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Sunday, November 6, 2016

Superstars Reax - 11/5/16, more Smackdown on the Network, NXT+WWE live event notes, Balor return set?, another WWE UK tour set, more Collections, and Questions on Angle at the Rumble, ROH potentially losing top names, how Anthem will change TNA, Corgan's Twitter rant, Lagana leaving TNA, and Breezango

- Superstars:
- Alicia vs. Dana:
Nice start. Dana's not the best technical wrestler, but she has aggression and makes good use of her size and power.

Good story with Dana being ruthless in working Alicia over.

See, no one gets a submission with a chin lock, but it wears your opponent down and makes them fight for breath. 

Alicia's pretty impressive.

Fine enough. Nice to see Alicia get a win for once.

- Jinder vs. Axel:
Decent action going on here.

I'm liking the back-and-forth.

This is good enough for a completely meaningless filler match.

Both men are technically sound.

More wearing down via chin locks.

Good counter to the knee drops.

Hey, Axel got a win!!

WWE Network is continuing to add Smackdown episodes from 2004 and 2005. The massive video library continues to grow online.

At an NXT live event in Florida:
- Peyton Royce teamed with Danielle Kamela against Liv Morgan and Ember Moon. No Billie Kay, which is odd.

- Big Damo cut a promo.

- Buddy Murphy teamed with Shinsuke Nakamura and Tye Dillinger to beat Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe, and Sawyer Fulton of Sanity. They keep trying with Murphy. I hope he can become something.

Finn Balor is being advertised for WWE Roadblock next month. I'd be very, very surprised to see him back in the ring that night, but he could announce a return for the Rumble.

WWE has announced a Raw and Smackdown tour of the UK from May 7 through May 12.

WWE Network is adding an Austin vs. McMahon, Part II collection Monday as well as one on Randy Savage. I'm glad Savage is in the Hall of Fame.

Randy Orton teamed with Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper at this weekend's Smackdown live event in the UK.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It will depend on what shape they think he's in, how badly they want to fill the arena, etc. I'd think having such a big venue to fill would play in his favor, but there hasn't been any movement toward signing him yet.

2. Yeah, things are about to get real for ROH. NJPW is interested in reDRagon, and I wouldn't be shocked in the least if WWE, TNA, and LU are all keeping an eye on all involved as well. ROH could really be hurting with the potential losses of so many names coming up.

3. The initial story was they're going to run things pretty cheaply, only doing three or four sets of tapings a year. What other changes they'll make will become evident in the months to come. Dixie's still around, but in a less important role. Anthem and Aroluxe will be making the big decisions instead of her.

4. Mike has a pretty good point, but I think Anthem handled things appropriately from a PR standpoint. They made a statement, then went about promoting their content.

5. Some will interpret it as him getting out before whatever changes TNA will make to the creative process. I highly doubt Lagana would have the kind of freedom he had with Corgan on-board.

6. They're on Main Event and Superstars a good deal, as well as live events. They're pretty low on the totem pole on Smackdown.

More wrestling tomorrow. 

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