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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Raw and Smackdown audience, Cena at Nick announcement, classic ROH venue closing, Impact VIP tickets, YouTube reacts to Raw, Rock family emergency, AJ visits air force, Interview with Hillbilly, UFC name looking to crossover, fast food Mania promotion, Rey and NXT injury updates, WWE stockholder meeting set, and Questions on Rousey's finisher, Alexa on the mic, AJ vs. Shinsuke headlining WM34, and third hour woes

Raw drew just under 3.10 million viewers Monday night, a small decrease.

John Cena was present as Nickelodeon announced its 2018-2019 TV schedule. In addition to hosting the Kids' Choice Awards, Cena will be the executive producer for a new game show and voicing a character on the latest "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" animated show.

A former ROH and HWA venue in Ohio is being torn down and replaced with a new set of venues.

Impact Wrestling announced VIP ticket plans for Redemption. It's cool they're able to do something like that, since they can't charge for attendance itself at Universal Studios.

Ronda Rousey's segment, with 2.8 million views in one day, and Paul Heyman's segment with Roman Reigns from Monday, with 1.4 million views in one day, were trending on YouTube.

The Rock's youngest daughter had a medical emergency this weekend. Thankfully, she is OK.

AJ Styles visited an air force base on behalf of Cricket Wireless. That's great.

Hillbilly Jim talked to TMZ Sports about entering the WWE Hall of Fame. Now the entire cast of "Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling" will have that honor.

UFC's Fabricio Werdum is interested in wrestling while continuing his UFC career. Apparently he's had discussions with a lucha libre company about stepping into the ring. I'm curious how that would go for all involved.

Carl's Jr. and Hardee's have Wrestlemania-themed cups for kids' meals. Branding is absolutely key for the company.

Rey Mysterio is believed to have suffered a partially torn biceps muscle. It's unknown how severe the injury is, but it's not expected to halt negotiations with WWE. Hopefully Rey will still be able to do big things in 2018.

Smackdown drew 2.59 million viewers Tuesday night, a small drop for a show that essentially featured what was going to be Fast Lane's main event.

WWE's annual stockholder meeting is set for April 19. The company will elect eleven directors at that time.

Bobby Fish will undergo knee surgery later this week after his recent injury. Hopefully he won't be out of action long.

Drew McIntyre has been working out in the ring at the WWE Performance Center en route to being cleared to return to action. It's not out of the question for him to return Wrestlemania weekend.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It makes sense for her to use what was effective for her in MMA. The armbar should be fine.

2. She's amazing. Absolutely amazing. Alexa has been able to pull something out as a character that a good number of wrestlers, men and women, haven't been able to achieve.

3. Bleh. The less I read of others' opinions, the happier I am, really. I thought both Chamber matches were fantastic.

4. Nope. Roman vs. Brock is a much bigger match given the history there. Heck, their previous Mania bout was before AJ or Shinsuke were even in WWE.

5. Ultimately, three hours is a really long investment and there's going to be a dropoff. I doubt it's the PG direction.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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