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No, Balor is ill. He's still scheduled to work TLC on Sunday. About MMC, my best guess is they're probably thinking of having Bayley in the finals and they didn't want Balor to pull double duty so they replace him by Apollo Crews.

Personally, I got a soft spot for KUSHIDA vs Will Ospreay from Wrestling Dontaku 2018 Night 2 on 5/4/18. I just loved the backstory about how Ospreay was hellbent on proving that his one win against KUSHIDA earlier wasn't a fluke. KUSHIDA working relentlessly on Ospreay's shoulder throughout most of the match with Ospreay trying to use the Stormbreaker despite that said sore shoulder. And of course, the drama post-match with the unveiling of Taiji Ishimori as the Bone Soldier and newest Bullet Club member...lots of great stuff there.

Monday, Week 2 December 2018 The Golden Lovers won the finals of the NJPW World Tag League 2018 by defeating Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma in the finals at the Green Dome Maebashi. On the same card, Cody suffered an undisclosed foot injury in the opening contest against Hikuleo for the IWGP US Championship but Cody isn't scheduled to miss any ring time. Another Elite member got injured and it's Nick Jackson, who strained his tricep in a previous match against the Golden Lovers. Nick Jackson also won't miss any ring time. Two new duos in ZERO-1: The Dynamites (Yuji Okabayashi & Yutaka Yoshie) and Kotaro Suzuki & Koji Kanemoto. Suzuki & Kanemoto captured the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship by defeating Mineo Fujita & Ryuichi Sekine on the Survival tour card at Shinjuku Face. This is their first reign as champions. Pagano won the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship by defeating Octagoncito II at Guerra de Titanes 2018. This is his first reign as champion. Meanwhile, Carta Brava Jr II completely tore his Achilles' tendon in the opening match of the card in a 6-men tag (teaming with Mocho Cota Jr & Tito Santana vs Sammy Guevara, Pimpinela Escarlata & Super Fly) and will miss a year of action. KC Spinelli is out of Impact Wrestling as her contract expired and hasn't been renewed. She had been recently used as the Undead Maid of Honor. ACH has signed his contract extension Veda Scott has signed her contract extension Dezmond Xavier has signed his contract extension -Michael Scott has signed a contract extension with PWA-AU

I agree that everything else about Eli Drake overrule the weaknesses you've talked about in his athleticism. I'm always willing to give a big chance to someone who's got a shitload of charisma, even if he isn't the most athletically gifted.

That's just Vince in his "I don't give a fuck anymore" mode.

Sunday, Week 1 December 2018 ROH World TV Championship: Punishment Martinez beat Will Ferrara, Kenny King & Boy #1 to retain -Frankie Kazarian beat Cody -Austin Aries beat Hangman Page There is concern about Austin Aries and his gruelling schedule. Guerrero Maya Jr, Rey Cometa & Felino are the new CMLL World Trios Champions after defeating Euforia, Gran Guerrero & Ultimo Guerrero during last night's Lucha Azteca episode. This is their first reign as champions. Mr. Niebla making enemies in the locker room by proclaiming he's carrying the promotion by himself... Keisukie Ishii & Masahiro Takahashi now known as Fusion in the tag team division KAZMA SAKAMOTO has been offered a contract extension Tyler Bate has been offered a contract extension Veda Scott has been offered a contract extension Two new tag teams in CWH: Ray Rosas & Big Duke and Eric Watts & Suede Thompson Mia Yim has signed her contract extension -Ricky South strained his Rotator Cuff during the PWA monthly show last night but he isn't scheduled to miss any time Raku's contract won't be renewed and will be leaving the company once her contract expires. Nathan Martin has been offered a contract extension Aria Blake has signed his contract extension

BREAKING NEWS: UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP VACATED; TO BE AWARDED TO THE WINNER OF BATTLEBOWL, TOMORROW NIGHT After an eventful evening in Dandridge, TN in which The Missing Link also captured the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship from Paul Orndorff, courtesy of Robert Fuller's involvement, Jim Crockett has announced that following his victory against Ted Dibiase, he immediately forfeited the US Championship and it will be awarded to the winner of the Battlebowl tournament. 8 matches with random pairings will take place during the night and the winners of each match will advance to the main event battle royal, where the sole survivor will be crowned the new US Heavyweight Champion. No word yet on who will be taking part in the tournament yet. As for Ted Dibiase, he was absolutely livid following the events that lead to him losing the US Championship to Big John Studd and is already talking about filing a lawsuit against Jim Crockett Promotions unless he gets what he wants. We should know more about this in the next few days. Stay tuned to Worldwide & World Championship Wrestling on TBS to find out more as things develop!

