There has been a major shift in the betting odds for the winner of the men’s Royal Rumble match. Daniel Bryan, who previously had the worse odds to win the match, is now one of the favorites to win the match.

Bryan went from having a 66/1 chance to 9/1 or 10/1 odds of winning on several betting sites such as Skybet, Paddy Power and Betfair. The reason this shift is interesting has to do withDaniel Bryan not being cleared to wrestle and Bryan recently mentioning that if he’s not cleared by WrestleMania, that he’d be leaving the company.

As of this writing, we are unable to confirm that this shift has to do with any “smart money” bets. Historically, “smart money” bets come in just a few days before the event. We will keep you updated if we hear anything regarding Daniel competing at The Rumble.

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Ross welcomes PWTorch’s Wade Keller to the show to discuss Sunday’s Clash of Champion’s PPV.

Keller thought Clash of Champions was a fine show, but there weren’t any defining or memorable moments  that would have made a great show. The main event match between A.J. Styles and Jinder Mahal was okay, but not great, and the Daniel Bryan/Shane McMahon storyline failed to give viewers a big payoff.

Ross calls Charlotte the greatest women’s wrestler he’s ever seen, and he refers to her as the female version of 1980’s Hulk Hogan in the sense that she’s bigger, tanner and more impressive looking then all of her competition. Keller agrees and mentions that he expected Smackdown Live to be A.J. Styles & Charlotte’s brand when WWE conducted their Superstar shakeup months ago. Hopefully now that she’s holding the Women’s Title she can claim her rightful position as a major part of the show.

Ross asks Keller what he thinks about the ongoing Twitter dispute between Jim Cornette and several indie wrestlers, including The Young Bucks. Keller says that his views on how the business should be presented are more in line with Cornette’s, but he differs with Cornette in the sense that he wouldn’t want to ridicule someone for enjoying a different style of wrestling.

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Ring of Honor announced that Dalton Castle will challenge ROH Champion Cody at the December 15th ROH Final Battle event. Here is the announcement:

MAIN EVENT: ROH WORLD CHAMPION “THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE” CODY vs. DALTON CASTLE

“The American Nightmare” captured the ROH World Championship from Christopher Daniels at Best in the World. Since then, Cody has maintained an open challenge for his championship, defending it against everyone from Cheeseburger to KUSHIDA, Minoru Suzuki, and more. Cody was accepting all challengers, and announced he believed that he defeated everyone following a victory over Sanada at War of the Worlds: Liverpool before being confronted by Dalton Castle!

Castle went nose to nose with the champ and it looked like the two would go at it right then and there! But Cody rolled out of the ring and fans would have to wait.

They would wait for a few months. The next night, Cody sneak attacked Castle, injuring Castle’s shoulder in the process, while yelling at Castle that he did not deserve a title shot. Fast forward two months later to Global Wars: Chicago, the last night of the most financially-lucrative tour in ROH history. Cody had made a habit of taking selfies with fans after his victories on the tour and decided to address the crowd and take selfies before the match. Cody selected what appeared to be a fan with an American flag ski mask to take a photo with him.

By the time Cody had his phone ready, he was accidentally taking a video instead. And that video revealed what all the fans in Chicago and those watching on IPPV saw even clearer—the fan was Dalton Castle and he was there to get revenge!

In Philadelphia, Cody promised to take on “the man everyone wanted to see him face”. With the crowd chanting for Castle at a fever pitch, Cody instead brought out ROH Dojo graduate Ryan Nova. Cody picked up the victory in short order before Castle confronted him once more.

With the challenge officially issued, Cody’s management team has come to terms with Castle, and the ROH World Championship will be on the line in the Big Apple! For Castle, this match is not only an opportunity to reach the pinnacle of professional wrestling but also to shove every word back down the champion’s throat. Cody, just over one year after his ROH debut, has an opportunity to walk into ROH’s premier event as World Champion defeating a man who he looks down on, a man he calls only a gimmick, a man who he doesn’t truly believe is a championship-caliber wrestler.

If Cody successfully defends his championship from now until Final Battle, with at least one defense scheduled against Rocky Romero in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at ROH Elite, it will be Cody versus Dalton Castle at Final Battle with not only a grudge to be settled but also the ROH World Championship on the line! Who will leave the City That Never Sleeps ROH World Champion? Join us to find out!

Every year, Final Battle is the biggest event on the Ring of Honor calendar! Following the fastest sellout in Final Battle history, the only way you can see Final Battle LIVE is by joining ROH on Pay Per View, available on all major Pay Per View providers, ROHWrestling.com, Fite.TV, and Playstation Network on Friday December 15 at 9 PM EST!

