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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

WWE.com looks back on 20 years, Smackdown live event visitors, more GFW-NOAH crossover, Alberto stripped of title in Paige's family's promotion, Interviews with Dillon/Cena, ROH UK show on iPPV, Cody title defense announced, new WWE marketing partnership, GFW name seeks trademark, more NXT shows announced, and Questions on Rock wrestling again, Oney as NXT Champion, sleight of hand with finishers, WWE not naming certain towns, and Cena's comedic abilities

WWE.com looked back at 20 years of their website's design. For context, Cathy Kelley would have been eight when it launched. I wish they would have showed more of the past eras of the site.

Charlotte's grandfather was ringside at a live event this weekend. That's pretty cool.

- Bullet "Bob" Armstrong was backstage at that same show. He's Road Dogg's father.

GFW has announced further crossover with NOAH. Taiji Ishimori will work Destination-X, while Eddie Edwards and Moose will head to Japan in October. More NOAH talents have been hinted at for GFW's August TV tapings, but no names are official at this time.

Paige's family's wrestling promotion has declared Alberto El Patron's championship vacant. The press release doesn't mention Alberto.

JJ Dillon talked to ESPN about his Hall of Fame career. He's a legend for sure.

John Cena was on The View. I'm not even going to pretend to watch a clip from that show, but it's good he's getting that kind of reach.

ROH's War of the Worlds UK show on August 19 will be an Internet PPV. As if Summerslam weekend wasn't big enough!

- Cody vs. SANADA for the ROH Championship will headline that show. So a free agent vs. an NJPW star? Sounds about right.

WWE has partnered with an international sponsorship sales agency. Another part of the company looking to expand to other markets.

Tyrus has applied to trademark that ring name independently of GFW. If successful, he'd be able to use it outside of their shows.

NXT has announced shows in New York and Ontario for early September. It's kind of crazy the markets are so close together, but a country apart.

There was no dark match after Raw.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I wouldn't mind Rock vs. Brock at WM34, or a different clash of part-timers. It should definitely be a special attraction situation. Hell, Rock beating Jericho could be interesting given their history. As for full-timers, Bray, Rusev, Joe, Cass, or Owens would be good feuds. If Rock didn't win, he'd have to have a really compelling reason to lose.

2. I'm surprised they haven't moved him to 205 Live, since they're not doing a ton with him in NXT. He doesn't seem like someone they plan on pushing, but you never know when that will suddenly change.

3. I'm also OK with people not actually killing each other in the ring for what is essentially a live theater performance.

4. There's been a running report WWE only acknowledges the big markets because they want to be seen as a big deal.

5. Cena can be really, really funny when he's allowed to let loose. Sometimes his WWE role doesn't allow for that, because WWE keeps him pretty "within the lines" as a character.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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