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Originally Posted by Observer The competition from the MLB playoffs and Monday Night Football led to last night's episode of Raw doing the lowest numbers since a June 12th show that went against the NBA finals. Raw did 2.68 million viewers, down seven percent from last week ... The three hours were: 8 p.m. 2.73 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.73 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.61 million viewers

In terms of rankings, RAW was #6,#7, and #8 while no Enzo in the main event broke a 3 week streak of the 3rd hour improving. Also continued the trend of majority of Reigns main events lead to the 3rd hour being lower.

Originally Posted by Observer Ahead of Mahal vs. Lesnar likely being set up for Survivor Series tonight, Mahal spoke to ESPN about wanting that match, his work ethic, striving to be the greatest of all time, and denied rumors that he has a shoulder injury. In a Twitter Q&A session, Mahal also said that he wants to defend his title against John Cena at WrestleMania 34.

Link to the ESPN interview: http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/2...-greatest-ever , Link to Twitter Q&A: https://twitter.com/WWEIndia/status/919505851836129282

Originally Posted by Fightful.com Triple H" Paul Levesque's nutritionist Dave Palumbo said WWE's drug policy allows wrestlers to take human growth hormone (hGH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hGC). Those performance-enhancing drugs are supposedly banned by WWE's wellness policy. Palumbo did an interview with Matt Riveria, posted to YouTube today, where Riveria asked Palumbo what "supplements" Levesque took to get in shape for WrestleMania. The relevant comments start at about 29:45 into the YouTube clip. Palumbo insinuated all WWE wrestlers are tested, saying "If you’re getting on that stage to wrestle, you’re gonna be tested. The good thing about wrestling is it’s not a professional sport, per se, it’s more entertainment

Palumbo ended up backtracking on his statement: https://deadspin.com/triple-hs-nutri...oid-1819599355

Originally Posted by PWI In response to a PWInsider query about the statement, WWE issued the following: "WWE’s comprehensive Talent Wellness Policy, which is administered by an independent, third-party, clearly states hGH and hCG are among a long list of banned substances, however, due to certain medical conditions, there are a variety of therapeutic exemptions that account for approximately 7% of our contracted talent."

Originally Posted by Observer After teasing that they’d be discussing the first-ever “Impact Pizza” on a conference call, Impact Wrestling revealed some details about what that actually means. They’ll be holding a press conference at the Crust & Crate Fast Fired Pizza Pub in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on Friday, where they’ll be unveiling the Impact-themed pizza and an Impact signature beverage. Bobby Lashley and Eli Drake will be at the press conference to try the products, which will be available only at the Crust & Crate from November 4-10. There will be post-show parties with members of the Impact roster at the Crust & Crate on November 5-10 as the promotion is in town for Bound for Glory.

Link to the details: http://impactwrestling.com/impact-wr...gning-session/

Originally Posted by Observer George Carroll, who is the director of NJPW operations in the United States, tweeted that NJPW will be making a major announcement at Power Struggle on November 5th.

Link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/GCarroll77/statu...28424090202112

Originally Posted by Observer Impact will be taping a One Night Only show on Saturday in Shawnee, OK as part of the Imperial Wrestling Revolution show at the Fire Lake Arena. Eli Drake vs. Montego Seeka for the GWF title is scheduled, along with Bobby Lashley vs. Alberto El Patron, Ethan Carter III vs. Jack Swagger, Gail Kim vs. Rebel, LAX vs. Young Gunns and Trevor Lee vs. Malice vs. Fuego del Sol vs DJZ.

Originally Posted by Observer Next summer Diamond Dallas Page will be releasing a book: "Own your Life: How to Make Yourself Positively Unstoppable".

Originally Posted by Observer The company announced the signings of woman wrestlers Kavita Devi from India and Shadia Bseiso from Jordan. Devi was in the Mae Young Classic. She was actually signed some time back and is scheduled to not be in the country until January.

Both ended up becoming the first ever women signed to the WWE from India and the Middle East. Link to the announcement: http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/ww...ta-devi-244581

Originally Posted by Observer Austin Aries posted a tweet claiming that he’s going to make more money in his first six weeks back on the indies than he did in his last four months in WWE: “Upcoming 6 weeks of 'bingo hall' $ >> Last 4 months of 'big league' $. Awesome to see the #prowrestling scene thriving around the [world].”

Link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/AustinAries/stat...02093738680322

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Michael Cole worked tonight's WWE SmackDown in Seattle with Corey Graves and Byron Saxton. Cole noted that he will be filling in for Phillips for a few weeks as Tom is "on assignment." No word yet on what Tom is working on but we will keep you updated.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc As noted, WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion Jinder Mahal is the planned WWE Survivor Series main event, according to Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline. Neither title will be at stake. Meltzer stated on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE has apparently had the idea for a long time of doing RAW vs. SmackDown matches for the Survivor Series. Meltzer added that there may be more RAW vs. SmackDown matches at the show.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE Hall of Famer Booker T will be appearing at the WWE NXT "Takeover: WarGames" event next month in his hometown of Houston, likely for the pre-show panel. He tweeted the following: HOUSTON! I have been added to appear at @WWENXT #WarGames! Make sure you get your tickets now, more to come. Can you dig that? pic.twitter.com/mIj4Ti774K — Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) October 16, 2017

Originally Posted by WrestleInc IWGP U.S. Champion Kenny Omega wasn't wearing his belt at this past weekend's ROH Global Wars event, where he defended his title against YOSHI-HASHI. According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, it was a simple mix up as Omega and NJPW each thought the other had the belt, so it was never brought to the building.

Originally Posted by Pro Wrestling Sheet There’s a rumor going around stating Nia Jax possibly pulled a Neville recently by walking out of Raw … and while we’re told it doesn’t appear as though she quit, here’s what we know. The rumors began today when a Twitter account — same one who spread word of Neville’s walkout — tweeted about rumors of Nia also being upset and possibly walking out of Raw last week. Our sources were unable to confirm if she left the show angrily … however, we’re told Jax HAS been granted a leave of absence for personal reasons by management. It’s unclear how long she’ll be gone or what spawned her decision. We’re told filming for Total Divas is complete, so this likely won’t affect her role on the show.

Some other sheet news includes:

• WWE announced tickets for Wrestlemania 34 will go on sale starting on November 17th via Ticketmaster. To get a package deal for all WWE events over Mania week, those tickets will go on sale starting on October 30th.
• Recent episode of the LAW podcast show had Observer's Dave Meltzer as the guest. http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrest...estling-244671
• Metal Injunction held a recent interview with Chris Jericho talking about Jimmy Jacobs firing and how much of a role Jacobs played in Jericho's recent run in the WWE. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-jimmy-jacobs/
• During a recent interview with website Planeta Wrestling, AJ Styles revealed he wants to face Nakamura at Wrestlemania 34. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-wrestlemania/
• Rumor going around the net is Undertaker could make an in-ring return for this year's Survivor Series for The Shield's team. Rumored to be a possible reason for Kane's return to the WWE. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...return-at-raw/
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Kane's addition to TLC 2017 will make it the 21st year in a row he will have wrestled in a WWE ppv.
• In another "WWE Did You You Know" type fact, yesterday was the 11th anniversary of The Miz's debut in the WWE. Miz celebrated the occasion on his official Instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/p/BaU2Un3nwXe/

Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:

• Various: Nikki Bella on DWTS, Main Event Results, Goldberg on Goldbergs
• Final (?) WWE TLC Card – Seven Matches
• WWE SmackDown Results – Oct. 17, 2017 – Jinder Makes Announcement