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Saturday, September 17, 2016

WWE comic note, Rock in WWE movie, Interviews with TJP/Gallagher/Dar, Patterson documentary, Dusty Classic returns, WWE ring announcer to wrestle for TNA, TNA audience, NXT live event notes, and Questions on Vince supporting AJ, WWE dropping Colter, Andre jobbing to Warrior, the UWN, and Bray's future

The first issue of WWE's comic book will focus on Seth Rollins' decision to turn on The Shield. This could be a pretty interesting venture.

The Rock and his production company are working with WWE Studios for an upcoming movie. Pre-production has begun, and Rock is set to star in the movie. That's a really big get for WWE.

TJ Perkins discussed his big CWC win:
- He definitely got some impressive opportunities at a young age.

- They all really went hard in the CWC matches. I'm not shocked he's got battle scars.

- Pretty good press from him overall.

Jack Gallagher was profiled. I'm very glad he was signed. He stands out from the pack in a great way.

WWE has put out a Pat Patterson documentary to push his autobiography. I question whether dropping a 52-minute documentary with no hype is the right move, but I'm glad he's getting a spotlight.

The Dusty Rhodes Tag Classic returned at this week's NXT taping. There will be 16 teams, and it will conclude at Takeover: Toronto. The following matches have been announced:
- The Authors of Pain vs. The Bollywood Boyz
- The Revival vs. Andrade Cien Almas/Cedric Alexander
- TM61 vs. Riddick Moss/Tino Sabbatelli
- Bobby Roode/Tye Dillinger vs. Sawyer Fulton/Alexander Wolfe
-- Good to see some new faces in the mix to see how they do as teams. It would be good to have some new regular teams emerge from the tournament.

Brandi Rhodes, formerly WWE announcer Eden Stiles, has signed a deal to wrestle for TNA. Whether she'll be a regular part of the division or if she's just coming in for an angle or two remains to be seen. I know Cody wants to do himself and Brandi vs. the Bennetts, but Cody hasn't officially set up a deal to perform there.

Noam Dar talked about his CWC experience and more:
- Sabre's quite the talent. I really hope we haven't seen the last of him in WWE.

- I'm not surprised Gallagher's good with ties given his gimmick. He's a treasure.

- I was DYING listening to him talk about working with Khali. Funny shit. Reminded me of Vince's AOL chat about Yokozuna competing in the light heavyweight division.

TNA's audience this week bounced back to 366,000.

At an NXT live event in Florida:
- Kishan Raftar beat Patrick Clark, so Raftar's working more live matches.

- The teaming of Angelo Dawkins and Kenneth Crawford continued. They lost to the Authors of Pain.

- Andrade Almas worked as a heel, losing to Cedric Alexander in Alexander's NXT live event debut. Almas as a heel is worth pursuing, since he's best known for his work as a rudo in Mexico.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I'm also pleasantly surprised Vince let a 39-year-old with a Southern accent come in and win the top title. I imagine to some degree he's preparing for a changing of the guard to the type of people HHH wants to push, since Hunter's the one signing contracts now.

2. I'm also a big Colter fan. It's a shame that run was cut short, as he was one of the most entertaining speakers in all of wrestling in the past 15 years or more.

3. The joke's on Andre, since that probably only made Warrior look strong.

4. It's a great idea of enough promotions get on-board. If enough smaller entities worked together, they could all benefit.

5. It took two former World Champions to beat him at Backlash, in a match he wasn't prepared for. I think he can rebound.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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