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Monday, December 31, 2018

Booker back in the ring, Cena live stream, Raw live event notes, MLW marathon, new Rollins venture, and Questions on Brock vs. Shane, defining tweeners, a modern Pro Wrestling This Week, WWE honoring Kobashi, commentary rules, The Elite working WM35, Mae taking a powerbomb, least deserving world champion, WWE dropping PPVs, and WWE PPVs airing on TV

Booker T. will wrestle for his promotion on January 12, competing with Rex Andrews. That's a big opportunity for Andrews.

John Cena did a live stream before Smackdown Live's recent taping.

Ronda Rousey was not on this weekend's Raw live events. I guess Nia wants to feel that armbar again...

- Nia Jax, accompanied by Tamina, defeated Ember Moon at this weekend's Raw live events. Originally these were set as tag matches.

BeIN Sports is running a New Year's Eve marathon of MLW: Fusion, going from 6:00 a.m. EST December 31 through 1:00 a.m. EST January 1. That's impressive. Good for MLW.

Seth Rollins is opening a coffee shop in Iowa. He's busy inside and outside of WWE.

The Lucha House Party are now working Raw live events. This weekend they've been part of battle royal matches, following one of the same at the Raw taping.

For my take on the first set of yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Oh dear mother of God they just might do that. I think the match could be a fun spectacle, but I don't think it should headline WrestleMania, and definitely shouldn't happen while Brock is Universal Champion.

2. I would consider a tweener to be someone who will feud with both faces and heels. So, Becky would fit that definition right now. Now, if WWE is booking someone as a face and they're getting booed (or they're getting cheered as a heel), I would just consider them a character not getting over in the way WWE intended rather than a character positioned to be between face and heel.

3. If a network is interested in the concept and could get it worked out with those promotions, it's a possibility, but it's notable I've never heard of anything like that being in the works.

4. I'd be very surprised to see WWE honor him unless they get broadcast rights to NOAH and/or AJPW. It doesn't seem like WWE would want to draw attention to someone you can't see on the award-winning WWE Network for $9.99 a month.

5. Someone almost certainly told them to pronounce it that way or it would have been corrected by now.

For my take on the second set of yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I strongly, strongly doubt that's the case.

2. To the best of my knowledge. She was one of a kind, for sure.

3. I'm going with Arquette, since at least Russo was actually part of the wrestling business. Nothing against Arquette as a person, but strictly from a wrestling standpoint, his career lasted four months until his Raw appearance ten years later and his recent comeback. Russo had at least been part of things on-screen and in the ring longer than that, on top of his behind-the-scenes tenure.

4. They could, IF they felt it was worth losing the live event revenue and potential Network subscriptions from not doing those other PPVs.

5. Possibly, but they don't really want to sabotage the Network by doing that. It'd have to be a really good offer.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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