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Saturday, January 25, 2020

GWF reunion show set, assorted WWE press, NXT UK name emergency surgery, Cage injury update, NJPW adds names to WrestleCon, Bryan has ecofriendly shirt, another Supercard name, TNA event's first names, Impact preview, Raw match set, WWEPC guest coach, AEW NJ show tickets update, CZW alum passes, Smackdown dark matches, NWA announces next PPV, and Questions on Harlem Heat vs. Revival, NXT changing its women's championship, and Rocky's book

The Global Wrestling Federation will have a reunion show on May 3 in Texas. Advertised are Killer Tim Brooks, Chaz Taylor, Alex Porteau, Rod Price, Steve Dane, Johnny Mantel, Gary Young, James Beard, Stevie Rey, and Action Jackson.

Drew McIntyre is on Jerry Lawler's latest podcast.

NXT UK's Jordan Devlin had emergency dental surgery for a broken tooth, then returned to the ring for that night's live event. That's intense!

Brian Cage announced surgery for a torn biceps. He will determine his future after he recovers. I hope he's able to make a big splash when he's 100%.

NJPW's WrestleCon Lion's Break event has added Zack Sabre, Jr. and El Desperado.

Nikki Cross discussed working with Alexa Bliss, NXT UK, and more.

Carmella promoted Royal Rumble in interviews with Sporting News, The Wrap, and Newsweek.

Daniel Bryan has a new ecofriendly T-shirt made of recycled plastic bottles and organic cotton. A  tree will be planted for every shirt sold. That's great!

Nick Aldis has been announced for Supercard of Honor. Cool. Maybe we'll see some other NWA crossover, too.

Impact's WrestleCon event has announced Ken Anderson and D'Lo Brown representing Aces and Eights. I love it!

Impact this week has announced:
- Michael Elgin vs. Eddie Edwards in the first of their best-of-five series
- Josh Alexander vs. Hijo del Vikingo
- Jordynne Grace vs. Madison Rayne vs. Keira Hogan in a number one contenders match for the Knockouts Championship
- Dez and Wentz vs. Pagano and Murder Clown
- Dr. Wagner, Jr. and Daga vs. Reno Scum

Raw has announced Lana vs. Liv Morgan. Bobby Lashley and Rusev are banned from ringside.

Drew McIntyre spoke to Miami Herald to promote Royal Rumble.

Kofi Kingston and Big E did a signing at a Cricket Wireless before Royal Rumble.

Lacey Evans promoted Royal Rumble with BT Sport.

Brian Fury worked as a WWE Performance Center guest coach this past week.

Keith Lee got local press for winning the North American Championship.

Dynamite's March 25 taping in New Jersey has sold more than 10,000 tickets. That's incredibly impressive; they keep doing big things.

NBC's "The Good Place" featured references to The Rock, Stone Cold, and Triple H this week.

CZW/GCW alumnus Justice Pain passed away recently.

Before Smackdown, Mustafa Ali defeated Apollo Crews.

NWA Crockett Cup has been announced for April in Georgia. There's no word on exactly when and where, thought it won't be at the location of Power.

After Smackdown, The Fiend retained the Universal Championship over Daniel Bryan.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It doesn't seem to be imminent, likely due to The Revival's contracts ending soon.

2. It does sound confusing. I'm all for presenting the women prominently but it seems like if the goal is to make the division less marginalized they would do the same for the cruiserweight and tag team championships? It's a mess. I could understand doing a NXT Men's and NXT Women's Championship more than this.

3. I don't have anything to add here. I just hope the book makes print and everyone gets what they're owed.

4. I don't know who brought it up, but Triple H would have to approve it and I would think Vince would, too. It's possible this changes the design of the championship, too, after all.

5. Prichard was definitely brought back to be an intermediary between Vince and other voices in the company. Not sure why that was disputed.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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