Kairi Sane vs. Toni Storm was the originally planned final for the MYC before WWE decided to use the tournament to push the Horsewomen angle. Hopefully that means they'll use Toni more going forward; she was one of the best workers in the event.
Sexy Star might be done with AAA, as she says she is done working under that name. We'll see if that sticks, as she already returned there under that name after a stint as an unmasked boxer.
A number of NJPW names can now work The Crash after some negotiations. Cody, although not under an exclusive deal with anyone, is not eligible as long as he's ROH Champion. The whole situation is a mess, since CMLL isn't booking a lot of in-demand talent in Mexico despite the working agreements involved.
MYC competitor Miranda Salinas will start working STARDOM in Japan in January. So, if we do see her in WWE again, it will be some time down the road.
GFW is expected to do a show during WM34 weekend, as are ROH, The Crash, and Rev Pro. I hope that goes well for GFW after they skipped WM33 in Orlando.
Will Ospreay will be working ROH in October and November. He's been a standout.
GFW's deal with ran Fighting in Europe is to air an 80-minute commercial-free edition of Impact on the streaming service each week. That's most of the show, but they do cut some things for that timeslot.
Big Show's surgery was planned before the Strowman match. That was a great sendoff for him. I'm loving the Braun push.
Tribute to the Troops is expected to feature Raw and Smackdown names, despite being taped before Smackdown.
AWA legend Otto Wanz passed away at the age of 74. PWInsider recapped his storied career. He was definitely an important figure in wrestling at the time.
Jinder Mahal and New Day met with UFC's Featherweight Champion in Hawaii. Jinder and New Day are doing pretty well in the mainstream.
Jim Cornette will be part of GFW's November TV tapings, but not for every day of them. He's currently more or less a replacement for Bruce Prichard, since Bruce couldn't work all of the August tapings. We'll see how long GFW keeps using Cornette.
Moose buried a Canadian promotion. Canada already has plenty of moose, I guess.
Raw drew 2.90 million viewers Monday, slightly down from the previous week. This is considered a good number against NFL on ESPN.
Smackdown drew 2.75 million viewers this week, a pretty good jump from the previous week. That's the biggest number in five months for the return of Vince McMahon.
Olympian Erica Wiebe trained with NXT stars at the WWE Performance Center after appearing at the MYC finals. She then attended the NXT taping Thursday night. She has a REALLY impressive resume, inside and outside of wrestling accomplishments. I hope we see more of her.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Whatever's left of it that hasn't been taped over is in WWE's vast video archive. They'll get around to uploading some of it eventually, if there's enough demand.
1. Whatever's left of it that hasn't been taped over is in WWE's vast video archive. They'll get around to uploading some of it eventually, if there's enough demand.
2. It was all part of his character. It wasn't so much him being a color commentator as him being a guest at the announce table. Until/unless they get someone who isn't actively wrestling in that role, we'll likely see the role used as a means to get characters over.
3. Haha. Still trying to work a payday at 52. I love it.
4. I don't think NXT needs another title right now, since they just have an hour a week and are also hosting the UK brand here and there. If they went to two hours, I still don't think they'd really "need" a tag division, but they could definitely feature more female wrestlers.
5. It depends on the talent! WWE pulled from a lot of different places to fill out the brackets. I expect some names will be joining NXT in the months to come, though. There were some really solid workers there they'd be crazy to pass on.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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