Last night after a live RAW from the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana went off the air, Roman Reigns won in a dark match over Bray Wyatt. Despite being in the building and ready to compete, the only mentions of Reigns were that he was going to announce his plans for SummerSlam next week.
Reigns and the WWE were in an interesting situation last night as RAW faced what turned out to be the series winning game of the NBA finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. While RAW’s ratings have hit some record-breaking lows in the last few weeks, the WWE was not going to win the war against the NBA last night. One would think the WWE would have put on who they perceive as one of the company’s biggest stars to help keep the ratings up, but with fan reaction being so negative towards Reigns, maybe the WWE decided not to use him on television after all. The WWE has also been accused of not caring about television ratings as much anymore so Reigns not appearing against such still competition may not be related to each other.
Not only will we see how the show fared against the NBA, but also if Roman’s absence made a noticeable change in the ratings when they are released soon.

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The inclusion of an all-singing, all-dancing Olympic cheerleading squad as a key element of the most significant diplomatic breakthrough on the Korean Peninsula in two years may at first seem like an odd choice for two countries who are still technically at war.

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But the role of cheerleaders, chosen on the basis of their beauty and loyalty to the regime, has in the past been an important political tool for North Korea as it seeks to manipulate its image to the outside world during major sports events.

The presence of a cheering squad in a high level North Korean delegation to Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea in February, was announced on Tuesday during the first talks between the countries…

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It is supposed to be a proud symbol of the festive season but Rome’s official Christmas tree has been ridiculed for its spindly appearance and sagging branches.

The giant tree, erected in the middle of the capital’s main piazza, has even been given a nickname by disappointed Romans – “lo Spelacchio”, which roughly translates as “the Mangy One”.

The 70ft-tall tree appears to be dying, or possibly already dead.

For Romans, it has become an emblem of the chaotic governance of their city by the Five Star Movement, the anti-establishment party which hopes to win office at national elections due to be held in the Spring.

The council, led by mayor Virginia Raggi, has been accused of failing to tackle the city’s problems since being elected last year, from uncollected rubbish to graffiti-sprayed trains and buses that alarmingly burst into flames – sometimes when passengers are on board.

The threadbare pine tree in Piazza Venezia is even receiving its own Christmas cards. “Ciao Spelacchio, victim of apathy…and of Nero,” read one, with the reference to the Roman emperor who famously played a lyre while Rome burned being an apparent dig at Ms Raggi.  

The tree is now the subject of an official investigation. Codacons, a consumer organisation, has referred it to an audit court, alleging that the council’s purchase of the skeletal tree was a waste of public money.

It emerged that the company that transported the tree from the mountains of Trentino in northern Italy was chosen without having to go through a public tender, and that it was paid around €48,000 – triple the price paid by Rome last year.

“A lot of money was spent on a dead tree, meaning there is possible damage to the public purse," the complaint, filed this week, read.

The tree has been hung with giant silver baubles but even they fail to mask the dismal condition it is in. It even has its own Twitter account. “Eight hundred baubles and 4,000 metres of lights – now I’ve got a back ache from all this bloody stuff,” one recent tweet said.

Another tweet, echoing the traditional salute of gladiators to the emperor when they entered the Colosseum, read: “Ave Virginia, those who are about to die salute you.”

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Political opponents of the Five Star Movement seized on the affair as evidence of the party’s inexperience.

“The Five Star Movement can’t even manage to get a Christmas tree right, imagine how they would govern the country,” said Elvira Savino, an MP from Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-Right party.

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Giorgia Meloni, the head of Brothers of Italy, a Right-wing party, wrote on Facebook:  “€48,000 to kill a Christmas tree. Well done, Virginia.”

WWE announced on Monday the location and venue for this year’s TLC PPV.
The official Twitter page of the Target Center, where TLC will take place announced on Monday morning that the WWE TLC PPV will be held at their venue in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, October 22nd.
Featured below is the official announcement made earlier today by the Target Center:

Just announced: @WWE TLC PAY-PER-VIEW on Sun, Oct 22! 1st PPV in the Twin Cities in 2+ years! On sale Fri at 10am. https://t.co/uXllld4Wvn pic.twitter.com/kdy1UrJYHS
— Target Center (@TargetCenterMN) June 19, 2017

Source: WWE.com