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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Joey Ryan blacklisted, assorted wrestling press, Wrestlecon return planned, AEW+Impact suspensions, WWE show done, Interviews with Hammerstone/Bennett, WWE trade, WWE PPV matches, Impact releases, and Questions on vetting stories, Willow in WWE, Edge in Saudi Arabia, COVID leading to fans dropping wrestling, and WWE's first post-COVID pop

Joey Ryan's Bar Wrestling will no longer be running in the Bootleg Theater, as the venue has cut ties with him in the wake of allegations.

- Bar Wrestling has also been removed from Highspots Wrestling Network.

- Impact this week was re-edited to remove Ryan's content.

- Impact has released Ryan, effective immediately.

New Day's latest podcast features Zelina Vega.

The Rock will host Global Citizen's COVID-19 relief event June 27.

Renee Young will host the Reality TV Awards June 24.

Stephanie McMahon and Charlotte Flair will be on Sportsnet's "Top Of Her Game" interview series Sunday.

Wrestlecon will return in 2021, around the site of WrestleMania 37. That's a positive sign after how badly things went for them this year.

Sammy Guevara has been indefinitely suspended without pay following a sexually abusive comment made toward Sasha Banks. Sammy apologized to Sasha publicly and privately, and Banks released a statement on the matter. Sammy made the right move in having a dialogue directly with the person his comment was geared toward. I hope that he grows from this experience and achieves great things as a person and a performer.

- Santana will replace Sammy on Dynamite this week, facing Matt Hardy.

Backstage has been dropped from FS1 as part of cutbacks at the station. This is effective immediately. The channel could bring the show back at some point, but currently it is being shelved entirely.

Being The Elite was delayed this week as a result of the Speaking Out movement.

Alexander Hammerstone spoke to The Wrestling Estate. To answer the question they posed, MLW is expected to leave YouTube now that the better-paying DAZN deal is in place.

Stu Bennett talked about wrestling and acting.

Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode have moved to Raw in exchange for AJ Styles moving to Smackdown.

Extreme Rules has announced:
- Drew McIntyre vs. Dolph Ziggler for the WWE Championship
- Asuka vs. Sasha Banks for the Raw Women's Championship

Impact has released Dave Crist as a result of the Speaking Out movement. He had been ostracized from the locker room at the last taping and was widely expected to be gone before the allegations became public. Crist will also not appear on Impact going forward.

Michael Elgin has been suspended by Impact while the company investigates allegations made against him during the Speaking Out movement.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It's absolutely reckless to report any story without proper vetting. As such, I have waited until other credible journalists have given press to any particular accusation.

2. I really don't think so, but I also don't think we've seen him for the last time. I wouldn't be shocked at all to see Willow and Itchweeed on BTE or something else AEW-related.

3. It's too early to know anything about Edge's in-ring future. I would be surprised to see that all come together, though. No bumps means no bumps, even in Saudi Arabia.

4. Oh absolutely. Some people will definitely stop being fans permanently.

5. I can definitely see it being at least one McMahon.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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