Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host, Jeff Lane.

Speaking about the current steroid allegations facing Roman Reigns, Russo says he doesn’t consider this to be a big deal at all. He actually has no issue with grown men choosing to use steroids, and he compares it to some people choosing to smoke cigarettes. If you’re an adult and you’re aware of what you’re doing, why is this a big deal? He points out that actors like Sylvester Stallone have used steroids to prepare for movie roles in the past, so he doesn’t see why professional wrestling is so against this.

Lane mentions that PWTorch’s Wade Keller spoke about Johnny Gargano this past week, saying he’s a star who could really help turn 205 Live’s dropping viewership numbers around. Along with other stars such as Finn Balor and Hideo Itami, Gargano could make 205 Live entertaining programming according to Keller. Russo doesn’t agree with that statement at all, but he does give Keller credit for finally realizing that Balor needs to be moved from RAW to 205 Live.

In another audio clip, Keller said that Elias is only going to rise up and meet his potential when he stops playing his guitar in the ring eery week. Russo points out that if Keller had his way, he’d strip every character of their gimmicks. In this case, RAW’s roster would consist of 100 identical wrestlers with no character development or interesting gimmicks, and that’s not good.

Continuing with his thoughts on Elias, Russo thinks WWE’s booking of him has been brutal as of late. He can’t understand why they’d book Elias to be the opening act for The Miztourage every week when there are millions of other creative things they could be doing with him.

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WWE announced that Lana will team with Rusev for the upcoming Mixed Match Challenge series.

It's going to be a VERY Happy #RusevDay on @WWE Mixed Match Challenge when @RusevBUL teams up with his wife @LanaWWE! #WWEMMC pic.twitter.com/IAOLBcquGl

— WWE (@WWE) January 4, 2018

Here is the updated list of teams for the show:

* Bobby Roode & Charlotte
* Braun Strowman & Alexa Bliss
* Finn Balor & Sasha Banks
* Lana & Rusev

Mixed Match Challenge kicks off on Tuesday, January 16th directly after SmackDown Live on Facebook Watch.

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Two names considered as Dean Ambrose replacements as Seth Rollins partner in the tag team slot were Finn Balor and Jason Jordan. Ultimately the company decided to go with Jordan, which mean stalling or perhaps even halting his heel turn all together. Jordan may be pushed to becoming a top babyface now.

With WWE needing to push Jordan as a top guy, there is really no other choice but to put the tag team titles on them from Cesaro & Sheamus as a way to establish Jordan’s credibility after weeks of pushing him.

Meanwhile, Balor seems to have nothing going on with his character.

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According to Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated, Finn Balor was never factored into any plans to face Brock Lesnar at next year’s Royal Rumble event.

Barrasso also reported that Balor is slowly being transitioned into a role similar to Dolph Zigglers, where he is a performer who can put on great matches but doesn’t get to the main event because of the lack of faith from higher-ups. One WWE source relayed to Barrasso that Vince McMahon sees Balor as “bland” whenever he’s not portraying the “Demon King” character.

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As previously reported, Dave Meltzer claimed on Wrestling Observer Radio that the reason WWE nixed the plans for Finn Balor vs Brock Lesnar at next year’s Royal Rumble event was because Vince McMahon doesn’t believe Balor is over enough.

Balor made reference to Meltzer’s claims on Twitter with the following tweet:

#BálorClub
•fOreVER• pic.twitter.com/OmS5hFsJOf

— Finn Bálor (@FinnBalor) November 22, 2017

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As seen on WWE programming, Kane recently got wins over both Finn Balor and Seth Rollins. The reason behind these victories is WWE is trying to build Kane up as an unstoppable force (again) before he eventually loses to Braun Strowman. The belief is that the match is likely to be held off until December but not before Kane beats another top WWE Superstar, presumably Dean Ambrose.

Bryan Alvarez speculated on the latest installment of Wrestling Observer Live that on his way out, Kane will not only get destroyed by all members of The Shield but Finn Balor will possibly get a rematch as well and get his win back over Kane.

