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Friday, May 29, 2020

Takeover match official, NXT UK Hidden Gems, Interviews with Bliss/Hawkins/Jericho, more Shad remembrances, WWE-FS1 audiences, DSOTR soundtrack coming, German promotion returns, Dynamite+NXT audiences, WWE honors great matches, Champion Carnival update, Bray a father again, next Backstage guest, NWA trademark, and Questions on Edge-Orton hype, Owen in the Hall, DSOTR's next season, and another Evolution PPV

Takeover: In Your House has officially added Keith Lee vs. Johnny Gargano for the North American Championship.

NXT UK this week was a Hidden Gems episode featuring the following never-aired matches:
- Finn Balor vs. Kenny Williams
- Rhea Ripley vs. Nina Samuels
- Killian Dain vs. Travis Banks
- Matt Riddle and Street Profits vs. Grizzled Young Veterans and Joseph Conners

Alexa Bliss spoke to BT Sport about her injury history.

Curt Hawkins spoke to Chris Van Vliet about being released from WWE twice and more.

Headlocked Comics showed artwork from a Cryme Tyme "Tales From The Road" issue.

FS1's FCW documentary airing drew 206,000 viewers.

WWE Backstage drew 125,000 viewers this week.

Chris Jericho discussed Mike Tyson with Digital Spy. All Out would be an appropriately major stage for those two having a match.

"Dark Side of the Ring"'s soundtrack is releasing on vinyl soon.

Germany's wXw has returned to action with a ten-episode series "Shotgun 2020." This has been taped using talent residing in Germany and featured crowdfunding to make up for lost merchandise sales. These will release on Fridays. Good to see they can run again.

Rob Gronkowski began hosting CBS' "Game On!" this week. Ronda Rousey is on next week's episode.

Dynamite drew 827,000 viewers this week, a significant improvement from previous weeks. That's a positive sign.

NXT drew 731,000 viewers this week, which is also a very healthy jump. Glad to see both shows regain their audiences and hope that can continue.

WWE Shop has shirts honoring great past WWE matches.

All Japan Pro Wrestling is looking to run its 2020 Champion Carnival in September featuring only Japanese wrestlers. Hopefully that's a positive sign regarding coronavirus preparations.

Bray Wyatt and Jojo announced the birth of a second child, Hyrie Von Rotunda.

Daniel Bryan will be on WWE Backstage next week, reuniting in a sense with C.M. Punk.

NWA has trademarked Carnyland.

Aron Stevens remembered Shad Gaspard.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. WWE is going from a major grudge match with a big stipulation to a "regular match," rules-wise, so they're trying to justify that by hyping it up. WWE is also really looking to get buzz for the product right now, in a similar vein to the Lashley/Lana angle and Maria Kanellis' pregnancy and Rowan's spider.

2. They want Owen to be recognized in a high-profile way for all he gave to the wrestling business. They want him to be remembered and celebrated, and see Martha's actions as denying him his due spotlight.

3. Black Saturday and Collision in Korea are great ideas. Naturally the recent Hana Kimura tragedy would be appropriate for the show, but frankly it's almost certainly too soon to cover something like that.

4. I expect a lot of it is not having Ronda Rousey or the Bellas available to compete then. WWE was cutting back on live shows in general even pre-coronavirus, so that might be it, too.

Nothing to add to 5 or 6.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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