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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Legends put new champs over, former X-Division Champion working ROH, ROH commentary update, Team 3D seminar for Mania week, Honor Rising notes, new WWE clothing deal, WWE competitor retires, new Hall of Famer announced, another Smackdown set, Andre doc to HBO, LU-Netflix update, NXT taping main event set, Chamber backstage notes, and Questions on why WWE is PG now, Dunne's WWE future, Aries' current role and in-ring future, and Vickie in the Hall

The Rock and Triple H put over Bray Wyatt's WWE Title win. Triple H also congratulated Naomi. Glad to see them both doing well. I definitely want to see Alexa as champ again at some point in 2017, though.

Sonjay Dutt is headed to ROH to face Marty Scurll for the TV Championship on March 4 in New York. Whether this will be a one-time thing or the start of something more is unknown at this time.

Ian Riccanboni and a slew of guest commentators called the action at this weekend's ROH TV taping.

Bubba Ray Dudley and Tommy Dreamer are holding a seminar at the Team 3D Academy during WM33 week.

NJPW has announced the lineups for this year's Honor Rising events. They will be streamed live on New Japan World with Kevin Kelly and Rocky Romero doing commentary.

WWE has signed a deal with Contenders Clothing for boxer briefs. That's pretty cool; WWE's expansion as a lifestyle brand continues.

Rosa Mendes has announced her retirement following her daughter turning one year old. She hadn't been part of WWE since her daughter's birth, so this wasn't really a surprise. She's going to be running her own fitness-related business now. Glad she's able to jump into a non-wrestling career so easily.

Theodore Long has been announced for the WWE Hall of Fame. This makes me very happy. He's had quite the career.

- Triple H put him over. It'll be good to see Teddy again.

- Fox Sports talked to Teddy. He seems like a pretty good guy, putting people over left and right. He has the right idea about getting paid doing something he didn't necessarily want to do vs. holding out to be a manager.

WWE will tape Smackdown in Kentucky on April 18. It'll be interesting to see what things look like after Mania.

An Andre the Giant documentary is coming to HBO. He's definitely a great subject for something like that.

LU Seasons One and Two will hit Netflix this spring. That's good news for the brand's viability.

Next week's NXT taping will be headlined by Bobby Roode vs. Kassius Ohno and the return of Shinsuke Nakamura. I'm excited to see what Ohno will bring to the table this time.

Neither Vince nor Shane McMahon were at Elimination Chamber. It's rare Vince isn't at a show. I hope everything's OK. Brie Bella was visiting at the show.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Actually they've got deals now from sponsors/partners (Mattel, Hanna Barbera, etc.) who wouldn't have touched the promotion of bra and panties matches and "choppy choppy your pee pee." Some companies would be embarrassed to be associated with the kind of content we saw in the Attitude Era.

2. Dunne had a match at the most recent TV taping, so you'll be seeing him on NXT soon. While the UK deal comes together, I expect we'll see him and some other tournament names on NXT and potentially 205 Live.

3. I'm not shocked at all he's done a good job at commentary. He's really good at that part of the game. There's the possibility it's a setup for him returning to the ring for the cruiser division soon.

4. He'd be a perfect WM33 opponent for Neville if he's ready to go. Otherwise, I'm sure he'll find his way into the ring before too much longer.

5. I expect her to go into the Hall at some point given all the work she did. Absolutely fine by me.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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