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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Interviews with McIntyre/Show/Fabian/Alexa/Christian/Ospreay, assorted wrestling press, Raw audience, Double or Nothing status, Vince to advise on shutdown, more on WWE being essential, ROH+MLW taping updates, Rebellion airing plans, and Questions on COVID press, Ronda vs. Nia, and a worked Brawl For All

Drew McIntyre spoke to TVInsider about becoming WWE Champion and more. 

Big Show promoted his Netflix show with Metro. 

WWE Shop is selling an nWo "legends' collection" box.

WrestleMania 36 refunds are currently being processed, with some ticketholders already getting paid back. 

"The Bump" this week featured Big Show, William Regal, Christian, IRS, Mandy Rose, Otis, and Io Shirai.

Highspots.com is running a sale of 50% off DVDs and video downloads, with 36% off other merchandise on the website. 

Raw drew 1.91 million viewers this week. They continue to struggle to build an audience. 

Fabian Aichner spoke to PWInsider to promote NXT.

Double or Nothing will not take place in Nevada as scheduled. It will still be live and on PPV.

- Tickets for the event will be honored at Double or Nothing 2021, announced for May 29, 2021.

- Dynamite on May 27 will also not take place in Nevada. There are currently no plans for a Nevada Dynamite following Double or Nothing 2021.

Vince McMahon will advise Donald Trump on when to reopen the U.S. economy. That piece of news would blow people's minds ten years ago. McMahon joins other major sports executives with that duty.

WWE faced a number of calls to shut down the Performance Center before Florida's governor amended his essential businesses list to include them. Linda McMahon's super PAC donated $18.5 million to Florida the same day of this amendment. That also sounds like a storyline come to life.

- ROH and MLW issued statements regarding their own status in the wake of this change. Both companies already had plans regarding content.

Alexa Bliss responded to Ronda Rousey's recent comments. She brings up good points.

Christian discussed a WWE return. I really don't see it happening. 

WWE did some COVID-19 PSAs.

Will Ospreay discussed Seth Rollins, C.M. Punk, and more. Classy response to the Seth issue; I'm glad he squashed the beef.

Rebellion's April 21 episode will feature:
- Sami Callihan vs. Ken Shamrock
- Ace Austin vs. Willie Mack
- Kylie Rae vs. Kiera Hogan
- Rhino and Tommy Dreamer vs. Jake Crist and Dave Crist

Rebellion's April 28 episode will feature:
- Chris Bey vs. Suicide vs. Trey vs. Rohit Raju

Jim Cornette has trademarked that name, which is a little strange since it's his legal name.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Wrestling doesn't usually get a lot of coverage anyway, it was an unnamed non-wrestler, and proper precautions were taken.

2. It definitely feels like something's brewing there.

Nothing to add to 3.

4. Potentially, though ultimately it was going to take more than being legitimately tough to make Dr. Death a star.

5. Yes, that was very dumb on both men's parts.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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