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Fantastic little match between Antonio Cesaro and Justin Gabriel on Superstars this week. Cesaro is awesome in every way, hopefully a push to the top of the card isn't far away for him. Gabriel is someone who should probably be higher up the card as well, the live crowds seem to love him.

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WWE has removed what it calls "dated and edgier" footage mostly from the Attitude Era from its website, YouTube account and other media platforms, they say this is to reflect the companies more family friendly brand of entertainment and it comes a day after one of Linda McMahon's opponents using some clips from this time in an ad attacking her.

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WWE has removed what it calls "dated and edgier" footage mostly from the Attitude Era from its website, YouTube account and other media platforms, they say this is to reflect the companies more family friendly brand of entertainment and it comes a day after one of Linda McMahon's opponents using some clips from this time in an ad attacking her.

Sigh. How very stupid, because the footage will still exist in the millions (and MILLIONS!) of VHS and DVD releases fans have, as well as other Youtube accounts. It will be exceptionally easy to prove, as anyone can waltz into a shop and buy an old WWE DVD. Also this campaign is doomed from the start, as was the last one. Even taking away the 'dated and edgier' footage, they have so much they can use against her, from the steroid and drug scandals, the treatment of it's 'independent contractors' (e.g. no health insurance etc), the internal bullying (look at how often JR is mocked), the borderline racism in some of it's characters and much more.

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WWE has removed what it calls "dated and edgier" footage mostly from the Attitude Era from its website, YouTube account and other media platforms, they say this is to reflect the companies more family friendly brand of entertainment and it comes a day after one of Linda McMahon's opponents using some clips from this time in an ad attacking her.

Cringeworthy.

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There is a lot of heat on Edge within WWE right now.

WWE pretty much made another Legends deal offer to him when he worked the recent SmackDown tapings but he was not interested. Edge does not want to be locked into a WWE deal and wants to be able to do his own things. When WWE originally saw that Edge's contract was ending, they offered him a Legends deal similar to what Shawn Michaels has but word is the money offered was a bit of an insult.

There is also some heat on Edge because of Beth Phoenix leaving. There's a belief that she's leaving in part to help him recover from neck surgery in November. Also, there are some people high up in the company that aren't happy about his upcoming appearance for Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore promotion.

Edge and WWE will most likely work together in the future but there is definitely the feeling within WWE that he's sort of gone against them.

I sometimes for get how petty WWE can be, to be honest, if they aren't happy Beth is leaving to help his recovery from neck surgery then they need to get a grip.

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Batista made his MMA debut last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4yoQmEoVl8

The guy he was fighting was a journeyman who took the fight on very short notice. It was only his first fight and to beat a guy who has had 44 pro fights is no mean feat but he looked really poor, especially at the start. Zero head movement or striking defence. His takedown was good though and once it went to the mat there was only one winner. I hope he sticks with it as I'm a sucker for a freakshow fight but he'll need to drastically improve if he wants to fight for anything approaching a half decent promotion.

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