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Sunday, January 13, 2019

Main Event note, CHIKARA mobile game, WOW roster intro, more Okerlund memories, 205 Live night change, no NXT UK this week, Interviews with Becky/Alexa/HHH, Taker on Twitter, Impact-Twitch note, NXT callups on the road, Vince on UK Takeover, SDL match set, WWE live event notes, WWE signing confirmed, and Questions on WWE Network's price, WWE signing Robbie and Magnus, more on Pro Wrestling This Week, the other former Dudleys, Sandow on NBC, and a Flair match on Young Sheldon

Main Event this week was just a recap show, as WWE opted not to air matches taped Monday night. EC3 defeated Curt Hawkins and Lacey Evans lost to Natalya in what are now dark matches. With those NXT names not appearing on WWE TV yet, it's possible they end up on Smackdown Live or in a different role. It could have just been a case of "main roster" personnel wanting to see those names work a large non-NXT crowd in-person before making any decisions on how to book them.

CHIKARA has launched a mobile puzzle game, "Kingdom of Trios." They continue to have interesting offerings.

WOW introduced their "superheroes" ahead of Friday's premiere. It definitely has a different feel from other televised wrestling shows.

Sid Vicious discussed Gene Okerlund and more on the latest Two Man Power Trip podcast.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund is getting a WWE Network special after Raw this week. That's likely why Ric Flair was at Raw recently.

205 Live is moving back to Tuesdays beginning this week.

NXT UK will not air a new episode this week. Instead, Takeover: Blackpool will replay in that spot. NXT UK will tape new content tonight for future episodes.

Becky Lynch and Alexa Bliss answered questions at ACE Comic Con in Arizona.

The Undertaker has joined Twitter. Interestingly, the account lists an address for business inquiries and bookings. I definitely wouldn't assume that means he's open to wrestling outside of WWE, but it does mean he's able to do signings that aren't affiliated with the company.

Impact's Twitch channel is not archiving episodes. Past episodes are still available on GWN.

EC3, Nikki Cross, Heavy Machinery, and Lacey Evans are set for both WWE TV tapings this week, so any or all of them could be on Raw or Smackdown Live in a few days.

Triple H discussed NXT expanding beyond the UK. I don't expect Australia to be as much of a priority as, say, the Middle East or Asia, but it's not like he's going to tell an Australian news source that.

Shout Factory TV has a "Mean" Gene Okerlund collection available.

Vince McMahon responded to NXT UK Takeover, which will undoubtedly get people asking when he's going to turn Raw and Smackdown Live into NXT Monday and NXT Tuesday. There's a glimmer of a chance he makes some changes, but I don't see him drastically changing the whole underpinning of WWE.

Rey Mysterio vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas is set for Smackdown Live. Should be pretty solid.

Smackdown Live's Saturday night live event in Tennessee saw Shelton Benjamin team with Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows to defeat Aiden English, Primo, and Epico. Shelton cut a heel promo on the New Year's Smackdown Live, but it looks like he's face now. Honestly these names aren't really doing much, so I doubt anyone was that concerned about who was on what "side."

Raw's Saturday night live event in Tennessee saw Jinder Mahal, Mojo Rawley, and The Ascension defeat No Way Jose, Tyler Breeze, and The B-Team. So, Konnor and Viktor are back teaming after a run of them not being together in live event matches.

Trevor Lee officially announced signing with WWE at a NC independent show. He's expected to finish his commitments with that promotion on February 2 as he joins NXT.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. There's no indication the service will increase in price. If the "tiered" system ever comes into play, there would be different options and price points, but that's not what this was about.

2. Both have been available for a good while without WWE picking them up, so I'd say WWE's not that interested. Of course, WWE can only hire/push so many people, and they've got a lot of talented, experienced names under contract.

3. I think a show like that could exist, but it could definitely be hard to get permission for all the products involved. The best chance I see is WWE doing a clip show that features EVOLVE, PROGRESS, etc., but there's nothing to indicate that's coming. As for it airing on WWE Network, that would depend on the original agreement when the show was made.

4. Spike popped up here and there in previous years, but I don't see where he's wrestled since 2015.

5. Sandow is now acting full-time.

6. Since it was just a small clip, it wouldn't be that hard to get usage rights. Especially with CBS' budget! It'd be different if they were going to air a full match.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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