Next week on WWE Monday Raw, the early preview features special guest star Hugh Jackman. The X-Men: Days of Future Past star is no stranger to Raw and I'll never forget the punch he landed on Dolph Ziggler a few years ago when he actually broke Ziggler's nose:
That being said, the storyline heading into Raw next week is that Dolph Ziggler and Damien Sandow are in a Twitter war over Hugh Jackman's upcoming appearance. Ziggler offered to bury the hatchet with Jackman, and Sandow called out Ziggler for burying himself instead.
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Psyched to come to #RAW in St. Louis to promote #Xmen next Monday (4/28). Remember last time?https://t.co/jZSuTtDSbN
— Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) April 21, 2014
Saw new #XMen trailer w/@RealHughJackman do you even lift, bro? Jk ur JACK-ed Like Xavier/Magneto should we bury the hatchet? — Dolph Ziggler (@HEELZiggler) April 21, 2014
.@HeelZiggler Bury the hatchet? Way to bury ur self respect. Just ask @RealHughJackman to punch u in the face, again https://t.co/ysLL3tZnho
— Damien Sandow (@TheDamienSandow) April 21, 2014
With celebrity appearances like Hugh Jackman and with the news that former NFL player and WrestleMania XXX pre-show guest panelist Shawne Merriman has signed with WWE, it's no wonder that Vince McMahon and Triple H - who actually heads up Talent Relations these days - is shying away from signing any ex-TNA wrestling talent.
WWE's clear focus is their own farm system, and it looks like Triple H and Vince McMahon are more than happy to develop their own talent through the WWE Performance Center, let new wrestlers cut their teeth down in WWE NXT at Full Sail University, and then see what they can do if and when they get called up to Raw.
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That's why recent TNA cuts like AJ Styles, Chris Sabin, Bad Influence and others will never likely be seen in WWE even if they wanted to jump over from Impact.
And with celebrities like Hugh Jackman in the mix and NFL stars like Shawne Merriman in the fold, WWE doesn't really need to rely on TNA talent anyway, though I still would have loved to see them take a flyer on AJ Styles especially.
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