Katsuyori Shibata was able to compete against Bobby Fish recently in NJPW, but has been pulled from the remainder of the tour. There's no indication of how much time he'll miss. Shibata's a soldier, but he's human and has limits. I hope this isn't a big setback for him.
TNA put out a press release on signing Brandi Rhodes. I'm interested to see how she does there and what this potentially means for Cody.
The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega are selling "Superkix" cereal to play off New Day. That's actually really funny.
The recent New York Post article on TNA is believed to have vastly overestimated the value of TNA. The company reportedly owes many talents and vendors money, and its revenue streams aren't what they used to be.
- Additionally, there's no evidence of WWE or Sinclair Broadcasting making bids to buy the company. While WWE would love the video library, they haven't made any attempt to purchase the company at this time.
WWE is sponsoring the upcoming Spartan Standalone race in Stamford, Connecticut. It's good for them to recruit athletes like that.
AJ Lee revealed the cover for her upcoming biography. That should be pretty interesting given her WWE tenure and how it ended.
Added to Clash of Champions:
- Sheamus vs. Cesaro in the finals of the Best of Seven series
- Roman Reigns vs. Rusev for the United States Championship
- TJ Perkins vs. Brian Kendrick for the Cruiserweight Championship
- Nia Jax vs. Alicia Fox (Kickoff show)
-- Bayley has been added to Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks to make a triple threat for the Raw Women's Championship
-- I would expect The Shining Stars vs. Enzo Amore and Big Cass to be added, too.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. NORMALLY WHEN YOU STEP IN THE RING YOU GOT FOUR NINETY DEGREE ANGLES, BUT THIS RING'S A GENETIC *FREAK* AND IT AIN'T NORMAL. SEE IT'S GOT SIX SIDES WITH SIXTY DEGREE ANGLES. SIX SIXTY MINUS FOUR NINETY MEANS YOU GOTTA HUNDRED SEVENTY PERCENT CHANCE OF GETTIN HURT. THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE AND THEY SPELL DISASTER FOR YOU.
It definitely takes some getting used to. Apparently its construction makes the surface harder to bump on, too.
2. I'm not really sure how that would work, since the ropes need to be taut in order for people to run them. It doesn't sound feasible.
3. I think they were really, REALLY hoping he'd end up being cleared and they wouldn't have to go with Plan B. So, yeah, I think they'd still have waited until the last minute to pull him in case he ended up being able to compete.
4. I guess because they saw what happened with the nWo, with its membership inflating out of control. It's hard to book a big group well, since some members end up becoming the jobbers. The argument is it hurts the value of the group if it includes some top-flight names and a lot of people who are just there because Creative didn't have any other ideas for them.
5. She was just moved to a different area of the company. It's more of a move left or right than down.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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