Russo opens today’s show by informing that he’s going to be a Grandfather for the first time. He’s very excited about this news and he thanks all of his fans for sending him so many kind messages on social media. He points out that news like this really helps you put life in perspective.

Russo mentions that a lot of his fans accused him of “working” them over the last couple of weeks as he refused to speak about RAW25. These fans assumed that Russo was invited to attend the event all along and he was refusing to speak about it in order to keep it a secret. That way, when he arrived at RAW25 it would be a huge surprise.

He says that this was never the case, and there were never any conversations between him and WWE about returning to the company for the one-night-only event. He points out that he hates to leave his house to travel these days, but a part of him really hoped that WWE would do the right thing in this case by extending an invitation to him and Ferrara.

Russo says that whether you like it or not, there would have been no attitude era without him and Ed Ferrara. He knows that Superstars such as Steve Austin and The Rock played a huge part in WWE’s success at that time as well, but the fact that he and Ferrara were the ones writing the lines for those stars made them an invaluable part of the company at that time in his opinion.

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

Russo opens today’s show speaking about the recent interaction between Chris Jericho and Pro Wrestling Sheet’s Ryan Satin. Satin made an issue of the fact that Jericho dedicated his Wrestle Kingdom 12 match to Chris Benoit and Jericho swiftly responded, ridiculing Satin and saying he had his reasons for dedicating the match to Benoit.

Russo wonders that out of all the people in the world, wouldn’t Jericho be at the bottom of the list of people you’d want to fight with? Jericho has millions of fans and he’s also very smart and funny, so he’ll make you look foolish in front of all those fans. That’s exactly what happened in this case according to Russo.

While speaking about this week’s episode of RAW, Wade Keller of PWTorch said that he thought there was much more attention to detail and better acting than on recent episodes of the show. Russo wants Keller to give some examples of this attention to detail and great acting, because he didn’t see anything close to that.

Keller went on to say that Renee Young is “pitch perfect”, and she might be best of all time at her job, even better than Lance Russell. Russo disagrees with this entirely and doesn’t feel that you can compare anyone from this era to Russell or Gene Okerlund. He says that these interviewers have to have a personality and punch their time in the business before anyone can make those comparisons.

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As previously reported, Dean Ambrose underwent successful surgery to to repair a high-grade triceps tendon injury on Tuesday. Ambrose was spotted in Nevada yesterday, which means he was released from the hospital and is back recovering.

In regards to Ambrose’s WWE return, it was being speculated that he could be out of action for six months, but that may not be the case. PWInsider indicated that he could only be out of action for 2 to 3 months instead.

We will keep you updated once an the official timeline for Ambrose’s return could be.

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As reported earlier today, 205 Live Superstar Rich Swann was arrested early this morning at 12:09 AM in Gainesville, Florida and charged with Kidnapping/False imprisonment.

In an update, the Gainesville Police Department has released the report on the arrest and revealed that the victim in the case was Swann’s wife and fellow wrestler Su Yung.

(Note: Vic is Victim and Def is Defendant)

“On the above date and time at the above location the Vic and Def were engaged in an argument. Both the Vic and Def are professional wrestlers and the Vic had just put on a show at 8 seconds in downtown Gainesville. The Def was critiquing the Vic’s performance and began getting angry with her. The Vic got scared that the argument was going to escalate and got out of the car in the area of 2400 SE Hawthorne Rd. The Def stopped his vehicle in the middle of traffic and the Vic jumped out. The Def gave chase and yelled for the Vic to get back in the car. The Vic told the Def she did not want to get back in the car as she continued to walk away. The Def then grabbed the Vic by her arm and then around her neck with his arm. He placed her in a headlock and dragged her back to their vehicle. The Vic screamed for help as the Def pushed her in the car.

Wit 1 observed this happen and called LEA. Wit 1 said that she saw the Def chase after the Vic and put her in a headlock and shove her back in the car while she screamed for help. Wit 1 said that the Vic was beating on the window screaming for help as they drove away again. Wit 1 said that the Vic seemed very afraid of the Def and was trying to get away from him.

