Select Answers: AAA Call ups, Worst fake stories, Triple H booking process

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Do you see any triple a talent being called up this year? I would love a hendry and iguana tag team

I don't expect any to get a full on call-up unless it's Vikingo. Otherwise, I think talent will just be used when WWE sees fit. I could absolutely see someone like Mr. Iguana appearing regularly on WWE TV, or someone being used in a fill in slot here and there. Unless a talent is so undeniably a crossover star, they don't have a great need to "call up" talent so to speak. It's another place they can bring talent in from as needed.

What was one of the silliest stories a talent tried to sell you, which you instantly knew, was just there to test you?

It was legitimately a few weeks ago, when a TNA rep tried to tell me that Mike Santana was effectively no-showing the tapings after he lost the title. I knew Mike Santana would never do that. He wasn't happy with losing the title, but he's a professional, and wouldn't throw away the years of hard work he's put in for something like that.

Any time anyone tells you anything in wrestling, you have to weigh what their motive may be. It's always weird when readers or fans think that isn't the first thing we do here, but it is.

How does HHH booking work? Does he do like an outline and writers take care of promos, run ins, etc?

There are a lot of creative meetings, they have a whiteboard with ideas of where they could go or how they want to get there. WWE's specific creative situation is vast, with a lot of collaborating. Ultimately writers script out the promo, with some feedback from the wrestlers. It's definitely a lot more collaborative than the Vince McMahon era, but it's also a lot more polished than the Attitude era.

But you would be surprised the level in which the promos are scripted, but WWE isn't the only company like that!