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Saturday, March 14, 2020

Coronavirus cancelations, assorted wrestling press, new Dynamite match, MLW owner misses big taping, EVOLVE releases free show, Interviews with Butcher/Matt Hardy/Arquette, HHH corporate change, more on Paige/Nia, why WWE changed finisher name, WWEPC change, Smackdown preview, WWE star trademarks ring name, and Questions on virus cancelations, Ricochet's future, and the tiered Network

Coronavirus-related wrestling updates, in chronological order:
- WWE has canceled all live events this weekend.

- WWE Backstage will not be taped this week.

- Raw will be at the WWE Performance Center.

- NXT will tape at the WWE Performance Center for multiple weeks, as Full Sail has canceled group events through the end of April.

- EVOLVE's scheduled seminar/tryout set for this weekend has also been postponed to May 8 and May 9.

- Dynamite's April 1 Wisconsin episode has been postponed to October 28.

- Dynamite's April 8 Missouri episode has been postponed to October 7.

- Kevin Owens' speaking show in Scotland has been moved to June 5.

- NEW's March 27 show has been postponed.

WWE has released a line of 47 Brand Vintage Tubular shirts for classic events.

WWE 2K20 has released its "Empire of Tomorrow" DLC. That looks pretty cool.

Dynamite has added Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy vs. The Butcher and The Blade.

MLW owner Court Bauer wasn't at the MLW-AAA show Friday due to negotiating a TV deal. Konnan and Mr. Saint Laurent ran things in his absence.

EVOLVE 146 has been released for free on YouTube.

Roman Reigns is on the cover of the next Muscle & Fitness.

WrestleMania will air in Northern Ireland's Odyssey Cinemas.

AEW's The Butcher talked about balancing music and wrestling.

Savio Vega is doing seminars with Canada's CWE later this month.

Joey Janela is set for Australia's World Series of Wrestling in June.

Houston's wrestling exhibit got press.

Matt Hardy spoke to Bill Apter.

David Arquette's wrestling documentary has been profiled.

Triple H is no longer in charge of talent relations or WWE legal due to his new corporate position focusing on expanding Performance Centers internationally and other NXT-related duties. These roles will be taken over by Vince McMahon's chief of staff. This change led to stories of Triple H being "demoted," which H referenced himself at Smackdown.

Paige was not at Smackdown due to a change in plans.

Nia Jax was not at Smackdown as initially planned. I can't help but think that's linked to Paige's situation.

Jeff Hardy's finisher is now called The Twist of Fury due to Matt Hardy owning the name "Twist of Fate." Awkward!

WWE moved the Performance Center's usual rings to a local warehouse in order to make room for what they utilized for TV.

Smackdown next week has announced:
- Rob Gronkowski appearing
- Goldberg and Roman Reigns having a contract signing

Dash Wilder has trademarked the name "Cash Wheeler." That's hilariously bad.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I don't believe so.

2. Let's just say I don't see him being used as prominently as he was going into Super Showdown, though that wasn't a very realistic prospect anyway. I do hope he can move up from Main Event and the 24/7 title picture, though.

3. It looks that way for televised shows, for the time being.

4. It sounds like it's on hold while they work on the streaming rights deal.

5. I really don't see them happening there then given the risks involved.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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