The month of October for wwe has been a rather average month yet again with the company yet again facing the prospect of trying to find a match suitable of warranting the hell in the cell stipulation. Back in September my thinking was Brock would headline the show inside the cell with Cena to end there summer long series once and for all. Even with word spreading in September Lesnar was due to sign extras dates to his current deal so he could appear on hell in the cell ppv and even possibly at survivor series in November. It seemed like the most logical choice of a main event wwe could go with, but alas the company didn't do this due to whatever reason. Now reports claim Lesnar hasn't signed any sort of extra dates to his deal which is a shame for wwe as they really need him at the moment. Instead wwe originally choose john Cena v dean Ambrose with the winner facing Seth Rollins in the hell in the cell while the loser would of Ambrose v Cena would face randy Orton also in a cell match at the wwe network special event (let's face it wwe claims it doesn't do pay per views anymore). Wwe had claimed that Ambrose v Cena would be a no holds barred pole match at the cell show but this match will not happen now. With very little explanation wwe rushed Ambrose v Cena onto free tv and remember this is the twos first single match together if built properly then maybe wwe could have poped a buy rate or as they call it these days a network subscription or two. Anyway the match ended after a ton of interference from the authority's goons Kane, randy Orton and Seth Rollins. The finish protected Cena as always but it did give wwe fans the match they wanted with Rollins v Ambrose and the match they didn't want to see again for the 250th time Orton v Cena. I'm guessing wwe thinking was they needed to announce a main event or at least have one in place to sell this show but it still raises the question why wwe decided to do Cena v Ambrose in this manner. Now on the eve of the show people are wondering who will main event this show will it be Cena v Orton a match wwe fans have seen countless times over the last 5 years or will it be the fresher feud between Rollins and ambrose. For me personally I'd like wwe to send a message to it's fans by having Rollins v Ambrose go on last and ram home to it's viewers it's a new era in this company and these guys are the next top stars. But like so many I think wwe will bottle it come show time and book Orton v Cena on top. This could lead to a better match between Ambrose and Rollins who will surely fill slited by wwe for doing this to them and go out that night and have a damn fine cell encounter that Cena and Orton could never follow. Also rumoured to be happening on hell in the cell show is wwe may turn randy Orton back face again. Some maybe fill a turn will give randys career a breath of fresh air because he's becoming more and more stale as heel with each passing week. I think this could be a good idea for wwe to do this at this time. If you think about it, it will Create a bunch of fresh feuds for Orton and will give wwe a chance to build a long term feud between either triple h or Seth Rollins for wrestlemania and even have Orton v Lesnar at the rumble. Lesnar v Orton is a fresh match up wwe are yet to do and with Lesnar going over Orton it sends message that this guy has now defeated takers streak, beat blood, urine and vomit out of Cena and had then destroyed the viper. That could make Lesnar pipping hot come mania with a new baby face star whoever that may be weather it's Ambrose, roman Regins or the even more unlikely now daniel Bryan (a second surgery is needed on his neck and he will likely miss mania at this point) beating Lesnar to usher in a new era on top within wwe. This new baby face star could lay claim to having beaten and sent packing the man who dominated wwe in 2014. For me I think the time is right for Ambrose to beat Lesnar at mania at this moment in time he is the most over baby face on the wwe roster. Wwe may have other plans for mania with the rumoured main event for months now is roman Regins vs Lesnar but I fill with Regins injury hitting him at this time once he returns there isn't enough time to sufficiently build him as a serious threat that fans will take seriously and his beating Lesnar at mania will mean nothing and Lesnar year of dominance may mean nothing and that in turn will mean wwe having undertaker lose at mania to Lesnar will also mean nothing. As for Lesnar as wwe champion I don't have a problem with it but still fill he needs to be back following hell in the cell for a survivor series match with Cena. Then for tlc he doesn't need to be there and then have him defend against Orton at rumble (as mentioned above). It seems feesable scanerio we could be heading to with the current champion being there up to every 3 to 5 weeks and I don't have a problem with that whatsoever. Rusev may be heading off onto bigger and better things once he's defeated the bully boy giants that are mark Herny and big show. Wwe sent a clear message by having the rock interrupt him on raw 3 weeks ago that they see big things for Rusev in his future and why not he's proved he's more than just another Vladimir Kolsov and worked very hard indeed to get himself over. As for what wwe have planned for Rusev at mania, who knows what they will do could he be matched up with Cena or could he wrestle the rock but only time will tell but it was clear during his segment with the rock wwe see rusev as a future main eventer. With all this talk of wretlemania believe it or not rumours are already going around that stone cold steve austin will wrestle at the showcase of the immortals for the wrestlemania 32 show in 2016. Austin has always said if he was given the right operant, stage and creative he'd be open to a return to wwe for one more match. Austins return to the ring will be a very big deal indeed espiecally if it takes place at mania 32 in front of 100,000 fans in Dallas Texas at the AT&T stadium. Austin who was without doubt one of wwe biggest draws ever could be line to face a number of wrestlers at this point but in my opinion a match with either triple h or Brock Lesnar would be the right match for austin as he wrestles what will then be his last match ever but there is still a long way to go yet before mania 32 even gets here so I'm probably getting ahead of my myself here with this one. We finally end this wwe section with news you will surely have read by now that the company has released popular ring announcer Justin Roberts. A move that was probably done due to the company cost cutting measures recently a shame as Roberts was respected by some fans who have grown up on his announcing there favourite superstars (personally I'm a Howard Finkel guy). Again it was wwe knowing they were paying him what they felt was too much and already had a replacement in Cody Rhodes wife Eden who was more cheaper than Roberts. Whatever it was it was probably also due to the fact next week wwe will be releasing there network subscriber numbers and if those reports as some have suggested then maybe his firing was because of this.
