Various: AEW & Bray Wyatt Update, Saturday’s NJPW Strong Card, NHL on TNT Debut Ratings, Indies

AEW & Bray Wyatt Talks Status Update

As noted before, Bray Wyatt, real name Windham Rotunda, was released by WWE this past July. While Wyatt is currently rumored to be possibly going to either Impact Wrestling or AEW as his next destination, AEW CEO Tony Khan had stated in a recent interview with the Moose & Maggie radio show that AEW has not held any talks with Wyatt since his WWE release.

The New York Post held a recent interview with Khan and one of the topics discussed included Khan revealing that he is currently interested in holding talks with Wyatt for a potential deal in AEW but only when the timing is right for both sides.

“Yeah. I really like Windham (Rotunda). I know him a little bit and I really enjoy him. The last time I saw him was at Chris Jericho’s birthday party and that was a long time ago. I like him as a person very much and he’s a really talented person. At the right time and place, sure I’d be interested to talk to him. I’m interested to talk to him in general because he’s a great person.”

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Full Card for Saturday’s Episode of NJPW Strong

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full card for this Saturday’s Autumn Attack Night 2 themed episode of NJPW Strong, which airs on New Japan World starting at 8PM EST.

• Alex Coughlin Challenge Match Series – Chris Dickinson vs. Alex Coughlin
• Rocky Romero & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs)
• TJP, Clark Connors, Lio Rush, & Juice Robinson vs. Bullet Club (Chris Bey, Hikuleo, El Phantasmo, & Taiji Ishimori)
• Karl Fredericks vs. Will Ospreay

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NHL on TNT Debut Ratings

Wednesday’s NHL game of New York Rangers vs. Washington Capitols drew 817,000 viewers on TNT.

It also drew a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic and a #3 ranking in the 18-49 demographic.

That night’s game was notable for being the debut of NHL regular season coverage on TNT and for pre-empting this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite to this Saturday night on the network.

For comparisons, the Wednesday, October 6th episode of AEW Dynamite drew 1,053,000 viewers, a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic, and a #4 ranking in the 18-49 demographic on the network.

More Wednesday ratings: Showbuzz Daily

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

During Thursday’s episode of Impact!, Impact Wrestling aired a vignette revealing that NJPW talent Minoru Suzuki will be making his official debut in the company soon.

Impact Wrestling announced that they have recently signed a television deal with Global Sports Network to air their content in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It was also announced that this deal will take effect starting today.

Mance Warner’s current contract with Major League Wrestling reportedly expires at the end of January 2022, according to BodySlam.net.

MLW announced a new match for the card of their MLW War Chamber 2021 event on November 6th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

• War Chamber match – Alex Hammerstone, Richard Holliday, EJ Nduka, & a mystery partner vs. Contra (Jacob Fatu, Mads Krugger, Ikuro Kwon, & Josef Samael)