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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Superstars Reax - 9/10/16, Rock not expected at WM33, Big Show breaks a ring rope, CWC dark match released, more on Last Battle of Atlanta, Rousey at indie show, former WWE manager moved to hospice case, Punk on leaving WWE, and Questions on ECWA history, Enzo as Cass' manager, Nia and Braun's squash matches, WWE pushing talents who don't speak English, and Little Guido's whereabouts

Superstars:
- Neville vs. Axel:
I'm curious to see how people will justify Neville being a U.S. Title level guy instead of a cruiserweight. He can fly really well, but I don't see what would separate him from the others in the division to the point where he'd be special enough to not be included there.

This is mostly good so far. Axel's more or less paying keepaway, trying to avoid being hit by flashy moves while grounding The Man That Charisma Forgot.

Nice action from Neville as always. Fine filler match to open up a taping.

- Swagger vs. Titus:
Good back-and-forth early.

I'm liking the heel work from Titus. 

Kind of surprising to see Titus do submissions on Swagger.

This is pretty good. Swagger's work is always pretty solid. 

Fine match overall. I wonder how much longer Swagger will be content working this level before seeing if he can get a deal in Japan or somewhere.

The Rock says he'll have "no downtime" between now and August 2017 due to a production schedule. That would seem to rule out appearing at WM33 in his home state of Florida, but if anyone can make that happen anyway, it's Rock. Will 2017 be the year WWE puts Rock in the Hall of Fame, or do they hold off until the next time they're in Florida?

One of the middle ropes broke during Big Show's match with John Cena in the Philippines. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE IN THERE WITH THE WORLD'S LARGEST ATHLETE MAGGLE! It's good no one was seriously hurt.

WWE released a previously-dark match between Cedric Alexander and Oney Lorcan. This was recently taped at a CWC event. I hope we see more from Lorcan going forward. With Gargano, Swann, and Ciampa moving up, theoretically it opens up a bigger spot for him in NXT.

WWE updated on article on the Last Battle of Atlanta following the match being added to the WWE Network. That's a revolutionary match built the way a great gimmick match should be.

Ronda Rousey appeared at an indie event in Cleveland to celebrate alongside Shayna Bazler as she won the AIW Women's Championship. I'm a little surprised we haven't heard anything new about Rousey competing in WWE. She hasn't competed in UFC since November; I wonder what that means for her future in MMA and wrestling.

Former WWE name Frenchy Martin has been moved to hospice care after a battle with cancer. It's expected he only has a few weeks left to live. Martin has made peace with this fact. I wish him well for these next few weeks.

C.M. Punk discussed walking out of WWE before his UFC bout in Cleveland. Clearly that arena is something of a curse for him; his UFC career might have ended in the same venue.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Sometimes the biggest heels in wrestling aren't actually in the business. It sounds like Delaware's government falls into that territory.

2. I don't see any reason why Enzo can't be Cass' mouthpiece and a wrestler in his own right, even if they're not always doing tag matches. Splitting the two of them anytime soon would be a massive mistake.

3. Until there's an important feud for them to be involved in. I expect if Sasha beats Charlotte to get the title back, she'll move on to face Nia at some point. Otherwise, they can do Bayley vs. Nia again. s for Braun, they could be saving him to go against a babyface U.S. Champion or something.

4. If Triple H has his way, they'll be spotlighted as well as they can be. Considering Gran Metalik and Akira Tozawa are heading to the main roster without doing English promos in NXT, I think those names will get a fair chance. WWE can showcase them without them speaking much English, although certainly their odds of being top names improve if they speak English well. As was alluded to, someone like Nakamura is charismatic enough to get over pretty much regardless.

5. He works pretty regularly in and around the Northeast. I think he'd be a good name to come back to WWE like Jinder and Hawkins, but I wouldn't blame him for keeping a full-time job that doesn't involve taking bumps.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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