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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

NXT preview, Future of Honor match, NXT taping outside Full Sail, Interview with Xavier, UK names pulled from another show, Cena teaches fitness, Lawler contract note, Paige update, what happened after Raw, and Questions on removing Vince from power, not fining/suspending Nia, traveling to WM33, PG restrictions, and the WWE monster look

On this week's NXT:
- Eric Young vs. Chris Atkins
- No Way Jose vs. Kona Reeves
- Ember Moon vs. Liv Morgan
- Aliyah vs. Mandy Rose

ROH's Future of Honor bout this week is Mike Orlando vs. Sonny Kiss. The 2017 Top Prospect Tournament is coming soon, so the company is scouting for that. They have a pretty low bar with Lio Rush winning it last year.

NXT will tape at the University of Central Florida on February 22, and the brand will have a show in Miami on February 24. I'm curious to see if they'll start doing more frequent NXT tapings outside of Full Sail, since they can draw a gate that way.

Xavier Woods talked about New Day and more:
- New Day benefited from WWE pettiness. Demolition being part of a lawsuit against WWE worked in the favor of Xavier, Kofi, and Big E.

- I'm glad they didn't try to force New Day as faces initially. They were so much more fun as heels.

- New Day definitely has some great chemistry.

- I wouldn't mind Kofi and Big E getting big singles pushes in 2017 if they team does split up. They definitely benefit from working together, though.

Tyler Bate, Trent Seven, and Pete Dunne have been pulled from a London show this weekend due to WWE commitments, which is leading to speculation they're set for Royal Rumble weekend in some fashion. I wouldn't expect them to be in the Rumble match itself, but they could be in the crowd at Takeover or something.

- Seven and Dunne appeared on a Rev Pro show on Saturday distributed online, so WWE and Rev Pro could be working on a relationship. Rev Pro hosted a qualifying match for the CWC.

John Cena led an invitation-only fitness class at a Tapout center in New York after hosting "Today." Big Mainstream John furthering the WWE-Tapout connection.

Jerry Lawler's new WWE deal is for a year. I expect he'll stick around pretty much as long as he wants to.

Paige has begun physical therapy. She's expected back this summer, barring another Wellness violation or some other mishap.

After Raw was a staredown with Brock, Goldberg, and Undertaker. No physicality.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I think it would take something at the level of Vince being in a coma or otherwise being unable to complete his duties. It's not happening anytime soon.

2. Given how often things get out of control in WWE, I imagine authority figures just shrug and roll their eyes at this point.

3. Have all your legal paperwork in order, be careful with your valuable possessions, all that kind of stuff.

4. I would think they'd get edgier with Roman and all their characters if they went TV-14 or what have you, but I don't see them going that direction anytime in the near future.

5. It just goes with the look of the unhinged monster.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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