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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Aro Lucha plans more tapings, Warrior Award winner announced, UFC names at Elimination Chamber, AJ hypes Smackdown, Kane update, Impact lineup changes due to injury, Paige opens new business, Interview with Stephanie, NXT live events set, WWE crossing over with popular game, Charlotte remembers her brother, and Questions on dropping Raw's third hour, why ratings drop in hour three, Vince vs. Bret, Taker losing to Reigns, and Sting losing to HHH

Aro Lucha has announced plans for further tapings in Nashville, alongside a scripted comedy series that will be taping simultaneously. Both projects are targeted at Hispanic and Latino audiences.

WWE has announced this year's Warrior Award winner, a teenage WWE fan who has suffered a litany of severe liver issues. I'm not against him that getting that honor at all. He's been through a lot.

UFC's Cain Velasquez and Daniel Cormier were at Elimination Chamber. I popped for Cain challenging Brock.

AJ Styles did a signing at a Cricket Wireless store in Los Angeles before tonight's Smackdown taping.

Kane was at last night's Raw, but didn't end up being part of the show. It will be interesting to see what his role is heading into Wrestlemania, especially as he continues his political campaign.

Rosemary has been pulled from Impact's March live events due to injury. Allie will replace her. Rosemary has been great in her role, and Allie's pretty solid, too.

Paige has opened her fashion line. Noelle Foley will appear on behalf of the line at Wrestlecon.

Stephanie McMahon discussed Ronda Rousey coming to WWE and more on Lilian Garcia's newest podcast. Stephanie's set to be a really important part of WWE for a long time to come, with more of her initiatives shaping the company.

NXT has announced four live events:
- Washington, D.C. on April 19
- Pennsylvania on April 20 and April 22
- Maryland on April 21

WWE and Rocket League will have crossover during Wrestlemania season. I have a feeling New Day will do something related to the game at Mania.

Charlotte Flair reflected on her brother Reid on what would have been his 30th birthday. Pretty moving Instagram post.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. There's a chance the show changes its length under the next deal, but as was said, it's still a big draw for both sides.

2. Three hours is really, really long for a weekly show. Even something like Game of Thrones would be run into the ground if it had to put on that many hours of content in a year.

3. It was more like "I let Bret hit me once because I broke my word." Vince might not beat Bret himself, but he'd be sure to be better protected if he thought Bret was coming for him again.

4. There was the feeling WM33 was Taker's last match, so he put over the rising star on his way out. They had no way of knowing for sure if Taker had any more matches in him, so they got the most out of it. It was all about building Roman's credibility rather than getting him heat.

5. That could easily have been Sting's only WWE match, so they had someone they knew was going to stick around get the win.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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