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Originally Posted by Observer If there was some good news in the ratings, last night's Raw was up from the prior two weeks. The show averaged 2.37 million viewers, which would still be the third-lowest number of the modern era. With the combination of the NFL, where a New Orleans Saints blowout over the Washington Redskins did 10.51 million viewers (a 20 percent drop from last week), and a Yankees vs. Red Sox baseball playoff game that did 4.41 million viewers, a record low could have been set ... The three hours were: 8 p.m. 2.53 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.39 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.20 million viewers

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling We were informed that last night’s angle involving Bobby Lashley and Kevin Owens was done to explain Owens’ needing time off for knee surgery. It was conveyed to us that Owens is not expected to miss too much time, so it doesn’t appear to be a major injury. During the match, Lashley attacked Owens’ knee and then repeatedly wrapped it around the post after the match. This also saw Lashley turn heel and had been something that people with the company had been pushing for. For his part, Owens was received strongly by the Chicago audience as a babyface and it will be interesting to see how he is booked when he returns and if they opt to turn him or keep him in the heel role. UPDATE: We were informed later in the day that while the hope is Owens’ knee surgery is minor, they won’t know the full extent of the injury until the knee is assessed. There is a possibility of the injury being more serious and could require a longer recovery time.

Originally Posted by Observer Commenting on a promo that she cut, Lynch mentioned that she’s working with a cracked jaw.

Link: https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/st...49796284747776

Originally Posted by Observer WWE uploaded a Raw fallout video where The Bellas explained the reason for the storyline where they attacked Ronda Rousey last night. Brie Bella accused Rousey of taking their spotlight, and Nikki Bella said they’re here to remind everyone that this is a “Bellalution.” Rousey also continued the angle in a post on Instagram: “Dante’s Inferno says the innermost circle of hell is reserved for betrayers... That each of Lucifer’s three heads gnaw on the greatest sinners of human history .... Believe me, @thenikkibella @thebriebella you’ll prefer a relaxing break in the devil’s mouth over what’s coming for you at Evolution. #RondaVsBella #Evolution #WWEevolution”

Links: https://youtu.be/jy5MgaWEu9s & https://www.instagram.com/p/BouBt-MB...by=rondarousey

Originally Posted by Observer/Post Wrestling Indies Roundup: Tracy Williams is the first participant announced for this year’s ROH Survival of the Fittest, where the winner will receive a future ROH title shot. This will take place on November 4. OVW's 1,000th television show will air as an iPPV on FITE TV from Fourth Street Live in Louisville on Wednesday night. There will be an OVW title tournament that will include Billy Gunn, Abyss, Tommy Dreamer and Hurricane Helms, plus appearances by Jim Cornette, Danny Davis, Mick Foley, Al Snow, Ken Anderson, ODB and Lisa Varon. Shingo Takagi was revealed as “X” and is the newest member of LIJ. Takagi got a big response when he unmasked prior to the eight-man tag. Takagi was the star of the match and pinned SHO with the Last Falconry. It appears that Takagi will be wrestling in the junior heavyweight division. Takagi had wrestled for Dragon Gate since 2004 and his background was acknowledged on the English broadcast today. Takagi recently decided to leave Dragon Gate and work as a freelancer with his final match with the promotion taking place last weekend.

Originally Posted by Observer A number of new faces and teams will take part in this year’s Super Junior tag league. Unlike previous years, this year the winners will not be determined via a single elimination tournament. Instead, it will be a round robin tournament where eight teams compete in matches against one another. The two teams with the most points will face each other in the finals at Power Struggle. The participants for this year’s tournament include: IWGP Jr. tag team champions El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru SHO and YOH from Roppongi 3K Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask Taiji Ishimori and Robbie Eagles BUSHI and Shingo Takagi KUSHIDA and Chris Sabin ACH and Ryusuke Taguchi Volador Jr. and Soberano Jr. from CMLL

Link with event dates and matchups for this year's tag league series: https://www.f4wonline.com/japan/njpw...-lineup-267466

Originally Posted by Observer A Intercontinental title match will headline this year’s Power Struggle. Chris Jericho will defend the Intercontinental title against EVIL. The two have had staredowns with one another before, but Jericho took it to a new level at King of Pro Wrestling when he jumped EVIL as he went to face Zack Sabre Jr. in a singles match. Jericho, who was wearing a druid outfit, attacked EVIL as he was entering the ring and left him laying bad enough that the match was ruled a forfeit. A NEVER Openweight title match has also been announced, with new champion Taichi defending against Will Ospreay, who scored a big win over Taichi at King of Pro Wrestling, and intends on capitalizing on his momentum by taking Taichi’s title ... Power Struggle will take place on November 3 at the Osaka Prefectural Gym. Here is the card announced thus far: Chris Jericho vs. EVIL for the IWGP Intercontinental title Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Taichi vs. Will Ospreay for the NEVER Openweight title Hiroshi Tanahashi and David Finlay vs. The Golden Lovers Kazuchika Okada and Beretta vs. Jay White and Bad Luck Fale Finals of the Super Jr. Tag League 2018

Originally Posted by PWI Add Lacey Evans, Mia Yim, Rhea Ridley and Kacy Catanzo to the list of WWE NXT talents who will be at the 10/28 WWE Evolution PPV in Long Island, NY. There is no word yet on what their role, if any, will be at the show. As we reported yesterday, Bianca Belair, Io Shirai, Jessamyn Duke, Candice LaRae, Dakota Kai and Marina Shafir are also slated to be at the PPV. With so many NXT talents scheduled, I have to wonder if they are doing a Battle Royal on the undercard of the show.

