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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Interviews with DDP/Elias/Gable/HHH, another WWE star launches gaming channel, Kross-Impact impasse grows, Batista in non-WWE game, Scurll-ROH update, Sin Cara set for live event, another Network update, Raw angle trends in U.S., WWE women book coming, AEW special rating, DBD main event confirmed, AEW world title stolen, NXT tour announced, Hamilton star praises WWE performer, Poffo booked for ROH show, another Global Wars match, AEW women's title look, ROH tournament brackets, Starrcast set, SDL dark match, and Questions on NXT's title being a world title and AEW's PPV prices

Diamond Dallas Page is on Stone Cold's latest podcast.

Asuka has launched a gaming channel.

Rob Van Dam promoted Impact's TV tapings at a local baseball game.

Killer Kross has heat with Impact management because he refused to cut himself open in Slammiversary's First Blood match, so Impact ended up having to get fake blood at the last minute. Yeah, that's on Impact. Expecting someone to blade in 2019 is very outdated. And, really, if they're not happy with his services, they should release him.

- Kross was concerned that there were no outside medical personnel at Slammiversary. That's a perfectly valid concern when intentionally cutting yourself for a wrestling match.

- It's believed Kross is looking into suing Impact for his release soon. That's not a good look for the company. They've already got their work cut out for them competing with AEW.

Elias spoke before Smackdown Live:
- He is smart to go for a completely different look and style from his peers.

- I like him being so driven! I especially like his goals being about more than winning matches and titles.

- There's a VERY interesting point to be made of how NXT not being on USA allowed talents to develop with less pressure.

Batista will soon be a playable character in Gears of War 5. Can't say I saw that one coming!

Marty Scurll's ROH contract is set to expire in November. He's widely expected to go to AEW, but obviously there's still time for other options to be pursued.

Sin Cara is set to return to WWE on September 27. We'll see where things go for him then.

Chad Gable spoke to PWInsider.com before Smackdown Live. Good to see that he pitched promo ideas to Vince. The boss respects that.

WWE Network has been updated on Roku.

Bayley was trending on Twitter in the U.S. after Raw, which is theoretically a good sign for her turn.

WWE is releasing a book about their female superstars on May 5, 2020.

AEW's Countdown To All Out special drew 390,000 viewers. That's significantly better than TNT usually draws in that timeslot, so that's got to be seen as a win.

Death Before Dishonor has confirmed Matt Taven vs. Rush for the ROH World Championship as its main event.

The AEW World Championship was reported stolen after All Out. Chris Jericho took the wrong luggage from the airport terminal and left the championship in his rented limousine while the driver returned the luggage. When the driver came back to where Jericho was eating dinner, the title was gone and police were alerted. More on this tomorrow. That's quite the story!

- Chris Jericho turned the situation into an angle. They could really run with this going into the TNT debut.

- Longhorn Steakhouse, where Chris Jericho was dining, responded to the situation. Clever!

NXT has announced live events for:
- Oregon on October 17
- Washington on October 18
- British Columbia on October 19 and October 20

Lin-Manuel Miranda put over Cesaro after seeing him live at Takeover: Cardiff. That's pretty cool!

Triple H did an interview before Takeover:Cardiff:
- I love HHH's snark.

- Wow. Bold shot at Meltzer.

- Oh yeah, Vince is everyone's favorite target.

- I don't think anyone realistically thinks WWE is crumbling, but there are some valid concerns they need to addresss.

- No need for legends to work in NXT. It's doing its own thing quite well.

- There's really a concern with how to utilize legends with younger talents.

- It would definitely be unfair to discount the insane heat in Saudi Arabia, although Goldberg concussing himself was the main culprit in his match.

Lanny Poffo is booked for ROH's October 12 HonorClub event in an unspecified role.

Global Wars Espectacular on September 6 has added Jeff Cobb vs. Tracy Williams vs. Kenny King.

Brandi Rhodes showed the AEW Women's Championship.

ROH has released the brackets for the world championship contendership tournament. The first round matches are:
- PCO vs. Kenny King
- Dalton Castle vs. Mark Haskins
- Colt Cabana vs. Marty Scurll
- Bandido vs. Jay Lethal

Starrcast IV is officially set for Full Gear weekend. No shock at all.

Before Smackdown Live, Heavy Machinery defeated The B-Team.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1 through 3 are out my league as a wrestling journalist. I'll leave it to people more experienced to analyze.

4. I like that! It's definitely prominent enough to be referred to as such.

5. It will depend on how many people bought All Out and will buy Full Gear. It does seem to go counter to their plan with ticket prices, so we'll see if they cut back.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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