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Friday, September 18, 2015

TE name official for WWE, HoFer on WWE's Mexican tour, Rowan update, more WWE Network content, NXT ticket sale notes, TNA and ROH audiences, first match set for BFG, TNA live event note, and Questions on Dixie buying Jarrett's shares, Hogan in the press, Bam Bam/Vader in the Hall, the New Heavenly Bodies, Ambrose/Reigns' partner, and Sting vs. Show

Tough Enough's ZZ has officially been signed to WWE. So the finale of TE was pretty pointless given that the runners up are still a part of things.

Ric Flair is set for WWE's tour of Mexico. That should be fun.

Erick Rowan is expected to head to the WWEPC soon to work off ring rust ahead of a return to the ring, which would seem to indicate he won't be working Night of Champions.

WWE Network is adding episodes of ECW TV from 1996.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.


NXT Takeover: London has already sold out, and the other NXT shows in the UK are selling well, too. 2015 has been a really big year for the brand.

TNA's audience this week was 258,000 for the first airing and 62,000 for the replay. That combined audience puts it in the running for the least-watched episode since at least the FSN days. And this was for a show featuring a match that would determine who owned the company. Ouch.

ROH drew 89,000 in its only airing on DA. Talk about getting wrecked.

Gail Kim will defend the TNA Knockouts Championship against Awesome Kong at Bound For Glory. I'm sure that will be great. It's insane they're about two weeks from the biggest show of the year and this is the first match that's set in stone. I really wonder what attendance will be like.

TNA drew about 500 fans to its first live event in 13 months. I REALLY wonder what they'll draw in Charlotte.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It definitely opens up some interesting possibilities, but any guess at what that could be would be a stab in the dark. It is quite interesting there hasn't been any announcement of any TV tapings post-BFG. There's no indication of them taping things on the live events before then, and they have several weeks between BFG and the next set of shows. Unless they're just going to air clip shows or something, I don't know what's up their sleeves.

2. Hogan was making a joke to try to get his name in the mainstream for something other than his scandals. That's about all I've got.

3. I don't see how they wouldn't be inducted at some point.

4. It's pretty much them trying to get attention by using that name. This is the indies. They've got to do whatever they can to get heat.

5. I've seen speculation of Baron Corbin, but it's really anyone's guess. Jericho would work fine, I think (although him returning to WWE doesn't mean much in 2015). Save Kane for coming after Rollins at Raw.

6. It could be that those two were comfortable working together, with Sting competing with someone from earlier in his career (like working with Jarrett, Hogan, Flair, and Foley in TNA). But I definitely would have preferred someone like Sheamus, too.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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