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Friday, October 19, 2018

Interviews with Iron/Jeff Jarrett/Charlotte/Bellas/Mandy, legendary Atlanta broadcast on Hidden Gems, long-tenured wrestlers passes, another HoFer at Evolution, Shane-SDL update, Cena's book a best-seller, NWA legend presenting National Championship, WWEPC announces big signings, CMLL duo working SOTF, another Global Wars name, former ECW Champion on Twitter, NBA star eyeing WWE future, why Crown Jewel changed venues, Impact return falls through, Japanese companies working together for major event, Ospreay hurt, NJPW name retires, OVW 1000 documentary, Kazarian has new non-wrestling gig, Owens recovery update, FOX looking to change SDL, another NXT in the works, why Mauro missed NXT, NXT releases, new MLW signing, MLW looking to expand clearances, and Questions on Rey working European dates, WWE live events on local stations, BFG in a 900-seat venue, Finkel's WWE status, and the Impact World Title in Ring Warriors

Gregory Iron is on Stone Cold's latest podcast.

WWE Network has added the entire Last Battle of Atlanta event to Hidden Gems. This show was headlined by a match that inspired Hell In A Cell.

Dick Slater passed away at age 67.

Madusa/Alundra Blayze has been added to Evolution in an unknown role. I'm glad the event is featuring trailblazers. 

Shane McMahon will be part of Smackdown Live regularly going forward. Naturally this could lead to him competing at Survivor Series.

John Cena's "Elbow Grease" is a No. 1 New York Times bestseller. The CeNation really turned out.

Magnum TA will present the new NWA National Champion with their title at NWA's 70th anniversary event. That's pretty cool!

WWE officially announced the signings of:
- Matt Riddle
- Mia Yim, formerly Jade
- Chelsea Green, formerly Laurel Van Ness
- Humberto Carrillo, formerly Ultimo Ninja
- Punishment Martinez
- Daniel Vidot, rugby player
- Jordan Omogbehin, basketball player

CMLL's Stuka Jr. and Guerrero Maya Jr. have been added to Survival of the Fittest. It will be good to see them again.

KUSHIDA has been added to the Global Wars tour.

Jeff Jarrett promoted NWA's 70th anniversary event.

Jerry Lynn has joined Twitter.

NBA's Enes Kanter discussed looking to join WWE after his basketball career. He intends to play another ten years or so - a lot can change between now and then.

Crown Jewel is not running the same venue as Greatest Royal Rumble due to renovations at that stadium.

Low Ki was in talks to return to Impact at Bound For Glory, but the deal feel through.

NJPW, Pro Wrestling NOAH, AJPW, Big Japan, and Wrestle-1 are doing a joint show on February 19. That's really impressive!

Will Ospreay was injured recently in the UK. He's currently set to be out until November 3.

NJPW's Tetsuhiro Yagi has retired following a broken arm.

OVW's 1000th episode was covered by Adult Swim.

Frankie Kazarian has stated playing in a new rock band.

Kevin Owens is expected back around the time of WrestleMania. He may or may not work that show.

FOX is looking to change Smackdown Live to be in line with other sports properties on the network, rather than some of the content that's on there now. It will be interesting to see how much WWE is willing to change to appease them, and what that will entail.

WWE is considering an NXT Germany next. Wow. They're seriously making moves with international development.

Mauro Ranallo missed the latest NXT taping due to being honored in New York.

Vince McMahon appearing at Smackdown Live was a rare Tuesday appearance for the chairman. He usually runs things from Connecticut.

NXT has released Tian Bing, Gabriel Ealy, and Cheng Yuxiang (a.k.a. Jason). Bing just wrestled on NXT TV. Interesting to see two Chinese names cut.

MLW has signed PCO to a deal.

MLW is looking to push for international clearance soon. That would definitely be big for them.

Charlotte Flair discussed comic books.

The Bella Twins were profiled before Evolution.

Mandy Rose is on the latest "My Daughter Is A WWE Superstar."

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Rey and WWE seem to still be working some things out as far as which dates he's going to work. He's definitely on a less than full-time contract.

2. I would think NBCU and FOX would want WWE to only have televised content on USA Network and FOX's national station, respectively. WWE doesn't want to risk that revenue. So, I don't see it happening anytime soon.

3. They had to run three straight dates in the same venue, and they knew it wouldn't be cost-efficient to run somewhere bigger given the number of tickets they can sell in 2018.

4. I was under the impression he still works at WWE headquarters in some capacity.

5. It's publicity for them and their then-champion. I suspect Aries was going to work the series regardless and Impact just gave him permission to defend his title there. I don't anticipate Johnny Impact taking over his role there.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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