NXT dark match, violinist on NXT experience, more NWA on Network, Interview with Enzo+Cass/TNA music producer, Rosa celebrates big milestone, TNA audience, former WWF tag team champions working Smackdown, another MMA bout for Lashley, Impact preview, and Questions on Dixie losing power in TNA, Bayley's future, Funaki returning on Smackdown, old WCW/NWA music, and Vader returning to WWE

Daria Berenato beat Billie Kay in the dark match at the most recent NXT taping. I hope we see more of both of them going forward.

Violinist Lee England Jr. discussed doing Shinsuke Nakamura's entrance at Takeover. That was a really great musical moment.

WWE Network is adding NWA TV episodes from 1988 and 1989. Those are considered peak yeats for the promotion.

Enzo and Big Cass talked at a New York City soccer game. The company's obviously behind them to give them so many press opportunities like that.

Rosa Mendes marked 10 years (!) of being employed by WWE. In that time, she's wrestled fewer than 300 recorded matches. John Cena wrestled 300 matches in 2014 and 2015 (combined). As many "still employed" jokes as were made about JTG, Rosa leaves him in the dust.

TNA's audience Thursday was 373,000. Other than Final Deletion, that was the best number TNA has pulled for one airing on Pop. Could the arrival of Aron Rex have drawn in some more viewers? That's good news if so. If they can get The Big Guy, Team 3D, and/or Alberto Del Rio, they might be able to start gaining some real momentum, viewership-wise. Of course, those names won't come cheap if they want to come at all.

TNA has filmed a lot of material at Matt Hardy's compound, leading to a "Delete or Decay" match with the Broken Hardys vs. Abyss and Crazzy Steve. This, in essence, will be Final Deletion II, with a bigger budget from the previous spectacle. Whether the match will air at BFG or on Impact is unknown at this time. Either way, I'm sure it will be as incredibly bizarre as the rest of the Broken Matt angle has been.

The Headbangers have announced they'll appear on this week's Smackdown, presumably as part of the ongoing tag team tournament as the opponents of Curt Hawkins and Rhyno. This is something of a "bucket list" achievement for Mosh and Thrasher, as Mosh wants his son to see him compete in a WWE ring for the first time. That should be a fun little cameo, as the duo still wrestles every so often. They even worked some dates for ROH a few years ago as part of the Jim Cornette era.

Lashley has been announced as fighting on October 21 for Bellator. What that means, if anything, for him as a wrestler remains to be seen. TNA will have TV tapings in early October after Bound For Glory on PPV.

TNA's new in-house musician, Sheri Shaw, was profiled. She was brought in for the role by Billy Corgan after working at his independent company. What this means for Dixie Carter's husband's work in that part of the company is unknown. I wouldn't assume he's been booted out as some kind of power struggle or anything, although that's a possibility.

Set for the next episode of Impact Wrestling:
- Ultimate X to crown a new X-Division Champion
- Ethan Carter III vs. Eli Drake
- Allie's Knockouts Championship celebration
- Lashley defends the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Mike Bennett.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Unless something really big has happened that I missed (which seems unlikely), Dixie remains in charge of TNA. Corgan is running the day-to-day aspects of the company, but Dixie is focusing on the long-term plans for TNA. Basically that includes seeking out more partners/investors, TV deals, and so on. Corgan dealing with the creative direction of Impact allows her to spend more time in those areas. It does look like she'll remain as an on-screen character in addition to her power behind-the-scenes; other than that, there's really not much of a reason for her to be at tapings since that's Corgan's area of the company. Whether she'll lose additional power in the company will depend on if other buyers come aboard and purchase some of her stake in TNA.

2. Bayley's 100% done with NXT. She didn't compete at the post-Brooklyn tapings, so there are no other feuds there for her to be part of.

3. I wouldn't be shocked to see Funaki on WWE TV again, particularly when Nakamura and Itami become part of the main roster. However, his main role right now is Japanese commentary. That's more important than regularly appearing on TV when they have other people who can do that role. There aren't as many people they can count on to do Japanese commentary. If he does appear with Nakamura or Itami, I would think it would be a few cameo appearances during promos rather than him managing them. I wouldn't rule it out, though, as it could be a while before we see either name on the main roster.

4. Yay for public domain music! It's funny to hear the old Hardy Boys music in other contexts. That's why WWE does all their music in-house now.

5. Vader's 61 years old. Outside of a cameo appearance or two for something like an Old School Raw, I think his in-ring days for WWE are over.

More wrestling tomorrow.