Set for Thursday's NXT Takeover special this Thursday:
- NXT Championship: Adrian Neville vs. Tyler Breeze vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyson Kidd
- NXT Tag Team Championship: The Ascension vs. Sin Cara and Kalisto
- NXT Women's Championship: Charlotte vs. Bayley
- Hair vs. Hair match: Enzo Amore vs. Sylvester LeFort
- Bull Dempsey vs. Mojo Rawley
- Ric Flair welcomes Kenta to NXT
That should be a really big show. I'm looking forward to it.
WWE is believed to have canceled two South American live events in mid-October (10/15 in Colombia and 10/16 in Ecuador). These shows were the same week as WWE's shows in Mexico. Maybe WWE just loads up the Mexican shows, then. With no Rey or Del Rio, it will be interesting to see how well those shows do.
Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
WWE is taping Tribute to the Troops on 12/10. No location announced yet. I hope that goes well for them.
DGUSA's Rich Swann and California talent Jeff Cobb worked a recent tryout camp for WWE. WWE continues to hunt for awesome talent for NXT.
To address some rumors floating around, neither C.M. Punk nor Alberto Del Rio have put forth any kind of lawsuit against WWE. Neither needs to! Punk's happily retired and Del Rio's working AAA.
Solomon Crowe has confirmed not needing surgery. Hopefully that means we finally see him wrestle on NXT TV soon.
Smackdown's audience on Friday was 2.76 million viewers, a slight increase from the previous week. Not much to really say there.
TNA alumna Rosita and ROH's Mandy Leon were Rosebuds this week. Rosita's had that role a number of times now.
The Usos vs. Goldust and Stardust for the WWE Tag Team Championship has been officially added to Night of Champions.
Mark Henry vs. Rusev in an arm-wrestling contest is set for Smackdown. It will probably go like other arm-wrestling contests go. Henry almost wins before Rusev attacks or something.
Jerry Springer was taken out of Raw on a stretcher after twisting his ankle in the Bella Twins segment. He wasn't the only one in agony after that segment...
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
Not much to add to 1. Sometimes it's much more comfortable to keep that stable job than make the jump to pro wrestling.
2. I think some of those talents working the U.S./IC Title mix would be great for everyone involved. Not right this minute, though. It won't hurt Breeze and Neville in particular to get more fine-tuning before being brought up. In general, I'm against debuting a developmental talent at the top tier. It's a big risk, if for no other reason than it will inevitably be seen as a "burial" if they drop from main events. The term burial has been so poorly thrown about some people think Cena was buried by losing to Brock at Summerslam.
3. I think every talent butts heads with Vince at some point, but it's always Vince's call.
4. Cena would be a boost for TNA, but it'd be like giving 100 lb. dumbbells to someone who can only lift 50 lbs. They just don't have the resources or vision to take advantage of him the way WWE has. And as WWE, I'd do my damnedest to make money off other wrestlers. The business goes on.
5. You'd think someone with Dunn's level of experience would shy away from something so gimmicky. I also despise it. The camera work mixed with the commentary definitely shows the "sports entertainment variety show" vs. wrestling mindset they have.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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