Originally Posted by PWI On WWE's website, it lists that Network Collections for Sasha Banks and Rey Mysterio are slated to come to the streaming service. Usually, the site lists upcoming Collections for the next month but this just says "coming soon". So there's a possibility with Mysterio's return at Smackdown 1000 and the upcoming Evolution pay-per-view that these may come before the end of the month. Much like the Curt Hawkins and Undertaker versus Triple H in September.

Originally Posted by PWI ITV Studios Global Entertainment is working to license the World of Sport Wrestling product and will be exhibiting at the forthcoming Brand Licensing Europe convention.Grad Promotional material from ITV Studios notes that seasone one odf the series, produced by ITV Studios Entertainment, debuted to more than 1 million viewers in the UK, "making it the highest-rated British wrestling show in 30 years" ... While there has been no official word on a second season, the promotion has announced a seven event live tour for January and February 2019 in the UK and with ITV moving forward with seeking out licensing partners, there are signs that the project will continue: EXCLUSIVE NEW NAMES ANNOUNCED FOR THE WOS TOUR!@WillOspreay @Kay_Lee_Ray @joeshendry @Robbie_X_ @Nathan_Cruz90 @Shasamuels will all be appearing! Get your tickets now!! https://t.co/lzKnZsh9cm pic.twitter.com/BWVW7PAyws — WOS Wrestling (@WOSWrestling) September 22, 2018

Link: https://twitter.com/WOSWrestling/sta...45464430161920

Originally Posted by PWI World Wrestling has continued their recent strategy of filing trademarks on names related to older material. As PWInsider.com broke lasr week, the company has filed trademarks on several WCW-related titles as well as All Star Wrestling. On 10/4, WWE filed a trademark on the name "World Class Championship Wrestling", the promotion owned by Fritz Von Erich in the 1980s. On 9/27, the company had filed a trademark on the term "WCCW."

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc Rey Mysterio recently filed for two trademarks related to merchandise use - G.M.O.A.T. and The Greatest Mask of All Time. As noted, Rey recently signed a two-year deal with WWE and has been announced for next Tuesday's SmackDown 1000 episode from Washington, DC.

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc As seen on RAW last night, WWE announced that the Alexa Bliss vs. Trish Stratus and Mickie James vs. Lita scheduled singles matches for the WWE Evolution pay-per-view have been nixed. The two bouts have been combined into a tag team match with Alexa & Mickie vs. Trish & Lita. The plan was reportedly always for it to be a tag team match, according to Dave Meltzer on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio. Meltzer said that WWE had announced the Stratus vs. Bliss match to boost ticket sales early on, since they didn't want to announce the Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella match until they shot the angle for it. Once Bella vs. Rousey was announced, they felt that they could publicly change the Stratus vs. Bliss match to a tag team bout.

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc WWE has a new poll asking fans which RAW tag team should be next in line for a RAW Tag Team Title shot from Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. As of this writing, 63% voted for The Authors of Pain while 23% voted for The Revival and 14% voted for The B Team.

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc At Super Show-Down, Melbourne's own Buddy Murphy won his first-ever WWE singles championship, as he defeated Cedric Alexander to become the Cruiserweight Champion ... Following his Cruiserweight Championship win, Murphy shared his thoughts on the emotional moment on Instagram. A long, long road! When I was on the verge of closing a chapter, I seeked out the light! Taking 1 opportunity, creating a second... to 70,000 people standing up, cheering for a guy as he lived out his dream! To all those people who said I would be back in Australia after 3 months of leaving for the USA... who's laughing now! It doesn't end here! #205live will be seen by the world! And people will realize where the Best of the Best are located on a Wednesday night! As a result of his win at Super Show-Down, Murphy is the first Australian wrestler to ever win a singles title in WWE history.

Some other sheet news includes:

• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today would have been Eddie Guerrero's 51st birthday.
• Recent episode of the Sitting Ringside podcast show had Impact Wrestling boss Ed Nordholm as the guest. Nordholm revealed Anthem Entertainment seriously considered shutting down Impact last year and felt Jeff Jarrett screwed them with the deal to buy the company. https://twitter.com/TrevorDame/statu...16223073931264

Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:

• EVOLVE: Mustafa Ali Wrestling for EVOLVE, Championship Tournament, WrestleMania Weekend Details
• WWE: WWE Says Kevin Owens Is “Injured,” Cena on Daily Show, NXT UK TV Show Update
• Matt Hardy Releases a Broken Hardys Halloween Special Teaser