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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

TNA injury, new TNA Champion speaks (then gets banned from TV), milestone for Lethal, ROH TV taping at site of recent TNA show, more MSG guests, more on TNA in India, LU Season 2 update, BFG dark match, new matches for HIAC, Interviews with Rollins/Bryan, a look at Brock, and Questions on beating Brock, superkick spam, Jeff turning on Matt, Reigns vs. Rock, and talent who drew money

Tigre Uno separated his shoulder at Bound For Glory. OUCH. No word on if this will affect the X-Division Championship or if he'll miss any time.

Matt Hardy tweeted after winning the TNA World Championship. He's come a long way from the years after leaving WWE. I'm proud of him for getting his life back together.

Jay Lethal is now the longest reigning ROH TV Champion in history. Yay?

ROH will tape TV at the site of BFG in January 2016. Interesting. I doubt there's anything to that beyond the venue being the right size for ROH's needs. It will definitely be noteworthy if they get bigger attendance than a big TNA PPV featuring NC's own Hardy Boys in the main event.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.


Lana and Joey Styles were backstage at MSG. No further update on Lana's return to TV.

TNA is undergoing a big media tour of India later this month. They're looking for new signings from the area, as they want to make India a bigger market for their content with their U.S. TV future on shaky ground.

LU Season 2 will begin filming next month, so the wrestlers contracted there will continue to get work. Hernandez is now free from the promotion, so he won't be there. Will TNA come calling again?

The dark match at Bound For Glory saw local wrestlers in action. Sean Shultz beat John Skyler. It's cool to add some local flavor to the event, especially when those wrestlers compete in the area regularly.

Charlotte vs. Nikki Bella for the Divas' Championship is official for HIAC. I hope Paige is added to that. Otherwise, why turn her heel before the rematch?

Update: Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt inside HIAC is also official for the show. I expect the other Wyatts, Ambrose, and Orton to be involved as well.

Update: Also set for the show: New Day defending the tag team titles against the Dudley Boyz. No surprise there.

Update: AND Seth Rollins vs. Kane for the WWE Championship. If Kane loses, he's no longer Director of Operations. I'd assume they're going that route, since it'd be weird for him to be champion and an authority figure. Rematch at Survivor Series? And TLC?

Seth Rollins talked about wrestling Sting and more. That is a pretty big accomplishment considering there are a LOT of WWE performers who haven't had that honor.

Daniel Bryan is set to see another doctor about potentially being cleared to return to WWE. If he isn't returning for WM32, they might as well let him go back to the indies. I'd love to see him be a GM or something, but I think that would almost be cruel to him.

TNA is running an angle where EC3 has "filed an injunction" to prevent Matt Hardy from appearing on TNA TV. Since TNA doesn't have any footage of Hardy with the title "in the can" to be aired, this is their way around that. So, at least for the time being, we won't be seeing the new TNA Champion on any episodes of Impact Wrestling. It's going to be interesting to see how they work around continuity issues for whatever is going to air in the weeks to come.

The Heyman Hustle looked at Brock Lesnar backstage at MSG. Brock vs. Show was pretty fun.

For my take on yesterday's PWinsider.com questions:
1. I would mark the fuck out if it was Daniel Bryan, Cesaro, Finn Balor, or Sami Zayn. But realistically it will be someone like Reigns, Orton, or Sheamus knowing WWE. Bleh.

2. It's even worse on the indie scene. That and the suicide dive really need to be used less. It's not so much that they aren't finishers anymore as much, but that they're often cheap ways to do a highspot at the expense of storytelling.

3. I think the crowd at BFG would have really reacted negatively. As over as Jeff is as a babyface, I don't think they want to risk losing that by turning him heel.

4. IF they have him turn on Rock to set up Reigns vs. Rock at WM32 (and that actually happens), MAYBE I'd be on-board with turning Reigns heel. Otherwise, don't do it.

5. I can't really think of anyone to add before the modern era. Sometimes a talent can be a draw for some people and not others. Like Cena definitely draws a certain fan base, but others don't flock to see him.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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