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Monday, April 29, 2019

Wrestlers discuss music, Rollins appears at former indie home, new JR podcast official, Interview with JR, KUSHIDA on getting used to NXT, SDL match set, Cena set for major film role, Takeover moving dates, Impact producer works for Bellator, WOS season two taping soon, and Questions on AEW's PPV home, AEW ticket prices, Vince not accepting blame, and post-Shakeup moves

A number of wrestlers discussed their favorite metal bands.

Seth Rollins appeared at Scott County Wrestling. It's great to see him support where he came from.

Jim Ross' new podcast will be called "Grillin JR."

Jim Ross discussed joining AEW and more.

KUSHIDA tweeted about the transition to NXT. I hope he does well there and post-NXT.

Smackdown Live has set Becky Lynch vs. Bayley as well as Kofi Kingston responding to Kevin Owens' actions last week.

John Cena will be in the next Fast and Furious movie.

Takeover:San Jose is being moved due to the Saudi Arabian show the preceding day. So, yes, even NXT fans job to the Saudi government.

Impact producer Kevin Sullivan (not the Taskmaster) did some content for Bellator this weekend.

WOW's second season is taping on May 15 and May 16 in California.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I'm under the impression that's tied in with ongoing TV negotiations, with whichever company getting their TV show also getting to determine PPV/streaming. Otherwise they would have gotten something settled and informed fans by now.

2. Hey if people are willing to pay that much for tickets, AEW will be glad to sell them at that price! They can always adjust for the next shows if demand isn't as high. As for PPVs, that's another thing they probably have a lot of metrics on to make an educated guess. It might be somewhat out of their control if they get tied to a streaming network with their upcoming TV home.

3. Vince definitely doesn't want to go out in front of stockholders, as the head of the company and the head of creative, and say he's the reason revenue is down, especially since he's going to be the guy making decisions for the foreseeable future. So, yes, he's going to point to other factors like talent absences. And he's definitely not going to paint a picture that WWE's current issues aren't something he's going to able to fix.

4. I don't think Vince is arguing they don't have enough wrestlers under contract, but that people who had been prominent parts of the TV shows had been out for extended periods of time. Either way, I do think Wall Street is skeptical about Vince's abilities in 2019 as ratings sink and he turns his attention to reviving the XFL.

5. Well, with the McMahons collectively directly in charge of both brands, they can move anyone anywhere at any time!

More wrestling tomorrow.

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