Select Answers: Creative stories being reused, Ciampa, Jay White, Street Profits, Gorilla (Patreon)

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What creative stories from the past could work for today’s shows? Do you think WWE could do something like The Mega Powers or Sting/Flair? Who would you pick for those stories?

A point that I've made is that there are probably DOZENS of classic stories that could be redone with a gender switch to female. Women doing these stories naturally brings up different motivations and story beats. Sting/Flair I'd go with Kali Armstrong or Kendal Gray against.....Charlotte Flair! With the Mega Powers, probably Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley.

Jay whites contract? I know he’ll have injury time but isn’t it up in March or something

His deal is nowhere near up. he signed a long-term deal in 2023. On top of that, he's going to have probably about a year of injury time added to his deal. I'd wager conservatively that his deal isn't going to be up until 2027 at the earliest.

Do you have any more info on the Tommaso Ciampa situation

The people that I spoke to wanted to respect his privacy as it related to the specifics, but what Bodyslam.net reported is right on track with what I heard when following up on the report. He's not been backstage at Smackdown of late, and Johnny Gargano is effectively a singles competitor right now.

Where have the street profits been?

Home. Angelo Dawkins has been training at the Dungeon 2.0. They haven't been backstage at Smackdown in a while and weren't brough on the European tour. I love seeing them compete, but also, this is probably the longest stretch Montez Ford and Bianca Belair have ever had at home, so it's hard for me to be too mad at that.

When Vince was announcing who would be in Gorilla? Was it Monsoon? And did Vince still have access to “run the show” while announcing or did he trust other people with that responsibility back then?

Usually Gorilla Monsoon in the old days. Bruce Prichard as things progressed. It wasn't a situation where there was only one person there. There are quite a few people through there now to help direct the traffic of the show.