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Monday, August 21, 2017

ROH title change, new WWE album, lots of WWE press, Summerslam weekend visitors and notes, JR+Heyman appearance, Flair update, new ROH TV matches, ROH name working CMLL events, and Questions on WWE not clearing Bryan, wishing Flair well, Russo in GFW, Cornette replacing Prichard, and Corbin's awful week

The Young Bucks & Hangman Page beat Dalton Castle & The Boys in the UK to become the new ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions, possibly setting up Castle going for Cody's ROH World Championship. I assume the Bullet Clubbers will hold those titles until the Kingdom is back as a unit.

WWE has released another digital album of unreleased versions of themes on iTunes and Amazon Music.

MLB.com covered WWE names visiting a Mets game. WWE loves that publicity.

WWE got press for their Make-A-Wish visit in Brooklyn. They love that publicity, too.

Emma promoted WWE in New Zealand next month. I hope TM-61, Billie Kay, and Peyton Royce are there next year. We'll see.

Kurt Angle discussed Ric Flair's influence on him. When an all-time great credits you as an all-time great, that's really something.

WWE is making an "Undertaker's graveyard" exhibit in the UK at the end of October.

- WWE promoted the exhibit. That's pretty cool.

Stephanie McMahon and Dana Warrior were ringside for Saturday's Takeover special.

Lana got press with New York Daily News.

Becky Lynch called out Cris Cyborg... again. I'm ready to see the payoff to this, even if it's a dance-off or something.

Finn Balor challenged Brock Lesnar and discussed other Summerslam topics. Balor vs. Lesnar would really be great. I think the Demon might be able to give him a run for his money, too.

JR and Paul Heyman discussed C.M. Punk and Joey Ryan. Ryan does his role well. He stands out in the crowd, which is often the key to success. As for Punk, I can see how he was so burned out fighting the machine and doing favors but not getting his dues.

Charlotte gave an update on Ric's progress. I hope the worst of the ordeal is over and he makes a full recovery.

ROH has announced two new matches for Saturday's TV taping:
- Rocky Romero vs. Marty Scurll
- Cheeseburger vs. Will Ferrara

Flip Gordon will be competing at CMLL's 84th anniversary show, as well as some other shows in the promotion as part of the working agreement with ROH. Good to see ROH names getting work in Mexico as part of the deal.

Summerslam had heavy security, and the Barclays Center wasn't open for fans until after Kickoff had started. WWE really needs to address that for the future, as I'm sure a lot of fans wanted to see the Kickoff matches.

Cesaro took the beach ball from security so he could rip it up himself. That was AMAZING. I hope that's the end of beach balls, but I have my doubts. 

Visiting at Summerslam were Lin-Manuel Miranda, Seth Green, The Future, Brenda Song, Macauly Culkin, Dana Warrior, The Rock's wife and daughter, and Shane McMahon's sons.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Not at all. They'd definitely rather have him there making them a lot of money as a wrestler than paying him a big contract to be an on-screen character/reality show star.

2. That hospital's about to be flooded with mail if they don't announce something soon.

3. He'd have to convince Jarrett and/or Anthem it's in their best interest to use him. No way would they want to have Russo and Cornette under the same roof after the threats Jim made. I'm still shocked they signed off on using Jim again after some of his comments and actions. As great as a character as Cornette is, his previous behaviors wouldn't be tolerated in most respectable companies.

4. I'm not so sure. I enjoy Jim as a character, but given his backstage history, I don't know if he's worth utilizing. Maybe, since he's only there in an on-screen role, things will be OK.

5. Corbin('s character) got pretty impulsive. With him losing the briefcase and losing to Cena so quickly, I wonder if he's about to take a 30-day vacation. I hope that's not the case, but this definitely feels like something that could be a punishment.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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