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Saturday, October 8, 2016

Legends at NYCC, Steph book goes ghost, Pop puts full cage match online, Interviews with Natalya/Big Show/Eve, NXT live event note, German goalkeeper debuting soon, WWE TMNT toys coming, TNA audience, DDP DVD coming, Natalya loses some teeth, and Questions on Tony Nese, the Grand Title replacing the TNA World Title, Hillbilly in the Hall, Snuka's court case, and WWE canceling PPVs

Ric Flair is part of New York Comic Con for the second day in a row after Booker T. had to pull out at the last minute.

Stephanie McMahon's memoir is no longer listed as available for pre-order. I would expect it to be out around the time of WM33, but maybe they're delaying it further for some reason.

Pop TV showed the full Wolf Creek cage match from Impact Wrestling after the feed cut out during the initial airing. The match was pretty insane.

Natalya discussed coming to Smackdown and more in a piece centered on the "More Than Pink" campaign. I'm glad she's getting a bigger role and is able to work as a heel again.

Big Show discussed having a smaller role on TV and more:
- They definitely need to cultivate a new breed of big guys as Kane, Show, and Henry approach the ends of their careers.

- It's been good having a break from Show on TV. I'm sure we'll still see him plenty in the final 18 months or so of his career. They don't "need" him on TV unless there's a plan for him beyond just showing up and beating people.

- Luke living the gimmick.

- Heath Slater's the man.

At an NXT live event in Virginia:
- Lince Dorado beat Wesley Blake. No Buddy Murphy here.

- Elias Samson is back. He lost to No Way Jose.

- Cedric Alexander lost to Bobby Roode.

Former German goalkeeper Tim Wiese will make his WWE debut on November 3, teaming with Sheamus and Cesaro against The Shining Stars and Bo Dallas in Wiese's home country. I'm assuming that's a one-time thing before he heads to NXT.

WWE-themed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figures are coming. That's AMAZING. I'm loving the crazy combination of IPs.

- Sting made an unadvertised appearance as part of this reveal at the New York Comic Con.

TNA's audience Thursday was 305,000 viewers, a significant drop from previous episodes. This for a show that followed TNA's biggest show of the year and featured new champions in action. There were four title matches on the show, including a big gimmick match. The show was capped by a change in the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

WWE's first DVD of 2017 will center on DDP's career. I hope he's a future HoFer.

WWE caught up with Eve Torres. She really improved by a substantial amount during her WWE career.

Natalya recovered after having teeth knocked out. OUCH.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. He's also had some matches in the Cruiserweight Classic and NXT. He worked for TNA years back as well if you want to some earlier work.

2. No. The title's a separate set of rules rather than a different division. It's not an equivalent to their world title, or any other title they have.

3. It could be because they know he's easily available any time they want to induct him, so they're saving him for when they're in a tough spot filling a class. That's just a guess, though.

4. It's more or less been pushed to the side until that hearing.

5. Hopefully that trend continues!

More wrestling tomorrow.

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