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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Interview with Alexa, Bellas on NBC show, Corgan looks at NWA70, Cass set for HOH, Rey live event update, new Evolution match, new ROH matches, SDL match, top stars at next week's Raw, another Takeover official, Roman backstage, and Questions on WWE listening to polls, Evolution commentary, Crown Jewel costing WWE sponsors, sudden turns in WWE, and talent refusing to work Crown Jewel

Alexa Bliss is on Lilian Garcia's latest podcast.

The Bella Twins filmed an appearance for NBC's "Hollywood Game Night." The Bellas are a key part of appealing to those outside the wrestling bubble.

Billy Corgan reflected on NWA's 70th anniversary show. We'll see how things change for future events. It unfortunately looks like Jim Cornette will be returning on commentary to get himself over.

The former Big Cass will debut for House of Hardcore on December 1 in Wisconsin. He will also work HOH's December 8 show in Pennsylvania. I'm curious how he'll do there.

Rey Mysterio only worked Saturday's live event due to a scheduling issue on WWE's part. I expect he's booked for a set number of dates and WWE decided to only have him on the one show.

Sasha Banks, Bayley, and Natalya vs. The Riott Squad is booked for Evolution.

ROH has announced the following Global Wars matches:
- Bully Ray and Silas Young vs. the Young Bucks in Maine
- Juice Robinson vs. Christopher Daniels in Maine
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Hangman Page in Massachusetts

Survival of the Fittest has added Christopher Daniels vs. Beer City Bruiser for the first round of the tournament.

Naomi vs. Mandy Rose is set for Smackdown Live.

The Undertaker and Kane are expected on next week's Raw, six days before Crown Jewel. I'm curious what's next for those two and DX after that event.

NXT Takeover: Phoenix has been announced for January 26, the night before Royal Rumble.

Roman Reigns got support backstage after his big announcement. He did not work this weekend's live events.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Some of it is drawing traffic to WWE.com. I imagine WWE keeps an eye on the results, but they're not going to base things just on those polls.

2. I think it's a good move to have a veteran commentator guiding Renee and Beth there.

3. It's possible some sponsors make their feelings known. The question will be if they feel strongly enough to potentially jeopardize the money they make from their WWE deals.

4. Sometimes they decide they need a new heel/face immediately and don't think that character's important enough to invest a lot of screen time into an angle for.

5. I could see WWE testing certain low-level names' commitment to that idea, since a lot of them would be risking a lot if they were blackballed from WWE.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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