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Friday, February 9, 2018

Another NJPW Australia main event set, NXT names working Smackdown tour, Stardom hosting WOH tournament matches, more Total Divas on the Network, Smackdown team vs. NHL players?, WWE book coming soon, NWA launches podcasts, WWE Fast Lane main event expands, new female coach at WWEPC, Shinsuke autobiography coming in English, Interviews with Aries/Elias, Mattel has action figure battle, Bryan-AXXESS update, WWE licenses Impact content, and Questions on MYC hires, the WWE Title picture, ECW's NWA era, biggest surprise Rumble entrant, and best HHH matches

NJPW's February 18 Australian show will be headlined by Cody and the Young Bucks facing Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, and Jay White.

Aleister Black vs. Alexander Wolfe is set for Smackdown's May 19 show in The Netherlands. Black is Dutch and Wolfe is German, so this is a chance for them to work closer to home rather than a sign of either moving from NXT to Smackdown.

Stardom will host two first-round matches in ROH's women's championship tournament. That's another step in growing ROH's brand worldwide and filling out Women Of Honor.

"Total Divas" season six is now available in WWE Network's on-demand section.

The Bludgeon Brothers challenged a pair of NHL players. I'd like to think Harper and Rowan will be in the tag team title picture shortly instead of facing hockey players, but it's a nice homage to the burly bearded hockey duo.

WWE's second Ultimate Superstars Guide will release on March 6.

NWA has launched a series of podcasts as "The NWA Network." They're doing a good job of giving Aldis a platform.

WWE Fast Lane will now be headlined with a Fatal Four Way match, as the winner of Dolph Ziggler vs. Baron Corbin will become the third challenger to AJ Styles' WWE Championship. I guess that adds some variety to things. And maybe Ziggler and Shane have something up their sleeves? Shane could have convinced him to come back for the 30th spot in the Rumble, and this is a further move as part of that deal.

Serena Deeb is now a coach at the WWE Performance Center. That's pretty cool. The company is continuing to build a female presence inside and outside the ring.

Shinsuke Nakamura's autobiography will be released in English this summer. That's big. He could very well be WWE Champion at that point.

Austin Aries had a conference call before Impact Wrestling, confirming his deal is for a fixed number of dates and time. Hopefully he adds to the company in his latest run and things go well for both sides.Interestingly, he also confirmed talking to Impact before he became a free agent, which is technically illegal.

Elias is on the most recent Edge and Christian podcast. I'd love to see them play kazoos while he plays guitar.

Mattel did an action figure match between Goldberg and Roman Reigns. I love this.

Daniel Bryan's Wrestlemania AXXESS VIP signing has sold out. He could be a big addition to non-WWE shows later this year and further on. 

WWE has licensed "Broken Universe" footage from Impact. That could pop up on an upcoming Hardy Boyz DVD or another project entirely. WWE's smart to monetize that given how much of a buzz it got. I'm surprised Impact has yet to release it all on DVD or as a special on the Global Wrestling Network.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I'll second Piper Niven and add Mia Yim and Toni Storm. The latter two are stars waiting to happen for WWE.

2. This is one of the few times I'll jump on the WWE booking burial bandwagon. They missed two interesting angles with Owens and Sami "leaving WWE" and them being co-champions. Instead, we're in for Owens vs. Sami Round 5,000 and a really bland AJ/Shinsuke angle. Smackdown has really dropped the ball in their main event scene.

3. ECW was definitely a unique promotion at times.

4. I've got to give a nod to Haku showing up in the 2001 Rumble a week after winning the WCW Hardcore Championship. It's hard to top that.

5. That's definitely a popular one. I'd add his Wrestlemania 30 match with Daniel Bryan to the mix.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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