ROH has announced the following matches:
-- For November 11's live event:
- Matt Taven vs. Flip Gordon
-- For November 11's live event:
- Matt Taven vs. Flip Gordon
-- For November 12's TV taping:
- The Addiction vs. Coast 2 Coast
- The Addiction vs. Coast 2 Coast
-- For November 17's first night of the Survival of the Fittest tour:
- Cody and Kenny Omega vs. The Addiction
- The Young Bucks vs. Flip Gordon and Scorpio Sky
- The Kingdom vs. Motor City Machine Guns and Jonathan Gresham
- Dalton Castle vs. Marty Scurll
- Cody and Kenny Omega vs. The Addiction
- The Young Bucks vs. Flip Gordon and Scorpio Sky
- The Kingdom vs. Motor City Machine Guns and Jonathan Gresham
- Dalton Castle vs. Marty Scurll
ROH has moved their Tennessee TV taping to January 20.
New Day will be on Raw's European tour going forward as part of the "siege" angle. That's pretty cool.
Sin Cara was kept out of the ring due to a leg injury, but it doesn't look like he'll miss much time. He's advertised for next week's Smackdown, challenging Baron Corbin for the United States Championship in another match that could change Survivor Series.
Triple H spoke at a web summit in Portugal, teasing international announcements in the months to come. He's pretty busy on this tour!
NXT has released China's Leo Gao. He had been dealing with a neck issue. That's a shame. He definitely stood out from the pack.
UK talent Johnny Moss has moved to the U.S. to be a full-time trainer at the WWE Performance Center.
Diddy changed his mind on rebranding himself as Brother Love, which was of course the name of Bruce Prichard's WWE character. Probably the right move!
WWE was profiled by CNBC for its focus on China and India. Those markets and others can really be big for the company going forward if WWE can make money there.
Impact Wrestling will have a live event as part of Wrestlecon during Wrestlemania weekend. I can't say I blame them for being part of a bigger event rather than trying to run a show on their own. The Crash, Revolution Pro, CZW, and House of Hardcore are holding shows as part of the convention, too, so it's not a small show by any means.
Bram is no longer part of Impact Wrestling. He hadn't worked there since March, and wasn't part of plans for the ongoing Ottawa tapings, so I can't say I blame either side for parting ways as they each figure out what's next for them. I don't expect him to return to WWE given the issues that led to his release from FCW, so it looks like he'll be sticking to the UK indie scene.
Jessie Godderz was quietly moved to the alumni section of the Impact website at some point, so he's gone as well. That's not a surprise at all, since he hadn't been used there since January. He hasn't wrestled elsewhere since then, either, so it looks like he has other plans for his career.
Impact is expected to have more departures as they continue to cut costs. I'd think the talents not brought in for the Ottawa shows have a decent chance to be on that list. It's going to be tough to build a company with so many staff cuts.
Ric Flair's documentary will air in Canada on TSN5 on November 10. It's also available on ESPN3.com, the ESPN app, and the Watch ESPN app.
- Flair promoted the documentary on GQ.com, SportsCenter, and First Take. I'm very glad the Nature Boy is still here to tell us these stories.
WWE had a big tryout in the UK. They always get amazing talents for those. Talents who are already known in the business include:
Raw drew 2.84 million viewers Monday night, pretty close to the previous week despite being on a tape delay. That's good news.
Stephen Amell will appear at ROH's November 17 show. That's pretty cool now that Cody is ROH Champion.
Pete Dunne vs. Johnny Gargano for the UK Championship will take place before Takeover: WarGames, presumably to air on NXT the Wednesday after that special. That should be a great match, although it's a little odd to have an American challenge for the title.
At a November 7 Raw live event in England:
- Goldust is back working heel. He teamed with Curt Hawkins in a loss to Titus O'Neil and Apollo Crews. WWE has some people they shuffle around if things are "uneven" and they need an extra person on the heel or face side on a show.
- Pete Dunne beat Dan Maloney to retain the UK Championship
- Kurt Angle teamed with Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose to beat Samoa Joe and The Bar.
Matt Morgan is now a city commissioner in Florida, winning a local election. So, I wouldn't expect him back in the ring anytime in the near future.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Raw has somewhere in the neighborhood of 55 (including cruiserweights), Smackdown has about 45, NXT has more than 70 between their two live event tours (and surely more who are still in the WWE Performance Center), Impact has somewhere in the neighborhood of 45 (although some of those names are probably on per-date deals), and ROH has somewhere around 40. Impact and ROH also have working agreements that give them access to more workers.
1. Raw has somewhere in the neighborhood of 55 (including cruiserweights), Smackdown has about 45, NXT has more than 70 between their two live event tours (and surely more who are still in the WWE Performance Center), Impact has somewhere in the neighborhood of 45 (although some of those names are probably on per-date deals), and ROH has somewhere around 40. Impact and ROH also have working agreements that give them access to more workers.
2. Oh wow! I'm glad someone brought all this up. I also don't think they should have to spell EVERY. LITTLE. THING. out for it to "make sense."
3. I think it made sense to go ahead and make use of her for one last feud in order to get Asuka over on Raw. As for that feud, if Asuka won in a minute people would complain WWE isn't letting Asuka live up to her full potential or whatever. There are only so many opponents for Asuka on the road to fighting for the title. If she destroys all of them within a month, what's left to do with her?
4. Yes. You're missing the whole "Emmalina character didn't work out" thing, which was blamed on Emma's performance in the role, as well as the "she had been under contract since 2011 and they clearly weren't going to push her as an important player anytime soon" thing. I like Emma and wish they would have used her more, but I don't think they released her for absolutely no reason. As for Dana, she's newer and might eventually get traction. If not, Raw has her as the resident jobber.
5. I'd watch Miz vs. Angle on the way to Angle vs. HHH. I'd love to see Angle vs. Braun, since we've already seen Angle vs. Joe. Angle vs. Shane, Angle vs. Kane, and Angle vs. Jordan could also make sense from a story perspective going forward.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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