Taz opens today’s show by speaking about Jason Jordan’s performance on this week’s RAW. He has been very critical of the entire Jordan/Angle storyline, and he’s been harping on WWE for not turning Jordan heel over the last couple of months.

However, while watching RAW this past week Taz thought Jordan’s promo work and facial expressions were great. Jordan’s portraying a whiny daddy’s boy right now, but he can still kick you ass in the ring so that makes for an interesting dynamic. Taz also thinks there’s great chemistry between Jordan and Seth Rollins, so he’s interested in seeing where that pairing heads in the future.

Taz was very impressed by Samoa Joe’s promo work on RAW this week. He points out that the inflection and tone of Joe’s words are things that Joe controls on his own, and he’s very good at it. Taz thinks Joe is one of the top guys in the company right now on the mic.

Taz recalls people within TNA years ago arguing over which of their stars would be able to succeed in WWE. There was always concern with A.J. Styles’ Southern accent, as well as Samoa Joe’s body type. As it turns out, none of that stuff matters and both of those competitors have seen great success in WWE thus far.

Taz says he’s very happy for Braun Strowman, but he really felt bad for Rhyno and Heath Slater this past week on RAW. They’re both good guys and he wants to see them succeed, so he hopes WWE eventually comes up with a good angle for them, where they can work with each other and make something positive come out of this pairing.

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Kurt Angle’s tweet about replacing Enzo Amore as a participant in the upcoming Mixed Match Challenge has been misunderstood by many websites as they reported Angle would actually be replacing Enzo on the series, which is incorrect.

Angle wrote, “Enzo has the flu and thus I must replace him in the Mixed Match Challenge.”

This statement was misinterpreted and Angle was actually trying to say that he is going to find someone to replace Enzo on the show. As of this writing it’s unknown who that replacement may be.

Speaking of Enzo, he has been cleared to return to action from the flu and the tournament is still almost two weeks away. This could be an indication that the decision to pull him was due to some other reason.

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Kurt Angle announced on Twitter that Enzo Amore has been pulled from the Mixed Match Challenge due to having the flu.

Angle wrote, “@real1 has the flu and thus I must replace him in the Mixed Match Challenge. #WWEMMC”

@real1 has the flu and thus I must replace him in the Mixed Match Challenge. #WWEMMC

— Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) January 3, 2018

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Kurt Angle opened up tonight’s episode of RAW discussing the men’s and women’s Royal Rumble matches at this month’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.

Angle revealed that 30 participants will compete in the Women’s Royal Rumble match. It was originally rumored that only 15 or 20 individuals will compete in the match.

The Royal Rumble will take place on January 28, 2018, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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WWE announced that Roman Reigns will defend his WWE Intercontinental Championship Title on Monday’s episode of RAW. If Reigns gets disqualified, he will lose his title. Kurt Angle made the announcement on Twitter.

He wrote, “On the first #Raw of 2018 @WWERomanReigns will defend his #ICTitle against @SamoaJoe; if Roman is DQ’ed, he’ll lose the match AND his title”

On the first #Raw of 2018 @WWERomanReigns will defend his #ICTitle against @SamoaJoe; if Roman is DQ’ed, he’ll lose the match AND his title

— Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) December 29, 2017

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As seen on Monday’s episode of RAW, WWE did a backstage segment with Enzo Amore being hit on by Nia Jax, where she used his line, “How you doin?!?” on the WWE Cruiserweight Champion.

Dave Meltzer discussed this angle in today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio and explained that this is going to be a comedy romance angle with the two that will play out on WWE television. Meltzer mentioned that the reason WWE is doing this angle is because they need something for Nia Jax to do, while the new talents that were brought up from NXT get over on the main roster.

Meltzer also added that it’s very possible that Nia Jax could be appearing on 205 Live in the coming weeks.

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WWE posted footage of Cathy Kelly reporting that Naomi suffered “multiple injuries” on Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live. Those injuries include a cervical sprain, a shoulder separation, and facial lacerations.

These are obviously storyline injuries to further the ongoing angle with The Riot Squad.

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Dave Meltzer reported in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Kurt Angle and Triple H both worked Sunday’s WWE Survivor Series event hurt.

Triple H was banged up after working several straight matches in the UK prior to Survivor Series. This would explain why he wasn’t really involved much in the traditional 5 vs. 5 Survivor Series match until the finish.

Angle appeared on the show with his leg wrapped up heavy and it was clear his knee was in bad shape. It’s being said that he too was hurt while working a match in the UK prior to the event.

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We reported last week that Kurt Angle would be returning to the ring for a future match at one of the big four pay-per-view events — Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, WrestleMania or SummerSlam.

PWInsider reports that the plan of this afternoon is for Angle to return to the ring as the team leader of the RAW brand at Survivor Series next month. Finn Balor, Roman Reigns, Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman are expected to be on Angle’s team for the traditional 5 vs. 5 elimination match. They will take on the SmackDown team of Shane McMahon, Randy Orton, Bobby Roode, AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura.

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Block 1:

A listener calls into the show and mentions that he really liked the main event of TLC this past Sunday, with Kurt Angle tagging with The Shield to take on The Miz, Sheamus, Cesaro, Kane and Braun Strowman. He also points out that he didn’t have a problem with Kurt Angle wearing a Shield vest.

Taz says that he wasn’t really critical of that match either. He actually really enjoyed the physical side of the bout and he thought all of the guys in the match busted their asses. He did however say that there was an awful lot of stuff happening in that match, and he would have preferred if Angle would have came out to his own music, wearing his own ring gear.

The caller goes on to say that he felt as if the other talent in the match were holding back a bit physically when working with Angle. The caller wonders if maybe this was because Angle came back too soon and he wasn’t physically prepared to work that match.

Taz says that Angle was definitely physically prepared to work this match because he wouldn’t have been in the ring if he wasn’t. He does agree with the caller in the sense that it appeared as if those guys were a bit hesitant to really go at Angle physically, but he also adds that they were probably just timid because they were working with a WWE legend for the first time.

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