November 21st, 1986 Jefferson County High School, Dandridge, TN Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship: The Missing Link beat Paul Orndorff in 13:45 to win the title after interference from Robert Fuller, who nailed him with a cowbell - TITLE CHANGE!!! -Austin Idol beat Baron Von Raschke in 11:32 after interference from The Southern Ramblers Steel Cage Match: Mark Youngblood beat Johnny Rich -Bull Gantner beat George Wells (w/Johnny V) in 9:59 -Corporal Kirschner beat Tom Prichard (w/James J. Dillon) in 14:30 -Wendell Cooley (w/Gary Hart) beat Randy Rose in 11:09 Title vs Title, NWA World Heavyweight & United States Heavyweight Championship: Big John Studd (w/James J. Dillon) beat Ted Dibiase in 12:13 after a miscue from Bruiser Brody (who was chasing Dillon in the ring) allowed Studd to pin Dibiase. - TITLE CHANGE!!!

No, I haven't. In this case, I'll switch to this one; Road Warriors vs Fabulous Ones from a Winnipeg show in 1984:

Saturday, Week 1 December 2018 NXT loans Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate to WWE for appearances this week on WWE TV Sami Callihan to tour with Wrestle-1 Touring with Dragon Gate: Eddie Edwards. Dezmond Xavier has been offered a contract extension Touring with Stardom: Fabi Apache & Hiroka Yaginuma Red Shoes Unno & Kenny Omega have signed contract extensions ACH has been offered a contract extension To TJP: Naomi Yanagita Miscellaneous -Yuji Okabayashi back at 100% -Queen Maria & Dimitri Delirio are dating -Makai Renato has begun MMA training camp for an upcoming fight

Alright, aaeo, for you, I picked something that hopefully will be a better hit for you that my choice for Jetlag was last week. Let's go with KUSHIDA vs Will Ospreay from Wrestling Dontaku this year: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ivrg4 If you already have seen it recently, let me know, I got something in backup in case :)

Friday, Week 1 December 2018 Impact Wrestling -Sami Callihan beat King -Z&E beat The Wasted Generation -Caleb Konley beat Vikas Kumar, Trevor Lee & Dave Crist -The Undead Maid of Honor beat Shotzi Blackheart -Eddie Edwards, Fenix & Matt Sydal beat Dezmond Xavier, Fallah Bahh & Stone Rockwell -Austin Aries beat Santana Xplosion -oVe beat Grado & Rohit Raju -Hernandez beat Caleb Konley -Ortiz & Vikas Kumar beat Bhupinder Singh & Gursinder Singh Red Shoes Unno has been offered a contract extension Mia Yim has been offered a contract extension Touring with Dragon Gate: PAC, Aero Star, Rocky Romero, Escoria & "Jagged" Scott Parker Touring with Stardom: Mercedes Martinez & Madison Rayne Fired from Zero-One: Masamune & Yusaku Obata Aria Blake has been offered a contract extension Miscellaneous: -Masato Tanaka back at 100% -JD Bryant on the rise

So, finally got a chance to watch the match cad offered me; Americo Rocca vs Kid Guzman, either from CMLL or EMLL, I'm not sure, other than it's at Arena Coliseo. First, really got a kick out of the entrance area, a total throwback to cheesey 1991 WCW. My Spanish is a tad (very) rusty but I figured out this was a Lucha de Apuesta. Rocca doesn't even waste any time and attacks Guzman before the bell. Typical lucha sequence once both men get in the ring and Guzman with a nice corkscrew plancha on Rocca outside. Guzman scores the win with a heel hook rather quickly to take the first fall. I noticed that they took way more time than the usual 2 out of 3 falls match I've seen from Mexico but I thought it was a very nice touch, with Rocco's second working on his calf and heel after the first fall. The 2nd fall definitely was the most painful of the 3 to watch for me. I didn't particularly find Rocca's style very enticing, maybe not as much as it feels out of place and sticks out like a sore thumb, working more of an American old school heel over Guzman. However, he seems to legit punch him on the nose in the corner (I had to watch the replay after the 2nd fall because I missed it in the original sequence) and Rocca scores the 2nd fall with some sort of hammerlock lifting chokehold on something. Doctors and Guzman's second working on his bloody nose before the 3rd fall and Rocca uses that in his favor as the 3rd fall begins. Again, not particularly impressed by Rocca but once Guzman begins his comeback, the pace picks up and it makes for a more interesting match. Guzman takes two nasty falls in that one - first, on that tope on the outside as he really landed like a dart on Rocca on the floor - and then the 2nd, when he dodges that back body drop and completely miscalculates his landing on the ring apron and slips on the floor. Kudos to Rocca though for working this into the finish with a Tequila Sunrise to score the victory. And to add insult to injury, Guzman ends up bald. For what it was worth, I thought it was an OK match. Not bad by any means but not anything that blew me away. Guzman showed some fun flashes during the match but with Rocca getting most of the offense as the rudo and Rocca not really working the traditional lucha libre style that I'm used to see, I thought this took a bit away from the match.

