Punk on WWE TV, WWE stars sign new deals, Austin show update, Arn feud, Interviews with Montez/Elgin/Dolph/Shamrock/Awesome Kong/SCU, Smackdown team set, WWE star gets full name back, Impact Plus special set, title match on FNSD, another NWA sellout, NWA title being defended in Alaska, even more on Maff-ROH, ROH office hire, HonorClub expands, WWE animated movie moved, Backstage audience, new Final Battle matches, NXT name quits, Impact PPV match, NXT dark matches, recent ROH names at AEW, AEW commentator, advertised TLC matches, and Questions on an AEW WarGames match, Carlito's WWE run, the debunked Seth story, WWE expanding their Saudi deal, and Brock vs. The Fiend

C.M. Punk has joined WWE Backstage as a special contributor. It appears he'll be on the show periodically rather than as a regular presence; I'm very interested to see how that works out.

- FOX Sports commented on the show's social media performance following Punk's appearance. They're really hoping to improve ratings.

The Miz has signed a WWE contract extension, securing him in the company through 2025. WOW. That's a very long-term investment. He's obviously been very happy in WWE so far, so I don't expect him to end up in a frozen contract situation, but you never know.

- Miz commented on the deal.

Paige has signed a new WWE contract, spanning four years. Presumably she'll be an on-camera presence throughout that.

Stone Cold's WWE Network series is set to have guests outside of WWE featured and will likely have one episode a month. I don't expect anyone from, say, AEW to appear, but I'm curious what other names would be options.

Arn Anderson and Comedy Central's Daniel Tosh continued their feud on Tosh.0 and Twitter. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan made a cameo. I didn't know Tosh.0 was still a thing, but Arn and Duggan were fun here.

Montez Ford spoke on Veteran's Day. I'm surprised they didn't play his Marine history up in a feud with The Forgotten Sons.

Smackdown's men's team at Survivor Series will feature Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, King Corbin, Mustafa Ali, and Shorty G. No way does that team get along. Also notably Ali has his first name back. Not sure why they changed their minds again, but it happens. Hopefully that means they're looking to use him more.

Impact and Pro Wrestling Revolver are doing an Impact Plus special on December 7 in Ohio. The show has announced:
- Sami Callihan vs. Rich Swann for the Impact World Championship
- Taya Valkyrie vs. Havok for the Knockouts Championship
- Ace Austin vs. Eddie Edwards in a tables match. The X-Division Championship is not on the line.

Michael Elgin spoke to Chris Van Vliet.

Smackdown has added Big E and Kofi Kingston vs. The Revival for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship. I wouldn't rule out a title change, as nonsensical as it would seem for a long-term direction.

NWA's December TV tapings have sold out.

NWA's Women's Championship will be defended in Alaska for the first time ever at WrestlePro's December 7 event. Wow. That's a milestone, for sure.

Dan Maff's ROH contract is exclusive to that promotion, so he'll be finishing up with WrestlePro this weekend. That's a surprise given ROH's thin schedule these days; I hope the move is worth it.

ROH has hired a new live event promoter. That's a good move with the current slump in that department.

HonorClub has added some Future of Honor episodes. That's a good move to add value to the service.

WWE's "Rumble" animated film is now set to release in January 2021 due to the cancelation of another project.

WWE Backstage drew 100,000 viewers. I definitely see why they got Punk for the show!

Final Battle has added:
- Matt Taven vs. Vincent (formerly Vinny Marseglia)
- Shane Taylor vs. Dragon Lee for the Television Championship. Notably Taylor's contract is set to expire at the end of the year, and Lee is currently a free agent, so it could be that a new champion is declared the night after this.

Jordan Myles announced on Twitter he will no longer work with WWE, and that he's reverting to his old ring name of ACH. There has been no confirmation of a release at this time, and his Twitter account has since been deleted. However, the relevant tweet (with profanity) was reproduced elsewhere. He's going through something really rough right now, and I hope he comes out of it OK, personally and professionally.

- Regarding his NXT name, he had previously mentioned coming up with the name himself based on basketball's Michael Jordan and Marvel character Miles Morales.

Dolph Ziggler discussed Summerslam and more. He knows by now WWE's not going to run with him no matter how hard he works, so he doesn't have anyone to blame but himself for where he is on the card.

Hard To Kill has officially added Ace Austin vs. Trey for the X-Division Championship.

Ken Shamrock discussed his Impact return. It's good to see him provide something different there.

Awesome Kong is on Chris Jericho's latest podcast.

Before NXT:
- Dexter Lumis defeated Daniel Vidot
- Chelsea Green defeated Carolina, now working as Catalina Garcia without the mask again. As far as I know that doesn't have anything to do with Sin Cara's situation.

The Tate Twins, best known as Dalton Castle's Boys in ROH, were backstage at Dynamite. They're local to the area. We haven't seen them in ROH since August, for whatever that's worth.

Dustin Rhodes was a guest commentator on AEW Dark this week.

SCU spoke to ComicBook.com. Interesting remarks about the Freebird Rule.

TLC is locally advertising:
- The Kabuki Warriors vs. Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in a TLC match for the Women's Tag Team Championship. That would obviously be a pretty major milestone for the women.
- Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin in a TLC match
- Rusev vs. Bobby Lashley

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I think they're flat out hinting we'll see it. It could be called The Match Beyond, which Cody owns the rights to.

2. He hit a point where he was depressed and miserable, and WWE questioned his commitment. It's notable we haven't seen him on any reunion shows or anything.

3. There was a retraction on the website. I would also like to see that reporter give serious consideration to whether he can trust the people who fed him that information, and why he was willing to believe the story.

4. It's a massive financial opportunity for them when other revenue sources are slumping. They want to continue to deliver record revenue for their stakeholders, so they're going to make the most of that relationship.

5. I don't expect to see it as a priority for them, booking-wise. It would be an interesting spectacle, though.

More wrestling tomorrow.