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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Podcast notes, Interviews with Keith Lee+Jericho, MLW PPV deal, Becky on Showtime show, WWE Webby nominations, Ryder teases title return, WWE titleholder roundtable, DSTOR+FS1 specials, NXT+Dynamite matches, DON match official, more on AEW Georgia tapings, and Questions on AEW profitability vs. Impact, Maverick's angle, and COVID-19 wrestling

"The Bump" featured Rey Mysterio, Becky Lynch, Big E, Carmella, and Showtime's Brian Koppelman.

- Next week's episode will feature The Miz, Maryse, and Tamina.

Keith Lee spoke to PWInsider before NXT. He's a flagbearer for NXT right now.

MLW has signed a PPV deal with iNDEMAND. Past MLW events will debut on the service starting May 7. Their growth continues!

Becky Lynch will appear on Showtime's Billions on May 3.

WWE is nominated for Webby Awards for:
- Podcasts: Sports (After The Bell with Kevin Owens, Shayna Baszler, and the Viking Raiders)
- Social: Sports (WWE Instagram)
- Video: Unscripted (Table for 3 with Braun Strowman, Alexa Bliss, and Ember Moon)
- Video: Reality (WWE 365: Alexa Bliss)

Zack Ryder teased the return of the Internet Championship. I feel like that would fit right in on BTE.

WWE held a virtual roundtable with Drew McIntyre, Nikki Cross, Kay Lee Ray, and Gallus' Wolfgang and Mark Coffey, all Scottish titleholders. That's pretty cool to see.

Jeff Hardy will be on the next "After The Bell."

"Dark Side of the Ring" drew 255,000 viewers for the David Schultz episode.

FS1's WWE specials drew:
- 124,000 for John Cena at 7:00
- 220,000 for Triple H at 8:00
- 270,000 for The Undertaker at 9:00
- 208,000 for Shawn Michaels at 10:00

Eric Bischoff is on Sean Mooney's latest podcast.

Darby Allin is on Vickie Guerrero's latest podcast.

Chris Jericho spoke to Newsweek about AEW returning to live content and more. It will be a relief in some ways given some of the filler segments they've had.

Booker T.'s podcast is featuring a roast of the WWE Hall of Famer.

NXT has announced:
- Adam Cole vs. Velveteen Dream for the NXT Championship
- Charlotte Flair vs. Io Shirai for the NXT Championship
- Johnny Gargano vs. Donovan Dijakovic
- Karrion Kross and Scarlett arrive

Dynamite has announced:
- Jon Moxley vs. Kazarian
- Matt Hardy and Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara
- Cody vs. Joey Janela

Double or Nothing has officially added Cody vs. Lance Archer for the TNT Championship.

Tony Khan wrote the Georgia episodes of Dynamite personally, by himself. Cody was greatly involved in executing the plans at the taping. There has been good focus on the shows.

QT Marshall booked local talent for AEW's Georgia tapings, as one might expect.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It's notable that's an argument that can even be considered. I'm sure AEW invested a lot with signing so many talents, but they've also consistently reached important milestones. It's a tough call since it's not an apples-to-apples comparison, but things look pretty rosy for AEW right now.

2. There's real emotion worked into the story for sure. It's possible he does end up sticking around, but I wouldn't put high odds on it.

3. No to both ideas. Given how wrestling fans behave in person, giving them such a spotlight isn't a good idea.

4. I mean WWE employees are working in WWE HQ already so it's not much of a stretch to tape matches there.

5. This has already been pretty thoroughly covered in previous question columns.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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