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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Vader facing heart problems, Rusev's grandmother passes, WWE reaching out to former Network subscribers, Interviews with Goldberg/Magnum, Pitch Perfect star to get action figures, TND taping, Raw audience, SD900 on social media, Dolph Q&A, former ECW names open wrestling school, big reunion after SD, and Questions on forgiving Joey, how Trump's election affects WWE, ROH on-demand, and WWE courting Rousey

Vader got some depressing news from heart doctors recently. I hope the legend proves them wrong and has many healthy years ahead of him.

Rusev's grandmother passed away recently. That likely explains why Rusev and Lana were not on Raw. Deep condolences to the family. 

WWE Network has issued former subscribers promotional offers to get the Network free through the end of January. That's one hell of a deal! Don West would blush at that special!

JR talked to Goldberg about his return. Survivor Series is a really big night for the former WCW Champion. 

Stephanie McMahon reached out to Pitch Perfect's Skylar Astin after he gave an interview about losing his wrestling action figure collection. WWE is all about PR moves like that now. I wouldn't be surprised to see Skylar as a guest host or something at some point if WWE can swing it.

Magnum TA discussed his new documentary. Inspiring words; I'm glad he's doing well. I do miss wrestlers who did more fights than choreography. We still see some of that, which is good. I think you need some of each kind of style in a good promotion.

TNA has begun filming Total Nonstop Deletion. Taping will last several days. That should be quite the show.

Raw this week drew 2.88 million viewers. If the post-PPV show doesn't crack three million, there's cause for concern.

Triple H, Vince McMahon, and The Rock put over the 900th episode of Smackdown. Someone needs to make a collection of backstage Vince stories.

Nikolai Volkoff used Kickstarter to fund an autobiographical comic book. Should be interesting!

Dolph Ziggler did a Q&A. I'm surprised he lost the IC Title and might not be involved with Survivor Series. I wonder what that means for him doing forward.

Former WWF and ECW name Tony Devito and ECW name John Diamond have opened a wrestling school in Florida. Hopefully they produce some talented students.

The Undertaker and Kane had a live reunion after Smackdown went off the air. They did the Brothers of Destruction fist raise before heading backstage. That's pretty cool.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I have. He owned up to his mistake and made amends. As long as he stays on the straight and narrow going forward, I'm not going to hold a grudge. To err is human. As for why there's an outrage, it's because people have been so burned out by people essentially getting away with those types of comments. Joey's mistake happened at a volatile time in politics. That really worked against him.

2. I didn't think of that. It's certainly possible. The McMahons have been close to Trump for quite some time. 

3. No word on that kind of thing. I would think that would be a Sinclair call, and they've got a lot on their plate beyond ROH.

4. If he doesn't, Stephanie or HHH almost definitely will.

5. NO. I think the last thing they want to do is tie themselves to such a controversial candidate. What Vince and Linda do as individuals is one thing, but the company promoting him is a whole different level. It could get them a lot of backlash.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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