NJPW canceled events through May 4 due to coronavirus precautions. They are looking into running empty arena shows.
WrestleMania press:
- Charlotte Flair spoke to Newsweek.
- Sonya Deville spoke to Jim Varsallone.
- Bret Hart spoke to ESPN.
- The Firefly Fun House match has unique merchandise for both McBossman and the match itself. Crazy times!
The Fiend's first action figure is available for pre-order. There's also now a Fiend Collector's box. This has been a WILD ride.
NXT Cruiserweight Champion Jordan Devlin is unable to travel from the UK, so NXT has announced a tournament to declare an interim champion.
Angelina Love has signed a new ROH deal. There's no word on the length of the contract, but she'll be a key figure for the women's division in front of and behind the camera.
WWE Network was updated on Roku.
Tegan Nox's documentary has been added to WWE Network.
Edge is on the latest "After the Bell."
Ronda Rousey and Gordon Ramsay did a video together.
Mark Andrews looked back at his training to be a wrestler.
"Dark Side of the Ring" drew 226,000 viewers Tuesday, even with the New Jack episode.
WWE Backstage drew 140,000 viewers this week.
FS1's WrestleMania specials drew:
- 183,000 viewers for WrestleMania 31
- 232,000 viewers for WrestleMania 33
- 232,000 viewers (also) for WrestleMania 34
TMZ covered WWE's new restrictions.
Triple H spoke to Sports Illustrated before NXT.
The Big Show Show is in Netflix's Top 10.
Rhea Ripley disputed accounts of her returning to Australia due to a work visa issue. We'll see what develops on that front. It's possible she does have to go there to get things straightened out but can't do so due to current travel restrictions.
Dragon Gate has canceled events through May 6.
Jake Roberts is quarantining in a Georgia hotel due to his health history.
Smackdown has added Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs. the Kabuki Warriors for the Women's Tag Team Championship.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Maybe Bray underestimated Goldberg? Maybe he was focused on Cena coming back? He's got some outs. They did move Braun up quite a bit from where he was but he's had world title matches on PPV before and it did take three men to take the IC Title from him. He also won the Andre battle royal and was able to win the Raw tag title with a child as his partner, so he hasn't totally been an afterthought.
2. Honestly I think they'll consider it since each night could have more time to deliver on its matches. It's worth a shot. Frankly a second night of Mania would do better than a Takeover special.
3. The footage was newsworthy and they only showed parts of the matches in question. Realistically it's not going to hurt the financial value of matches that happened a long time ago. As for Jack being guilty, the argument has been that the competitors knew what they were getting into agreeing to a match with him. It's not like he went up to them on the street and stabbed them.
4. No, given how far back the incidents were and how well they've been known.
5. As alluded to, if WWE thinks a reconciliation is best for business, they'll do it.
Nothing add to 6.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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