TNA
I had given up on TNA a long time ago at one point in 2005 while watching this exciting promotion you felt this promotion was onto something special and in 5 years it could be a real threat to wwe, but alas this never happened. Whoever you blame for TNA decline weather it's Dixie carter, vince Russo, Jeff Jarrett, hulk hogan, eric Bischoff or Bruce Prichard this company could have been something special. Note to Dixie why did you fire Scott demore the guys ideas where less storyline driven and mostly focused on in ring action. Never mind rant over. TNA went into this month with them telling the world week after week they would be announcing a tv deal soon. Each week has passed this month and still no deal of which to speak of and that's a shame because as we roll into November it's becoming clear to everyone expect Dixie carter of course that her promotion is in serious trouble. With no TNA the wrestling landscape will look very bleak indeed and as for all the talented workers yes some will end up in wwe but some will not and that will be very bad for the wrestlers who make a living off doing this as there chosen profession and career. At the end of the day I don't fill sorry for Dixie or TNA if they cease to exist I fill bad for wrestlers who may or may not have to leave the business altogether. As for TNA it's been depressing the last 3 months the company has been a shell of it's former self putting together nothing of importance well expect the finish to the Wovles, hardys and 3d feud but not a lot else. Take TNA bound for glory for instance once considered by TNA as there wrestlemania now this years addition was reduced to being a run of a mill house show which happened to be in japan. Wrestle 1 weren't exactly helped by TNA in the build up to the event as TNA pulled it's champion bobby lashley and popular wrestler Robert Roode and the final to the tag team series which was the mentioned above the Wovles v the hardys v the Dudley's. Why even bother calling it bound for glory if the company was just going to end up devaluing it's own show by pulling stars just imagine if Roode v lashley had taken place and the tlc bout it probably could have saved bound for glory and made it fill more like more of an important ppv but alas we got what we got for what could be the last ever bound for glory ppv. Sure it was great to see the great Muta wrestle but this crowd didn't seem to care about this former wcw world champion, multi time IWGP heavyweight champion and triple crown champion which was a shame if it was me I would have booked Muta vs angle but angle wasn't fit to return to the ring so we got Muta and Tariji vs storm and senada in a rather dull main event instead. Just imagine if TNA would have had Muta v angle as well as the tlc and TNA title match the review of this ppv and negative critical response it received May not have happened. I end this TNA section on a plus as TNA have brought back British bootcamp on challenge tv here in the uk and my pick to win this season is Grado but do I fill tna will not pick him to be the winner of the season 2? no I do not as I think TNA think that Grado gimmick won't work in front of a us crowd but they have nothing to lose as the company is all but dead and it's likely last shows will be taking place on these shores in January. So why not have Grado a BBC documentary star win the competition and at least give the fans of blighty something to shout about at the TNA shows as mentioned in the UK in the new year.
