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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

More ROH matches set, new WWE broadcaster debuts, WWE trademark set, WWE scouting continues, Interviews with Becky/Goldust, WWE UK names booked for U.S. indie show, Impact music release, Braun/Revival updates, NXT DVD detail, WWE women's tournament named, Raw audience, Anthem disputes Hardy claims, and Questions on Anthem getting more tape libraries, Goldust vs. Truth, WWE visa issues, DVD content missing, and international Network specials

Added to ROH's June 4 event in Illinois:
- Frankie Kazarian vs. Flip Gordon
- Bully Ray & Mark Briscoe vs. Silas Young & The Beer City Bruiser
- Caprice Coleman & Rhett Titus vs. Coast 2 Coast

Former HOH ring announcer Vic Schiavone made his WWE broadcast debut Monday as Vic Joseph. He'll be calling Main Event this week. I hope he does well there.

WWE has trademarked the phrase Immune To Fear, so someone will be using that at some point. Could it be the successor to Never Give Up?

William Regal will be scouting in Japan  through early June, so WWE's really doing their homework there. We'll see if it pays off for them when contracts come due.

Becky Lynch talked about the Smackdown women's division. They've got a pretty good cast there.

Goldust talked about his split from R-Truth and more. Hipster fans are killing wrestling with the "I'm cheering someone I'm supposed to boo!" kind of stuff. I am curious how much more Goldust can do as a singles star. I wouldn't mind a final IC Title reign before he takes a backstage position or whatever his plan is for  retirement. Old School Goldust vs. Ambrose could be pretty fun.

Pete Dunne, Trent Seven, and Tyler Bate are booked for a PROGRESS/EVOLVE event in New York a week ahead of Summerslam weekend. So, UK talents could work Takeover in Brooklyn, too.

Impact has released some of their entrance songs as an EP. I don't know how much they'll make from that in the YouTube era, but it's cool to see the composers get that kind of recognition. People wanting to listen to a wrestler's song outside of wrestling is good news.

Braun Strowman will likely be back sooner than the initially reported six months. That timeline is exaggerated so his return will seem all the more impressive.

The Revival were backstage at Raw. I'm really interested to see them face the Hardys.

NXT's DVD for December has been subtitled From Secret to Sensation. NXT is really going to shape WWE's future.

WWE has named the upcoming women's tournament The Mae Young Classic. It will start taping July 13 and 14. Interesting move considering how so many remember her for her Attitude Era antics with Moolah. She definitely has a lot of history in the business, though.

Raw drew 2.62 million viewers Monday night. I think fans have really hit their limit on how much wrestling they want to see in a week. WWE has really saturated the market.

Ed Nordholm provided PWInsider.com with verified documentation of his side of the issue with the Hardys regarding the use of the "Broken" characters. Nordholm specifically attached language from Matt Hardy's Impact contract as well as communication between WWE and Impact stating WWE has no interest in using the "Broken" intellectual property.

- Wow. That's pretty big. There's a distinct possibility the Hardy side is "working" wrestling journalists into reporting falsehoods beneficial to their interests. I really don't have much else to say at this time other than this serving as a reminder to be vigilant of who's side is being reported.

-- Reby Hardy disputes Nordholm's release: Tweet 1 Tweet 2 Tweet 3
- Given all the shade she's thrown at the company over this, she should put forth concrete evidence to back up her claims in the face of Nordholm doing so. Things are starting to look less black and white than her side has portrayed.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. No plans for any of those at this point in time. I don't think there'd be much of a demand for GFW. The others just have a talent-sharing agreement with Impact. Impact doesn't have the rights to show their old footage without putting up some serious money.

2. It could be a way for Truth to retire and presumably give Goldust a chance at a final memorable run. They weren't really going anywhere as a team, so they might as well shake some things up. Usually people complain about WWE being predictable anyway.

3. WWE is all on top of that. They've got a lot of staff to put things together.

4. Maybe they figured the main show is already so long they don't need to include all that.

5. I think the compromise here is WWE giving markets live local content of their own.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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