WWE officials met with Lucha Underground back in December but nothing came of the meeting, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
WWE was represented by Triple H and Senior Director of Talent Development Canyon Cemen. There was some discussion about talent but the talks went nowhere.
On a related note, TNA recently reached out to Lucha Underground. The company floated the idea of doing a joint show in Dallas during WrestleMania 32 weekend but Lucha Underground turned the offer down. The feeling was that it would be a bad mix.
Comcast, which is the nation’s largest cable provider servicing over 112 million people, this week officially announced that POP, CMT and Spike TV will be moving to a premium tier package in select areas, putting it on the same level that Destination America is at. This is not a surprise for Pop TV as this has been in the works for awhile, as I first heard of the change last month. Basically POP will be moving from Expanded Basic to Digital Preferred and will no longer be available with Digital Economy. Digital Preferred is the second most expensive cable tier. CMT, which airs Steve Austin’s shows, will be moving to the sports entertainment package.
– On the bright side, Variety reports that Pop TV President Brad Schwartz stated this week at the Television Critics Association press tour that Pop will grow their subscriber base by close to 8 million homes in the next few months.
Jeff Hardy returned to action. Jeff issued a challenge to EC3 for TNA World Heavyweight Title. EC3 said Jeff had to earn it by starting at the bottom. EC3 called for a young talent to came out to face Jeff. A masked wrestler named Shynron came out, EC3 said he needed music and made up words to music that was played. Shynron said he would destroy Jeff Hardy. Jeff defeated Shynron.
Awesome Kong is the new leader of The Dollhouse. The Dollhouse defeated The Beautiful People in a Street Fight.
James Storm & Bobby Roode held a Beer Money Beer Bash. Eric Young and Bram interrupted, EY challenged Roode for the King of the Mountain Championship. EY got the win to become new KOTM Champion.
Debut of Mr. Anderson’s talk show Huh? with guest Matt Hardy along with his wife and baby. Matt wants another TNA World Heavyweight Title shot, says he has on offer that EC3 can’t refuse.
Later EC3 called out Matt Hardy to hear his offer. Matt said he would leave TNA forever if he can’t defeat EC3 for the Title. EC3 accepted the match for next week and made it a Last Man Standing Match.
Kurt Angle’s first match in his TNA farewell tour. Angle defeated Drew Galloway.
New TNA Knockout named Raquel coming soon (Raquel is former WWE Tough Enough contestant Gabi Castrovinci):