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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

New title match for Sunday, Interviews with Jarrett/Orton/Renee, Titus has NFL guests, Ellsworth debuts own title, more on future autobiographies, Stephanie to talk to Lilian, Omega set for Y2J cruise, more on Impact's March 4 show, Bayley on upcoming DVD, more set for Manhattan Mayhem, and Questions on Braun as Austin, #MeToo vs. WWE, Asuka vs. Rousey, Show's weight, and Sable missing Raw 25

The Bar vs. Titus O'Neil and Apollo is official for Elimination Chamber, with the Raw Tag Team Championship on the line. This was kind of thrown together with a quick victory from the challengers on Raw.

Jeff Jarrett discussed going into the WWE Hall of Fame. I can't emphasize enough how cool it is to see him honored after 19 years away from the company.

San Francisco NFL players joined Titus Worldwide. Titus has been clever in branding himself this way.

Randy Orton discussed Ronda Rousey coming to WWE. She's definitely entering a new environment, and that comes with risk.

James Ellsworth has introduced an Intergender Championship, playing off Andy Kaufman. That's perfect for him.

Sabu's and Vader's autobiographies are due out later this year. Both could be really interesting.

Stephanie McMahon will be on Lilian Garcia's podcast Monday. That could really be big.

Renee Young had a long interview with Sam Roberts. She's really become an important voice in WWE.

Kenny Omega has been announced for Chris Jericho's cruise. He's obviously a big name to get for the event.

Impact Wrestling's March 4 event is now called "Last Chancery." It will be headlined by Austin Aries vs. Kongo Kong vs. Matt Sydal. Trevor Lee vs. Josh Alexander has also been set for the event. So it looks like Kongo's going to be a big threat soon.

Bayley was interviewed for the upcoming Randy Savage DVD. Pretty cool stuff.

ROH has announced more for Manhattan Mayhem:
- Caprice Coleman's Pulpit with fans choosing the guest.
- Punishment Martinez vs. CMLL's Soberano, Jr.
- SoCal Uncensored and Shane Taylor vs. Young Bucks, Hangman Page, and Marty Scurll in an "Ultimate Mayhem" match with staggered entrances and the match only being able to be won by pinfall or submission once all eight men are in the ring.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. They're definitely booking Braun as someone who doesn't mind making some noise and raising some hell to get his way. I can certainly see the argument he should have beaten Brock and be featured as even more of a top name.

2. The #MeToo movement is largely about things going on off-screen that shouldn't be happening. WWE has very clearly changed the presentation of its women in recent years to be less exploitative, so I don't think there's any real backlash to the company now.

3. I really, really don't think it will happen at Wrestlemania given Asuka being in title contention, but they could definitely have the two of them compete later on.

4. Show was definitely at some unhealthy weights at times in his career. Thankfully he's really turned things around since then.

5. Sable has very deliberately stayed out of the public eye the past decade or so. She's moved on from being a former WWE performer and is now focused on being a wife and mother.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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