Interviews with Jeff Hardy/Riotts, WWE talent scholarships, new ROH iPPV matches, previous Aussie stadium show on WWE Network, Midnight Express member beats cancer, WWE wins a lot of social media awards, Impact audience, new Cena merch, Riotts commemorate debut, and Questions on NJPW's U.S. attendance, Punk-WWE, AJ Lee-WWE, and Marko Stunt's age

Jeff Hardy spoke before Smackdown Live. Jeff has been largely absent from the ring since Hell In A Cell, which makes sense. I'm curious when we'll see him work on TV again.

The Riott Squad promoted Super Show-Down.

Vickie Guerrero, Josh Woods, and former WWEPC recruit Theo Agbi received scholarships from WWE. I'm glad they're getting help in their endeavors. It will be interesting to see how much we see Woods in ROH as he continues his education.

ROH's October 12 event in Maryland has added Jeff Cobb vs. Eli Isom, as well as TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia vs. Kenny King and Flip Gordon.

WWE Network added WWE's previous Australian stadium show from 2002. It's amazing how hot the product was then, where a Smackdown only show that wasn't on PPV drew more than 50,000 fans.

The Midnight Express' Dennis Condrey has won his battle with cancer, and will be appearing with Jim Cornette and Bobby Eaton in December for the group's 35th anniversary.

WWE won 23 awards at W3 for their social media work. That's really impressive!

Impact Wrestling drew 190,000 viewers Thursday night in another weak showing from a show that drew 251,000 52 weeks prior. It's entirely possible wrestling's audience losses lately are due to people being more captivated by cable news networks during a very contentious political season. Politicians and pundits are practically cutting wrestling promos these days.

John Cena has new merchandise to match his return to WWE.

The Riott Squad got matching tattoos to match their Smackdown Live debut. That's commitment!

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. They definitely need to take some lessons for what to do and not to do next time. Contrast NJPW in California to WWE in Australia and Saudi Arabia, for starters. Of course, timing is also a big issue.

2. He's focused on MMA and movies and the like now. I don't think he's going to go back unless he really needs the money and/or is offered a dream scenario like what led to Shawn Michaels' return. He was miserable at the end of his wrestling career, and he's not eager to revisit that.

3. Very, very low. She's also seemingly moved on from the business, and it could definitely be a contentious issue if she returned while Punk was on the outs with the company.

4. I haven't seen anything, either.

5. He's apparently 22. Then again, the business is built on exaggerations, right?

More wrestling tomorrow.