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Sunday, November 26, 2017

NJPW launches English YouTube page, WWE movie on Amazon Prime, Jinder honored in India, Y2J discusses GLOW, JBL takes issue with WWE.com article, Starrcade and Wrestlecade notes, and Questions on WWE banning Vancouver, the Smackdown following Raw 25, Waylon Mercy disappearing, Mr. T's HoF speech, and a WWE HoF documentary

NJPW has launched an English language YouTube channel. 2018 could be a pretty big year for them internationally.

WWE Studios' "Interrogation" is now on Amazon Prime.

Jinder Mahal is getting a special robe for WWE's Indian show. It's a big night for him; we'll see how much of an emphasis he gets going into Wrestlemania season.

Chris Jericho talked about Netflix's GLOW on his latest podcast. He and The Miz auditioned for the role Alex Riley ended up playing. I'm glad the show ended up being a success!

JBL called out WWE for not including him on the list of Grand Slam winners. WWE clarified it was something of a technicality.

At Smackdown's Starrcade event in North Carolina:
- WWE played Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger from Starrcade 1988 on the screen before he event began.
- Ric Flair did a segment with Dolph Ziggler, randomly turning Ziggler face.
- WWE sold two exclusive shirts at the event, one for this night's card and one showcasing Starrcade 1983. There was also a throwback poster for the latter event.
- There were retro-themed introduction screens for the matches.
- Arn Anderson was the special enforcer for Dolph Ziggler vs. Bobby Roode. Arn tried to stop Ziggler from using a chair, leading to Ziggler punching him. Arn then gave Dolph a spinebuster to set up Roode winning via Glorious DDT.
- The Bludgeon Brothers attacked everyone else in a twelve-man tag match with the two of them paired with Aiden English, The Colons, and Mike Kanellis against Breezango, The Ascension, Tye Dillinger, and Sin Cara. Harper and Rowan pinned Dillinger to end the match.
- "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes used his old WCW music and gear in a win over Dash Wilder with a flying bulldog. WWE played a video tribute to Dusty before the match.
- Matt, Jeff, and Maxel Hardy appeared, introducing The Rock 'N' Roll Express. None of them competed; they just thanked the crowd for the decades of support before dancing with The New Day.
- Ric Flair appeared before the crowd to put the event over, then accompanied Charlotte onstage after she retained the Smackdown Women's Championship.

At WrestleCade in North Carolina:
- Jerry Lawler defeated George South. This was aired on Internet PPV, so Lawler has a lot of leeway to make non-WWE appearnces.
- Lashley and King Mo defeated the Veterans of War. The latter team hasn't worked for Impact since April, so it's unlikely this was filmed for TV.
- Jim Cornette announced his appearance here was his last night as a manager. He seconded Dan Severn as Severn defeated Josh Woods.
- In an Impact World Championship match that might air on a future episode of TV, Eli Drake defeated Johnny Impact and the former Jack Swagger in a triple threat match. "Dirty" Dutch Mantell was managing Swagger. With him no longer being part of Impact, they might ignore his presence here.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Hopefully the audience behaves itself better when WWE comes back there.

2. I'm curious which names will work the smaller venue and which ones will work the larger venue during the anniversary.

3. I think Bray Wyatt burned down his shrimp boat as a kid?

4. I wonder if there WAS more to the speech. I think he kind of just rambled and played off the crowd until Kane interrupted him.

5. It's a possibility, especially if there ever is a physical version of it.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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