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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Hiromu update, NJPW U.S. matches announced, Natalya on Summerslam, former Impact champion going to MLW, another Summerslam guest, WWE promotes Cena show, WWE music release, Impact running Mexico, Interview with Ember, NXT live events set, GLOW renewed again, Rowan out hurt, injured star ar Raw, SDL preview, and Questions on part-timers headlining Mania, FOX canceling SDL, WWE expecting Natalya at Summerslam, renaming the War Raiders, and the UFC title in WWE

Hiromu Takahashi has relinquished the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship due to injury. A tournament has been scheduled to declare the next champion.

NJPW's U.S. event on September 30 will feature:
- Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll as part of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship tournament
- The Young Bucks vs. The Guerrillas of Destiny for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
- Juice Robinson vs. Cody for the IWGP United States Championship

Natalya discussed being at Summerslam. She's got a great support group.

Abyss is debuting for MLW On September 6. It's interesting they're using him as a wrestler when Impact isn't.

Desiigner was at Summerslam. It was quite the popular event. 

WWE promoted John Cena's role on the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show at Summerslam, including having people in costume taking pictures.

WWE has released a fifth album of unreleased tracks. 

Impact is running Mexico for two TV tapings on September 13 and September 14. That's big! I think it could really put them on the map and grow their audience there. It's going to be a LONG road to make the company prominent again, but they're making steps in the right direction.

Ember Moon talked to Lilian Garcia, highlighted here. Ember is someone who can be an important star and a role model. I hope WWE pulls the trigger on pushing her going forward. And yes, the FCW era hiring practices led to them missing a lot of talented workers.

NXT dates have been announced for:
- October 11 in Missouri
- October 12 in Mississippi
- October 13 in Kentucky
-- It will be interesting to see who's on those shows. Keith Lee? Matt Riddle?

GLOW has been renewed for a third season. I'm glad the show has been such a success.

Rowan missed Smackdown Live's August 20 live event. Harper defeated Karl Anderson, with Luke Gallows in Anderson's corner.

- Rowan suffered an as-yet-identified arm injury during Summerslam. So, we could see a title change tonight.

Maria Kanellis was backstage at Raw. Mike Kanellis competed on Main Event before Raw itself.

On tonight's Smackdown Live:
- Bludgeon Brothers vs. New Day in a no-disqualification match for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship
- Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I think WWE's going to be successful for a long time, pretty much no matter what they book. I also think they're going to keep "going back to the well" of past stars as long as they can. But, no, I'm not worried. I think the show will probably still be solid with the current roster.

2. Some speculate FOX could move it to a different night. Both sides are definitely going to try to make it a success, though. It's planned as one of the anchors of the channel.

3. Natalya vs. Samoa Joe would have really been something! WWE would have understood if she took the PPV off, although certainly the stakes are higher when you're in an important feud.

4. It wouldn't shock me if they got new names post-NXT for that reason. Or any other reason, really. WWE is like that sometimes.

5. It would be big for WWE. I don't know if it would benefit UFC, though, especially if Brock looked inferior to a WWE wrestler.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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