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JIMMY USO, PROGRESS ON PEACOCK, ALEISTER BLACK, FANS CROSSING THE RAIL AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2021-07-08 10:00:00

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Has WWE address the Jimmy Uso situation yet?

As of this writing, they have not, publicly at least.  They may not or they are waiting to decide when to address.  We will see.

How much of Progress Wrestling pre COVID can we expect to be on Peacock?

We are told WWE has access to the entire library, but how much of it will be used remains to be seen.

The deal with the fan and Jericho on Dynamite.  Was that a work?  Was Jericho at fault?

We are told it was not and AEW needs to make sure nothing of that sort ever, ever happens again.    If that was the venue's fault, AEW needs to address it with all future buildings so no whatever lapse took place last night is never repeated.  If it was AEW's fault, they need to make sure they correct whatever mistake was made.   It could have been a situation where something went terribly wrong and everyone is lucky it wasn't.  As far as fault on the part of a wrestler in that situation, I've seen lots of instances where fans hit the ring and in my opinion, the second they cross the rail, they, not the talents are the ones at fault.  No fan should ever, ever cross the guard rail.

How in the world could WWE have let Aleister Black only have a 30 day non-compete?

That is a great question.  The easy answer is human error.  We are told they never upgraded his non-compete from when he was in WWE NXT.  One would think the company can't be happy about it, but given it was their mistake, one has to think they knew that the fact he was available to work elsewhere was coming.  As we noted previously, there were some in the company who felt that they were making a mistake letting him out on the open market and pushed for him to be brought back.  We will see whether their concerns were warranted soon enough.

When is MLW back on Vice TV?

Court Bauer has said September.

Did WWE job out Zelina Vega because they knew Aleister Black wasn't returning?

No, I believe that was just a dumb creative decision more than something that sinister.  Unless they have a long thought out story in mind with Vega and Liv Morgan coming out of the loss, I don't get the idea of bringing her back to lose in her first appearance, but maybe they do.

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