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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Interviews with Becky/McIntyre/Rock/Henry/JTG/Meltzer/Snow, assorted wrestling press, Cage-AEW update, AEW injury update, MLW TV updates, ROH name re-signs, NXT name moving, Australian promotion reopens, Backlash match set, Gulak update, Raw announcements, Jarrett-Impact lawsuit update, and Questions on AEW on YouTube, AEW on Mondays hurting Raw, if WWE was private, AEW cycling through rivalries, and changing Rhea's finisher

Becky Lynch spoke to Sports Illustrated about relinquishing her championship and more. I'm not surprised Becky intends to stay part of the company, even if that doesn't mean we'll see her in the ring full-time again.

New Day's latest podcast features their gear designer.

Drew McIntyre discussed The Undertaker with BT Sport. I'd certainly be open to them having a singles match.

The Godfather and D'Lo Brown will be on VICE's "After Dark" this week to discuss Owen Hart.

Rusev has launched a YouTube channel. He's going by Miro now.

Brian Cage signed with AEW back in January but was recovering from injury and saved for Double or Nothing.

Matt Jackson has a broken rib. Sad to see.

UFC's Vitor Belfort was at Double or Nothing.

MLW Anthology's next episode will focus on Low Ki.

MLW is working on a new TV pilot. It's unknown what it will entail.

The Rock spoke to Access Hollywood about Simone Johnson's wrestling training.

Mark Henry spoke to ComicBook.com about a variety of subjects.

Flip Gordon has signed with ROH for a multi-year deal. He's actually still owed a World Championship match from February. I'm a bit surprised he stuck around, as I'd think he'd have other options that are running more prominently and regularly. But with Marty Scurll in a prominent backstage position, that bodes well for Flip continuing to establish himself.

JTG is on Lilian Garcia's latest podcast.

Matt Riddle is set to leave NXT for another brand soon. More on this tomorrow. That explains the direction things have taken recently. I'm glad we're seeing prominent stars shifted from that show; part of what made it "work" in the past was the roster staying fresh. I'm very curious how he makes it outside of the NXT environment.

Dave Meltzer discussed wrestling and MMA topics.

Australia's PCW is returning June 27 in front of a crowd of 50 people.

Al Snow discussed Shad Gaspard, whom he helped train.

Mick Foley discussed being trained by Susan Sexton and other women's wrestling topics.

Backlash has added Asuka vs. Nia Jax for the Raw Women's Championship.

Drew Gulak has signed a new WWE contract. He will remain on Smackdown. I'm very glad we're going to continue seeing him.

Jeff Jarrett will be on WWE Backstage tonight, discussing Bash at the Beach 2000.

Adam Cole's CZW work is being featured on a current PPV.

Raw has announced:
- Rey Mysterio's retirement ceremony, hosted by Seth Rollins.
- Seth Rollins vs. Aleister Black

Jeff Jarrett and Impact Wrestling's settlement talks in the Global Force lawsuit have broken down. The two sides are now set to go to court June 30. We'll see if this can finally be resolved in July.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Any unauthorized viewership of that content is piracy. I'm not going to endorse illegal activity, though I'm sympathetic to people not being able or willing to afford the shows at this time.

2. I'm sure there are some people currently watching Raw who would watch Dynamite if it was on at the same time. I'm under the impression there's nothing in the Raw deal that would penalize WWE financially for going below a certain audience level, though obviously neither party wants the audience to drop. AEW is committed to not running Mondays, for good reason.

3. It would very much still be the Vince McMahon show, and I'd think they'd still want to be kid friendly for sponsorships and such.

4. One of the biggest criticisms of WWE has been doing the same matches over and over, so AEW is wisely taking a different approach. They can and likely will go back to those feuds. And it does seem like Cody makes a lot of enemies in AEW!

5. It's worth considering, or at least not referring to the name for a month or so.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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