Norwegian Rudo

I can absolutely see WWE using this to either get a working agreement with Stardom, or backing Rossy's presumed new company. As for Bushiroad rebuilding around Mayu, that is probably not a good idea as I would expect her to be out the door the second her deal is up. If she didn't have the extended deal because of her movie she would probably be the most likely of all to go with Rossy.

Netflix has the ad-tier now and I would assume things would be similar for people on that. Maybe with fewer, or shorter breaks? How it will be for those on the premium tiers will be interesting.

You are aware it's not a WWE thing? It's an NCAA program (after they lost numerous lawsuits), and it's going on all over college athletics.

Saw someone say that in Florida 85% is the minimum time you can serve.

The "respected pro" or whatever he said doesn't sound like her. That makes me think Chris Hero or something.

Has Nigel improved a lot or something? I've been watching some NXT starting pre-pandemic and into it, and the improvement in commentary when Wade Barrett takes over for Nigel is massive.

Smackdown started on UPN, which is one the networks that combined to create the CW, and they aired on CW for several years as well. Also, you do know CW is a broadcast network, right? As in, it's available to far more people than USA is? They currently do dogshit ratings, but I don't see any reason why NXT would drop significantly, and they would have significant potential to grow. Edit: It's official ‘WWE NXT’ Leaving USA for The CW – The Hollywood Reporter

Rumor is the NWA deal fell through because of a cocaine angle they did on their latest PPV. CW's new owners are apparently religious whackjobs. CW is interesting because basically nobody watches it, but it's available in WAY more homes than USA is.

NXT apparently will get a new home on the CW EXCLUSIVE: WWE NXT'S NEW BROADCAST HOME WILL BE.... | PWInsider.com

IIRC it was said on Alexa's interview show she had on the network. I want to say it was during an interview with Miz?

According to Alexa Bliss dropkicks aren't very popular for women because they apparently have a tendency to make them pee themselves...

Bill Watt's granddaughter was at the latest WWE "athlete" tryouts. Names are starting to leak of the people starting in January, so we should know soon whether she got hired.

Why would the energy drinks company pay AEW to hire their spokesperson if he wasn't going to be on TV?

Creeds face Alpha Academy tonight, and according to Meltzer this is a permanent promotion.

ROW have put up the full Axiom vs. Charlie Dempsey match:

For anyone interested, we're getting a rematch of the Axiom - Riley Osborne match on Level Up tonight. The first one was well liked, but had a botched finish (Osborne kicked out but the ref counted three).

Stevie Turner is a streamer.

Meltzer says there are 11 wrestlers starting at the PC in January. Presumably these are both from the recent indie tryout, and from the "athlete" tryouts at Summerslam. He mentions Finlay, Malachi and Ali as three. Also, since I just happened to look at it as I was typing; tonight's show is the 8th straight Smackdown with a crowd over 10000.

I can't imagine Paris will fork over a dime next year considering they've got the Olympics. Also they're busy fighting a bed bug infestation...

Isn't he some kind of WWE ambassador for their new TV deal in Japan?

Looks like we are getting another Breaking Ground type show: WWE Moving Forward With Superstars of Tomorrow Reality Show | 411MANIA

Rumor is that at least these three got signed from the recent WWE tryouts for indie wrestlers and are starting in January -Lucky Ali (Former DPW Worlds champ) -Jay Malachi (Current DPW Worlds champ) -Brogan Finlay (Son of Dave Finlay. David's brother)

WWE have changed the setup for Survivor Series , presumably with a smaller stage, and added 2800 extra seats. I remember a rumor when they ran MSG a while ago that they were looking to design a new stage that didn't take away so many seats. Be interesting to see what it looks like.

Pretty great ratings for a show where I don't think any of the main roster people who appeared were advertised. Will be very interesting to see next weeks number for what is a special episode, and one with no less than five women's matches advertised.