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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

AEW name loses title, big WK14 match set, NJPW California notes, Interviews with Becky/Graves/Scorpio/Adam Goldberg, AEW merch note, Lance Storm-WWE update, Raw cameos, canceled SD matches set for this week, NXT signings, MLW PPV plans, MLW-Mexico update, top MLW contract ending, MLW holiday plan, Raw audience, Alexa update, Orton signs big deal, NXT name cleared, Full Gear pre-show match, big name set for SD, and Questions on Kofi in the HOF, the Diva branding, Crown Jewel fan reactions, and Undertaker's WM33 sendoff

AEW's Bea Priestley lost Stardom's top championship to Mayu Iwatani. I wouldn't read anything into that as far as issues between AEW and Stardom, although I could see Mayu appearing at Final Battle for ROH with the title.

Wrestle Kingdom 14's January 5 show will be headlined by a match for both the heavyweight and intercontinental championships, the holders of which will be determined the previous night. That's a major opportunity for someone to put themselves on the map.

NJPW's California shows will feature Amazing Red, David Finlay, Juice Robinson, TJP, Karl Fredericks, Clark Connors, Alex Coughlin, and Colt Cabana. Jushin "Thunder" Liger's last U.S. match will see him team with Aaron Solow against Cabana and Toru Yano. Finlay last wrestled in February. It's notable to see names that had worked with ROH (Finlay, Juice and the Young Lions) are more or less being saved for NJPW now.

Becky Lynch spoke to Sports Illustrated about the year she's had.

Corey Graves is on Sam Roberts' latest podcast.

Nerds Clothing has made a Jon Moxley jacket.

Scorpio Sky discussed AEW, WWE, and Impact.

Lance Storm will start as a WWE producer in 2020.

The Viking Raiders' Raw opponents were WrestlePro's Bobby Wayward and Nikos Rikos.

Smackdown will feature two matches that were doing to take place on last Friday's show. Roman Reigns will face King Corbin, while The Revival will defend the Smackdown Tag Team championship against New Day's Kofi Kingston and Big E.

NXT has announced the signings of:
- Scarlett Bordeaux, formerly of Impact. Scarlett commented on her signing.
- Shotzi Blackheart
- Indi Hartwell
- referee Stephon Smith

MLW is planning another PPV for 2020, if not more than one, depending on the success of business from Saturday Night Superfight. FITE is happy with the numbers.

MLW has ended its relationship with The Crash upon making a deal with AAA.

MLW star Tom Lawlor's contract is coming close to due. It will be interesting to see what his next move is.

MLW Fusion will have a Thanksgiving night episode.

"The Goldbergs" creator Adam F. Goldberg spoke to WWE.com.

Raw drew 2.14 million viewers Monday, virtually identical with last week.

Alexa Bliss is out with a shoulder injury. It's unknown how long she will miss.

Randy Orton has signed with WWE for another five years. Wow. He's locked in to be a key part of things.

- Orton commented on the contract. I'm interested to see how he's used.

NXT's Joaquin Wilde has been cleared to return to the ring. That's good. He'd fit right in the cruiserweight championship picture.

Full Gear's Buy In special has added Britt Baker vs. Bea Priestley.

Tyson Fury will be on Smackdown this week. I'm curious if we'll see him in the ring again.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I think he was probably set before then, given his tenure in the company and the terms he's on with it. I could see him being an ambassador when his in-ring days are done.

2. Essentially it branded them as being predominantly eye candy or otherwise less than their male counterparts. This philosophy fit with how they were told to wrestle at the time, too.

3. As major as the show was, I see why we got Brock vs. Cain there, but, yes, clearly that crowd was more excited for Brock since they had known him longer.

4. It wasn't a great moment by any means. I wouldn't assume it was a misogynistic moment, but that's certainly a strong possibility, and would be unfortunate. WWE and the Saudi government are really pushing that things are changing there, but obviously there are reasons to think that change isn't widespread and popular.

5. There was enough of a possibility for that to be his last match that they gave him something of a sendoff. Then the Saudi deal happened and he was once more resurrected.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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