- IIconics vs. Dana/Sarah:
Oh wow! I guess there's respect between them now.
I don't dislike this new team at all.
Oh. Well. So much for that alliance bearing fruit.
The former Big Cass was ejected from Saturday's WrestlePro event after having a physical altercation with Pat Buck. Cass had been belligerent to varying degrees to other wrestlers at the show all night, notably Joey Janela following Janela's incident with the former Enzo Amore at a Blink-182 show. Janela and Cass had been in the same locker room the previous night for Northeast Wrestling with no issues between them. In fact, NEW has praised Cass' work with them in the past few months.
- The battle with Buck came after threatening other wrestlers for allegedly stealing his sweater. Cass was moved to a smaller locker room with Buck and SCU to go over their main event for the night due to the issues he was having with others at the show, but Cass continued to accuse those present of stealing his belongings. This led to Cass spitting on Buck and Buck taking Cass down until wrestlers could separate them. Staff then asked local police to escort Cass from the building. He was then taken to a local hospital.
-- Very scary situation, and I hope Cass gets help before things further spiral out of control.
- Joey Janela commented on the altercation. Very professional of him to not name names and give support to a man who could use it right now.
NJPW and WOW will not air on AXS this weekend due to the channel broadcasting Farm Aid. They will return next week. This is unrelated to the Anthem buyout.
WCW Thunder episodes from June 28, 2000 through November 8, 2000 have been added to WWE Network. The show ran through March 2001, so the next batch of episodes will complete the series. It's unknown when those episodes will be added.
Japanese joshi star Sareee discussed recent conversations with WWE. It sounds like she's open to going there. That could definitely shake things up in the NXT women's division.
WWE confirmed a draft for October 11 and October 14, with FOX and NBCUniversal both sending celebrities to the shows as part of the process. We'll see how it all plays out and who will be involved.
Tamina Snuka has returned to the ring after concussion issues. I'm curious where she fits into things given how many other talented women are in WWE.
ESPN released a video on Cain Velasquez wrestling.
At AAA Invading NY:
- Impact's Michael Elgin, Sami Calligan, and Josh Alexander defeated Drago, Faby Apache, and Murder Clown. Impact wanted to use Ethan Page on the show, but he had already booked a date in Washington state and Impact didn't want to pull him from it.
- Taya Valkyrie won AAA's women's championship over Tessa Blanchard.
- Cain Velasquez, Brian Cage, and Psycho Clown defeated Texano,Jr., Taurus and Rey Escorpion. Escorpion was replacing Killer Kross as Impact requested Kross be pulled from the booking.
- Konnan was backstage running things but didn't appear before the crowd. That's surprising given his level of involvement.
- Former WWE/WCW director Craig Leathers was in charge of the FITE broadcast.
- ROH's Flip Gordon was backstage. I hope he doesn't get heat for that, since ROH is aligned with CMLL and of course Impact helped put this show on.
- Ed Nordholm and Scott D'Amore were on hand.
- John E. Bravo was used as a referee. He was involved in a lot of the production setup the night before. El Hijo del Tirantes missed the show due to visa issues, as a lot of talents did.
- AAA used new theme music for a lot of talents due to rights issues. It would have been quite expensive to use licensed music!
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I think he's finding a niche for himself, but Gable could definitely use the momentum. Followup will be key if Chad does take it. Corbin will be at about the same place if he wins; he's already won MITB, retired Kurt Angle, and challenged for the WWE Title. KOTR doesn't really seem to boost him.
2. Very funny that you say that because I was at Clash of Champions and his music got a great reaction. No reason to change it! I do think a fitting theme song helps a wrestler's presentation. No one immediately comes to mind as needing a change, but I agree with the philosophy that it's similar to scoring a movie rather than just pairing someone with a catchy song.
3. I expect with Toni and Rhea being in NXT "US," her importance will grow.
4. I REALLY hope we still get to see a variety of talents, and some names we don't get to see much now. That's really been NXT's strength. WWE really doesn't want to be shown up by AEW, though, so it's entirely possible we do see changes.
5. Presumably Anthem's going to have the same say they have over the product now since it's on another Anthem channel, so unless sponsors aren't pleased and fans don't react negatively to what they're doing, things could stay about the same.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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