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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Greatest Rumble gets even greater, Thunder hits WWE Network, WWE vs. GLOW taped, Interviews with Mandy Rose/Y2J/Taz/Cornette, Best in the World '18 booked, Dudley inductors, latest HoFer official, top WWE name hurt, Impact vs. LU tag match, Rey-WWE note, Raw return advertised, injured star at Raw, SCOH tag title match set, Elias on the Network, what happened live during Ultimate Deletion, and Questions on Asuka's streak, the Cena/Taker build, Bryan's WM34 role, and Vince's limo explosion

The Greatest Royal Rumble will have seven title matches, with every male championship from Raw, Smackdown, and 205 Live on the line. This is going to be one of WWE's biggest events of the year.

WCW Thunder episodes from January 1998 through September 1999 have been uploaded to WWE Network. It's unknown when the second half of the series' run will be put up on the service.

The WWE vs. GLOW episode of "Drop The Mic" has been taped. That should be pretty interesting.

Mandy Rose is on Lilian Garcia's latest podcast.

ROH Best in the World 2018 will be June 29 in Maryland. That will be a big night for ROH's home base.

Chris Jericho discussed a few wrestling topics in a recent interview. Chris has definitely done a great job keeping people guessing.

Edge and Christian will induct the Dudley Boyz into the WWE Hall of Fame. I was hoping someone from ECW would get the honor, but their WWF tag team rivals are certainly worthy.

Mark Henry has been confirmed for the WWE Hall of Fame, further cementing his in-ring retirement. Like D-Von Dudley, he's moved into a behind-the-scenes role for the company.

AJ Styles is dealing with an unspecified injury. Randy Orton replaced him in teaming with Shinsuke Nakamura at Smackdown live events this weekend. More as Styles is examined by WWE doctors.

Impact vs. LU will feature LAX's Ortiz and Santana vs. Killshot and Da Mack. That's shaping up to be a notable card.

Jeff Hardy is at the WWE Performance Center training for his in-ring return. We'll see what the future holds for him on that front as well as with his DWI arrest. It could be dicey bringing him back before his court date.

WWE is still pursuing Rey Mysterio, so his Aro Lucha deal doesn't prevent him from working there.

Samoa Joe and Big Cass were backstage at Raw, leading to speculation of the two of them being close to returning. Both could pop up right after WM34 and make a big splash. That's if neither man wins the Andre battle royal.

- Joe is advertised for the May 7 Raw, facing Roman Reigns. So they're already making plans for him.

Hiroshi Tanahashi and Jay Lethal vs. The Briscoes for the ROH World Tag Team Championship is official for Supercard of Honor. Wow! That's big.

Elias has a WWE Network project in the works, as WWE cameras were with him this weekend. I look forward to that.

Taz discussed working with Michael Cole on his latest radio show.

Jim Cornette discussed the Fabulous Moolah controversy.

Ronda Rousey did a live promo at Raw. Dana Brooke interrupted and Ronda took her out. I'm surprised that wasn't on TV. They had time for Titus/Apollo vs. Revival but not her?

While Ultimate Deletion was airing, Braun Strowman beat Elias live. I was wondering how they'd handle that.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Well, they're not wrong! Either way, she hasn't been pinned or made to submit.

2. The story seems to be Cena vs. Taker being thrown together at the last minute just because Cena couldn't get into either major title match, which is crazy because it's a meeting between two of the most significant superstars of the past 30 years at the biggest event of the year. If I wasn't familiar with their legacies, it would come across as Cena challenging a guy who's about to turn 53 and might as well be retired. They've also played up the narrative of Taker potentially being too old and beaten down to be a threat, which further no-sells his legacy. If Cena wins, he beats a washed-up guy who didn't want to fight. If he loses, he can't even beat a guy who retired last year because he couldn't cut it. Hardly a dream match.

3. That's doable. He could also just be the special enforcer who makes the call "if" the ref is taken out.

4. Glad I'm not the only one who caught that. I guess everyone wants to be like the soon-to-be longest reigning Intercontinental Champion ever.

5. I THINK they explained it as Vince setting things up to make it look like he was in an explosion. You know, like they do in movies and the like. Or maybe the Vince we've seen since then is a body double WWE is using to fool everyone after the real one's death?

More wresting tomorrow.

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