Hirooki Goto and EVIL have been booked for the upcoming War of the Worlds tour. ROH and NJPW are smart to release a few names at a time instead of the whole lineup at once.
WWE has filed a motion to dismiss the remainder of the lawsuit brought forth by the Vito and Evan Singleton, including many refutations of their claims. It's a shame WWE is having to spend so much money on meritless lawsuits.
Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Dolph Ziggler after Smackdown. It's cool that Shinsuke gets that spot instead of, say, Orton. That's a good sign WWE likes and trusts him in important roles.
Smackdown drew 2.55 million viewers Tuesday night, a loss of more than 500,000 (!) from the superstar shakeup. Seemingly a lot of people expected bigger things to happen after WM33. It happens every year...
Jax Dane has been booked for at least some of this week's Impact Wrestling tapings. He was pulled from some independent appearances in order to work the events. This is a big opportunity for him.
NXT's Daria Berenato is now Sonya Deville and Macey Estrella is now Lacey Evans. The just-completed taping featured a lot of female faces, likely something of a tryout/preview ahead of the women's tournament.
Before this week's NXT taping:
- Jeet Rama had the Bollywood Boyz in his corner as he defeated Maxx Stardom. It looks like Jeet could be joining Jinder Mahal's new faction on Smackdown. I could see Kishan Raftar being part of it, too.
- Hideo Itami defeated Kona Reeves.
WWE is seeking a producer for live events as well as some production assistants. It's interesting they're seeking someone outside to be an agent, as the best people for the job have got to already be in the wrestling business.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I would have saved it until June or so as a boost for summer, but I see why they wanted to capitalize on the post-Mania hype with the timing. No real complaints on my end as far as when they did it.
1. I would have saved it until June or so as a boost for summer, but I see why they wanted to capitalize on the post-Mania hype with the timing. No real complaints on my end as far as when they did it.
2. You know, I wouldn't have minded that all that much as far as the Raw side. Brock vs. Orton could have been good, too. However, I also really want to see Brock vs. Braun, Brock vs. Angle, and Brock vs. Roman on the Raw side.
Not much to add to 3's answer.
4. I'm surprised they haven't done more live events on the Network, actually, but it looks like they've moved away from Beast in the East kinds of things. I suppose with the increase in the number of PPVs, 205 Live, and the UK events they feel like they have enough on that front.
5. I could see Eve in particular working the WWE Network women's tournament in the Brian Kendrick/Tajiri role, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Kelly end up back in a WWE ring at some point, too.
More wrestling.
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