Main Event Reax - 12/9/17, another Batista movie, Madusa surgery, Russo to Aro Lucha, Smackdown segments set, new Ride Along after Raw, this week's Flashback Friday theme, Otunga-WWE update, NXT names work in India, Cena on potential dream match, more NXT on USA ads, woman of honor does charity, ROH announces April shows, live event correction, more on Impact at WrestlePro, and Questions on Russo breaking the fourth wall, Coach returning to WWE, Vince selling WWE, and another Total Divas spinoff

-- Main Event:

-- Tozawa vs. Kendrick:

Solid start.

This is pretty smooth.

I like Kendrick's unorthodox strategy.

Tozawa's doing a good job getting acclimated to the WWE style.

I'm liking this one!

That was good!

- Slater/Rhyno vs. Club:

Fine start.

I like the combination of Slater and Rhyno. Heath does more of the technical stuff, then Rhyno comes in with the pwoer.

I don't think we're going to see the Gore in WWE anymore...

Slater's pretty solid.

I like the Club's offense here.

Hey! Good win for Karl and Luke. 

 

Batista has booked another film role, this time with Fox. He's really starting to take off in Hollywood.

Madusa recently underwent knee replacement surgery. I hope that leads to a more comfortable life for her going forward.

Vince Russo has been hired as a script consultant for Aro Lucha. That sounds like he'll just help Konnan and company format their ideas for TV. It's definitely a different beast from live events, and Russo has a lot of experience writing wrestling TV scripts.

AJ Styles will have a "faceoff" with Jinder Mahal on Smackdown, while Kevin Owens will face Shinsuke Nakamura. Sami Zayn will be in Owens' corner, while Randy Orton will join Shinsuke at ringside. Both good ideas to build to Clash of Champions.

After Raw, a new "WWE Ride Along" will feature the pairs of Breezango and Lana and Rusev. Both could be REALLY entertaining.

WWE Network will feature Christmas-related episodes for this week's Flashback Friday. This year's Christmas show should be something else.

David Otunga will join Renee Young and Peter Rosenberg on the Clash of Champions Kickoff show, so he's back in the mix.

NXT's Jeet Rama and Kishan Raftar worked Raw's India show, defeating Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel. Rama and Raftar are from India. I wouldn't be shocked to see them ending up joining Jinder Mahal to replace the Singh brothers; they've been in the WWE Performance Center for some time.

John Cena talked in Washington, DC. I LOVE the Hulkster pitching a rematch with Rock. Keep workin' for a payday, brother.

NXT on USA Network got ads for Andrade "Cien" Almas and the main event of Aleister Black vs. Adam Cole. Black vs. Cole is definitely a USA Network-worthy match. 

Sumie Sakai was profiled for her charity toward a young fan battling cancer. That's great! 

ROH has announced live events for April 14 in Pennsylvania and in Ohio for April 15, returning to the site of some 2017 Global Wars events. 

In a correction to a previous report, AJ Styles did not go on Raw's Indian tour. He faced Baron Corbin at a Smackdown show in Kentucky.

WrestlePro's Impact World Championship match will air on the January 4 episode.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Russo had a tendency to book things to try to get people wondering what's "really" happening in hopes of getting people talking about the product. I guess he succeeded in a sense.

2. It's certainly a possibility, even if he's only there to do a special on the Network here and there or something. It will be up to what each side's goals are going forward.

3. If someone's willing to offer them a lot of money and let WWE continue to do things they way they're done now, they'll listen to the pitch!

Nothing to add to 4.

5. I'd love to see it. It will depend on how much of an audience there is for the idea.

More wrestling tomorrow.