It really took WWE 31 years to have women’s main event on PPV?
While it was a slow week in terms of major wrestling news, there are several topics to get into so let鈥檚 get to it!
Low buzz for WWE first?
As discussed in last week鈥檚 column, Sasha Banks and Charlotte took part in the first-ever women鈥檚 main event on a WWE Pay-Per-View (PPV) at last Sunday鈥檚 Hell in a Cell show.
I still find it hard to believe that it took 31 years of PPV鈥檚 for the WWE to finally have its first women鈥檚 main event.
Add in the fact that the company has held at least one PPV almost every month since April, 1995, and I shake my head.
However, kudos to the WWE for finally pulling the string on it and a lot of the credit goes to Triple H for pushing for it.
One issue I have though is that the WWE did not hype the match as the main event in advance.
It could have, and would have garnered a lot of mainstream press for the company.
Despite the fact that Banks, Charlotte, and Becky Lynch have only been on the WWE main roster for a little over a year and that Bayley just arrived, the women鈥檚 roster in the WWE is deeper than it has ever been.
The WWE has finally given the division to attention it has long warranted, and again, credit goes to Triple H for spearheading it.
Banks, Charlotte, Lynch, and Bayley, known as the Four Horsewomen, have talked about how their collective goal is for a woman鈥檚 match to main event WrestleMania.
I鈥檓 not sure that it will happen, but it is much more likely in my eyes now than it was a year ago.
The Undertaker returning next week
It has been announced that The Undertaker will return on the Nov. 15 edition of Smackdown Live.
It is not known if he will appear on camera or off, but Survivor Series will take place five days later.
The Undertaker debuted at the 1990 Survivor Series and won his first WWE title at the event a year later from Hulk Hogan.
WWE pushing for Rousey?
Earlier this week, UFC star Ronda Rousey announced that she will not be fighting much longer.
While she is a wanted commodity in Hollywood, Rousey appeared at WrestleMania 31 in a segment with The Rock, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.
I don鈥檛 see Rousey looking to head to the WWE full-time, but I would be shocked if she does not wrestle at some point on a Mania card.
TLC main event announced
The main event for TLC, Smackdown Live鈥檚 PPV on Dec. 4, has been announced.
AJ Styles will defend the WWE title against Dean Ambrose in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.
TLC will take place a mere two weeks after the Survivor Series, so it will be a hectic few weeks for the 鈥渂lue brand.鈥�
Roadblock main event announced
It also appears that the main event for Roadblock, the Raw PPV on Dec. 18 at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, has been set.
On Friday, the arena鈥檚 web site listed a champion versus champion main event between Universal champion Kevin Owens and Roman Reigns, the U.S. champion, for the PPV.
My guess is that by the end of the Survivor Series PPV on Nov. 20, the top matches will be relatively clear.
Tickets still remain and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or through the PPG Paints Arena.
Mania tickets on sale this week
Speaking of www.ticketmaster.com, tickets go on sale this week for WrestleMania 33.
The event will take place at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
WWE鈥檚 鈥�205 Live鈥�
The WWE announced this week that it will debut a new show on the WWE Network dedicated to its cruiserweight division.
The show, titled 205 Live, is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. after Smackdown Live.
The show is set to be recorded live after Smackdown.
There are several factors involved though, including asking fans to stay an extra hour of a school night and employees having to stay an extra hour making a long Monday-Tuesday stretch even longer.
This week鈥檚 question:
Will Roman Reigns challenge Kevin Owens for the Universal title? Stephanie, Jefferson.
This plays in to what I typed earlier in the column.
If the match does go down in Pittsburgh, I am curious as to see who the WWE would have win.
Reason being, the WWE has a blue print set for what the matches will be at Mania.
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