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Monday, January 22, 2018

Rock the subject of a musical, assorted WWE and Raw 25 press, Interviews with Ricochet/Koko/Miz, top WWE name getting documentary DVD?, another UK title match booked, WWE stars do YouTube challenges, 205 Live live event notes, and Questions on booking EC3 and Lashley in WWE, Johnston's release, Russo's whereabouts, and injuries affecting Mania

The Rock is the subject of a musical taking place in 2050. That sounds amazing.

Sasha Banks will be on MTV's Total Request Live Tuesday. I had no idea that show was still a thing. Holy crap.

Goldust put over his Raw tenure. He's been an institution for WWE, and for wrestling as a whole.

Seth Green put over Raw's anniversary.

Ricochet discussed joining the WWE Performance Center. He's considered one of the best wrestlers in the world. There are big expectations for him.

WWE is considering an AJ Styles documentary DVD. They'd have to reach out to Anthem to license some footage for that right? There's only so much to showcase without featuring content from the place where he worked for 12 years.

WWE released the opening to tonight's Raw. It's always interesting to see who is and isn't featured on these videos. I was a little surprised to see C.M. Punk. Pretty great retrospective, though.

Natalya wrote a column about Raw's anniversary.

Koko B. Ware discussed being on the first Raw and more.

Pete Dunne will defend the WWE UK Championship against Zack Gibson at FutureShock Wrestling's February 17 event. The UK brand remains more or less on-hold.

WWE stars did some challenges with YouTube's EvanTubeHD. This got significantly more views than the video of Ricochet at the WWE Performance Center. Make of that what you will.

The Miz invaded Sam Roberts' podcast. I wish Miz and The Miztourage had a podcast.

Adam Pearce was in charge of 205 Live's shows this weekend. No other producers were present. This was hardly a big production for WWE.

Former FCW star Bill Carr was backstage at the 205 Live live event in New York. He had teamed with Bray Wyatt, who was working the show.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. As much as I would love for him to be a McMahon or Levesque/Helmsley, I think he'll just work as "EC3" going forward, since he has that name trademarked. I strongly doubt WWE will use Dixie Carter as part of his act. It would raise some interesting questions if he's related to both Dixie and the McMahon family, though.

2. They'd been establishing CFO$ as the next generation of music producers for a while. I suppose they felt he wasn't needed anymore given that reality.

3. WWE's already pretty much set the direction for Wrestlemania. If Lashley works the show at all, I think it would be the Andre battle royal or something. They'd be better off saving him for the week after the show. I think Lashley's great, but I don't think they should hotshot him into the main event of Wrestlemania 34.

4. Russo is part of Podcastone, so he's presumably making money from that. Just because no one's currently threatening to kill him, that doesn't mean he's not still active.

5. They pretty much nailed it. There are enough big names still there to sell Mania. Goldberg will at least make an appearance as part of the Hall of Fame. I can see some of those other names getting some shine in the Mania picture, but I don't think any of them are going to be at the level of Brock, Taker, HHH, Shane, or Cena. Unless one or more of those names is unable to work the show, I think they'll be fine.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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