Word coming out of WWE developmental is that WWE is planning to bring back NXT to national television this fall.

While the news may bring back bad memories of what the NXT show became in its final seasons (green slime anybody?), the idea is to use a more traditional format. One source compared the planned NXT show to WWE’s version of ECW, with an emphasis on in-ring action and spotlighting up and coming talent.

The plan is for NXT, which currently airs overseas, to remain a one-hour show on American television. WWE already airs a ton of original programming each week, but could generate an extra $100,000 in weekly TV rights fees, which is hard for a public company to turn down.

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Here are some highlights of what he wrote about:

Undertaker vs. Dean Ambrose: “Looking forward to watching Friday Night Smackdown tonight as the Undertaker takes on the Shield’s Dean Ambrose. I don’t expect to see Taker on TV that much at all in the future but what an opportunity for Ambrose and his teammates to shine with a future Hall of Famer.”

Photos from UNDERTAKER vs. AMBROSE

John Cena At Next Week’s NXT Tapings: “Big week in NXT Thursday night at Full Sail University in Orlando/Winter Haven, Florida. Young talents are expected to be better than they were when we taped five, one hour broadcasts prior to WrestleMania 29. If someone claims that they are ‘peaking’ at this young age because the scenery is getting stale then they are helping themselves out the door. John Cena is set to join us on Thursday May 2.”

WWE’s Most Underutilized Performer: “I was asked recently on Twitter who I thought was one of the most underrated athletes in the WWE locker room I mentioned that an argument could be made for more than one but off the top of my head I’d go with @WWEMcGillicutty. The son of the late Curt Hennig is the complete package and is only getting better. Some of his bouts in NXT have been excellent. I like the kid a great deal and hope that he sticks with the goal of achieving his dream to follow in his dad’s footsteps and to create his own legacy.”

Photo: The Rock Training With Michael McGuillicutty

Eric Tapout of Pro Wrestling Syndicate has sent in the following this week about a town in New Jersey banning professional wrestling

Eric here, and here is the deal:

The township of Metuchen NJ has banned all professional wrestling and MMA events forcing PWS to relocate scheduled events.

We always believe in being very straight up and honest with you guys so we’re going to share what we know:

At PWS Super Card we were greeted by a “zoning officer” whom was snooping around the Sports Plex trying to find any wrong doing. He found nothing. He returned the following night for a repeat performance.

Who sent this guy ? Where did he come from? We can highly speculate which two brainiac wrestling promoters were behind this..as I’m sure a lot of you can as well (keep weekend in question in mind here).

There was no wrong doing at Super Card . We hired police officers in addition to our security & parking attendants. Metuchen Fire were also present to ensure all exits were clear and we were not over capacity. The fire marshal even stopped by both nights of Super Card and everything was up to code.

Moving along.

Pat and I were informed via The Sports Plex GM that the township of Metuchen would be requiring all promoters running live wrestling or mixed martial events to obtain a permit.

Glad you asked…

The state of NJ does not have an athletic commission as some states do. In this case the township wanted us to provide a permit. The purpose of the permit is highly unclear but struck us as just an obstacle. To obtain the permit we needed to put up a $10,000 bond and a revised insurance policy with certain specs. We agreed. The MMA promoter agreed as well.

When the township was informed about promoters obtaining the permit they rapidly changed their tune from “get the permit and you’re fine” to “nahh even with the permit you cant run shows”.

Now keep in mind, the privately owned Sports Plex is in favor of all these events taking place. It is highly unclear as to what the jurisdiction of the township is over this privately owned venue.

This makes absolutely zero sense all around. The end all be all is that all scheduled wrestling & mma events in Metuchen NJ are not being permitted to take place. Ironically this also takes work away from Metuchen Police and Metuchen Fire whom are required to be hired & paid by PWS at these events. This also takes away 1,000+ people coming into Metuchen and bringing business to the local businesses in the area.

Therefore, as PWS refuses to cancel events .. we are relocating all of our events which were scheduled to take place at The Sports Plex in Metuchen to other suitable locations. The first instance of this was the May 11th Bombshell Ladies Of Wrestling event being moved to The Iselin Knights Of Columbus.

It will take a lot more than a jealous promoter and a “zoning officer” to slow down Pro Wrestling Syndicate.

We thank you guys for your understanding and continued support of PWS. We will provide you with updates as we get them.

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