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Thursday, August 30, 2018

WWE's value praised, Interview with Ric Flair, JR book sequel on the way, more on Neville-WWE, Martha Hart accepts honor, Angle working on comeback, All In adds street fight, WWE's next Saudi event set, SDL audience, Matt Hardy update, new SSD title match, and Questions on AJ vs. Joe, Vince's movies, Justin Roberts' WWE tenure, WWE removing clocks, and Raw's heels compared with SDL's

Wall Street Journal praised WWE's business after their new content deals.

Ric Flair is on Jim Ross' latest podcast.

Jim Ross will write a second autobiography, and he hopes it will be out by the end of 2019. His first book is really highly praised.

Neville has officially been moved to WWE.com's alumni section, confirming he is indeed no longer an employee there. I wonder if there's a way he can appear in the crowd at All In? ROH should try to get him to debut at Final Battle, leading to him being featured at G1 Supercard.

Martha Hart showcased her husband going into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. I'm sure that will spark further talk of her consenting for WWE to put Owen in their own Hall of Fame, but I don't see her stance changing. It's not a matter of Owen being honored for his wrestling career as much as WWE honoring him after causing his death.

Kurt Angle is training for an in-ring return. There's no word on what the plans are there, although obviously facing Baron Corbin would make sense.

All In's Adam Page vs. Joey Janela is now a Chicago Street Fight. I'm looking forward to that!

Saudi Arabia will host another WWE event on November 2. Currently there's no word on what the event will entail or whether it will air on WWE Network, but I imagine we'll have an announcement on that soon.

Smackdown Live drew 2.35 million viewers, a drop from last week's post-Summerslam show.

Matt Hardy teased his future. There's no telling what he'll end up doing going forward - he could certainly have some fun at the Compound without taking dangerous bumps.

Super Show-Down has added Cedric Alexander vs. (Australia's own) Buddy Murphy for the Cruiserweight Championship. It's shaping up to be a pretty good card.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I can see the comparisons. I also think Eddie Edwards' angle in Impact is similar. AJ vs. Joe is definitely a breath of fresh air compared to AJ vs. Shinsuke. Let's hope it doesn't go down the same road that angle did.

2. Seemingly they're waiting to see if Cooper will play Vince (which sounds amazing).

3. The answer here pretty much sounded like "the behavior happens, but most people don't consider it bullying." Dunn definitely wants everything to be in line with his vision.

4. As was said, certain people are going to do anything they can to "get themselves over" without WWE helping them. If there's a way to keep the clock on the screen for the home viewers but not the live crowd, that's certainly an option. Of course, this is part of a bigger problem that needs to be addressed in ways beyond the occasional timed match.

5. While I do think Smackdown Live is presenting their heels better, by definition moving up and down the card makes someone a main eventer vs. midcarder, etc.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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