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The men's Survivor Series match, according to multiple sources, will be Kurt Angle, Braun Strowman, Samoa Joe, Roman Reigns & Finn Balor vs. Shane McMahon, Bobby Roode, Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura & AJ Styles.
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Spoiler tags used since it reveals the current lineup for the Men's RAW vs Smackdown team match at Survivor Series.
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Raw was slightly down in the ratings from last week, but averaged 2.83 million viewers which is a decent number by modern standards during football season.
The first show since the SmackDown invasion started out strong, but once again collapsed in the third hour ...
The three hours were:
8 p.m. 3.10 million viewers
9 p.m. 2.94 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.52 million viewers
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In terms of demographic rankings, RAW took the #4, #5, and #6 spots for the night.
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In her first public comments since being released by WWE, Emma took a positive approach to her future in a tweet last night.
Emma wrote, "I feel very fortunate to have the most amazing family, friends and fans in the world! I am excited for the future. The best is yet to come!"
Along with Darren Young and Summer Rae, Emma was part of a round of WWE roster cuts that were announced on Sunday morning. Emma was the only one of the three currently being featured on television and her release came less than a week after she had competitive matches with Asuka at TLC and on last week's episode of Raw.
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After receiving significant blowback on Twitter for a joke he made about Emma being released by WWE this morning, Lio Rush tried to clarify his comments and apologized to fans who thought they were inappropriate.
Rush first referenced Emma losing to Asuka in Asuka's first two main roster matches at TLC and Raw last week. In a tweet that has since been deleted, he wrote: "I guess these are the things that happen when you're not TRULY ready for @WWEAsuka."
The joke received criticism pretty quickly, including Peyton Royce pointing out that Rush just got to NXT and telling him that professionalism goes a long way. Bray Wyatt was one of the wrestlers from the main roster to respond, saying that Rush "ain't gonna make it here with the wolves."
In response to the blowback, Rush issued a statement on Twitter (with paragraph breaks added by us) just a few hours after the original post:
"At the end of the day, there's a certain level of respect within professional wrestlers in the sports & ENTERTAINMENT industry that is noted within peers. With that being said, Emma I respect you and everything you've done for our business. It saddens me that the 'controversial tweet' got completely blown out of proportion and looked at in a very insensitive way.
As a family man with a 4 year [old] son and expecting another, I would never laugh or mock the fact of someone loosing there job because of how it can affect self person and there families. Whatever the situation may be regarding the release, You're an amazing performer and respected athlete by yours truly and I'm sure you will excel beyond [expectations].
To my fans who may have seen this as inappropriate as well as Emma's fans, I apologize and I love you ALL regardless of the responses. On Behalf of myself and the WWE Goodluck!"
While Jack Gallagher, Dash Wilder, and others weren't as accepting of Rush's apology, Scott Armstrong (who works as a producer for WWE) called Rush a class act and wrote that rookie mistakes are made to be learned from.
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Tetsuya Naito will face Sami Callihan at the Logan Square Auditorium for AAW on February 17th. Naito will also be appearing for Pro Wrestling Revolver in Dayton, Ohio on February 16th and Michael Elgin’s Glory Pro Wrestling in Edwardsville, Illinois on the 18th.
Impact Wrestling surpassed 1 million subscribers on their YouTube channel.
Minoru Suzuki dawned a clown costume for Halloween.
Keith Lee vs. Walter for the WWN title was announced as the main event for Evolve on 12/9 in Queens, NY.
NJPW’s total attendance for 2017 has eclipsed last year’s numbers with two more months remaining in the year.
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AAW announcement: https://twitter.com/AAWPro/status/925155896686243841 , Impact link: https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/...94997008044033 , Nightmarish Clown link: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba5xfcJF...uzuki.d.minoru , NJPW link: https://twitter.com/EvanDeadlySinsW/...61600227840000
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Another title match was confirmed for Power Struggle as NJPW rounded out the show's card.
In his biggest match since moving up to heavyweight, Trent Barreta will challenge for Kenny Omega's IWGP United States Championship. The match was set up when Barreta challenged Omega at NJPW's road to Power Struggle show on Sunday.
This will be Omega's third defense of the title since winning it in Long Beach this summer. He previously retained against Juice Robinson at Destruction in Kobe and against YOSHI-HASHI at ROH's Global Wars: Chicago iPPV. Barreta also defeated Yujiro Takahashi in his first singles match at heavyweight at Destruction in Kobe.
