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Originally Posted by Observer Dave Meltzer reported in today's daily update that current plans call for Raw's top champion to face SmackDown's top champion in a non-title match at November's dual-branded Survivor Series pay-per-view. The match would be Brock Lesnar vs. Jinder Mahal, with neither the Universal nor WWE Championship on the line. What the card for Survivor Series looks like should be finalized in the coming weeks as both brands will begin building to the show ... As noted earlier today, it appears that Mahal may still be champion when WWE tours India in December as he's scheduled to defend his title against Kevin Owens at those two shows.

Originally Posted by Observer WWE has announced Jinder Mahal's opponent for their two-show tour of India in December. While doing media in India, Mahal appeared on the set of WWE Sunday Dhamaal (the company's weekly Hindi-language program) to reveal that Kevin Owens would be challenging him for the WWE Championship on the two house shows. Mahal defending against a heel would seem to indicate that he'll be presented as a complete babyface in the country. The shows will take place at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on December 8th and 9th. Mahal, the Singh Brothers, and Owens will be appearing at them despite it being a Raw-branded tour. Others who have been advertised for the events are Roman Reigns, Finn Balor, Braun Strowman, Alexa Bliss, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, The Miz, Sasha Banks, and Bayley.

Originally Posted by Observer A first-ever match with Matt Riddle vs. Minoru Suzuki takes place on the 11/10 Revolution Pro Wrestling show in Walthamstow, England.

Link to the announcement: https://twitter.com/RevProUK/status/918862818266320896

Originally Posted by PWI Former TNA Knockouts champion Madison Rayne is at the WWE Performance Center this week. There has been some talk that WWE had been interested in Rayne since mid-July, when she was backstage at a WWE taping in Nashville, TN. Rayne quietly departed TNA a few months ago, we are told. It happened so quietly, we never heard about it. She had been working in the creative end of the Knockouts division prior to the Anthem purchase of the company. Other names spotted recently at the PC include Serena Deeb and Austin Aries.

Originally Posted by PWI The 10/12 edition of Impact did 279,000 overnight viewers, up from last week's 251,000 overnight viewers.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE is running a tryout this weekend at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Among those there, according to the Squared Circle Sirens website: *Northeastern independent talent Karen Q. *Stuntwoman Karleena Gore. *Fitness model Alexis Kelly. *Russian independent wrestler Natalia Markova.

Originally Posted by PWI The official seating map for the 11/18 NXT Takeover: Wargames event was released on Ticketmaster.com and indeed, it will be a two-ring caged match, the first time in WWE history that has ever happened. We were told by a source that what we will see that night is something of an adapted version of the match with a WWE spin on it, but what that means, I don't know. They are already deviating from the original version of the match in that it will feature three teams.

Originally Posted by Observer ROH was in Buffalo, New York for the first night of their Global Wars tour last night. Here's a rundown of the event ... The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega defeated The Kingdom to retain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team titles ... After it was over, all of the "Being the Elite" crew celebrated the victory as Omega grabbed the mic. A "Jimmy Jacobs" chant started and The Elite said what's up to him. Omega talked about how shocked he was at the reception he got tonight. He said he was only suppose to work the Global Wars tour show in Chicago, but supply and demand takes precedence and he goes where he's needed and wanted. Matt Jackson took the mic and mentioned the Bullet Club "invasion" of Raw to a huge pop. He talked about having the freedom to do what he wants and said he won’t get fired for taking a selfie with a friend or fan. Matt mentioned how we help feed their families before Nick interrupted to say that they'll see their families on Christmas, referencing WWE having Raw live on Christmas this year. That drew a huge "F*ck Vince" chant. Matt said Vince McMahon takes fun away from fans and told the fans to tell Vince what we think -- with the entire audience giving a Too Sweet. Omega quoted the movie "Braveheart" about never taking away their freedom, then he said goodbye and goodnight to the audience. The Bullet Club's music played and they jumped into the crowd to end the show.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Earlier this month, Alicia Fox did an interview where she mentioned being one of the only women in WWE without any merchandise. Today that changed, as she now has a "Crazy like a fox" T-shirt on WWE Shop. On her Instagram, Fox gave thanks for the new merchandise.

