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Sunday, April 21, 2019

Bonus Viceland clip, DDP DVD on WWE Network, Impact contract update, Mickie music video, Interviews with Dolph/Evans/Dana Warrior, Raw name misses live event, SDL star wrestling update, more Beth matches official, HHH-AEW comments removed, SDL preview, lucha figures canceled, WWE roster move official, WWE star jumps to AEW, SDL+NXT live event notes, and Questions on Eli's contract, the Vikings' new names, Grand Wizard's legacy, Impact's India TV deal, and oVe's newest member

Viceland released a bonus Jim Cornette clip from this week's episode. I'd love to say this will be the last time someone brings up what happened in Montreal, but I really, really doubt it.

Diamond Dallas Page's 2017 WWE DVD will be added to WWE Network Friday.

Impact's Gursinder Singh has reportedly not been granted his release yet. In a correction from my last post, he did work one of March's Impact tapings.

Mickie James released a video for her latest single.

Dolph Ziggler discussed his WWE status and more. I'm fine with his vacation continuing. There are plenty of talented stars stepping up with him gone.

Drew McIntyre missed Friday's live event due to travel issues, but will work the rest of the weekend.

Aiden English is taking convention bookings, which likely means he's been signed to a commentary deal. Other than WrestleMania AXXESS, his last match was January 21.

Beth Phoenix is set to team with Natalya on WWE's upcoming European tour. So she'll at least be competing again there.

Triple H's AEW references have been edited out of the WWE Hall of Fame broadcast on WWE Network. I miss when things like that were OK.

Lacey Evans was interviewed in South Carolina. I don't see any comparisons to the Emmalina character, and this wasn't something Vince came up with. If anything, I think Lacey would shade Emmalina for not being classy.

Smackdown Live has announced Kofi Kingston vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Becky Lynch going face-to-face with Charlotte Flair.

DC Comics' lucha-themed figures are no longer going to be made. That's a shame; they looked pretty cool.

Alexander Wolfe debuted for NXT UK at their April 20 TV taping, so it's expected that will be his regular home going forward. Notably, his WWE profile still lists him as being on Smackdown Live.

Goldust has left WWE for AEW, as he will be Cody's opponent at Double or Nothing under the name Dustin Rhodes. This move had been expected and foreshadowed for some time. Unsurprisingly, PWTees already has a shirt for him.

Dana Warrior discussed joining WWE Creative and more.

At Smackdown Live's April 20 live event in Wisconsin:
- Kevin Owens worked his first live event since March 4, defeating Andrade.
- Samoa Joe returned to the ring after his sickness, retaining the U.S. Championship over R-Truth.

At NXT's April 20 live event in Florida:
- Boa worked his first live event since March 9, losing to Albert Hardie, Jr.
- Marina Shafir worked her first live event since March 16, teaming with Jessamyn Duke in a loss to Kacy Catanzaro and Lacey Lane
- Robert Strauss made a team of Dan Matha and Riddick Moss as The Outliers. It feels like both men have been in developmental a long time.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. GALAXY BRAIN question here. Impact announced the release themselves weeks back. It was expected he'd go to AEW once his deal ended, but of course now he's tied up in that legal mess. I hope they get it figured out soon, since all it's really doing is making Impact look bad for keeping him from going somewhere else.

2. I wouldn't think so, but it's a possibility.

3. He's definitely held in very high regard for his abilities, and made a mark in his era.

4. If they lost that deal, Anthem seriously questions how much it's worth to continue Impact as a TV product as opposed to (hypothetically) just a touring/Twitch/PPV product or just scrapping it altogether.

5. Notably, Fulton was a member of SAnitY before he got injured and replaced with Killian Dain. He never really got much momentum going in NXT, so maybe this is the best move for him to show what he can do.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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