ROH FINAL BATTLE 2017
Local Time: Friday, Dec 15, 2017 09:00pm EST
The Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom
311 W 34th Street
New York, New York 10001

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Nia Jax is expected to make her return to WWE for the upcoming European tour.

According to Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer, Jax is resting up until the tour, which kicks off on November 1st. The company granted Jax time off because she isn’t figured into any major storylines. Those who are close to the situation say that her asking for a leave of absence because she is unhappy with the company and pay are untrue.

As previously noted, Jax was not at RAW this past week, so the story of her walking out are untrue. Lack of information when the news first came out caused the story to get blown way out of proportion.

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Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline indicated on Twitter that WWE is working on major creative changes for Monday’s episode of RAW next week.

Creative also working on big changes for RAW with Roman out.

— Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) October 20, 2017

Avlarez also noted that Finn Balor and AJ Styles are expected to be given a lot of time for their match at Sunday’s WWE TLC PPV.

As of now, Finn and AJ are getting a good amount of time Sunday

— Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) October 20, 2017

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WWE producer Jimmy Jacobs is no longer working for WWE, according to Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet.

Apparently Jacobs decided to take a photo of himself with The Bullet Club when they showed up to the arena prior to RAW in Ontario, CA a few weeks back. This didn’t go over very well with the higher ups and he received “major heat” for this. It’s very possible that this could have played a role in his departure from the company. WWE reps have yet to comment.

You can see the photo below that got Jacobs in trouble:

Pleasant surprise to see old friends in lovely California. #BCInvasion #RAW #youngbucks #bulletclub #villian #hangmanpage #WWE

A post shared by Jimmy Jacobs (@jimmyjacobsx) on Sep 25, 2017 at 5:44pm PDT

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WWE appears to be interested in signing Fred Yehi to a development contract with the company.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Fred Yehi is expected to be the next major indie name that the company wants to bring in. In the past, Yehi has been a major part of the WWN shows, working FIP, EVOLVE and Style battle.

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Dave Meltzer reported in the latest installment of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Impact Wrestling is planning to tape multiple episodes of Impact in major cities such as New York, Toronto or Chicago.

These claims are said to be “skeptical” right now because Impact is attempting to cut costs and when they tape in Canada, they receive a tax break. It’s also being said it would cost the company more money to tape in bigger markets such as New York and Chicago, so it may be very unlikely that we will see them in that area anytime soon.

There is also the belief that it would be hard for Impact to sell tickets right now because the product is considered “cold.” If Impact does decide to tape in these areas, it is very likely that they won’t be in any arenas.

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While speaking to TMZ Sports, Chris Jericho predicted that he doesn’t believe Conor McGregor would be joining WWE anytime soon if Conor wanted to work with the company.

“I don’t think he’s gonna join in two years, not now with all the money he made,” said Jericho. “But it could happen at some point. He’s got the personality for it, that’s for sure.”

Jericho also believes that the money offered from WWE will play a major factor in the UFC Fighter coming to the company.

“It depends on how much money he can generate, which I think would be a lot. He just made $100 million, so he’s not coming in for peanuts, right?”

You can listen to Jericho’s remarks embedded in the video below:

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Block 1:

Taz opens today’s show by discussing last night’s episode of Smackdown Live.

He says that WWE is forcing their Champion, Jinder Mahal, to wrestle way too much on television. Unfortunately, in every match he works he’s a bumping machine as well and Taz thinks WWE is stripping him of all the heat he had by having him bump around the ring for people every Tuesday. He doesn’t think Mahal should be used in this fashion week after week.

Mahal is overexposed right now, and this is not the way WWE usually treats their Champions. For this reason, Taz thinks we might have a new WWE Champion after SummerSlam. He imagines that a Nakamura win in Brooklyn (where he’ll be a major babyface) would be an amazing moment, but the outgoing Champion needs to come out of his loss hot as well, and that’s not the case with Mahal right now.

Taz says that in the next week or two WWE needs to find a way to get Mahal some heat by attacking Nakamura to build towards their match at SummerSlam. Unfortunately, in Taz’s opinion these two guys are going to struggle finding chemistry when they step into the ring together. He says they’re both big, tall men whose in-ring styles are completely different, and that usually doesn’t equal a great match.

Taz believes that WWE might have an issue with Mahal’s promo work because we haven’t seen him with a mic in a while now. Taz thinks that Mahal’s work is fine, but he could probably still work on it a little bit. On the other hand, Taz is sure that WWE is fine with Mahal’s in-ring work because he’s wrestling lengthy matches on television each week.

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