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Originally Posted by WrestleInc As noted, WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar will be on Monday's RAW in Green Bay to respond to the Survivor Series challenge from WWE Champion Jinder Mahal. The idea of doing a Universal Champion vs. WWE Champion match for Survivor Series has been discussed for a long time, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The current mentality within WWE is that this is not considered a major match. There's also the idea that this will just be something for Lesnar to do on a big show, to build to bigger matches for him. It's likely that Finn Balor will be Lesnar's opponent for the Royal Rumble in January and then the plan has been for Lesnar to face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 34. No word yet on the finish for The Beast vs. The Modern Day Maharaja but The Observer notes that Lesnar losing to Jinder makes no sense due to his recent wins over Bill Goldberg, Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman. A loss by Jinder makes SmackDown feel more like the B show. A finish with outside interference for a DQ or No Contest is always possible but finishes like that at major shows usually don't sit well with fans.

Originally Posted by Observer The night before NXT's next TakeOver special, Shawn Michaels will return to the ring as a special guest referee in San Antonio, Texas. WWE announced today that Michaels will be refereeing an NXT Championship match between Drew McIntyre and Adam Cole, which will take place as NXT comes to the Aztec Theatre for a house show on November 17th. McIntyre is set to defend his title in Houston against Andrade "Cien" Almas the next day. The likely reason for Michaels being added to the show is because Ring of Honor has a show in San Antonio head-to-head that night. Originally McIntyre vs. Cole was to headline the TakeOver show in Houston until the decision was made to revive the War Games concept.

Originally Posted by Observer Another NJPW wrestler has been confirmed for Ring of Honor's WrestleMania weekend show in New Orleans, Louisiana next year. ROH announced today that Kenny Omega would be wrestling at Supercard of Honor XII in 2018. The show will take place at the UNO Lakefront Arena on Saturday, April 7th and will go against that weekend's NXT TakeOver special. Omega is the second wrestler to be announced for Supercard of Honor 2018, joining Hiroshi Tanahashi. ROH has yet to reveal any details about the matches they'll be taking part in. With both Omega and Tanahashi announced, it means NJPW isn't running a major date at that time, and also means that much of the New Japan talent will likely be available. Normally NJPW runs a major show at Sumo Hall in Tokyo on that weekend, and thus, the New Japan stars haven't been available to ROH for its annual Mania events.

Seems the plan by ROH is to break their all-time record for attendance which was set at last year's Mania week show. Link to the announcement: http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/bre...card-honor-xii

Originally Posted by Observer Nia Jax is out of action with WWE after the company had been denying it all week. Alexa Bliss, who is her friend, and who wouldn't do an interview without WWE approval, said to the New York Post that she wouldn't call it a leave of absence but that Jax is taking some time off, blaming it on the tough WWE road schedule. Bliss said that she took some resets while in NXT but nobody knew about them.

Originally Posted by Observer Jimmy Jacobs did an interview for Live Audio Wrestling that will air Sunday. He said that he made no mistake in posing for the photo and he's okay with how everything went down. He said that when he was fired, he was told the photo was the reason. When asked if anything else was part of the reason, he said, "If it was, I'm not aware of any of that. It's certainly possible but who knows."

Link to the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTLJOZCJr-c

Originally Posted by Observer We’re told WWE is prioritizing the idea of a South American star. That’s probably where the Taynara Conti push comes from, because she looks like they want a star to look and is a real athlete. Cezar Bononi has the size and look, and picked up realistic selling, almost at Japan quality in spots, but he’s still very green

Originally Posted by PWI The long-discussed and planned WWE UK series that would be produced and broadcast by the company is not just being conceptualized as simply a WWE Network exclusive, PWInsider.com has learned. A source close to the situation has told PWInsider.com that the company has been ramping up pitches to several different UK broadcasters. The pitch revolves around the idea of carrying a WWE UK-centric property that would be produced in Great Britain featuring an all British cast of characters. The current title for the series, we are told, is WWE King of The Ring. Obviously, that is a repurposing of the title of a tournament that has been around since the late 1980s, initially as an annual special event in the Boston market before graduating into its own PPV event in 1993. The King of the Ring PPV was halted in 2006 but was brought back from time to time as an attraction used to elevate talents to the next level. It was last used in 2015 with Bad News Barrett winning the tournament. PWInsider.com has also been told that one of the broadcasters WWE is pitching is ITV, which is interesting on a number of levels.

More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...eries.html?p=1

Originally Posted by PWI WWE.com has an article on Samoa Joe making his comic writing debut alongside Michael Kingston, creator of "Headlocked", for the 13th issue of Boom Studios WWE series. The pair will tell the story of how The Samoan Submission Machine joined the Monday Night Raw roster earlier this year. The issue will the available this January.

