Assorted WWE/wrestling press, ZSJ booked for EVOLVE, every Smackdown now available, Interviews with Prichard/Abyss/Ambrose+Renee/Lagana, a lot of Impact return/debut notes, Impact-UK TV update, GFW-Impact note, another "winner faces Bray Wyatt" match set, Lawler updates, WWE community venture, more HoFer footage, more Swagger fallout, ROH War of the Worlds date set, Angle on WWE Network soon, meet the Rollinses, Impact audience, Impact titles returned, and Questions on Nakamura's future, Bennetts back in ROH, Impact bringing back the old guard, Russo returning to Impact, and Impact returning to Spike

Bubba Ray Dudley, Tommy Dreamer, and Velvet Sky were on "Impractical Jokers" recently. The show had previously done material at a House of Hardcore show.

Zack Sabre, Jr. is booked for a number of EVOLVE shows going forward, so it's possible he won't be appearing for ROH anytime soon despite joining NJPW.

Every episode of Smackdown from 1999 to the present day is now on WWE Network. So, a viewer could start with the very first Raw and watch every episode of both shows in sequence. It would take a LONG time to do so, but it'd be a neat retrospective.

Big Show made an appearance at Edmonton World of Wheels, which seems like kind of an odd crossover. They should have gotten Sparky Plugg.

Natalya promoted an upcoming Smackdown live event. Part of her longevity is due to her making so many PR appearances. That always bodes well for a talent.

Big Cass, Carmella, and Darren Young read to kids on behalf of WWE. Enzo giving spelling lessons or something would have been amazing, but I respect those names for giving their time like that. Darren is also helped by his PR roles; they don't push him, but they're glad he can be a positive role model and all that.

Bruce Prichard discussed baseball's crossover with wrestling. Pete Rose was absolutely one of the best celebrities to get involved in wrestling.

Alberto El Patron finalized a deal to come to Impact Wrestling the day before the tapings began. His push was originally planned for Drew Galloway. I'm very curious to see how he does there, behind-the-scenes and on camera. He's very talented, but I don't think Impact wants the negative publicity he's gotten lately.

- Bully Ray was in negotiations to return to Impact Wrestling before Alberto essentially took the spot he was going to take. They dodged a bullet there. The Dudleys one-year run in WWE was a good enough last big run for Bubba. Impact got all they could out of main event level heel Bully; there's no need to rehash something that went on way too long the first time.

Impact will return to UK TV next month. That's great! I wouldn't assume Impact will go to Spike in the U.S. after their Pop deal ends, but it's possible. That would be a big move and put Impact in front of a bigger U.S. audience.

Homicide will return to Impact to be part of LAX, but Hernandez is not expected to. We'll see how the new LAX will do. It's worth a shot. 

Bruce Prichard will be managing Lashley in Impact, but will also have other on-screen roles. From the sounds of things, he won't be joining the company in a backstage role. I like there being some managers and valets around. 

Dale Oliver has returned to Impact in a music capacity, hence the changes to songs at the tapings.

Bob Ryder has also returned to Impact. He essentially took Matt Conway's place as far as duties.

Kevin Matthews, Fallah Bahh, and Mario Bokara are all expected to debut on Impact soon. Jeff Jarrett and co. have connections to a LOT of talent. I look forward to seeing Impact cultivate some more new names.

GFW championships will be used on-screen at Impact as part of the crossover between the two sides. Theoretically we could see GFW titles defended in Impact and Impact titles defended in GFW. We'll see.

Abyss talked about Impact's new era and more:
- As I said recently, Impact is really hitting the ground running with new/returning acts. I think they'll be fine, content-wise, with some of the losses.

- Abyss has been the go-to guy for crazy hardcore shit in Impact. That's going to be his legacy.

- There are definitely some talented and experienced names working backstage in Impact now.

- I like Abyss' diplomatic approach.

Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles is set for Tuesday's Smackdown, with the winner facing Bray Wyatt for the WWE Championship. I think we're in for a Fatal 4 Way with Bray, Styles, Harper, and Orton. That could be quite the match.

Jerry Lawler will be on Raw Talk following Fast Lane. So he's still doing some work in that capacity.

WWE has announced a partnership with Cybersmile to promote diversity and inclusion. That's a good purpose for them to put their efforts into.

Beth Phoenix footage has been added to the 2017 Hall of Fame collection on WWE Network. I really miss Glamarella, and Santino in general.

Jack Swagger is scheduled to face Alberto El Patron in the UK on March 10. I'd be more than OK with Swagger rejoining Dutch Mantel (Zeb Colter) in Impact.

- Cesaro paid tribute to his former partner. I miss that team!

- WWE continues to dispute Swagger being released from the company. From the sound of things, it hasn't been made official just yet. I'd like to think they're going to let him go pursue other opportunities ASAP, but I wouldn't rule out the company screwing him over.

ROH/NJPW's War of the Worlds tour is now set for May 7 in Ontario, May 10 in Michigan, May 12 in New York, and May 14 in Pennsylvania. The New York date was just announced.

Corey Graves will interview Kurt Angle on WWE Network soon. Angle on something like Stone Cold's podcast on the Network would be cool.

Jerry Lawler is launching a podcast this week. So that's what he'll be up to with his on-screen duties curtailed.

Dean Ambrose and Renee Young talked as a duo:
- Ambrose's "titles don't matter; I'm just here to make money" approach comes across as dickish. I can see why WWE would be hesitant to get behind someone with that attitude. It's a shame; I used to be really behind Dean, but his attitude and work ethic are turning me off lately.

- Ambrose is definitely driven to be a wrestler, but it doesn't seem to matter if he's just on Main Event doing wacky clotheslines. He's lucky he's over, because there are a lot of people who would be more committed to knock it out of the park with the big break Dean's getting.

- There are definitely some pretty... interesting Shield fan drawings out there.

- WHOA. WHOA. Stalking and death threats are WAY crossing the line.

- Yeah, I wonder how much longer Dean will stay around if his attitude is "yeah I'll be a park ranger if this wrestling thing doesn't work out."

- Wacky Ambrose has really hurt his character.

- I do like the take of just being a regular dude who showed up to fight. You can't have too many people like that at once, but it works for him.

Seth Rollins and his parents were featured on WWE.com.

Dave Lagana discussed his time in WWE and Impact. I liked some of the crazy stuff he was part of in both. Sometimes wrestling can be ridiculous and that's OK.

Impact Wrestling drew 293,000 viewers this week, up a bit from the week before. I'd like to think the new regime is shooting for a good deal higher than that.

Impact Wrestling is now back in possession of their tag team championship belts. Glad there wasn't a big issue over the Hardys giving them back.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I can definitely see that happening. It's possible Kassius Ohno is in the title mix at Takeover, too.

2. Hopefully low, but I could really see it happening given their recent departure. If they're not NXT-bound, they could easily show back up at ROH soon.

3. The argument is it was Dixie, Russo, Hogan, Bischoff, Gaburick, etc. that screwed Impact over and without those names involved Jarrett and his crew can succeed. We'll see.

4. There's been no word of it. I don't think he fits in with the "old school" vision of Jarrett, Mantel, and D'Amore. As long as Jeff is calling the shots, I wouldn't expect Russo involved.

5. If Jarrett has connections there, it's possible! It will depend on if everyone involved thinks that will be

More wrestling tomorrow.