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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

More vintage content, NXT trainer at EVOLVE, Interview with Angle, NXT farewells, Lashley working WOS, Impact airing south of Mexico?, Mauro's post-WWE goals, Drew's ICW farewell, WWE loses TV a deal, AJ Lee appears, Raw name injured, NJPW names set for War of the Worlds, former WWE name training at 3D Academy, Smackdown live event notes, and Questions on Bray taking the title to Raw, HHH's say in NXT, AJ not going after the WWE Title, saying goodbye to Taker, and Angle's choices as GM

Prime Time Wrestling episodes from 1987 and 1988 are being added to WWE Network. I'm under the impression there are tens of thousands of hours of classic content they can still upload. It will just be a matter of how much demand there is to view it.

NXT's Norman Smiley will be a guest trainer at EVOLVE's May 20 seminar. I'm sure he'll pass along any names that impress him.

Kurt Angle talked about his WWE career. I'm very glad he's "home" in WWE and in a positive place mentally/emotionally.

WWE posted NXT farewell videos for Shinsuke Nakamura, Tye Dillinger, and The Revival. I'm glad they're all getting to show what they can do in front of a bigger audience.

Lashley will be part of the World of Sport taping next month. WOS is set to tape a ten-episode first season to test the waters in July. This could be an important foothold for Anthem/Impact in the UK.

Jeff Jarrett is meeting with networks in Central and South America on behalf of Impact Wrestling. Getting distribution deals is going to be a key factor in increasing revenue. It doesn't matter what talents they utilize if they can't get networks to pay to show their content.

Mauro Ranallo intends to commentate for pro wrestling again in the future. Glad to hear it. Impact or ROH should be keeping their ears to the ground as far as he's concerned. He'll be free from WWE come August.

Drew McIntyre said goodbye to Insane Championship Wrestling this weekend. He would surely still be eligible to appear there if WWE books him to, as ICW will be headed to the Network sooner rather than later.

WWE will no longer be airing on FOX channels in the Philippines. I hope something changes on that front soon for the sake of wrestling fans there.

AJ Lee appeared on Conan O'Brien's Twitch account playing The Witcher 3. I really wonder what she's going to do professionally now that her book's done. I'm under the impression she's staying retired from wrestling.

Dash Wilder suffered a fractured jaw at an NXT live event and will miss around eight weeks of action. Hopefully WWE runs video packages of The Revival's work in NXT to build to their return. It's going to be tricky keeping up momentum with Dash hurt.

Tetsuya Naito and KUSHIDA have been announced for the War of the Worlds tour in May. These are usually some of ROH's most successful events due to the NJPW presence.

Billy Gunn has begun teaching at Team 3D Academy in Florida. There's a lot of experience from a number of prominent companies with Bully, D-Von, and Billy involved there.

The superstar shakeup was in effect for a Smackdown live event Monday night. Also, Breezango worked as faces alongside Mojo Rawley to beat Jinder Mahal and The Ascension, so that could potentially be something that plays out on TV. Breeze and Fandango could be a pretty entertaining duo if used in that way, but I expect they'll continue being heels so New Day can work against them.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It's possible WWE hasn't figured that out yet! They might just kind of whistle and hope nobody brings up the title potentially going to Raw.

2. Vince mostly lets HHH do his thing, but I'm sure he picks a few talents he'd like to see more of here and there.

3. Bray beat him to the punch. So, AJ's going for the U.S. Title for now. If (when) Orton beats Bray, I expect AJ will try to get the title again.

4. Nope. Taker already said goodbye at Mania. It's Roman's yard now. I applaud that; it's time to focus on the names who are going to be carrying the torch going forward.

5. I DIED. Somehow Kalisto managed to SNEEEEEEEEAAAKKK across the Raw border, though.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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