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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

E&C Show reunion, injured name at Raw, assorted WWE press, AXS TV showcasing Okada, Kingston-Impact update, recent ROH name at Impact tapings, NXT touring Southwest, SDL lineup change, SDL dark matches, Amann testifies, All In trademarked, and Questions on a Raw name winning MITB, Cena's wrestling ability, Ambrose in a non-wrestling role, HHH replacing Johnny Ace hires, and SDL having an overrun

Vickie Guerrero filmed material for the Edge & Christian Show. Good to see her again. I hope she goes into the WWE Hall of Fame at some point.

Jason Jordan was backstage at Raw. I guess it's a good sign they're not just throwing him back on TV for no reason. I'd like to see him answer Seth Rollins' Open Challenge.

Big Cass worked Smackdown Live's May 28 live event, teaming with The Miz in a loss to Daniel Bryan and Tye Dillinger. Glad to see him able to contribute again.

Marc Mero spoke about drugs, bullying, and other topics. It's good to see him doing that.

AXS TV is showing all of Kazuchika Okada's IWGP Title matches of his current reign on consecutive nights. That's pretty big - AXS is strongly behind NJPW, to both sides' benefit.

Eddie Kingston is currently working on a per-date deal with Impact, so he could just be a temporary addition (again). I hope both sides can capitalize on him this time.

Joe Hendry will work Impact's Ontario tapings this weekend, fresh off his appearance at Honor United. That's a buzzworthy booking for Impact. I hope Hendry can gain traction in one company or another.

NXT is running California on July 26 and July 27, Nevada on July 28, and July 29 in Arizona.

WWE is doing a big Summerslam week sweepstakes. Charlotte Flair promoted the sponsored deal. That's a pretty cool opportunity.

WWE briefly advertised Carmella vs. Asuka for Smackdown Live before reversing course and announcing the dance-off instead. I assume Carmella would have pulled a bait-and-switch there.

Dr. Chris Amann testified at the trial against C.M. Punk and Colt Cabana Tuesday, as the proceedings are now underway. Amann is suing for in excess of $1 million for Punk's comments on the "Art of Wrestling" podcast after leaving WWE.

Jeff Hardy defeated Shelton Benjamin before Smackdown Live. I'm curious what Jeff will be doing at MITB.

The Young Bucks' company has trademarked "All In" for wrestling purposes. That's smart, as people are definitely going to try to capitalize on its success.

Carmella successfully defended the Smackdown Women's Championship against Charlotte Flair after 205 Live by putting her feet on the ropes during the pin. Charlotte got revenge after the match.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Same way it worked last time. They can try to cash in, but Brock defends when he wants to. What a heel! He's holding the title hostage and has no regard for authority!!

2. Vince is the one who decides who can and can't wrestle well enough to be a 16-time champion, PAL! Of course, once he changed his style to appeal to those fans, the chants mostly stopped. Some people want him to wrestle the "formulaic five moves of doom" and others want him to bust out Code Reds and the like. It's whatever.

3. I think it'd be better to hold off until he's ready to wrestle again. That way it will be fresher when he returns - he won't have spent months interacting with people he couldn't wrestle with.

4. It's not a specific strategy or mandate, but as new people are brought in, others are naturally going to be pushed aside and/or cut. HHH definitely has a different style of which wrestlers he wants to sign and push, and that's naturally going to lead to him preferring some of his signings to those from a previous administration.

5. The overrun is a remnant from the Monday Night War days, where Raw would want to go on past Nitro. SDL definitely won't have one on FOX, since their local networks have 10:00 p.m. newscasts. Raw would have lost theirs, too.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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