NXT UK's Eddie Dennis promoted this weekend's shows.
Kofi Kingston's First Things First appearance was uploaded.
Booker T. talked about working with Christian and John Cena.
Alicia Atout has a new Highspots Wrestling Network interview series. I'm surprised she's not signed somewhere.
MLW has signed former NXT star Zeda Zhang to a multi-year deal as the first part of launching a women's division. I'm curious who else will be recruited there; there are only so many free agents who can be picked up.
Paige spoke to IMDB to promote Smackdown Live.
Dynamite in the UK will now air on the ITV Hub app starting Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. Tony Khan and AEW fans made their voices heard for that move.
Natalya trained with Shayna Baszler at the WWE Performance Center. That's cool. Glad she's still dedicated to improving her work.
WWE has a superstar Instagram filter to promote Friday Night Smackdown. We live in strange times!
Triple H discussed AEW and more with Sports Illustrated. A lot of talented people are getting really big opportunities as a result of the AEW-NXT battle. And it's really wild to think Vince supports a product that's so different from what he does on WWE's other televised shows.
C.M. Punk spoke to Collider Live. Him being an analyst on a WWE show but not being under WWE contract is a really, really intriguing idea.
Triple H did a media conference call before NXT, recapped here:
- I definitely see the mindset of not doing, stylistically, two more hours of Raw or Smackdown.
- Why wouldn't they want to try to sell stadiums and get radio airplay keeping the style they have now? Other than potentially losing the "indie" appeal, that is.
- I REALLY wonder what NXT's status would be without the AEW-TNT deal happening.
- I'm sure the logistics at Full Sail are very intriguing.
- Building the next generation of behind-the-scenes crew is very important, too.
- I wonder where their backup building is.
Impact TV tapings are set for New York on November 7 and November 8.
AEW's Countdown special drew 631,000 viewers. That's really good for a show with no matches.
- AEW uploaded the show online.
Hulk Hogan will appear on FS1's The Herd tomorrow.
Variety covered this week's TV landscape. I'm very glad to see this level of coverage and excitement about wrestling!
Shannon Moore was a WWE Performance Center guest coach this week. Great use for him.
Macaulay Culkin narrated a video about The Rock and term Smackdown.
Presidential candidate Andrew Yang praised AEW. Again, we're in some very crazy times.
At Dynamite, Karissa Rivera was backstage. So she could be joining the women's division there.
Dynamite's debut was covered by the Los Angeles Times. It really, really sold the significance of the show and the journey to get there.
Vulture covered Dynamite's debut and Impact's shift to AXS.
The New York Post covered Dynamite's debut. AEW is working toward a clear vision.
Tony Khan had a long interview with PWTorch.
AEW referee Aubrey Edwards spoke to Chris Van Vliet.
Wrestle Kingdom 14 has announced Chris Jericho vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi. Now that's a major match.
Before NXT:
- Rinku Singh and Saurav Gurjar defeated two local talents
- Isaiah Scott defeated Dexter Lumis
Adam Cole is working through a fractured wrist. I hope he's not making it worse by continuing to wrestle.
Tommaso Ciampa will be the subject of a WWE Network documentary later this month.
After Dynamite:
- The Lucha Bros, Jack Evans, and Angelico defeated The Best Friends and Private Party
- Britt Baker and Allie defeated Bea Priestley and Penelope Ford
- SCU defeated The Jurassic Express
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. AEW ended first, so I covered it first. I do everything chronologically here. Assuming they air for the same amount of time next week, I'll do NXT first because they had the timeslot before AEW did.
2. It's valid to be turned off by the direction Omega took, especially since it doesn't look like his TV character is following his "online character." It's an interesting direction, to be sure. As for Nyla's situation, she apologized for what she said. I don't think it's out of the question for AEW to institute a policy about what can't/shouldn't be said in those kinds of situation, but right now it feels like Khan's kind of letting the talent do what they want to do. As long as that approach brings in money, he'll probably keep doing it.
3. They actually addressed this, saying Cody would lose that opportunity if he lost to Guevara. And he probably won't be wrestling every week, but I see the point. They've got an interesting balancing act on their hands with hyping things in advance but treating every win and loss as important.
4. I can't speak to what Dave did and didn't hear from that Omega interview, but to me it was pretty clear from the whole clip it was a work. That said, it does feel like AEW people are trying to play multiple conflicting roles at once at times.
5. Not actually a question, but I agree with the notion that the competition is between the businesses rather than the employees. And Omega seems to be going for some kind of a "meta" work, i.e. working the "smart" fans, journalists, etc.. It's an odd approach, to be sure.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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