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Saturday, October 28, 2017

Cena one man show, more on Flair doc screening, NHL team's WWE Night shirt, Interviews with Brie/Slater/Charlotte/Enzo, more World Class, Regal booked for EVOLE show, Jeff Hardy launching online gallery, more on Raw's 25th anniversary, HHH in the ring in the UK, Omega booked for ROH show, NWA eyes former Impact HQ, BFG air date note, WCW name promotes WWE Starrcade, Dijak-NXT note, Impact audience, team departs Impact, and Questions on Taker staying in character, Taryn leaving Impact, and NXT talent not moving up

John Cena will have a live one man show in the UK on December 4. I wonder what current WWE names will reach that level of mainstream appeal.

The Undertaker was present at the preview screening for ESPN's Ric Flair documentary. Good to see him attend a public event out of character.

- The preview screening had a special Snapchat filter of Flair. That's pretty cool.

The New Jersey Devils showcased their special "WWE Night" shirt. That's really cool!

Brie Bella discussed progress toward returning to the ring. I'd much rather see Mia Yim or some of the other MYC names, but being reality show stars still takes precedence.

World Class Championship Wrestling TV episodes from 1988 have been added to WWE Network's vault section. It looks like they'll do Mid-Atlantic footage after that wraps up.

William Regal will be at EVOLVE's December 9 event. So, WWE is very much still tied to them despite being invested in Floslam.

Jeff Hardy will launch an online art gallery on Halloween. This is how he's keeping busy while out recovering. It's got to be tough being on the shelf that long.

Raw's 25th anniversary will feature legends making appearances. That's generally fun. There are also plans for a book chronicling the show's history, due to be released in May 2018. Having a weekly national TV show has absolutely changed the game for WWE, and for wrestling as a whole.

Heath Slater discussed his new wrestling school, career memories, and more. He has been involved in some of the most entertaining angles of the last few years.

Triple H will compete on WWE's UK tour from November 1 through November 5. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if he ended up working Survivor Series - those matches would be a good warmup for the event.

Charlotte Flair was on Lilian Garcia's podcast, discussing her dad's health and more.

Kenny Omega will work the first night of Survival of the Fittest. He's one of the most over wrestlers in the world. ROH is lucky to get to use him.

NWA teased moving into Impact's former office space in Nashville. That's pretty brutal! Impact split from the NWA in 2007.

Bound For Glory will air on Spike in the UK on November 6. These upcoming shows will be a big step in the company's next direction.

Tony Schiavone promoted WWE's Starrcade event. That's clever.

Enzo Amore talked about his locker room heat on TMZ Sports. I love him going clubbing with the title. Wrestling needs more personalities.

Dijak is being referred to as Christopher Dijak in NXT for the time being. That may or may not stick.

Impact Wrestling drew 231,000 viewers Thursday night. Other than clip shows, holiday episodes, and technical issues, that's the second-lowest audience they've gotten in more than a decade. The only show that did worse had a replay later in the night that led to a combined audience of 280,000.

Reno SCUM is no longer part of Impact Wrestling. The team is back in action after Adam's history, but won't be returning to that company. They were initially brought in by Jeff Jarrett. 

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. That would be REALLY funny. I think he's moved past feeling the need to protect his character as he focuses on being a dad and a husband instead of a wrestler.

2. I'm under the impression her arrest from 2010 might have prevented her from being able to go to Canada. I always expected this to be a temporary return to work with her retiring rival; I don't think we'll see her wrestle anywhere else unless it's a really special occasion.

3. NXT is a full-time touring brand, and they need some pretty full rosters to keep that going. Sometimes talents are called up because they've done all they can do in NXT, and other times it's because there's an idea ready for them. And it's MUCH easier to have that many ideas for that many wrestlers in theory than in practice. Anyone debuting/returning has to be fit into the rest of WWE's ongoing stories, etc. Raw and Smackdown are already pretty stacked. In order to get regular screen time, WWE has to think the new talent would make better use of it than someone currently there.

Nothing to add to 4.

5. It's a website and an app.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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