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Monday, November 11, 2019

Dynamite matches announced, Cody injury update, AEW PPV update, AEW altercation, more AEW signings coming, ROH name at Full Gear, EVOLVE names finish up, Bourne update, Interview with Charlotte Flair, Idol opens wrestling school, and Questions on Bischoff helping WWE on the NXT invasion, Orange Cassidy as booked by others, AEW's decline, and Impact's height vs. AEW's

Dynamite has announced:
- Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara vs. Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky
- Pac vs. Hangman Page. Interesting to do that on TV after charging for it on PPV. I mean, yeah, WWE does it all the time, but I wouldn't expect AEW to do it.

Chris Jericho vs. Cody was almost stopped by the ringside physician following Cody's dive spot. That would have really hurt things. I'm glad Cody was able to continue.

- Cody separated a rib and needed eight stitches. Scary.

AEW is planning another Memorial Day weekend show in Nevada. It looks like the goal is for that to be annual.

AEW commentator Excalibur had some sort of physical altercation with Jimmy Havoc during Full Gear weekend. Little more is known at this point. That's not good, and I hope it's addressed.

AEW is expected to have more female signings soon. At one point there was talk of a women's tag team championship. They're loading up the roster.

WOH Champion Kelly Klein was backstage at Full Gear. She's married to AEW producer BJ Whitmer. I would not be shocked at all to see her make that jump when she's able to do so given her criticism of ROH.

Austin Theory and Shotzi Blackheart have finished up with EVOLVE as both head to NXT full-time.

Evan Bourne had some numbness in his arm after his EVOLVE return, where he felt he might have injured his neck. He was able to continue wrestling that weekend.

Charlotte Flair discussed WWE's UK tour.

Austin Idol has opened a wrestling school in South Carolina. As you might expect, it's being presented as a way to get to NWA.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Given how brief his tenure was, it's clear there was a culture clash. It makes more sense to use the Triple H for that given his time cultivating the stars in question.

2. I'm not nearly qualified enough to answer that.

3. Oh if Russo or WWE Creative came up with that gimmick, it would almost definitely be panned.

4. I also wouldn't go as far as to call them cold, but they have seen some serious declines. AEW has thrown a LOT of characters at the audience without doing much to introduce them, since their philosophy seems to be that the action will sell itself. I think that's part of it. It's also worth noting they're now doing two hours of content a week (and a four-hour PPV every three months) instead of a special event every so often, so people are getting used to what the product is and isn't. They're not going to be able to pull big surprises every week or even every month, so some fans might feel like they don't have to watch live.

5. Yes, but Impact took a lot longer to get to that point and they had a lot more big, established names to showcase.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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