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Originally Posted by Observer Today would have been Roddy Piper’s 65th birthday.

Originally Posted by Observer The AAF, which was going to be a competitor to the XFL, officially filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy today.

Originally Posted by PWI Local advertising has already been updated for a couple of upcoming WWE events. The main event for the Smackdown show in Hungtinton, VW on 4/29 is Roman Reigns vs. Elias. Also appearing WWE Champion Kofi Kingston, Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor, Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz, The Bar and Charlotte Flair. The main event for the RAW show in Evansville, IN on 5/6 is AJ Styles, Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley. Also appearing Natalya, The Usos, Naomi, and RAW Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins

Originally Posted by PWI The 4/16 episode of Miz & Mrs. on the USA Network brought in 1,102,000 overnight viewers, up from last week's 997,000 overnight viewers.

Originally Posted by PWI Viceland's Dark Side of the Ring will return for its second episode tonight at 10 PM, featuring a documentary look at the Montreal Screwjob, the night Vince McMahon changed the finish of the 1997 Survivor Series WWF title bout between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels on Hart's final night in the company. Subsequent episodes for the first season will feature: Wednesday 4/24 - The Killing of Bruiser Brody Wednesday 5/1 - The Last of the Von Erichs Wednesday 5/8 - The Mysterious Death of Gorgeous Gino (Hernandez) Wednesday 5/15 - The Fabulous Moolah

Originally Posted by PWI On today's edition of The Jim Ross Report, the WWE Hall of Famer talks with Cody about the plans regarding AEW ... The American Nightmare states they have 40 wrestlers under some sort of deal with the company. Rhodes says that they are already working on the shows past Double or Nothing. We will be hearing about how we can watch the show soon.

Originally Posted by PWI While WWE has announced a new, live WWE Network special featuring the following appearance of The Shield live from Moline, IL on Sunday 4/21 at 9:30 PM EST, that is not the only content they will be filming with Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, PWInsider.com has confirmed. WWE's production team is scheduled to sit down with all three members of The Shield for interviews at the 4/19 WWE live event in St. Louis.

Originally Posted by Fightful Fans may have noticed that Daniel Bryan has not appeared on television since losing the WWE Title to Kofi Kingston at WrestleMania 35. According to PWInsider, Bryan was not at television this week and is currently dealing with an undisclosed injury. The report states that "the nature of the situation has been closely guarded." Furthermore, Sheamus is reportedly dealing with an undisclosed injury as well. Sheamus was noticeably absent from last night's SmackDown as Cesaro teamed with Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura with Sheamus nowhere to be found. Sheamus last wrestled on the Apr. 9 episode of SmackDown, teaming with Cesaro & Drew McIntyre against The New Day in a six-man tag team bout. There is no timetable for the return of either superstar.

Originally Posted by Fightful WWE has a Superstar Shakeup this week, but there could be a shakeup happening in Ring of Honor's offices as we speak ... Monster Factory's Danny Cage was cut from Ring of Honor after joining the company in early December. From what we're told he's still being paid by the company, and had a lot of ideas how to shift ROH and Future of Honor's production, which was met with heavy resistance ... Speaking of Joey Mercury, Fightful reported this week that he was instrumental in getting Sons of Savagery signed by the company, and has pushed for Maria Manic to come in as well. All of which are alumni from MCW, where he's served as a trainer. Mercury and Bully Ray are said to be gaining influence within Ring of Honor, while Delirious' (Hunter Johnston) creative input has decreased. Those that we spoke to expected this to accelerate as time moves on. It could be seen with Enzo and Cass, as well as Velvet Sky and Angelina Love being brought in ... Those we spoke to in ROH say that there was some heat on any number of people who made the All In deal a reality, as the company ended up helping give crash courses to their upcoming competition for talent.

Originally Posted by TPWW Frontpage via Triple A WWE announced that Shane Strickland and Garza Jr. have officially signed with the company and have reported to training at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, along with another recent signee, Kushida. Strickland has been on WWE’s radar for a while. He’s a great wrestler and is a former EVOLVE Champion, former MLW World Heavyweight Champion, former CZW World Heavyweight Champion, and also wrestled in Lucha Underground as Killshot. Garza wrestled for Lucha Libre AAA from 2015-2017 and has been wrestling in the indies in Mexico since, and also wrestled in Impact from 2017-2018. He’s the cousin of Humberto Carrillo, who wrestles for 205 Live.

Originally Posted by TPWW Frontpage via Triple A The tag team formerly known as the War Raiders made their main roster debuts as part of Raw on Monday and are now known as “The Viking Experience,” which has led to a lot of groaning by fans. But according to PWInsider, that wasn’t the initial name change that was pitched. They were reportedly going to be called “The Berzerkers,” but that was changed as their debut got closer ... “The Viking Experience” name is Vince McMahon’s idea, according to Dave Meltzer. It’s not clear why exactly he changed their name.

Originally Posted by TPWW Frontpage via Triple A Yesterday on Twitter, Luke Harper said that he requested his release from WWE, while Alexander Wolfe said “goodbye” to WWE. Neither of them have been released from the company as of this morning. Harper’s contract expires some time around November, according to Dave Meltzer. Meltzer said that it was clear that Harper was looking to go to AEW. Harper is close friends with Chris Harrington, who is the Vice President of Business Strategy for AEW. Alexander Wolfe is still under contract with WWE despite posting a message saying “Goodbye WWE” on Twitter, according to PWInsider. It’s not clear if he requested a release or if something else is going on.

Originally Posted by TPWW Frontpage via Triple A In an update on the situation, Banks and Bayley were also told that they would be split up to different brands, so that was another reason why they were reportedly unhappy, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. Bayley was moved to SmackDown last night as part of the Superstar Shake-up, while Sasha is still technically on Raw. Sasha and Bayley had pushed for WWE to bring on Women’s Tag Team titles for a while, so it’s understandable that they’d be upset about their team being broken up so soon after the titles were finally introduced.