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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Interview with former WWEPC coach, Adam Cole updates, new HoFer teaching at WWEPC, WWE set for convention, WWE Indian prospect profiled, top CMLL names at ROH PPV, Orton vs. dives continues, new WWE sponsor, Snow arrested, WWE concussion lawsuit to be settled, former WWE/Impact name retiring, more on WWE Japan tour, Cena return set, and Questions on WWE stars changing their looks, worst types of matches, how Finn's demon change works, Xavier fearing Bray, and tag ropes

A former WWEPC coach talked about his experience there. Here are highlights:
- Hahaha training in a park. I mean, training is training right?

- Funny because carrying things in the park is more realistic than lifting weights in a gym.

- I'm sure everyone who comes in who's already in shape thinks they know more than the coaches.

- Learning from others is important. You don't already know everything when you come into NXT.

- I can see Enzo being a guy who thinks he needs to do his own thing since he's the comedy guy.

- It's a shame some people don't listen to the coaches. They're lucky they make it to the next level.

- Oh my God imagine calling HHH to come lay the sledgehammer on one of his employees.

Adam Cole cut a promo at Sunday's ROH taping that's being considered something of a farewell speech. He's not heading directly to NXT, but could going there in a few months. It's also possible he works something out to continue working ROH for a time, but I think it's just a matter of time before he starts on the road to WWE.

Ricky Morton will be a guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center next week. I can't say I would have called that. I hope Jim Cornette ends up doing something to help the next generation of WWE performers at some point, too, but I don't expect he's knocking on their doors to work there again.

Ric Flair, Charlotte Flair, and Kurt Angle will represent WWE at a licensing expo next week. They better keep an eye on Ric! I assume that'll be Kurt's task.

One of WWE's Indian prospects was profiled. Jinder Mahal might have his own Nexus at this rate.

CMLL's Ultimo Guerrero and El Terrible will work ROH's June 23 PPV and June 24 TV taping. Ultimo has had quite the tenure.

Drew Gulak assisted Randy Orton in taking the piss out of indie wrestling. GENIUS from both of them.

WWE has signed a promotional agreement centered on Rocket League. That's pretty cool. WWE gets a lot of sponsorships.

Al Snow was recently arrested for "failure to appear" in Kentucky, but it sounds like everything's cleared up from Snow's statements on Twitter: Tweet 1 Tweet 2 Tweet 3.

WWE, Vito, and Evan Singleton have been ordered to discuss potential settlement terms for the big concussion lawsuit. I think WWE's going to do everything they can to defeat what remains of the lawsuit if they can.

Shelly Martinez is retiring. I wouldn't have minded "Salinas" coming back with LAX, even if she didn't wrestle. Also, how cool is it that she got to be a vampire and a gangsta?

Emma is advertised for WWE's Japanese tour on June 30 and July 1. We'll see if she ends up competing there.

- Akira Tozawa joins Chris Jericho and Hideo Itami as special guests on the event. As he should!

John Cena is advertised for the July 4 Smackdown. That's fitting; it will be hard to draw a crowd that night. I'd like to see that event be the Great American Bash, but no guarantees.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. WWE generally approves every aspect of a talent's appearance because they've got action figures and video games and all that to think about. Everything has to match up.

2. I guess I have to go with the silly bra and panties matches that were more or less softcore fetish porn. I mean, I get that the Internet wasn't as filled with that kind of stuff as it is now and connection speeds were a lot slower, but as matches, they didn't really do much. There was at least some trainwreck comedy in the hardcore evening gown match, I suppose.

3. I see it being a case where he doesn't want to "let the demon take over." He only uses it when he REALLY needs that extra power. It could also be draining on his stamina to be in that form too long, like a Super Saiyan kind of deal.

4. It was supposed to get over how scary Bray is. It wasn't great.

5. Some refs are clearly more lenient with that. I guess it's kind of an Oxford comma thing.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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