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Monday, January 13, 2020

ROH+Impact visitors, Interviews with HHH/Dillon/PCO, assorted wrestling press, WWE Saudi show approaching, Impact injuries and issues, Scurll takes over ROH Creative, another name to Qatar, Australian signing finishes up, Kagetsu's last match set, Impact preview, and Questions on WWE shows without women, Show turning tonight, Cain eliminating Brock from no. 2, the wedding angle, and McIntyre as a face

Teddy Hart was at ROH's Saturday night live event. The attendance tour continues. 

Triple H spoke to Inside The Ropes. Interesting remarks about Edge and Paige's status.

Stone Cold appeared on RJ City's YouTube show. We're in some odd times.

WWE's next Saudi Arabian show is believed to be coming February 20 or February 27. That's significantly earlier in the year than previous Saudi shows. I'm curious if that means we'll see more events there in 2020.

Rich Swann suffered what's believed to be a bad ankle sprain Friday night, necessitating him missing Hard to Kill. His ankle had been troubling him for a few weeks beforehand. That's unfortunate; I hope he returns before long.

- He was on crutches at the show.

Ethan Page had some serious food poisoning going into Hard to Kill. Glad he was able to work through it.

Impact talents had travel issues coming into Hard to Kill. Thankfully no one advertised missed any shows.

Marty Scurll is the new head booker for ROH as part of signing a new contract there. Delirious will still be part of creative, but Scurll's in charge as of this past weekend's HonorClub events.That's a significant change, and I hope it gives ROH much-needed momentum.

- Free Enterprise was a Scurll idea. I'm curious how it pays off.

- Scurll's new deal is the most lucrative in ROH history. They made a really big play to keep him, so the onus is on him to improve the company's business.

Paige teased a Royal Rumble return. There have been no credible reports of her getting back in the ring at that show or any other.

Triple H spoke to BT Sport after Takeover:Blackpool II.

Road Warrior Animal is set for Qatar Pro Wrestling's event.

Slex worked his final Melbourne Championship Wrestling show before moving to the U.S. to wrestle for ROH. Wow, he's either getting paid pretty well by them or he's hoping he's going to get a lot of outside bookings. That's a big move.

Kagetsu's final Stardom match will be teaming with Mayu Iwatani against Momo Watanabe and Jungle Kyona.

Pampero Firpo was honored with a piece in South Carolina.

JJ Dillion discussed managing the Four Horsemen.

PCO got local press before Honor Reigns Supreme.

Brian Cage's Hard To Kill match was shortened due to Cage having a torn biceps. That's a shame. It could have been really meaningful.

Hard To Kill had a number of backstage names sick.

Ed Nordholm and Alisha Edwards were at Hard To Kill.

Impact this week will feature:
- Joey Ryan vs. Johnny Swinger
- Reno SCUM vs. The Desi Hit Squad vs. The Rascalz vs. TJP/Daga

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I don't have time to look it up, but I'm sure it's pretty rare! The women are more important now than they used to be.

2. Hahahahaa never rule it out!

3. A safe bet, no, but not entirely out of the question. I think they'll use Brock longer than that, though.

4. It's definitely got a lot of people talking, which is one barometer of success. It's not there to appeal to the fans who want to see Adam Cole vs. Tommaso Ciampa, just as that style of match doesn't appeal to people who want to see "soap opera" "car crash" style content.

5. I also didn't see it as a face turn. It's just that what he did resonated.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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