ROH
Over in ROH the company has announced that ROH final battle 2014 will be heading to New York for a 9th consecrative year in a row but rather than the Hammerstein ballroom it's going to be held at terminal 5. The event will also be ROH 2nd ppv event this year following on from the success of ROH best in the world ppv back in June. Talking of ROH best in the world which was headlined by micheal Elgin challenging for the ROH world title and defeating then champion Adam cole In a dramatic match. Elgin as you will probably know dropped the ROH title in September at the ROH all star extravaganza show to jay Briscoe. It's been rather clouded as to why Elgin dropped the gold. Some sources claim it's due to Elgin hinting in an interview he wanted to be a baseball player in the future which reportable upset some ROH officials who felt Elgin should have been talking about being a ROH world champion rather than his dream to become a baseball player. Other sources say it's down to Elgin and ROH not sorting out his visa issues which forced him to stay behind in Canada following the ROH all star extravaganza show but whatever it was it made Elgin take to twitter a few weeks back and publicly claim on the social media site he was done with ROH and had quit the company. Of course it's lead many to dealt the legitimacy of Elgin so called walk out and claim it was all a work (a storyline that both Elgin and ROH are working). Elgin also has gone as far as to do a shoot interview with highspots and tell all about situation. I for one am a little dissappionted Elgin is gone but I do expect him and ROH to sort some kind of deal out which will see him return to the company weather that be next week or next year or even many years from now. Poor old jay Briscoe couldn't have been happy with all of this attention Elgin was receiving as he's the guy ROH picked to take the strap (sorry vince) from Elgin in Canada last month. He couldn't be off to a more lacklustre start as champion as everyone seems more obsessed with this Elgin stituation rather than him as the ROH world champion and I'm sure he (if he cares at all) is aware a lot of people on twitter are already talking about who succeeds him as ROH champion with the fans and mine thinking Adam cole should get the belt back in time for ROH final battle ppv.
Elsewhere
New japan and global force wrestling (Jeff Jarrett's new on and off again promotion GFW) will be co promoting the wrestling kingdom event in the world famous Tokyo dome in the new year and the event will also be on traditional ppv. New japan and global force hope to cash in on the success of ROH ppv exploits and the fact there ippv provider ustream has dropped new japan from it's schedule. The show will likely draw over 40,000 to 60,000 fans to the dome and be a success in japan and with smarks across the world who will go out of there way to pay and watch this show no matter what and I will also be one of these people. Also good ole JR (Jim Ross) is reportable being lined up to do commentary for the show and that could be a massive news in it's self if it becomes a reality of course but it seems as if this is only rumours but ross has mentioned the show serveal times on his podcast the last few weeks, so take from that what you will. New japan recently held the NJPW king of pro wrestling event this month which was a very good show indeed. It featured Hiroshi Tanahashi beating AJ Styles to win his 7th IWGP heavyweight title on the show in a blistering main event and set up a dream rematch at the Kingdom ppv against Kazuchika Okada as Okada beat to retain his MITB breifcase against Tetsuya Naito on the same show. I for one am looking forward to this match (it will blow away anything else on mania next year) but if new japan wanted to make it's ppv appeal to jaded fans of TNA or wwe then I question why they've booked this Match on top surely the less spectacular AJ and Jarrett vs Tanahashi and Okada would have seemed like a more likely choice or even having styles v Okada and Jarrett vs tanahashi would have maybe appealed to those fans more than Okada v tanahashi. Yoshi Tatsu made his return to new japan on the kopw show he stopped Jeff Jarrett's interference during the styles/tanahashi match which will now likely set up Tatsu vs Jarrett for the kingdom ppv. Best of luck to Yoshi I say he deserves his chance to shine because he currently didn't get it in wwe. Kurt angle could be an amazing addition to the kingdom ppv and raise buy rates some more if he wrestled styles or shinsuke Nakamura on the show but again it's down to both sides to make something happen and I know it's just a dream and even maybe too much to ask angle to be back from injury the time the show rolls around on January 4th. Over here in England my thoughts and prays go out to British wrestler Kris Travis who had been diagnosed with cancer, PCW have started up an indie go go page to help the British ace in his hour of need, so go check it out. Finally it's over to Rey Mysterio who made a cameo on MLW podcast this past Sunday, Rey talked (not for very long I may add) about moving away from wrestling and into acting among other things. Then news broke this week Hugo savinovich has said Rey is dying to be let go by wwe so he can resume his career in Mexico with AAA a group Mysterio had worked for before he came to the us of a in the early nineties and had worked for recently in august at the promotions version of wwe wretlemania called triple mania where Rey appeared on the Titon tron to cut a promo. Again I'll say this Mysterio may have to go to court to get out of his wwe deal or return to wwe to work the rest of his deal before wwe let him go anywhere. I for one just wish this whole mess isn't dragged through the courts as it would mean Mysterio would face many more months and even years on the sidelines not being able to wrestle until this whole mess has been sorted out. So that's my two cents on the wrestling world this month and I will be back with another wrestling round up next month and thanks for reading peeps, seacrest out, did I just type that.
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