Various: WWE Held Talks with Jeff Cobb, Brandi Rhodes on AEW Women’s Tag Tournament, NJPW G1 Climax Update

WWE Reportedly Interested in Signing Jeff Cobb

WWE reportedly has recently been interested in signing Jeff Cobb to a potential contract with the company.

During a recent interview with Fightful Select (via WrestleTalk), Cobb stated that WWE had contacted him during his free agency period for talks regarding a potential deal with the company. Cobb also stated that he had been in talks with various other companies regarding a new contract although Impact Wrestling was not one of those companies.

In a recent episode of the Wrestling Inc. Daily podcast with Cobb as the guest, Cobb revealed that he has recently signed an official contract with an unnamed company but he is still working as a free agent in the meantime until the official announcement is made.

“Well, technically I’m a free agent until whatever group announces that I signed. I’m enjoying what I’m doing. I was going to make a decision but then this craziness kind of happened. So kind of just laying low until the company announces it, and then we’ll go from there.

I want the company to do it so the company will get the recognition. I’d rather them do it that way they can get the spotlight instead of me, and I’ll go from there.”

Transcript h/t: WrestlingInc.com

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Brandi Rhodes on AEW’s Decision to Air Women’s Tag Tournament on YouTube

TV Insider held a recent interview with Brandi Rhodes and one of the topics discussed included AEW’s decision to air their Women’s Tag Team Cup Tournament on YouTube instead of on AEW television.

“With YouTube, it’s its own show. That means we are trusted enough to carry our own show and don’t have to be compared to men. We were also not restricted on time. So it’s really the dream scenario. Better than finding out when we are live and something went long, you may only have four minutes to put it out there. That’s really hard, especially when you are trying to introduce new women and put that kind of pressure on them. Being it’s our own show without the restraints and to be able to tell these stories how we want to is a really great situation.”

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NJPW G1 Climax 2020 Tournament Update

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently issued an official update regarding the schedule for this year’s G1 Climax tournament.

The company announced that as part of their current health safety precautions for the coronavirus pandemic in Japan, the undercard format for this year’s G1 Climax tournament events has been changed. Unlike prior years, tournament competitors will not be competing at G1 Climax shows that do not feature their own tournament matches. This means that A Block competitors will not wrestle on B Block shows and vice versa.

Official press release:

Thank you for your continued support of New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

As part of our ongoing Coronavirus prevention measures, we will limit the number of wrestlers participating on the G1 Climax 30 tour.

B block tournament entrants will not compete on A block nights and vice versa throughout the tour, which begins in Osaka on September 19.

■ G1 CLIMAX 30 participants schedule
Saturday September 19 Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 (Eion Arena Osaka)
A Block
※No B Block entrants will participate.
Sunday September 20 Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 (Eion Arena Osaka)
B Block
※No A Block entrants will participate.
Wednesday September 23 Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell
A Block
※No B Block entrants will participate.
Thursday September 24 Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell
B Block
※No A Block entrants will participate.
Sunday September 27 Hyogo Kobe World Hall
A Block
※No B Block entrants will participate.
Tuesday September 29 Korakuen Hall
B Block
※No A Block entrants will participate.
Wednesday September 30 Korakuen Hall
A Block
※No B Block entrants will participate.
Thursday October 1 Niigata Ao-re Nagaoka
B Block
※No A Block entrants will participate.
Monday October 5 Kagawa Takamatsu City General Gymnasium #1
A Block
※No B Block entrants will participate.
Tuesday October 6 Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall 
B Block
※No A Block entrants will participate. 
Wednesday October 7 Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall 
A Block
※No B Block entrants will participate. 
Thursday October 8 Okayama ZIP Arena Okayama
B Block
※No A Block entrants will participate. 
Saturday October 10 Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 (Eion Arena Osaka)
A Block
※No B Block entrants will participate. 
Sunday October 11 Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
B Block
※No A Block entrants will participate. 
Tuesday October 13 Shizuoka Hamamatsu Arena
A Block
※No B Block entrants will participate. 
Wednesday October 14 Kanagawa Yokohama Budokan
B Block
※No A Block entrants will participate.
Friday October 16 Ryogoku Kokugikan
A Block
※No B Block entrants will participate.
Saturday October 17 Ryogoku Kokugikan
B Block
※No A Block entrants will participate.
Sunday October 18 Ryogoku Kokugikan <Finals＞