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Friday, February 14, 2020

Assorted wrestling press, ROH date announced, Impact expanding streaming network?, Impact taping at indie show, more on Impact WrestleCon show, Cobb update, AEW planning multiple California shows, new AEW interviewer, NJPW name at Dynamite, NXT debut coming, NXT name returning, Dynamite+NXT audiences, female star in hit and run, NWA airing update, Interviews with Corgan/Murdoch, more on WM37 timing, WWE stock note, NJPW Japanese TV deal update, NJPW draws big crowd, top AAA name out, AAA names in the center of Impact-MLW rivalry, Konnan incident update, Omega's next AAA title defense, NJPW name gets surgery, more on NJPW tour numbers, NJPW president profiled, another Stardom retirement, Sareee update, Teddy Hart arrested, Noelle injured, Mexican commission sets up medical exams, MLW pulls contract offer, Past vs. Present update, AEW PPVs airing in another market, AEW interested in lucha name, Dynamite attendance, more on WWE exec shakeup, WWE looking at indie libraries, WWE HoF considerations, WWE UK ratings update, NXT TV on the road in March, and Questions on EVOLVE specials on WWE Network, Teddy Hart, HoF considerations, and Vince in the HoF

Braun Strowman will be on Nickelodeon's "Ryan's Mystery Playdate" Monday.

Kofi Kingston visited Funimation Studios for My Hero Academia's dubbing.

Corey Graves recently underwent a cryotherapy treatment.

ROH has announced an April 23 New York event. Battlestarr will feature the Pure Championship tournament quarterfinals. Good to see them running more regular shows coming soon.

Australia's Kellyanne Salter will soon be working in ROH, likely as part of the upcoming women's championship tournament. It's expected she'll work Supercard.

Impact is looking to add indie promotions to its Impact Plus service. That's worth considering.

Impact is taping Eddie Edwards vs. Michael Elgin at Pro Wrestling Revolver. Interesting move to continue their series.

Impact's WrestleCon event is said to be open to anyone from the company's past.

Jeff Cobb will continue all advertised NJPW and ROH appearances. He is working on a per-date basis with each company, so he's free to work AEW. Currently he is only booked for this week's Dynamite, but obviously that opens the door for more appearances.

AEW is setting up a number of California tapings in June. Interesting move.

AEW's new interviewer is Diamond Dallas Page's daughter.

NJPW's Chase Owens was visiting at Dynamite this week. I wouldn't assume that means he's looking to join AEW.

The former El Hijo del Fantasma is debuting for NXT this weekend as Raul Mendoza's tag team partner, using the name Jorge Bolley. I'm curious when we'll see him on NXT and/or 205 Live.

NXT's Tino Sabbatelli will return to action this weekend. His last match was April 2018(!). He's since been recovering from a torn pectoral muscle.

Dynamite drew 817,000 viewers this week. That's a pretty noteworthy drop from last week.

NXT drew 757,000 viewers this week, in the ballpark of what it usually does.

Thunder Rosa was recently involved in a hit and run car accident. She's selling gear to fix her car. That's a real shame.

NWA Powerrr won't air Tuesday due to Squared Circle airing in its place. This is essentially a tryout show for NWA.

Billy Corgan spoke to Chris Van Vliet about NWA, Impact, and more. An NWA-Impact partnership would have been interesting.

Trevor Murdoch is on Sean Mooney's latest podcast.

WrestleMania 37 is coming from California in order for WWE to try to beat the next Super Bowl's attendance in the same building. WWE could have had WrestleMania 36 there, but wanted to follow the Super Bowl.

WWE's Indian TV deal is continuing under the terms of the previous deal as the two sides discuss next contract. WWE, as expected, wants a large increase in rights fees.

WWE's stock was also downgraded by Wells Fargo, with further declines expected. The sudden executive dismissals and Network underperformance have stockholders worried.

NJPW's new Japanese TV deal forbids intentional blood. We'll see what effect that has on the product and its appeal.

NJPW's New Beginning drew a sellout of more than 11,000 fans. That's very significant.

Dr. Wagner, Jr. has left AAA in order to be in control of his own indie bookings. He's expected to be open to returning down the line.

Impact and MLW are looking to sign AAA talents to deals that would presumably prevent the talent from working other U.S. promotions while still doing AAA dates. AAA talent are in demand in the U.S., which is a positive for them.

Konnan and Psicosis II are set to have an angle in AAA following their real confrontation, playing off its notoriety. The lucha scene is seemingly full of antics like that.

Kenny Omega will defend his AAA Championship on March 21. That show will also feature the Lucha Bros defending their tag team championship.

Davey Boy Smith, Jr. has signed with All Japan outright, so he'll continue past the Champion Carnival.

Tetsuya Naito recently had eye surgery to correct an injury that hadn't previously been disclosed.

NJPW's recent U.S. tour performance has been attributed to ticket prices and lack of local advertising. I can say as a North Carolinian the fact they advertised an event as coming from a different city than the arena's location was pretty bizarre, because it's not like Durham is an unknown town.

NJPW President Harold Meij was recently featured on a top Japanese news program.

Stardom's Leo Onozaki is retiring on February 16 due to an accumulation of injuries. That's honestly rather surprising, since she's only 25 and hasn't had a long career. I wish her the best in her next steps.

Sareee is dealing with enteritis and a high fever, causing her to miss her Stardom title match. We'll see what this means about her expected WWE signing.

Teddy Hart was recently arrested for possession of and intent to distribute a schedule III narcotic, the latter being a felony. Very sad to see him go down that road.

Noelle Foley is dealing with post-concussion issues. Sorry to hear that, and I hope she gets taken care of.

Mexico's Tepic's wrestling commission has ruled no one over 40 can wrestle without passing a medical exam. That's not a bad idea, although the age seems low.

El Hijo del Vikingo is set for MLW and AAA's joint show, which is of course notable since he recently worked Impact.

MLW has pulled its contract offer for AAA's Arez due to a missed date. There are conflicting reports as to why he missed the show.

Past vs. Present will likely be headlined by the Briscoes match. Makes sense, since it features two current guys who are sticking around.

AEW PPVs will be shown in Germany started with Revolution. They keep hitting big milestones very early in their existence.

AEW is interested in signing Mexico's Aramis.

Dyanmite drew more than 4,000 fans this week.

WWE's executive shakeup was at least partially due to the co-presidents objecting to talent expenses for names under contract but not being utilized. There are a substantial number of talents training at the WWE Performance Center.

WWE is looking at U.S. indie companies' libraries for Network content. It's unknown how exactly this will play out given the Network as a whole being in flux right now.

Jushin "Thunder" Liger is being considered for the WWE Hall of Fame this year. WOW. I'd love to see that, but I'd think WWE wouldn't want to induct someone still associated with NJPW.

The Bella Twins are also being considered for the WWE Hall of Fame. Obviously they've had long and significant enough careers, but there are going to be people calling for earlier names to go in first.

WWE UK TV ratings have increased from Sky Sports due to greater promotion on BT.

NXT's March 11 episode will be outside of Full Sail due to the venue being booked that day for Full Sail Hall of Fame ceremonies.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It is very much in the air given the Network itself having an uncertain path ahead.

2. Honestly nothing sounds weird in regard to Teddy at this point. I'm not sure where the cat is.

3. No. I don't think he was going to be in anyone's plans even if this hadn't happened.

4. There is some level of internal feedback given, but it always ultimately comes up to Vince.

5. Honestly the year after he passes he should get the whole class to himself.

More wrestling coming up.

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