Select Answers: NJPW USA, Otunga and others mad at Cena?, WWE production

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I've noticed recently that a lot of the camera work that Lee Fitting started doing early in his tenure is being used less or not at all. Is there a reason for this?

I asked about this during the summer, and I was told that it's a matter of people finding their preferences, and things not standing out as much as they did before. The original changes of crazy zooms and camera cuts have been abandoned. People that work under the current regime have claimed that it's a much more relaxed, and "easier" scenario to work under than with Kevin Dunn.

Hey Sean, have you heard anything about the future of NJPW's Battle in the Valley in San Jose? Seems like it's not happening this year as it was announced in October last year.

New Japan Pro Wrestling has greatly scaled back their US ventures. They're doing less dates in the United States. They weren't good draws and didn't promote them well. They got rid of the STRONG brand, and have let deals lapse on a ton of the talent that were there on that brand too. They aren't paying crazy prices for contracts, and have trouble competing with the money offered by WWE and AEW.

With David Otunga expressing his (Idk what to call it) disapproval of John cena for things he did to him in the past, do you think we hear more from wrestlers from that time period talking their issues with John? Or has cena been a good guy for the most part backstage?

When someone works in wrestling for 25 years, it's highly unlikely that there will be unanimously positive stories about them. We've heard about him pushing for Nexus to lose, we've heard the Otunga thing, years ago it was that Gabbi Tuft was told to make a finishing move change. He's widely considered a good dude, but naturally some stories like that will emerge about him.