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Originally Posted by Observer WWE Network News reported that a “March To WrestleMania IX” special will be added to the Network’s Hidden Gems section tomorrow. The matches on the special are: Randy Savage vs. Yokozuna Mr. Perfect vs. Skinner Kamala vs. Kim Chee Money Inc. (Irwin R. Schyster & Ted DiBiase) vs. Jerry Sabin & Reno Riggins Tatanka vs. George South The Bushwhackers (Butch & Luke) & Tiger Jackson vs. The Beverly Brothers (Beau Beverly & Blake Beverly) & Little Louie Bam Bam Bigelow vs. The Undertaker

Originally Posted by Observer MLW announced that they’ve “come to terms with Jim Cornette to extend his presence ringside as an analyst” for their programming. Cornette is scheduled for MLW’s shows in New York City on April 4 and 5, Milwaukee on June 1, and Cicero, Illinois on July 6.

Originally Posted by Observer The fate of the NXT title match at Takeover: New York has been determined, SPOILER: show as a new challenger will face Johnny Gargano for the vacant title. Triple H made the announcement at tonight's NXT TV tapings at Full Sail University. He opened the show carrying the NXT Championship with him. He announced that a fatal five-way match between Ricochet, Adam Cole, Aleister Black, Velveteen Dream and Matt Riddle would take place tonight, and the winner of that match would face Gargano at TakeOver in a 2 out of 3 falls match. The match was won by Adam Cole, who pinned Ricochet with a shining wizard to advance. Tomasso Ciampa, the previous champion, underwent neck surgery last week and will be out of action for the foreseeable future. SPOILER: show The feud between former tag team partners Gargano and Ciampa came to a head at the last set of tapings, coming to blows after a temporary reunification. It was previously set to lead to a singles match between the two at TakeOver.

Spoiler tags used since it concerns tonight's episode for those that haven't watched it yet.

Originally Posted by Observer An ROH World Championship challenger has been announced for G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden. A promo from Marty Scurll aired at the end of the press conference/contract signing video for Jay Lethal and Matt Taven's World title match at this Friday's ROH 17th Anniversary pay-per-view. Scurll announced that he's cashing in his title shot to challenge the ROH World Champion at G1 Supercard on Saturday, April 6. Scurll is owed a World title shot as a stipulation of winning ROH's Survival of the Fittest tournament in November 2018.

Originally Posted by Fightful PWInsider reports Jim Ross has applied to trademark “The Voice of Wrestling” through his Blackhat Enterprises company. The trademark application lists the relevant services as “Entertainment services, namely, live appearances by a professional wrestling and sports entertainment personality; Entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by a professional wrestling and sports entertainment personality; Entertainment services, namely, providing podcasts in the field of professional wrestling and sports entertainment; Entertainment services, namely, providing video podcasts in the field of professional wrestling and sports entertainment.”

Originally Posted by Fightful Dolph Ziggler provides an update on his status with WWE. Appearing on 98.5 Wrestling Inside The Ropes, Ziggler was asked whether he is currently under contract with WWE. Ziggler said, "Technically, I am, yes. The last two years I've had somewhat of a handshake agreement, behind closed doors deal with WWE. I've been able to do a lot of things on my own, not WWE, just because of the relationship we've had over the last 14 years. I have a bit of a handshake agreement right now, but we'll know some more details in the coming months."

Originally Posted by Fightful In a new clip from Enzo Amore's extensive three-hour shoot interview with Title Match Wrestling, the Realest Guy in the Room discussed payouts once the WWE Network came along. "Payouts got a million times worse," stated Enzo. "Now, because of the WWE Network, they can hide the numbers and not payout the boys the money that they should get based on old school booking. I understood what it was going to do."

If I remember, WWE still uses the old PPV model for payouts but gutted all the incentives wrestlers could earn for extra money (merch, gate, match awards). Even stuff like royalties from shows got tweaked so WWE could pocket more of the money after the Network launched.

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon spoke with The National while in Abu Dhabi for the beginning of the 2019 Special Olympics World Games this week. When asked about a second WWE Evolution pay-per-view possibly taking place, Stephanie would not confirm plans for another all-women's event. "We haven't announced any plans yet for Evolution but we have a lot of things in the works right now," Stephanie said. "One thing that is important to note with Evolution that it was our first ever all-women's streaming special pay per view is that it trended #1 world wide for two and a half hours during the last game of the World Series and during NFL Sunday Night Football. Both huge audiences in the United States but it was WWE Evolution that was trending No 1."

Originally Posted by TPWW Frontpage via Triple A Impact announced that oVe, the team of Dave and Jake Crist, have signed new multi-year contracts with the company.