WWE is expected to make the first WWE Hall of Fame induction announcement soon and could be making it as early as next week.

Tickets for the 2018 Hall of Fame Ceremony at the Smoothie Center in New Orleans will go on sale on Friday, January 19th at 11AM est and they normally make the first announcement around this time to help push ticket sales. Names being rumored for the class include Batista, The Dudleys, Bam Bam Bigelow, Kid Rock, Ivory and Bill Goldberg. Any of those names could be announced.

The ceremony will take place Friday, April 6th at 7:30 PM ET.

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WWE announced that “WOKEN” Matt Hardy will be making his in-ring debut on tonight’s episode of RAW in Memphis, TN.

EXCLUSIVE: Tonight, #WOKEN @MATTHARDYBRAND will make his in-ring debut on #RAW, and it shall be WONDERFUL! pic.twitter.com/DTzer8onoU

— WWE (@WWE) January 8, 2018

The following is already confirmed for tonight’s show:

* WWE Universal champion Brock Lesnar will appear

* The Miz returns

* WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Enzo Amore vs. Cedric Alexander

Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage of tonight’s show.

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Cody Rhodes answered a fan on Twitter who asked about the amount of money earned on the indie circuit and mentioned that he’s now making three times more money working independently than he was working a full-time schedule for WWE.

Hate to be tacky but I make triple per match now versus when I was with wwe & ROH offered me double my downside
Success shouldn't bother you

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) October 18, 2017

Wrestler’s pay has been a big topic in recent weeks, as many independent talents that work the indie circuit have been making a big fuss on how they’re making vs. how much they wouldn’t be making in WWE. Austin Aries recently mentioned that he’s made more money in the past six weeks than he did during the last six months working for WWE.

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While participating in an interview for Facebook Live, Triple H talked about his relationship with The Rock and revealed that a match against The Rock has been discussed, but making their schedules work has been difficult.

“About two years ago, he and I did a backstage promo with each other where we talked about WrestleMania and the competitive nature of that and it lit the internet about the possibility of it. It’s something we’ve discussed. It’s just making schedules work. He’s pretty busy – me too – so it’s making schedules work. But look, right place, right time, I’ll dance one more time with ‘The Great One’, Rock.”

You can check out the interview embedded in the video below:

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Renee Young announced on the WWE No Mercy Kickoff Pre-show that Asuka will be making her main roster debut at the upcoming WWE TLC event. Her opponent for the show has not been announced yet, but we will keep you informed once it’s announced.

Tables, Ladders & Chairs takes place at the Target Center in Minneapolis on October 22nd, 2017. As always, we will have live play-by-play coverage of the event.

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WWE has released NXT Superstar HoHo Lun, according to an exclusive report by WrestlingInc.

Lun was part of the WWE Cruiserweight Classic and defeated Ariya Daivari in the first round of the tournament but we eliminated in the second round. Since then he has worked a few NXT television tapings, most recently losing to The Velveteen Dream. WWE also used him for NXT Live Events.

As previously noted, WWE is making budget cuts in order to increase their bottom line profit margin. It was rumored that the company may be making a few roster cuts.

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We noted last week that WWE could possibly be making more cuts to the current product. The company has already decided to discontinue the usage of pyros at WWE events and they also cancelled Talking Smack, The Edge & Christian Show, R-Truth’s Game Show plans & Renee Young’s Unfiltered show on the WWE Network.

Dave Meltzer discussed these cuts on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio and revealed exactly why they are making these cuts. Apparently the company promised more profits last year and came short of what they had in mind and attributed it to the company’s spending. WWE decided that they would spend less this year so they pulled pyros and canceled shows on the WWE Network.

Another reason they’re making cuts has to do with the number of fans NOT subscribing to the WWE Network. They were hoping for more network subscribers this year but fell short of what they had in mind. It’s also being said that the growth after WrestleMania was less than expected.

WWE is hopeful with the cuts of Network shows that people don’t really watch and the cuts of non-revenue generated expenses, will help increase the bottom line profits.

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