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Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Possible MITB injury, MITB blood, Lana's ideas taken?, Y2J criticizes MITB ending, Impact alum at NXT show, Grace signs deal, Scarlett update, NJPW adds name to Texas event, AEW talent moving to the U.S., Brock-WWE note, WWE official has surgery, more Thunder on the Network, Flair pulled from Nevada events, Quackenbush milestone, Ciampa signings set, AEW talent takes on another role, more Casino Battle Royale participants, more on new WWE title, looking at Owen's last day, Interview with Cornette, and Questions on DON's price, Lio's issues, WWE vs. Starrcast, and AEW's first champion

Rey Mysterio was examined by doctors after Money in the Bank. There's concern he has a shoulder injury. Wow, both men ended up worse for wear from that match and angle. It's possible the United States Championship changes hands again next week.

- Rey is believed to have suffered a separated soldier.

Ali was legitimately busted open by Brock Lesnar's ladder at Money in the Bank, while Lars Sullivan was busted open by Kalisto. I wouldn't assume Kalisto injured him intentionally.

Lana insinuated she pitched an idea that was given to another talent in a since-deleted tweet that was picked up by news outlets. Maybe she should join Creative if they're not going to use her otherwise. Hopefully she doesn't bring Rusev down with her.

Chris Jericho attacked WWE's booking of Brock Lesnar winning Money in the Bank. There were definitely fans anticipating Double or Nothing after seeing that ending!

Impact alum KM was backstage at NXT's Sunday live event. He's local to the area; I don't really expect NXT to sign him.

Jordynne Grace signed with Impact Wrestling for a new deal going through May 2021. It's likely she was able to get a better contract than initially offered in October, since she presented Impact with evidence of her worth in the form of social media engagement and other metrics. That's pretty savvy on her part.

Scarlett Bordeaux is reportedly in a multi-year deal with Impact. The company refuted the story her current deal ends this summer. It's possible the contract is able to "roll over" like the Hardys' WWE deal. There's no word on whether she'll receive her requested release, or what her plans are if she does become a free agent.

G1 Climax in Texas has added Jushin "Thunder" Liger. NJPW's going to have to do a better job of promoting events in the U.S. if they want ticket sales to be as impressive as they were initially.

CIMA is moving to the United States full-time in order to work with AEW. Hopefully OWE can continue to flourish.

Brock Lesnar's involvement in Money in the Bank was kept secret backstage. WWE told the MITB competitors someone would be getting involved in the ending once Ali climbed the ladder, but didn't specify it would be Brock to anyone but Ali. Some backstage were even told Ali would be winning the match in order to throw them off the plan. WWE succeeded in preventing spoilers from getting out.

WWE official Scott Armstrong had surgery for two herniated discs. Oucccch.

WWE Network has added 20 episodes of WCW Thunder from 2000.

Ric Flair will no longer be at Starrcast or associated events due to heart surgery he had Monday. He will not be well enough to fly to Nevada in time for the event. It's unfortunate another major name has had to pull out from the convention.

Mike Quackenbush celebrated 25 years since his first wrestling match. That's an amazing run.

Tommaso Ciampa will sign before EVOLVE 129, EVOLVE 130, EVOLVE 131, and EVOLVE 132.

AEW's Brandon Cutler will be both a wrestler and content producer.

Double or Nothing's Casino Battle Royale has added Luchasaurus and Private Party.

WWE's 24/7 Championship was originally expected to be called the Wild Card Championship. Neither name is especially exciting, but it gives the lower-level names something to do, so I'm fine with it.

Owen Hart's final day was covered on a long podcast. Amazing it's already been 20 years!

Jim Cornette discussed Richmond's wrestling history. He's a walking encyclopedia of the territory era.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1 and 2. It's definitely a steep price, but AEW could be counting on the insane demand for tickets to translate into fans willing to pay a premium price for the PPV. If the return isn't what they're hoping for, they'll likely adjust for future shows. Once there's a weekly TV show, there will be a lot more AEW content out there, so fans presumably won't be as starved to see those talents and prices will drop a bit. We'll see.

3. Galaxy brain Lio playing 5D Chess. Nah I don't think that's it. I think he just has such confidence in himself that he thinks he's above doing what others before him have done. Honestly it comes across as him feeling the need to assert himself as a young, small, new black wrestler so he doesn't get passed over.

4. Kind of? Starrcast is definitely liked to AEW, and WWE doesn't want to aid that weekend by allowing the convention to feature top-tier WWE stars.

5. At DON? Nothing. I think I'd start that build at Fight for the Fallen and declare the first champion on the first episode of the weekly show.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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