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Monday, February 20, 2017

Bellas award, remembering legends, Attitude Era name's book out soon, more WWE-TMNT figures, ROH match and event announced, and Questions on Impact blurring faces, Cena's title reign, Goldberg vs. Lesnar's stipulation, Owens vs. Y2J's stipulation, and how to use Balor

The Bellas won a Women's Image award for outstanding actresses in a reality series for their work on "Total Divas." That award name is pretty blatant about the genre being a work.

The passings of Ivan Koloff and George Steele got continued press:
- A North Carolina piece on Koloff
- A Pennsylvania piece on George Steele
- ESPN Radio looks back at Steele
- PWInsider looks back on Koloff
-- Both legends will really be missed, inside and outside the ring.

Pete Gas' autobiography will be released on March 21. I'm glad he's able to get some success from that area of his career.

WWE has another crossover with TMNT action figures. I love the combination. This is why WWE wants to be kid-friendly.

Dalton Castle vs. Colt Cabana has been added to ROH's March 4 New York show. I hope Castle gets a big push in 2017.

ROH will run an "unsanctioned" event on April 28 in Wisconsin, with the gimmick that the show isn't authorized by ROH management. In other words, matches could be more of the no holds barred variety. The Briscoes, Young Bucks, and Silas Young have all been announced for the show.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. That's how they do things in Mexico. Masks for the 21st century, brother. Impact doesn't want to mess with the legal ramifications of showing a LU contracted performer on their show, so they did the safe thing and blurred out anyone who could be identified as a LU talent, including referees.

2. I definitely think they need to take this as a lesson, and pause the next time they jump to such conclusions. I'm doubtful many will, though.

3. They seem dedicated to having Goldberg be a dominant force, including having him steamroll Owens and win the Universal Championship.

4. I expect that will be for Jericho's U.S. Title, with Y2J dropping the belt and getting ready to transition back to being Fozzy frontman.

5. It will depend on what Rollins' status is for the show. Balor could definitely come back and tangle with Joe and/or HHH if Rollins is going to have to miss the event. Otherwise, I like Dave's idea.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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