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Friday, June 5, 2020

Interviews with McIntyre/Taven, Network drops free trial, ROH content, HHH conference call, another PPV on FS1, WWE postpones meeting again, Dynamite+NXT audiences, Dynamite New Jersey update, Kane book note, WWE hiring writer, Impact world title update, and Questions on Total Bellas and Network content

Drew McIntyre spoke with Men's Fitness UK about his workouts and nutrition.

WWE Network has dropped its free trial with the arrival of its new tier. That makes sense given the amount of content available on the free version.

ROH's latest TV episode focuses on Brody King.

Vincent joined Matt Taven on the ROH Strong podcast.

Matt Taven promoted ROH's TV offerings during the pandemic.

Caprice Coleman is on ROH's debut match series.

Andrade appeared in a CMLL video.

Triple H promoted Takeover: In Your House in a conference call, recapped here:
- I REALLY wonder how the booking would have been different if Drake wasn't released.

- Oh shit those facts about doing cinematic matches a long time before Matt Hardy did them. Glad to see someone finally say that.

- Hopefully they don't overdo the Fight Pit match. It was perfect for Riddle and Thatcher given their backgrounds and shouldn't be forced in other contexts.

 FS1 will broadcast Survivor Series 1996 on June 16 as a lead-in to Backstage.

WWE is postponing its annual stockholder meeting again, now to July 9. COVID-19 has caused a third movement of that.

Dynamite drew 730,000 viewers this week. They got a one week boost following Double or Nothing but things are more or less back to normal now.

NXT drew 715,000 viewers this week, slightly lower than last week.

Dynamite's New Jersey debut has been pushed back to February 24.

Kane's memoir will be out in paperback in February.

WWE is hiring a lead writer for Smackdown. Wow. The fact they're advertising that to the general public would seem to suggest they're not confident in anyone currently on that writing team or who's otherwise easily available.

Impact will address its world championship situation Tuesday. Tessa Blanchard did not work the most recent TV tapings. It will be very interesting to see how Impact handles things and what it will mean for Tessa in the future.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I don't follow it so I can't really say.

2. I can't say I've heard of any serious pitches.

3. I'd think if they were to do such an idea, they'd start things completely over instead of revisiting an idea from so long ago.

4. If there was any chance of another season, it's been put on hold due to COVID-19 and the Network itself being looked at as being repurposed.

Nothing to add to 5.

6. It's possible WWE doesn't see big demand in that library. If more people watch what's on there now, their minds might change.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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