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Friday, January 10, 2020

Assorted wrestling notes, AEW signs second-generation star, Brandi's new friend, Interviews with Angle/Cena/Carmella/Nikki Bella/Mansoor, announced for FNSD, territory star dies, Supercard official, Dynamite+NXT audiences, new Worlds Collide matches, WWE ice cream update, Adam Cole honored, new Dynamite match, and Questions on Brock's Rumble fate, Maven, WWE women's project, Rocky Johnson's book, and why AEW honored Memphis

Chris Jericho's Inner Circle segment featured Shahid Khan's car. Funny!

AEW Dark will feature the Memphis legends content taped this week. Tony Khan pushed for the segment.

AEW has signed Austin Gunn, Billy Gunn's son. I'm interested to see how that tandem will be used.

Colt Cabana is expected to return to AEW in some capacity. I'm very curious if he'll balance AEW and NJPW going forward.

Nightmare Collective's newest member was Dr. Luther. AEW continues to feature a variety of talents and content.

Roman Reigns got press for granting a Make-A-Wish.

Kurt Angle spoke to Chris Van Vliet about working with Vince McMahon and more. His addiction was a very scary time.

John Cena discussed WWE and more on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Friday Night Smackdown has announced:
- John Morrison on MizTV
- King Corbin and Dolph Ziggler vs. The Usos

Territory era star Pampero Firpo passed away at 89. Slam! Wrestling ran down his career.

Carmella spoke on Internet rumors. People have way too much on their hands to come up with some of this.

Nikki Bella discussed WWE character development and more.

ROH Supercard of Honor has been announced for April 4.Notably they're running a venue they've drawn 1,000 fans in rather than the nearby Supercard XI venue where they drew 3,500 fans. It's probably wise to have modest expectations at this point, with no NJPW involvement. Villain Enterprises have all been announced, which seems to indicate they're continuing to work there. That's very surprising if it's permanent, since they're almost undoubtedly getting bigger offers from AEW and NXT to work in front of bigger crowds.

Dynamite drew 947,000 viewers this week, a very impressive number. It looks like things are rebounding for them.

NXT drew 721,000 viewers, which isn't as strong as other shows they've put on.

WWE Worlds Collide has added:
- Rhea Ripley vs. Toni Storm for the NXT Women's Championship
- Finn Balor vs. Ilja Dragunov

NXT's Mansoor spoke to a Saudi Arabian publication.

WWE ice cream bars are set to return in April. Good Humor has been working on the project since September, so this wasn't a sudden change.

Adam Cole is Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Wrestler of the Year. Very cool moment for him.

Dynamite has added Jon Moxley vs. Sammy Guevara. I'm looking forward to that.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Brock wins! I expect it will be someone like Cain Velsaquez or Tyson Fury who eliminates him. It would actually be more of a surprise if it was someone currently on the full-time roster. Keith Lee would be really great, though.

2. I haven't seen anything about him in a long time actually.

3. Speaking of things we haven't heard about in a while! It clearly takes time to put such a thing together.

4. I believe more is coming out on this soon. There are indications the project is in jeopardy.

5. Tony Khan has big appreciation for that area's wrestling history. It made sense in some ways to try to draw Memphis fans to the show.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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