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Friday, October 26, 2018

WWE stars pulled from NBC show, Evolution hype, assorted WWE press, NXT wrestlers on WWN streaming service, NWA uploads corrected anniversary show, Cena-Crown Jewel update, more on SNME revival, why Cody lost to Aldis, women's wrestling milestone, Arquette's wrestling future, Ospreay cancels another date, NJPW legal team gets aggressive, Aries' Impact status, FOX wants MMA name in WWE, Lashley working hurt, big NXT match for MSG, another top WWE name injured, potential WWE signee for 2019, WWE considering reuniting team, and Questions on Evolution's ticket sales, NWA70's attendance, Roman's situation, and Purrazzo moving on from NXT soon

WWE has pulled talent from Megyn Kelly's NBC show following Kelly defending blackface Halloween costumes. Someone will inevitably see this as outrageous and/or hypocritical given WWE talent still going to Saudi Arabia. Essentially WWE stands to lose a lot more money on the Saudi deal than in not appearing for a show that looks to be ending now at any rate.

Nikki Bella promoted Evolution with Metro and New York Post.

Ronda Rousey and Natalya were on the Rachael Ray Show. Might as well have Rachael on WWE TV at some point, too.

A prominent children's health charity supported Roman Reigns.

NXT's Sarah Schreiber revealed her mother is a breast cancer survivor. Glad to hear she's doing well.

"Daddy's Home 2" with John Cena is streaming on Amazon Prime and Hulu.

NXT talents' WWN matches will now stream live on WWN's streaming service. Previously their appearances were for the live audience only. That's certainly a potential boost for WWN!

Sasha Banks discussed Roman Reigns' health and a women's tag team championship with Maria Menounos. The latter is worth a try, at least as one set across both brands.

- Sasha also discussed recently dealing with post-concussive symptoms, which is why she was out of the ring.

Carmella is on the latest "My Daughter is a WWE Superstar."

Mickie James promoted Evolution, saying she expects Alexa Bliss to be cleared in time for the show.

WWE released a digital album of unreleased women's songs. Clever Evolution tie-in.

WWE will feature a series of Evolution roundtable discussions this weekend, featuring:
- Trish Stratus, Sasha Banks, and Toni Storm Saturday at 12 p.m.
- Nikki Bella, Shayna Baszler, and Charlotte Flair Saturday at 2 p.m.
- Stephanie McMahon with Cathy Kelley Sunday at 3 p.m.

Sasha Banks was on The Real to promote Evolution.

NWA re-released their 70th anniversary event with production issues fixed. I'm glad they did that as a make-good.

John Cena was being reconsidered for the World Cup, likely due to the Saudi Arabia controversy. There has been no confirmation of him pulling out of the show at this time.

Saturday Night's Main Event is being discussed as coming back for WWE Network's $14.99 tier as a monthly special featuring Raw and Smackdown Live talent.

Cody dropping the NWA World Championship was largely a result of him having an exclusive ROH contract. ROH was willing to work with NWA on the Cody-Aldis angle, but Cody was never planned as a long-term champion. Cody's 2019 plans are somewhat up in the air, so NWA went with someone they know will stick around.

The longest women's wrestling match in recorded history took place last week between Mercedes Martinez and Tessa Blanchard, as the two went 75 minutes. That's a really impressive milestone.

David Arquette recently underwent elbow surgery due to wrestling. He's had to pull out of working some matches due to movies and insurance reasons. Naturally other parties don't want him putting his body at risk in the ring.

Will Ospreay has canceled his November 3 wrestling appearance due to his injuries.

NJPW is getting strict about unauthorized use of their material for GIFs and outside videos, as they want to utilize and promote the content themselves. Legally they're in the right, but it could hurt how much buzz there is for the product if less of it is easily accessible.

Austin Aries' Impact contract has indeed expired. It's believed his body needed a break from the physicality he had gone through.

FOX wants MMA's Daniel Cormier as a WWE announcer as part of making Smackdown Live more like a sport. I'm hating this idea more the more they discuss it.

Lashley is working with a separated shoulder. OUCH.

Madison Square Garden's December 26 event now has Tomasso Ciampa and the Undisputed Era vs. Aleister Black, Johnny Gargano, Pete Dunne, Ricochet, and Velveteen Dream. We'll see if that ends up going on as advertised given Gargano's recent heel turn.

Samoa Joe is believed to be injured, which would explain why he dropped from the WWE Championship picture so quickly.

Garza, Jr. is looking to sign with WWE in 2019 once he recovers from a shoulder injury.

WWE is considering reuniting Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. WWE has reported a sellout for the show.

2. No, but with ticket prices what they were, it was still the highest grossing event in the venue's history.

3. WWE would be INSANE to do something like that as a work, especially in the way things unfolded Monday. There would almost definitely be a major backlash to that being an angle.

4. She's 24 and has only been in NXT since August. I'd be surprised if she's on Raw or Smackdown Live before 2020. They've got plenty of women wrestlers ahead of her.

5. Alive and thriving! Al Snow is the new owner and they just hit 1000 TV episodes.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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