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Originally Posted by Observer The feeling was that Goldberg returning as the Goldberg act from WCW in 1998, beating people in a minute with a spear and a jackhammer, was the way to go. Some have speculated that because Goldberg suffered a shoulder injury in doing a physical angle taking out security guards at the 11/14 Raw in Buffalo, that the quick match was to protect him. That’s wasn’t the prime reason at all for the quick match and it would have been the same match, injury or not, once the decision was made by both sides that the program would continue. The feeling was that a normal-length, or even a shorter-than-normal length match between the two had risks. It could be a bad match. Or it could be an okay match, but then people would have seen it. Even if it was a good match, it wasn’t the Goldberg people remembered. Plus, McMahon has a huge financial investment in Lesnar and him losing a long, grueling match to Goldberg could hurt him, and while it may help Goldberg, it would build a rematch for a match people would have already seen. The pitch was to present this as a fight. The announcers were told, unlike everything else on the show, to call it like a fight. The feeling is the audience was mature enough and had seen enough UFC to know that a fight can be short and explosive, and that’s not ripping off the public or making them dissatisfied ... In the end, the short match was there because of the idea of not exposing Goldberg, and instead, taking him from being a one-time nostalgia act to the biggest modern star by doing something nobody else could do. But the other key was, and this is why Lesnar was on board and then some, is because Lesnar knew Goldberg was his biggest Mania opponent, and the match that benefitted Goldberg the most in getting over, also benefitted Lesnar the most ... The idea here is that Goldberg is now 1998 Goldberg instead of a 49-year-old trying to for one night play 1998 Goldberg after following so many younger and better wrestlers, Lesnar lost on a fluke, and the people haven’t seen the match and it’s now bigger. Evidently the idea is, to avoid giving away the match, to put both of them in the Royal Rumble, where they can tease something and build heat for Mania. Goldberg negotiated what was said to be a phenomenal single event deal with WWE for Survivor Series, and we’re told at that price, he was very willing to do as many key dates as this run takes him and they want him for.

Some more details regarding why the WWE went in the direction it did for Lesnar-Goldberg at Survivor Series.

Originally Posted by Observer We were told that several of the NXT match finishes were changed at the last minute. I wasn’t able to confirm which ones but from booking, since there were plans for Revival vs. TM 61 title matches on the Australia tour, it could be both of the tag match finishes.

Originally Posted by Observer In today's unwise tweet category, Cesaro complained about not even being on the poster for May shows in Zurich, Switzerland, his home country. He failed to make the cut behind Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, New Day, Finn Balor, Charlotte, Sheamus, Sasha Banks and Roman Reigns. Also notable is no Chris Jericho.

Originally Posted by Observer WWE Network also has a show called "The True Story of the Royal Rumble" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Hopefully there is at least a mention of the San Francisco Cow Palace annual Battle Royal, or if even better, the Honolulu version.

Originally Posted by Observer Pro Wrestling NOAH officially announced today the loser leaves town match between Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Minoru Suzuki for the GHC title for December 2nd at Korakuen Hall.

Originally Posted by Observer Chris Jericho addressed why he wore a Sin Cara mask on this week’s Raw by calling it an “FU” to internet fans who think they know everything and claimed that him and Sin Cara are good friends and Sin Cara lent him the mask.

Link to the Talk Is Jericho podcast show where he mentioned it: http://podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program...93&pid=1692447

Originally Posted by Observer Kit Parker Films has released a DVD called "Houston's Wrestling Spectacular, in which all the matches for the DVD were picked by the late Scott Williams, who grew up in Houston: Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dick Slater (1982) Jimmy Snuka vs. Ken Patera (1979) Jack Brisco vs. The Spoiler (1979) Dusty Rhodes vs. Ken Patera (1979) Chavo Guerrero vs. Black Gordman (1981) Dusty Rhodes vs. Ivan Koloff casket match (1980) Dick Slater vs. Al Madril (19788) Dusty Rhodes vs. Bruiser Brody (1977) Bruiser Brody vs. Ivan Koloff (1980) Tony Atlas & Tiger Conway Jr. vs. Tank Patton & Buck Robley (1981) Johnny Valentine vs. Bull Curry (1966) Bruiser Brody vs. The Spoiler (1979)

Figured that might be interesting for those who like classic era wrestling.

Originally Posted by Observer For those keeping track, New Day breaks the Demolition record for the longest tag team title run in WWE/WWF/WWWF history on December 14th.

Originally Posted by Observer Big Show did an interview and said he was down to 396 pounds, his lightest weight since 1995.

