At a Raw live event in Alberta, Canada, R-Truth teamed with Darren Young to beat Titus O'Neil and Jinder Mahal. Interesting that Goldust didn't compete. They could have booked Neville vs. Mahal and done Young/Golden Truth vs. Titus/Bo/Axel.
At a Smackdown live event in Arizona:
- Emma joined the Smackdown roster to team with Nikki Bella and Naomi in a win over Carmella, Alexa Bliss, and Natalya. She more or less filled in for Becky Lynch there. I assume Emma/Emmalina will still be returning on Raw, but who knows at this point.
- John Cena worked the main event, a rematch from No Mercy won by AJ Styles.
WWE talents and staff had trouble making it to a live event in Alberta this weekend due to a snowstorm. The show had to be reworked, and Adam Pearce was the only producer on hand.
Lucha Underground will have live events on October 23, October 30, and November 5, which officially makes it more than just a TV show.
Linda McMahon donated $6 million to Donald Trump's political campaign during the past few months. I normally wouldn't cover this kind of thing, but since people are wondering whether WWE will remove Trump from the Hall of Fame or anything, there's more or less your answer. Vince and Linda donated millions to Trump's charity foundation years back, as well.
Chris Jericho's Fozzy has signed a new record deal, and will be releasing new music in 2017. He was initially expected to finish working with WWE around November in order to work with them on the project, but he's currently advertised for events through the end of the year. We'll see how long he ends up competing before taking another hiatus.
Charlie Haas discussed a lot of wrestling topics. Charlie still wrestles, so WWE could make him an offer if they were interested in using him again. I'd LOVE to see American Alpha vs. Haas and Benjamin at WM33. That story writes itself.
At a Smackdown live event in Idaho:
- Heath Slater and the Hype Bros beat The Ascension and Simon Gotch. Oddly, Rhyno wasn't on the show after being on the previous night's event.
- Naomi and Emma beat Natalya, Alexa Bliss, and Carmella. No Nikki on this show. I assume there was some kind of travel issue or Cena and Nikki were needed for something else.
- AJ Styles beat Dean Ambrose. No Cena, despite working the previous night.
At a Raw live event in Colorado, Golden Truth teamed with Darren Young to beat Titus O'Neil, Bo Dallas, and Curtis Axel. So Goldust wasn't off all weekend or anything.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I think that's too simplistic of an explanation. A lot of TNA's downfall is due to decisions that didn't pan out (Hogan/Bischoff's changes, certain talents they spent a lot of money on who didn't add a ton to the product, etc). It can definitely be argued she should have either sold to Jarrett when she had the chance or sold to Billy Corgan recently, though. I can understand Dixie not wanting to be painted as a failure and taking responsibility for righting the ship, but it's just not working in her favor.
2. Unless we're in for a big swerve where someone saves the day at the last minute, things don't look good for TNA's survival. Hopefully that means the talented people working there get employment in other promotions.
3. WWE is certainly making steps to improve the sad situation of wrestlers dying young. Hopefully future generations fare better than wrestlers in the past did due to how the business has changed.
4. I would think he might want to wait to go in the HoF in Texas, but that's up to him. Once he's done wrestling, he might want to stop being "Taker" and start being Mark ASAP. There hasn't been anything definitive about him working or not working WM33. I expect we'll know more as we move closer to the end of the year/beginning of next year.
5. I know Shane was pretty well respected for what he'd put himself through despite not being "one of the boys." It's Vince's company; if he wants to put his kids on the show, that's his right.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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