Triple H did a big NXT conference call ahead of the big UK tour:
- Selling out Wembley is really great for NXT. I hope Vince is proud.
- Doing special events outside the U.S. in the years to come is a no-brainer as we move further into the Network Era.
- HHH is like a proud dad. I love hearing him put over his talents.
- I hope Zayn picks up where he left off!
- That will be a big episode. I hope Sampson's good.
- Way to tease more stuff and not give us a hint at what those announcements are.
- It does get old to see overly-smiling babyfaces on the main roster.
- Featuring a different group of talents in the first hour of Raw's timeslot would definitely relieve some of the problems of things being stale.
- I definitely think Balor will be a big deal in 2016. Debuting him with the proper build is the smart long-term move.
- NXT is there to push the Network. It's an asset to something that's really important to WWE. It's not leaving there.
- He's absolutely right about learning how to really work as opposed to just doing cool moves. Some ROH and TNA names still don't know this distinction.
- NXT and the main roster are definitely different markets.
Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
Brock Lesnar is set for the March 14 Raw. I'm ready to see him wreck people.
Sting says he still has one great match in him. I hope we see it, but I don't know if WWE will risk using him again.
The daughter of Paul Ellering is training to become a wrestler. Getting a degree first will be looked upon highly in WWE. I wish her the best.
Brock Lesnar will face Alberto Del Rio on Dec. 19 at a live event. They're crazy if they don't put that on the Network. That could be a classic.
Sami Zayn returned to the ring for NXT in the UK, losing to Finn Balor. That could be a great feud!
TNA's audience this week was 269,000 for the first showing and 68,000 for the replay. That's up from the previous week. They had some really good action on the most recent show.
Ryback vs. Rusev is official for TLC. I could easily see Stardust vs. Titus added to the Kickoff show. Other than that, the card seems pretty set.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. However much someone would pay for it! It's definitely an important venue for wrestling history.
2. First Punk would have to get out of his UFC deal, as was said. He'd REALLY have to want to return and be willing to leave a lot of money on the table at UFC in order to go back to work somewhere he hated at the end of his run. I think he could get a pretty good push if Vince was desperate enough to agree to what Punk wanted. Probably not as big as Brock, but I'd like to think he'd do better than Del Rio is. I mean, Punk has shown he'll walk out if the conditions aren't right, so he'd have Vince pretty much where he wanted him. It's a pure fantasy scenario at this point either way.
3. I don't know if you noticed this or not, but Sheamus would carry around this briefcase that allowed him to have a WWE Title match anytime he wanted. He chose to use it when Reigns was vulnerable from working two matches in one night. I know they didn't talk about it much, but it was called "Money In The Bank" according to Wikipedia. The idea was to position Sheamus as an opportunistic heel taking advantage of Roman, in order to do a feud that will at least carry on through TLC. They needed a new top heel with Rollins out, so they're rolling the dice with Sheamus. It's really that simple.
4. The show was already built around the big four teams match, so they went with what had been booked/scripted. Changing a big part of the show on the fly would have really thrown things out of line, especially since they had already set what those factions are doing at TLC. The Wyatts vs. LoN could be interesting going into the Rumble, though, considering everyone will be gunning for the win in that match.
Nothing to add to 5.
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