A former WWE cameraman is suing Titus O'Neil for injuries sustained during a taping of "Swerved." I mean, shocking someone with a cattle prod usually doesn't elicit a positive response.
AAA legend Gran Apache has passed away. He did a lot for the Mexican wrestling scene.
Tyler Bate vs. Pete Dunne for the WWE UK Championship is official for Takeover:Chicago. Dunne is supposedly held in pretty high regard by WWE, so he could be in for big things going forward.
WWE will air their UK brand shows taped this weekend later this month on the Network. They've got a pretty good head start on World of Sport. The UK is a really important market in wrestling now.
Emma was injured during a match on a Raw live event recently. Her women's match was stopped and she was taken backstage. More on this in future posts. It's a shame she could be going right back off TV after finally coming back to the ring.
A team called the Fraternity lost to Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara in a dark match at ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds in Ontario.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I'm under the impression it's a case of a lot of photos being accidentally being automatically uploaded to Apple servers, which were then hacked several years ago. The hackers are releasing a few celebrities' photos at a time so they get plenty of play over time instead of one huge story years back. But yes, if it's not clear by now, there need to be lessons for millennials that it's all too easy for "private" photos and information to be very, very public.
2. While they couldn't and shouldn't really say "don't take these kinds of photos in your private life," WWE should definitely be letting talent know how easy it is for information to go public in 2017 and giving them appropriate safety lessons.
3. It's probably more of a case of talents trying to get into NXT/WWE. WWE is being more cautious of signing people right out of ROH in order to avoid potential legal ramifications for contract tampering, so talents will work somewhere else for some time before officially entering negotiations to join WWE.
4. I don't remember exactly what was said, but I do know once someone makes a stance, it's hard to get them to change their minds.
5. I know they put a lot of thought into which towns and venues will be most successful based on how things went last time. There are a lot of factors involved, including relationships with venues and routing other nearby shows.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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