- AJPW has canceled its Champion Carnival. They will look to run the tournament later in the year.
- Sendai Girls has canceled its April 22 event.
- ZERO-1 has canceled its April 5 event.
- Tokyo Joshi Pro has canceled its April 18 event. Its April 19 event will be in front of no fans.
- DDT has canceled its April 18 event. Its April 19 event will be in front of no fans.
- Seadlinnng has canceled its April 20 event.
- Big Japan has canceled its April 4, April 6, April 8, April 13, and April 14 events. They will still run their April 12 events.
- Mick Foley is doing free Twitter videos for fans.
- MLW has moved its May 2 Texas show to October 3.
- AEW has some content taped for April 8 and April 15, including Moxley vs. Hager.
- AEW has been taping in QT Marshall's Georgia wrestling school. They have another backup location if need be. AEW has been very resourceful. Its key players are very driven.
Teddy Hart's strangulation-related court date has been pushed back to June 10.
John Cena is on "After The Bell" this week.
In WrestleMania 36 hype:
- Mattel revealed WrestleMania 36 action figures with Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins.
- WWE has WrestleMania "In Your House" shirts playing off the old PPV concept. HILARIOUS. The company is also selling folding chairs.
- Ric Flair discussed WrestleMania with TMZ Sports.
- Charlotte Flair did a Twitter Q&A sponsored by Snickers.
- Papa John's is doing a Watch Party sweepstakes.
- Lita discussed WrestleMania on ESPN.
- Stephanie McMahon discussed WWE's precautions.
- Edge spoke to Bleacher Report about his return. He also spoke to USA Today.
Brock Lesnar is getting an ESPN marathon Sunday, featuring UFC content and his NCAA win as well as his E:60 episode.
Royal Rumble on FS1 drew 421,000 viewers, which likely gave Backstage a boost.
Brandi Rhodes is on AEW Unrestricted this week.
ICW released Drew McIntyre vs. Noam Dar.
Dynamite drew 685,000 viewers this week, significantly down from last week's show. That's likely due to the coronavirus situation.
NXT drew 590,000 viewers this week, also not a strong number. I think you can reasonably blame the coronavirus and its coverage for that, too.
Roman Reigns sent a video message to a fan fighting cancer.
BT Sports showed footage from their recent Drew McIntyre training video.
Chris Jericho spoke about AEW. Great propaganda piece with the insinuation he came up with The List of Jericho and that fans call him the David Bowie of wrestling.
Kylie Rae spoke to Alicia Atout.
Austin Theory was hand-picked by Paul Heyman to replace Andrade while the United States Champion recovers from his rib injury. It's unknown if Theory's transition to Raw is meant to conclude when Andrade returns.
WrestleMania Kickoff will air on FS1 and Fox Deportes.
FS1 is going to regularly show WWE content weekly to lead in to Backstage. This will include "Best Of" shows, WWE Network series episodes, and parts of PPV events.
Tracy Smothers is going through chemotherapy for lymphoma. That's rough.
Rey Horus' ROH deal is believed to be for two years. That's certainly an opportunity to build a name for himself.
Brodie Lee's AEW contract allows him to work NJPW and a set number of indie dates. Obviously NJPW isn't running shows now so there haven't been any negotiations between Brodie and that company.
Ric Flair has discussed a movie based on his life. That's a great idea.
ESPN's airing of recent WrestleManias led to other international broadcasts of the shows.
Indonesia's MolaTV will begin airing Raw and Smackdown live soon.
EVOLVE streamed EVOLVE 134 for free on YouTube.
205 Live has announced:
- Kushida vs. Danny Burch
- Tyler Breeze vs. Jack Gallagher
Kevin Sullivan will respond to Vice's Chris Benoit documentary on Jim Cornette's April 10 podcast. That's going to be something to check out.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1 is specific to them.
2. The story I've always heard was Transit was a last-minute replacement for someone who wasn't on the show for whatever reason.
3. Given his size, it was assumed he was an adult. Again, the story I've heard is that ECW needed someone to fill in and he was available. The company was very much a "fly by the seat of your pants" kind of thing.
4. There's no telling! ECW was very, very different from 2020 WWE as far as structure goes.
5. That's a fair explanation.
6. To get heat in the old school sense.
7. New Jack wrestled for USWA before SMW.
8. It's possible there wasn't much for him to add to the piece.
Nothing to really add to 9.
10. He'll definitely be remembered as a big example of what defined ECW and that time period. He pushed the envelope in multiple ways.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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