AJ Styles' autobiography has been pushed back as the publisher wants to include his current storyline, more copyright approvals and more interviews. That's probably for the best. This is probably the most interesting angle of his career.
On next week's Impact:
- The contract signing for the World Heavyweight Championship match between Bully Ray and AJ Styles.
- Bully Ray vs. Magnus.
- Samoa Joe vs. Chris Sabin
- Gunner vs. Knux
- Robbie E vs. Hernandez vs. Eric Young vs. Daniels
I can't wait for BFG to be done with. Bully Ray as top heel has gotten really stale.
Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
Here's the current lineup for Bound For Glory. Not sure how Gail Kim got added to the Knockouts' Title match. I'm sure Lei'D Tapa will be involved in some way.
Diamond Dallas Page talked about a number of wrestling and yoga-related topics. DDP's the man.
John Cena talked about his quick recovery and more. His dedication is insane. I enjoyed his knock on his supposedly limited moveset.
WWE sent out emails about how tickets remain available for Hell in a Cell. That's not a good sign. I don't exclusively blame Creative here. With so much wrestling available these days, it's harder and harder for even PPVs headlined by big gimmick matches to feel "must-see".
Here are photos from WWE's event at Abu Dhabi, which I've mistakenly called Dubai more than once now. Oops. That's ok, though. This piece called Seth Rollins "Dean Ambrose".
Impact's audience was 1.08 million this week. Viewership has dropped for four straight weeks, and this is the lowest audience for a non-holiday show since June. That's really not good going into their biggest PPV of the year. Some have the theory that when people tune out of WWE, they tune out of TNA as well, so that could be it. It totally couldn't be Bully Ray as Champion, since according to those in the TNA bubble, he was the main reason there was such a spike in viewership on the Destination X show.
Here's a story about Hulk Hogan still being a thing in 2013. Remember when he was downplaying the idea of one last match when he was with TNA? As for his WWE return, he still had some memorable moments in him after facing Rock (putting Lesnar over big), but the genie was definitely out of the bottle by the time the Orton and HBK storylines happened.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I can see that happening as well. But being WWE Champion would kill Bryan!? If being a top champion kills someone, what happens to people who end up like JTG or Curt Hawkins?
2. Apparently Vince is really keen on there being two top champions for the two live event loops. I've heard the idea that if they unify the WWE Title with the World Title and merge the U.S. Title with the Intercontinental Title, the latter championship could be built up enough to mean what the World Title does now. It's an interesting theory, but I don't know if I buy it.
3. I'm surprised no one's said something about a MITB cash-in being the worst main event ever. They technically are separate, generally brief, matches. But it can be argued that hyped matches failing to deliver are worse. Sting vs. Hardy was definitely something to behold, for all the wrong reasons. If Sting, Bischoff and the referee weren't such pros, who knows what would have happened?
4. Apparently it's still TBD/TBA what her future is. Some even think she could come back to WWE.
Nothing to add to 5. There were so many talents who went through WCW's doors that there could be a lot of answers here. Hiring all those people to not work much was disastrous.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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