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BROCK ON RAW TONIGHT, BECKY BACK ON SMACKDOWN LIVE, NASSAU COLISEUM RE-OPENING ANNOUNCED, BRYAN'S BREAKING POINT AND MORE WWE NEWS

By Mike Johnson on 2016-10-24 10:03:00

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman will be live on Raw tonight from Lesnar's hometown in Minneapolis, Minnesota featuring his response to Bill Goldberg accepting Lesnar's challenge for one more match.   WWE Universal champion Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho vs. Seth Rollins as well as WWE Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. Cesaro & Sheamus in a non-title match. The show will also be the go-home show for the Hell in A Cell PPV this Sunday, so expect some storyline twists there.  WWE will also be taping Superstars.  If anyone is attending the taping, we are seeking live reports.

The revamped and re-designed Nassau Coliseum, a WWE staple since the 1970s, will be unveiled to the public on 4/5/17 as Billy Joel will be the first act to perform in the venue.  The redevelopment will see the seating in the venue reduced to 13,000 and feature an entire overhaul of the look of the arena in order to modernize it.   SHoP Architects, the firm which designed the Barclays Center, is heavily involved in the new design that will be unveiled this Spring.  The venue is already offering "season passes" to events for those on the venue's mailing list, with tickets to all events at the Coliseum.  WWE's last event at the venue was a 5/25/15 Raw taping that saw Vince McMahon come out to pay tribute to the venue before Raw went on the air.  The last match in the old venue was Randy Orton pinning Bray Wyatt with a RKO.  The Coliseum hosted a number of major events over the years, including the NY portion of Wrestlemania 2 where Roddy Piper bodyslammed Mr. T and the legendary Summerslam 2002 PPV where Brock Lesnar defeated The Rock to win his first WWF championship.

WWE will debut their Eric Bischoff documentary on the WWE Network tonight following Raw.

The Smackdown Live brand will be running tonight in Dubuque, Iowa at the Five Flags Center featuring AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Bray Wyatt and Dean Ambrose all advertised.

Smackdown Live will broadcast from Green Bay, Wisconsin with the return of WWE Smackdown Women's champion Becky Lynch following her health issues, plus WWE World champion AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose (non-title) and Kane vs. Bray Wyatt in a No DQ match.

This Wednesday on WWE NXT will feature the following:

*Dusty Rhodes Tag Classic: Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa vs. Ho Ho Lun and Tian Bing
*Aliyah vs. Billie Kay. Liv Morgan caused a distraction, leading to the finish.
*Dusty Rhodes Tag Classic: WWE Cruiserweight champion TJ Perkins and Kota Ibushi vs. Lince Dorado and Mustafa Ali 
*WWE NXT Women's champion Asuka vs. Thea Trinidad. (the former Rosita in TNA) 
*Tye Dillinger vs. Noah Potjes. 

Wednesday evening's edition of "Total Bellas" on E! features the following synopsis: "Bryan reaches his breaking point and storms out of the Cena house after getting caught in the middle of an argument between Nikki and Brie. In other happenings, the ladies go on a vacation to celebrate Kathy's upcoming nuptials."  Given how much attention and speculation was given to Bryan's health during this time period, it should be interesting to see exactly what is shown and how much is.  Last week's episode of Total Bellas featured Brie discussing Bryan's battle with depression, noting it is something he has been dealing with since he was 25 years old.

 

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