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Friday, December 4, 2015

Even more classic promotions added to Network, new matches for Takeover, new date for Brock, WWE bans items from live events, Interview with Sombra, more on Raw ratings, Dreamer update, TNA going into their vaults, more on League of Nations, new stipulation for match at TLC, TNA audience, and Questions on Sting's future, WWE going back to TV-14, TNA going back to Spike, and what Vince would do to NXT

WWE Network has now added material from Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling and Jerry Jarrett's run booking the USWA (billed as the Global Wrestling Federation). The Stampede material is from the late '70s, and the GWF stuff is from the early '90s. WWE is also adding material from the other promotions thy debuted on the Network recently. It's a treasure trove of old content!

Officially added to Takeover in London:
- Bayley defending the Women's Championship against Nia Jax
- Dawson and Wilder defending the Tag Team Championship against Enzo and Big Cass.
- Emma vs. Asuka

It should be another spectacular show from NXT.

Brock Lesnar is advertised for the March 14 Raw. No way do they know what they're doing with that amount of certainty three months out. We'll see if that sticks.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
WWE has banned a lot of items and heightened security at live events following the alleged threats at the site of Survivor Series. That's the world we live in now, sadly.

La Sombra talked about being signed to WWE. He's definitely got a really great resume.

Financial blog SeekingAlpha looked at the importance of Raw's declining ratings. It's good to put things in a bigger context like they did here. I wish more of WWE's critics did that.

Tommy Dreamer will likely be on WWE TV next week, too. He should work through TLC. He'd be the perfect sacrificial lamb for Bray's group.

TNA has begun a new weekly YouTube show featuring content from the Asylum years. I'm guessing they'll skip some of the really crazy stuff like the Dupp Cup, AJ Styles with a chainsaw, etc..

New Day is apparently not part of League of Nations as much as they're working together. That makes sense.

Kevin Owens was at one point planned to join LoN. It's possible that still happens. I hope so! He fits right in.

The Tag Team Championship match at TLC has been officially turned into a ladder match. That should be really good!

Impact Wrestling this week drew 221,000 for its initial airing and 73,000 for its replay. The show's a lame duck now. There's not much they can do but go up on Pop.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It's probably better to assume we won't see Sting wrestle again. His status is indefinite at the moment, and WWE might find it safer to not risk him getting seriously hurt in another match. There are reasons HHH vs. Sting had a bunch of smoke and mirrors. The Icon of WCW isn't a spring chicken anymore.

2. Regardless, WWE's probably not going to try it because it could drive off some of their more family-friendly sponsors. They're going for the Disney on Ice audience, not (generally speaking) the ECW audience.

3. It could happen, but there's nothing to indicate it will. There were no negotiations for TNA to return there when TNA's future post-DA was discussed, and Spike reportedly isn't interested in a weekly wrestling show.

4. I think there would definitely be forces who would want to make the show "appeal to mainstream audiences," like they tried with the ECW brand. If there's ever any chance of NXT getting that kind of platform, we'll see what that comes to. Right now, it's a big part of the Network and is likely to stay that way.

Nothing to add to 5 or 6.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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