Link to the article: http://www.wwe.com/article/samoa-joe...-writing-debut

Originally Posted by PWI The new main event for WWE's return to Madison Square Garden on 12/26 is The Shield vs. Miz, Sheamus and Cesaro. So the group will stay together at least through the holidays as of this writing.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc As noted, this week's "Flashback Friday" programming on the WWE Network will focus on WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall for his birthday. Below is the current schedule for the live stream: * 3pm EST - RAW Flashback, 10/11/1993: Razor Ramon and Rick Martel battle for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship. The Rock n Roll Express are in Tag Team action. * 4pm EST - WWE In Your House 6, 2/18/1996: WWE In Your House: Rage In The Cage features Bret Hart defending the WWE Championship in a Steel Cage Match against Diesel, and more. (NEW) * 6pm EST - WCW Monday Nitro, 5/27/1996: This episode of Nitro features a shocking appearance that turned the wrestling world upside down. Sting battles Scott Steiner. * 7:35pm EST - WWE Story Time, 12/19/2016: Pull up a chair for a 'don't try this at home' look back at some of sports entertainment's classic pranks, punks, and ribs! * 8pm EST - WrestleMania 10, 3/20/1994: Yokozuna defends the WWE Championship against Bret Hart; Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels compete in an epic Ladder Match. * 11pm EST - Beyond The Ring, 7/5/2016: Witness the rise, fall and redemption of one of the most polarizing and celebrated WWE Legends in history - Razor Ramon himself, Scott Hall.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc On a related note, Sunday's TLC main event is expected to be very long. Confirmed matches for the pay-per-view include Finn Balor's Demon vs. Bray Wyatt's Sister Abigail, Enzo Amore vs. WWE Cruiserweight Champion Kalisto, Mickie James vs. RAW Women's Champion Alexa Bliss, Asuka's debut vs. Emma, plus Cedric Alexander & Rich Swann vs. Jack Gallagher & Brian Kendrick. The Kickoff pre-show will feature Sasha Banks vs. Alicia Fox and a PowerPoint presentation from Drew Gulak. The Observer notes that if they need to fill more time there are various ideas for Elias plus the possibility of doing another Matt Hardy & Jason Jordan vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson match.

Current plans for TLC this Sunday.

Originally Posted by Observer WWE went to great lengths to hide Kane's return, not letting any of the talent know. He actually didn’t fly into Portland, but flew into a different airport, was driven to Portland and hid the entire time. The show was constructed to make you think that a mystery fifth man that would join the heel team would be Curtis Axel. When it came out that it wasn’t a lot of speculation was on Samoa Joe, who is ready to return any time now. His return angle was strong and with all the gimmicks and all the people involved, it should be a wild match. But it’s very much a one-match show.

Originally Posted by Observer It’s unclear how long people will be held to their Lucha Underground contracts. The case of Ricochet and Rey Mysterio Jr. are different since both men’s contracts expired with this season, so they will both be free agents in January. A lot of the talent wants out, and believe that since they haven’t been paid since the summer of 2016, that the contracts are void. But nobody, including WWE, is testing that and offering deals to those guys until they get releases because nobody wants the legal problem. If the show isn’t renewed, there is a lot of good talent on the free agent market and even though WWE is making money and ROH and New Japan have both grown, the latter two already are overloaded with talent, and while I could see ROH making a play for guys like Penta 0M and Fenix, or perhaps others, there’s a finite number of people they can probably add. WWE can add as many as they want, but WWE is cutting back on spending to get their profit margins up and it’s not that there is a hiring freeze (although that term has been given to me when it comes to some departments), but they are very judicious in who they sign and most of the offers are not big money offers.

Originally Posted by Observer Joe Koff this past week in an interview with the AV Club said that ROH would have a streaming service launched by sometime in early 2018. He said that if ROH is perceived by people as a step to get to WWE, “I’m not sure that’s a terrible thing. They have their own developmental program, but it seems like the guys that come from ROH have somewhat more cachet.” I think that’s pretty obvious because if Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly had never become stars in ROH, it’s unlikely either would have gotten anywhere close to the level of push they’re getting now. Another quote that a lot of people have talked about was him mentioning he’s asked a lot if ROH is helped a lot due to its connection with New Japan and he said he wondered if the press is asking in Japan whether ROH is the reason why New Japan is so great. No, I don’t think the Japanese press is asking that

Some other sheet news includes:

• According to the Observer, Impact Wrestling is currently working on mending past issues with various indie promotions including ROH likely for possible talent swaps and maybe even co-promotional events in the future.
• Observer currently reporting Bray Wyatt is dealing with an illness and his status for Sunday is currently unknown.
• Pro Wrestling Sheet confirmed rumors and reports of the WWE currently dealing with a meningitis scare and could affect more of the card for TLC. https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/921108109434560513
• Young Bucks recently denied rumors they accepted a deal by 2K Games to do some motion capture for next year's WWE video game. https://twitter.com/NickJacksonYB/st...00292950462464
• Recent episode of In This Corner podcast show had Finn Balor as the guest talking about his feud with Bray Wyatt, the difference between Finn and the Demon gimmick, and the difficulty of playing a babyface role in the PG era. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...ace-in-pg-era/
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, this year's TLC event will be the fourth year in a row a member of The Shield has been involved in the main event for TLC. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...lc_main_event/
• Brie Bella is currently planning to resume training for wrestling this November with the idea to return to the WWE by January.

Some stuff from the TPWW Frontpage:

• WWE News: Shield Future, John Cena, WWE Earnings, Roode’s First Job
• Various: HBK Guest Refereeing NXT Match, Global Wrestling Network/NOAH