Alicia's announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/BaM6-jwHQqW/

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Above is the press conference for IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada and this year's G1 Climax winner, Tetsuya Naito. These two will face off in the main event on January 4 at Wrestle Kingdom 12. - NJPW also released an English text version with highlights from the press conference. For Okada, he's main evented this show for the past three years, but for Naito, it will be his first. "I think with the ability I have, and the influence I've attained, it's the natural place for me," Naito said. "You heard it in the reaction last night, and the reactions all over the country. In NJPW, and Japanese wrestling in general, Wrestle Kingdom is the biggest event, and there's nobody better for that main event than Tetsuya Naito and Los Ingobernables De Japon."

Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCZ27sHzYv8 , Link to English translation: https://www.njpw1972.com/15644

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE has a new poll asking fans what match they're most looking forward to at the October 22nd TLC pay-per-view. As of this writing, 78% voted for the TLC match with The Shield vs. Braun Strowman, Cesaro, Sheamus & WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz while 13% voted for Asuka vs. Emma, 6% voted for Mickie James vs. RAW Women's Champion Alexa Bliss and 3% voted for Enzo Amore vs. WWE Cruiserweight Champion Kalisto.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE has a new poll asking fans if The Shield can overcome the 4-on-3 disadvantage against Braun Strowman, Cesaro, Sheamus and WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz at the October 22nd TLC pay-per-view. As of this writing, 79% voted, "Of course! They are The Shield, and no one can stop them." The rest went with, "No. The addition of Braun Strowman will be too much for The Hounds of Justice to handle."

Originally Posted by WrestleInc On tonight's episode of Impact it was announced Alberto El Patron will be returning at Bound for Glory on November 5. Back in July he was indefinitely suspended from the company and then in August, Alberto was stripped of the GFW Championship after an altercation with his fiance and WWE Superstar, Paige, at the Orlando International Airport. The latest tapings (which took place in August) ran all the way up until Bound for Glory and Alberto was not included in that set. Huge return announced for BFG! @PrideOfMexico returns at #BoundforGlory #IMPACTonPOP pic.twitter.com/gMDrvFIpqi — Jeremy Borash (@JeremyBorash) October 13, 2017

Originally Posted by Observer So this is the story regarding his contract. Lesnar last dates for wrestling on his current deal would be the upcoming WrestleMania, or perhaps television the next day, but April. There is an option built into the contract that would renew, and most expect that it will be renewed, given that Lesnar will be 41 next summer and that’s simply not the age you sign a three-year contract and turn your back on WWE. And Lesnar’s programs with Goldberg, Joe and Strowman jump started the main event scene at two different times that ratings were in the toilet and things were kind of blah. WWE does have certain rights to Lesnar that, if a new deal isn’t signed, will go through the first week of August. The entire dynamic has changed in the sense the Jon Jones fight would have been so lucrative that Lesnar would have let his contract expire, signed with fight Jones, and then, after the fight, probably returned to WWE. But that fight is off, and unless Jones gets a one-year suspension out of all this, it will probably never happen. The feeling across the board right now is that Jones vs. Lesnar will never happen. If Lesnar does want to do another UFC fight, if they wait until August, that would be the cleanest way to do so in the sense WWE would have no rights to him. One thing is that Lesnar evidently felt the deal last year, where he wrestled through Mania and fought in early July, left him too little time to get into top shape. It worked out because he won, but he would rather have a four month window as far as getting back into that kind of shape before a training camp, so if he did want to fight next year and the opportunity came up, he really wouldn’t want to do so until August anyway, so that explains why White said that date. Plus, those inside say that even though WWE is repped by WME IMG, the owners of UFC, that things aren’t smooth. White has said he has a good business relationship with HHH, but it’s more difficult with Vince.

Some other sheet news includes:

• Based on fan reports, The Young Bucks debuted a new chant and hand sign during ROH Global Wars: Buffalo show called the "One Sweet." Its pretty much just making the number one sign with your finger.
• WWE recently added a new collection series to the WWE Network called "New to the Network" which is basically curated new programmed added each week to the Network.
• Sports Illustrated had a recent interview with Joey Ryan talking about how much money he makes in the WWE, if his character could even work in PG Era WWE, and his status in Lucha Underground. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...racter-in-wwe/
• Facebook recently held an interview with Triple H talking about if he will wrestle again, his relationship with The Rock, and possible plans for a match against The Rock in the future. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-wrestlemania/

Some stuff from the TPWW Frontpage:

• Bret Hart Says “Loser, Maggot” Eric Bischoff “Killed the Wrestling Business”
• Various: Jarrett vs. Ryback, Total Bellas Rating, Becky’s First Job
• Impact Results – Oct. 12, 2017 – Johnny Impact vs. Garza Jr.