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Sunday, December 16, 2018

WWE Network notes, vintage WWE commercial, NXT release, WM2 competitor passes, a lot of Final Battle notes, new ROH signings, another ROH deal expiring, ROH Dojo gets new operating manager, Future Of Honor shows booked, NXT name loses EVOLVE title, Gargano to EVOLVE, Finn returns, and Questions on Vince's Raw appearance, SCU's future, Christmas gift, Warrior missing Survivor Series '92, and the Mid-South Coliseum's future

The Edge and Christian Show will not have a new episode after Raw this week. Instead, the episode debuting tonight will replay in that timeslot.

Becky Lynch is on WWE Chronicle, now available on WWE Network.

WWE and Mattel did a "vintage" commercial for their retro figures. AMAZING.

NXT has released Nick Miller of The Mighty. That's unfortunate, as the team was finally getting a niche again. I'm curious what this means for Shane Thorne.

WrestleMania 2 competitor Bill Fralic passed away at 56. That's sad to hear.

AWA's 1981 Christmas match of Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell vs. Jerry Blackwell and Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie has been added to WWE Network as a Hidden Gem.

Final Battle was a legitimate sellout.

Ladder War was originally set to go 40 minutes, but was cut to 25 right before it began due to the undercard matches going long. ROH needs to really get a hold on that. The match was absolutely amazing at 25 minutes, though, so I'm not complaining.

ROH PPVs aren't expected to go to four hours on a more permanent basis.

Dave Lagana was at Final Battle filming footage for Pinnacle.

ROH is believed to have signed Mark Haskins and Kelly Klein to contracts.

Prince Nana worked backstage at Final Battle in an unknown role.

Becky Bayless/Cookie was visiting at Final Battle.

LSG's ROH contract is set to expire at the end of the year. No word regarding Shaheem Ali. The pair did appear at a Future of Honor event recently.

Tenille Dashwood did a signing before ROH's December 15 TV taping, but she was not involved on-screen.

ROH Dojo has named Monster Factory owner/coach Danny Cage as operations manager. Monster Factory will be holding Future of Honor events on January 18 and February 15. It's good to see ROH getting its trainees work and getting developmental up and running.

Fabian Aichner lost the EVOLVE Championship in a triple threat with Roderick Strong and new champion Austin Theory.

Johnny Gargano will be at EVOLVE's January 18 and January 19 shows in New York. That's a homecoming for him.

Finn Balor returned to the ring at Saturday's Raw live event, so he will compete at TLC as planned.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Vince is arriving to "shake things up," and he knows people will pay attention to him being on the show since he's legitimately the guy who can FIRE people and make changes. I expect he'll announce a change to the GM at least. If there is a new authority figure, that person could make further announcements about a new direction for Raw. I don't think Vince expects a big, lasting change in the audience just because he shows up. At least, he shouldn't, considering where the audience was with the likes of Triple H, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, and Kane on Raw regularly.

2. All three members of SCU appeared as part of the next night's TV taping, but there's no word on them staying into 2019.

3. Finally getting an NXT live event within driving distance in early January.

4. Warrior failed a steroid test and WWF decided they didn't want to use him anymore.

5. It could still be a long time. The building has been saved, but there's not a plan for what to do with it next.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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