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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Assorted wrestling press, Impact TV match, Ronda update, another Starrcast name, Jazz's NWA replacement, SDL touring Latin America, Raw audience, WWE pulls names from Starrcast, WWE uploads MITB match, another Viceland wrestling show coming, WWE trademarks name for new WWEPC star, another WWE trademark, SDL dark matches, and Questions on GWN subscriptions, AEW's TV plans, an AEW home venue, and WWE names jumping to AEW

Gail Kim is appearing at Toronto's MLB game Friday to promote Rebellion.

Impact is doing a charity event for the Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto before Monday's TV taping. I can't help but think that's partially to fill more seats.

Impact's April 29 TV taping will feature all four members of oVe vs. Tommy Dreamer, Rich Swann, Willie Mack, and Fallah Bahh. So that feud will continue after Rebellion.

Ronda Rousey called herself "semi-retired" until she has a baby. She's also recovering from a broken pinky. I'm very glad she ended up working through WrestleMania. I definitely think more can come from her in the ring if she wants to wrestle more.

Taz will be at Starrcast II. I miss his suplexing days.

The NWA Women's Championship match at Crockett Cup will now be Allysin Kay vs. Santana Garrett for the title vacated by Jazz.

WWE has announced Latin American events for August, September, and October. Interestingly only Smackdown Live talents are named for the events.

Double or Nothing has a commemorative art poster. That's pretty cool.

Johnny Gargano brought his championship to the Cleveland Browns. Good to see it.

Raw drew 2.37 million viewers Monday night, a notable drop from last week.

The Undertaker and Kurt Angle have been pulled from Starrcast II due to signing new WWE contracts. I think this could backfire on WWE as far as getting fans and talents to resent the decision and culture of the company not allowing non-active talent to make a big payday. But, of course, money talks and I'm sure Taker and Angle have been compensated well by WWE for signing new deals that prohibit such appearances. More on this as it develops.

WWE uploaded the women's Money in the Bank match from Smackdown Live in June 2017 on YouTube. MELLA IS MONEY.

Viceland is working on another wrestling docuseries due in 2019, featuring international independent stars. That's a pretty intriguing idea.

Big E discussed voice acting. Good to see him getting opportunities like that.

WWE has trademarked "Garza Jr." so it looks like he'll continue to use that name. WWE has also trademarked "B-Team University," which may or may not relate to Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel.

Before Smackdown Live, Heavy Machinery beat The B-Team. While Otis and Tucker were moved to that brand in the Superstar Shakeup, The B-Team are still listed as being on Raw. We'll see if that changes.

After Smackdown Live, Randy Orton and Roman Reigns fought to a no contest.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. No question mark found. Entry skipped.

2. Yes, when it first come out, so they could rewatch old content that isn't on WWE Network. I don't know how many people are subscribed in all.

3. They intend to do live TV to the best of my knowledge. That's definitely a major move for a company that technically hasn't run a show yet. I'd think starting with taping shows once a month or so would be less risky, but if someone's paying them to go live each week, they'll try to make that work. The key question is whether they can draw on the road that often given their success so far has been based on traveling fans coming to a few major shows.

4. I would think Jacksonville would be interested in the idea, but they don't want to burn one market out. And if someone's willing to invest that much money into touring that frequently that early, they'll certainly try it!

5. There are definitely wrestlers who will jump for better opportunities if the pay is right. There's a big opportunity for people who aren't reaching their potential in WWE.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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