Brock Lesnar has been added to Monday's Raw in an effort to stop the ratings slide that show has seen. That follows Brock vs. Show this weekend, and will be part of the build to Brock vs. Taker at HIAC.
Tough Enough's Patrick did a long interview about his future.
Oscar of Men on a Mission talked about Hulk Hogan's remarks and more. Oscar looks really unhealthy there.
Harley Race did a long interview as well. The man's a legend. I wish we saw him more.
Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
TNA is set to tape TV in India in early December. That's a pretty big move for them, so I hope it's worth the expense. They did just get a big TV deal there earlier this year, so it makes sense to try to stoke a fire there from that perspective. This is a hunch/speculation on my part, but I could see EC3 vs. Mahabali Shera for the title being a focal point of those shows. Shera has an opportunity to win a title shot at BFG this Sunday.
ROH has debuted on TV in France. It will be interesting to see how they do compared with TNA internationally.
WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze/Madusa buried the Divas Revolution on Twitter. It always comes across kind of lame when a retired performer takes shots at the current performers.
"Total Divas"' season finale grew substantially from the previous week to 1.16 million. So, it's still got a pretty good following.
The main event for Bound for Glory is now EC3 vs. Drew Galloway vs. Matt Hardy for the TNA Championship with Jeff Hardy as the referee. That should really be something.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Let's get one thing straight. Vince probably couldn't care much less about "five star matches." In his eyes, someone like Cena is a star where people like Rollins, Bryan, and Cesaro aren't. A lot of it is the size factor, but I think generally Vince looks for people to do the whole "five moves of doom" formulaic stuff and sell T-shirts based on catchphrases. He's looking for someone who can do mainstream media appearances and be that all-American "high school quarterback" that appeals to people outside the wrestling bubble. As much as I like the names I mentioned (and others) and want to see them get pushes, Vince is generally going to go with his gut and stick with someone like Cena as a dominant performer.
2. Vince is in his comfort zone with guys like Show, Kane, Taker, etc.. Trying something new like pushing one of those damn millennials who aren't 250 lbs. is something he's resistant to. Should he pave the way for the future? Absolutely. But I think he's so stuck in his ways, it won't happen anytime soon unless he's somehow forced to (NBCU pushing for it, some kind of illness taking him away from heading the ship, etc.).
3. Vince is going with performers that have made him money before. It's very short-sighted, but I guess he thinks it's too risky to change things.
4. The WWE Title is still more prestigious, since Brock Lesnar, Sting, Cena, and now Kane have all set their sights on taking it from Rollins. It also has a more prestigious lineage as the top belt.
5. Why do people waste time sending in dumb questions like this? It's not like the answer's ever going to be different from "We also think Cena is overexposed and wins too much. They should push new performers." Aren't there other topics worth exploring?
More wrestling tomorrow.
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