Interesting stuff going on with WWE right now.
• WWE and Impact Wrestling are now business partners. The current deals revolve around licensing content between the two, but it could end up with Impact having a WWE network show.
• WWE is under gigantic pressure to cancel Crown Jewel right now due to the high profile Khashoggi assassination - although, to be fair to WWE fans, the pressure was high during the first event due to the War in Yemen - and American WWE fans are among the first I have seen from the US to actually express widespread criticism against the MBS regime. I’m on the side of cancelling, someone had a great response to JBL’s “It’s good to open up Saudi Arabia to Western culture” by pointing out that Saudi Arabia has been open to certain elements to Western culture for decades, but that the bits WWE bring to the table are not new and not helping - since WWE excludes their entire women’s roster and also do propaganda for the MBS regime.
• Becky Lynch and Samoa Joe is the primary heels on Smackdown... and she gets cheers to rival the New Day - who are the biggest baby faces in the whole company.
• After years of waiting, NXT UK finally has a show. And if you haven’t been watching NXT, it is unique and fantastic.
• Evolution, the first women’s PPV - IMO, not the best idea in the world - I think the women’s division would be better served by having a Rousey vs Charlotte Flair main event at Wrestlemania - it would be interesting to have Charlotte be the one to screw Rousey out of her title sometime before the Royal Rumble. Another better option would be women’s tag team gold... There are FOUR main championships, but no IC and no tag team; and 2/3rds of the matches in the women’s division are tag team.
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