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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

More on Sombra-WWE, more NJPW vs. ROH, TNA TV tapings set, Diva busted open, more Surivor Series backstage notes, Cesaro update, HoFer gets surgery, Survivor Series press, Interviews with Dudleys/Edge, TLC's main event, and Questions on PPVs outside the U.S., Ahmed Johnson, Dunn as a booker, pushing Del Rio, and pushing Cesaro

The now-former La Sombra was praised for how he finished his time in Mexico. He put others over wherever he was requested to and worked hard where he was needed. EMLL praised him for how his departure was handed, so he'd be welcomed back if WWE doesn't work out. He sounds like a class act. That will hopefully carry him far in WWE.

NJPW stars will be part of ROH's 14th anniversary PPV. Shinsuke Nakamura has already been confirmed. He's a big deal to that audience.

TNA will be taping in Bethlehem, Penn. from Jan. 5 through 9. It will be interesting to see how this affects their plans of what to tape in India in December and the UK at the end of January. I'm glad they've got a new TV home in the U.S., though, and hope this boosts both TNA and Pop TV. Also of note, Kurt Angle is advertised for these events, so his contract expires closer to the middle or end of the month.

Everything else from Monday is after the break.

Cameron was busted open when training at the WWE Performance Center, requiring several stitches. At least she's training to improve!

Cesaro was not backstage at Survivor Series. It sucks so many talented people are out right now.

Darren Young was backstage at Survivor Series. It's crazy they used Titus but not him. They're a team for a reason.

Cesaro was diagnosed with a torn tendon and a partially torn one in his rotator cuff. He had surgery and is expected to miss four-to-six months. This was a nagging injury he had looked at. I hope the people on the shelf now have big returns in 2016.

Bret Hart underwent hand surgery to deal with pain stemming from an old injury. Even though he hasn't taken bumps in years, the effects still linger. That's a scary thought.

WWE selling out Survivor Series despite the alleged terror threats got them some coverage.

The Dudleys teased a big TLC match in an interview. That could be INCREDIBLE. I'd be fine with them having one giant blowoff TLC match at WM32 to wrap up their amazing careers.

Edge had a Q&A. That pizza order is approximately the most hipster thing I've ever heard. Buzzfeed can be pretty irritating as a whole.

Sheamus vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship in a TLC match will headline WWE's next PPV. I'm sure HHH will try to stack the odds against Reigns then. Reigns vs. HHH at WM32 is a pretty good possibility.

For my take on Monday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. They're going to try an NXT special there next month. If that's a hit, maybe they do something with a main roster PPV. We'll see.

2. He was a strong guy who was in NoD. That's about all I can say about him.

3. Dunn doesn't book as much as present the product in a certain way. He's a TV guy more than a wrestling guy. Dunn has an effect on things, but I doubt he's worried about who gets titles and that kind of thing.

4. He made it to the semi-finals of the WWE Title tournament! That's pretty much the exact opposite of having meaningless matches and "de-pushing." A de-push would be if he jobbed to Kalisto the next night and either wasn't on the card at Survivor Series or was in an unadvertised match. This was a bad question and a bad answer, and makes everyone involved look extremely misinformed.

5. It's way too early to say he'll never be WWE Champion. If he sticks with WWE, I could see him winning the title in the future. Punk and Bryan did. Ziggler won the World Title. Don't count Cesaro out.

More wrestling coming up.

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