Edge opens today’s show speaking about his wife, Beth Phoenix’s horrible travel day which resulted in her having to make her commentary debut on last week’s Mixed Match Challenge on just 2 hours sleep. He says everything that could have went wrong in regards to her travel did so, and she really showed a lot of strength and work ethic in order to get to the show on time and make her commentary debut.

He adds that she beat herself up over the job she did on commentary that night, but he comforted her by pointing out that getting good at commentary will be a work in process. Edge and Christian both say that they loved doing commentary, but it was incredibly difficult. There’s no doubt that it takes a long time before anyone can feel 100% comfortable behind a commentary table in WWE.

Edge and Christian welcome Batista to the show.

Batista points out that at one point in time during his WWE career there was a storyline in place for him that would have revealed him to be a “rape child”, and this was a storyline that he wasn’t happy with. He didn’t think this was one of the creative team’s finer moments, but he was still rather new in the company and didn’t want to turn anything down.

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PWInsider reports that former Impact Wrestling talent Rockstar Spud is currently scheduled to make his debut for WWE at next week’s television tapings. Spud is expected to be part of the 205 Live brand and will also appear on RAW.

Spud worked for Impact Wrestling between 2012 and 2017. He requested his release from Impact Wrestling in September and signed with WWE in October.

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The first footage of Ronda Rousey training for her WWE debut was revealed in a promotional video for RondaRousey.com. The footage shows her appearance at The Mae Young Classics, training with Natalya, working out at the WWE Performance Center and other clips. You can check it out below:

Our launch date is getting closer every day! Here's the latest preview for https://t.co/PsLSibFNz9 #RondaRouseyDOTcom pic.twitter.com/8T4RPxfANw

— Ronda Rousey (@RondaRousey) December 1, 2017

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It’s been rumored for a couple months now that WWE would be calling up Hideo Itami to 205 Live. It has now been confirmed that he will be arriving soon.

WWE ran a video on tonight’s episode of 205 Live hyping the debut of Itami. No official date was announced for his debut, it simply said “coming soon.”

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When a fan mentioned on Twitter that it was the anniversary of The Rock’s Survivor Series debut, The Great One responded and took a shot at himself. You can check out the exchange below:

20 Years ago today @TheRock made his debut.#SurvivorSeries#WowThatOutfit pic.twitter.com/dpqUcE6qdc

— Robert Wells (@ElevateMao) November 17, 2017

Wow what a @WWE rookie memory. I had the world’s WORST wrestling outfit EVER and so broke I used to cut my own hair (as you can tell by this beautifully f*cked up pineapple cut I used to give myself) yet…
NYC and Madison Square Garden embraced me like a son. #grateful. https://t.co/idS0lLZzXD

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) November 17, 2017

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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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Braun Strowman is now teaming up with The Miz, Cesaro and Sheamus to take on The Shield in a Tables, Ladders and Chair’s match at the upcoming TLC event. Here is the updated card:

Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match
The Shield vs. Braun Strowman, Miz, Cesaro & Sheamus

RAW Women’s Title Match
Mickie James vs. Alexa Bliss

WWE Cruiserweight Title Match
Kalisto vs. Enzo Amore

Asuka makes her main roster debut

WWE TLC takes place on October 22nd, 2017. As always, we will be providing live play-by-play coverage of the event.

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It was previously announced on WWE programming that Asuka will be making her debut at the upcoming WWE TLC event.

Dave Meltzer mentioned in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that her opponent on the show could either be Nia Jax, Emma or Alicia Fox. Meltzer speculates that if WWE doesn’t put her in a singles match, she could end up teaming with Sasha Banks and Bayley to take on the team of Nia Jax, Emma and Alicia Fox on the card.

WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs takes place at the Target Center in Minneapolis on October 22nd. As always, we will be providing live play-by-play coverage of the event.

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Welcome to SmackDown Live for the final time in August 2017!

Last week, Kevin Owens got one more chance to face AJ Styles for the WWE United States Championship, and he got to choose the referee for the match. Owens ended up choosing Baron Corbin as the referee but things didn’t go as planned when Shane McMahon came down to make sure officiating was being done right. Corbin stormed off and Shane ran in to count the final pinfall that means Kevin Owens will never again get to face AJ Styles for the US Championship. Owens was not happy at all and tonight he may be on the warpath, Shane McMahon had better watch out.

AJ Styles on the other hand, is not without an opponent. For weeks Styles has been talking about doing an open challenge like Cena did a few years ago but so far it hasn’t happened. Tonight seems like the night when Styles challenge is laid out and someone answers the call, and that’s a really exciting prospect. Let us know who you would like to see accept Styles’ challenge, be it Sami Zayn or Aleister Black!

Elsewhere on tonight’s show, the new team of Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin are set to make their debut. This team was formed last week thanks to Daniel Bryan and has all the makings of a top-tier WWE team that could challenge The Uso’s for the gold at some point. Gable is a genius in the ring and Shelton Benjamin is an athletic madman and fans will most likely have forgotten how good he is.

Bobby Roode debuted on last week’s SmackDown in a fantastic segment that the fans lost their minds over. It’s difficult to tell if Roode is a babyface or a heel right not but it really doesn’t matter because he’s here to make SmackDown glorious. Dolph Ziggler returned to SmackDown last week and gave a scathing promo on all the other stars on the roster, before saying he would debut next week. Well, next week has arrived and it’s time for Dolph to put or shut-up on this latest run of his.

That’s the preview for tonight’s show! Let us know if you’re excited on the free Ringside Talk app, and, as always, enjoy the show!

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Block 1:

Taz returns after undergoing a successful surgery to repair the nerve damage in his wrist/hand.

He begins today’s show by speaking about Smackdown Live, and the debut of Bobby Roode. He points out that Roode didn’t execute his full, NXT style entrance, and that was probably Vince McMahon’s decision due to the strict television time restrictions of Smackdown Live. He thinks Roode is really coming into his own with the ‘Glorious’ gimmick, and Taz is excited about his future on the main roster.

However, he felt that Roode’s debut was somewhat lacklustre, especially for a former NXT Champion. He thought that if Roode was going to debut with a match like this, he should have won much quicker than he did.

Taz recalls the difficulty of getting Championship belts through airport security after 9/11. He says that after airports understandably amped up their security processes, most talents were quite satisfied with not holding a Title belt because all the Champions had to go through the tedious process of explaining why they had a giant gold belt in their luggage.

Taz also recalls Hulk Hogan and other veteran WCW stars ribbing Big Show after he won the WCW Title early on in his career. They told Show that he had to wear his Title belt everywhere, even when he was out in public. Big Show didn’t know the difference, so he’d wear his Title around his waist while walking through airports.

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