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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Rock on father's passing, Jeff Hardy court update, NXT UK signing, Rumble name updates, Impact match announced, more AEW content on FITE, former WWE trainer at live event, new ROH shows and matches, more Mania weekend names, another Dynamite set, assorted wrestling press, NXT tours, CZW PPVs available, Interview with PCO, new Impact shows, Impact Plus adds more episodes, new WWE trademarks, Jericho announces another cruise, new Dynamite matches, and Questions on Saudi backup plans, Destroyers everywhere, Hager not wrestling, AEW online content, and Graves' opinions

The Rock discussed his father's passing from a blood clot. Very sad to hear that happened.

Jeff Hardy's next court appearance is April 6. I would be a little surprised to see him on WWE TV before then.

NXT UK has signed Aoife Valkyrie, who worked their most recent tapings. We'll see how she does there.

Kane is scheduled to be at Royal Rumble. It's unknown if he'll be in the match itself, though that would make sense given his history there.

- Shannon Moore could also be on that show, as he's been pulled from some independent bookings due to a WWE commitment.

Impact has announced Moose vs. Rhino vs. Taurus this week.

AEW Dark has been added to FITE's AEW Plus package. Past episodes are available as well as live airings of upcoming shows. That's good to see.

Dr. Tom Prichard was at Smackdown's Tennessee live event this weekend. Cool to see.

ROH has announced its 18th anniversary PPV for March 13 in Nevada. That's pretty close to Supercard, so we'll see how the schedule plays out.

ROH has announced "Past vs. Present" on March 14 in Nevada, featuring current ROH names taking on names who have worked there previously. Matt Sydal, Homicide, Necro Butcher, Doug Williams, and Allison Danger are all advertised. That's a unique attraction with names we don't see frequently, which ROH could benefit from right now.

Alex Shelley and The Great Muta have been added to Joey Janela's Spring Break WrestleMania weekend.

Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Jeff Cobb have been added to Bloodsport III.

Dynamite's March 18 episode is set for New York. The venue has hosted Raw, Smackdown, Nitro, and a WWF In Your House PPV.

King Corbin got press in Kansas for supporting the local NFL team during a Tennessee live event.

Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Tommaso Ciampa are set for signings this weekend to promote Royal Rumble.

NXT has announced live events for:
- March 5 and March 6 in Ohio
- March 7 in Michigan
- March 27 in Tennessee
- March 28 and March 29 Indianapolis

John Morrison appeared on Nathan Barnatt's YouTube show.

CZW's first three PPV episodes are now available:
- CZW Bloodiest Wars with DJ Hyde and Masada vs. Matt Tremont and Atsushi Onita and Mance Warner vs. Ricky Shane Page in Cage of Death
- CZW Girlz Destruction with Hania vs. Athena and Mercedes Martinez vs. Allie
- CZW Today's Stars with The Young Bucks vs. Jake Crist and Dave Crist and Team Tremendous vs. Alex Reynolds and John Silver

PCO spoke to ET Canada. Glad to see him getting ROH press.

Free Enterprise has added:
- Slex vs. Flip Gordon in Slex's ROH debut
- A battle royal to earn a ROH World Championship match
- The Briscoes vs. Bandido and Flamita

ROH's February 28 HonorClub event in Tennessee has added:
- PCO vs. Dragon Lee for the ROH Championship
- The Briscoes vs. Jeff Cobb and Dan Maff
- Marty Scurll vs. Slex
- Rush and Kenny King vs. Brody King and Flip Gordon

ROH's February 29 HonorClub event in Missouri has added:
- PCO vs. Rush vs. Mark Haskins for the ROH Championship. If Dragon Lee wins the title in Tennessee, Lee, Rush, Haskins, and Dak Draper will have a four corner survival match for the ROH Championship
- Dragon Lee vs. Dak Draper for the Television Championship
- Bandido, Flamita, and Rey Horus vs. Jay Lethal, Jonathan Gresham, and Jeff Cobb for the Six-Man Tag Team Championship

Impact has announced March 6 and March 7 events in Georgia. At this point it's unknown where they will air, as Twitch still has their account suspended.

Impact Plus has begun adding Impact episodes from 2008.

WWE has filed trademarks for the names Trish Stratus, Ever-Rise, Chase Parker, Matt Martel, Epico, and Primo. Ever-Rise is the former 3.0.

Chris Jericho has announced another cruise for February 1 through February 5, 2021. Wow. He didn't waste any time!

Dynamite has added MJF vs. Joey Janela and Britt Baker vs. Priscilla Kelly.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I fully expect they have a backup travel plan this time. As huge of an investment as the show is, they're going to do their best to make sure everything goes as scheduled.

2. It has definitely become a trendy move to have someone kick out of! Presumably if it stops getting a good reaction people will move on to something else, but now it's pretty much expected every card will have a lot of dives, destroyers, and apron bumps throughout the night.

3. I'm starting to think his Bellator contract prevents him from wrestling, since he hasn't competed anywhere since August. I'd love to be wrong on that, because otherwise it seems like a big expense with little payoff.

4. AEW absolutely expands their storylines in online videos. Most things seem to be explained on Dynamite, but not in as in-depth of a fashion.

5. There's a fine line between Corey Graves the character hosting a podcast and Corey Graves the real person with real opinions. I get the feeling he switches back and forth between the two to "spice things up" or what have you.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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