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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

WWE drops Indian date, Interview with Swagger, WWE helps Credible, WWE appearances, DDP Yoga helps veteran, Bullet Club member trademarks name, new ROH shirts, NXT name gets ROH DVD, more Impact departures, Impact offices update, Raw audience, Survivor Series plans, Raw anniversary getting Network special?, NXT taping set, more on Flair-WWE, Smackdown match set, and Questions on selling Survivor Series, Lio's Twitter heat, what WWE gets out of Y2J vs. Omega, biggest non-WWE star, Omega in WWE, and how NXT callups are booked

WWE's Indian tour has been reduced to one show on December 9, headlined by Triple H vs. Jinder Mahal. NXT's Jeet Rama and Kishan Raftar will compete against Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel. I assume this means ticket sales weren't strong for two events, leading to one being canceled. That's not a good sign; India should have been a big market for them.

- WWE will run an additional night in the United Area Emirates on December 8, headlining with Roman Reigns vs. Triple H.

Charlotte did a Facebook Live chat before Smackdown. Tuesday was a very big day for the Flairs.

The former Jack Swagger discussed going to Bellator. I look forward to seeing how he does there.

Justin Credible put over WWE for turning his life around through their Wellness program: Tweet 1 Tweet 2 Tweet 3 Tweet 4 I'm glad he's had such a positive experience and I hope he has a healthy road ahead of him.

Natalya will be signing copies of "WWE: Absolutely Everything You Need To Know" on December 7 in Massachusetts.

DDP Yoga helped an Army veteran lose 125 pounds. That's amazing! Great work!

Marty Scurll has trademarked that name. That's good. If he ever ends up somewhere like WWE, he'll still be able to use that name.

ROH has new T-shirts for Punishment Martinez, Jonathan Gresham, Kenny King, and Dalton Castle. That's good for those names.

Adam Cole as a new three-disc DVD from ROH. That's good for ROH to capitalize on NXT fans wanting to watch his earlier work.

Mahabali Shera and Swoggle are no longer part of Impact Wrestling. Shera was released a few months ago, while Swoggle was not under contract to begin with. Shera was certainly a big bridge to the Indian market, although he obviously wasn't a great wrestler. I hope they can still be a success in the market without him.

Impact's Nashville office is likely to be consolidated soon. It's unknown what will happen to those working in that location once headquarters moves to Ottawa.

Raw drew 3.03 million viewers Monday night, a nice jump from the previous week. In theory, the night after Survivor Series should draw one of their biggest numbers of the year.

Survivor Series could have another Raw vs. Smackdown match on Kickoff. They could easily do a battle royal with the people not booked in other matches that night.

"WWE 24" could have an episode on the 25th anniversary of Raw. That could be really interesting.

NXT will tape at Full Sail on November 29 to follow up on Takeover:WarGames. I'm curious where they go next.

Natalya was originally set to replace Charlotte Flair on Smackdown's Survivor Series team, but it's possible Paige will take her place instead in a last-minute surprise. It's going to be tough to protect Paige and Asuka if that's the route they go. Even if Asuka gets disqualified or something, Raw losing will count as her first loss.

Ric Flair was backstage at Raw in addition to Smackdown. It was really good to see him on WWE TV again.

The Miz has been doing promotional work in New York this week. He's great in that capacity.

The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Hype Bros will take place on Smackdown Tuesday night. At least, that's the current plan.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Honestly, a match that stacked should sell itself. People are unbelievably hard to please these days.

2. He was playing off Asuka beating Emma at TLC, but it came across as a shot at someone who just lost her job. His initial apology wasn't well-received either, because it was seen as being about Lio instead of about Asuka.

3. WWE is OK with Jericho working one of the biggest shows of the year because he'll be coming to their promotion shortly afterward with additional buzz from that appearance. It's possible we do see Omega in WWE at some point, but it's not a done deal just because he's wrestling Jericho.

4. Rey Mysterio is a bigger star than either man. As for Omega being booked like Shinsuke, there are worse things than being in the WWE Title match at the second-biggest WWE show of the year four months after debuting on Smackdown following two runs as NXT Champion. I think he'd probably do pretty well, but some people have incredibly unrealistic expectations.

5. Fans have absolutely mistaken the purpose of NXT. Being the top home run hitter in minor league baseball doesn't mean you're suddenly going to be the star of the major leagues within a year, as there are a LOT of talented players already there. It's the same thing in WWE. Not being crammed onto Wrestlemania at the last minute in favor of getting a bigger focus right after Wrestlemania is a plus, as it starts new things for WWE's "new season." Also, if WWE debuts people at the top, there's nowhere to go but down! If Asuka beat every other Raw woman in two minute matches, THEN WHAT??? People aren't thinking this through.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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