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Thursday, October 10, 2019

Interviews with Brandi/Cody+Excalibur, Marko/WWEPC coaches/Edge/Andrade/Goldberg, WWE Network feature returning, Survivor Series sweepstakes, WWE press conference on Network, HIAC followup, Dynamite simulcast, Angle has stem cell therapy, WWE voice on XFL, Rock praises NWA, new HonorClub matches, NXT dark matches, new WWE 2K names, what happened after Dynamite, and Questions on wearing wrestling shirts, Brock's punishment, 205 Live merging with NXT, WWE trying to sabotage NJPW, and AEW's goals for Week 2

Brandi Rhodes spoke to Newsweek about AEW's women's division. It is great to see something unique there with the joshi stars. I hope Riho can make the most of her time in AEW; it will be difficult to adapt to such a different culture and language.

Cody and Excalibur joined Tony Schiavone on "What Happened When" to discuss Dynamite's debut.

Marko Stunt spoke to Chris Van Vliet about AEW and more.

Muscle & Fitness profiled the WWE Performance Center:
- Yeah having a female trailer is great. Glad to see it.

- Also glad to see veteran wrestlers transition into valuable roles.

- Yes. The production area is a great idea.

- WWE has absolutely transitioned its roster quite a bit since the WWEPC launched. For everyone who says Vince doesn't change anything, he's clearly featured a wide variety of talent developed outside of the usual WWE mold.

- I'm glad they get people from such varied backgrounds!

WWE Network is bringing back the My List feature, staring on Amazon's Firestick.

Cricket Wireless is doing a Survivor Series sweepstakes.

Edge is Vickie Guerrero's first podcast guest. Perfect!

WWE's Nevada press conference will air on WWE Network.

WWE followed up the Hell in a Cell ending on The Bump. I'm curious how Seth and The Fiend will respond to the referee's call.

Dynamite aired on both TNT and TruTV due to baseball playoffs being scheduled for TNT. AEW's very fortunate to have a backup option.

Andrade discussed meeting Ric Flair for the first time. Pairing Andrade and Charlotte is an intriguing idea, but I don't think it should be done just because they're together off-screen.

Kurt Angle had stem cell therapy in Columbia. This is clearly a trend for wrestlers.

Goldberg discussed his last two WWE matches. They were definitely two very different matches!

Pat McAfee will be an XFL commentator for ESPN. So there's at least that level of WWE crossover.

The Rock praised NWA's debut episode. That's really, really cool.

ROH's November 2 HonorClub event has announced Villain Enterprises defending the Six-Man Tag Team Championship against three opponents chosen by fans from a list of 20. Very surprised to see Caprice Coleman on that list.

ROH's October 26 HonorClub event has added UK talent Lana Austin vs. Kelly Klein.

Before NXT:
- Riddick Moss defeated Bronson Reed
- Kayden Carter defeated Deonna Purrazzo

WWE 2K20 has notably added Matt Riddle, Io Shirai, and Mia Yim.

After Dynamite, Cody put over the crowd and his brother continuing to wrestle at 50.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I own a few, and I might. I don't think it's something a fan HAS to do. It should be obvious if I'm at a wrestling show I'm a wrestling fan, right? I can respect the idea that journalists shouldn't wear wrestling merchandise at an event in order to avoid perceptions of bias. I'm certainly nowhere near being a prominent journalist and don't really intend to be, though.

2. His storyline punishment will be facing the man who knocked him out in UFC!

3. The long-term future of 205 Live is still to be determined. Right now I guess it's more or less "NXT 205 Live" in the vein of NXT UK, crossing over with Wednesday's show but also having its own series. It's possible the show is completely dropped and fused with NXT, but right now it still exists.

4. Nothing to indicate WWE did anything to hamper the show. New York's commission is known to be very strict.

5. The more of the previous week's audience they keep, the better.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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