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Thursday, September 14, 2017

MYC guests and press, more on ESPN Flair doc, more vintage WWE Network content, NXT DVD preview, new NXT merch, why GFW pulled the Network, GLOW gearing up for season two, Alberto lawsuit, Smackdown live event notes, and Questions on Show's transformation, female referees, the other SAnitY member, determining a wrestler's finisher, and wrestling without Nitro

The following names were at the MYC final: Asuka, Dana Warrior, Alundra Blayze, Beth Phoenix, Peyton Royce, Billie Kay, Summer Raw, Mercedes Martinez, Piper Niven, Toni Storm, Ronda Rousey, Jessamyn Duke. Chelsea Rae, Nikki Bella, Charlotte Flair, Bayley, Becky Lynch, Olympian Erica Wiebe, Candice LaRae, GLOW cast members, and former WWE/GFW referee Brian Wittenstein. So, it was as big of an event as they wanted it to be on that front.

- ESPN caught up with Ronda Rousey at the event. WWE has got to appreciate that mainstream press for the show.

- The Las Vegas Review-Journal interviewed Stephanie McMahon, Bayley, Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch about Ronda Rousey's potential for WWE. Horsewomen vs. Horsewomen can be a big deal for WWE.

ESPN is discussing an advance screening for their Ric Flair special, which will air on that network in November. I look forward to seeing that documentary.

More World Class TV episodes have been added to WWE Network. WCW Thunder episodes are coming later this month. Thunder has got to be the most prominent show that hasn't been uploaded yet.

NXT's November DVD has a trailer out. I expect plenty more NXT DVDs in the years to come.

WWE is now selling replicas of the new NXT Championship.

GFW shut down the Global Wrestling Network after inadvertently making the service public while working on it. Fans were briefly able to access all its video content for free. Fans are very savvy these days and will easily catch on to most technical mistakes.

Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, & Bobby Fish have their first NXT T-shirt. It looks like they'll be known as Undisputed. That's not an awful name; it's just not one I'd have thought of for them. At least not making reference to "honor" means they won't have to face any heat from ROH, and it lets the stable expand to people who didn't work there.

Netflix's GLOW series will start taping season two on October 16. It will be ten episodes, as the first season was. I'm glad it's so popular; I hope that means wrestling will get more acceptance.

Alberto El Patron is suing a Mexican promotion for not paying him and other wrestlers for some shows in May. The wrestling business can be shady like that sometimes, unfortunately. I hope everyone involved gets what they're owed.

University of Hawaii football coach Nick Rolovich was in New Day's corner as they beat Dolph Ziggler & Baron Corbin on a Smackdown live event in that state. I like when they work with local markets like that.

- Asuka accompanied Charlotte, Naomi, & Becky Lynch as they defeated Natalya, Tamina, Lana, & Carmella on the same show. She was booked for the tour going through Japan well before the announcement of her coming to Raw.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Big Show has really turned things around with his massive weight loss, and he deserves credit for that determination. The matches with Braun have indeed been great. All that said, if we were still getting the Show from before he hit the gym, I'd probably still be calling for him to retire. The years of wear and tear from carrying that much weight around were taking their toll; I'm glad he took the route he did instead of phoning things in and staying in the shape he was in.

2. I'd start with having regular female referees in women's matches on all brands, but I'm fine with that eventual goal. They just have to be careful with a female referee in a male match being a tip off to there not being ref bumps involved.

3. Sawyer got injured, so Dain stepped up to the plate. That worked out well for Killian and for SAnitY. Sawyer has been back in action since then on NXT live events, but he's not part of that group anymore.

4. It's not basic when someone Braun's size does it! It's a feeling out process a lot of times determining what works best as a signature move or finisher.

5. I'd like to think things would have turned into what they are today eventually as fans started to demand more than squash matches. Smaller wrestlers and international wrestlers might have had a longer time to be featured in WWF, with Vince notoriously not wanting to step out of his comfort zone. Nitro really sped things up as far as variety in wrestling went. Interestingly, now the changes are happening inside the WWE system with HHH's projects.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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