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Monday, October 15, 2018

WWE remembers Canadian legend, SD1000 updates, WWE downplays Saudi relationship, new NXT UK title, Sunny farewell tour, SDL team note, Raw qualifiers, next Impact PPV announced, and Questions on Cole vs. Dunne vs. Ricochet, WWE wanting Omega, Asuka moving down the card, MMC being comedy-based, and Bryan beating Miz in two minutes

WWE remembered Don Leo Jonathan.

Edge is no longer advertised as hosting The Cutting Edge on Smackdown 1000, but he is still expected to be on the show.

Smackdown 1000 has added:
- AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan vs. Samoa Joe and the Miz
- Charlotte Flair, Asuka, and Naomi vs. Becky Lynch and The IIconics. Wow, the heel side of the division is weak.
- Booker T. and Big Show appearing.

Crown Jewel is no longer being advertised as being in Saudi Arabia on WWE.com, likely due to PR backlash from the company running in the country. The show is still widely expected to take place in the country as planned.

NXT UK has unveiled a tag team championship. Presumably they won't have a North American Championship to match NXT's, but everything else is checked off now.

Tammy "Sunny" Sytch has announced a farewell tour for the next nine-to-twelve months ahead of returning to school. If she's sincerely moving on from the business in 2019 and moving into being a more "private" citizen, it could be the best thing to happen to her. At some point the wrestling paydays run out and it's time to put that part of your life behind.

R-Truth and Carmella are working together on Smackdown Live live events.

Raw has the following World Cup qualifying matches announced:
- Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre (the HBKs)
- Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler (the Jannettys)

Impact Wrestling announced a PPV in the site of their early events. It will be interesting to see if they bring back any names from the early years for the show. It's an intriguing idea.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. That would definitely be a good one. And just think, none of those men is over 30. We could be in for even greater matches in the years to come.

2. WWE has EVERY interest in signing Kenny Omega. I can't think of anyone who'd be higher on their list, frankly.

3. I think they got as far as they can go with her. There's nowhere to go but down from a championship match at WrestleMania. I don't see her being as much of a fixture as the Horsewomen, but certainly she could be back in the title picture at some point. WWE has a lot of talented women, so only some of them can be pushed at a time.

4. That's the last match of the week for those talents, after they've already given their all on live events and Raw and/or Smackdown Live, so they're probably ready for some comedy. That, and I think it makes sense to do something different from the five hours of WWE TV that precede the show.

5. The match went as planned, to give faces something to rag on Miz for. It's also possible they're waiting to have the definitive match down the line and didn't want to burn things out.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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