WWE announced Lince Dorado as part of the cruiserweight division in an article published Friday. He hadn't been in any of the video packages promoting the division, nor was he on Raw. He did work the most recent NXT taping, but there have been a number of CWC cameos there lately. We'll see what the future holds for him.
Randy Orton is back to working regularly. I would expect him to wrestle at No Mercy if nothing changes.
WWE's German TV home is not renewing its contract to show Raw and Smackdown once that deal ends in March, despite the shows' success on their network. WWE is expected to get a new deal in the country shortly. Hopefully WWE secures a TV spot shortly.
Paige and Emma were backstage at Raw. Emma has been cleared to return to the ring for more than a month. I'd like to see Emma be the one pulling the strings for Nia Jax, looking to destroy people who took Emma for granted. I definitely want to see Emma used more regardless.
Tamina gave an update on her return. I'm interested to see where she fits into things now that they have Nia Jax. Hopefully she gets something of a reboot, since her character hasn't really done much in a while. Pairing her with the Usos works for me.
Raw drew 2.68 million this week against an NFL game drawing 12 million, and the season premieres of a lot of network shows. I'll be surprised if we don't see more of HHH and potentially some crazy shenanigans like McMahon Millions going forward.
Heath Slater and Rhyno vs. the Usos for the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship is set for No Mercy. That should be good; the story setting it up has been pretty compelling.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. He's not Eric Bischoff, nor is he the Commissioner Foley of 2000. He's just kind of there to make matches and get out of the way. Stephanie's more of the dominant heel in his place. I like him OK because he doesn't get too much in the way of the wrestlers.
2. That could be great if it's booked well. Someone from Raw could win the match and come over to challenge him. Or even Samoa Joe or someone else from NXT. It'd be quite the gamble, but would definitely show there's a new era.
3. I think that definitely was a watershed moment. Ambrose was way too laid-back for someone who was supposed to be seen as the top guy in the company. He just didn't seem as driven as he did when was in The Shield. Rollins is hitting it out of the park and Reigns is giving it his all. Ambrose is just kind of "yeah I'm the champ now I guess. It's whatever" and his character has really gone downhill since the feuds with Lesnar and Y2J. Moving the belt to a more motivated AJ was the right move.
4. It was a match Bray wasn't prepared for, and Orton interfered. I like Bray, too, but they protected him in defeat. Ideally, Bray will get revenge on Kane at some point. Kane just kind of showed up, won, and disappeared. Bray vs. Dean works, too.
5. A lot of CWC people are just working one match at a time. Aries did work a match outside of NXT two weeks ago, so it looks like he's able to take outside bookings.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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