Thursday, Week 1 December 2018 -The Mighty beat Jeet Rama & Big Boa -Ricochet beat Steve Cutler by DQ -Aleister Black beat Johnny Gargano WWE United Kingdom Women's Championship: Rhea Ripley beat Isla Dawn to retain -Trent Seven, Mark Andrews & Joseph Conners beat Amir Jordan, Flash Morgan Webster & El Ligero -Charlie Morgan beat Killer Kelly by DQ -Pete Dunne beat Joe Coffey Dave Mastiff signed his contract extension Rey Mysterio has been offered a contract extension The Young Bucks captured the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship by defeating Heavy Metal Thunder (Taiji Ishimori & EVIL) for the vacant titles. This is their 8th reign as champions Yuji Hino is the new NWA United National Heavyweight Championship after defeating Masamune last night. This is Hino's first reign as champion. Kenbai & Kinya Oyanagi now in the tag team division Luke Gallows & Liv Morgan signed their contract extension Stevie Boy has signed his contract extension Miscellaneous: -Radio interview with James Mason

The Axe and Cool Curt finally reunited in heaven. Haven't seen a whole lot of his matches but he had to be double tough. How true is it that The Axe and Verne Gagne legit hated each other?

Jim Crockett Promotions presents World Championship Wrestling Taped at WTBS Studios, Atlanta, GA Broadcasted Weekend of November 15th, 1986 2 matches from house show loops were presented, in addition to the main event: -Baron Von Raschke vs Mr. Wrestling (November 8th, Barton Coliseum) -Battlebowl Rules: Tom Prichard & DJ Peterson vs Bruiser Brody & Paul Orndorff (Manchester, MO - JJ Dillon acquires the services of the Studd Stable) -Mark Youngblood beat George Wells (with Johnny V) November 16th, 1986 Agawam High School, Agawam, MA Battlebowl Rules: "Maniac" Mark Lewin & NWA World TV Champion Bad News Brown beat "Dr. D" David Schultz & Rick Rude in 15:50 -Steve Armstrong beat Tony St. Clair (w/Gary Hart) Falls Count Anywhere: Sweet Brown Sugar beat Austin Idol in 33:03 10-Team Battle Royal: NWA US Tag Team Champions The PYT Express win, "Dr. D" David Schultz & Rick Rude being the final elimination

Wednesday, Week 1 December 2018 Smackdown Live Dark Match: Lucha Dragons beat The Ascension -Shelton Benjamin beat Andrade "Cien" Almas and Gentleman Jack Gallagher WWE United States Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura beat Mike Kanellis to retain -Alexander Wolfe beat Jeff Hardy -Natalya beat Alexa Bliss by DQ -Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn beat The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) Main Event -Primo Colon beat Drew Gulak, Angelo Dawkins & Tozawa -Rezar beat Rhyno by DQ -No Way Jose, Mike Kanellis & Tye Dillinger beat Alexander Wolfe, Roderick Strong & Apollo Crews Meiko Satomura signed her contract extension Stevie Boy has been offered a contract extension Miscellaneous: -Radio interview with Ryan Taylor

I guess we'll truly never know if that was the case, Migs. Putting the temperament of Dynamite Kid aside, he definitely inspired a generation of junior heavyweights and proved to them that you could be successful in this business. The only solace we can find in this is that he's now at peace. RIP.

That will do. I'll watch it later today and I'll have my review written probably during the weekend. :)

Tuesday, Week 1 December 2018 RAW Dark Match: Breezango beat Kalisto & Goldust -Chad Gable beat Heath Slater -Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre beat TJP & Cedric Alexander by countout -Bray Wyatt beat Dash Wilder -Finn Balor beat Ariya Daivari -The Shield (Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns) beat The B-Team by DQ -Jinder Mahal, Elias & Bobby Roode beat No Way Jose, Mike Kanellis & Samir Singh -Kane beat Seth Rollins There is concern about Goldust getting injured because of his recent heavy schedule Dave Mastiff has been offered a contract extension Shine chose not to renew Malia Hosaka's contract and she will leave the promotion once her contract expires. Son of Havoc has signed his contract extension To ROH: Skylar Miscellaneous: -Connor Miles on the rise

I'll certainly be keeping an eye tonight on how filled the building will be in Austin for Smackdown Live. But it can't be as bad looking as it was for Houston last night. It's kind of surreal that Vince actually isn't in panic mode over poor attendance for RAW.

