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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

WWE team name official, NXT trio correction, WWE bringing back major event, Cody working WWE special?, Interview with Cena, BFG and Impact TV location set, Cornette-Impact update, Paige training for a comeback, Impact downplaying GFW name, and Questions on WWF's health in the Monday Night War, the Vince-Owens angle, and which MYC names impressed

Sheamus and Cesaro are now officially known as The Bar. WWE has a new T-shirt for the duo, so they're likely staying together as a unit for the time being.

The Adam Cole/Kyle O'Reilly/Bobby Fish faction is known as The Undisputed Era. That's kind of clunky. "Undisputed" by itself would be fine.

WWE Starrcade is coming to Greensboro, North Carolina on Saturday, November 25, an homage to the old NWA/WCW event. It looks like this will be a WWE Network event from Smackdown. I'm very, very surprised they're resurrecting that event.

-- Currently advertised matches for the event:
- Jinder Mahal vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Championship in a steel cage
- Natalya vs. Charlotte Flair for the Smackdown Women's Championship in a steel cage
- AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. Rusev for the United States Championship
- Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn
- New Day vs. The Usos for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship
- Bobby Roode vs. Dolph Ziggler
- Breezango vs. Aiden English & Mike Kanellis
- The Hardys in a role to be announced
--- Basically they turned a live event into a potential WWE Network special, like some previous shows on the service. Still really cool, though!

- Cody commented on WWE using one of his dad's signature events, which led to Michael Hayes and Dustin Rhodes making one hell of an offer. I would LOVE to see the free agent take them up on that. It benefits everyone involved!!

- Brandi Rhodes also commented on the event. Heck, give her a payday that night too if she's that upset. This could be a really big night for that family, and put a cap on Dustin's Hall of Fame career.

John Cena talked about WWE being in China. I can definitely see them doing a Network special from the country at some point if it's cost-effective.

Bound For Glory will be held in Ottawa, as will five days of TV tapings following that event. They've got their work cut out for them selling tickets for six straight days of events. Wow. I hope it's worth it for them.

- AAA's El Hijo del Fantasma, Pagano, and El Texano, Jr. have all been announced for the show. I'm sure NOAH talent will also be part of the loop.

- Jim Cornette will not be part of the tapings, as he is unable to appear in Canada due to his criminal record from the 1980s. He has offered to film material explaining his absence on the shows, and is open to working with Impact when they return to the U.S. Whether he'll return to the company in 2018 remains to be seen.

Paige has begun working out at the WWE Performance Center as she looks to be cleared to return to the ring. She has remained under WWE contract during her recovery from neck surgery. I hope she can write a new chapter in her life as a wrestler. It's not going to be easy, but she deserves a chance to turn things around from her lowest points.

Impact Wrestling is going back to showcasing that name, rather than GFW. It's also possible the company changes the name of the upcoming Global Wrestling Network to follow suit, although it would make sense to keep that name if the service will include content from international markets. So, for the time being at least, it looks like the company is quietly moving on from the GFW branding. I assume they'll go back to the previous belt designs, etc. when they start taping content again.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. THAT DAMN BILLIONAIRE TED DAMN NEAR KILLED WWF WITH HIS RASSLIN' COMPANY BUT THE GENETIC JACKHAMMER PERSEVERED AND SAVED SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT FROM DUBYA CEE DUBYA ONCE AND FOR ALL!!! I do think the stakes have been exaggerated in the years that followed, but WCW definitely had WWF on the ropes for a while there.

2. It says that when non-wrestling personalities are used sporadically and importantly, they can really make for an interesting storyline with high stakes. It's MUCH easier to book someone for a few big appearances than book so many characters for five hours each week on the two longest-running weekly episodic shows in television history and an additional three hours each month exclusively on the award-winning WWE Network for $9.99 a month with a free trial for new subscribers. The regular cast of WWE superstars can kind of fade into the background when they're involved in so much. And hopefully Owens wins and moves on to someone like Orton or Nakamura en route to being WWE Champion at some point in 2018.

3. I think a lot of people were shocked Kevin attacked Vince. And, hell, Vince probably would have resented people helping him out. As was said, he's the Genetic Jackhammer, PAL! He's not afraid of some overweight bingo hall wrestler.

4. People were shocked. Sometimes when that happens, they don't act in a logical way.

5. Aside from names already signed: Mia Yim, Jazzy Gabert, Piper Niven, Santana Garrett, Tessa Blanchard, and maybe Candice LeRae, Mercedes Martinez, and Princesa Sugehit. A lot of names were good, but those are the names I'd be looking at signing.

More wrestling coming up.

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