Some of Todays Wrestling News and Rumours (Possible spoilers) ***NO CHAT***

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UFC's Dana White talks the U.K. situation and television today

At a press conference earlier today, UFC President Dana White talked about the company's strategy going forward in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

White said that everything is dependent on getting the right television deal. He noted that Lorenzo Fertitta was coming to the show and they were trying to finalize the deal, which he indicated was with Sky Sports.

If the deal is completed, the strategy would be to run one major show per year in several locations, including London, Manchester and Dublin. The shows would be at the same time every year, so as to build an annual tradition. He said they would be working on bringing bigger fights for the shows if they get the right TV deal.

Former WWE writer Matt McCarthy, who last worked for WWE in 2012, revealed interesting insight on working behind-the-scenes in WWE, working with Vince McMahon, the demands placed on the Creative Team, and other topics in an interview on the "Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show" podcast.

McCarthy said he was not privy to direct meetings with McMahon about future WrestleMania plans, but the word from other writers last year around WrestleMania 28 time is that McMahon already had in-mind what he wanted to do at WM30.

"I'm sure Vince knows what he would want to at WrestleMania 50 whether he's around to see it or not," McCarthy said. "From the writers standpoint, we try desperately to write out as far as out we can, and try to stick it as much as we can, and God knows the wrestlers would want us to. But, it's the nature of what that show is and what that business is that makes it very, very difficult."

McCarthy cited what almost every WWE writer has experienced - the best-laid plans are often changed and changed again.

"You try to map out an entire grid of they're going to fight here this week, then next week this is going to happen, and that's going to lead to a PPV match. But, after the PPV, this is going to happen and that is going to happen (sigh), and it always changes every week," McCarthy said. "You try really, really hard - it's almost like predicting the weather. The further out it is, the less likely you're going to be right that it's going to happen."

Everything points back to McMahon, who McCarthy labeled a "genius" at multiple points in the interview, but said "dealing with him is very difficult." He said McMahon's "genius" personality makes him "not like the rest of us," which means McMahon often-times can't understand why other people don't think like him.

One example of what McCarthy labeled "genius" was McMahon's ability to manipulate a crowd during a tag match.

"It's a small, simple little thing, but as a performer, it completely blew my mind," McCarthy said. "The bad guy was just beating up the good guy in the ring for this tag match and I hear Vince scream into the headset, 'Somebody put on a hold! Somebody put a hold on 'em! These people are dead!' And I'm like, 'What is he talking about?' Then, immediately, the bad guy puts the good guy in the headlock and they're just down on the mat. Like clockwork, the audience starts clapping and cheering; they're rooting for the good guy to get out of this hold.

"This guy (McMahon) is just sitting back here watching this on TV and he is genius at working the audience and getting them to do exactly what he wants them to do."