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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Bloodsport adds match, Backstage on the road, new Rumble match, indie doing TV pilot, new Worlds Collide match, Interviews with Bryan/Braun/Ryback/Walter/Lilian, IIconics helping with Australia fire, another WWE UK deal, Bucks autobiography update, bubbly on Jericho cruise, Dreamer at AEW party, Rock begins Netflix show, comedian at Mania?, Jericho booked for WrestleCon, ROH name re-signs, another ROH name in NWA, lucha legend in Disney series?, WWE hiring big exec, Asuka at shooting site, and Questions on WWE heeling the Astros, Heyman if ECW stuck around, AEW's new TV deal, and MLW working with ICM

Bloodsport III has added Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson. That's an intriguing event concept.

WWE Backstage will be in Florida next week to play off the Super Bowl. This will be the first episode in front of a live audience. I'm curious how that will pay off for the show.

Royal Rumble has added Andrade vs. Humberto Carrillo for the United States Championship.

Beyond Wrestling will film a network pilot on March 1. The company is indicating interest from distribution partners and investors. That could really get things moving for the group!

WWE Worlds Collide has added Kay Lee Ray vs. Mia Yim in a non-title match on its 30-minute Kickoff event.

Daniel Bryan spoke before Royal Rumble:
- I miss the planet's champion!

- Wow that hair segment sounds chaotic.

- I appreciate what they're going for with the red light, but I think it hinders the experience.

- More people need to care about their character story as much as Bray cares about his.

- Bryan being the opposite of who he was going into WrestleMania 30 was GREAT.

- I like the idea for recycled T-shirts. Again, that would have been awesome for his eco character.

Braun Strowman spoke before Smackdown. Good press.

Ryback is on Stone Cold's latest podcast.

Billie Kay is auctioning a ring-worn T-shirt and IIconics action figures to benefit Australian fire relief. That's great!

WWE has announced a UK TV deal to broadcast truncated versions of Raw and Smackdown, as well as NXT UK in its entirety. In addition, "Total Divas" and "Miz & Mrs" will be available on streaming services.

The Young Bucks autobiography will be subtitled "Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues." Very entertaining.

Chris Jericho's cruise rooms each contained a bottle of his new wine. The power of memes is real.

Tommy Dreamer will be part of an AEW Revolution watch party in New York.

The Rock has begun filming "Red Notice" for Netflix. I would assume that rules out a Royal Rumble appearance, which seemed unlikely anyway.

Walter discussed not moving to the US, Survivor Series, and more. He was pretty blunt!

Titus O'Neil was named South Tampa's 2020 Citizen of the Year. Very good to see him honored liked that.

Lilian Garcia spoke to Chris Van Vliet. I'd like to see WWE put her in their Hall of Fame.

Gabriel Iglesias is advertised for WrestleMania and the night after. It's unknown what he'll be doing there.

Chris Jericho will be at WrestleCon's convention Saturday. That's a pretty big get!

Josh Woods has signed a new ROH deal.

ROH's Dan Maff has been entered into NWA's Television Championship tournament. He will face Zicky in the first round at Hard Times.

Marty Scurll will be at Hard Times.

Blue Demon, Jr. is set to star in a Disney Channel series. Can't say I expected to write that!

WWE is hiring a vice president of operations. This person would directly support Vince McMahon. I hope they know what they're getting into!

Asuka was at the site of a recent mall shooting, but was unharmed. Scary situation.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I fully expect it.

2. The impression I have is that ECW would have become similar to early ROH as far as talents used and the style involved, though presumably there would have still been some amount of "hardcore" content. I'd think as long as Heyman continued to be able to do things his way he'd continue to be involved.

3. It does feel like TNT is giving them a LOT really early. I could understand a two year deal, but that's a very big sign of approval for a league that young. AEW should be ecstatic and so should talents who could be on their radar. That said, Dynamite has greatly exceeded TNT's expectations of 500,000 viewers a week, and that's with some significant competition from NXT.

4. I expect it's going to be a one-hour show largely like Dark. They really want to avoid going against Raw, Smackdown, and sports.

5. I'm under the impression they're going to keep Fusion on BT Sports, but hope to also have it air elsewhere. There could also be a new show on another channel.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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