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Saturday, March 23, 2019

Swerved lawsuit update, Rey trademarks wrestling name for his son, Undertaker-WWE update, another guest coach coming, superstars when they were fans, Interview with Poffo, legend set for WM35, WWE charity, Rock on Stone Cold beer bash, WWE opposing Abigail trademark, NXT star challenging for EVOLVE Championship, Festival of Honor host, Supercard bout official, Raw+NXT live event notes, and Questions on Strickland's status, when DJZ will join NXT, live injuries, WM35 weather plans, and where things go with Kofi

WWE is still part of the "Swerved" lawsuit after an attempt to be removed as a defendant was shot down. WWE had argued that since they were a Connecticut-based company, a Florida court didn't have jurisdiction over them. Of course, WWE does business regularly in Florida through the WWE Performance Center and NXT on top of other occasional events in the area.

Rey Mysterio has trademarked "Prince Mysterio" for future use by his son Dominic. There's potential for Dominic to jump right into working with Samoa Joe before potentially moving to NXT.

The Undertaker and Michelle McCool were at the WWE Performance Center recently. It's unknown exactly what they did there, but obviously this means they're all still on good terms after the Starrcast announcement.

Santino Marella will be a WWE Performance Center guest coach shortly. He has a training facility in Ontario.

WWE posted a gallery of current wrestlers when they were fans. It's amazing to see some of them next to people they now work with!

Lanny Poffo promoted 350 Days, discussing fighting fans after insulting Boston sports teams. Great times.

Hulk Hogan is set to be part of WrestleMania weekend. His role is currently unknown, but certainly at a milestone WrestleMania, it would make sense to use him to talk about the SuperSilverDome, brother.

Bayley and Titus O'Neil met with children on behalf of UNICEF.

The Rock talked about Stone Cold spraying him with beer. Classic moment.

WWE is opposing the Sister Abigail trademark. Notably the party who trademarked it first worked as an extra for WWE and wanted to portray that character.

Kyle O'Reilly will challenge for the EVOLVE Championship at EVOLVE 125 on April 4. That's pretty cool.

Festival of Honor will be hosted by Kid Cadet. I'm curious how that will go over.

Supercard has added RUSH vs. Dalton Castle.

At Raw's March 22 live event in New Jersey:
- No Way Jose worked his first live event since January 13, defeating EC3.
- Harper lost to Apollo Crews. We'll see what Harper's future holds.
- Nikki Cross teamed with Natalya in a win over Alexa Bliss and Lacey Evans, so Cross and Lacey are on Raw's shows this weekend. WWE is still figuring out how to fit them into things. They've been in a lot of different pairings lately.

At NXT's March 22 live event in Florida:
- The former Stokely Hathaway debuted as Court Moore in the corner of Babatunde Aiyegbusi in a victory over Nick Comoroto.
- Jessie Elaban and MJ Jenkins teamed in a loss to Aliyah and Vanessa Borne, so Elaban and MJ are being tested as a team
- Kassius Ohno and Luke Menzies teamed in a loss to the War Raiders
- Jeet Rama competed for the first time since February 14, losing to Shane Thorne
- Robert Strauss was in Riddick Moss' corner as Moss lost to Dominik Dijakovic

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. He and KUSHIDA will likely be figured into things shortly after Takeover:New York. They could easily be in the crowd that night.

2. He's scheduled for PROGRESS' Super Strong Style 16 tournament in early May, but obviously he can work there as part of WWE. He's got at least one booking in mid-April, so he'll do that before joining the WWE Performance Center.

3. Both sound awful!

4. I'm not sure what they'll do for the entrance way, but they definitely have the ring prepared.

5. Kofi wins the title at WrestleMania. Fans turn on him/move on to other talents by Summerslam. Probably right back where he was before this angle by Royal Rumble 2020.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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