Aro Lucha has announced a second Texas live event for January 19, so they'll be running back-to-back nights.
Impact Wrestling will have "Best of 2017" episodes this week and next week. That's not surprising. It allows them to go longer with footage they taped in Ottawa.
WWE sold Boston-themed T-shirts at Clash of Champions, including one with Celtics colors and a Sasha Banks "Bosstown" shirt. Having event and market-specific merchandise is a good way to sell more products in venue.
WWE will air Raw and Smackdown in Mongolia for the first time beginning this weekend. Raw will be in a two-hour format in the region, and both shows will be in English with Mongolian subtitles. That's another good deal for the company.
NXT's Oney Lorcan will appear at Beyond Wrestling's December 31 event in Massachusetts. The show will be an Internet PPV, but Oney will only appear for the live crowd. That's still pretty cool. I'd like to see Oney on 205 Live at some point.
"WWE Mayhem" has been released for mobile platforms. The game will have a tie-in with Mattel's "Retro" action figures where the figures can be scanned to open unique characters and content. That's pretty cool!
Nia Jax is on Lilian Garcia's latest podcast. Lilian does a great job with those interviews.
Chris Jericho vs. Kenny Omega is now a no-disqualification match. That should be really big for everyone involved.
WWE's YouTube channel has passed 20 million subscribers! The company is really pushing their digital ventures.
Alberto El Patron helped the Salvation Army of San Antonio deliver 8,000 toys to needy families. That's wonderful! I'm glad he's in the news for a positive reason.
Verizon go90's "The Fifth Quarter" featured a fictional wrestling festival with Johnny Impact, Joey Ryan, Damien Sandow, Rocky Romero, Ryan Nemeth, and JTG. Pretty funny stuff. Notably, Sandow is now pursuing acting full-time, which was expected after his WWE departure.
John Cena discussed the state of WWE and more:
- Kind of a dickish response to some questions, but he had some good thoughts about storytelling.
- I think Cena will continue to work in the ring when his schedule allows, in something like a Chris Jericho role.
- Interesting thoughts about Vince's vision.
- Pretty big response to WWE's PG vision. I do wonder what international appeal they would or wouldn't have if they did TV-14 content.
- Cena is pretty smart about how he's got to make the most of his PG environment.
- I wish more wrestlers had the idea that drawing money is the most important thing.
- Body language is absolutely important with promos.
- A lot of food for thought about WWE going for a more general audience. The 18-to-35 male demographic is the dirtsheet audience, so the fact the company isn't catering to them anymore means a LOT of complaints to and by the dirtsheets.
Sin Cara, Chad Gable, Carmella, and Greg Hamilton did community outreach appearances before Smackdown's live event Monday night.
WWE put out a press release about the women's Royal Rumble right after Raw. This is a REALLY big moment for the company.
For my thoughts on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. They more or less stayed out of the news once more details were known. They did some messages of support at first, but wisely stayed away from doing anything else to support the family.
1. They more or less stayed out of the news once more details were known. They did some messages of support at first, but wisely stayed away from doing anything else to support the family.
2. To note, there are fewer regulations about the kind of content you can air later at night, so WWF saved some of the heavier stuff for the second hour. It also let WWF have two spots on the list of most-watched shows in one night.
3. They're still behind Roman, but they're conscious that there's a vocal part of the fan base that wants him to have to "pay his dues" more before getting too big of a push, and also wants to see other players in the main event picture.
4. Glad to see PWInsider finally note that not everyone can get a big push at once. Pairing Seth and Dean gave them a regular role on the show without having to worry about one overshadowing the other as a singles star or either of them ending up kind of drifting through things like Balor is.
5. Alberto is somewhat winding his career down and would probably not be a fan of going back on the road regularly for WWE, even if there wasn't bad blood. I doubt WWE was disheartened to learn Paige and Alberto split, but as long as she's healthy physically and emotionally, she was going to come back whether they were still together or not.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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