Expert: Chris Clark - 4/27/2007

Question
QUESTION: will Trish Stratus,Rey Mysterio,Lita or The Rock ever return to WWE
ANSWER: Thanks for the question Shawn,
Well lets answer the easy one first. Rey Mystero will be returning. Feb, 20, 2007 Rey made a appearance on Smackdown and was further injured my Vince. What I read at the time was Rey needed some further healing but they wanted to start to bring him out and remind the crowd who he was. Since then there hasn't been a lot of news about him but his website has received a overhaul and from what i am being told his is returning.

Now Lita and Trish Stratus, Lita is currently taking independent bookings and wrestling for UWF. She also is touring with her band. She has stated this The day after her retirement, Lita stated, on WWE.com, that her plans to retire began around mid-2005, when the feud between Edge and Matt Hardy was at its height. Because of her involvement in the feud, the harassment she received from some fans was so strong that she felt as if "even when [she] was walking the dog there was going to be someone yelling 'You screwed Matt!' out the window". Eventually, she became so fed up with the mistreatment she was receiving from these fans (most notably those loyal to Matt Hardy), she decided that the only way to avoid such harassment was to retire altogether. She states her plans to further her involvement with her band, The Luchagors, and to act in theatre productions .
Now for Trish,
She recently got married and was wanting to relax from the hard schedule of the WWE. Starting in late November 2006 through mid-January 2007, Trish temporarily moved to Muncie, Indiana for the CBS unscripted show Armed & Famous. The concept was that Trish was one of five celebrities who trained as volunteer officers with the Muncie Police Department. After finishing their training, the celebrity officers were followed around by camera crews on legitimate police calls. Although the show was scheduled for seven episodes starting on January 10, 2007, CBS canceled the series after just four of the episodes were aired.

After the cancelation of Armed & Famous, Trish was announced as the host of Second City's Next Comedy Legend. This contest, endorsed by the Second City comedy troupe and scheduled to be aired on CBC starting in Summer 2007, is a comedy version of the the worldwide Idol singing competition phenomenon.

So will Trish and Lita ever return? That is up to them. they are able to physically but woudl they want to?

Now for the Rock.
Here is what he has done since his film carer has started.
Get Smart (2008) (filming) .... Agent 23
The Game Plan (2007) (post-production) .... Joe Kingman


"WWE Monday Night RAW" (1 episode, 2007)
   - Episode dated 12 March 2007 (2007) TV Episode
Gridiron Gang (2006) (as Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) .... Sean Porter
Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run (2006) (VG) (as Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) (voice) .... Alex Decker
Southland Tales (2006) .... Boxer Santaros/Jericho Kane
The Battle of Eshu and Iku (2005) .... Orunmila
Doom (2005) .... Sarge
... aka Doom - Der Film (Germany)
Be Cool (2005) .... Elliot Wilhelm
Walking Tall (2004) .... Chris Vaughn
The Rundown (2003) .... Beck
... aka Welcome to the Jungle (Australia) (UK)
The Scorpion King (2002) .... Mathayus the Scorpion King
"WWF Smackdown!" .... The Rock (1 episode, 2002)
... aka Smackdown! (USA: new title)
... aka Smackdown! Xtreme (USA)
... aka WWE Smackdown! (USA: new title)
... aka World Wrestling Federation Smackdown! (USA)
   - Episode dated 4 April 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... The Rock
The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Mathayus
... aka The Scorpion King (USA: short title)
My Husband My Killer (2001) (TV) .... Butch Aged 7
The Mummy Returns (2001) .... Mathayus the Scorpion King
"Star Trek: Voyager" .... The Champion (1 episode, 2000)
... aka Voyager (USA: short title)
   - Tsunkatse (2000) TV Episode .... The Champion
Longshot (2000) (as Dwayne Johnson) .... The Mugger
... aka Jack of All Trades (USA)
... aka Longshot: The Movie (Canada: English title)


"WWF Superstars" .... The Rock (1 episode, 1999)
   - Episode dated 15 August 1999 (1999) TV Episode .... The Rock
"The Net" .... Brody (1 episode, 1999)
   - Last Man Standing (1999) TV Episode (as Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) .... Brody
"That '70s Show" .... Rocky Johnson (1 episode, 1999)
   - That Wrestling Show (1999) TV Episode .... Rocky Johnson

Now he did appear on Raw talking about the battle of the billianaries BUT that was mainly since Brain Gerwitz still talks to the Rock and is good friends with him. Would he come back? I doubt it. He has said way to many times that he is done with wrestling and has moved on. Personally i would love for him to come back and just do interviews. I would mark out for him in a sec.

SO
Rey = Yes
Trish = maybe
Lita = maybe
Rock = really really doubt it.

but this is pro wrestling so who knows.



