More archived SDs, Chyna autopsy released, Interview with Ryback, UK vs. Mexico in ROH, bonus ROH bout, upcoming NXT specials, TNA audience, honor for Flair, and Questions on Ziggler vs. AJ, Kidd's injury, #Broken Brilliance, LU ratings, WWE censorship, how the UK Title will work, Lita's departure, Y2J winning the Rumble, why cruisers are on Raw, and taking liberties

WWE Network is uploading more episodes of Smackdown from 2007.

Chyna's cause of death was officially established as being a result of alcohol and prescription drugs. An unfortunate end for someone who was once a role model to countless women.

Ryback talked about C.M. Punk's comments regarding him and more:
- I know there was talk of him being green and unsafe for a good deal of his big push.

- Ryback was great at Twitter trolling.

- I'm glad Ryback's becoming a more versatile competitor. That should help him out going forward.

- Vince isn't generally behind things that aren't his idea. That's got to be frustrating. Y2J has the pull to say pretty much whatever he wants, because he can leave the company tomorrow and never come back and be totally fine with that. Guys like Rock, Brock, and Goldberg are in the same boat. They've made their money and WWE needs them more than they need the company.

- We've never seen Goldberg and Ryback in the same room, and Ryback was mentioned as being a cyborg for a while. That's all I'll say.

- People take the time to write out negative fan mail and send it to him? Wow.

Will Ospreay vs. Dragon Lee has been booked for ROH's March 4 show. This is the first time the two international names have faced off.

ROH has put up another recent match featuring The Tempura Boyz. 

For the next three weeks of WWE NXT:
- The December 28 episode will feature action taped from Osaka, Japan:
-- Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe
-- Asuka vs. Nia Jax
-- #DIY vs. Akira Tozawa/Tajiri
-- Liv Morgan/Aliyah vs. Billie Kay/Peyton Royce
-- Oney Lorcan vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas
- The January 4 episode will feature action taped from Melbourne, Australia
- The January 11 episode will be back at Full Sail University with a tag team championship bout between #DIY and The Revival.

TNA's audience Thursday for the 2016 Year In Review episode was 209,000, which isn't a terrible number for a show with no new content. We'll see how things do for the Hardy show ahead of new shows in 2017.

Ric Flair was named an honorary deputy in his current town of residence in Georgia. That's hilarious given his history with the law.

For my take on Friday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. People complain when Ziggler doesn't get pushed, then complain when does get a title match. And they'll complain if somehow Dolph wins. There's no pleasing some people.

2. Unfortunately it looks like they're more or less pushing him to the side until either his contract expires or he forces the issue. He presumably doesn't want to risk Natalya's status in the company by making too much noise, so he's pretty much stuck at home. WWE has their reasons for not clearing someone after a very scary injury, so they could argue it's fair they're paying him the terms of his deal without putting him in danger of getting hurt further.

3. Sharknado's a pretty good comparison. It's meant to be silly and over-the-top. I guess it's one of those cases where people who like it are "in on it." I also think a lot of it is the content standing out from much of what else is in wrestling with super-serious athletes trying to be the toughest competitor winning titles and kicking out of big moves and such.

4. El Rey has such a small footprint that I don't think any show there would crack the Top 150. There are always reports of how expensive the show is. Part of why they taped seasons 2 and 3 so close together was to save money. The fact season 4 hasn't been set yet at least means El Rey is cautious about whether they'll fund things going forward. That said, there's plenty of time for them to approve that venture.

5. They want more people to be able to watch the content on the website, so they clean up blood and language and the like.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I expect WWE's plan is to just have it defended in the UK among UK talents, in a separate endeavor from their current programming. If they do have an edition of Raw, NXT, etc. in the UK, I can see the title defended there, but I don't think it will be a regular part of WWE programming beyond that market.

2. She was also a producer for women on the main roster. The pre-show cost cuts were said to be a cost-cutting measure, but that wouldn't explain why they didn't keep her around for any other role.

3. It could definitely happen! They might do Owens vs. Y2J at Fastlane and Owens vs. Balor at WM33, having someone else win the Rumble and challenge for Smackdown's title. I wouldn't be shocked to see WWE use the Rumble to set up Taker vs. Cena, whether we like that or not.

4. All that, plus Raw has a bigger audience to expose the cruisers to. The cruisers are on the "A" show, and in theory that will help the prominence of the division.

5. There'd be a lot more coverage if Nikki turned that into a shoot. Accidents happen, especially when you're relatively new to the business.

More wrestling tomorrow.