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Monday, February 26, 2018

Interview with HBK, Impact reunion at UFC, Rusev delivers Rusev Day shirts, Broken trademarks abandoned, Elimination Chamber merch features two names not at the show, NJPW books another big match for California, Brock meets UFC head, and Questions on Rock not appearing for WWE, why Roman wrestles in a vest, Louisiana's wrestling rules, and Jarrett's future post-WWE HoF

Shawn Michaels was on Sean Waltman's latest podcast, putting over Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks as well as talking about being a coach at the WWE Performance Center. It's great to see people outside of WWE getting put over by people like Michaels. Omega and the Bucks have definitely done a lot of work to get where they are today.

Drake Maverick and EC3 reunited front row at a UFC event. I'm glad to see them both in WWE. I hope Maverick doesn't peak as GM. He's got more potential than that.

Rusev visited the company that prints his Rusev Day shirts. Pretty funny, and good promotion for the printers.

Anthem's former "Broken" trademarks have officially been abandoned, opening the door for Matt Hardy to revive them. The trademarks in question are "Broken Matt," "Brother Nero," "Vanguard1," and "Broken Brilliance."

Goldust and Jason Jordan were on the official take-home chair for Elimination Chamber, which suggests both men were scheduled for the show in some fashion. Jordan would have almost certainly been in the men's Chamber match. I'm not as sure about Goldust, unless there were plans for him to be in a 205 Live match at some point.

Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi, The Golden Lovers, will face the Young Bucks at NJPW's California event on March 25. That's going to be a blockbuster show, and it's been sold out for weeks. NJPW's U.S. business is pretty solid.

Brock Lesnar met with UFC's Dana White before Elimination Chamber. The events of three years ago are playing out once again, with Brock vs. Roman headlining Mania and Brock's WWE future after that up in the air. Brock competing in UFC again would definitely be big for both sides. We'll see what WWE can offer Lesnar to stay.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. If Rock wants to appear for WWE, WWE will be more than glad to have him. If he wants to focus on acting or something else, that's his right. He's already done plenty to elevate the company over the years, and WWE's not going to throw away an appearance from one of the top actors in the world because of something he did for the live crowd when the cameras weren't rolling. Rock's production company is still making the Paige movie, which is going to be big for both sides. Everything's fine between Rock and WWE.

2. It's just to tie into The Shield gimmick, since that's what brought him to the main event scene in the first place.

3. I assume those regulations are just for smaller promotions, since WWE has ambulances and the wrestlers have enough training to be trusted to do a piledriver relatively safely.

4. Impact has clearly moved on from him, and I don't think anyone expects GFW to flourish. I'd almost certainly expect his WWE HoF induction to symbolize the end of his efforts to start a competing promotion.

5. I wouldn't be shocked to see him end up getting a role in WWE in some fashion, but right now I think he'll just get a legends deal, merchandise, appearances in WWE games and documentaries, etc.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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