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Monday, May 6, 2019

Impact TV attendance, Impact producers, Cage advertised for upcoming show, Impact-Shera update, another McMahon family member to WWE?, assorted wrestling press, Paige's next plans, Roman opening Raw(?), WWE stock analyzed, and Questions on overused phrases, Moxley's video, veterans losing as they leave, talent reading promos, and when Vince will face consequences

Impact's Saturday TV taping drew around 450-500 fans, double the previous night's taping in the same venue. I'm glad things improved, although neither show drew strong numbers.

Impact used D'Lo Brown, Gail Kim, Petey Williams, and Pat Buck as producers this weekend. Buck of course recently worked as a guest coach for WWE.

Brian Cage is advertised for the Impact/House of Hardcore show on June 8, so hopefully he won't miss much longer.

Impact will use Mahabali Shera again once his visa is approved. I'm curious what's changed since his last run there.

Triple H's niece was profiled. She wants to join WWE. That could be interesting to say the least.

Booker T. threw out a pitch for the Houston Astros. Pretty cool.

Paige is looking to branch out in Hollywood. At 26, she could have a lot ahead of her on-screen inside and out of wrestling.

Roman Reigns tweeted he will open Raw tonight. Even the Superstar Shakeup jobs to The Big Dog.

Bray Wyatt mentioned a secret message in previous promos. As of this writing, Bray hasn't indicated whether anyone has discovered it.

WWE's stock woes were profiled, with optimism for the upcoming TV deals.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Yeah it's one of those phrases that gets a lot of use to show something isn't waiting for later in the show.

2. Oh yeah. It definitely wasn't thrown together cheaply. It was a good way to reintroduce us to the man who is no longer Dean Ambrose.

3. I get the reasoning behind it, and I also think it's a case-by-case situation. We'll see what comes of Corbin's career after his Mania win. It was definitely a way to get more heat on someone fans legitimately hate.

4. That explains how some of the promos sound! But yes I'm sure it's more technologically advanced than marker and paper.

5. To some degree it's going to be a case of USA and FOX having something that can draw similar audience levels 52 weeks a year to replace WWE. Until they've got something to potentially take the place of WWE content, there's only so much they can do. That said, USA and FOX did pay big money for shows that were doing significantly better a year ago, and they should be concerned those audience levels are far off at this point.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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