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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

UK name at WWE TV, Kickoff panel guest, WWE at TV upfronts, Braun updates, more WWE 24, another Attitude Era DVD, NXT guest commentators, another Extreme Rules match, and Questions on pushing Jinder, defining strong style, Apter in the WWE Hall, Summerslam in an arena, and selling injuries by missing TV

Aleister Black has been booked for this week's WWE TV, so he could already be getting a look to join Raw or Smackdown at some point. He's definitely impressive.

Peter Rosenberg will be part of Backlash's Kickoff show. He and Sam Roberts seem to have pretty regular roles in WWE at this point.

John Cena and Nikki Bella represented WWE at NBC's big schedule reveal. Total Divas and Total Bellas aren't going anywhere and WWE as a whole is pretty safe, too.

- Sin Cara also appeared at Telemundo's upfront presentation.

Braun Strowman was not at Raw. He's recovering, as he should be.

- Strowman will miss six months, according to WWE. That's a real shame. I hope we still get Brock vs. Braun at some point.

Future WWE 24 episodes will focus on Kurt Angle and Goldberg. I believe all the footage has been taped on those.

WWE is planning a DVD focused on 1997 as the "Dawn of Attitude." What's really left to say about that time period?

Jim Ross and Nigel McGuinness will call the UK championship match at Takeover: Chicago. WWE is getting everything up and running for that brand to happen soon.

The Hardys vs. Sheamus and Cesaro is official for Extreme Rules. I'm sure they'll have another good match.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. That's a lot of it. They're making their Indian signings more visible. There's a chance they start using NXT's Jeet Rama and Kishan Raftar in more important roles, too, of they think those two are ready for it.

2. Lots of big kicks and strikes basically. He's good at it.

3. I'd LOVE to see him go in, since he did kayfabe magazines for so long. I know he wouldn't necessarily be a draw for a Hall of Fame ceremony, but he'd be a great person to honor.

4. I think they could run bigger venues if they wanted. We'll see if they go that route after their multi-year stint in Brooklyn wraps up.

5. WWE doesn't want to shelve their biggest stars for long for the reasons mentioned.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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