Interviews with Callihan/JR/Balor+Finlay+Lynch/Rousey/Harper/Y2J+Sonnen, assorted wrestling press, Impact alumni reunion, NXT duo gets new gimmick, Nakamura book release date, Ambrose appearances canceled, AJPW service launches, WM35 press conference notes, Rusev seeking celebrity opponent, Ultimate Deletion preview, more on women's battle royal, Impact audience, Raw heading to Europe for Halloween, new WWE 24 coming, Hardy DVD preview, Bate confirms injury, WWE-MSG notes, NXT live event note, and Questions on Taz returning to WWE, favorite refs and commentators, the tiered WWE Network, and Gargano's future

Sami Callihan is on Chris Jericho's latest podcast, discussing Impact, LU, and more. I think he's pretty safe at Impact after the big number the match/segment with Edwards drew.

Johnny Mundo is in Netflix's "Boone the Bounty Hunter." He's getting quite a few roles outside of wrestling.

Impact alumni met up in Tennessee. Of course, Impact's headquarters are now in Ottawa and old staffers have been let go.

WWE presented Irish boxer Mick Conlan a Universal Championship replica at Madison Square Garden. That's a pretty awesome St. Patrick's Day gift.

Jim Ross is on Edge and Christian's latest podcast, discussing his previous role in WWE talent relations and more.

Natalya interviewed Finn Balor, Finlay, and Becky Lynch about Ireland before St. Patrick's Day.

The Iconic Duo debuted a new segment. This could be a tryout of sorts for a Raw or Smackdown gimmick. I definitely preferred their previous looks/work, but if this gets their careers moving to the next stage, I'm fine with it.

Shinsuke Nakamura's English autobiography will release on August 7. He could very well be WWE Champion then.

Dean Ambrose's World of Wheels signing appearances have been canceled for unknown reasons. He recently went back to Alabama to get an update on his triceps tear.

Finn Balor has opened a clothing line, PE&K. That will be interesting.

Ronda Rousey spoke to Sky Sports. She has a BIG opportunity ahead of her.

Sasha Banks is doing a signing Monday before Raw at a local Cricket Wireless.

Harper discussed the Bludgeon Brothers gimmick's origin and more. I'm begging for them to face the Authors of Pain in a few months.

All Japan's streaming service launches Monday with live events and more.

Notes from the Wrestlemania 35 press conference:
- Some New York Giants players were present.

- An XFL video was shown among WWE promotional videos.

- Ronda was announced as competing at WM35. No surprise there.

- New Day tossed out pancakes to close the event. That had to throw some people off.

- WWE posted the whole press conference online.

WWE put out an official WM35 press release. They're continuing to leave the number of the event out of the logo, reportedly so the show "doesn't sound old." We're now at a point where people wrestling at the show weren't alive when the first one take place.

Ronda Rousey is managing a boxer. She's got a lot going on!

Rusev is seeking a celebrity opponent at Wrestlemania 34. Stephen Amell, Macaulay Culkin, and Pitch Perfect's Skylar Astin all responded. There could be something fun to come out of all this.

Matt Hardy invited the WWE Universe to the Hardy Compound. I can only imagine what they came up with for Monday's match.

WWE is not currently planning on renaming the Wrestlemania Women's Battle Royal after another talent following Fabulous Moolah's name being dropped from the promotion. 

Impact Wrestling drew a respectable 350,000 viewers Thursday night. The show seems to have mostly recovered from its slump in the second half of 2017.

Raw is set for Sweden on October 31, the first time the brand will be in the country.

"WWE 24" after Raw will focus on women at the Royal Rumble, including Ronda Rousey.

WWE abandoned their Samoa Joe trademark, so Joe will keep ownership of the name. That's good for Joe if he ever ends up wrestling outside of WWE.

Chris Jericho and Chael Sonnen discussed Ronda Rousey in WWE. Ronda could really be a gamechanger.

The upcoming Hardys DVD got an official trailer. They've become incredibly successful.

Tyler Bate confirmed his injury and removal from the Dusty Classic. I hope Bate has a big future ahead of him in WWE.

Ronda Rousey will be part of WWE's Madison Square Garden return on July 7.

AJ Styles was part of an injury angle at Madison Square Garden, with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn attacking him before his scheduled tag team match. The match turned into Nakamura vs. Zayn, and AJ saved Shinsuke from a post-match attack from the duo.

EC3 defeated Trent Seven at NXT's March 16 live event in Florida. EC3 will be part of NXT TV very soon.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I'd absolutely expect Taz to go into the Hall of Fame at some point, and wouldn't be completely surprised if he ended up working with them in some manner at some point, but I definitely think his priority now is his radio work.

2. I wouldn't mind adding Mike Chioda and Nick Patrick to the conversation.

3. I've got to give Mike Tenay a nod there.

4. Indeed! He's had quite the legacy in the business.

5. I believe they still plan on doing it at some point. The WWE Network has really stalled after they've spent a lot of money on projects that didn't increase subscriber numbers. They seem to not be sure what direction to take it next.

6. I'd be more surprised if he stayed at the NXT level past tying up loose ends with Ciampa. He'd definitely be a big boost for 205 Live.

More wrestling tomorrow.