Vital week in pro wrestling
Today starts what will actually begin one of the most important stretches in pro wrestling history.
While the next 11 days will conclude the stretch, we will focus on an eight-day period starting today and briefly talking about next Friday蘑菇视频 Smackdown debut on Fox.
Here is the chronological look.
ROH PPV tonight
Ring Of Honor presents Death Before Dishonor tonight on PPV.
Matt Taven will defend the ROH championship against Rush in the main event.
One of the other top matches includes Shane Taylor defending his ROH TV title against Flip Gordon and Tracy Williams.
WWE show on Fox tonight
Also tonight, WWE presents Smackdown蘑菇视频 Greatest Hits on Fox.
It begins at 8 p.m.
New WWE sets
The word is that WWE will debut new, and unique, entrance sets for both Raw and Smackdown starting Monday.
Smackdown name change
Smackdown will now be called WWE Friday Night Smackdown, but we will continue to refer to it as Smackdown in this column to save on space!
WWE announcing changes
The announce teams for Raw and Smackdown have been revealed.
Raw蘑菇视频 broadcast team will consist of Vic Joseph, Dio Maddin and Jerry Lawler while Michael Cole and Pittsburgh native Corey Graves will handle the Smackdown duties.
Lawler is said to just be a short-term placement.
Hogan, Flair on Raw, Smackdown
WWE has announced that Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair will be guests on MizTV on Raw and then appear on Smackdown.
Anyone else sensing that The Fiend Bray Wyatt will attack either Hogan or Flair on Raw?
NXT on USA extends to two hours
NXT has drawn over one million viewers for each of the first two weeks on the USA Network as it aired from 8-9 p.m.
The second hour, from 9-10 p.m., then aired on the WWE Network.
Starting this Wednesday night, the show will air both hours on the USA Network moving forward in a strategical move.
AEW finally debuting on TNT
WWE moving both hours of NXT to two hours on USA is to counter All Elite Wrestling蘑菇视频 debut on TNT.
The show, titled Dynamite, will also air from 8-10 p.m.
Dynamite will be rated TV-14.
A replay will air on TNT next Saturday morning at 10 a.m.
AEW to Pittsburgh
Tickets for AEW蘑菇视频 Pittsburgh debut are still on sale.
The event is a TV taping at the Petersen Events Center on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh on Oct. 23.
Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com.
WWE Backstage debuts in November
Last week, we looked at a rumored WWE talk show and on Thursday, an official press release was put out.
WWE Backstage will air on FS1 on Thursdays beginning on Nov. 5.
It will be hosted by Renee Young and Booker T.
Young will still contribute on Smackdown.
Morrison headed back to WWE
Former Impact champion John Hennigan is headed back to WWE.
He will return to his John Morrison moniker, and it was under that name that he was an Intercontinental champion, an ECW champion and multi-time tag champ.
Smackdown, Cell previews
Next week蘑菇视频 column will focus on the Smackdown debut on Fox and the Hell in a Cell PPV that will air next Sunday.
On This Day鈥�
In 1998, The Undertaker and Kane simultaneously pinned Stone Cold Steve Austin to win the WWF (now the WWE) championship.
The storyline would be played out and lead to the tournament for the vacant WWE championship at Survivor Series that November.
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