Total Pageviews

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

NJPW on U.S. TV, assorted WWE press, TNA vs. Puerto Rico, Survivor Series notes, NXT lineup, plans for Sting, AJ Lee update, Interviews with Rollins/Charlotte, Smackdown audience, theme for next week's Raw, and Questions on the future of WWE, a triple cage match, WWE's roster, Cesaro, and Balor vs. Itami

AXS TV, formerly HDNet, will be airing 13 episodes of a series showcasing important recent cards from NJPW. I'm curious to see what this means, if anything, for GFW. It's showing past events instead of ongoing material, so theoretically GFW can still show current events. When the heck are THEY going to have a show? It feels like this was announced forever ago and there still aren't plans for tapings or anything.

WWE didn't do a Fallout for Survivor Series because the PPV ran long. That happens sometimes.

WWE will soon add its YouTube content to the WWE Network. That's a good move.

Apparently a UFC fighter used The Brood's theme Saturday, and another used Badstreet USA. That's awesome!

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
TNA stars will be crossing over with Puerto Rico's WWL in December, including Bobby Roode challenging for their title. It's good to see TNA names getting booked while the company's on hiatus.

Sting's debut got a big pop live at Survivor Series. It was a really big moment, for sure.

Randy Orton was set to return during the main event of Survivor Series. I guess they figured Sting was enough of a surprise. They were in Orton's hometown, though.

Dolph Ziggler commented on his big moment at Sunday's PPV. Push this man!

Set for this week's NXT:
- Finn Balor vs. Tyson Kidd
- Tyler Breeze vs. Marcus Louis
- The Lucha Dragons vs. Jason Jordan and Tye Dillinger
- Carmella in action

I look forward to that show!

Sting vs. The Undertaker is planned for Wrestlemania 31. There's also the possibility of Sting vs. HHH for the Rumble. I wonder how Taker's doing these days, but both matches can be big for WWE and Sting.

The decision to use Sting at Survivor Series was made final Thursday. He was used to push the big PPV on the WWE Network, as well as WWE 2K15 (which he's a big part of the advertising for). This will be his last big run, but I think he'll make it count.

There's no truth to the rumor of AJ Lee being done or close to done with WWE. I'm not sure why that one started, other than her being out of focus in favor of the Bellas and Total Divas.

Seth Rollins talked ahead of Raw. He's had quite the run lately.

Roman Reigns was present at Survivor Series. I accidentally skipped covering his promo. I'm curious as to how he fits into things for 2015. Is he still set to dethrone Brock?

Charlotte talked about her dad's legacy and more. She's got the tools to be a big success. She just needs some more experience, and I think she'll be fine to come up to the main roster by WM31 season.

The audience for Friday's Smackdown was 2.88 million, the highest number in four months. That's great!

Next week's Raw is themed "Cyber Monday", where fans make the decisions of matches, etc.. Could be fun.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I think each of them can succeed at a higher level if used right. WWE just has to be willing to give some new people the ball in the main event.

2. I don't see WWE using a signature WCW match associated with Ready to Rumble, but you never know.

3. It's pretty much inevitable for there to be lower-card names who don't get a lot of focus. There are definitely talented names in the WWE undercard, but there's not a lot to be done with them unless WWE utilizes its TV time better.

4. I guess as a swerve, and to keep using him as a lower-level heel. I haven't been impressed with his booking lately.

5. I think I'm going to have to side with Balor, too, based on mic skills and the like. Both men are great talents, though.

More wrestling tomorrow.

No comments:

Post a Comment