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Originally Posted by PWI
The 11/1 edition of SmackDown Live garnered 2,187,000 viewers, up from last week's 2,127,000 viewers.
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Next week is going to be brutal since its a taped show and Election Night.
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Originally Posted by PWI
World Wrestling Entertainment announced this afternoon that they will debut a new weekly Cruiserweight series titled "205 Live" on Tuesdays at 10 PM Eastern on the WWE Network. The title of the series is a play off the weight limit for the CWC.
The series will debut on Tuesday 11/29. PWInsider.com has confirmed that the plan is for the series to broadcast live on the Network after Smackdown Live goes off the air on the USA Network. "Talking Smack" would follow the Cruiserweight series at 11 PM Eastern.
Unlike the CWC, which was taped at Full Sail Live, "205 Live" will be broadcast live from that week's Smackdown taping, which means that the Cruisers will be working both Raw and Smackdown tapings going forward, making them the only talents to do that on a weekly basis, post-brand split.
It is possible they could tape the Cruiser series before they broadcast Smackdown, but everything we have heard thus far is that the plan is to have a live Cruiser broadcast every week on the WWE Network, 52 weeks a year. The idea here is to create new, original content to make the Network an even more enticing overall package for subscribers. The weekly Cruiser series was among the potential additions to the Network that had its interest tested in recent fan surveys.
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More announcements for the Raw vs. SmackDown traditional Survivor Series elimination tag matches were made on SmackDown last night. The SmackDown men’s team will consist of AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton, and Baron Corbin. The women’s team will be Nikki Bella, Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Carmella, and Naomi and the team will be coached by Natalya. American Alpha and The Usos also won qualifying matches and will be part of the SmackDown tag division’s team.
Also on last night’s SmackDown, Dolph Ziggler issued an open challenge to any member of the Raw roster to challenge him for the Intercontinental Championship at Survivor Series.
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Brock Lesnar will face Rusev at WWE’s live event in Mexico City on December 3rd.
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In the press release about the WWE Network’s new cruiserweight series, Akira Tozawa is billed only as Tozawa and Brian Kendrick is referred to as The Brian Kendrick.
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The Mohegan Sun arena in Wilkes-Barre, PA announced on their social media accounts on Wednesday that Undertaker would be returning on November 15th for the 900th episode of SmackDown. No indication was given as to what Undertaker would be doing during the appearance.
Mystery has seemed to surround Undertaker since he last appeared on WWE television at WrestleMania 32 in a victory over Shane McMahon in a Hell in a Cell match. Dave Meltzer has reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Undertaker told everyone after that match that it was his last, but nothing has been officially announced by Undertaker or WWE.
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Stardom president Rossy Ogawa has confirmed Dave Meltzer’s report that Io Shirai and Kairi Hojo have gotten offers from WWE.
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It was officially announced today that WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has settled his legal issues with Gawker.com as part of a confidential settlement. Hogan had acquired a $140 million legal judgment against the website, its owner Nick Denton and the editor responsible for reviewing and posting snippets of a Hogan sex tape that Hogan was not even aware existed, Albert "AJ" Daulerio earlier this year. Hogan had been pursuing payment of the judgment since.
Deadline.com is reporting the settlement was for $31 million.
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Also gets around $10 million from Gawker's owner and a portion of the amount from Gawker's recent sale as part of the terms. Link with more details about the breakdown in the settlement: http://www.wsj.com/articles/gawker-m...07236?mod=e2tw
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While the lawsuit Billy Corgan has filed against TNA, etc. is still moving forward, it is interesting to note that based on the documentation revealed over the course of that case that TNA was required to pay Corgan back the $1.8 million he had lent them on 11/1. PWInsider.com has not been able to confirm whether that actually has happened or not, but one would think TNA would be opening themselves up to even more legal procedures if they have not.
As if TNA hasn't had enough headaches in recent weeks, their server has crashed, leading to all of the company email being down.
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Corgan was owed his $1.8 million back yesterday although Fight Network's parent company teased they and not TNA were going to be the ones paying him back.
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MMAFighting.com has an interview with Kid Kash where he mentions that he has no respect for CM Punk because he had everything given to him in wrestling, and would like to knock him out in an MMA fight if given a chance.
Kash will be fighting for Valor Fights this Saturday in Nasville, TN.
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Just when you thought there might be some stability to TNA-related stories for the time being, we’ve discovered yet another lawsuit filed against the company over an unpaid debt. While this one, which dates back to June, was filed in the same court as Billy Corgan’s lawsuit, quirks in the court’s online search system made it difficult to find. In this case, TNA has been sued by the company that handles the design, import, and export of their merchandise for ShopTNA.
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TNA is being sued for around $44k.
Some other sheet news includes:
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