There will be four title matches at Power Struggle, which will take place at the Edion Arena in Osaka on Sunday morning. The wrestler who has been billed in vignettes as "Switchblade" will be revealed at the show as well. Here's a look at the finalized card:
IWGP Intercontinental Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi defending against Kota Ibushi
IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega defending against Trent Barreta
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay defending against Marty Scurll
NEVER Openweight Champion Minoru Suzuki defending against Toru Yano in a bullrope match
Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo vs. Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
Sho & Yoh vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & ACH in the finals of the Super Junior Tag Team Tournament
Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Cody, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
Juice Robinson, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV, KUSHIDA & Hirai Kawato vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi, El Desperado & Taka Michinoku
The Young Bucks vs. Dragon Lee & Titan
David Finlay vs. Katsuya Kitamura
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Regarding rumors of Detroit hosting WrestleMania 35 in 2019, the Detroit Sports Commission, which would be in charge of such a bid, admitted they had made failed bids for 2017 and 2018, but claimed they did not submit a bid for 2019.
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Link: http://www.wxyz.com/sports/could-det...nia-35-in-2019
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WWE officials confirmed today that Roman Reigns is currently not medically cleared and will not be leaving tonight for the WWE's tour of Europe.
Reigns' absence wasn't unexpected since the announcement on Friday of Triple H appearing to wrestle on at least the first week of the Raw U.K. tour seemed to be to give the shows a major replacement for Reigns not being there.
In addition, since the tour was built around The Shield reunion in matches with The Miz, Sheamus & Cesaro, and that Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose were instead announced as being switched to tag team title matches against Sheamus & Cesaro also seemed to confirm Reigns' absence.
The current projection is for Reigns to return on the November 13th Raw show in Atlanta.
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In regards to the other people sick, Bo Dallas managed to pass a medical test to be cleared for an in-ring return while Bray was backstage at RAW but not used.
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As noted in last week's Observer, the stories regarding Jax that have been reported elsewhere were overblown as there were never any issues regarding her leaving, nor any walking out, nor any issues regarding doing a job. She had asked for a few weeks off and was always scheduled to return for the European tour and was always booked on Survivor Series.
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WWE is going all-in for the 25th anniversary of Monday Night Raw.
The company confirmed today that the anniversary edition of Raw would be taking place at both the Barclays Center and the Manhattan Center in New York City on January 22nd, 2018. Matches from both venues will air on the broadcast and will feature wrestlers from Raw and SmackDown, along with legends making "special appearances" at the Manhattan Center.
The Undertaker (who hasn't been on WWE television since losing to Roman Reigns and indicating that he's retiring at WrestleMania), Shawn Michaels, and Kevin Nash were the first three legends announced as being on the show. WWE has yet to reveal any other details about their scheduled appearances.
A one-night return to the Manhattan Center is WWE bringing Raw back to where the first episode of the show took place. The venue was home to Raw in the early parts of its run.
The episode will also be the go-home show for the 2018 Royal Rumble, with that pay-per-view set to take place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 28th.
Tickets for the 25th anniversary episode of Raw will go on sale this Friday via Ticketmaster.
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Regarding two notes on Don Callis yesterday, PWInsider reported yesterday that Callis was leaving New Japan and would be coming to Impact. Callis denied it, saying he was going to Osaka this coming weekend and wouldn't be at Bound for Glory or the Impact TV tapings. There is smoke in the sense this isn't a made up story or one where there's no substance to it, but Callis said that he will be with New Japan as long as they want him.They also reported Tessa Blanchard to Impact which those at Impact have denied to us. They reported Sami Callihan to Impact, which last we heard was scheduled for the next tapings, and talks with Ricochet. As noted by us many times, everyone has made an offer for Ricochet, who becomes a free agent in mid-January. But we're told he turned down the Impact offer.
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Mike Johnson said that there'll be more talent added to 205 Live within the next coming weeks and there may be more releases on the way, he was told that whoever doesn't go on the European tour, is more than likely on the cutting room floor.
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PWInsider.com broke yesterday that Rockstar Spud recently received a release from Impact Wrestling. We have since heard from multiple sources that WWE is looking to sign the British star with the idea of adding him to the 205 Live roster. Spud was the first winner of British Boot Camp, the Impact Wrestling reality series and worked for the company in a number of roles from 2012 through earlier this year. He's extremely versatile and would be a great pick-up.
WWE is also looking at moving Japanese star Hideo Itami up from NXT with the idea that he would join the Raw brand as a member of the Cruiserweight division, PWInsider.com has confirmed. The idea has been pitched several times of late and we are hearing that while there is no current debut date set, the plan is to move Itami up as soon as creative is in place.
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