Joey Ryan commented on the shoot incident at Triplemania. AAA needs to act decisively; Sexy Star's actions in their ring put a black eye on the company.
- Rosemary will undergo further medical tests to determine the extent of her injury. She has not been officially diagnosed yet, so any reports of her injuries are a bit premature.
- Rosemary buried Sexy Star for the incident and her response to it. What AAA does now will be critical for the relationship with GFW.
WWE has an official John Cena Halloween costume already on sale in stores. I really hope some of the NXT era stars can reach that level of mainstream appeal.
MYC/NXT competitor Lacey Evans was profiled again. She definitely has an impressive background.
Shayna Baszler also got press before MYC dropped. I'm very interested to see how her wrestling career goes; she's definitely putting in work.
Killian Dain has a new look. That's a shame; he's more intimidating with the wild hair.
Cody will defend the ROH World Championship against Minoru Suzuki at Death Before Dishonor XV, in Suzuki's first U.S. appearance in 25 years. I hope that means they're continuing to build Cody's reign for him to face Castle at Final Battle; Cody beating a Japanese legend would definitely build him up. I don't know how great the match will be given the 17-year age difference, but it will be historic.
Epico worked two matches on Smackdown live events this weekend, losing to Sin Cara in a singles match before teaming with Aiden English in a loss to the Hype Bros. Primo's still out injured.
Curt Hawkins also worked two matches on Raw cards this weekend, losing to Finn Balor and competing in a 12-man tag that he also lost. That makes somewhere in the neighborhood of 110 straight losses (the vast majority of which were untelevised). Hey, he's getting more work than he's ever gotten before, so good for him.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I don't see anyone making it far in the business using "Stone Cold's finisher" without his approval. Everyone's going to associate that move with him anyway, which is probably not what you want when you're trying to get yourself over. I also expect the Tombstone will remain off-limits in WWE for the same reason. Of course, the question will be what happens if/when the Young Bucks and Okada come to WWE. WWE will cross that bridge when they get to it.
2. It could have been a surprise that he got put in the world title picture in his first match. That's about all I can go with.
3. Some of it was establishing Fish and O'Reilly as players in NXT and showing what they can do before Cole also joined. There's the possibility they have Black try to get another win over either of them or of Cole to continue the angle.
4. WWE cleared the reference with everyone involved, but as was said, talent doesn't want to get the reputation of turning down ideas. There are a LOT of people out there who want that TV time and will do pretty much anything for it. It's a tough situation. On something of a separate note, I think Vince would appreciate talent "grabbing the brass ring" and fighting for ideas they think will get them over instead of taking a passive role in the process.
5. It seems like any time someone loses a match quickly or isn't used much or something, there are reports of them either "being in the dog house" or "being frustrated with their push," etc. Rusev taking such a quick loss led to that story catching fire. Some workers in the business take bumps; others run websites.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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