Link to the interview: http://wsvn.com/entertainment/wwes-b...estlemania-33/

Originally Posted by Observer In an update on Steve Corino’s situation with Ring of Honor, Dave Meltzer noted in this week’s edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Corino isn’t officially allowed to negotiate with other companies or accept an offer until his ROH contract expires on December 31st. Corino recently spent time at the WWE Performance Center as a guest trainer.

Originally Posted by Observer In the Observer this week where we talked about the ICW show and mentioned it may be the Dudleys last match together for a while because of Devon working as a producer for WWE, they are teaming up against War Machine on 12/16 for VIP Wrestling in Dallas at Gas Monkey Live. The show will also feature Michael Elgin, Matt Cross, Keith Lee, ACH, AR Fox and Marshall & Ross Von Erich.

Originally Posted by Observer Leland Race is the 31-year-old son of Harley Race. Until recently they kept the relationship secret as Harley didn’t want anyone knowing his son was wrestling and wanted his son to make his name without using the name. He’s bounced around indies for years under the name Jason Jones in the Carolinas, as a guy trained by George South, and South was the only guy that Harley would allow him to tell that he was his son. Harley didn’t want him working in Missouri or Kansas until the last couple of years when he allowed him to use his real name on Harley’s indie shows and got him booked in Japan on this tour.

Originally Posted by Observer James Gibson (Jamie Noble) recovered from the stab wounds enough to return to work on 11/14 and is back on the road full-time now.

Originally Posted by Observer Orton had an orange bracelet on at Survivor Series for support of his nephew, five-year-old T.J., who is battling leukemia. We wish the Orton family nothing but the best. He got better news on 11/22 as his wife, Kim, gave birth to a girl, Brooklyn Rose Orton. Orton was given the week off but it could have been touch-and-go if she had given birth two days earlier.

Originally Posted by PWI Is there any news on the recovery of Finn Balor? Could there be a surprise return at the Rumble match? We have heard he would return in the first quarter of 2017. Obviously, the Rumble would be an awesome way to get him back into the mix, but we have not heard he will be returning that night, yet. There's always a chance.

From a recent Q&A article PWI does weekly. Rehabbed enough recently that he was able to appear and be involved a bit during a recent ICW event.

Originally Posted by PWI When asked if he would appear on the new season of Total Divas, the WWE reality series on E!, TJ Wilson aka WWE star Tyson Kidd responded: I've been taken off the show by @WWE you'll have to contact them to figure it out. You won't see me once this season. It's all good https://t.co/0ClTebOSWn — TJ Wilson (@KiddWWE) November 24, 2016 When a fan responded to Kidd, stating they hoped that the series' new season would provide an explanation as to where things stand with him, he responded: Oh believe me I don't think they want my situation explained. I'll leave it at that for now https://t.co/2dzqZB7PSY — TJ Wilson (@KiddWWE) November 24, 2016 Kidd has been out of action since being injured during a dark match on a WWE TV Taping back in June 2015. He later underwent surgery to fuse the C-1 and C-2 vertebrae in his neck.

There was a rumor a while ago about the WWE considering letting his contract expire quietly since they don't want to pay him more than what he is contractually owed at the minimum any more.

If you were on #TeamBlue you'd be on every poster... just saying #BlueIsBetter https://t.co/flldEN2BwV

— Daniel Bryan (@WWEDanielBryan) November 25, 2016

Some other sheet news includes:

• For those interested, the Wrestling Observer is holding a Black Friday sale involving getting 1 month of exclusive Observer content for $4. List of everything included in the deal: http://www.f4wonline.com/news/f4wonl...nly-399-202426
• WWE is currently holding a Black Friday sale on their online shop with discounts going as high as 75% off. http://shop.wwe.com/Home
• According to PWI, the upcoming 205 Live cruiser show might not be an hour long as previously assumed since WWE's Network schedule has Talking Smack airing at 10:45pm.
• In a "TNA Did You Know" type fact, TNA gave Kurt Angle a used Rolex watch as his gift for being inducted into their Hall of Fame. Comes from a recent Something to Wrestle Podcast show where Bruce Prichard revealed how cheap TNA is with their Hall of Fame festivities. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...x_for_his_hof/
• According to the Observer, NJPW is currently in talks for Wrestling Kingdom 11 to be shown on ppv in the US. At the moment it is only guaranteed to be on NJPW World. https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/s...46789167681536
• According to PWI, WWE is currently considering Styles vs Taker for the WWE title at next year's Royal Rumble. Observer also reporting there are plans by the WWE for the match to occur at the Rumble and teasing it as a possible way to get Cena-Taker for Mania and for Cena's 16th reign.