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Sunday, November 8, 2015

Former ROH Champ signs new deal?, update on TNA TV home, TNA touring note, Impact updates, Del Rio working outside WWE, important milestone for WWE producer, Interview with Bryan, Rollins update, and Questions on Bray putting Rollins on the shelf, Survivor Series winners facing off for the title, Wahoo in the HoF, and WWE buying Hogan's movies

There have been reports of Michael Elgin signing a new contract with ROH that allows him to also take dates elsewhere, but Elgin disputes this. Either way, he's going to continue working there for the time being while he assesses his options. Elgin's OK, I guess. Not someone I'd rush to sign if I was another important promotion.

TNA remains in negotiations for a U.S. TV home in 2016. That's going to be important for them to stay in the running as being a major promotion.

TNA has plans to do more live events in 2016 after hardly doing any this year. That will presumably get people more work and make them less likely to jump ship.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

TNA has enough footage taped for Impact Wrestling to last through the end of 2015. I'll give them credit for thinking so far ahead by taping so much of the World Title Series already. They'll presumably start showing stuff from the upcoming India tapings in January, and what they tape in the UK will follow that. They might be able to wrap the World Title Series up in India. We'll see if that's the plan. If Shera's going to be their new champ (as scary as that sounds), that would almost definitely be where they'd do it.


Alberto Del Rio appeared in a vignette for WWC in Puerto Rico, setting up a future appearance there. WWE will at least let him finish up what he's started there. That's the promotion owned by Hall of Famer Carlos Colon.

Road Dogg celebrated five years of being sober recently. That's really great! I hope he continues on that road.

Daniel Bryan talked about his career so far and more. I think WWE was right to have doubts about him before he really started showing personality with the "Yes!" chants. He was a good wrestler in the technical sense, but he was definitely missing something.

Seth Rollins talked to WWE.com about his injury. Having to go so hard, so long is dangerous for anyone. WWE really put a lot on his shoulders trying to make him their next important main eventer, and the effects were palpable.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. There are some good pieces to that puzzle, but they've already shown Rollins' injury and it's time for a break from Reigns/Ambrose vs. the Wyatts. I definitely like the idea of the Wyatts reigning supreme, but I don't see it being something WWE pursues.

2. Some people do watch Raw later on the Network or online through other methods.

3. I don't dislike it! It's a little Russo-riffic but it could be interesting if booked well.

4. Absolutely! That'd be great!

5. They'd have to pay whomever owns the rights to those movies, and I don't know if that's something they'd be willing to do even if Hogan wasn't blacklisted from the company right now.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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