Here are some wrestling news items for you:

- Smackdown from last week opened with Damage CTRL coming to the ring. The women's heel faction officially welcomed Asuka into their ranks. Shotzi drove a miniature tank and dropkicked Bayley. Pretty Deadly faced the Brawling Brutes and the Street Profits in a Triple Threat match The Profits won with a Revelation. Damage CTRL attacked Michin backstage. Dragon Lee faced Axiom in the next match. Lee won with a running knee and inverted DDT. Santos Escobar came out to do a promo where he blasted Rey Mysterio, saying that Dominik was right. The LWO came out sans the out of action Rey. Santos attacked them until Carlito appeared to make the save. Grayson Waller defeated Cameron Grimes with a powerslam. Damage CTRL apparently attacked Zelina Vega. Paul Heyman did a promo about John Cena, but he is interrupted by LA Knight. Yeah! He said that he was going to eliminate the Bloodline, beginning with Jimmy Uso. They fought all over the ring, and in the end Knight won with a BFT on Jimmy. In the final segment, Bianca Belair, Shotzi and Charlotte accepted a challenge by Damage CTRL in the Survivor Series WarGames match. After Damage CTRL appeared, Becky Lynch came out to even the score; all the women then brawled to close the show. In the ratings, Smackdown drew 2.206 million viewers.

- Ronda Rousey made her debut for Ring of Honor on Wednesday night's taping. She and Marina Shafir teamed up to defeat Billie Starkz and Athena.

- The Young Bucks will be absent from AEW TV, according to Dave Meltzer. The Bucks are likely to turn heel when they return.

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