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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

ROH UK events on Honorclub, more NJPW names at ROH TV taping, A-Listers at MTV event, wrestler wives on "Table for 3," Almas profiled, Raw guests, NXT UK to declare champion, Reigns guest role, injured SDL star getting surgery, SDL dark matches, and Questions on female commentators, All In failing, Y2J in Impact, WWE vs. Martha (again), and spitting in wrestling

All Honor Re-United shows have been added to Honorclub. They really got lost in the Summerslam weekend shuffle.

NJPW's EVIL, SANADA, and Chase Owens have been added to ROH's September 29 TV taping. Of course, the next night is the next big NJPW U.S. show.

The Miz and Maryse attended MTV's Music Awards Monday night. After Miz's big Summerslam win, it's good to see he got to celebrate.

Another "Table for 3" featuring the wives of Kurt Angle, Randy Orton, and Matt Hardy has been filmed. So yes, Reby Hardy will be featured on WWE Network!

Andrade "Cien" Almas was profiled. I'm cautiously optimistic about his WWE future.

Finn Balor's parents were ringside at Raw, so they got to see their son challenge for the Universal Championship.

NXT UK will crown its first women's champion at this weekend's tapings. That title is likely to be defended at Evolution.

Roman Reigns recorded a guest role for a Disney cartoon. We'll see if he can end up in Cena's footsteps there, too.

Raw drew 3.10 million viewers Monday night, an increase of more than 250,000 from the show before Summerslam. I'm glad there was an increase for the big title changes. We'll see how the new champions do as ratings draws going forward.

Rowan will need surgery for a biceps tear. It's unfortunate the Bludgeon Brothers' title reign has been cut short due to injury. They had really gotten momentum going.

Asuka defeated Mandy Rose before Smackdown Live. I wonder how Asuka fits into things with the new women's champion.

Samoa Joe vs. Daniel Bryan took place after 205 Live, with The Miz running in for a disqualification. AJ Styles then evened the odds and routed the heels to end the night.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. WWE is absolutely making moves to have more female representation at the commentary desk, as we've seen with Renee Young and Beth Phoenix.

2. If the show isn't received well, it will be interesting to see if those fans sell their Supercard tickets. The entire goal is to appeal to a certain fan base. If they don't impress those fans, it could definitely deflate some bubbles for Bullet Club, The Elite, etc. I'm very curious how those fans would/will react if/when Omega and the Bucks go to WWE. Will they stay loyal or turn on those names like they've turned on their other favorites once they hit WWE?

3. I would very surprised if Jericho went to a promotion that sees 1,000 fans as a huge success, but if anyone would pull something like that, it's Jericho. I could see it being a big factor in getting Impact something bigger, but that's a big "what if." And, really, if he went to Impact, WWE would be falling over themselves to get him back. I don't know if Impact could survive that battle.

4. WWE could honor Owen separately or as part of a group, but I very much doubt Martha would be OK with it. Ultimately, she sees WWE as having killed her husband. She's not likely to want them to feature him.

5. That's why WWE doesn't do it. Some wrestlers are more OK with that risk than others.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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