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Other notes from the Observer:

The remaining key WrestleMania matches should be finalized next week. There is the John Cena match (Undertaker at last word), the expected A.J. Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura match for the WWE title, the U.S. title match which looks to be Bobby Roode vs. Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal, whatever Smackdown tag title match there is with the Bludgeon Brothers teased in their first significant match as a team as the challengers, and both women’s title matches, which are expected to be Asuka vs Charlotte and Nia Jax vs Alexa Bliss. Right now the plan is for no match with Sheamus & Cesaro at Mania, but for them to be part of the show in an angle of sorts. The backup plan for Strowman right now if he’s not moved to the Universal title slot would be some type of non-wrestling gimmick thing. The only other thing given a strong push on Raw is the Bayley vs. Sasha Banks storyline. On the Smackdown side, the idea of Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn has been teased, however, the current plans have Owens and Zayn in the Andre the Giant Battle Royal. At this point, and this is a surprise, none of the WWE events over WrestleMania week are sold out on the primary market.

The most intriguing things are that if Raw moves to FOX, it would have to be cut to two hours, but it’s audience would like rise. On the flip side, if Smackdown is on FS 1 instead of USA, the drop in homes should decrease the audience 8.4 percent. If FOX wants both for FS 1, that becomes a problem because you’re looking at double-digit audience drops for both shows. Plus, FS 1, being a sports channel, will have issues if there are major sports events on Monday or Tuesday, such as key playoff games, in leagues far bigger than WWE. Another plus for FS 1 is that NXT could not draw a number strong enough for USA most likely, but as a weekly show, it definitely could draw a number strong enough for FS 1. So that could add to FS 1's overall rating, something that is key to the value of having WWE.

There are plans now to strengthen 205 Live and once again try touring with it. I keep hearing people say Ricochet and Lio Rush are being groomed for 205 Live sooner than later.