WWE Raw, Naomi Notes, AEW Collision Coaches, Backstage News, New Contract, More

Updates from around the wrestling world.

WWE Notes

• Details around Naomi being sidelined were being kept very quiet on Monday at Raw, but she was at the show. Talent didn't even know what happened.

• As one would expect, this caused changes to the show, but those in WWE we spoke to were happy with how IYO SKY and Roxanne Perez performed in replacing the planned world title match.

• Those we spoke to in WWE say that Karrion Kross signs were not confiscated at WWE Raw. Several actually made the show.

• We can confirm PWInsider's report that Lola Vice signed a new contract with WWE recently. We're told her original deal was actually pretty close to expiring.

AEW Notes

• We're told most of the extras for AEW Collision used were out of state. Roanoke doesn't get a huge influx of shows.

• Tomohiro Ishii is still listed as a member of the Conglomeration internally

• Juice Robinson is listed as a member of "Bang Bang Gang" instead of Bullet Club Gold.

• There was a quote that many aggregators......aggregated from an aggregation attributing a quote from MVP about his WWE departure....to Mercedes Mone. A number of them, including WrestlingWCC left it up despite Mercedes responding. That quote was not from her.

COACHES for AEW Collision Roanoke:

• Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kyle Fletcher: Scotty Too Hotty

• Megan Bayne vs. Emily Rose: Angelico

• Juice Robinson vs. Ricochet: Jon Cruz

• FTR & Stokely Hathaway vs. Ryan Zukko, Joe Keys & Josh Fuller: Ariya Daivari

• Hechicero vs. AR Fox: Jon Cruz

• Triangle of Madness vs. Tay Melo, Queen Aminata & Willow Nightingale: Pat Buck

• Max Caster vs. Katsuyori Shibara: Tony Nese

• LFI vs. Jetspeed and Hangman Page: Christopher Daniels

Thekla 

Thekla spoke with Kate from Fightful at Wrestlecon.

She’s been very happy with the reception from the US audience since moving over from Japan. She admits she wasn’t really expecting much of anything after being in Japan for five years and barely working in the United States. She called the reaction from fans a humbling experience.

She siad that the Triangle of Madness rocks a similar dark vibe, and that she’s great at making friends. She said that she wants all evil dark side bad bitches on her team in AEW.