Definitely a few event to talk about this SNME. Mostly catching my eye is the seeds of dissension being planted between Barry Windham and Ric Flair after the finish of the tag match vs Andre & Senior. I personally will admit that I'm a tad bummed that you're already hinting to the end of Windham's time as a Horseman but looking at your roster, I think I got the PERFECT replacement in mind . And kudos to the audacity of your booking with the postmatch of Hogan vs Kamala, with Funk and company attacking Hogan. By the RL standards of WWF at the time, I'm not sure we would've even seen the hint of the use of branded iron set on fire. But this just emphasizes the sheer madness of Terry Funk and his motley crew of maniacs!

Monday, Week 1 December 2018 Survivor Series 2018 Kickoff Match: Ariya Daivari beat Sunil Singh Kickoff Match: Tye Dillinger beat Tozawa -Mojo Rawley beat Buddy Murphy Smackdown Women's Championship: Becky Lynch beat Tamina, Peyton Royce & Carmella to retain -R-Truth, Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin beat Curt Hawkins & The Colons RAW Women's Championship: Ronda Rousey beat Natalya & Alexa Bliss to retain -Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre beat Kalisto & Goldust by countout -Shinsuke Nakamura beat Rhyno by DQ -Seth Rollins beat Elias by DQ WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Cedric Alexander beat Lince Dorado to retain WWE Championship: AJ Styles beat Sheamus to retain -Samoa Joe, Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn beat John Cena, Bray Wyatt & Braun Strowman. John Cena strained his abdominal muscle during the main event but shouldn't miss any time. Noticeably absent from the show: Kane, who appeared on national TV last night. Luke Gallows has received a contract extension. Dasha Fuentes has been called up to the main roster. Masato Tanaka has been offered a contract extension Eddie Edwards has been offered a contract extension Kenny Omega has been offered a contract extension There is concern about CIMA, who recently has had a grueling schedule. CIMA also works with Pro Wrestling NOAH and won the Global League tournament last night, beating Yoshinari Ogawa in the finals. Davey Vega signed his contract extension

Sunday, Week 4 November 2018 -Chastity Taylor beat Faye Jackson -Boy #2, Flip Gordon & Jonathan Gresham beat Hangman Page, Marty Scurll & Will Ferrara -Matt Jackson beat Rocky Romero by DQ Joey Janela is the new CZW World Heavyweight champion after defeating Maxwell Jacob Friedman last night at Night of Infamy 12. This is Janela's first reign as champion. Johnny Evers & Mike Schwarz are the new wXw World Tag Team Champions after defeating Monster Consulting at Broken Rules XVIII last night. This is their first reign as champions. They will now be known as Criminal Intent. However, Schwarz partially tore his PCL during the match and will be sidelined for almost 2 months. No decision yet on if Evers will be allowed to choose another partner. Son of Havoc has been offered a contract extension The Gamma Squad beat Naruki Doi & Shuji Kondo to capture the Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship last night at Autumn Bout 2018. This is their first reign as champions. Sammii Jayne & Kasey Owens are now known as Supply and Demand Liv Morgan has been offered a contract extension Wolfgang has signed his contract extension Parrow has signed his contract extension Miscellaneous: -Radio interview with Stokely Hathaway & Boycot -Velveteen Dream back at 100% -Big push scheduled for Scotty O'Shea in Smash. Despite his loss to Evil Uno at Smash Anniversary 2018, big plans are ahead for him.

Saturday, Week 4 November 2018 Big story out of New Japan as Minoru Suzuki's contract won't be renewed and will soon be leaving the company, which will probably mean the end of Suzuki-gun as we know it. Meiko Satomura has been offered a contract extension Jake Hager is the new MLW Heavyweight Champion after defeating Low-Ki in last night's episode of Fusion. This is Hager's first reign as champion. Davey Vega has been offered a contract extension Britt Baker has turned down a contract extension from AIW and will leave the promotion soon. Referee Brian Gorie has signed his contract extension James Raideen has signed his contract extension Cody Hall has signed his contract extension Jonny Vandal has signed his contract extension