The WWE Performance Center will now feature its own television studio, the Capitol Wrestling Center. The structure is similar to Thunderdome, but includes small pockets of fans as well.
Allison Danger spoke on VOC Nation's "Talkin' Sass." Here are highlights.
King Corbin was on CBS' Fantasy Football Live.
Dark has announced:
- Will Hobbs vs. Ryzin
- Angelico vs. Shawn Dean
- QT Marshall vs. John Silver
- Eddie Kingston vs. M'Badu
- Matt Sydal vs. Michael Nakazawa
- Brandi Rhodes vs. Kenzie Page
- Lucha Bros vs. Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss
- Brian Pillman, Jr. and Griff Garrison vs. Cezar Bononi and David Ali
- Big Swole vs. Skyler Moore
- Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy vs. Eric Watts and Rey Rosas
- Chaos Project vs. Lee Johnson and Anthony Bowen
Jack Gallagher discussed what led to his WWE exit. Very upfront of him to take responsibility.
Scott Armstrong has returned from his WWE furlough.
Big Show will no longer part of Cauliflower Alley Club's virtual convention, with WWE stating this is due to Show selling Randy Orton's beatdown. Mark Henry is replacing him. That's a really odd direction to take for something that's not a WWE event.
Bea Priestley has won Stardom's vacant SWA Championship.
Stardom's Tokyo Cyber Squad has disbanded following a loss at a recent event. This group was founded and led by Hana Kimura.
Marty Jannetty spoke about his recent Facebook controversy and more.
Takeover 31 dark matches were Xia Li vs. Emily Andzulis and Danny Burch vs. Daniel Vidot.
WrestleMania 37 potentially moving to Florida got local press.
Halloween Havoc will be held on NXT October 28, with Shotzi Blackheart hosting. Another special episode to try to improve ratings. I'm good with seeing the annual NXT Halloween battle royal, though.
Ember Moon returned to NXT at Takeover 31, arriving after Io Shirai retained her NXT Women's Championship.
Triple H held a conference call after Takeover 31, recapped here:
- I love the venue name honoring the company's roots, but it feels really, REALLY out of place on a show theoretically centered around young talent changing the future of the company. A lot of NXT's appeal has been due to it not being WWE's "third brand," but forming its own identity.
- Toni and Ember makes things a little fresher, but it's time for some of the NXT mainstays to "graduate."
- Yeah, Triple H's approach is backward. Raw and Smackdown are much, much bigger than NXT and need to be the focal point. Once a talent is ready for bigger things, it's time to prepare to ship them out.
- It's bizarre to me they're using such dated event names on NXT when they're having such a struggle attracting younger fans.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. An A, no doubt. He's been very hands on and really gone to bat for the brand.
2. I really, really liked it. Impressive athletic spots aren't nearly as memorable as matches were two characters have a meaningful showdown that makes an impact.
3. They probably showed it so much to fill time while other stuff was put together.
4.a. Not while he's continuing to run the company.
4.b. That's kind of cruel, honestly.
5. They're pushing people and styles that WWE has generally thought had a niche audience. If they bring a change to how wrestling is presented 20 years from now, that's progressive in a sense. They of course have some old school elements, too.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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