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Originally Posted by WrestleInc As noted, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were sent home from the current WWE European tour following Tuesday's WWE SmackDown. The two reportedly went against a WWE creative decision, which would have seen them take bumps for The New Day after Sami's singles loss to Kofi Kingston on Tuesday's blue brand show from Manchester, England. Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that the match finish went down as planned but the problem came during the post-match segment. Owens ran in and attacked Kofi as he was supposed to, and The New Day chased him away. Owens and Sami then left together. Apparently Sami and Owens were not supposed to leave right away as they were supposed to stay and get beat up, according to multiple sources. Other sources indicate that this was a complete miscommunication, and it's not like Owens and Sami refused to get beat up by The New Day. There are reportedly no issues related to Owens and Sami being mad about putting The New Day over. The issues were related to the two being expected to get beat up after the match, which was supposed to build their feud to a tag team match next week at SmackDown in Charlotte, NC. Sami and Owens were told to leave the arena, go back to the hotel and fly home. They are off the current tour but everything else is up in the air. They could be back for Tuesday's SmackDown but nothing is official other than their status for the current tour. On a related note, the pre-match segment went as it was supposed to but SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon did mess up, which forced officials to make an edit. Shane was booed when he mentioned SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan returning next week, which flustered him a bit. He then realized that fans were booing because they wanted Bryan there that night, not because they don't like him. There was an awkward edit made during that segment and this is why. There was also a mention of "men of honor" and some fans believed that was a reference to Ring of Honor but that was not the case.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE announced today that Bayley, Mickie James and Dana Brooke will battle on Monday's Raw for the final spot on the Raw Women's Team for their Survivor Series match against their Smackdown counterparts. The bout currently stands as: Team Raw Captain Alicia Fox, Nia Jax, Sasha Banks and Asuka, with Monday's winner joining them, vs. Team Smackdown Captain Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Naomi, Tamina and Carmella.

Link to the announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf6X8Sew__Y

Originally Posted by PWI WWE are opposing The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame attempt at trademarking 'World Class Championship Wrestling' for action figures and clothing purposes. They mention that they acquired all WCCW trademarks from Kevin Von Erich around May 2006 and that there will be a likelihood of confusion if the trademark gets approved.

Based on court dates given, whole trial could end up lasting till mid-2019. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...-news.html?p=1

Originally Posted by PWI WWE sources this morning confirmed Roman Reigns is cleared to return to the ring. The plan for the 11/19 Survivor Series is a six man tag featuring The New Day vs. The Shield, which will be officially set up at Raw this Monday in Atlanta, GA.

Originally Posted by PWI Impact will have its second to last taping of 2017 tonight in Ottawa. There have been quite a few talents that have privately remarked over the course of the week that it's yet another changing of the guard with Scott D'Amore taking the reigns as the lead creative force. There was some grumbling about the amount of attention being paid to Canadian talents at the show and a fear among those from the Nashville days that they are in the process of being shifted out. There was absolutely talk with some talents about taking lesser deals, which didn't help matters. There is a belief some higher paid talents will be the next to exit if they turn down attempts to get them to take less money. D'Amore was the sole producer for the main event for the Impact championship at the Bound for Glory PPV. Sonjay Dutt and Abyss worked on producing other matches, some in concert with D'Amore, while Gail Kim helped produce the Knockouts championship bout. Jimmy Jacobs was also working as a Producer this week. At the PPV, he helped set up the Team Impact vs. Team AAA bout. The Alberto el Patron promo was cut from the UK airing of Bound for Glory. There were some in the locker room unhappy that Patron has his own private locker room (trailer) while the lion's share of the male talent this week has to share one locker room. Apparently, it's part of Patron's deal that he has a private locker room. We are told Patron left Ottawa this morning, so he will not be at tonight's final TV taping. All eyes have specifically been on James Storm given that his deal expires in January and the company isn't running again before that, so tonight could be his swan song with Impact. Storm has been with the company since the debut event in June 2002, with the exception of a short exodus to feel the waters out in NXT before returning. We've heard from several wrestlers that there was a funny back and forth at catering before the Bound for Glory PPV where a X-Division star complained about the food, leading to Bobby Lashley sharply reminding him that he shouldn't even be commenting given his short time in the business before telling him to go buy food if he wasn't happy. Lashley popped a few of the veterans with his blunt response. Santino Marella was pitched the idea of doing a pre-tape with Grado at Bound for Glory, but declined, instead doing an cameo where he sat in the first row. The announcing line that Grado was wearing a shirt that Mick Foley gave him was a legitimate story. For those wondering why the match didn't go as well as hoped, we are told Abyss was back way too early from a knee issue. Grado was said to have been really beside himself backstage after the match over it not going well and Abyss was about the same. Despite the storyline stipulation, it's expected that Grado will be back next year.

