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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Raw matches, MITB card change, WWE postponements, big WWE release, wrestling trademarks, assorted wrestling press, Interview with Mandy, Raw audience, and Questions on WWE running Florida, Highlander wrestling scene, Impact picking up WWE releases, and WWE and AEW continuing to run

Raw has announced:
- Street Profits vs. Viking Raiders for the Raw Tag Team Championship
- Ricochet and Cedric Alexander vs. Shane Thorne and Brendan Vink

Apollo Crews will miss Money in the Bank due to Raw's storyline injury. More on this tomorrow.

WWE's Australia and New Zealand dates have been postponed. They were set for August.

Cain Velasquez has been released. That's surprising on one level, but I'm sure he was pulling in a pretty big salary. WWE doesn't seem to have gotten much benefit from his run overall.

"Urban Wrestling Federation" and "UWF" have been trademarked by Stonecutter Media LLC. We'll see if that idea gets any traction.

Luke Gallows' promotion has trademarked "Sex Ferguson," a name he has used previously.

Zack Ryder has trademarked "Internet Champion" and "Alwayz Ready."

WWE has honored 100-year-old Tom Moore, who has raised millions for coronavirus relief.

WWE Network will add Smackdown's best matches of the decade Thursday.

Sid Vicious has joined Instagram.

Stephanie McMahon has joined Ad Council's Board of Directors. That says a lot about WWE's reach.

NWA streamed a special covering the company's changes with Billy Corgan.

Stone Cold now has a Best of WWE collection on WWE Network.

Mandy Rose spoke to Chris Van Vliet about Otis' storyline and more.

Raw drew 1.82 million viewers this week, the lowest number the show has ever drawn. I don't see that number changing for a while.

WWE's Madison Square Garden show has been postponed from June 27.

Conan O'Brien covered wrestling being declared essential in Florida.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I'd note the relationships WWE has in Florida with Full Sail and the Performance Center, as well as the intention to run WrestleMania there. Any comment beyond that would go from being a wrestling story to a political story, which is outside the scope of this blog.

2. It appears the footage was shot at The Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey.

3. I expect AEW will be a bigger priority for a lot of those talents, but obviously they won't all be signed there. I could see Mike Bennett heading back to Impact, and others being under consideration.

4. USA and TNT are paying for new episodes to air each week. As long as WWE and AEW are able to provide that, they're happy to make the money!

5. The Internet's a crazy and dangerous place. Be careful out there!

More wrestling tomorrow.

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