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Friday, October 6, 2017

Impact-GFW update, Interviews with Lashley/CFO$/Robin Wright/Stephanie, , Fite app easier to get, DX runs NXT taping, Sin Cara sneakers, WWE Q3 earnings report set, former Diva back in action, new wrestling toys, earthquake affects Mexican wrestling, AAA press in Mexico, NJPW/CMLL tour set, EVOLVE update, another lucha project coming?, WCPW changing names, LU update, Bucks further respond to WWE letter, Cody+Brandi on E! show, future Impact taping sites, potential Impact signing, Impact injury, more Smackdown names on Raw India tour, Joe update, Brock's next opponent?, another indie name to WWE?, Enzo stunting, Bellas at convention, NYCC notes, Baszler gets to work, and Questions on Funk wrestling again, Impact airing GFW shows, WM34 weekend events, Aiden O'Shea, and Lavar Ball

Impact Wrestling will continue to air the GFW Amped! anthology this month and next. They had already built their schedule around promoting those shows instead of filming more One Night Only shows, so they were kind of in a corner there.

Lashley gave a long interview on WWE and more. I'm a little surprised he's open to going back to WWE, since one of his goals with Impact was having a schedule working around MMA commitments.

The Fite app is now available on Roku directly for those without the app on mobile devices. ROH and other wrestling promotions have content on the service.

Shawn Michaels and Road Dogg were in charge of this weekend's NXT taping, as Triple H was doing promotional work in India. That's the first time HHH has missed an NXT taping; I'm glad he has capable people he can trust to do things without him.

Reebok has some Sin Cara-inspired sneakers coming. They're OK, I guess.

- Sin Cara is in New York City promoting the shoe.

WWE musicians CFO$ talked about their road to WWE and more. I'm glad a new generation is getting a chance to make music in the company; there are a LOT of people needing music these days.

WWE will report their third quarter 2017 earnings on October 26, before the opening of the market. Hopefully they deliver good news there, particularly in regard to the Network's progress.

Candice Michelle is returning for a final match in her hometown through House of Hardcore in December. Glad to see a lot of those names getting work there.

Actress Robin Wright discussed Andre the Giant and The Princess Bride. Talk about a successful cult classic.

WWE and lucha legends will be getting M.U.S.C.L.E. line toys later this year. That's interesting! This is in addition to WWE's Mattel toys.

A number of lucha shows in Mexico were canceled as a result of the recent earthquake there.

AAA is getting branded lottery tickets in Mexico, with wrestlers and top owners featured.

NJPW's tour with CMLL in Japan will go from January 12 through January 22. That's a pretty big occasion for both sides.

EVOLVE will be running fewer shows going forward as a result of the Flosports deal ending.

Aroluxe Marketing is casting wrestlers and actors for a Spanish-language lucha libre TV pilot in the vein of Lucha Underground. It sounds like the initial goal is to use talents leaving LU for a promotion based out of Nashville, including live events. Vince Russo is being scouted for the project. That could be insane. It basically sounds like they want to do a cheaper version of LU.

What Culture Pro Wrestling is changing its name to Defiant Wrestling on December 4. That definitely makes more sense for a wrestling company name.

LU is expected to have a fourth season on a much smaller budget. If El Rey doesn't announce the show being renewed in the next month or so, it will be shopped to other potential avenues.

LU talent appearing on Impact was AAA's call. With LU not being able to give their talent regular work, this was seen as alleviating that problem to a degree.

The Young Bucks are dropping "Suck It" in addition to "Too Sweet," although WWE's cease and desist letter only applied to the latter. In true Bucks fashion, they made a "Cease and Desist" shirt censoring the hand gesture in question with the caption "TOO SW#%T!" It was a huge seller for them. The Bucks are pretty savvy, and I can definitely see the comparisons to the original DX as far as pushing boundaries. They know they can get away with a lot more than other wrestlers, because they're doing well enough on their own to not feel like they "need" to go to WWE. I can admire that rebel spirit.

Cody and Brandi Rhodes will be part of E!'s WAGS:Atlanta. They're doing pretty well for themselves outside of WWE, too.

Impact will almost certainly tape more shows from Canada, as they get tax breaks to do so. It's possible they run some major U.S. markets like New York or Chicago, but they have to mind the costs of doing so.

Sami Callihan could be going to Impact. He's currently under LU contract, so it could be a matter of choosing one or the other if LU does get a fourth season. I hope we get to see what we didn't really get to see from "Solomon Crowe" in NXT.

Garza, Jr. had minor shoulder surgery for torn ligaments. He's expected back in action for BFG. He's been getting a spotlight on Impact TV lately.

The Singh brothers will also be working WWE's tour of India. That makes sense, givne how closely they're tied to Jinder.

Samoa Joe is expected back in the ring before the end of the month. I'm curious what he'll be doing going forward.

Finn Balor is the current likely candidate to face Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series. I'm all for that. I'm glad to see someone new in the mix.

Fred Yehi is expected to sign with WWE. He's pretty well lauded as a prospect.

Enzo Amore has been seen walking around Los Angeles wearing his championship. I LOVE IT. He's lucky he doesn't get jumped, but that's hysterical.

The Bella Twins will be at the ACE pop culture convention on December 8 along with Undertaker.

Stephanie McMahon discussed the women's revolution in WWE. I expect the push for women, families, and children to continue.

BOOM! Comics promoted their WWE comic at NYCC.

Ted DiBiase, Sr., Ron Simmons, Jimmy Hart, and Ashley Massaro were signing at NYCC. Good for them!

Shayna Baszler is working NXT live events in Florida this weekend.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It sounds like he has a hard time saying "no" when promoters ask if he can do one more match.

2. I'm under the impression Impact paid for the rights to air those events. Impact has commitments to air fresh PPVs internationally each months, so they might just go ahead and "burn off" the remaining two shows this month and November before moving on from the GFW name at BFG and beyond.

3. As was said, so fans will commit to watching their show instead of another promotion's show. If they go ahead and buy tickets this early, they're really unlikely to back out later on, even if they'd rather go somewhere else that night.

4. He was believed to be part of plans for the NWA reboot. We'll see if that's still the case as Corgan keeps putting things together.

5. Hey, if they think it will get people talking, I wouldn't be shocked to see it.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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