Chamber event offering big discouts, Fast Lane update, more NJPW coming to Australia, Swann gets another date, female wrestler facing cancer, Louisiana bans popular move, Aro Lucha updates, HoFer on HOH tour in Australia, more ROH matches set, Shirai still planning WWE debut, Apollo name change update, Jarrett HoF hype, Rousey going in a different HoF, Interviews with Ivory/Henry, who planned Raw's gauntlet, Smackdown audience, top name debuts on NXT live events, Gargano-NXT update, and Questions on WWE name changes, Kaitlyn returning, no pets in wrestling, and why Nash was Oz

Elimination Chamber is offering two-for-one ticket deals. It's a shame interest for WWE events is struggling right now.

John Cena is still being advertised for Fast Lane, which has interesting implications for Wrestlemania. I'd be surprised to see Taker on Smackdown to build to their rumored WM34 match, so we'll see what all that means.

NJPW's Australian tour was considered a success, to the point the company is looking to return sooner than expected. There's already talk of running another tour in November or December.

Rich Swann is being booked by The Crash for March 17, so he's getting regular post-WWE dates.

LuFisto has announced she's suffering from cervical cancer and will need surgery. I hope she's able to recover from that quickly, physically and financially.

Louisiana has banned piledrivers on wrestling events due to a legitimate injury, but this isn't expected to hamper anything on WWE's end given how big their events are in the state.

Aro Lucha is continuing taping for television, but is holding back on running more live events. Konnan and the former Ricardo Rodriguez have been doing commentary work for the first tapings to get episodes ready to sell.

Mick Foley will appear on House of Hardcore's Australia tour.

Kenny King will team with a duo of ROH fans' choosing against Silas Young, Beer City Bruiser, and Brian Milonas at Manhattan Mayhem. The options are the Briscors, the Motor City Machine Guns, Coast 2 Coast, The Dawgs, and the pair of Vinny Marseglia and TK O'Ryan. The four teams not picked will have a four-way elimination tag match on the same show.

Io Shirai still intends to come to WWE, pending being cleared by their doctors. She's considered one of the best female wrestlers in the world.

Apollo likely "lost" his last name in WWE due to the recent school shooting involving someone with the last name Cruz. I can see why they'd do that, though I didn't draw a connection to the two.

Jeff Jarrett talked to Jerry Lawler about their shared history, and Jim Cornette discussed Jarrett going into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Ronda Rousey will go into the International Sports Hall of Fame on March 3. That will be big for WWE.

Ivory had a second appearance on Stone Cold's podcast. You know someone had a big career when it takes two podcast episodes to cover it all.

Vince McMahon laid out Raw's gauntlet match, suggesting its length and presentation. A lot of people were surprised, as he is not usually known for championing long matches.

Cody vs. Matt Taven is official for ROH's 16th anniversary PPV. ROH has done a good job setting that one up, and building to the show in general.

Mark Henry discussed helping recruit and develop the current generation of talent. I'm glad he's in a role to do that now.

Smackdown drew 2.61 million viewers this week, a notable boost from last week's 2.45 million.

Ricochet has begun working NXT live events. He defeated Buddy Murphy in Ontario on Thursday.

Johnny Gargano is continuing to work NXT shows, presumably with the angle he's being allowed to do shows he was already booked for before his most recent loss to Almas. Gargano teamed with Candice LeRae to defeat Andrade "Cien" Almas and Zelina Vega in Ontario on Thursday.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
Nothing to add to 1.

2. It will depend on the talent. If someone's already really tied to a certain name for a lot of fans, like EC3 or Ricochet, they have a better chance of keeping their pre-WWE identity. Sometimes WWE wants to play off a hot talent coming in, and other times they want someone to start fresh with a new identity.

3. There was talk of WWE being interested at one point, but I expect it's still something of a feeling out process on her end as she's just now getting back into the ring. Some of her return is a personal journey of recovery, rather than just seeking a way back to WWE.

4. I definitely think it's a travel thing, as well as it being something of a hassle and added expense. If that wasn't the case, Natalya should absolutely come to the ring with an army of cats each week.

5. Pre-Bischoff WCW had its cartoony moments, which wasn't unusual for wrestling at the time.

More wrestling tomorrow.