More action from Raw, another promotion helping with GCS, remembering Piper, more HoFers, another top Knockout leaving?, Interviews with Reigns/Bayley, when we'll see the GCS, Heyman backstage, Balor Club update, new WWE Senior VP, Hayes on Freebirds in HoF, more NXT live events, another super-sized Summerslam, even more ECW on the Network, more WM32 matches, and Questions on the stakes of Shane vs. Taker, Dudleyville, Shane/HHH at WM32, and running a wrestling company

WWE taped some matches for Smackdown during the gigantic Raw taping. I expect Main Event, Superstars, and Smackdown are going to be pretty light on matches this week. Smackdown will feature content live from AXXESS, but Main Event and Superstars could just get even more video packages.

UK promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling will also host a qualifying match for WWE's GCS. So, it looks like the international collaborations are only getting started. I expect some in Mexico and Japan, too.

A Roddy Piper memorial video was released. He was one of a kind!

WWE announced Joan Lunden as this year's Warrior Award recipient. This was announced on The Today Show by John Cena. She's definitely a warrior, but this feels more like a big PR grab than an addition to the sports entertainment Hall of Fame.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

Velvet Sky's TNA contract is set to expire in April. I wouldn't be surprised to see her try to get into WWE with Bubba Ray Dudley. I don't think I'd mind her being the Dudleys' manager or something. She's been pretty successful for TNA, so I think they'd make some effort to keep her unless they're really looking to turn over to a cheaper, new Knockout roster.


Roman Reigns discussed his shoot nose surgery and more. Some "fans" have definitely taken their anti-WWE/anti-Reigns sentiments WAY too far. Most of the criticism says more about the fans than WWE or Reigns.

Bayley talked about the NXT women's division and more. I look forward to seeing what's next for the division.

WWE has announced Snoop Dogg as going into the Hall of Fame as a celebrity. I think it should have been Lemmy's year, but maybe this means Snoop's going to get involved with Ric Flair during the Divas' Title match. Snoop's legitimately a WWE fan, and has ties to Sasha Banks and Brodus Clay/Tyrus.

WWE will tape the Global Cruiserweight Series during the week of June 20. They'll tape the entire series that week to air as a 10-episode WWE Network show beginning in July, and will use the Internet and social media to familiarize WWE's audience with the international talents. This is a big platform for WWE and the talents themselves.

Paul Heyman showed some behind-the-scenes footage of Wrestlemania week.

Karl Anderson was seen in Florida, leading to speculation of him working at the WWE Performance Center. He and Doc Gallows, as the Balor Club, are expected to debut on the main roster soon. It will be really interesting to see what happens with the NXT brand and championship once those two end up on Raw or Smackdown.

- NXT head coach Matt Bloom tweeted a photo of Anderson at the WWEPC. NJPW's losses of Styles, Anderson, Gallows, and Nakamura are WWE's gains.

WWE has announced a new corporate position: senior vice president of data strategy, to be filled by former Time Warner Cable executive Pamela Murrin.

Michael Hayes discussed the Freebirds going into the WWE Hall of Fame.

NXT has live events set for:
May 5 in Kansas
May 6 and 7 in Oklahoma
May 12 and 13 in Washington
May 14 in Oregon.

NXT names are getting pretty regular work outside of Florida. That's great for them getting experience working different/bigger crowds.

Summerslam is expected to be four hours long again this year. I wonder what big attractions they'll have this year.

WWE has uploaded almost all of the episodes of ECW Hardcore TV and ECW of TNN. However, the first 25 episodes of the show, that weren't booked by Paul Heyman, are not included. Some shows from 1993 and 1994 are missing, too. Were those tapes destroyed or something?

AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho has been added to Wrestlemania 32, as has Brie Bella/Natalya/Paige/Alicia Fox/Eva Marie vs. Lana/Tamina/Naomi/Summer Rae/Eva Marie (which will take place on the Kickoff show).

- Kalisto vs. Ryback is also on the Kickoff show. It's going to be a night of wrestling.

There was no dark segment or match after Raw, presumably because everyone wanted to get to Dallas as soon as possible.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. NO. If Taker loses, it's his last Wrestlemania. That doesn't mean he'll be fired. The match is inside Hell in a Cell, and control of Raw is on the line. Vince disowned his own son. The stakes are plenty high to the fans who aren't impossible to please. WWE books for the regular Raw and Smackdown viewers, not the hypercritical IWC. And thank goodness they do, because some people will complain no matter what.

2. I think it's near Parts Unknown?

3. No. Given the big reaction for Shane, and how big of a deal HHH has been on TV against Reigns, I definitely don't think they're just shoehorning those names in. I expect we would have gotten HHH vs. Rollins at WM32 if Seth didn't get hurt. Ambrose and Reigns ARE new stars in big matches, and we're also getting AJ Styles, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Charlotte, Sasha, and Becky, as well as others on the card that night. Obviously WWE does need to build for the future, but it's hardly as dire of a situation as it's made out to be.

Nothing to add to 4.

5. I kind of figured Dave would suggest himself, since he pretty much insists he knows more than Vince. I think having Bischoff, Ross, and Heyman all on-board would be great given each man's strengths. A CEO is only as good as their staff in a lot of cases. Unless you also have a time machine to the "good old days," I don't think Cornette's going to do you much good in the modern wrestling world.

More wrestling tomorrow.