Injured WWE names working out, Slammiversary hype, NXT rename, Stephanie appearance, ROH+NXT matches set, Interview with Silas, Smackdown audience, NJPW event showing live in Canada, another former WWE show on the Network, WWE DVD+book release dates, another Slammiversary guest, Rusev back in the ring, Russo seeks legal protection from Cornette, and Questions on booking Brock vs. Joe, giving Jinder a long run, why Roman's challenging the champ, and Stone Cold's podcast

Darren Young and Tommaso Ciampa have undergone checkups regarding progress toward getting back in the ring. I think Ciampa can really go on a tear in NXT. I'd like to see Darren get a fresh set of eyes when he recovers, as well. I wouldn't mind him getting a "reboot" and/or a stint in NXT; he's only 33.

James Storm promoted Slammiversary:
- I do like Jarrett and Dutch bringing a consistent direction to things. No matter how good the crew is, someone needs to be steering the ship!

- Interesting thoughts regarding wrestlers not coming up with their own gimmicks, etc.

- Oh, yeah. Doing shows in locations other than Orlando is going to be key for Impact's growth.

- Storm vs. EC3 should be something else. They hopefully won't be cutesy like Cody and Lethal in the bullrope match.

- I'm excited for that strap match!

- While James Storm is undoubtedly deserving given his tenure, I'd like to see someone like Mike Tenay or Jeremy Borash get the nod at some point. Maybe they can make it a habit to induct a wrestler and a backstage contributor each year?

The former Kimber Lee/Kimberly Frankele has been renamed Abbey Laith in NXT. Not a great last name. I hope she does well, though. WWE's still growing a solid women's division for years to come.

Stephanie McMahon was part of a speech in France. She's getting a lot of mileage as a brand ambassador.

Kris Wolf & Sumie Sakai vs. Deonna Purrazzo & Mandy Leon will be the dark match at Best in the World. ROH continues to build its women's division.

Jay Lethal will challenge for the TV Championship as part of Saturday's ROH taping. He'll face the winner of KUSHIDA vs. Scurll the night before.

Silas Young gave an interview to promote ROH. I enjoy his work there.

Smackdown drew 2.60 million viewers Tuesday, a jump of more than 500,000 from the week before. I think it's safe to say the Ellsworth angle played into that surge. Brilliant move to get heat.

Joseph Park promoted Slammiversary. Here are highlights from the interview:
- Park and his brother have really given a lot to Impact, and that's continuing behind-the-scenes.

- I'm VERY interested to see what Impact will look like three years into the Anthem regime. Right now they're in a clear rebuilding period as far as getting things started back up.

- It's going to be tough to get a lot of those lapsed fans back.

- It is cool for Abyss and Park to have worked with so many important players. He better watch out for Scott Steiner, though.

- I think AJ will leave behind a pretty big legacy once he retires. Some of that will depend on how much he'll be known to future generations. If his Impact work isn't seen by the WWE audience, he'll mainly be known for the last few years of his career.

- Abyss really took some crazy bumps. He's lucky his brother's a lawyer instead of someone who does bumps on thumbtacks.

- I can see Park and Abyss contributing in the ring for a while in a Kane/Big Show/Mark Henry role working with the younger talents.

- Park has really added depth to his body of work. A lot of fun stuff from him.

- Scott is absolutely amazing on the mic. He stands out from all the boring sameness.

- I hope big things are in the works for Steve.

- It's tough to beat Mike Tenay and Don West as the voices of Impact.

- Yes, Abyss/Park belongs in the Impact Hall someday for all his work. No question at all.

- Impact has definitely given some people a platform to do some great work.

- Jarrett returning to the ring should be something that really matters. Save it for a big moment like BFG or next year's Slammiversary. He should be treated as the Triple H of the company as far as stepping into the ring on special occasions, but mostly guiding things from behind the scenes.

Fight Network will show NJPW's U.S. debut live as well. This could be a real launching pad for the company in the States.

WWE's ECW brand will be coming to WWE Network beginning this month. Glad to see that content coming to the service. The show was often underrated due to the backlash against rebooting the name.

Kevin Owens' DVD will feature footage from PWG, ROH, and CZW. So, WWE paid some licensing fees for the content in order to give a more complete experience of his career. Good to see!

New Day's book will release on October 31, so expect to see plenty of them on Smackdown in the coming months.

Alberto El Patron's brother El Hijo del Dos Caras will also be at Slammiversary. He worked in NXT as Memo Montenegro and could easily work the TV tapings after the big PPV.

Bobby Roode vs. Roderick Strong for the NXT Championship will be taped Friday. I'm curious how everything will shake out for Takeover.

Rusev is advertised as returning to the ring on this weekend's Smackdown live events. I hope he's in for good things.

Vince Russo has filed an order of protection against Jim Cornette, with Cornette being ordered to stay away from Russo and his wife. Given all the threats Cornette has made, I don't blame Russo in the least. There's "cutting a promo" on a TV show, and then there's seeking out a fight against a former coworker in another state.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. But wouldn't Strowman winning at Summerslam put the title on a full-timer and a fresh name?  Joe's only a year younger than Brock and has been world champion before. The complaints about "logic" are very one-sided.

2. But wait. If Jinder is champion that long, who's he going to beat? If he beats Sami, Nakamura, and AJ, fans will complain about that, too. I can see Jinder holding the title until the Rumble, where Cena wins and Corbin cashes in. That could be interesting.

3. That could be pretty interesting down the line. I think they'd have to give Bo a new first name, though. It's hard to take him seriously with that one.

4. Roman retired Taker at Wrestlemania and ran Strowman off for a few weeks. It was clearly explained in the promo, but when someone has an axe to grind about Creative, it turns out the actual logic of WWE TV doesn't matter at all to Dave and his readers.

5. First off, Ambrose buried Ambrose. He came off as unmotivated. I know that podcast rubbed some people the wrong way because Dean took some shots at Creative, but it was probably too costly to use Austin instead of just working with people already in-house like Graves and JBL.

More wrestling tomorrow.