Interviews with Punk/Toni/Natalya, HoFer pitches comeback, podcast notes, Braun surgery, WWE's Giving Tuesday, X-Division name to MLW, Impact joint live event set, why Impact pulled LAX, Kidd profiled, Bryan fires back, 205 Live names robbed, Alexa on road to comeback, Raw audience, WWE at Gamers' Awards, WK13 PPV and Cage of Death streaming plans, and Questions on Vince silencing the media, who should have beat Brock and when, whether 205 Live is a step up from NXT, and turning Ronda

C.M. Punk discussed wrestling in an MMA interview:
- It's believed he's still under UFC contract so another company doesn't pick him up and make money off him fighting. I don't anticipate him fighting again.

- Punk's second opponent was definitely lackadaisical. He could have had a more dominant win.

- Very insightful stuff about the state of wrestling.

- I don't expect Punk back in wrestling unless there's just some amazing offer he can't turn down.

- Punk talking about tying up loose ends is likely a reference to the Cabana legal situation.

Jesse Ventura pitched appearing at WrestleMania. He's obviously in pretty good shape, but I don't think WWE will be interested in his services given his reputation.

Ric Flair is on Stone Cold's latest podcast.

Ricky Steamboat is on Chris Jericho's latest podcast.

Braun Strowman has successfully undergone elbow surgery.

WWE worked with March of Dimes for Giving Tuesday.

DJZ will debut for MLW on December 13 and December 14. He hasn't worked Impact in a while, so hopefully he gets regular work there.

Impact and WrestlePro will have a joint live event on January 25 in New York. Impact is advertising Moose, Eli Drake, Rich Swann, Kongo Kong, KM, Fallah Bahh, Homicide, and Scarlett Bordeaux. It's interesting to see Kongo on there since he hasn't been on TV much, and Homicide was only brought in shortly.

Impact pulled LAX from EVOLVE due to them being booked to work with NXT talent. It wouldn't look good for Impact's tag team champions to lose to a low-level "developmental" team, even if that team is the EVOLVE Tag Team Champions.

Tyson Kidd was profiled in Kingston.

Daniel Bryan responded to AJ Styles' shot at his schedule. Again, are we supposed to boo a man putting his health first?

Cedric Alexander and Lince Dorado had their car broken into at Smackdown Live. That's awful.

Alexa Bliss is at the WWE Performance Center training to return to the ring. Glad to see she's on the road to recovery.

Raw drew 2.37 million viewers Monday night, notably down from the previous week and one of the lowest marks they've ever reached.

WWE is nominated for the Gamers' Choice Awards on CBS, with WWE 2K19 being considered for Fan Favorite Sport Game and Xavier Woods in the running for Fan Favorite Celebrity Gamer.

Toni Storm spoke to SPORTbible. She can be an important part of WWE's women's divisions for years to come.

Natalya spoke to Maria Shriver about her father's passing.

WrestleKingdom 13 will be live on Fite.TV worldwide in addition to New Japan World. It will be interesting to see if this becomes more of a regular occurrence.

CZW Cage of Death 20 will air live on Highspots Wrestling Network. A new champion will be declared in the main event as Ricky Shane Page faces Mance Warner in a Cage of Death match.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Vince would definitely rather people find out what he wants them to know when he wants them to know it.

2. I'm thinking Braun should have won at Summerslam 2017 and then taken the rematch the next month. Joe's approaching 40, so I'm less sold on that idea.

3. I definitely think it would be a step back. 205 Live is mostly where talents go when WWE doesn't think they can meaningfully contribute to Raw or Smackdown Live. Gargano is definitely valuable enough to be on one of the more prominent shows.

4. The more prominently the talent is featured post-NXT, the more quickly and heavily they'll be compensated for the move.

5. I don't think they'll rush Ronda turning heel, if that's the goal. I think it's more likely we see Ronda vs. Shayna after WM35, with Horsewomen vs. Horsewomen penciled in for either Summerslam or Survivor Series 2019. A lot of the plan will depend on the progress of Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir.

More wrestling tomorrow.