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Friday, September 29, 2017

No Mercy attendance note, Another Sexy-AAA update, likely Final Battle main event, NWA plans update, Impact taping at November convention, possible WWE return, new WWEPC trainer, Enzo's future plans, top EVOLVE name leaves, JBL in India, Interview with Kane, and Questions on dubbing WWE Network music, Flosports burying WWN, the state of the brand extension, and Rousey in WWE

No Mercy was legitimate sellout of 14,000 fans. That's good news!

AAA has no plans to use Sexy Star going forward. It's going to take a lot of goodwill for her to make up for her actions at Triplemania.

The NWA isn't expected to make use of licensing going forward beyond Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. I hope that move pays off. They've got a lot of work to do to reinvigorate the brand.

Cody vs. Dalton Castle is the likely main event at Final Battle. That's the right move. Castle's someone they can make an important future part of the company.

Impact will tape some footage at Wrestlecade on November 25. They'll be able to use legends in attendance at that event. I'm curious what they'll do there.

WWE is considering bringing Kaitlyn back. As far as I know, she's still in great shape, and she was just training in the ring recently, so I hope she's able to make another run for herself.

UK wrestler Johnny Moss will start as a trainer at the WWE Performance Center next month. In addition to those duties, he'll be working backstage on live events. Moss is currently running a wrestling school in the UK, so he's got experience in the role.

Enzo Amore is looking into a rap career. He's unreal. I'd rather him do that AND WWE; I hope this doesn't mean he's about to be done as a wrestler. He's been really entertaining.

Jack Gallagher will have a documentary followed by a Q&A session on November 5 in his hometown. He's definitely a special superstar.

Ethan Page has left EVOLVE. He had been built as their top heel. I hope his departure doesn't hurt his chances of ending up somewhere bigger; this doesn't look to be a case of him leaving the company for somewhere like NXT or Impact.

JBL posted pictures from his recent Indian appearance. I'm glad he's doing that kind of work now.

Kane discussed WWE and his political future:
- Glenn Jacobs is a very intelligent, well-spoken man. From that standpoint, I think he'd absolutely be a service to his community. It's telling WWE executives and his coworkers look to him for advice.

- I assume a lot of his decision was moving from taking bumps to something he felt was more meaningful for his community.

- It's got to be weird convincing people a giant professional wrestler can be a qualified, well-spoken candidate. I can tell you Kane has been interested in politics for some time now. He didn't just pop up and decide to go from wrestling to mayor.

- OK, it's REALLY funny Kane went from Tombstoning Linda to discussing elected office.

- I can see the Braun comparisons.

- I'd like to see "Candidate Kane" make an appearance on a Tennessee show at some point. It's such a no-brainer, but I can see why WWE wouldn't want to risk looking like they just endorse one party over the other in the market.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. That's a great idea. I'm not sure why they didn't go that route.

2. Flosports petty af as it circles the drain.

3.a. No, but they definitely recognize the value in having someone like Cena on Raw at times.

b. It can easily just be that Cena's "Smackdown contract expired" and he was able to work both shows on a per date basis. The same could be true of Jordan, or Shane and Bryan felt it was the right thing to do to "release him from his Smackdown deal" to be able to work with "his dad" on Raw. Just because WWE doesn't spell out every detail, that doesn't mean it's a plot hole.

Nothing to add to 4.

5. I would think she'd be used on a Brock schedule rather than going through NXT or whatever. WWE wants to use her appeal under her real name. They won't change it.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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