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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Mahoney remembered, another international destination for HoH, Lady Blossom note, indie promotion dropped from MSG Network, more ROH matches set, Interview with Ryder, Impact/Total Divas audiences, another WWE injury, Stardust update, and Questions on the WM32 legends segment, why Y2J beat AJ, fans getting themselves over, and Shane running the show

Balls Mahoney was remembered in his hometown. Wrestling was obviously a big part of his life. It would have been hard to let that go.

- Taz discussed Balls' passing on his radio show.

House of Hardcore will have a show in Australia on June 24. I always assumed the rings were upside down there. Seriously though, that's pretty big for HoH; it's making something of a name for itself.

Lady Blossom will not be appearing at a fan convention as advertised this weekend due to travel issues.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
Paragon Pro Wrestling is no longer on MSG Network. They will now air their show on the Fite app. The promotion was on Pop before TNA joined the network.

Added to ROH's upcoming San Antonio show:
- Bobby Fish vs. Kenny King
- Silas Young vs. Mark Briscoe
- Will Ferrara vs. Rhett Titus
Silas vs. Briscoe could be pretty fun.

Zack Ryder discussed battling cancer as a teenager and more. I never knew that about him. That shows some real strength of conviction and dedication to becoming a wrestler.

Tuesday night's sole airing of Impact Wrestling drew 286,000 viewers. Hopefully in the weeks to come the people who were watching the replay migrate to the 9 p.m. airing.

Total Women's Wrestlers did 632,000 viewers for part one of its season finale, slightly down from the previous week. The show could be really retooled for its next iteration.

Bray Wyatt suffered an injury during his match at a recent WWE live event. The match was stopped and he got help walking to the back. That's really unfortunate given his teased face turn.

- Bray's injury is confirmed to be to his right calf. 

- To make up for Bray vs. Roman being stopped, a long brawl broke out involving the Usos, Rowan/Strowman, and the Dudleys. Sheamus then came out demanding a match for the WWE Championship. Reigns avoided a Brogue Kick and hit a spear before Reigns cut a promo thanking the fans.

Stardust still worked as that gimmick at WWE's live event in Milan, so if he is going back to being Cody Rhodes, he hasn't done it yet.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I have a feeling this person didn't actually watch the show. Either way, they missed the important context. The legends caught LoN by surprise after they just got out of a big match. New Day made it 3-on-3 in the ring so the legends could get their signature spots in. They didn't "go over" as much as they ambushed the League. As for Woods, he admitted on Raw it was his fault for trying to get Austin to dance and turning his back despite D.T.A. being Austin's motto. If Austin, HBK, and Foley won a match over the three current guys, I'd agree with the sentiment, but this was all about the circumstances.

2. Jericho showed he's still got it and was built up to get more heat going against another indie darling in Dean Ambrose. This is why you wait to see how things play out.

3. It's another "fans trying to get themselves noticed/over" thing. The philosophy now for some is that the crowd is more important than what's going on in the ring. It's a terrible trend that only seems to be getting worse.

4. Another person who probably didn't actually watch the show or listen to Vince's promo. Vince saw just how much Shane was willing to put himself through to get control of Raw, and the crowd was begging for it. So, he gave Shane a shot in the hopes of giving his son enough rope to hang himself. 

5. This kind of question is indicative of the kind of fan referenced in the answer to question 3. It's trendy to be irreverent and contrarian, which means good business for the websites that can pander to that demographic.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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