Superstars Reax - 5/28/16, Interviews with Schiavone/Cena/AJ Styles, WWE live event notes, Cena shirt changed before release, Cody's future, and Questions on influential promoters, reuniting the Shield, HoF speeches, The Wrestler, and more vintage Network content

Superstars:
After the brand extension, they'll either make Main Event the Raw show and Superstars the Smackdown show (or vice versa), or they'll have some Raw matches and some Smackdown matches on each show. I strongly doubt the two shows will do Raw vs. Smackdown matches.

- Natalya vs. Summer:
Good action so far. I like the counter-wrestling and mat techniques.

These two always work well together, which is probably why we see this match so much.

I like the story of Summer trying to win with the Death Lock. If she doesn't get used much on the main roster, I'd love to see her take over Emma's role in NXT.

- Viktor vs. Ryder:
I'm really curious what happens to The Ascension with the brand split. I assume Konnor will be back before the draft; does WWE keep them together or decide to see what Viktor can do as a singles star? I imagine it'd be risky to keep him with someone who's one suspension away from a release.

Nice feeling out process early. 

I like Viktor playing keepaway.

Viktor's showing some solid work here. Ryder's pretty much always impressive.

That was enjoyable. It had psychology and we got to see the ElBro Drop win a match.

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Tony Schiavone discussed going from pro wrestling to baseball. I'm glad he's still getting work. It's good to have a variety of places to apply your skills.

At a WWE live event in Illinois:
- Enzo Amore returned to the ring, teaming with Big Cass to beat the Dudleys. I expect to see this in some form at MITB.

- Viktor lost to Titus. It definitely looks like they're just going to keep Viktor as a singles wrestler on live events/Main Event/Superstars until Konnor returns.

- The Club beat the Hype Bros. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Mojo join Ryder on the main roster regularly after the brand extension, especially if they're going to have tag team titles on each show.

John Cena was set to debut a new shirt design, but Pabst Blue Ribbon was none too pleased with the resemblance to their logo. The design is obviously inspired by their logo, but it's different enough to pass as a parody. No one's going to expect the PG-friendly Cena to be associated with an adult beverage.

- WWE altered the design. I fully expect a Young Bucks version of the PBR shirt by the end of the week.

Cena discussed his upcoming WWE return and more, really toeing the company line. 

Cody Rhodes tweeted a checklist of dream opponents to face once his no-compete clause is up. I think he's going to enjoy the freedom of the indie scene. Him heading to ROH for some of those matches would be great for them.

AJ Styles talked about working with Roman Reigns and more:

- WWE is definitely really behind AJ. It's rare anyone gets this level of push right out of the gate. 

- The WM32 loss ended up not hurting him. Jericho probably needed the credibility boost more, since AJ was moving on to bigger things.

- Ding ding ding! He's spot on about the reaction to Roman. It's the same with Cena and the WWE product in general: it's edgy and rebellious to try to disrupt the system. 

- It'll be interesting to see what AJ's future looks like after his in-ring days are over. His wealth of experience is going to be really valuable somewhere.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I can't say I disagree with those picks. Each man really changed what wrestling was previously.

2. It's definitely something they know can make money from. What if The Club gets involved in Reigns vs. Rollins and they decide to team up to get rid of them before continuing their own feud?

3. It depends entirely on what you want to see and whom you're a fan of. If you don't care about a certain era, promotion, or performer, you're probably not going to care as much.

4. It was definitely polarizing. I'm surprised WWE associated itself with the project given how it portrays the business. They wanted mainstream publicity, though.

5. Eventually. They can only put up so much footage at a time, and they generally focus on things with larger potential audiences. Once they get more modern stuff uploaded, they'll go back into their archives more.

More wrestling tomorrow.