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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

MLW signing, new WWE merch, Ronda vs. Dana fallout, territory era NWA star passes, more on Angle-WM35, Impact working with OVW again, Raw name works ill, Batista-Raw note, ROH name cleared to return, Angle's brother charged with assault, Raw audience, new ROH DVD set, Lethal meets MLB player, SDL women's contender next week, SDL dark matches, and Questions on why Charlotte was added to Ronda-Becky, Cena's non-PG move name, partners pinning each other in a multi-team match, AJ's future, and Warrior winning more titles changing how he's viewed

MLW has signed Air Wolf. That's got to be one of my favorite wrestling names now. I'm impressed with how quickly he's made an impact in the business.

WWE has new Chalk Line shorts for Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Rick Rude, and Dude Love.

Dana Brooke was "evaluated by a local medical facility" after facing Ronda Rousey on Raw. Be careful whom you step to!

- Ronda Rousey's husband Travis Browne has been "banned from Raw" for his actions Monday.

Former NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Roger Kirby passed away at 79 due to pancreatic cancer. PWInsider.com ran down his career.

Kurt Angle vs. Baron Corbin is the legitimate current plan for WrestleMania 35. There was speculation the direction is leading to something else on that show, but currently that match is scheduled to take place. Angle understandably hoped for something more major at the event.

Impact and OVW have entered a new agreement for OVW to be Impact's developmental system, as the company was from 2012-2014. That definitely opens up talent opportunities for Impact.

Drew McIntyre worked Raw and the previous days' live events while sick. He's still expected for WrestleMania.

Batista's "home" interview was taped in Pennsylvania before last week's Raw.

Flip Gordon has been cleared to return to the ring. So, he is eligible to work G1 Supercard. Notably, Bully Ray has an open challenge that night.

Eric Angle was charged with assault after lifting a young amateur wrestler he was coaching by the neck following a loss. That's really egregious. I hope steps are taken to make sure this doesn't happen again.

Raw drew 2.70 million viewers Monday, down from 2.82 million last week.

ROH has released a new Marty Scurll DVD set. Perfect timing before his big G1 Supercard match.

Jay Lethal met New York baseball player Nick Swisher as part of ROH promotion for G1 Supercard.

WrestleMania's Smackdown Live Women's Championship number one contender will be declared on Tuesday's episode as a result of Naomi vs. Carmella vs. Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville.

Before Smackdown Live, Ricochet and Heavy Machinery defeated all three members of SAnitY.

After Smackdown Live, Becky Lynch defeated Charlotte Flair.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It wouldn't shock me if Becky defeats Charlotte, but Charlotte definitely wasn't added just so Ronda wouldn't have to take the loss. WWE wants Charlotte to share in that milestone, and they also have more confidence in the match's quality with her involved.

2. I expect whomever approved the move name didn't know what it meant and/or was given a kayfabe PG explanation for the term. They also changed the FU because it was originally a knock on the F5, and obviously Cena used it on a lot of other opponents post-Lesnar!

3. I swear the New Age Outlaws or someone did that once and the rules got changed to make it illegal. There is that loophole that was mentioned, though.

4. Of course he just signed a new WWE contract, so that won't be his final feud!

5. I also don't know if that was in the cards, but I don't think Meltzer is intentionally misleading anyone. It's possible more title runs would have elevated Warrior's status, but there was still quite a bit to turn people off of him as a worker and a person.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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