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QUESTION: ok so what about Goldberg or Brock Lesner?
ANSWER: About Brock,
On April 28, 2006, Brock Lesnar appeared inside the ring after the final match of K-1 Hero's Las Vegas and has since signed a deal with the K-1/Hero's. He is currently training with Minnesota Martial Arts Academy under Greg Nelson coach to UFC Lightweight champion Sean Sherk and with University of Minnesota Head Assistant wrestling coach Marty Morgan. Brock Lesnar announced on August 12, 2006 in Las Vegas that he has joined the K-1 promotion. His first fight will be on June 2, 2007 against Choi Hong-man of Korea. Royce Gracie then announced that he will serve as Lesnar's trainer.

But Goldberg is better.
Since leaving WWE, Goldberg has primarily focused on his acting career. He has commented on his year with WWE in a highly critical fashion, arguing that his character was poorly utilized. In February 2006, several media outlets reported that Goldberg was in negotiations with the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling; possibly in response to these rumors, semi-retired wrestler Warrior commented on his website that he would be interested in wrestling Goldberg in TNA should TNA approach him with such an offer. In a series of interviews conducted in June 2006, Goldberg stated that he was mildly interested in working for TNA, particularly since his friend Sting had joined the promotion by then, but had several reservations. As of late, Goldberg's name was used on TNA television rather frequently. He was one of the two people that Kurt Angle suspected was Christian Cage's consultant for their upcoming bout at Against All Odds. TNA held a contest where the fans could vote via their mobile phones of who they think is Christian's consultant. Goldberg's name was one of the people the fans could choose the others being Brock Lesnar, Samoa Joe, or none of the above. It was soon revealed that it was Scott Steiner who was the consultant.

On the March 9, 2007 wrestlezone.com reported that Goldberg at his age has no intentions of competing in a real 'fight', (as in a shoot fight, with an MMA company) but would return to wrestling should the right offer come along, namely TNA. Goldberg claims that TNA have yet to offer him the right deal, after earlier negotiations broke down over pay. Goldberg citing that TNA's offer was not up to my standards.[citation needed]

According to Goldberg, he and Spike TV spent several months negotiating a show for him to host, and Bullrun debuted in March of 2007. "With my passion for cars and my background and having a hold on the demographic that they cater to, I think it's the perfect fit," says Goldberg. The show is a television series based on an automotive rally "Bullrun," which plays on Tuesdays at 10PM EST.

Goldberg was the first-ever guest on the "Pain Clinic," a professional wrestling radio talk show based in Rochester, New York that debuted on November 14, 1998. He made several more appearances on the show, with his final appearance taking place on November 19, 2005.

Goldberg began acting while working for WCW in 1999. His appearance in Universal Soldier: The Return corresponded with him being featured in the music video for 2005 after 11 episodes.

Now with Goldberg it was stated that he was very difficult to deal with and was stiff to many of the people he worked with and didnt want to job to anyone. Now that behavior can be done at WWE (HHH and HBK for example) but considering goldberg was the reason for Brett Hart retiring and he only wanted to be the world champion Vince didnt care for Goldberg.
Kinda of the same thing with Lesner. Vince put a lot into Lesner including a lot of top guys jobing to him to put him over. and then for him to and leave for the NFL and swear that he was serious then to not do nothing after being cut he acts like a spoiled child (to me he does).
Funny enough Lesner is married to Sable also now.
So i highly doubt that ether will return not for htem but for Vince. on the other hand the ultimate warrior was shown the door and vince said he would never let him back but he did for the money
Hope this helps.


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QUESTION: sorry one more what about Dx r they ever going to reunite (HHH,HBK,Road dogg and billy gunn or Xpac)  there was talk about it in TNA

Answer
That one is a very interesting one. When HHH and HBK restarted DX they did it to test the fan waters to see how it would work. Well since HBK is born again (nothing wrong with that but DX will be different like we have seen) they wanted to add some mid card guys that could run thier mouth (BG james and kip james) and wrestle and well they got the mouth part correct. 3 differnet times both BG and Kip would tell stories about how HHH and his ego would drive people nuts and they didnt care for him.
SO there is talk about WWE bring them in and the main person saying bring them in was HHH, UNTIL he found out what they said (kinda of funny that it took that long given the internet and all but thats what i heard) and the idea was dropped.
Then there was talk about just bringing in BG James only and leaving Kip behind and that didnt sit well with BG who said 'Kip goes or i stay' and well he stayed. Funny enough during recent contract talks with TNA and BG, it was reported that TNA kinda wanted Kip out but BG again said both of them or none of them. SO thats kinda of where they stand. Vince would love to get them guys cuase he is worried about TNA now and has even gotten to the point where he does not want to lose any wrestlers that could possibly go to TNA. (including famous mid carder 2 cold scorpio who was reported sitting at home for 2.5 months collecting a check since creative didnt have nothing for him and Vince didnt want him going to TNA)

Xpac is easy as he is still under contract with the MTv wrestling company but that may change as the promotion is gone now. He has been seen backstage at TNA events but its so far to just visit. He does have something with Vince Russo so something may happen there as for WWE it wouldnt shock me but only if HHH comes back from injury and wants DX back again.

This is fun give me some more! :)

hope this helps