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Thursday, December 14, 2017

RVD update, Rock press, Orlando promotion returning, WWE launching new series, 205 Live moving times in 2018, Titus and Xavier charity, Noam update, Raw 25 commentary update, more NJPW coming to AXS, 2018 Hall of Famers announced, GLOW nominated for SAG awards, top Impact producer done, new WWE shirt, Smackdown audience, and Questions on HHH-Jinder booking, "going home," rebooting The Ascension, ROH fan signs, and Angle's posture

Rob Van Dam is looking to put together a reality show, starting online. He's not expected to return to WWE following a concussion last year that impairs him visually.

The Rock appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live. There's been a lot of promotion for Jumanji in the final days before it comes to screens.

Major League Wrestling has set six live events in 2018 following the recent revival events. Hopefully that goes well for workers and promoters.

WWE has announced a Facebook-exclusive in-ring series beginning in January, which will feature twelve episodes of a Raw vs. Smackdown tournament. Each match will feature two teams of one male and one female wrestler. This will undoubtedly be something of an experiment for further online content as WWE considers its future deals on TV and beyond.

- Variety covered the announcement, confirming the episodes will eventually head to WWE Network after their initial airing on Facebook.

- During the 12 weeks that Mixed Match Challenge is airing, 205 Live will air at 10:30 on WWE Network to compensate. I would have been more than OK with the show taking a hiatus for a few months, but the hope is the show will gain an audience once they add Hideo Itami and Rockstar Spud.

Titus O'Neil hosted a lot of local children to see "Ferdinand." That's amazing. Great work from the leader of Titus Worldwide.

Noam Dar is undergoing knee surgery to clean things up. There's no word on how long he'll be out of action. That's unfortunate. I hope he's able to rebound soon.

Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross will likely do some commentary together on Raw's 25th anniversary. WWE is really putting a lot of work into the event.

Mark Cuban discussed AXS TV's commitment to NJPW. It looks like things are only going to get bigger for both sides in 2018. NJPW is a legitimate draw for the channel.

The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame has announced its 2018 inductees, including Sting, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Ernie "the Cat" Ladd, and Eddie Graham.

GLOW is nominated for four Screen Actors Guild awards:
- Alison Brie for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series
- Marc Maron for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series
- Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series
- Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a comedy or drama series

Impact director and producer Dave Sahadi has been released as a further cost-cutting move after joining the company in 2006. Sahadi put together a lot of video features for the company. I imagine he was one of the most highly-paid executives remaining in the company, so it's not a big surprise he was the latest cutback. We'll see how his departure affects the quality of the show from a technical standpoint.

Xavier Woods took part in a big charity stream. That's great! I hope it was successful.

WWEShop is selling the "Yep movement" shirts from Smackdown. That was pretty great.

Smackdown drew 2.48 million viewers Tuesday night. The last two weeks have been something of a slump.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I'm going to chalk it up to Roman being someone they have long-term plans and Jinder being someone they're not worried about protecting. I'd think Jinder's going to slide down the card after Clash of Champions.

2. I saw it as the PPV being the "home plate" and the last TV episode being the last run toward scoring.

3. Honestly, with the Bludgeon Brothers doing what they do and SAnitY and the Authors of Pain waiting in the wings, I wouldn't consider Konnor and Viktor much of a priority as a monster heel team. I wouldn't mind them working as more light-hearted faces, though.

4. I guess they're more into streamers?

5. I assumed it was too look smaller and less intimidating against the current superstars, but it would make sense that it's due to all those years of going balls-to-the-wall.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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