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Thursday, January 18, 2018

Knockout hospitalized, ROH taping matches set, podcast notes, Interview with Eva Marie, more Raw 25 names, Impact PPV location update, Impact's Twitch channel goes live, Alberto notes, top Impact name pulled from event, more 2017 highlights on WWE Network, WWE Full Sail scholarship, Rusev and Lana tease projects, Raw audience, HoFer pulls out of Raw 25, Reigns denies involvement with steroid ring, and Questions on Enzo's personality, GLOW in the Rumble, Tough Enough criteria, Jordan vs. Angle, and WWE paying for NJPW content

Sienna was hospitalized for blood clots in each lung. She wrestled January 12 and 13 for Impact before checking herself in. I hope she's able to return soon.

Announced for ROH's February 10 TV taping:
- Cody, Hangman Page, and Marty Scurll vs. The Kingdom
- Jay Lethal vs. Jonathan Gresham
- Kelly Klein vs. Jessie Brooks in the first round of the Women of Honor tournament

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn are on Chris Jericho's latest podcast. There's a lot of mutual respect there.

Bruce Prichard and John Pollock were on Jim Ross' latest podcast.

Eva Marie discussed battling alcoholism with InStyle, and further on her Instagram. I hope she can continue succeeding on that front.

Trish Stratus and Christian have been added to Raw's 25th anniversary. Edge will be unable to make the show.

Impact's April 22 Redemption event is being planned for Ottawa, but no deal is currently in place to run the show there. If they are unable to come to terms on running a show in that area, the backup plan is to do the event in Universal Studios. They've got three months to put something together, so I'm not too worried about their chances. They should definitely get on it sooner rather than later, however.

Impact's Twitch channel has begun streaming content. I worry that this will cannibalize the GWN, but it could end up being something of a sample for the content there.

Alberto El Patron gave a lot of talents feedback at the recently-completed Impact tapings. That's good, given his experience in the business. Alberto also did some work with Make-A-Wish recently. I'm glad he's being so selfless.

Lashley has been pulled from WrestlePro's February 3 event, where Impact will be taping a lot of content. Johnny Impact will face Dan Maff at the show instead. Lashley's Impact contract is up February 1, so he very well could have finished working there at the last tapings.

WWE Network is adding more content to their Match of the Year collection.

WWE gave a Full Sail student a big scholarship. That's awesome!

Rusev and Lana teased being part of "exciting projects" in Los Angeles. They could have a pretty big future ahead of them.

Raw drew 3.25 million viewers following the end of Monday Night Football. 

Kevin Nash will be unable to make Raw 25 due to his recent knee surgery.

Roman Reigns issued a statement denying a connection to a steroid ring after a supplier made reference to Reigns being a client. We'll see if anything else comes out of the allegation.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. He's an amazing heel. So amazing that he's even a heel when the cameras aren't rolling! I find him entertaining, and he definitely has an audience, but he's clearly not for everyone. There are plenty of other wrestlers his size who are less full of themselves and more technically competent, but it's good to have someone who can cut a great promo and get the crowd interested in what they're doing amid all the impressive athletics.

2. I wouldn't be shocked to see some GLOW names. They've got quite a few spots to fill. I'm also curious whether she's more "over" for her work in GLOW compared to being Awesome Kong or Kharma. Heck, maybe she could appear as Tamme and then return as Kharma after being eliminated. 

3. Wrestlers as judges seek out different qualities than people looking for "sports entertainment superstars." That's about the best answer I can think of.

4. That's too many turns too quickly, I think. Especially with Ambrose out. I definitely think Angle vs. Jordan is something they can do at some point, but we're not there yet.

5. Presumably they saw that DVD as important enough to spend the extra money on.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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