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Friday, September 7, 2018

Hogan makes good with old friend, Matt Hardy on Network idea, WWE seeking new hires, Johnny Impact+MYC name+HoFer wrestling school profiled, more on OVW 1000, final(?) All In notes, more on Tessa-WOW, Bryan signs new deal, NXT UK injury updates, MYC Hidden Gems, WWE working with car company for charity, WOH title match set for DBD, SDL audience, a lot of 2K19 names confirmed, new WWE history coming, Rock's show renewed, NXT live event notes, and Questions on Drake joining the Authors, reuniting the Wyatts, Maryse in HIAC, Gulak on Raw, and seeing the Bellas in action again

Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake have publicly reconciled after their relationship hit the rocks recently.

Matt Hardy teased doing more Broken/Woken content on WWE Network, seemingly confirming he would have creative control over such an endeavor. It will be interesting to see how much demand there is for such an idea at this juncture.

WWE's Entertainment Relations department in Los Angeles is seeking an administrative assistant and coordinator. I was unaware they had such a division, much less one so far from headquarters.

Johnny Impact was profiled in Entertainment Weekly as part of appearing on Survivor.

OVW's 1000th episode will be a live Internet PPV.

Another batch of All In notes:
- Attendance peaked at 11,263 because that was the maximum number of people legally allowed in the building. I can only imagine how many people they would have drawn for a bigger venue.

- Every single piece of merchandise available at the venue was sold.

- Highspots.com had their most successful weekend ever, topping what they do on WrestleMania weekend.

- Mike Tenay and Tony Schiavone were asked to work All In. Schiavone was already booked for a college football commitment, while Tenay never agreed to terms. Tenay is essentially retired from the business, but that could have really been great.

Tessa Blanchard will be a trainer for WOW. She's really starting to make herself valuable.

Daniel Bryan has signed a new WWE contract. It's unknown the length or number of dates involved, but he'll be staying there.

Toni Storm's injury is spine-related. She's expected to return to the ring at the end of the month. I hope she's able to be an important player.

NXT UK's Sam Gradwell suffered a torn ACL, and will likely miss six-to-nine months.

WWE Network's latest Hidden Gems include:
- MYC's Mercedes Martinez vs. Victoria on Heat from 2006.
- MYC's Meiko Satomura and Madusa vs. Akira Hokuto and Kaoru on WCW Worldwide in 1997.

WWE is working with Hyundai to raise money for childhood cancer research.

Sumie Sakai vs. Tenille Dashwood for the WOH Championship is official for Death Before Dishonor. That one's going to be important for the division's future.

Smackdown Live drew 2.32 million viewers Tuesday night.

WWE 2K19 added a slew of Smackdown Live and 205 Live talents.

WWE is getting an oral history book, featuring a lot of quotes from Vince McMahon. That should be fun.

"Ballers" has been picked up for a fourth season.

The Nasty Boys have a retro shirt on WWE Shop. I'm surprised to see that, actually.

MYC's Lacey Lane spoke.

Afa the Wild Samoan spoke about his wrestling school. Glad WWE promoted him.

At NXT's New York live event on September 6:
- Tyler Breeze defeated Marcel Barthel
- Ricochet defeated Luke Harper (!!!!!!). I hope we see that on SDL or Raw someday.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I'm willing to see how it goes. It's definitely better than how things were going without Drake.

2. I'm definitely in favor of the current direction. Dolph and Drew are a bigger deal right now than Bray and Harper.

3. Realistically even if she was 100% I wouldn't expect her to do much. Miz and Bryan are the full-timers. They'll do most of the work.

4. I doubt WWE even thought of it. GET OUT THERE AND FIGHT THE SHIELD GODDAMNIT.

Nothing to add to 5.

6. 100%.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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