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WWE is planning the following two matches for tonight’s episode of RAW:

* Kane vs. Seth Rollins

* Bayley vs. Alicia Fox

Other matches rumored for the show include:

* WWE TLC Rematch: Alexa Bliss defending the RAW Women’s Champinoship against Mickie James

* Finn Balor vs. Cesaro

* Bray Wyatt and Nia Jax’s returns

Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage.

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The following matches are expected to take place on tonight’s episode of RAW:

* WWE TLC Rematch: Alexa Bliss defending the RAW Women’s Champinoship against Mickie James.

* Finn Balor vs. Cesaro

We have several other spoilers available for tonight’s show at this link. Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage of tonight’s show.

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Block 1:

Taz opens today’s show by diving right into his analysis of last night’s TLC PPV. He says that he wasn’t overly fond of his show, even though all the talents worked hard.

He says he would have preferred if Kurt Angle would have respectfully denied the vest when Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose offered it to him. Taz would have liked if Angle would have said something like, “Thanks, but I think I’ll wear this on my chest instead”, as he pulled out his gold medals. Taz thinks a huge part of Angle’s return is seeing Angle in all his glory, with his own theme music and wearing his singlet.

Taz thought that Elias and Jason Jordan were put in a rough spot last night, working in between Styles/Balor and the TLC main event. He thought Elias’ initial segment was repeated later in the show because McMahon was so mad at how bad it was the first time. After watching it unfold exactly the same the second time around Taz realized that his opinion was wrong in that case.

He also believes that the finish to the Elias/Jordan match was botched. He says that while WWE sometimes books controversial finishes, this finish didn’t look that way to him. If it was supposed to be a controversial finish, Elias kicked out way too early prior to the 3-count.

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Welcome to our coverage of WWE TLC 2017, a PPV that is sure to be as chaotic as it is surprising.

What a week it has been in WWE. A bout of viral meningitis made its way through the Raw locker room, and as such, Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns have been pulled from tonight’s PPV. That means two of the nights biggest matches are without their stars, however WWE quickly changed the line-up and got fans hella excited for what’s coming tonight.

First off, Bray Wyatt was pulled from the match against Finn Balor where he was to debut the Sister Abigail. Seeing as this was the third meeting between Balor and Wyatt, fans weren’t too upset when they heard that Bray was being replaced by none other than the face that runs the place, the man who built SmackDown Live, AJ Styles! This is something of a dream match for fans and it has the potential to be a match of the year candidate.

Roman Reigns was also pulled from tonight’s card, meaning the long-awaited Shield reunion is not going to happen tonight. This is genuinely very disappointing after the weeks of build and anticipation – probably the first time fans have ever been disappointed to hear Reigns is not on a show. WWE quickly announced that Reigns was to be replaced in the match and his replacement would be….Kurt Angle. OK, so first reaction is a heart-attack level of excitement, but once that wears off I think this is a terrible choice. Angle is a Hall of Famer, a legend, whose return to the ring should have been the result of a huge storyline that led to WrestleMania or a similarly big PPV. He shouldn’t have been thrown into a match simply because fans would be disappointed without the Shield reunion, WWE could have given this spot to Matt Hardy, an NXT guy like Aleister Black, or even throw cash at someone like Rob Van Dam to come back for one night and put on a show-stealer. Maybe I’m wrong but let me know what you guys think!

Aside from all of that madness, the rest of the TLC card is undisturbed, meaning we will still see Emma Vs. Asuka, Kalisto Vs. Enzo Amore, Alexa Bliss Vs. Mickie James, and a handful of kick-off segments. Honestly, aside from the two huge matches I talked about above, this card is fairly lacklustre, and it would have been even more-so if it didn’t suddenly feature AJ Styles. Regardless, I think the matches will be solid and I can’t wait to see Angle return, despite my rant. Remember to download the Ringside Talk app and get conversing with fellow marks. Enjoy the show!

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