 they edit Undertaker’s music when he was using Kid Rock's “American Badass,” but used Limp Bizkit's Rollin(except SumerSlam 2001 for some reason?). For Edge they still used Rob Zombie's “Never Gonna Stop.” Do you guys know what's the deal with that?
PWTorch columnist Sean Radican answers: It could be a case where they haven't gotten around to properly editing certain broadcasts and they just uploaded it to the WWE Network and didn't change the music, which would explain the inconsistencies.
PWTorch columnist Greg Parks answers: Trying to figure out WWE's music rights would be an exercise in futility. I watched two Beverly Brothers matches (don't ask), and one had their original music and one had it dubbed over. I have no idea why they'd do that.
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PWTorch reader Aaron P. asks: Do you think TNA TV is better or worse than the last couple years of WCW TV?
PWTorch columnist Greg Parks answers: Gosh, that's a good question. I think TNA, at this particular point, has a better grip on storylines and doesn't have the nonsensical or intelligence-insulting characters that WCW had in its dying days. But I think WCW's talent roster, even at their worst, was deeper than TNA's. WCW still had some really good cruiserweights, plus guys with a lot of potential like Mike Sanders, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak, and Sean Stasiak. Hindsight has made the roster look a little weaker than it was, but there was still talent there.
PWTorch editor Wade Keller answers: TNA is far, far better this year than WCW was in it’s final year or so. Part of the reason is they have just one show that’s two hours, whereas WCW was trying to do three-hour Nitros and two-hour Thunders. But even if you took out the worst three hours and just featured the “best two hours” each week, it’d be way way worse than TNA today. I don’t think it’s even close. WCW was so truly awful at the end, it made me sad. TNA doesn’t make me sad like that.
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PWTorch reader Jeff from Michigan asks: If Kurt Angle could have one last match in WWE, who should his opponent be? Rusev, Jack Swagger, Shelton Benjamin, Dolph Ziggler, C.M. Punk, John Cena, etc.?
PWTorch columnist Greg Parks answers: I don't know if Punk would be eligible, but he'd be at the top of the list. WWE could probably do well with a Cena vs. Angle match. Selfishly, I'd like to see Ziggler vs. Angle. There are quite a few options.
PWTorch columnist Sean Radican answers: His opponent would be WWE's medical screening team and I don't think he could get through them to be cleared for in-ring duty on the active roster.
PWTorch editor Wade Keller answers: Sadly, WWE doesn’t have many heels who would be considered a “dream match” opponent for Angle. They’re more stacked with babyfaces who are legacy stars right now. I think Bray Wyatt or Antonio Cesaro would benefit from a match with Angle, if Angle were healthy enough to go again in WWE. My preference would be, if anything, just giving Rusev an Angle Slam and pinning him in a triumphant end to Rusev’s path of destruction. All of that said, I cringe when I watch Angle wrestle now and I don’t think he should be in the ring, just based on what I’ve seen on camera (it seems pretty obvious to me paying him to wrestle at this point is exploitation and perhaps shameful).
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PWTorch reader David C. asks: Hey guys, I've been wondering about this for some time. Does the rematch clause that former champions have after they lose their title have the same power as a Money In The Bank contract? To my knowledge, they describe the rematch clause as "an automatic rematch anytime, any place.” Thoughts?
PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill answers: No, the "automatic title rematch" clause is not the same as a Money in the Bank contract. I have rarely heard the rematch clause described as "any time, any place." A former champ cannot grant himself a rematch at any time. Traditionally, the storyline has the authority figure picking the date and time for an automatic title rematch. And, in the days before heel authority figures, the challenger didn't get to "cash in" after the new champ had already wrestled.
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