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Sunday, May 12, 2019

EVOLVE match notes, Interviews with Francine/Big E/PCO/AJ Lee, upcoming WWE documentaries, Cesaro appearance, Stephanie honored, Bianca graduates, SDL+Raw segments set, Angle previews 2K20 collectors' edition, NXT commentator done, WWE targeting Ryback, another past MITB on YouTube, Raw live event note, world champion coming to MLW, and Questions on reporting vs. commentary, Nese's background, the importance of Bret vs. Magee, WWE Network showing Stampede footage, and Impact's social media

At EVOLVE 127 in Michigan on May 10:
- NXT's Adrian Jaoude beat Josh Briggs
- NXT's Babatunde defeated Adrian Alanis
- Kassius Ohno and Harlem Bravado lost to AR Fox and Leon Ruff
- Adam Cole defeated Austin Theory in a non-title match

Francine discussed returning to the wrestling business and more. I'm glad she's making appearances again.

Big E gave an injury update and more. I'm crying laughing at him courting Becky's mom.

PCO spoke about his current run and more. He's been very impressive in ROH.

Ali will be profiled on WWE Chronicle Saturday night, including a look at his religion.

Becky Lynch's "WWE 24" episode is airing after Money in the Bank on WWE Network.

Cesaro appeared at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Stephanie McMahon gave a commencement address and received an honorary doctorate at Robert Morris University. She had recently appeared in their Survey of WWE class.

Bianca Belair graduated from the University of Tennessee this weekend. That's awesome! She's going places.

Smackdown Live has added:
- The Kevin Owens Show with Kofi Kingston
- Randy Orton vs. Andrade vs. Finn Balor vs. Ali

Raw has announced:
- Becky Lynch in a double contract signing with Charlotte Flair and Lacey Evans
- Roman Reigns on MizTV
- Alexa Bliss vs. Naomi vs. Natalya vs. Dana Brooke
- Ricochet vs. Baron Corbin
- Braun Strowman vs. Drew McIntyre

Kurt Angle is signing 10,000 photos for WWE 2K20's collectors' edition. That's going to be a long endeavor.

Percy Watson has left WWE in order to go into acting. That explains Beth Phoenix replacing him at the NXT commentary table. I wish him well with that; we'll see if he pops back up in wrestling in any other way.

The former Ryback posted a legal letter with WWE asking him to cease using their trademarked terms in his digital endeavors. WWE owns "Ryback," "The Big Guy," and "Feed Me More" although he legally changed his first name to Ryback in 2016. We'll see if this ends up going to court.

WWE uploaded the 2015 Money in the Bank match to YouTube.

The former AJ Lee spoke with Neil DeGrasse Tyson about mental health. Great to see her advocating for people who are battling diagnoses.

Raw's May 11 live event in the UK saw WALTER defend the NXT UK Championship against Pete Dunne. It's notable there's not a lot of overlap with NXT UK on this tour now that that brand has its own shows pretty regularly.

Austin Aries is coming to MLW. The promotion is running his hometown on June 1.

At EVOLVE 128 in Indiana on May 11:
- NXT's Adrian Jaoude defeated Harlem Bravado
- NXT's Babatunde defeated Liam Gray
- Kassius Ohno defeated Josh Briggs
- Adam Cole defeated AR Fox

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
Nothing to add to 1.

2. I can strongly respect PWInsider separating their reporting and their commentary. In fact, I laud them for it. I try to provide commentary since I'm adding to what's already been reported elsewhere. I'm more of a blogger/compiler, but they're doing straight reporting and breaking stories. And, honestly, since they want to get stories out there ASAP, it makes sense to save the commentary for after the news out there.

3. He briefly competed in Impact, but left in order to have an iPPV match with The Great Muta. Of course, Muta would end up having a handful of Impact matches later on and is returning there soon.

4. The match has become kind of a cult phenomenon, especially since no one's been able to see it for themselves for a long time. The story is that Bret's opponent looked amazing in that match, got signed because of it, and flopped when he wasn't working with Bret.

5. It will come down to how much WWE values that footage compared to how much Bret values it.

6. Pretty cool, right? I'm glad he's thriving there.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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