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Friday, August 30, 2019

New WWE trademarks, Moxley pulled from Starrcast, live event canceled, WWE signing, NJPW attendance note, WWE does really well in South America, ROH attendance, why Delirious is in Grand Prix, injured AAA name missing NY show, NJPW moves event due to Olympics, Japanese charity show sells out, update on TV declines, Alberto promotion having money trouble, NWA advertising past names for taping, ROH name out hurt, Khan on AEW's TV night, Omega-DDT note, WWE looking to change roster, WWE shoots down NXT rumor, NXT Creative expanding, WWE Australia matches, WWE passes sales tax onto consumers, where the Usos have been, Rock endorses Shamrock, assorted wrestling press, MLW signs jiujitsu medalist, hurricane canceling NXT shows, ROH about to lose top name?, Impact announces international deal, new All Out competitor, TNT special recut, ROH tournament competitors, AEW signs Dustin to multi-year deal, another Clash of Champions match in the works, Theory set for another title defense, new Bloodsport match, Interview with Schiavone, EVE profiled, AEW running All Out venue before Thanksgiving, and Questions on Heyman in Impact, AEW vs. Raw, Raw Roulette, Zayn mentioning AEW, and strange venues

WWE is trademarking the names Breezango and The Outliers. That's a good sign for the teams continuing. They've also trademarked "The Irresistible Force," which could apply to the still-injured Nia Jax.

Jon Moxley has been pulled from Starrcast due to getting treatment for his elbow. Hopefully it's smooth sailing for him once he recovers from that.

A Smackdown Live live event for Kentucky in October 17 appears to have been canceled. This was a rescheduled date from May. Cutting down on unpopular live events is an overdue move.

Zelina Vega will sign at a Cricket Wireless in New York on September 10 to promote that night's Smackdown Live.

The Super-J Cup finals drew 2,500 fans.

WWE in Colombia was a legitimate sellout of 10,800 fans. Wowwwww. WWE doesn't go there often, but it matters when they do!

- WWE is planning at least one more show there in 2020, which could be a PPV or TV taping. That would definitely be a very unique environment and would do better than a lot of U.S. shows; I'd love to see it happen.

ROH's August 24 event was a sellout of 700 fans. Their August 25 event drew 450 fans, which is the lowest ROH has drawn in Nashville since 2008.

CMLL's World Grand Prix added Delirious since he was already there for a meeting regarding talent exchanges.

AAA's El Hijo del Vikingo will miss the New York show due to a ruptured MCL. He's still expected for their California show.

G1 2020 will take place in the fall due to the Summer Olympics in Japan. Those are expected to lead to a lot of changes for NJPW's schedule.

Takayamania drew a sellout of 1,500 fans with talent from a number of different Japanese promotions benefiting Yoshihito Takayama. Takayama appeared in a video and noted he was recovering. Very glad to see the support for him.

More than 1.50 million cable or satellite subscribers dropped their subscriptions in the second quarter of 2019. There are still more than 86.5 million Americans subscribed to cable or satellite, but there's definitely a notable decline. Of course, there are also millions of people not subscribing in the first place.

Alberto El Patron's NLL company has had reports of talents not being paid. There aren't high expectations for the promotion's long-term viability.

NWA's first TV tapings will feature multiple former titleholders. They're definitely paying homage to history there, which I know a lot of people appreciate.

TK O'Ryan is out of action due to multiple concussions. Man. I hope he gets through that.

Tony Khan has indicated AEW won't run on Monday nights because they don't want to go against the NFL. That's a smart move.

Kenny Omega working DDT was initiated by DDT.

WWE is considering another draft/shakeup before Smackdown Live moves to FOX. It could be for the best if the rosters will then be consistent (beyond the 24/7 Championship).

WWE has denied reports of re-signing Enzo Amore and Big Cass for NXT. That would be a big shock given how both men left.

NXT could expand its writing team with the move to USA. That's a risky move given what draws people to NXT's style.

WWE's October Australia tour is advertising Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship and Roman Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan as the two main events.

WWE Network subscribers in Maine are now paying $10.56 monthly due to a new sales tax there. WWE made consumers pick up the tab on that one.

The Usos have been pulled from action after Jimmy's recent DUI. That's fair.

The Rock endorsed Ken Shamrock's Impact return, which Moose responded to. Classy move from Rock, and clever marketing from Moose.

Impact is bringing local soccer stars to their upcoming Nevada tapings. Yeah, that doesn't really look major league, but maybe it will boost buzz/attendance.

Stephanie McMahon was part of a Women's Equality Day event at Hyundai.

The 24/7 Championship is now available as a toy replica from WWE.

MLW has announced jiu-jitsu practitioner Dominic Garrini will compete at War Chamber. That could be interesting.

NXT is rescheduling this weekend's live events due to Hurricane Dorian. Their Jacksonville event is being moved to September 20 and their Fort Pierce event is being moved to September 28. I hope everything ends up alright; that sounds scary.

Matt Taven's ROH contract expires at the end of September. Given how much they've built things around him, things would really change if he leaves. I'd be surprised to see another company promote him better than ROH has, but it's certainly possible someone else could offer him a better deal financially.

Impact has announced a Philippines rights deal for both TV and PPVs. That's a plus for them as they look to establish their spot in 2019.

All Out's Casino Battle Royale has added Australia's Shazza McKenzie. They're really making an effort to feature a variety of talents.

TNT's All Out special was produced before Jon Moxley pulled from the show, but was edited before airing. That could have been kind of embarrassing.

ROH's world championship contendership tournament has announced Marty Scurll, Jay Lethal, Dalton Castle, and Kenny King. Those four names definitely make sense!

AEW has signed Dustin Rhodes to a multi-year as a wrestler and producer. That makes all the sense in the world. He's already proven himself as an asset there, and I expect that to continue.

WWE intends to have a women's tag team championship match at Clash of Champions. I'm curious what they'll do for it.

NXT signee Austin Theory is booked for EVOLVE's September 21 event, defending his championship against Josh Briggs. He could easily end his run there to join NXT full-time.

Bloodsport III has added Simon Grimm (Gotch) facing the former Santino Marella. That could really be good with their respective backgrounds.

Tony Schiavone discussed returning to wrestling and more. It is surreal fans are excited for a wrestling show with him involved on a Turner station again.

Pro Wrestling EVE was profiled in the UK. It's a pretty substantial piece and EVE seems to be gaining buzz.

AEW will run All Out's venue for their November 27th taping. Seemingly they expect a big traveling crowd for the night before Thanksgiving. It's possible this replaces plans for a November PPV given how big of a market that is for them.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Heyman wanted to take a great level of control of Impact and make sweeping changes to the roster, with its focus at the time on older names. His long-term goal was to take the company public like WWE. That was obviously a pretty big shift from what Impact was doing, so they didn't take the risk. He wanted to bring EVOLVE's Gabe Sapolsky with him, so that would have drastically changed the wrestling landscape in multiple ways.

2. Terrible idea given the much stiffer competition on Mondays. AEW shouldn't make things any harder for themselves to draw a TV audience.

3. They haven't had an inkling to use it. It also involves a bigger level of planning than the usual Raw, which is already chaotic!

4. Other reports have said it was something okayed to be there in order to make people think he was saying something unapproved, in order to get buzz for Raw's falling third hour ratings. Notably it wasn't bleeped or edited out in replays.

5. I can't top his stories, but I learned there was a pretty notable indie company running a regular show ten minutes from me for years and it took me a long time to even know they existed. I had driven by them many, many times without knowing. So that was strange in its own way.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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