Taeler Hendrix vs. Deonna Purrazzo has been added to Field of Honor. I'm surprised no one has officially signed Purrazzo.
The Motor City Machine Guns and Jay White vs. The Addiction and Kamaitachi in a "lucha rules" six-man tag is set for ROH's September 24 show. I'm not entirely sure what that means, but I'm sure we'll see a lot of flips.
Bayley commented on leaving NXT. I hope we see some great names step up now that she's moved on to Raw.
Smackdown's audience Tuesday was 2.71 million. That's an impressive bump after Summerslam.
Johnny Gargano talked about working Takeover in Brooklyn. I don't think that will be his last crowd of more than 10,000.
The original plans for Finn Balor's Universal Title reign were for him to face Kevin Owens at Clash of Champions, then have a three-way with Owens and Y2J at HIAC. That sounds like it could have been incredible. I hope WWE has a strong backup plan. I assume we'll still see Jericho and Owens face off soon.
Stephanie McMahon's memoir was changed to being named "unREAL!" after WWE couldn't copyright the name Lady Balls. Neither name is great.
Sting revealed he had negotiations with WWE in 2002, with the plan of him facing Kurt Angle at WMX8. That could have been great, given their matches years later in TNA. Sting also told JBL it took the reaction to Sting being in WWE 2K14 in order for Vince to bring him in, as Vince felt it had been too long to capitalize on Sting's earlier successes. It will be interesting to see if the scenario repeats itself with Goldberg.
Baron Corbin vs. Kalisto was originally set for Summerslam, but with so many other matches set for the show, they were left out. I expect we'll see that match at Backlash instead.
Before Reigns' Wellness violation, WWE planned on having him face Seth Rollins for the WWE Championship at Summerslam (with Smackdown getting the secondary title). Finn Balor would have feuded with Chris Jericho. I can certainly see Y2J vs. Balor happening next year when Balor recovers; Jericho's been a fan of his for a while now.
Read on for my thoughts on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1 is a repeat, but I definitely think he should drop that move. It's too dangerous.
Nothing to really add to 2.
3. It's definitely how Vince books people he wants to push. If it was a Japanese/indie star displaying "fighting spirit," those same people would be all for it/chanting "this is awesome." It's more of a case of fans not liking the star in question and looking for a reason to complain than any objective dislike of a certain style.
4. I can see the logic in not having one brand's titles looking better or worse than the other. Ultimately, the physical design of the belt isn't nearly as important as the fact it's something wrestlers are actually trying to win. But of course everyone has to complain about anything they can think of to complain about.
5. I think the last thing they should do to sell a New Era is put the title on a 45-year-old part-timer. Jericho's great, but he should remain in a supporting role. He got to be a main eventer when he was the new, young guy, and even had some big runs as he got older. I don't think he should be Goldust level or anything, but it's time for someone new to shine.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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