After Survivor Series, Stephanie McMahon checked on Triple H. Haitch got BRAUNED.
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn teased moving to Raw. There had been talk of another "superstar shakeup." I'd prefer Shane refuse to release them from their deals as punishment, and so Raw doesn't get even more from Smackdown. Those two can grow more on Smackdown rather than going right back to Raw anyway.
The Houston Astros' Josh Reddick was backstage at Survivor Series. It was definitely a big event to attend!
WWE promoted Tribute to the Troops 2017. It's an important show for the company.
"Bring it to the Table" has been shelved. WWE put the set in storage and has no plans for any more episodes. With JBL busy with other projects and the company cutting costs, this isn't a huge surprise. I know a lot of people reacted negatively to the show, but I don't think that had anything to do with it being dropped.
Naomi had her car broken into during Survivor Series. That's terrible. She also met Travis Scott, while Titus O'Neil met Dwight Howard.
Kamala is currently on life support following surgery Sunday due to diabetic complications. That's scary. I hope he's able to recover.
Rusev beat Viktor at a Smackdown live event Monday night, which is odd for a number of reasons. Konnor wasn't on the card, and both men have generally been used as heels. Whether that's a sign of a face turn for either side remains to be seen.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I'd argue it's almost entirely about whether a talent can fit a role WWE higher-ups want them to play. Vince wants WWE to be a larger-than-life spectacle with (generally) larger talents built for power. Smaller wrestlers aren't generally seen as main eventers, because it's "not as believable" for them to beat people like Roman, Braun, etc. An important note here is that since Vince sets the idea for who is and isn't a star, if the person in charge of developmental and talent relations isn't recruiting and training talents to fit that mold, they're not doing the job Vince hired them to do. Vince can hardly be blamed for not pushing people who clearly don't fit his idea of a superstar.
2. Unless WWE can find a way to spin Black Saturday in a way that makes Vince look like the heroic underdog saving audiences from Billionaire Ted's rasslin', I don't know if they'll focus on that too much. And there's probably not as much appeal for that series as there is for putting over the Attitude Era.
3. I doubt they've planned much of anything for the Hall of Fame.
4. They absolutely were more "major league" in the Hogan and Bischoff era. However, they spent so much money on going on the road so often, big contracts, etc. that it wasn't sustainable.
5. When someone graduates summa cum laude from a prestigious university, they still often have to start pretty low at their new job. From NXT to Raw or Smackdown is similar. Dolph is a former world champion, and if Shinsuke won in three minutes, fans would complain about Dolph being buried and WWE not letting Nakamura show off what he can do.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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