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Thursday, August 2, 2018

NJPW mobile game released, faction war at ROH PPV, Liger back in ROH, new WWE trademarks, Ronda preparing for Raw in-ring debut, Dunn sells more stocks, Otunga deals with break-in, Interviews with Lana/Henry/Shane Douglas, another ONO show set, ROH UK shows on Fite, more vintage collections, Cody raises All In stakes, more MYC workers, SDL audience, and Questions on Ronda's ER appearance, Brock holding the title indefinitely, Hogan's comeback, blood in Impact, and Ciampa's NXT work

NJPW's mobile game has been released worldwide, the company's first to be released outside of Japan. I hope that's a big money maker and marketing tool for them.

Bullet Club's Cody, Young Bucks, Marty Scurll, and Adam Page will face CHAOS' Kazuchika Okada, Best Friends, Tomohiro Ishii, and Rocky Romero at Death Before Dishonor on September 28. I look forward to that show.

- Jushin "Thunder" Liger has been announced for the show, as well.

WWE has trademarked the names Akam, Rezar, Bludgeon Brothers, and Velveteen Dream. That seemingly bodes well for those acts being a regular part of things going forward.

Ronda Rousey is set for this weekend's Raw live events ahead of facing Alicia Fox on Raw.

Kevin Dunn sold more than 95,000 shares of WWE stock earlier this week. As always, I wouldn't read anything into that as far as his role in the company lessening or anything.

David Otunga dealt with someone breaking into his car. I'm glad he didn't get hurt or have any things stolen.

Lana spoke on Celebrity Stage Stories, discussing The Rock, John Cena, and more.

Impact Wrestling will run a One Night Only show with Destiny Wrestling on August 25. Petey Williams, oVe, and Tessa Blanchard are all set for the show.

The Honor Re-United tour will broadcast on FITE TV. ROH being paid to produce content for them is presumably a better deal than streaming it themselves.

WWE Network's latest home video uploads are Ultimate Warrior's 1989 and 1992 releases as well as Demolition's 1989 release.

Chris Jericho spoke with Mark Henry and Busted Open's Dave LaGreca about WWE's history in Madison Square Garden on Jericho's latest podcast.

Cody is putting up his ROH ring as collateral to challenge Nick Aldis for the NWA World Championship at All In. That could be a really big night for Cody.

Shane Douglas discussed working with Gary Wolfe in ECW. Here are highlights. ECW was all about pushing boundaries.

The Mae Young Classic has added Aerial Monroe, Vanessa Kraven, and Hiroyo Matsumoto.

Smackdown Live drew 2.40 million viewers, a slight increase from last week.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It was part of the show, just as the suspension itself was. No way was a ringside seat on sale that close to the PPV!

2. I think they've gotten as much mileage as they can out of Brock as champion. As we saw with Taker, there doesn't need to be a title involved for it to be a big deal to face someone like Brock.

3. Basically it's been long enough now where they can test the waters for him to come back. I agree they need to be very careful with what they do with him, and they need to listen to members of the locker room who were affected by his comments.

4. It definitely added to the brutality of the hardcore bouts, though I agree it's something they need to be really careful about.

5. The storytelling and character work has been outstanding to elevate him to where he is now. Gargano vs. Ciampa has become the defining feud of the brand's history.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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