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Sunday, November 11, 2018

WWE Network content updates, Cody hurt, Ronda as executive producer, the history of British wrestling, and Questions on the logistics on NJPW stars in ROH, The Elite getting creative control in WWE, Creative pitching ideas from other media, ROH's creative structure, and whether we'll see Roman in WWE soon

WWE Ride Along after Raw will feature The Riott Squad as well as Edge and Christian. E&C should be entertaining.

WWE Marquee Matches this week will feature:
- Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels from Survivor Series 2007 on Tuesday
- The Rock and John Cena vs. The Miz and R-Truth from Survivor Series 2011 on Thursday. It's wild to remember how over Miz and Truth were as top names then.
- Brock Lesnar vs. AJ Styles from Survivor Series 2017 on Friday

WWE Chronicle with Dean Ambrose debuts Saturday.

AJ Styles will be on WWE 365 after Survivor Series.

Cody has pulled out of Global Wars Toronto due to a knee issue. He will undergo an MRI this week to diagnose what happened. We'll see if he's able to fulfill his remaining ROH commitments before his deal ends to conclude 2018.

Ronda Rousey will be the executive producer for an upcoming CW show. That sounds pretty fascinating actually.

Finn Balor and Alexa Bliss visited Rome's soccer club before Raw's live event there.

The BBC covered the history of British wrestling. It's good to see wrestling thriving there.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. As valuable as NJPW stars are to ROH, I think it's more of a case of NJPW telling them what they can and can't do with their talent booking-wise and ROH goes off that.

2.a. There is absolutely a dollar amount that would get those talents to WWE, and, as valuable as they are, they can get some concessions other talents wouldn't get as far as their gimmicks and what they do. I don't even really think they dislike WWE as much as they like making the money they're making now without having to compromise their vision.

2.b. As for ROH becoming major competition to WWE, that's more in Sinclair's hands than on the shoulders of any particular talent, although certainly names like the Young Bucks make a big difference. WWE is more concerned with keeping NJPW from being at their league given the success of that company in multiple markets.

3. Yes, talents and writers pull things from other media. As was mentioned, Vince probably doesn't "get" most of the references, and will probably want to put his own spin on them, so the people bringing up the idea need to sell their vision.

4. Delirious is in charge, but the others contribute. The former wrestlers work as producers, helping put the matches together in a way that gets the talent over and elevates their work. Or in Bully's case, keeps himself in the spotlight at their expense.

5. Outside of occasional convention appearances and such, I don't think we'll see Roman much. Joe Anoa'i will take precedence over Roman Reigns, as should be the case.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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