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title: "WrestleTalk News Round-up – September 30, 2018"
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# WrestleTalk News Round-up – September 30, 2018

It’s the final day of September, and to celebrate, we’re bringing you the **WrestleTalk** news round-up! I mean, we bring it you every day, but I couldn’t think of a decent intro so this will have to do. Anyway…

## Daniel Bryan on **Royal Rumble 2019**

In a recent interview with [**ABC 15**](https://www.abc15.com/sports/sports-blogs-local/yes-valley-resident-former-wwe-champion-daniel-bryan-discusses-his-journey-back-to-the-ring), Daniel Bryan spoke about January 2019’s **Royal Rumble** event, at which he is among the favorites to win the 30-man Rumble match.

The show will take place at *Chase Field* in Phoenix, Arizona, and will be the first time a **Royal Rumble** show has taken place in a baseball stadium.

Bryan said:

> “It’s an incredible stadium. We were actually just talking about what the metamorphosis would look like. Right now, the thought is that we’d come out of the dugout. We’ve never had a **Royal Rumble** in a baseball stadium before. I’m super-psyched. I’ve never come out of a dugout to go into a wrestling show before.”

## **WWE Mixed Match Challenge** Mic’d Up video released

This past Tuesday’s episode of[**WWE Mixed Match Challenge**](https://migration-stage.wrestletalk.com/news/wwe-mixed-match-challenge-results/) included Mahalicia vs. Lashley & Mickie James, and Team Awe-ska vs. The Fabulous Truth.

**WWE** has released the latest edition of Mic’d Up to its **YouTube** channel.

[Who found inner-peace on the latest episode of WWE Mixed Match Challenge? (embedded)](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/kocd2gO8ZYg?feature=oembed)

It involves Sunil Singh pushing Lio Rush, and for that reason alone, you should watch it.

Maybe.

## Justin Gabriel says he pitched **205 Live**

Former **WWE** Tag Team Champion Justin Gabriel – widely known as PJ Black on the indies – has stated that he was part of the cohort that initially pitched the idea of **205 Live**.

Gabriel was a recent guest on the [*Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling* podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YClXYMIMLXs):

> “It was me, Dean Malenko and Jamie Noble. Obviously, two well-known cruiserweights who are agents backstage, and we just talked about it and we kept pitching it to them and were like if we have a network and we need content and we have all this air time where we can put anything we want on but I think that was just a timing thing. Maybe it would have happened sooner or maybe. I planted the seed and I don’t want any credit for it because I’m just happy to see they are doing it right now.”

I’m going to take this opportunity to tell you that you should be watching **205 Live** if you don’t, as it is **WWE**‘s best weekly wrestling show.

## Brian Kendrick working as a scout for **WWE**

![](https://migration-stage.wrestletalk.com/app/uploads/2018/09/thebriankendrick.jpg)

Speaking of **205 Live** (segue!), Brian Kendrick, who has been slightly absent from the show of late, is working as a scout for **WWE**.

The **[Wrestling Observer Newsletter](https://www.f4wonline.com/)** noted that Kendrick was seen alongside William Regal at **PWG**‘s **BOLA** last weekend scouting for potential talent.

In the past, Kendrick has worked in another backstage capacity for **WWE**, training… Eva Marie. Which went… not very well, really.

It is worth noting that this doesn’t mean Kendrick will be leaving TV, as he picked up a squash win in seconds on the most recent edition of **205 Live**.

#### Any thoughts on today’s news? Let us know in the comments below or via **[Twitter](https://twitter.com/WrestleTalk_TV)** and **[Discord](https://staging.wrestletalk.com/discord)**.