During today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer discussed the Bayley vs. Mickie James vs. Dana Brooke triple threat match that took place on Monday’s episode of RAW. While Bayley ended up getting the victory in the match and earning the spot in the traditional 5 vs. 5 Survivor Series spot, the outcome of this match changed two previous times.

Meltzer said original plans had Bayley winning but WWE changed their minds and wanted to have Paige return and win the match instead. Officials decided then again to change the outcome and went with Bayley, despite the company bringing Paige in on Monday night.

PWInsider indicated on Monday that Paige sharing backstage photos of her with Alicia Fox prior to her return could have changed the plans to bring her back on Monday’s show.

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PWInsider reports that Paige is scheduled to make her return to WWE programming this week. While there were plans for her to join the SmackDown Live brand, it now appears that she will actually be staying on the RAW roster instead.

There has been talk of adding Paige to Team RAW for the Women’s traditional Survivor Series match. Even though Bayley vs. Mickie James vs. Dana Brooke for the the final spot has already been announced, it’s possible that Paige will be added to the match to make it a fatal 4-way.

Paige has not competed for WWE since the summer of 2016, when she was suspended for the first of two infractions under the Wellness Policy. Since that time, she has undergone neck surgery. She recently returned to the WWE Performance Center and has been training for her comeback.

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Ric Flair’s “30 For 30” documentary premiered on ESPN Tuesday night. Several wrestling personalities took to social media to react. Here are some tweets sent out:

Congrats to the man, the legend, the GOAT, the Nature Boy @ricflairnatureboy on the huge success of his @espn 30 for 30. Nobody tells a better story inside the ring and out than you. #ThankYou pic.twitter.com/QNl4U7b0jC

— The Miz (@mikethemiz) November 8, 2017

Congrats to @ricflairnatrboy on the huge success of the @espn 30 for 30. Nobody tells a better story inside the ring and out than you. pic.twitter.com/NvU9rrdBi0

— The Miz (@mikethemiz) November 8, 2017

This @30for30 on @RicFlairNatrBoy is even more captivating the second time around. #NatureBoy is funny, sad, tragic, triumphant.

— Mick Foley (@RealMickFoley) November 8, 2017

@RoryKarpf Blown away by #NatureBoy

— Sean Waltman (@TheRealXPac) November 8, 2017

Incredible. Wow. Cried my eyes out & laughed as well. #30For30 was so good! Thank you @RicFlairNatrBoy #NatureBoy #RicFlair @30for30

— Summer Rae (@RealSummerWWE) November 8, 2017

Hats off to @RoryKarpf; @30for30 on the Greatest ever, @RicFlairNatrBoy, was a beautiful film. There will never be another like Ric.

— Nick Aldis (@RealNickAldis) November 8, 2017

Watching @RicFlairNatrBoy 30 for 30 on @espn like… I️ hope the rest of you are too… especially if you’ve ever put in a pair of boots! #stilllearning #NatureBoy pic.twitter.com/HfgIDKCGAG

— Mickie James~Aldis (@MickieJames) November 8, 2017

“To be the man you got to beat the man”. Ric Flair!!! Wooooo. Brother HH

— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) November 8, 2017

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

Russo points out that WWE’s viewership continues to decline and is regularly under 3 Million people now. They’re getting dangerously close to an average viewership of 2.5 Million, and Russo has no idea why anybody would watch RAW or Smackdown Live right now. He believes the only people who are watching WWE right now are people who are watching it out of habit, simply because they’ve always watched wrestling.

After Lesnar beat Strowman with one F5 at No Mercy, WWE is now attempting to build him up again. Strowman has defeated Ambrose and Rollins on back-to-back weeks, but both matches were lengthy and competitive.

He believes that WWE has booked these matches to be longer because there are some conditioning issues with Strowman, and this is their way of getting him used to working longer matches. However, ‘The Monster’ should never be working matches of this length with a guy the size of Rollins and although Strowman won, this match hurt him in Russo’s opinion.

Russo is glad WWE is doing something with Mickie James because he’s a very big fan of hers, but this has become a very predictable storyline. The ‘old woman/man’ angle has been done a million times before in professional wrestling, and there’s nothing new to see here.

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We noted over the weekend that Emma returned to action at the WWE Live Event in Jackson, Mississippi Friday night. Emma teamed up with Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax to take on Mickie James, Sasha Banks and Dana Brooke. The match concluded with Emma submitting to the Bank Statement.

There is speculation that Emma may be returning to television very soon, as early as tonight’s episode of RAW. She is expected to be injected back into her storyline with Mickie James and Dana Brooke.

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The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Emma is expected to be cleared to return to action in June.

As previously noted, Emma suffered a shoulder injury at a WWE Live Event on May 7th in Liverpool, England while she was teaming with Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax to take on the team of Sasha Banks, Bayley, and Mickie James. Emma took a bad landing on her right shoulder after a double knee drop from Sasha on the turnbuckle. The match was stopped early as a result to the injury.

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