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Thursday, June 1, 2017

WWE making Snapchat programming, ask Jeff Hardy anything (?), Interview with Jinder, Raw audience, ROH PPV matches set, Lana update, new MSG match booked, Nia vs. Raw Creative, and Questions on turning Charlotte, the YouTube ad rate drop, Braun's return, kendo sticks under the ring, and why Anthem's after the Hardys

WWE is making monthly programming for Snapchat beginning around Summerslam. That should be interesting. They really want to reach the millennial audience there, so they're expanding what "programming" means now.

WWE is putting together an "AMA" show for the WWE Network, starting with Jeff Hardy. Ask Me Anything is a very popular concept online. I wonder how much WWE will really let fans ask, though.

Jinder Mahal talked to ESPN:
- Crazy how little becoming champion really didn't change much. He had to go right back to work!

- People definitely get stuck in their ways. Sometimes a change is necessary for something better to come together.

- I bet Jinder will beat Khali's reign here.

- Jinder's still plenty young enough to go on and have a long run. I'm cool with giving him the shot to show what he can do.

- It takes a lot of hard work to be ready to be a top star.

- 3MB was awesome. They tried to make the most of the lack of opportunities they had.

- It's got to be easy to lose hope when you're caught in that kind of shuffle.

- Oh, yeah. Getting involved with alcohol has the potential to make that kind of situation work.

- I give Jinder credit for not giving up after the end of his WWE run.

- Oh, boy. Here come those steroid accusations.

Alexa Bliss will be part of a video game competition at Wizard World in Philadelphia. There's a great heel opportunity there, but they'll probably give everyone a copy of the game.

Raw drew 2.61 million viewers Monday night for Memorial Day. USA definitely needs to think about dropping it to two hours when it's time to think about the next contract between the two sides.

STARDOM's Kris Wolf will compete at ROH Best in the World. I would think that will be a dark match; they don't usually put WOH matches on the main card.

- CMLL's El Terrible & Ultimo Guerrero will face Matt Taven & Vinny Marseglia at Best in the World, as well. That will be interesting given the age differences.

Lana asked to be added to Smackdown's MITB match. I assume she'll face Naomi that night, since the champion should probably have a match on the card. Putting the former actress with the dancing gimmick in the crazy bump match just doesn't sound like a good idea.

Goldust vs. R-Truth is advertised for Raw's July 7 show in Madison Square Garden. Not a big shock. I wonder what the endgame is there.

Nia Jax took a shot at Raw's booking of the women's division in a since-deleted tweet. Oh boy. That might not end well. It's a shame she and Creative are potentially at odds; she's definitely a talented performer. Notably, with Alexa being the top heel, there's not much for Nia to do other than feud with Sasha some more or squash jobbers.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Charlotte went as far as she could as a top-level heel. So they put her in a position to have a lot of detractors on the Smackdown roster and eventually be accepted by the faces. After all the complaints about certain wrestlers being shoved down people's throats and characters getting stale, it's good to see them change gears on someone they had been pushing a lot. I'm sure she'll be champion again.

2. It's a shame to see options for wrestlers to dry up. WCPW came out of the gate strong, and now they're having to scale back. I think WWE might be safe since they're a strong brand and they deliberately distance themselves from those rasslin' companies that don't draw good ad rates.

3. I think Braun needs to go for the Universal Title and those challenging for it. Basically say he was distracted by Roman and he's ready to be a champion.

4. I assume, for instance, Alexa tells someone in the ring crew to leave some under there for her match later and to keep it hush-hush.

5. It definitely comes across as somewhat vindictive, like they're doing it just to screw over their ex-employees. Anger does that to people.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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