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Saturday, May 21, 2016

TNA stars working AAA, Kentucky looking to bring in more wrestling, SyFy airing two hour Raw replay, Sabre, Jr. injured, Smackdown audience, ROH to Florida, why Kalisto missed Smackdown, Hall documentary trailer, JR on Taker retiring, indie women at NXT taping, and Questions on plans for Bray, TNA not promoting ONO shows, Kamala's gimmick, and Liger's recovery

Ethan Carter III, Tyrus, and Eli Drake will be TNA's team for AAA's Lucha Libre World Cup. I'm not sure how they'll explain EC3 and Tyrus working together there (if they even will) given their big feud in TNA. It is good TNA has something of a relationship with AAA; hopefully TNA can make use of some of their talents at some point.

Kentucky's new boxing and wrestling commission chairman talked about trying to revitalize the wrestling scene there. He came off well in this interview, wanting to get things back on track to benefit promoters and fans alike. I wish him the best of luck in changing things for the state, but I don't see Wrestlemania happening there. They don't have anywhere with near the capacity to hold that level of a crowd.

SyFy is airing a two-hour version of Raw on Friday nights after each Monday's live airing. I wouldn't assume this is leading to Raw being taken back to two hours on USA, but it's worth keeping track of.

Zack Sabre, Jr. was injured last week, leading to his match being stopped early and Sabre going to the hospital. He's expected to miss about three weeks, but will be back in action in time for WWE's CWC. Sabre is one of the most buzzed-about talents in the world right now, so it's good he won't miss much time.

Smackdown's audience this week was 2.30 million, roughly in line with last week.

ROH will return to Florida on Oct. 21 and 22. So, that state continues to be a hotbed of wrestling.

Kalisto was in Mexico recently promoting WWE, which is why he missed Smackdown. He'll still be a Extreme Rules.

The Scott Hall documentary DVD now has a trailer. Powerful stuff.

Jim Ross shot down rumors of Undertaker retiring at WM32. We probably won't really know one way or another until the build begins for WM33.

Rachael Ellering, Deonna Purrazzo, and Candice LeRae were all backstage at the most recent NXT taping. We've seen Ellering and Purrazzo work the brand in the past, so any of them could pop up on NXT TV in the months to come, and possibly end up signed. I wouldn't be surprised to see Tessa Blanchard return as well.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It definitely looked like Bray was turning face. We could have gotten the Wyatts vs. LoN and maybe the Wyatts vs. The Club, but I don't think Bray vs. Roman was in the cards. I'm sure we'll get that feud again at some point, though, whether it's for the WWE Title or not.

2. It's pretty telling TNA wasn't promoting the show. That said, the show itself featured replays of two full matches from Victory Road 2009, a situation with the lighting that led to one match being largely in the dark, and a small crowd. The PPV also had matches from Bobby Roode and Velvet Sky after both have been written off from TV, and one report says the show was more like a live event with long promos than a proper PPV. To be fair, they just booked the PPV because they have contracts to air 12 PPVs a year internationally. It's not something they were pushing as at the level of Slammiversary.

3. That was definitely pretty intense, but it wasn't overly graphic (no blood) and fit in with Kamala's gimmick. They must have erred on the side of making him look like a serious threat to Hulkamania.

Nothing to add to 4.

5. Thank goodness he's OK, and still able to contribute at his age.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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