WWE Smackdown/AEW Rampage Thread: Trick or Treat Edition

Best of wishes to "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan who revealed he's fighting prostate cancer.

Windham Rotunda's (fka Bray Wyatt) 90-day no-compete clause is now up and he is free to work anywhere in the wrestling world he so chooses.

ROH's tape library from roughly 2012 onwards (when Sinclair owned ROH) has reportedly been on sale for at least a year but the asking price has been too high. That tape library would make a lot of sense in the hands of AEW since a lot of ROH stars from that time are now in AEW... but most importantly in that tape library... the "All In" PPV which was the catalyst of what eventually became AEW.

If AEW can get the ROH tape library... those 9 years of programming could become the backbone on which an AEW streaming service (a la WWE Network) could be built.

Part of ROH's revision will apparently be a move away from long-term contracts and a move to the more indie style of pay-per-appearance system... which would make long-term booking difficult.

WWE reportedly pulled all Charlotte Flair media appearances (ETA: make sure I'm clear... talking about promotional appearances... not talking about actual WWE programming) this week following last week's belt exchange incident.

WCW cruiserweight legend Ultimo Dragon says he believes Chris Jericho would be the best person for him to have "one last match" with.

The Elite were going to do a "Squid Game" inspired get up for Wednesday's match... but TNT nixed that so they went with Ghostbusters instead.

It was Billy Corgan's idea for Mike Bennett & Maria Kanellis to use a love ballad as their entrance theme in WWE.

WWE Friday Night Smackdown is on FS1 tonight due to the MLB World Series and comes from the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, Penn.

The only thing promoted so far for tonight's show is a Tag Team Trick-or-Street Fight between Shinsuke Nakamura & Rick Boogs vs. Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss

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AEW Rampage comes from the Agganis Arena on the campus of Boston University in Boston, Mass.

It's the first semifinal of the AEW World Championship Eliminator Tournament as Bryan Danielson takes on Eddie Kingston to see who will go to the Final at Full Gear

In keeping with the Halloween theme... we have a trick-or-treat No DQ match between AEW Women's World Champion Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and Abadon where if Abadon wins, she gets an AEW Women's World Championship match

And Lio Rush continues to sow the seeds of anger between Dante Martin and the Sydal Bros. as we get another match between Martin & Matt Sydal

The Good Doctor's gonna have a fight on her hands tonight