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WWE has trademarked "The Phenom" in reference to The Undertaker.

CMLL has released Rush and Dragon Lee for "failing to follow programming and company guidelines." There was heat on Dragon Lee for working Battle of Los Angeles without approval. I'm not sure what the story is on Rush unless he wasn't given permission to work Death Before Dishonor, which was the same night as CMLL's 86th anniversary event. This puts ROH in a pretty interesting position given their relationship with CMLL and the level of prominence Rush and Dragon Lee have there. We'll see if there's any heat between the two companies over booking the brothers.

- Rush announced he will be independent going forward. CMLL probably made some other bookers pretty happy with the move.

- Dragon Lee thanked former president Paco Alonso for his time in the company. It sounds like the release surprised him.

- CMLL owns the names Rush and Dragon Lee, so both men will be getting new identities. Rush is already being booked as El Toro Blanco.

Kevin Sullivan said goodbye to Impact. Glad it was an amicable split.

Hulu has moved Smackdown's archives to the Hulu Live part of the service.

Samu's family has launched a GoFundMe to assist in liver transplant expenses.

"Total Divas" has moved its season debut to Tuesday. Wrestling's going through a lot of schedule changes this fall!

Raw will have a new theme song. That will be good to give the show a new energy.

Rick Bognar, best known as the second Razor Ramon, passed away recently at 49. PWInsider and The Wrestling Observer ran down his career.

Goldberg will be the subject of WWE Chronicle airing after Hell in a Cell.

NXT this week will have a Watch Along with Kayla Braxton, Kassius Ohno, Keith Lee, and Rachael Evers.

Eric Bischoff, Kurt Angle, and Vickie Guerrero will have a general managers themed "Table for 3" airing after tomorrow's Raw. That's a pretty cool combination.

Kevin Dunn discussed WWE's production upgrades:
- I think this might be the first interview I've seen from Dunn.

- They've got the money for pyro, etc. with the new deals.

- Ouch. Is a nearly thirty year old song the right move for SmackDown's theme? Can't help but think that's a Bischoff move.

- Interesting framing of the creative process. There have been separate brand writing teams before, but of course no roles like Heyman and Bischoff have now.

FOX's "SmackDown's Greatest Hits" special drew 1.39 million viewers. I'm curious how it would have done on USA.

Fine Brothers Entertainment did a video with WWE stars reacting to top SmackDown moments. Good promotion.

NJPW's New York show was significantly delayed due to the mandated ambulance being late to the venue, as the ambulance company as erroneously told the event was canceled. The local athletic commission wouldn't let them begin the show without it there. Pretty serious problem for the show.

- Northeast Wrestling and PWX helped put the show together. The former group did logistics, while the latter did production. Again, very notable they didn't use ROH.

Rush/El Toro Blanco missed ROH's September 28 taping due to an unspecified injury. I hope they don't have to change course after his big coronation.

- Bandido missed the show due to a knee injury. He'd be missed if out a while, too.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. There was nothing for him to get in trouble for. He acted in self-defense. Heck, it probably earned him some points with Vince and company to take out a guy that much bigger than he is.

2. He has that opportunity. He's only 33. I wish him the best.

3. It's probably not something they want to deal with. I'm sure it was quite the hassle.

4. He's one of the better celebrity options.

5. Funny you should mention that! They'll appear on "Fox & Friends" this week. I don't expect them to say anything political, which is wise given how divisive that could be.

More wrestling tomorrow.