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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

More on Del Rio-AAA, live event note, TNA taping notes, TNA live events update, more on Tapout-WWE, Interviews with Reigns/Batista/Rousey, Network in new market, Survivor Series main set, Orton to miss time, and Questions on Charlotte's title feuds, Del Rio's reign, who faces the Wyatts, Haku vs. Lesnar, and Owens in NXT

Alberto Del Rio is still being advertised for the next AAA taping, but Konnan has stated he will not be there. I don't expect WWE to allow him to work the show, champion or not. I don't think they want to make an enemy of AAA and potentially lose more goodwill with the Latino audience.

Dolph Ziggler beat Tyler Breeze at another live event this weekend. I'm looking forward to them presumably facing off at Survivor Series.

TNA is aiming to return to NYC for TV tapings in early 2016. That will be really interesting given how much smaller their profile is now.

TNA has been in communication with several other cable networks for carrying Impact Wrestling in the U.S. in 2016. How many more channel moves can the show survive with any audience intact? This does give them a chance for another new beginning, though.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
The head of TNA's live events recently left the company for another job opportunity. His roles will be taken over by Bob Ryder for the time being. There's speculation this means TNA won't do "loops" of live events, instead just picking a few dates here and there. They're barely doing live events as it is, so this won't change anything in the short term. We'll see if anything is different when/if they start touring again beyond their TV/PPV tapings.

WWE is looking to pair with Tapout for fitness centers in major markets. This could easily turn into something talents themselves train/teach at. That's really big! I just hope it doesn't burn out the talents involved, since that's more time being a superstar instead of getting some privacy in their hometown.

Roman Reigns was interviewed. We could be calling him WWE Champion soon.

Batista talked about his last WWE run and potentially coming back. Having him feud with Orton with Triple H being an important part of things was lackluster given how much that had been done. He definitely worked better as a heel. 

WWE Network is now officially available in India. That will be big for them.

Ronda Rousey praised the Divas Revolution. I don't see her going to WWE beyond a guest appearance here and there, but it's good to have her on record as supporting the Divas. 

Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship is official for Survivor Series. I have a hunch Ambrose will join them for a title match at TLC. The timing's perfect.

Randy Orton is likely to miss four-to-six months following surgery to repair a partially torn rotator cuff. He's had multiple issues with his shoulders during his time in WWE. Him returning the night after WM32 could be big, but we'll see how things play out.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Charlotte vs. Paige makes more sense than either at this stage. Keep Becky as Charlotte's friend FOR NOW. There'll be time to develop her further in 2016.

2. Nope. The Mex-American Title should be defended less frequently. Heels generally don't do the "putting their title on the line every week" thing.

3. That wouldn't surprise me! Although I'd prefer for the Wyatts to not lose to two guys. Ambrose and Jericho would make sense as partners if they want to go that route, but I don't know if they would.

4. I also don't know if WWE would have built up Haku/Meng as a threat to Brock given the push Brock always gets.

5. He ducked out a few times when he wasn't against smaller guys he could bully/when the odds were more even. They do it too much on the main roster.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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