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Thursday, May 3, 2018

Top PWG name finishing up, Stephanie in women's sports ad, a lot more WotW matches, Raw name returning soon, podcast notes, Flip finishes Army commitments, another DVD coming to HonorClub, big NJPW update, Smackdown audience, and Questions on moving the Ascension back to NXT, WCW stars trying out for WWE, the GRR's name, Cena's in-ring future, and Nicholas doing moves

Keith Lee will work his final PWG date on May 25, which likely means he is headed to NXT soon.

Stephanie McMahon is part of a women's sports movement. WWE is really pushing their female initiatives.

ROH has announced the following War of the Worlds matches:
-- May 9 in Massachusetts:
- Bullet Club's Cody, Marty Scurll, and Hangman Page vs. CHAOS' Rocky Romero, Sho, and Yoh
- SoCal Uncensored vs. Jay Lethal, Jay White, and Chuckie T in a non-title match
- The Briscoes vs. Jushin "Thunder" Liger and Flip Gordon in a non-title match
- LIJ's Naito, EVIL, and SANADA vs. Silas Young, Beer City Bruiser, and Brian Milonas

-- May 11 in Ontario:
- SoCal Uncensored vs. CHAOS' Rocky Romero, Sho, and Yoh for the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Championship
- Cody vs. Jushin "Thunder" Liger
- Young Bucks vs. The Super Smash Bros. (the first time SSB have worked there in almost eight years)

-- May 12 in Michigan:
- Punishment Martinez vs. Hangman Page
- Cody vs. Hiromu Takahashi
- Shane Taylor vs. EVIL
- Jay Lethal vs. Marty Scurll vs. Matt Taven vs. Kenny King
- Young Bucks vs. Motor City Machine Guns vs. Roppongi 3K
- SoCal Uncensored vs. Jushin "Thunder" Liger, Cheeseburger, and Flip Gordon in a non-title match

-- May 13 in Illinois:
- Sumie Sakai vs. Jenny Rose for the ROH Women of Honor Championship
- Jay Lethal vs. Chuckie T
- Kelly Klein vs. Deonna Purrazzo

Jason Jordan is set to return to Raw by the end of the month, possibly as soon as next weekend. I'm curious to see how he'll fit into things post-Shakeup.

WWE's former head of security has launched a podcast. I'm surprised he lasted so long given how many times wrestlers beat up security guards!

The Young Bucks are on Chris Jericho's latest podcast.

Flip Gordon has finished his commitments to the United States Army. I hope he's got a great career ahead of him.

ROH is asking which DVD to add to Honorclub next. The five options focus on Austin Aries, Daniel Bryan, Christopher Daniels, Samoa Joe, and Kevin Owens. I'd think the the three WWE guys would have the most votes.

Chris Jericho is set to return to NJPW shortly in order to build for a match at June 9's Dominion event. One would think the company would try to get him for the July 7 California show as well. That can be big for both sides.

Smackdown drew 2.44 million viewers Tuesday, the lowest mark since Halloween 2017. 

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I don't see much reason to. They just got moved to Raw! And as much as I preferred their NXT characters, they've got a steady gig for their place on the card now. They're closing in on 40; it's probably better for them to make the most of the opportunity they have now for a few years (?) before making way for some other team coming up through the ranks rather than WWE trying to reboot them again. It would be better for NXT to use that TV time on younger, fresher names, too.

2. Pretty much! Neither of those acts looked like names WWE really needed to pick up. By the time the Invasion happened, a lot of the talents fans wanted to see in WWE had already been signed, and others were on lengthy expensive contracts WWE wasn't exactly eager to pick up.

3. I can see that being an intentional homage, but haven't seen anything to confirm that.

4. It's all a matter of his schedule aligning with WWE's. I'd be very surprised if we don't see him before the end of the year, though.

5. I mean, Nicholas is a referee's son. His dad could have signed off on it, right? There would have undoubtedly been even more outrage if Sheamus and Cesaro had to sell for him, and it probably would have strained believability to have a random ten-year-old being able to pull off a wrestling move with precision. I agree with the "trained professionals" line of thinking. It could have been pretty dangerous.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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