Originally Posted by PWI The updated advertised matches for the annual 12/26 WWE event at Madison Square Garden are: *The Shield vs. Bray Wyatt & WWE Raw Tag Team champions Sheamus & Cesaro. *John Cena vs. Samoa Joe. *Kane vs. Braun Strowman. *Also advertised are WWE Intercontinental champion The Miz, WWE Raw Women's champion Alexa Bliss, Finn Balor, Sasha Banks, Matt Hardy, Bayley, WWE Cruiserweight champion Enzo Amore. and more.

Originally Posted by Observer The Rock denied that he turned down the opportunity to appear in ESPN’s Ric Flair 30 for 30.

Link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/927547420703186945 , Link to article with more details: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...own-ric-flair/

Originally Posted by Observer Kenny Omega told Tokyo Sports that he’s staying in New Japan Pro Wrestling and called the promotion a place where wrestlers can be themselves. He said he wants to show how great a place NJPW is. NJPW has video of everyone’s post-match comments from Power Struggle with English subtitles. The NWA uploaded episode five of their “Ten Pounds of Gold” series, which is the final episode before Sunday’s Tim Storm vs. Nick Aldis title match. Ethan Page made his debut for Impact at tonight’s tapings.

Omega link: https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/928570261015707648 , NJPW video: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...lGzFvihJwI5b32 , NWA link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANGM...ature=youtu.be , Impact link: https://twitter.com/OfficialEGO/stat...96554848239622

Originally Posted by WrestleInc There's now speculation on WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar closing the November 19th WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view from Houston. It was believed that the men's Team RAW (Kurt Angle, Jason Jordan, Braun Strowman, Finn Balor, Samoa Joe) vs. Team SmackDown (Shane McMahon, Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura, Bobby Roode, John Cena) 5-on-5 Traditional Elimination Match would headline the event until AJ defeated Jinder Mahal for the WWE Title on this week's SmackDown, changing the top champion vs. champion match from Jinder vs. Lesnar to AJ vs. Lesnar.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc As noted, The New Day started working the RAW brand side of the current WWE European tour following this week's RAW in Manchester. F4Wonline.com notes that The New Day were sent to the red side of the tour because of the feeling that they needed more star power on that side with Roman Reigns being out of action. Triple H worked RAW and SmackDown live events on the tour but The New Day and RAW General Manager Kurt Angle were added to the RAW side of the tour once Triple H went home this week.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE producer "Road Dogg" Brian James revealed on Instagram today that he filmed a future WWE DVD on The Hardys. He wrote: Doing an interview for the Hardy Boyz DVD this morning. Theirs is a story of strength and perseverance! #OUDK

Link to Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/BbSE-EmnJxH/

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE has a new poll asking fans if Jinder Mahal will become WWE Champion again. As of this writing, 67% voted, "No. Some other title reigns may be in Mahal's future, but not the WWE Title." The rest went with, "Yes. Mahal will regain the WWE Championship at some point."

Some other sheet news includes:

• ROH announced Dalton Castle will be challenging Cody for the ROH World Championship at next month's Final Battle PPV. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...attle.html?p=1
• ROH announced a new match for their upcoming Survival of the Fittest PPV event which will be Madison Rayne versus Deonna Purrazzo. This will be Rayne's debut for ROH. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...month.html?p=1
• According to PWI, Neville is still under contract in the WWE at the moment. Previous sheet reports hinted at Vince being furious at Neville's departure and wanting to make sure his contract expired before letting him go.
• Impact Wrestling revealed the next batch of content arriving for their Impact Global Network service. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...pdate.html?p=1
• For those with an Observer Newsletter subscription, Dave Meltzer had some problems with his computer earlier in the week which is why the release of this week's issue has been delayed.
• India Today held a recent interview with Sasha Banks talking about Survivor Series, Being a face star on RAW compared to being a heel in NXT, and advice to aspiring women wrestlers. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-face-or-heel/
• Vince McMahon recently congratulated Ric Flair on his 30 For 30 documentary that premiered earlier in the week. https://twitter.com/VinceMcMahon/sta...98816844484608
• WrestlingDVDNetwork recently released the entire list of contents for WWE's upcoming "Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2017" DVD set. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-pay-per-view/
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 20th anniversary of both The Montreal Screwjob and Steve Blackman's debut in the WWF.

Some stuff from the TPWW Frontpage:

• Jonathan Coachman No Longer With ESPN
• Various: Chris Jericho, Ellsworth, House of Hardcore, The Rock/DC Comics
• Have Harper and Rowan Already Dropped the Bludgeon Brothers Gimmick?