Wit.2 observed the vehicle driven by the Def driving erratically in the area of 1500 E University Ave. Wit 2 saw the Vic jump out of the vehicle while it was moving and run away. Wit 2 saw the Def get out of the car while it was still moving and chase after the Vic. The car was not in park and continued to roll until it hit a telephone pole on the corner of NE 15th St and E University Ave.

The Vic stated that she was afraid of the Def because he has a temper sometimes. She said she was trying to get away from him because she was scared that their argument would escalate into physical violence. The Vic said that the Def grabbed her by the arm and pulled her back into the car even though she did not want to go with him. The Vic said she told the Def to pull over so she could get out but he refused to do so and she ended up jumping out while the vehicle was still (slowly) moving.

Post Miranda the Def stated that he did not grab the Vic and put her in the car. The Def stated that she got in the car on her own and he never physically touched her. The Def said he was just trying to get home and she had the phone with the GPS on it so he needed her to come with him.

The Vic and Def have been in a relationship for approx 5 years and have been married for 9 months.”

Due to numerous national media requests…mugshot and arrest report for Rich Swann can be found here: https://t.co/PvQj5B7A7n

(Redactions made in accordance with FSS 119 that protects home address/phone of domestic violence victim.) pic.twitter.com/EgjbzTbjNq

— Gainesville Police (@GainesvillePD) December 10, 2017

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It was previously reported that Brock Lesnar may not return to WWE television until sometime next year, however that’s not the case. The Dunkin Donuts Center announced on Twitter that Lesnar will be appearing on the December 18th episode of RAW.

JUST ANNOUNCED: Universal Champion “The Beast” @BrockLesnar will be live in Providence for @WWE Monday Night RAW! @HeymanHustle #wweprovidence pic.twitter.com/FvrC69aQgC

— Dunkin Donuts Center (@DunkinDonutsCtr) November 28, 2017

This appearance will be the night after SmackDown’s Clash of Champions event when WWE starts the build towards the Royal Rumble event in January.

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Edge and Christian open this week’s show speaking about Sami Zayn’s recent heel turn. Christian says that Zayn has cut a great heel promo on Smackdown Live two weeks in a row and he believes this turn has added some great layers to Zayn’s character.

Edge and Christian welcome Goldust to the show.

Goldust comments on the notion that it may have been his work in the mid-late 90’s that started the attitude era. He says that he likes to think that’s the case from time to time, but most people tend to agree that it was DX, NWO, Rock, Austin and all the other stars during that era that truly ushered in that cutting edge style.

He’s still very proud of what he accomplished with the Goldust character at that time, and he thinks a lot of the work he was doing back then was well before its time. He admits that when he transitioned from WCW to WWE in the mid 90’s he was determined to make his own success, separate from the ‘Rhodes’ name. He was handed the Goldust character and it took him a while to feel comfortable with it.

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Taz discusses Bray Wyatt’s ‘Sister Abigail’ alter ego. He thinks WWE really missed the boat with this storyline, and he hopes WWE changes their direction in this case before it’s too late. According to WWE.com’s RAW preview for tonight, Finn Balor is going to go face-to-face with Abigail. Taz assumes this will just be Bray Wyatt in makeup, but he’s still holding out hope that we’ll see a female performer portray that character.

He says the idea of someone like Ruby Rose portraying Sister Abigail really interests him. Rose, with her tattoos and rugged look, would appear to be the perfect fit for the Abigail character. The more Taz thinks about this though, he believes it would be interesting to cast someone completely opposite of Rose in this role. He thinks a beautiful, clean-looking woman portraying the Abigail character would be a contrast to what people would expect from a member of the Wyatt Family, and that could be very effective.

He goes on to say that there are so many talented women in WWE right now, and there are plenty more working on the indie scene. Taz would prefer that WWE go outside of the company to find a woman to portray Abigail so that the performer would be brand new to the WWE Universe. He urges WWE to spend some money on this storyline and do it right; if they’re just going to have Bray put makeup on they should scrap it now.

