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Monday, December 11, 2017

Swann arrested and suspended, DJ Z hurt, more from HHH vs. Jinder in India, WWE selling combo tickets for back-to-back tapings, new NWA Champion crowned, assorted WWE press, Smackdown live event note, Arolucha pilot taping notes, and Questions on WWE's next content deal, what's next for Matt Hardy, Jason's future, Rock's lack of WWE appearances, and expanding the women's Rumble

Rich Swann was arrested and charged with false imprisonment and battery in Florida, with the possibility of years in prison and thousands of dollars in fines:

- Reports say Swann's wife, who performs as Su Yung, left a car Swann was driving in the middle of an argument regarding a match Yung had just competed in. Yung alleges she felt Swann was angry with her performance and left before the argument could escalate. Swann left the car and grabbed Yung before leading her back to the car in a headlock. Yung screamed for help and tried to escape as Swann pulled away. Before Swann and Yung returned to the car, the unparked car ran into a telephone pole.

- After the car was pulled over by police, Yung said she tried to get Swann to park the car so she could leave the argument, but he refused to do so, so she left once the car slowed down. Swann denied getting physical with Yung, saying she voluntarily returned to the car and that he needed the GPS on her phone to return home from the event.

- WWE suspended Swann indefinitely in accordance with their policy regarding domestic violence. Should he be convicted of charges, Swann will be released. 

- Swann's story was picked up by "New York Times" and Associated Press. Even if he's in the clear legally, this is going to follow him for some time. That's a very scary incident, and deserves to be treated seriously by everyone involved. I hope everyone can move forward in a constructive way and this is the last time either party is involved with an incident like this. Swann could have a long career ahead of this, but WWE isn't going to want to promote him in the public if he can't keep his emotions in check.

DJ Z recently suffered a pinched nerve. He's working through it following an MRI. Z also had his wallet stolen recently. I hope he's back in form before too much longer. He's been working actively, although hasn't been in Impact since March.

Triple H, Jinder Mahal, and the Singh brothers did a traditional Indian dance after the main event in India. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA classic Triple H.

WWE is selling combination tickets for the February 19 Raw and February 20 Smackdown in the same venue in Arizona. Not a bad idea.

The former Magnus defeated Tim Storm to become the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion. The title change took place at CZW's Cage of Death 19. That was a significant stage to do that match. I'm curious what's next for the new champion and for NWA as a whole.

Triple H shared a flight to the U.S. with a popular YouTube star. I wonder if he took a Pedigree, too?

AJ Styles responded to a video of a bullied child. That's powerful stuff.

Breezango have a Fashion Files video on Smackdown live events, setting up a match with The Colons. I like it.

Aro Lucha had their debut show in Tennessee:
- The 1,000 seat venue was filled. Some fans were turned away at the door, which was very impressive for the promotion's first show.

- Konnan and Vince Russo produced pre-taped segments and promos at the show.

- Shane Helms was a producer for several matches at the event as well as a wrestler.

- Willie Mack worked as Willie McClinton.

- The former El Torito worked as Mascarita Sagrada, his pre-WWE name.

- Rebecca Hardy worked as a heel authority figure for the women.

- Taya Valkyrie worked a tag match.

- James Storm worked his first match since leaving Impact. He could end up having a backstage role as well, since that was discussed when Aroluxe had a controlling interest at Impact.

- Jack Evans worked as Jack Edwards.

- Garza, Jr. worked a six-man tag.

- Johnny Impact/Johnny Mundo worked the main event as John Hennigan.

- The taping went about two hours.

- Modelo Beer was featured as a sponsor.

- Jeremy Borash and Jerry Lynn were visiting.

- Another taping is expected in January.

- A lot of current and former Impact crew members worked the event, including the head of the ring crew. With the show being in Tennessee, that's not a big surprise. I assume Impact is good with them working both promotions. Aroluxe would be smart to set tapings around what Impact is doing so there's no conflict.

- Juventud Guerrara will join the promotion at some point.

- CWFH's Denise Salcedo did ring announcing in English and Spanish as DeeDee.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Not much to say other than WWE has a good number of options for their next deal, whether Disney buys Fox or not.

2. If it's going to be anything like his Impact run, I expect some pretty wacky stuff with the extended Hardy family, including Reby, Reby's father, and Matt's son Maxel. Last time we got drones, fireworks, a lake that brings back former gimmicks, and a volcano. It's... different for sure.

3. I think he's faking being injured to have an excuse to lose on the route to a heel turn. That could be pretty fun. If he can emulate heel Angle from the WWF days, he'll be onto something.

4. It's all up to if he wants to be involved with something and if they can come up with an angle for him. They're not going to put him on TV without an idea beyond "oh hey The Rock's here." They want his appearances to be special. Otherwise they're just taking time away from the people they do want to use as more regular workers.

5. I'm good with starting with a fairly small group, including an NXT name or two and some surprises like we'll hopefully see in the men's Rumble match. I don't want them to have to really stretch to fill spots. I would like to see Jazzy and Piper again if the booking's right.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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