SDL dark match, SDL guests, Becky endorsement, Interview with Jake, WWE co-president to speak, new WWE MSG match, Elite promotion in the works?, WK13 AXS plans, WWE TV history, Starrcade segment set, new Final Battle match, SDL audience, more Hidden Gems, Cena set for more shows, and Questions on not saving big first-time matches for WM35, PPVs profits vs. the Network, the state of Bullet Club, heat on Nia, and pushing McIntyre

After Smackdown Live, Daniel Bryan retained the WWE Championship against The Miz after a disqualification loss. Interesting AJ wasn't used at all at the taping.

Cryme Tyme was backstage at Smackdown Live. I wouldn't assume they're returning. I wish we could see them in Impact.

MMA reporter Ariel Helwani put over Becky Lynch. WWE could really have a big star on their hands.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts was on The Joe Rogan Experience.

WWE co-president George Barrios will be part of the 46th annual UBS Global Media and Communications Conference. I expect we'll see more of him and Michelle Wilson going forward.

WWE's Madison Square Garden event on December 26 has added John Cena and Finn Balor vs. Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler. That could really be good.

The Elite are believed to be behind trademarks coming from a company called "All Elite Wrestling," which has filed to trademark the company name in addition to "AEW," "Double or Northing," "All Out," and "Tuesday Night Dynamite." The company is listed as being based out of the venue for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars, suggesting that organization's owner is financing the endeavor. It definitely appears this is related to a second All In, which could lead to a regularly running promotion and series. That could drastically change the wrestling landscape.

WrestleKingdom 13 will air as a two-hour special on AXS TV January 4, featuring Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and Chris Jericho vs. Testuya Naito for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. Kevin Kelly and Don Callis will be on commentary. There will be more WK13 content on January 11 and January 18. AXS continues to increase its coverage of NJPW.

WWE ran through a number of TV introductions from years past. That was pretty cool.

Starrcade will feature Shinsuke Nakamura and Rey Mysterio on MizTV. That will be interesting.

Final Battle has added Bully Ray vs. Flip Gordon in an "I Quit" match. I fully expect Bully to say "I Quit" early only to beat Flip up after the match and stand tall yet again. He's going to get as much time in the spotlight as he can.

Smackdown Live drew 2.15 million viewers, pretty much in line with what they had been doing previously. Last week had a big increase due to the Becky Lynch situation as well as the big title match. It is notable the show didn't get a boost from Survivor Series, although given how the brand was treated, that can't be a surprise.

WWE Network's latest gems are from Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling in 1983, which lead into the very first Starrcade event.

John Cena has been added to Smackdown Live's December 29 live event in Pennsylvania, as well as Raw live events on January 4 in Georgia, January 5 and January 6 in Florida, and a Raw TV taping January 7 in Florida. I expect he'll announce he's entering the 2019 Royal Rumble on that Raw.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Survivor Series is one of the biggest shows of the year, so I'm not upset those two matches were there. I think we'll still get Ronda Rousey in a fresh match at WrestleMania, and maybe they'll move Brock to Smackdown Live for the new FOX deal? That could make things interesting.

2. Yes, since many more people are watching the shows and they don't have to share that money with PPV providers.

3. We'll see how strong the Bullet Club name is without The Elite attached to it, and we'll see how much The Elite can make on their own. Right now The Elite are still selling Bullet Club merch, so it's not quite time to make that comparison.

4. Considering they're making an angle out of it now and it seems to have gotten her more over as a heel and Becky more over as a face, it might have inadvertently worked in her favor! But yes, accidents happen.

5. I think they'll get behind him as a prominent name. With Roman out, they're shuffling the deck and I think he benefits from that. Although I think he was probably in for bigger things at some point regardless.

More wrestling tomorrow.