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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Assorted wrestling press, Interviews with Ronda/MJF/Arquette/Renee, another person thanks Harper, more on AEW audio problems, AEW set for convention, MLW postpones Illinois return, AWA reunion set, two Wellness suspensions, WWE injury, Raw audience, After The Bell guests, Tyrus sued, Tokyo Sports awards, Dynamite segment set, AEW staff adds responsibility, international hall of fame coming, TLC adds title match, and Questions on Harper heading to AEW, AEW having too large of a roster, Arn as AEW's Regal, and NWA's responsibilities with Cornette

Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey both made Twitter's list of Top 10 most followed female athletes. I'm a bit surprised to see Becky over Ronda there, though she's made good use of the platform.

Ronda Rousey discussed potentially returning to WWE with People.com. Good to see her endorse the current female wrestlers.

Maria Menounos, Sean Waltman, and Sonya Deville did a "secret project" at Rikishi's training school. We'll see what that entails.

Dominik Dijakovic thanked Luke Harper for their Worlds Collide match. That's classy. Glad to see it.

Asuka appeared on Gochi Gang, eating eel.

Dynamite's audio issues this past week were on TNT's end.

AEW will be part of the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, which will be held February 27 through February 29.

MJF was interviewed in his hometown. Good piece.

MLW has postponed its February 29 Illinois date to April 18. "MLW Intimidation Games" will be a Fusion taping.

Baron von Raschke and other AWA stars are attending an event to celebrate Curtis Multerer's "Job Man" memoir.

WWE suspended Robert Roode and Primo for violating the Wellness policy. Each man will be punished for 30 days. Of course, Primo has not competed for WWE since February so this will hardly affect his booking.

Seth Rollins broke a finger on a live event this past weekend but he's expected to be cleared for TLC.

Raw drew 2.15 million viewers Monday night, another disappointing number. WWE TV is struggling these days.

"After The Bell" will feature Charlotte Flair, Paige, and the Street Profits.

WWE and CareerBuilder are doing a WrestleMania contest. That's great!

David Arquette discussed his wrestling return. I'm disappointed we haven't seen him in AEW or Impact.

The former Brodus Clay/Tyrus has been sued by his former FOX News coworker for sexual harassment. Tyrus intends to pursue defamation charges. I expect this could get worse before it gets better.

Renee Young spoke to TVInsider about WWE Backstage.

Tokyo Sports announced their annual awards:
- MVP: Kazuchika Okada of NJPW
- Best Bout: Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA from NJPW King of Pro Wrestling
- Best Tag Team: Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa of AJPW
- Outstanding Performance: Kento Miyahara of AJPW
- Technique: Kota Ibushi of NJPW
- Rookie: Strong Machine J of Dragon Gate
- Woman: Mayu Iwatani of Stardom

MJF will respond to Cody's challenge on Dynamite. I hardly think he'll say yes.

AEW's Aubrey Edwards is also working as a project coordinator.

An International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame is set to be built in New York, with annual induction events. That's certainly a major undertaking! I hope it benefits the business as a whole.

TLC has added the Viking Raiders making an open challenge for the Raw Tag Team Championship. Surely Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows will consider answering?

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Once his no-compete clause is over, no. They can however prevent him from using the name Luke Harper, since they own it.

2. It does feel like they're trying to use too many characters at once. Some of that is by design, though, as they want to cycle the key talents in and out to avoid them being burned out. Honestly it looks like they're going to continue introducing new talents in the weeks and months ahead rather than focus on the key names.

3. That would definitely make sense as his full-time home, although of course he can do special occasions like Survivor Series.

4. That would be great! It's worth looking at. Dustin Rhodes is also a good choice there when he's done as a wrestler.

5. Yes, they knew who he was and the kinds of comments he makes on a regular basis, as they'd had to edit other comments before the one on his final episode and apologize for something else he had tweeted. Thankfully it won't be a problem for them going forward, but you never know when someone else won't learn from history.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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