Matt Hardy is working to trademark Broken Matt Hardy again, as he submitted a new request with relevant documents. It doesn't look like any legal action is upcoming between the Hardys and Anthem, nor is WWE making any effort to use the relevant characters, so the matter has more or less died down.
Dixie Carter reunited with some Impact faces before Bound For Glory. That's bound to get some people talking. There's no word of her returning to the company or anything at this time, so for now there's not much to the story.
"WWE Academy" has been launched as part of KidZania London. That's a pretty cool idea.
Impact is running a Black Friday sale all month, with a lot of One Night Only shows on DVD as well as collections for Bobby Roode and Eric Young. As you might expect, there's still plenty of merchandise for people like Jeff Hardy and Sting that hasn't sold yet.
Hakim Zane has won Global Forged, getting an Impact contract. So, we'll be seeing him at Bound For Glory. The 37-year-old has been wrestling since 2009.
Raw's 25th anniversary show in the Manhattan Center sold out tickets in less than a minute. VIP tickets are in the works coming up.
Sawyer Fulton is no longer part of NXT. The former SAnitY member had been absent from TV since suffering an injury. At 27, he's still got time to go reinvent himself in order to return to the company down the line, but that's a lot easier said than done.
Kurt Angle will be on MizTV to start Raw. That should be a lot of fun. Also on Raw, Jason Jordan will face Elias in a guitar on a pole match. That could be pretty fun, too.
WWE's upcoming TV deal negotiations were profiled. The Network hitting a ceiling is a scary concept given the initial goals for subscriber numbers; NBCU is going to continue to be really important going forward, as the anticipated transition to over-the-top distribution has not been as strong as a lot of people thought it would be.
John Cena will be in Parade Magazine this weekend. He's going to continue on as a big star. WWE should appreciate him while they have him.
A Mattel designer and Big Cass talked at Ringsidefest. I'm missing Cass right now; it's a shame his push got cut due to injury.
Stone Cold talked to Sam Roberts recently.
Impact Wrestling drew 275,000 viewers this week. That's a nice boost from the previous week, but certainly not an amazing number.
Colt Cabana and Ian Riccaboni will raise money for Puerto Rican hurricane relief at ROH's November 11 and November 12 Florida shows. That's great for them.
Jordan Devin and Tucket beat Trent Seven and Tyler Bate at Raw's November 3 show in England.
Pete Dunne beat Wolfgang to retain the UK Championship at Smackdown's November 3 show in Scotland.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I'm sure it was to help the audience for the show in some way, and to give Jinder someone to feud with who's actually on TV on the road to Survivor Series.
1. I'm sure it was to help the audience for the show in some way, and to give Jinder someone to feud with who's actually on TV on the road to Survivor Series.
2. It's concerning either way. We'll see how much longer Anthem is going to try to turn a profit from Impact as a touring brand; the company's lost a lot of interest from fans and workers alike.
3. If she continues to be part of the show and the audience keeps dropping, there might be something to that theory, but I think casual fans are at least interested in what the McMahons bring to the table given their real-life power.
4. Honestly, I don't think they put too much focus on one particular crowd in the days of TV ratings, YouTube views, etc. They do still love MSG, though.
5. He keeps on going!
More wrestling tomorrow.
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