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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Interviews with Horowitz/Lilian/Murphy/Flair/Stephanie/McLane+Teal, Arn podcast update, another Network documentary this weekend, Ronda in Warcraft commercial, HoFer's wife passes away, All Out match gets sponsor, Keira set for BFG press, new Global Wars matches, Raw audience, Cesaro heading to Takeover, "Miz & Mrs" update, UK-based Hidden Gems, HIAC title match advertised, SDL dark match, and Questions on AEW not selling out weeks four and five, ROH on FSN, Omega working DDT, and AEW signing Brock

Barry Horowitz discussed the art of losing and more. Here are highlights.

Arn Anderson's podcast "The Arn Show" will air on Tuesdays beginning in September. Conrad Thompson will co-host and the show will go out via Westwood One.

WWE Network is airing a "Day Of" Summerslam special following Takeover:Cardiff. The Adrian Street documentary has been moved to before that event's pre-show.

Lilian Garcia is on Stone Cold's latest podcast. They've shared quite a few beers in the ring.

Buddy Murphy is on CBS Sports' State of Combat podcast.

Ronda Rousey was in a World of Warcraft 15th anniversary commercial.

Antonio Inoki's wife recently passed. Very sad to hear that.

Ric Flair put over the opportunities wrestlers have in 2019. That's how much AEW changes things.

Cracker Barrel will sponsor All Out's Joey Janela vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Darby Allin match, which is now a "Cracker Barrel Clash." The AEW execs have a tendency to do things for memes/comedy, but at least this is presumably getting AEW some money.

Keira Hogan is set for a lot of Bound For Glory weekend press events. Good that she's getting that level of prominence.

ROH and CMLL's September 8 event has added:
- The Briscoes and Barbaro Cavernario vs. Bandido, Tracy Williams, and Mark Haskins
- PJ Black vs. Flip Gordon vs. Triton

ROH and CMLL's September 9 event has added:
- Rush vs. Stuka, Jr.
- Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia vs. Volador, Jr. and Triton

Stephanie McMahon had a long BBC Sportshour interview.

Raw drew 2.53 million viewers Monday, basically identical with last week.

WOW's David McLane and Teal Piper did a conference call to promote the upcoming season. Here's a recap. WOW is in some ways getting a commercial with Teal working All Out.

Cesaro will be part of NXT UK Takeover: Cardiff, but it's unknown what his role will be. It was teased he'll get involved physically. That would be a boost for that brand!

"Miz & Mrs" most recent episode was advertised as the end of the first season.

WWE Network's latest Hidden Gems will be:
- Adrian Street vs. Davey Boy Smith from Stampede Wrestling in 1981
- Adrian Street vs. Bobby Fulton from Mid-South Wrestling in 1984
- Adrian Street vs. Terry Taylor from Mid-South Wrestling in 1984
- The Undertaker vs. British Bulldog from a WWF live event in 1991
- Randy Orton vs. Triple H from a WWE live event in 2008
- Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe vs. Sami Zayn from an NXT live event in 2015
-- It will be cool to see some of those liv event matches

Hell in a Cell is advertising The Fiend challenging for the WWE Universal Championship. That's perfect for that event!

Before Smackdown Live, The Kabuki Warriors defeated Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Tickets remain on sale for both shows. While AEW has done incredibly well with ticket demand so far, and I expect these tapings will do well, too, there are definitely some markets that are stronger than others and only so many people are traveling to a certain number of AEW events.

2. Honestly, I don't expect it unless it's just reruns of the show they air now. Sinclair has made it clear ROH is primarily a source of content for local channels rather than a major priority. It's really telling there haven't been any reports of ROH gearing up to be featured there, since this deal has been in the works for months.

3. Part of signing Omega was allowing to him work other places internationally. He's obviously fond of Japan, and he's likely going to scout talent while he's there. I think it's a good move to branch out to other promotions to potentially get talents who will stand out from what other U.S. companies are doing.

Nothing to add to 4.

5. Brock is still under WWE contract, so there's no way this is happening anytime soon. I expect Brock will be willing to entertain a big money offer from AEW next time his WWE deal comes due, though, if AEW decides he's worth pursuing. He won't come cheap and he won't come full-time, but if the Khans are willing to pull out the checkbook, I expect he'll sit down with them.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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