Naomi challenged Melina for WWE Evolution. That could be very interesting. She did recently return to the ring...
The former Joey Mercury was arrested this weekend. He was involved in putting All In together, but police discovered him sleeping outside of a local hotel and discovered he had an outstanding warrant in Florida, so he was taken into custody. That's really unfortunate, given how he was going to be an important part of putting All In together. I hope everything's settled soon.
All In notes:
- The show had serious timing issues due to Kenny Omega vs. Pentagon Jr. and Marty Scurll vs. Kazuchika Okada both going significantly over their allotted times. The main event had to be rushed so PPV providers wouldn't cut them off the satellite feed. Hopefully issues are ironed out for whatever's next for the All In crew.
- Chris Jericho took a private plane to his Fozzy concert after his surprise appearance. That was big, and I'm sure it wasn't cheap.
- The show was FITE TV's most successful wrestling PPV ever. No surprise there. This was a very big show.
- Tommy Dreamer helped put the show together.
- ROH staff handled production.
- Visitors included Scott Hall, Raven, Sean Waltman, Rich Swann, David Arquette, Macauley Culkin, and John Mayer. That's how big the event was.
- Christopher Daniels put over Stephen Amell's dedication to training. Amell absolutely put the work in for that match.
- Goldust put over his brother's big win. It was awesome to see it finally come through.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Alexa is pushed so much because she's an effective heel who does great appearances for the company, and it makes sense for her to have a number of face challengers. Carmella's pretty much already out of the picture.
2. That's interesting, because I think he works best as part of a group given his character. I'm not going to complain if they put him and Harper back together, since I don't really see either of them getting much traction separately. I guess he could try to tame Braun, as well.
3. Joe's presented as an unstable and dangerous badass rather than someone who needs every cheap advantage in the book to be able to be a top name.
4. "X-Pac Heat" comes from someone who had seen Sean Waltman in so many places and so many roles that he couldn't invest in Waltman as a character anymore. He just wanted Waltman off his screen. For comparison, see how I react to Bully Ray appearances. I'm sure some people do want the IIconics to go away. I also preferred them in NXT, but I see the idea of having them basically mirror each other and do the mean girl thing.
5. Don't worry, the Saudi government will finally give this often-neglected part of society some prominence in November. The march for male wrestler equality goes on!
More wrestling tomorrow.
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