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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Interviews with IIconics/Mero/Zayn/Rey/Graves/Dashwood, Orlando seeking top WWE event, Sting set for WWE date, MLW hires LU creator, ROH postpones November shows, Cena makes big donation, partial NXT replay, more from Myles, Saudi travel trouble, AEW looking for trademark, judges at AEW main event, Raw audience, HHH-Saudi update, NXT concert, Raw cameos, and Questions on AEW's booking vs. WWE's, AEW WarGames, AEW's success helping other companies, AEW Dark changing Main Event, and AEW at Jericho's cruise

The IIconics did a Q&A before Raw.

Marc Mero is on Stone Cold's latest podcast.

Sami Zayn promoted WWE coming to Ireland.

Rey Mysterio discussed Cain Velasquez, his son, and more. Dominick will join the WWE Performance Center in 2020. I look forward to seeing how he does.

Corey Graves discussed his new podcast with Newsweek and CBS New York. I'm all for him having freedom there.

- Graves also spoke to CBS in New York.

Orlando is looking to host a major WWE PPV in the upcoming years.

Dynamite's Friday replay drew 255,000 viewers. We'll see if the show gets any further replays in the future.

Sting is set for WWE's Survivor Series weekend meet and greets.

MLW has hired WWE and Lucha Underground alum Chris DeJoseph as an executive producer. Notably the article refers to LU in the past tense. There wasn't any real expectation of it returning, but it also hasn't been officially mentioned as canceled.

ROH has postponed Survival of the Fittest 2019, with those Texas events now taking place on June 5 and June 6. Meet and greets are still set for those dates. Fans can get refunds or use the tickets for the June events.

John Cena has made a $500,000 donation to California first responders as they battle wildfires in the state. That's awesome news.

NXT will have a one-hour replay of last week's episode before this week's episode. We'll see how that affects viewership numbers.

Jordan Myles clarified his recent tweets, calling them "disrespectful" and "unprofessional" while expressing his frustrations and motivation to improve his standing. Hopefully something is worked out where he can channel this energy without burning bridges.

Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, and Jimmy Hart's private plane had a tough landing in Iceland that almost delayed their arrival in Saudi Arabia. Brock Lesnar allowed Hogan, Flair, and Hart to use his own private plane as he was also in the country refueling. That could have really been a bad situation if Brock wasn't on hand.

AEW is looking to trademark The Inner Circle logo. This follows Chris Jericho looking to trademark the faction name.

Full Gear's main event will have three judges to declare a winner in the event of a time limit draw. That adds some serious legitimacy to the match; I like it.

Raw drew 2.13 million viewers Monday. Yikes. Not a strong number.

Triple H and Shane McMahon are not expected to go to Saudi Arabia, with Triple H being at NXT.

Poppy is set for tonight's NXT. NXT used one of her songs for a Takeover recently. We'll see if her appearance affects ratings; it's telling NXT is adding her to the show.

The Viking Raiders' Raw opponents were Mike Sydal and Kyle Roberts, both of whom are local to the area.

Tenille Dashwood spoke about AEW, Impact, and more. It wouldn't shock me to see more of her in AEW.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. AEW is certainly benefiting from its novelty in a lot of ways, and they're also not booking things the way WWE patterns usually go. I do think at some point they'll establish a certain identity and philosophy fans can expect they'll follow, but I also think they're aware of how their audience views WWE's predictability and they want to make a contrast to that.

2. I don't think I would have made that comparison. There's certainly an option for a WarGames style match if AEW wants to go that route, though they can't use that name. As for it being rushed, I don't feel that way. It seems like a logical enough continuation from All Out's victories.

3. It's possible, though AEW's success could also means fans don't need to follow those other promotions for an alternative. It's probably fair to say AEW's rise has negatively affected ROH already.

4. In theory, but NXT, NXT UK, and 205 Live are going to be bigger priorities as far as match quality goes.

5. I'll be surprised if AEW doesn't tape anything there!

More wrestling tomorrow.

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