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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Impact replaying, Interviews with Lio/Swagger/Barrios, ROH now on FITE, why the XFL is relaunching, WOH Title match for anniversary show, Jarrett-Anthem lawsuit updates, former WWE/WCW star at WWEPC, Summerslam travel packages, Raw guests, why Rock was near Raw, expected WM36 location, Impact taping plans, new Raw live event, new Roman shirt, Flair documentary in the works, Cena praises Roman, and Questions on WWE having a stake in EVOLVE, Lars' status, cruisers on the Kickoff show, Usos winning despite the arrest, and the Hart Foundation's HoF status

Impact will replay on Twitch Monday nights before Raw, and will come to Global Wrestling Network on Tuesdays. With the severe lack in available homes for Pursuit, it's good they're making it easier for fans to watch the show.

Lio Rush is on Lilian Garcia's latest podcast, discussing his personal and professional lives. He's lived through a lot at only 24.

Jack Swagger discussed MMA, AEW, and more:
- I'm glad WWE let R-Truth perform his entrance song.

- I'm also glad he can still do independent dates.

- I don't know if WWE will let him use his name from there. They can absolutely argue the name was their creation.

WWE Co-President George A. Barrios is speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference today.

HonorClub is now available on FITE. That opens up more ways to watch ROH, which is a plus.

Vince McMahon had met with Charlie Ebersol to relaunch the XFL before Ebersol created the Alliance of American Football. Ebersol was looking to buy the XFL brand for $50 million. Ultimately, of course, Vince decided to go his own direction. It will be interesting to see how each league goes.

ROH's 17th anniversary PPV has added Mayu Iwatani vs. Kelly Klein for the WOH Championship. I kind of expected that to be saved for G1 Supercard. I'm curious what we'll see in New York after this match.

Impact Wrestling has deleted all GFW master tapes in order to have additional storage space. Notably, this was before Jeff Jarrett's lawsuit. Jarrett is seeking $300,000 in damages for each hour of content taped.

- Jarrett is also looking for the copyrights to his likeness to be returned to him so WWE can use them.

- This lawsuit also shows Anthem foreclosed on Billy Corgan's loans to Impact in order to take control of the company.

- Anthem is alleging the wrestling end of their company isn't directly controlled by the sports end of their company.

The WWE Performance Center is featuring former WWE/WCW star David Taylor as a guest trainer this week.

Summerslam 2019's official travel packages were revealed. There's a lot available there!

Dana Warrior, Paul Heyman, and Charlotte Flair were at Raw. I certainly think the show was fresher without the same Paul Heyman promo we've gotten for two years.

The Rock was near Raw due to filming the "Jumanji" sequel in town. He was not backstage.

WrestleMania 36 is expected to be in Tampa, Florida. They've really done a lot of Mania events in Florida.

Impact's Pennsylvania TV tapings are set for May 3 and May 4. They plan to tape TV in New York on June 6 and June 7. Naturally that will all lead to Slammiversary, but it is unknown where they plan to run that event.

Raw has announced a live event in Indiana on May 5.

Roman Reigns has a new T-shirt reflecting his battle against leukemia. WWE Shop works fast!

The Rock's mother was at Raw in the front row.

Ric Flair will be the subject of a WWE Network documentary covering his 70th birthday. WWE taped a lot of footage backstage at Raw.

John Cena praised Roman Reigns for his recovery. I'm glad to see it.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Not directly as far as I know, but WWE uses EVOLVE as a training place for NXT recruits. EVOLVE will sign talents WWE is interested in so other groups can't, and then WWE gets first dibs on EVOLVE talents if they're offered contracts elsewhere. It's a pretty beneficial relationship given how many talents WWE is scouting that are also in demand from other places.

2. He's more or less "on hiatus" while he recovers. WWE's still interested in using him when he's ready to return.

3. If 205 Live drew huge numbers on WWE Network, he might reconsider. As long as the storylines are only visible on a platform that fewer people watch than Raw or Smackdown Live, he's going to be reluctant to give their matches more prominence. I can't say I disagree with his logic, and I say that as someone who agrees their matches are also solid.

4. As said, Naomi was not charged with anything, so I don't think there's any reason to punish her. I was surprised the Usos won, though. My guess is the fact the Usos' contracts are coming due in April and WWE wants to keep them superseded the incident. I'm sure WWE isn't proud of his actions regardless.

5. There are reportedly still plans to induct them, but obviously DX is being pushed harder. History's repeating itself essentially!

More wrestling tomorrow.

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