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Thursday, June 21, 2018

WWE seeking international hosts, Cena sells lawsuit, big Roode milestone, another UK contendership match, HBK discusses WWEPC, SDL audience, All In airing update, new BITW title match, and Questions on Braun as the new Andre, Show not getting over like Braun, why gimmick wrestlers make it out of NXT before indie darlings, and smiling babyfaces

WWE is seeking on-air talent to be their faces of social media in India and Latin America. Basically someone like a Cathy Kelley for each region. I expect further markets to scout for similar roles as time goes on.

John Cena and Ford settled their lawsuit with the funds going to charity. I'm glad that that's taken care of.

Bobby Roode celebrated 20 years in the wrestling business. He's changed quite a bit since then!

NXT:UK released Jordan Devlin vs. Tyson T-Bone from their ongoing contendership tournament.

Shawn Michaels discussed the WWE Performance Center while in the UK. I wouldn't rule out seeing a UK performance center (and eventually other regions) down the line.

Smackdown Live drew 2.32 million viewers Tuesday night, presumably getting a boost from following Money in the Bank.

All In will be broadcast in some form. That was a no-brainer given the demand for seeing it.

Punishment Martinez vs. Hangman Page for the ROH Television Championship in a Baltimore Street Fight is official for Best In The World. That's been built pretty well. I'm curious if it will lead to one or both of them facing Austin Aries.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. To a degree, but I don't think he's been as dominantly as Andre was. I hope he does become world champion, though.

2. Damn. Way to bury Show. I think some of it was as his career went on, he became less of an attraction because we had seen him for years. Then there's the 5,000 heel/face turns, moving up and down the card so much, etc. He was a pretty big deal at first, but there were a lot of talented guys getting over at the same time then.

3. I expect both shows will be "A" shows.

4. "Gimmick" wrestlers are just competing for a fairly low-level spot rather than being seen as a potential future titleholder. They can get over with dancing or singing or whatever, so it's not as big of a deal when they lose. And sometimes it's valuable to have some talented veterans in NXT to work with the people who are still putting things together. Honestly, if/when Kassius gets called up, I expect him to move into a similar role rather than being pushed.

5. WWE superstars are part of a sports entertainment family-friendly variety show that puts smiles on people's faces! The sooner people realize it's marketed at the Disney audience, the better.

More wrestling coming up.

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