New AEW and Cody trademarks, MLW signings, Cain back in action, special Tito offer, new MLW look, Interviews with Mia/Teal/Gulak, ROH signs lucha name, special Dynamites coming, new wrestling merch store, Impact opening, NXT live events, Punk vs. Khan vs. Orton on Twitter, Cain Chronicle coming, MLW featuring international star, NXT UK sellout, new NXT UK dates, NXT name set for EVOLVE match, no NJPW this week, Raw dark match, Japanese legend set for WM36 weekend, and Questions on Punk appearing for AEW and FOX at the same time, the WWE brand vs. individual stars, WWE intentionally sabotaging stars, Punk's Backstage role, Punk returning to WWE, and freezing Roman's contract

AEW has trademarked "All Elite Wrestling Blood and Guts" for a variety of purposes, playing off Vince McMahon's derisive comment about their content. AEW can and will commercialize anything they can capitalize on.

Cody has trademarked "The Match Beyond" which will almost certainly be AEW's version of WarGames.

MLW has signed interviewer Alicia Atout. Good to see someone using her.

WWE's Mexico event has added:
- Cain Velazquez and Humberto Carrillo vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. I expect Humberto will do most of the work there, given Cain's condition.
- Aleister Black vs. Andrade

Tito Santana will personally call people who preorder his upcoming autobiography.

MLW has signed Logan Creed, who worked their most recent TV taping. WWE was also interested in him.

- Josef Samael has also signed a new deal that will see him do more work behind-the-scenes.

MLW Fusion will see a new logo and graphics in the coming weeks.

Mia Yim is on Lilian Garcia's latest podcast.

ROH has signed Flamita to a one-year deal. It's expected he'll debut at Final Battle. That's an interesting development given that he teams with Bandido, who will easily be on AEW and NXT's radars.

Dynamite's January 15 episode will be Bash at the Beach themed in Florida.

AEW will be on Chris Jericho's cruise, which will feature the January 22 Dynamite as well as other taped matches. Additionally, there will be opportunities for pictures and autographs. That's a pretty unique experience!

Pro Wrestling Tees has launched Wrestling Pins. AEW and NJPW already have pins available through the service, and, interestingly, Tommaso Ciampa and Roddy Piper have some as well.

Impact released this week's show opening.

NXT has announced live events for:
- October 10 in Pennsylvania
- October 11 in Ohio
- October 12 in New York

C.M. Punk tagged AEW's Tony Khan in a tweet about returning to following wrestling, presumably as a tease for discussing the company on Backstage.

- Tony responded by seemingly referring to the debunked Saudi story. Swing and a miss.

- Randy Orton then tagged Tony in a story about the senior Khan, which Tony refuted.

Cain Velasquez will be on "WWE Chronicle" after WarGames. That will be interesting.

Drew Gulak is on the latest Swerve City podcast.

MLW's Opera Cup will feature ZERO 1's Shinjiro Otani vs. Davey Boy Smith, Jr. in the opening round on December 5. Cool to see more crossover.

NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool II has unsurprisingly sold out.

NXT UK has announced TV tapings for January 17 and 18, March 6 and 7, May 1 and 2, and July 24 and 25.

NXT's Arturo Ruas is booked for EVOLVE's December 7 show against Timothy Thatcher.

NJPW will not air on AXS this week. Instead WOW will have a marathon leading into their season finale. That will definitely have the conspiracy-minded talking, especially with the lack of live NJPW shows on the channel.

Teal Piper spoke to Bill Apter.

After Raw, The Fiend retained the Universal Championship against Drew McIntyre in a steel cage match. That's an intriguing combination.

The Great Muta is booked for Joey Janela's Spring Break 4. WrestleMania weekend presents interesting opportunities.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I don't know the details of his deal, but there's no way he appears in AEW and Backstage at the same time. I don't expect to see him in AEW period.

2. I think there's valid concern that WWE promotes the brand as more important than any particular talent(s), and doesn't seem to want to get behind many talents to the degree necessary for them to be stars.

3. It's probably more of a case of them shifting priorities so frequently and changing their minds on whether to push someone rather than deliberate sabotage. That said, there have been times when they decided a talent has reached a level where they don't need to be protected anymore and booked accordingly, then, of course, wondered why the talent cooled off.

4. I fully expect Punk to be honest with how he feels. To some degree that's the draw of him being there. As far him coming back to WWE, that's TBD. WWE knows where he is if they want to talk to him.

5. Generally they do, but I don't know if it's an option they always exercise. WWE will make that decision when his contract comes due.

More wrestling tomorrow.