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Friday, November 24, 2017

WWE attendance notes, WK12-U.S. update, LU Season 4 plans, Impact's January destination, new WWE show on Facebook?, WWE roster cuts coming?, Flair back doing signings, Tribute taping at naval base, Lio-NXT update, Smackdown audience, Bludgeon Brothers lose first names, Regal scouting in South America, and Questions on Becky not being pushed, no pyro in WWE, NXT Title plans, NXT women invading, and Ellsworth's future

Survivor Series was a legitimate sellout of 12,000 fans. Takeover, Raw, and Smackdown each drew around 6,000 fans. That's a BIG drop-off. I hope they're making the right move continuing the tradition of four straight shows on big weekends in 2018.

Wrestle Kingdom 12 will not be available on pay-per-view as NJPW has decided to offer it exclusively on New Japan World as a way to get more subscribers. That's a risky move. I hope it pays off for them in what could be their biggest international show in decades.

Lucha Underground should return to the air in late spring or early summer following the taping of the fourth season. The season should still be taped in Los Angeles, although the normal venue is unavailable.

Impact's January tapings will be back at Universal Studios. There are no dates set or announced at this point.

WWE is looking to do a live show on Facebook following Smackdown on Tuesday nights. This would not be 205 Live, which could move to being before Smackdown. That makes another really long taping. I hope it becomes the Smackdown version of Main Event, since some of the lower-level names don't get much screen time.

WWE names are concerned about roster cuts following the debuts of the new NXT talent on Raw and Smackdown. We'll see if that ends up happening, and who will be affected. Obviously WWE already made a few cuts before those debuts.

Ric Flair is taking some bookings for signings again.

Tribute to the Troops will be taped at Naval Base San Diego in the early morning on December 5 before the Smackdown taping that evening. Both Raw and Smackdown names will be involved.

Lio Rush has not been booked since getting heat for his Twitter comments. He's still held in high regard as a talent, but has rubbed his peers the wrong way in NXT.

Smackdown drew 2.66 million viewers Tuesday, mostly in line with the previous week's episode. It's concerning there wasn't a boost after how big of a show Survivor Series was.

Fred Ottman talked about a number of subjects on Ricky Morton's podcast.

The Bludgeon Brothers are now just known as Harper and Rowan, losing their first names.

William Regal scouted talents in Chile. Regal's been invaluable for WWE since moving behind-the-scenes.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. WWE can only push so many members of their incredibly talented roster at once. Pushing Naomi, Natalya, and Charlotte means Becky is on the sidelines.

2. They could if they wanted to. That's not a bad idea, actually, if it would look and sound good enough.

3. I was very surprised, too. Everything went as planned other than Drew being injured.

4. I definitely think it pointed to everyone being on the same side, although I'm not quite sure how that works out. I wouldn't mind Paige doing an invasion on both shows (by proxy) or inspiring that many women to rebel. I'm looking forward to the next steps. It definitely made things more interesting.

5. I assume he gets some well-paying bookings on the indie scene for a while. Impact might be a possibility, but I wouldn't assume he's headed there given their financial woes.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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