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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Interviews with Roman/Wilder, OWE trademarked, former WWE/WCW/ECW star producing Impact tapings, Joey Ryan competing for Impact, 2019 HoFer at WWEPC, RVD documentary Q&A set, Brock date, Dana Warrior-WWE update, Israeli star working MLW, TJP booked for post-WWE date, Supercard signings, Impact tapings official, Lana hurt, Raw audience, Angle on retirement, Roman schedule update, nWo cruising with Jericho, Ross trademark, and SDL dark matches

Roman Reigns spoke to Variety about his recovery before Raw.

"OWE Kungfu Wrestling" has been trademarked in the U.S. by a company called Shanghai Martialism Sport and Culture Communication Co. This is in regard to Oriental Wrestling Entertainment, the Chinese promotion affiliated with AEW.

Lance Storm will be a producer for Impact during their March 22 and March 23 Ontario TV tapings. I'm a little surprised he's working with them given his past criticism of the product, but I'm glad he's on hand to help out.

Joey Ryan will appear at United We Stand, facing Tessa Blanchard in an intergender match. This will be Ryan's first Impact appearance since 2015. For now I'd assume it's a one-time thing, but certainly he could contribute to the product if they used him more regularly.

Sean Waltman is working at the WWE Performance Center this week. He had particular praise for Matt Riddle and Punishment Martinez.

Rob Van Dam's "Headstrong" documentary will premiere on FITE March 20, followed by a live Q&A with RVD. I'm curious how much we'll see of him in the months to come after he works United We Stand.

Brock Lesnar will be on Monday's Raw. I'm cheering for UFC to take him back.

Dana Warrior was at WWE TV this week as she works with Creative.

Israeli star Ken Kerbis will compete in MLW's April 5 Battle Riot. I like the variety of stars MLW brings to their shows.

TJ Perkins is set for Pro Wrestling Revolver's May 10 event. This is Sami Callihan's promotion out of Iowa. We'll see if TJ ends up appearing on TV/PPV again after his WWE departure.

NJPW and ROH announced the talents signing at G1 Supercard. Notably advertised on top of their regular names:
- Bully Ray
- Mayu Iwatani
- Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA, Shingo Takagi, Testuya Naito)
- Hirooki Goto
- Jushin "Thunder" Liger
- Will Ospreay
- Zack Sabre, Jr.

Impact has officially announced Pennsylvania TV tapings for May 3 and May 4 at the former ECW Arena.

Lana confirmed she is dealing with an injury while challenging Asuka to a match at WrestleMania. We'll see if anything comes out of that. Lana has not wrestled since January 21. Honestly Asuka deserves much better.

Dash Wilder discussed The Revival's future and more:
- He's correct that actually holding the championship is fairly meaningless if the division stays in the same place it was when Drake Maverick was peeing himself and Bobby Roode and Chad Gable were losing singles matches to The Ascension.

- WWE has a lot of talented people who could use a spotlight. As long as WWE stays safe and comfortable, they won't change but so much. The last couple months have definitely been an improvement in some regards. The big test will be where things go with the Shakeup after WrestleMania.

- Some of the younger names need to get together and tell Vince it's time to treat them as stars.

- It is notable everyone immediately assumes a team is going to split up and feud.

- I'm glad the tag team division is pushing to get noticed. Other stars need to do that as well.

Raw drew 2.82 million viewers Monday night. There wasn't a huge boost after Fastlane.

Kurt Angle commented on his upcoming retirement. I kind of thought it would be a bigger deal than it is, but I'm fine with the younger, full-time stars being more prominent.

Roman Reigns has been added to WWE's UK tour for May 11 through May 17. He might be back on live events before then, but he's official for those shows.

- Roman has been removed from advertising for Monday's Raw. There is no confirmed explanation for this change at this time.

Chris Jericho's 2020 cruise has added Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Sean Waltman.

Jim Ross has trademarked "The Voice of Wrestling" for live appearances and podcasts, so that's likely what name that endeavor will take.

Before Smackdown Live, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows defeated SAnitY's Killian Dain and Alexander Wolfe. Those two teams have pretty much fallen off the map. I hope SAnitY gets a fresh chance after the Superstar Shakeup.

After Smackdown Live, AJ Styles defeated Randy Orton. That may or may not be the case at WrestleMania.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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