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Saturday, October 31, 2020

Assorted wrestling press, wrestling content updates, AEW game trademark, MLW signs new BeIN deal, AEW PPVs now on DVD, WWE executive move, AEW matches announced, Full Gear match adds stipulation, and Questions on altering the draft, RETRIBUTION, pushing Braun, Ricochet's abilities, and WWE's use of Riddle

Raquel Gonzalez promoted Halloween Havoc with PWInsider and TVInsider.

Impact Plus features Halloween content for free this week.

University of Minnesota wrestler Gable Stevenson discussed his WWE aspirations

The Knockout Tag Team Championship tournament begins November 17.

AEW has trademarked "AEW Games," which should tell you something about their video game plans.

MLW and BeIN Sports have signed a new deal ahead of the promotion returning to weekly TV. Court Bauer discussed this with Forbes.

Maven and Elias will be on "The Bump" next week.

Wade Barrett discussed Nexus and more. 

Shotzi Blackheart spoke to Sports Illustrated before Halloween Havoc.

Big E spoke to Sportskeeda ahead of Smackdown. 

Ilja Dragunov spoke to Inside The Ropes before NXT UK. 

AEW has released all its PPVs on DVD.

WWE has shifted its vice president of the Middle East and North Africa to be vice president of Asia and the Pacific.

Dynamite has announced:

- MJF and Wardlow vs. Sammy Guevara and Ortiz

- Cody, Billy, and Austin Gunn vs. Colt Cabana, John Silver, and Preston Vance

- Miro vs. Trent Beretta

- Scorpio Sky vs. Shawn Spears

Full Gear has added:

- Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page for the number one contendership to the AEW Championship

- Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose for the AEW Women's Championship

- Chris Jericho vs. MJF. If MJF wins, he joins Inner Circle.

- Orange Cassidy vs. John Silver on The Buy In.

If the Young Bucks lose to FTR at Full Gear, they can never challenge for the AEW Tag Team Championship again.

For my take on Wednesday's PWInsider.com questions:

1. Ideally there would be a middle ground where some movement can happen without it being too common or only happening at an arbitrary point of the year. WWE has been pretty haphazard with draft implementation, a sign of how frequently they shift gears creatively. 

2. The point of RETRIBUTION was a rather sudden idea to "make something happen" to affect ratings. Ultimately we're seeing there are reasons the talent weren't being pushed before this angle. Giving them new names and looks and putting them together didn't drastically change how they were valued by those making the booking decisions. I would be very surprised to see them last past WrestleMania, and they could easily fall apart before then. 

3. Fans would have complained he was being shoved down their throats and turned on him before six months were up. 

4. He absolutely can do more than fly around, but that's obviously his strength. I hope at some point he can grow as a character beyond that, but he's got his work cut out for him at his size. 

5. They have known of the situation for quite a while before it became this public. They are firmly in Riddle's corner. 

More wrestling tomorrow. 

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