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Originally Posted by Observer Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling's War of the Worlds tour is back for 2019. ROH announced today that this year's War of the Worlds tour will begin with a show in Buffalo, New York on Wednesday, May 8. It will continue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Thursday, May 9 and Grand Rapids, Michigan on Saturday, May 11 before wrapping up in Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, May 12.

Originally Posted by Observer Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier said about Fox sports networks having other WWE programming: “The Fox sports networks, FS1, and others, will have some other wrestling -- not live SmackDown, not Raw, but other ties to the WWE world." FS1 having a weekly WWE studio show had been reported last May.

Originally Posted by PWI A reference was made by Collier to Smackdown being on Fridays "short term", which certainly leaves the window of opportunity for the series to be moved to another night down the line ... As far as the FOX Network itself, their current deal is for Smackdown and Smackdown alone, nothing else.

Originally Posted by Observer Bret Hart has been announced for the Double or Nothing weekend Starrcast convention in Las Vegas. Sting, Bruce Prichard, Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff, and Sean Mooney have also been confirmed for the convention.

Originally Posted by PWI Regarding several reader questions about rumors relating to several talents: AJ Styles - The former WWE Champion denied he had come to terms with WWE on a new deal on Twitter several days ago. We are told the two sides have been in discussions for some time and that WWE has made a strong play to keep Styles. Obviously, given Styles' relationships with The Young Bucks and others now in the All Elite Wrestling fold, one would think there is strong interest in acquiring him if he opts to leave WWE. The Usos - PWInsider.com has been told by multiple sources that the duo's current deals are slated to expire in April. WWE has been in discussions with the former Tag Team Champions about a new deal. Dolph Ziggler - We are told that the company's "relationship" with Ziggler is continuing.

Originally Posted by Fightful.com AJ Styles sets the record straight. On Tuesday morning, Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer reports that AJ Styles suffered a hernia that kept him off live events over the weekend. Styles appeared during the main event segment of SmackDown Live, getting physical during a brawl with his Elimination Chamber opponents. Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp said on the post-SmackDown podcast, "I was told people backstage didn’t hear of AJ Styles sustaining any type of a hernia or anything like that.” On Wednesday afternoon, Styles took to social media to shut down the report of him suffering a hernia. Yeah, about that. I don’t have a hernia. -- https://t.co/ilqge7BlZw — AJStyles.Org (@AJStylesOrg) February 6, 2019

Originally Posted by Fightful Randy Orton is the Viper, but could he slither his way out of WWE? On Tuesday, Twitter account WrestleVotes had wrestling fans curious as to the name behind a potential "offer." Seems like the first real shot has been fired... source says AEW has made an “outstanding” offer to a current, big time WWE superstar. An offer that is almost too good to turn down. Things are really about to get interesting. — WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) February 5, 2019 On the post-Smackdown Fightful Podcast (and Fightful Select prior) we revealed that WWE sources have told us that Randy Orton has expressed his willingness backstage to speak to All Elite Wrestling. This doesn't mean we've heard of any contract offer or actual discussions. That was, however, the wrestler referenced in the tweet. In fact, when we reached out to AEW, we were told they weren't interested in tampering and were looking to take. They told me their recruitment mission is more targeted towards fresh and independent, and that the source of the original tweet was likely a wrestler or agent hoping to leverage more money out of WWE by planting info. It should be noted this was before the Orton information emerged.

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc As reported earlier this week, NJPW has announced that one of its rising stars, Katsuya Kitamura, has decided to leave the company. On the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer had some more details about what took place with Kitamura on the road to recovery from his shattered leg. Meltzer explained that Kitamura actually broke his leg in an unfortunate scooter accident, which is the reason he hasn't competed in a NJPW match since last March when he teamed up with Manabu Nakanishi in a loss against Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano. Officials at NJPW were unsure if Kitamura would ever be able to wrestle again but they still offered him a contract at the start of the year, one that he obviously has turned down since. It was noted that it was a situation similar to Daniel Bryan, where Kitamura wouldn't have been cleared to compete for a very long time, possibly forever. Meltzer notes that Kitamura feels ready to compete and doesn't want to wait around for NJPW to finally give him the green light. It is believes that Kitamura will sign with another Japanese company that will clear him for in-ring competition.