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Thursday, November 30, 2017

WWE ad features wrong title, Jinder replacing the Singhs?, WWE Network fire sale, Impact name gets surgery, NXT callup gets name change, AJ on retirement rumor, WWE Studios expanding to other outlets, Raw audience, Anthem releases rights to Broken Universe and other Impact IP, Flosports amends lawsuit, WWE Network completes NXT archives, Interview with Foley, legends in WWE 2K18 ad, Floslam closes up shop, and Questions on breaking tables, Brock's future, Brock's workrate, magazine interviews, and copying and pasting news

Baron Corbin was briefly featured with a different physical United States Championship in an ad for an upcoming Smackdown live event, leading to speculation the championship was getting a new design. The artwork has since been corrected to feature the correct design; the issue was on the venue's end.

Jinder Mahal could be getting new managers following his attack of the Singh brothers on Smackdown Live. There had been talk of this several weeks back. How about the Colons? They've been off TV for such a long time I had forgotten they were still on the roster.

WWE Network had a Cyber Monday sale, offering former subscribers three months' service for 99 cents. WWE having to give the service away that cheaply is a major problem given how much content they're putting out. They need to seriously examine their strategies there, especially given the idea the service is the breeding ground for future Raw and Smackdown stars. If fans aren't watching them on the Network, how big of a success are they going to be on a bigger stage?

KM had knee surgery earlier this week. He's back up and walking around, as the procedure was just to deal with ongoing issues instead of being the result of an injury. KM wrestled at the most recent Impact tapings, and I assume he'll be able to return for their January shows.

New Smackdown star Ruby Riott has had a slight name change since NXT, with her last name getting an extra T. Similarly, her faction is The Riott Squad. This is likely to make the names easier to trademark.

AJ Styles responded to rumors of him retiring after Wrestlemania 34. No idea where that one got started.

WWE Studios is branching out to create television and digital content. That could ending up being a big move for the company in the years to come. WWE is looking to be more of a player in the entertainment world beyond what they do on Raw and Smackdown.

- WWE expanded on the story with a press release.

Raw drew 2.76 million viewers Monday, dropping from two straight weeks past three million. With Survivor Series in the rear-view mirror, it's going to be tough to build interest at that level.

Matt Hardy will be able to use his Impact Wrestling character in WWE and elsewhere, as Anthem Media is altering its agreements to let talents use their Impact ring names after they leave the company. Ed Nordholm specifically made this decision. That's an unexpected and pleasant surprise! It's good to see Impact making a move to support people who put in a lot of work with their characters. The last thing the company needed was a lengthy, expensive legal battle for the relevant content, content they weren't utilizing anyway.

Flosports has amended their lawsuit against WWNLive, which included details of their initial agreement. One such detail was that WWNLive would be handling all the video production and delivering the stream to Flosports.

- Also of note are details regarding terminating the agreement: Flosports was to give WWNLive 12 months of notification before doing so and notifications were only to be given in January. Flosports terminated the deal in September, so they might have breached their own deal.

- Flosports is arguing against WWNLive's claim that the lawsuit should be moved from Texas on the basis that WWNLive representatives sent a lot of emails and text messages to Flosports personnel in Texas. Additionally, there were plans for further events in Texas during Survivor Series weekend that didn't happen because Flosports dropped the deal. I don't see that working out for them, but we'll see.

WWE Network now has every episode of NXT available in their library, from the SyFy days to this week.

Mick Foley discussed possibly returning for Raw's 25th anniversary and more. I'm glad he's feeling a lot better with the weight loss and hip replacement. And, yes, I'm sure we're in for him working with Stephanie McMahon again at some point.

Sting and Kane did a holiday ad for WWE 2K18. That's AMAZING.

Floslam has officially ended, as Flosports laid off all its staff. That's not a big surprise with no promotions remaining onboard with the service.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. There's a difference between standing on a table compared to going full force through it. And yes, the monitors often get busted like that. WWE can afford the cost of regularly replacing such small screens.

2. He's under contract through Wrestlemania. I assume he'll face Roman Reigns then, to play off both of them defeating Undertaker at the event. As for what he does after the event, that will depend on how badly he wants to continue wrestling and how much money WWE's willing to throw at him to stay. He's set to go farm for the rest of his life, but if WWE offers him an insane amount of money to keep suplexing people every so often, he'll keep showing up.

3. Brock gets paid a ton of money no matter if he has a "one-star match" or a "five-star match." His position is secure enough that as long as WWE thinks he's worth that paycheck, they're doing to keep using him.

4. With wrestlers already playing fictional characters on a TV show, I don't think it's much of a stretch to have their interviews in official publications be works, too! I look at it about like having Batman or Darth Vader or someone doing an interview.

5. Indeed they do! It's a quick way to get those clicks!

More wrestling tomorrow.

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