Tyson-AEW update, DAZN in dire straits, NJPW parent company paycuts, assorted wrestling press, WWE+AEW PPVs on French TV, AEW dark match cut, WWE commentary updates, more on Sane injury, Interviews with Undertaker/Jericho/Elias/Xavier, new MLW series, Impact talent returns, Honorclub expanding, Dark+Dynamite+FNSD previews, more on Flair-WWE deal, top WWE writer released, ROH contract angle, and Questions on WCW-NJPW and Giant Gonzalez

Mike Tyson's AEW involvement is leading to something more. The company is looking for more mainstream publicity from his use.

DAZN is looking for a sale, as well as deferring payments owed to various sports leagues.

Bushiroad executives are taking pay cuts in the months ahead as a result of the pandemic, and expenses are being cut in advertising and promotion. Notably no one has been released to offset the lost revenue.

ROH's Quinn McKay is in Maxim's poll for an upcoming cover girl.

Double or Nothing 2020 will air in France as a TV special Monday night. That bodes well for AEW's popularity there.

Caleb Konley (Suicide in Impact) worked an AEW match that didn't air on Dark as advertised. Notably Konley is part of the legal battle with FTR regarding the Revolt trademark.

Nigel McGuinness is missing TV due to being furloughed.

Kairi Sane's laceration is not being blamed on Nia Jax internally. I hope Kairi doesn't miss long.

Samoa Joe is set to be Raw's commentator going forward. He hasn't been cleared to return to the ring and it's unknown how that will change things, but he's factored in as part of the announce team.

Past WWE PPVs are airing on French TV as a way to fill time while COVID keeps live sports from airing.

Becky Lynch will be on CBS' "Game On" at some point.

Triple H and Drew McIntyre congratulated a child who raised funds for UK's NHS with a story about WrestleMania. Very cool to see.

The Undertaker discussed Hulk Hogan claiming an injury after Survivor Series 1991. Glad to see him opening up about his career.

MLW has launched a new digital series "Pulp Fusion," chronicling what talents are currently up to.

The North returned at Impact's most recent TV tapings. Tessa Blanchard did not work the shows. Honestly at this point I'd declare the tournament winner the interim world champion.

Honorclub is adding 50(!) archived matches on Fridays going forward. Great to see them invest in that service at a time when they're not running new shows.

Dark has announced:
- Billy Gunn vs. John Skyler
- Shawn Spears vs. Clutch Adams
- Natural Nightmares vs. Brandon Cutler vs. Peter Avalon
- The Butcher and The Blade vs. Jon Cruz and Joe Alonzo
- Santana and Ortiz vs. Big Game Leroy and EJ Lewis

Chris Jericho spoke to ESPN about the Mike Tyson angle:
- Jericho vs. Tyson is unquestionably the biggest move they can make. Jericho's set for life from a credibility perspective and is clearly AEW's biggest mainstream star.

- Certainly using other mainstream sports stars can boost AEW, too, as long as they don't focus on them at too much of an expense of their core names.

Ric Flair has sold WWE "The Man" trademarks he registered last year. This seems to be part of their new agreement but not the entirety of it.

Mick Foley has deactivated his Twitter account, announcing he is taking a break from social media.

Elias spoke before Smackdown.

Xavier Woods spoke to BBC about esports. He's been valuable inside and outside the ring.

The musician who produced Triple H's "The Game" theme song has passed away at 70.

The Major Wrestling Figure Podcast looked at the Hasbro WWF action figure line.

The former TNA Asylum has begun to be torn down to make way for a new soccer stadium.

Viking Raiders' Erik and Sarah Logan have launched a new YouTube channel.

FTR will sit down with Tony Schiavone on Dynamite this week. I'm glad to see them again.

Smackdown lead writer/producer Chris DeJoseph has been released. He had just received a promotion in the company earlier this week. Very strange timing.

ROH is running an angle of Danhausen trying to get signed, including a T-shirt whose popularity could impact whether he gets a deal.

Shad Gaspard was honored by graffiti.

Japan's Freedoms promotion will begin streaming weekly on IWTW beginning Tuesday.

Australia's EPW will reopen its wrestling school on June 6.

Philippine Wrestling Revolution is airing an iPPV Sunday. This was taped in 2019.

CWE ran its 11th anniversary show live on Facebook.

Ron Simmons was profiled in Florida.

Chris Bey has been added to RetroMania as DLC.

Smackdown has announced:
- Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs. Bayley and Sasha Banks for the Women's Tag Team Champion.
- The Miz and John Morrison warning Braun Strowman

Smackdown's June 12 episode will feature AJ Styles vs. Daniel Bryan to declare a new Intercontinental Champion.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
Nothing to add to 1.

2. There were some pretty screwy finishes in those days.

3. That sounds plausible. They also probably don't want to acknowledge NJPW in such a way.

4. It sounds like he had a pretty difficult time, health-wise. Pretty funny his contract was moved.

More wrestling tomorrow.