More Brock dates, Cena talk show appearance, Interviews with Xavier/Madusa, NJPW U.S. show streaming, NXT preview, Raw matches announced, Rey makes FOX appearance, Impact match set, Savage getting more figures, UFC star competing at indie show, UFC covers Cain-AAA, AEW content set, and Questions on Omega's time in developmental, AEW backlash, NXT's rating, and Omega facing a preteen girl

Brock Lesnar has been added to Friday Night Smackdown on October 11 and October 25. So we're going to be seeing him quite a bit.

John Cena is set for "Ellen" on September 30.

Xavier Woods spoke to TMZ about injuries. That's pretty crazy.

NJPW's New York event on September 28 will air live on New Japan World. Currently no English commentary is set. It's unknown if other tour dates will air on the service.

Walter has challenged Kushida to a six-man tag on NXT.

Announced for Raw:
- AJ Styles vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Robert Roode vs. Ricochet to face Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship next week.
- Sasha Banks vs. Nikki Cross
- Baron Corbin vs. Chad Gable
- Firefly Fun House

Rey Mysterio was at a FOX Sports NFL game.

Impact's October 18 Impact Plus event will feature Taya Valkyrie, Kiera Hogan, and Madison Rayne vs. Tenille Dashwood, Jordynne Grace, and Rosemary.

Randy Savage is getting more Slim Jim figures. Absolutely iconic.

UFC's Stephan Bonnar will compete in a "UWFi rules match" in Indiana on November 15.

Madusa discussed intergender wrestling and more.

Cain Velasquez' AAA matches were covered by UFC.

AEW Dynamite is currently scheduled for a replay Saturday on 10:00 a.m.. It's unknown if this is just a one-time thing or a regular plan.

- TruTV is airing the one-hour preview special before the first episode airs on TV.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1.a. Omega didn't fit in with the developmental system of 15 years ago. They wanted him to be in a certain mold that was very different from what he wanted to do, so he went to Japan and put in a lot of hard work in his chosen style to become who he is today.

1.b. I fully believe they were a work designed to sell the notion of Kenny Omega the delusional, cocky heel on a losing streak. I expect this to continue to play out, with the seeming long-term goal of him turning things around, turning face, and becoming AEW Champion. I 100% think this was a planned promo that will have followup.

2. There are definitely a lot of fans excited about the concept of an alternative to WWE, but much less excited about the concept of "The Elite and friends' vanity promotion" AEW has been criticized as becoming. Anything that gets to the level AEW is at now is going to get a lot of flak for its direction, and of course a lot of people are fully on-board with the anti-WWE bandwagon. AEW being centered on The Elite is something that has a lot of people interested and a lot of other people less thrilled. So far it's going well for them, however.

3. They're paying attention, for sure. And honestly they can credit themselves to a degree for NXT getting that opportunity.

4. I was very impressed! They should all be proud.

5. It's worth noting joshi wrestlers often begin training very young and Omega was used to give her a safe three-minute match. This wasn't world champion Kenny Omega; it was rising junior heavyweight comedy wrestler Kenny Omega. It hardly killed his career, nor that of the promotion he wrestled for.

More wrestling tomorrow.