Jinder to Japan, another Network collection, Takeover set for the night before Survivor Series, TNA audience, ESPN name apologizes for insulting wrestling fans, Delete or Decay promo, Cody to teach, Calfzilla returns, Angle in Rhyno ad, and Questions on Sting vs. Taker, good talents getting bad gimmicks over, wrestlers reinventing themselves, Oney Lorcan, and a new boom period

Jinder Mahal is working in Japan this weekend, working an event he had booked before his WWE return.

WWE Network added a Mr. Fuji collection this morning. Good to see them honoring the legend.

NXT will hold a Takeover special the night before Survivor Series. That arena will have three straight nights of WWE action, with Raw following in the same venue. NXT could very well top its already impressive attendance record that night. I assume this means we won't get a Takeover special until then, but it's certainly possible they squeeze one in in early October.

- NXT has canceled its live events in Canada set for later this month. From the sound of things, there was such a demand for the product they bumped things up into a bigger show in a bigger venue. With those shows canceled, it prevents NXT from running that area with a number of shows so close together.

TNA's audience this week was 351,000. That's down from last week, but still a pretty good mark for them. Hopefully next week's Delete or Decay match brings in a big number.

ESPN's Amin Elhassen apologized for insulting wrestling fans celebrating Kevin Owens' title win. Wrestling fans need to chill out. Insulting someone who insults wrestling for being scripted is really a waste of time and only makes wrestling fans look bad. Pointing out movies are also scripted is one thing. Saying Amin should drink bleach and hoping he gets hanged is way out of line.

TNA posted a trailer for Delete or Decay. This will be the greatest moment in the history of our sport.

Cody Rhodes will be part of a seminar for House of Glory in NYC on October 15. I hope the students there understand success isn't necessarily what they want it to be. Would they be willing to have a gimmick like Stardust and be jobbing in relative obscurity, or do titles and star ratings matter more to them than money?

Bubba Ray Dudley is back to being Bully Ray on the Twittah Machine. I actually kind of miss Calfzilla. He was overexposed in TNA, but the gimmick was fun for a while before then.

Kurt Angle took part in a wrestling-themed political ad for Rhyno. I still want to see Rhyno promise to gore high taxes and unemployment or something, but this is a good start. For the record, I don't think anyone should vote for or against someone just because of who they were as a wrestler. I'm not intending to endorse Rhyno's politics or promote his platform beyond showing him having an amusing ad.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I think it actually kind of benefits WWE Network, etc. to keep that footage in to get people talking. I'm sure Sting would love to face Taker, but I don't think WWE would be willing to risk him having another injury at his age. One bitten, twice shy and all that.

2. Bad News Barrett and New Day were actually created by the talents themselves, so I don't think they were seen as bad gimmicks. Paul Burchill got being a pirate over, Simon Dean got his gimmick over, ummm... Eugene comes to mind. I actually loved those first two gimmicks, but I can see how they'd be seen as bad. Some would see "dead man from a graveyard" and "dead man from a graveyard's burned brother" as bad gimmicks, but they did really well. Goldust also really deserves a nod here. And maybe Fandango? That could have been a career-sinker, but he made it work. Ummm... Sexual Chocolate?

3. Undertaker has been able to keep his gimmick pretty fresh over the years, if that counts.

4. He's still working regularly. He worked the most recent NXT taping, and, interestingly, the cruiserweight classic taping. I can see him going into that division if he doesn't get a more regular TV role in NXT. I definitely think they know what they've got with him; it's just a matter of him fitting into their plans.

5. I think it's definitely a possibility. WWE right now has a young, fresh, talented roster. They can translate that into success. It'd be great if TNA, ROH, LU, etc. could give them more of a run for their money since competition is what made those other boom periods work.

More wrestling tomorrow.