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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Autobiography updates, TNA/ROH events on Flipps, Kidd update, more on new WWE signees, ROH attendance, Compton update, ROH injury, GFW signs distribution deal, new TNA HoFer, NXT name back from injury, former WCW name getting surgery, matches added to NoC, and Questions on Rollins' title matches, pushing Bray, Superstars, and HHH vs. Rollins

Jim Ross is shopping an autobiography, and Justin Roberts is expected to work on one as well. Both would be really interesting.

ROH will be showing ASE VIII on the Flipps app, and TNA will show Bound For Glory in addition to One Night Only PPVs and a special on TNA Legends (Savage, Piper, Sting, and Snuka). With their TV future in jeopardy, I can see why TNA is expanding in this way.

A preview for an upcoming episode of "Total Divas" teases Tyson Kidd's career is over. I REALLY, REALLY hope not. He was a great undercard wrestler who made the most of what he was given.

Some of the new WWE signees will start in the Performance Center on 9/29. People are excited to see them!

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

ROH's show in Michigan drew between 750-950 fans, while their show in Illinois drew in the range of 1,400-1,600.

Cliff Compton has been added to ROH's show on Oct. 24 to makeup the date he missed. I hope he'll be OK.

Matt Jackson of the Young Bucks hurt his ankle recently, but is expected to wrestle on PPV regardless. They've definitely got a fanbase excited to see them.

GFW has signed a deal for international TV distribution, with their show available to air starting in November. I hope they end up on TV here at some point.

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Officially added to Night of Champions:
- Ryback vs. Kevin Owens for the Intercontinental Championship
- Nikki Bella vs. Charlotte for the Divas' Championship
- New Day vs. The Dudley Boyz for the Tag Team Championship
- Neville/Lucha Dragons vs. Cosmic Wasteland (Kickoff show)

Earl Hebner will be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame the night before Bound For Glory at a live event. That makes sense, since presumably Jarrett won't be around after the GFW/TNA angle concludes. They want someone who's not currently a heel there.

NXT's Hugo Knox returned to action recently after a biceps injury. Hopefully we're not too far from Itami returning from his injury.

Former WCW name Crowbar is undergoing knee surgery soon. I wonder why we never really saw him after that company closed.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I think Rollins will walk out with the championship. I mean, he survived Brock after all. That's the right choice. I don't see any reason to have him drop the title anytime in the next few months. I'd like for him to beat Sting, then Kane.

2. Possibly, considering he's been in the mix with main eventers. Dave's perception of things is pretty one-sided. There's only so much protecting to be done when one side wins and the other loses. Otherwise things get pretty wishy-washy.

3. I'd be surprised to see them end the double champion thing so soon, especially since he beat Cena to take the title in the first place. So, we could very well see him hold both titles for a while.

4. It's a lot of ads and recaps (to skip through). They only make the show because they still get paid to run it in some international markets. So they put in the minimum effort to keep it on the air until there are's no longer enough revenue coming in for them to keep making it.

5. I think that's a great scenario! They could do something like Brock vs. Taker where there are reasons to cheer for/boo both.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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