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AEW ran ads during Smackdown Live and NXT this week. I'm surprised USA let that happen. We'll see how effective they are shortly.

Clash of Champions drew 8,000 fans.

AAA Invading New York drew 3,000 fans, due in part to a strong walkup crowd. They were unable to have blood or weapons on the show, nor could they have wrestlers fight into the crowd, due to the New York Athletic Commission. This really hampered plans for the main event.

- Amazing Red, Homicide, and Dezmond Xavier were all planned for the show at various points.

AAA talents are expected to get their visas in time for the promotion's California show. That will greatly boost the lineup.

AAA has moved its Colombia shows from October 5 and October 6 to November 16 and November 17. They're running a 2,800 seat building the first night and a 700 seat building the second night.

Rhino recently debuted in NOAH as part of the working agreement between NOAH and Impact. He will likely return.

NJPW recently released its annual financial report:
- Company revenue was up almost 11% from the last fiscal year, ending up at $50 million. WOW. Great job!

- Live event attendance grew for a sixth straight year, another impressive note.

- Profits were down from the previous fiscal year, due to increased investments in video content and international expansion. Some of that should pay off in future years if they're smart.

- Live event revenue saw a nice increase. The company is running fewer shows, but in larger buildings.

- Merchandise sales outside of Japan were significantly down, due to the loss of key Western talents. Obviously this news will lead to fans asking NJPW to work with those AEW names again. There's been no movement on that front.

- NJPW is looking to make New Japan World more friendly for English-speakers. That could definitely help add subscriptions!

Japan's Jiro Kuroshio is moving to the U.S. He had a WWE tryout recently, so it's possible that's where he's headed.

Jushin "Thunder" Liger worked his final match for Zero-1 Wednesday as a he teamed with Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa to defeat Daichi Hashimoto, Kazuki Hashimoto, and Sean Guinness.

Spain's A-Kid is said to be WWE-bound after Battle of Los Angeles. I'm curious how he fits in there given the shifts NXT's USA move is bringing about.

Jim Cornette is believed to be done with MLW due to signing with NWA.

Rhino is now OVW TV Champion.

AEW Dynamite will air live on the West Coast. There are currently no plans for replays.

Chris Jericho appeared on "America's Got Talent," coaching a comedian.

Friday Night Smackdown's West Coast airings will be 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., rather than live as other sports are. FOX affiliates didn't want to be pre-empted every week for WWE. The ratings will be better this way.

Booker T. is expected to co-host FS1's WWE studio show. That would certainly make sense.

Sheamus is cleared to wrestle again should WWE come up with a way to use him. It would be fresh to have him back on TV.

Kacy Catanzaro is considered to be on leave. She has not been released and is still making a decision regarding her wrestling future.

Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn weren't at Raw due to FOX meetings. Kevin Dunn was at Smackdown Live.

WWE stars got press for visiting Children's Healthcare of Atlanta before Raw.

New MLW host Alessandra Bonte previously worked for sky Italia and England's ATP Media.

MLW has announced Fightland 2020 for February 1.

MLW is looking at adding more announcers.

Alexa Bliss was backstage at NXT.

New NXT signing Indi Hartwell was backstage at NXT. I wonder when we'll see her on TV.

Mickie James will appear on NBC Sports Network Saturday before the NASCAR race.

Kenny Omega buried NXT's roster in an interview with Sportskeeda. Honestly this came across as him being in-character as a heel, but people ran with it.

- Dominic Dijakovic responded to the promo.

- Kenny Omega later indicated Matt Riddle isn't included in his statement.

WWE and Paramount are working on an animated movie starring Roman Reigns and Becky Lynch.

AEW released a promo for Dynamite. This felt pretty big league. Good for them.

NXT drew 1.18 million viewers Wednesday night. Wow. That's pretty impressive. 

Kona Reeves underwent an MRI after Wednesday's dark match. I'm curious how much we'll see of him on USA.

Joaquin Wilde is getting surgery for a broken eye socket sustained during training. When he's 100%, I expect him in the Cruiserweight Championship picture.  

A Raw attendee was arrested for allegedly videoing an officer urinating. Ummmm... WHAT??? 

Booker T. and Matt Hardy attended a Texas MLB game to promote Royal Rumble. That's going to be a really big night. 

NXT is hiring a writer. 

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. He's staying close to West Texas for the most part. It's been a rough ride for him. 

2. I'm surprised there's no overlap! They burn through a LOT of names. 

3. Generally the talent do pitch names, but as always it's Creative's call. 

4. The names and logos were WWE creations as part of that company assisting XFL in getting off the ground. 

5. As indicated, XFL is owned by a separate company now. 

6. WWE has the option to do that if they want to. I don't think they will, though, at least not while the league is reviving. They'd rather it air on streaming services that will pay them to air it. 

More wrestling tomorrow.