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Thursday, May 10, 2018

Title match set for WOTW: Toronto, another Vader surgery, NXT debut next week, podcast notes, Lawler update, LU teaser, Charlotte needs surgery, Smackdown audience, Raw live event notes, what happened after WotW:Lowell, UK events on Honorclub, and Questions on recent WWE stunts, Lashley speaking, and why WWE doesn't sell DVDs themselves

Silas Young vs. Hangman Page for the ROH Television Championship has been added to War of the Worlds: Toronto. Absolutely two of my favorite undercard ROH wrestlers right now.

Vader has undergone another heart surgery. It's rough to see him going through this. I hope it's helping him, though.

Andrade "Cien" Almas will debut on next week's Smackdown. I'm looking forward to seeing how he does there.

Daniel Bryan discussed his WWE return on the latest "Talk is Jericho." I hope we see those two face off again at some point.

Jerry Lawler gave an update on his health after a CAT scan following his recent stroke. I'm glad things were as relatively minor as they were. He's had great luck with his health.

Lucha Underground's fourth season got a teaser trailer. That was quite the wild video.

Charlotte Flair will undergo surgery for a ruptured breast implant. She will miss ACE Comic Con in Seattle, being replaced by Carmella. Damn. Carmella took her title AND her convention payday! That's cold! I hope Charlotte doesn't miss long.

Smackdown dropped to 2.29 million viewers against NBA playoffs. The first episode after a PPV almost always sees an increase in viewers. It's possible Backlash really did drive some fans away.

The latest "Something Else to Wrestle With" discussed Ted DiBiase, Sr. in WWE.

At Raw's May 9 live event in the UK:
- Mark Andrews defeated James Drake
- No Way Jose, Breezango, and the Ascension beat the Authors of Pain, Baron Corbin, Jinder Mahal, and Curt Hawkins in what has to be considered an upset. That was Curt's best chance to stop thhe losing streak.
- Nia Jax won a triple threat match against Bayley and Alexa Bliss, so Bliss is still in action after her reported injury.
- Roman Reigns defeated Samoa Joe, but the show was headlined by Seth Rollins retaining the Intercontinental Championship over Finn Balor, Elias, and Bobby Roode.

The Young Bucks did a promo to close WotW: Lowell live.

Honorclub will air Honor United on May 24, May 26, and May 27. They're getting a lot from that service already.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It's possible they put that idea together late and needed a kid sooner rather than later, so they used Cone's. They needed to get the title off The Bar and have Braun look strong but not set him up for an "actual" tag title reign, since they were going to move the belts to Bray and Matt shortly thereafter. It was weird.

2. I mean, that was kind of the point. That despicable Cass abused someone so small! I see the point, but it got some money in the little person's pocket, so it's not all bad.

3. WWE gave the home country crowd a big moment, and the two brothers got to have a big moment on a big stage. Thankfully WWE is able to protect the Daivaris from those who would harm them.

4. Lashley made a big statement showing up and being powerful. That's pretty much all he needs to get over in the early going.

5. Basically WWE has a distribution deal already in place. I think that's pretty much the gist of it.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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