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Thursday, March 15, 2018

Interviews with Allie/Cage/Breeze/Graves, MMC voting begins, GWN to Amazon Fire, classic content on Amazon Prime, why Ronda missed Raw, Jeff Hardy injury update, Mania special in the works, Impact vs. LU grudge match set, NJPW vs. ROH bout for SCOH, Smackdown audience, and Questions on WWE getting fans to turn on Brock, how frequently to use big names, Flair's number of title reigns, Jarrett mentioning Impact during HOF speech, and Stephanie not changing WWE's portrayal of women sooner

Allie and Brian Cage were interviewed in Canada before Impact's Twitch event. Ontario is a good second home for Impact in addition to Universal Studios.

Tyler Breeze promoted Wrestlemania. I love Breezango, but I think the tag title match should be Usos vs. New Day vs. Bludgeon Brothers. Breezango wouldn't really fit into that.

Corey Graves discussed his musical references on commentary and more. His references are much more timely than JBL's. It's good to have a younger voice on commentary.

Mixed Match Challenge has begun taking votes for the second chance team, who will enter the semifinals to face Bobby Roode and Charlotte. I'm curious to see which pairing returns.

The Global Wrestling Network is now on Amazon Fire. The service continues to expand.
Amazon Prime now features a number of 1980s video releases for streaming, as well as some USWA footage.

Ronda Rousey was not at Raw because she was traveling to a training session to prepare for Wrestlemania. She has been working out in Connecticut lately ahead of the match.

Jeff Hardy has completed physical therapy, opening the door for him to start training in the ring again. Certainly him appearing right after WM34 would be a big moment. 

A "Wrestlemania's Greatest Moments" special is being put together for USA Network and WWE Network. It will be interesting to see which moments they focus on.

Sami Callihan vs. Eddie Edwards in an "I Quit" match is set for Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground. That's a great idea to capitalize on the noteworthy incident between the two sides.

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Punishment Martinez is official for Supercard of Honor. The show will be pretty packed with stars from both ROH and NJPW. 

Smackdown drew 2.77 million viewers Tuesday night, getting a big boost from Fast Lane. That's good news as they build to Wrestlemania.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. They're definitely building Brock as someone who's just phoning in his final contracted appearances. It's clever.

2. I completely agree that saving big names for special appearances makes those appearances more special. I also see that WWE has an insane amount of screen time to fill every week, and they want to make that time meaningful.

3. Some of those older reigns are disputed (and have been before WWE started keeping track of them) because they weren't sanctioned by the NWA or what have you. But yes, wrestling companies take creative liberties with pretty much everything.

4. Basically I expect him to mention "other wrestling promotions" *wink, wink* where he worked with today's stars but I don't think he's going to focus on Impact to the point of putting it over. He has a lot of family history to discuss and the story of coming back "home" to WWE. He's not going to make the night about the company that no longer employs him.

5. The direction had already been set to present women in the way they were presented then. Stephanie was there as Vince's liaison and didn't have the pull she has now as a top executive poised to inherit the company.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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