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Sunday, August 27, 2017

Main Event Reax - 8/26/17, MYC schedule, Network honoring IC title, Cass/Ciampa injury updates, Interviews with Alexa/Bayley/Douglas, more WWE ice cream bar clothes, WWE announcer honored, GFW name wins NOAH title, Coach Titus, GFW name injured in shoot incident, Johnny-AAA update, Charlotte back in the ring, and Questions on booking McGregor-Mayweather, editing Raw, where Harper is, and Rousey in WWE

-- Main Event:
- Slater vs. Hawkins:
That was uncalled for, Hawkins! 

I love seeing undercard names getting to break out. This is fun.

Good work so far.

These two do basic action well.

Fine work here.

Not bad at all! Nice to see something other than a big "finishing move" end a match.

- Kendrick vs. Dorado:
I love Brian wearing people down.

This is pretty solid. Kendrick can put together good work with flippy adversaries.

Lince showing off his agility. I like it.

This is pretty fun. Just a straightforward back-and-forth wrestling match.

Imagine tapping out to a side headlock or something in 2017.

Cool superplex spot.

I'm liking this one! Kendrick has been absolutely invaluable to 205 Live.

This is a pretty solid match.

I liked Lince avoiding the Hook.

That was a really good ending sequence. Brian's a master strategist, and it's fun to watch. 

WWE will air the first four episodes of the Mae Young Classic this week after adding them to the VOD portion of the site:
- Episode 1 will air after Raw
- Episode 2 will air after 205 Live
- Episode 3 will air after NXT
- Episode 4 will air Thursday at 8:00 p.m.
-- The current plan is to have one post of coverage for the first four episodes, adding an episode as each airs in this timeslot.

WWE Network will look back at the history of the Intercontinental Championship Friday in celebration of its 38th anniversary.

Big Cass has begun rehabilitation after surgery on his ACL. I hope he's able to return strong.

Alexa Bliss discussed joining "Total Divas." She and Nia should be fun there.

Bayley discussed her injury with  Channel Guide Magazine. The timeline for her recovery is currently unknown.

Puma has a WWE ice cream bar crossover.

Dasha Fuentes got an award from her alma mater. That's great!

Eddie Edwards won NOAH's heavyweight championship, the first non-Japanese wrestler to do so. Naomichi Marufuji challenged him to a future match after the historic win. That's big for GFW , Edwards, and NOAH. I'm glad all the partnerships are paying off.

Titus O'Neil spoke to the Arkansas State men's basketball team. Titus Worldwide expands to another sport!!

Tommaso Ciampa has had three surgeries since Takeover:Chicago. I hope he's all set to go on the road to recovery now. He's a heck of a talent.

Shane Douglas discussed Bill Watts and Paul Heyman. I hope Douglas gets into the WWE HoF at some point. I'm certain Heyman will be.

Rosemary was legitimately injured in an armbar during Triplemania. Sexy Star was made to apologize for that injury. Star and another AAA performer (Lady Shani) had a very tense situation in the ring, and that situation almost continued physically backstage. It's terrible that the wrestlers couldn't be professional in putting on a worked match. I hope Rosemary doesn't miss much time as a result of Star "going into business for herself."

Johnny Impact retained his AAA Championship, so he will be remaining in the promotion and presumably feuding with Vampiro.

Charlotte has returned to the road for WWE, teaming with Becky Lynch to beat Lana & Tamina. I hope that means good things for Ric's health.

For my thoughts on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Conor ending The Streak would have been big! "The One in 49 and One" would have been a good tagline.

2. I think they know three hours of Raw is a LONG time. I also think it's fair to say they only want to focus on the things that advance important storylines. The cruisers have a lot of "filler" matches that are just designed to get them on TV/show what they can do as wrestlers, and that's considered expendable compared to other parts of the show.

Nothing to add to 3.

4. Basically there are other people they're focusing on instead. They've only got so many spots on the show and a LOT of talented people who are fighting over them.

5. I expect her to get a Brock schedule, possibly leading to WM34. That's the right move on both sides. It's not special if we see her compete every week; they need to protect her as an important star.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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