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WWE 2K18 is all set to release worldwide on October 17 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Users who pre-ordered the special deluxe edition of the game got to pick up their copy today.

That bad news is Nintendo Switch users will still have to wait until the later this year to pick up their copy of the game. As of this writing, there is still no exact date for the Switch release. Retail sites such as Amazon and Best Buy have a date holder listing of “12/31/17” as the release date, but no official announcement has been made.

Gamepur revealed in an interview with 2K Sports that they will be making an official announcement regarding the Switch version of WWE 2K18 sometime in the near future, but didn’t elaborate on that exact date either.

“The goal for WWE 2K18 on the Nintendo Switch is to deliver the same experience as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on the Nintendo Switch platform, including the same game modes, features, and overall experience. We are going to make some important WWE 2K18 Nintendo Switch announcements soon, so please stay tuned for the latest information.”

2K Sports is basically leaving many Switch users like myself left in the dark right now on the exact release date. When I went down to pre-order the game from Gamestop two months ago, I was informed that the game would be coming out on the same date as all the other systems, October 17th. That doesn’t appear to be the case anymore and it could have to do with compatibility issues between the systems.

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It was being speculated for several months that Luke Harper and Erick Rowan would be revealed as the attackers of the Fashion Police and that could still be the case. The ‘2B’ that Fandango and Tyler Breeze have been struggling with over could turn out to be the Bludgeon Brothers.

Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter notes if they were still the planned mystery team, then it wouldn’t have made sense for WWE to debut a repackaged Harper and Rowan on SmackDown if they were still a planned surprise.

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Add former ECW Superstar Shane Douglas to the list of talents that aren’t down with Sasha Banks complaining about fans asking for autographs and photos. While appearing on the The Triple Threat podcast, Shane Douglas ripped Sasha Banks for saying she thinks fans who show up hours beforehand at airports and motels to see the wrestlers is “stalking” behavior.

“It’s ridiculous. There is a real simple fix here and I mean an incredibly simple fix. If you don’t like being and I’m using my fingers to make quotation marks “stalked” by the fans, quit. Go be a waitress, go be a teacher, go be an attorney, go be a business owner and go do whatever it is you want to do out of the limelight if that has become such a heavy burden for you. When you come into this business you have to know up front that as you are coming in all you can hope for is to have any kind of a career. When you get blessed to have a really good career and be on the top of that industry than shut the f*ck up and ride the ride. Take the bullsh*t with you because yes, there is a lot of bullsh*t to take with you I agree but if you don’t like that the fix is so simple and that is just quit and walk away. I don’t see her lining up to do that.”

“It appalls me because with the fans and let’s be clear. Without the fans none of us are anything. We are nothing without the fans and if the fans don’t tune into want to see Sasha Banks or Shane Douglas or fill in the blank than pretty likely the promoter and in her case Vince McMahon can say that the fans don’t give a sh*t about her and I should send her back down to the minor leagues or get rid of her. I’d also remind her that if she hasn’t learned the history of the business she’s in or the company that she is in that “Divas” that are there are a dime a dozen and a flavor of the week. Unlike an Undertaker who had 25 victories in a row at WrestleMania, which is an incredible feat even me talking as a worker and to name a women’s wrestler that has come close to matching that doesn’t happen. Sit back and enjoy the ride, Sasha. Be thankful that those fans give a sh*t to want to sit there and wait for you and “stalk” you because they are the ones that are paying your salary and without them Vince McMahon wouldn’t be handing you that check or without them Vince McMahon wouldn’t even have you in that spot and without them you wouldn’t be on the show that you are on that has caused you so much duress. If you don’t like it, again the fix is so simple, just call Mr. McMahon up and say thank you for everything but I am quitting. Problem solved. Let’s see if she takes that avenue.”

You can listen to his comment below:

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