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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

NXT debut set, Enzo gets Twitter heat, discounted WWE tickets, Brock-Sheamus footage, Russell update, more Global Wars matches, WWE-India tour update, Global Wars on ROH website, TLC match set, post-Raw dark match, and Questions on USA cutting back Raw, audience members hitting the ring, and Piper Niven in WWE

Kairi Sane will make her NXT debut on this week's episode. I hope she's able to transition to that environment well.

Corey Graves' brother got involved in a heated Twitter back-and-forth between Corey and Enzo. Enzo taking a shot at Corey's premature retirement rubbed some people the wrong way. If it gets people booing him and watching 205 Live, it was effective.

WWE is offering discounted tickets to an upcoming Raw through Travelzoo. They're having to hustle to fill buildings sometimes.

WWE posted footage of Brock Lesnar vs. Sheamus. I wish that would have been broadcast.

Lance Russell was hospitalized for a broken hip this weekend. Sadly, he passed away Monday. More on his life and career in tomorrow's news post as many in the business remember him.

Will Ospreay vs. Punishment Martinez and Christopher Daniels vs. Hiromi Takahashi have been booked for Global Wars on October 12 in New York.

Jinder Mahal will join Raw on WWE's live events in India on December 7 and December 8. I don't know how much to read into Raw getting that loop instead of Smackdown; it could have been planned way before the shakeup that led to Mahal becoming champion.

ROH will air Global Wars: Chicago as an Internet PPV, and the shows in Pittsburgh and Columbus will be streamed live for Ringside Members. I'm glad they're featuring such a big show that way. These will be some of the biggest shows for ROH all year.

Alexa Bliss vs. Mickie James for the Raw Women's Championship is official for TLC. I think Asuka vs. Alexa at WM34 is a good plan. Raw can build both up on the way to that event. It's important WWE doesn't rush that; they can only do Asuka's first title match one time.

Finn Balor beat Bray Wyatt after Raw. Hopefully they'll finish their feud at TLC.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Until/unless USA thinks something will do better in that timeslot than a third hour of Raw, we're probably going to continue to see things the way they are now.

2. "Don't jump into the ring if you don't want your ass kicked/want to attend future WWE events."

3. Once an audience member gets that close to a wrestler, it's absolutely appropriate for someone to defend themselves. It's basically trespassing.

4. Hopefully they find out what exactly went wrong and go from there. It could be specific security names need to be replaced.

5. I definitely think they can use Piper in that way. She was impressive in the MYC. I hope WWE picks her up.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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