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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

More on BC invasion, more on Omega-ROH, Hardy injury note, NXT honors Kliq, Paige return update, Interviews with Aries/Y2J, more on WWE Network lawsuit, WWE 2K18 DLC announced, Impact taping at WrestlePro, potential new Knockout, Impact HoF update, Enzo note, Smackdown segment returning, Raw audience, Smackdown names to Funko, Starrcade challenge, and Questions on WWE acknowledging Heenan, Rousey-WWE, Ziggler's impressions, faces winning tournaments, and NWA dropping promotions

Bullet Club posted video of their "invasion" of the Raw parking lot. The Bucks et al. have done things their way and made a big name for themselves. I completely applaud their years of hustle. 

Kenny Omega will defend the IWGP U.S. Championship against YOSHI-HASHI as part of Global Wars. That's going to be a big draw for the brand.

Matt Hardy addressed his brother's injury. He's kept people talking about the Broken Universe all these months later; I'll give him credit for that.

NXT stars paid homage to The Kliq at a live event. That's surreal given the reputation of the group 20 years ago.

Paige is expected to return to the ring next month as part of Smackdown. The belief is that she's been cleared by WWE doctors to do so.

Austin Aries discussed his famous banana. I can't blame him for making sure he was adequately nutritious.

Some updates on Buff Bagwell & Raven's lawsuit over WWE Network royalties:
- Raven is arguing WWE's purchase of WCW and ECW video libraries means he should be compensated for royalties at the same rate as he would be for WWE events.

- There's a lot of talk that amounts to "WWE broke various laws by not paying us royalties."

- The lawsuit also says WWE breached contracts by licensing video material to other licencees without the knowledge of Raven and Bagwell.

- The duo are filing a $5 million class action lawsuit that includes another 253 former WWE performers who fit the same parameters as Raven and Bagwell. I know some people are going to say that's a money grab or something, but it's possible they're legally correct that WWE isn't paying them what contracts stated they're owed.

- There's speculation the lawsuit is why WWE is hesitant to put up WCW Thunder episodes, as those would feature Bagwell and Raven. This could extend to other shows featuring the two talents. That's an unfortunate side effect of all of this.

WWE 2K18 has announced the following DLC characters:
- The Hardys
- The Rock 'N' Roll Express
- Drew McIntyre
- Beth Phoenix
- Elias
- Ruby Riot
- Lars Sullivan (!)
- Aleister Black

Eli Drake and Alberto El Patron will be on the December 9 WrestlePro event as part of getting footage for Impact. I wonder if that means we're in for a feud between those two. It would make sense given Alberto never losing the title in the ring.

Impact is interested in signing Tessa Blanchard. As they should be!

Impact's 2017 Hall of Fame ceremony looks to have been dropped as the November tapings were moved to Canada.

Charlotte Flair was at Dancing With The Stars this week. That's pretty cool.

Enzo Amore left No Mercy driving a convertible, showing fans his title and yelling at them. Living his gimmick to the fullest. I love it. To be clear, there's a line between doing that for fans vs. stunting in the locker room/on the tour bus with coworkers.

Breezango taped a new Fashion Files backstage at Smackdown for next week. I have missed them.

Chris Jericho promoted Mick Foley's role on next year's cruise. It's a shame it's not called The Cruise of Jericho.

- Jericho gave another interview.

Raw drew 2.92 million viewers, very close to last week's Raw.

New Day and Zack Ryder will be signing at Funko's headquarters on October 17. Funko has been a pop culture phenomenon.

The Club have challenged The Rock 'N' Roll Express at Starrcade. I'd be all for WWE paying homage to the legacy of the event.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I can see both sides to that. They definitely put him over on Raw, but I can see how people wanted Smackdown to give him a nod, too.

2. I'd be willing to do a one-on-one match that led to a four-on-four match or vice versa. I think we're going to see at least one match from Ronda. Keep Stephanie out of the ring. Save her for setting up HHH vs. Angle at Mania.

3. It set up Roode interrupting with his own flashy entrance. I honestly don't think it was designed to make Ziggler a main eventer. It was just to get heat so Roode could put an end to it. I think it was very effective at showing Ziggler doesn't have any personality or character beyond "Look at me! I'm a good wrestler! Watch me! Why aren't they pushing me???"

4. I do think they designed things to have a big babyface win to end things in a positive fashion of good prevailing over evil.

5. I'm willing to see what Corgan's plans are. It could be a case of cleaning house to start in a new direction. I don't think he made the decision lightly.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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