Various: WWE Testing New Production Plans, Super Junior Tag League Night 5 Card, Indies

WWE Reportedly Testing New Production Plans for the WWE Network

WWE is currently testing new production plans using smaller crews to film house shows, PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported. They are starting with tonight’s WWE Supershow event in Boston, Massachusetts.

Johnson reported that these smaller crews are not using the company’s usual production trucks for these events and WWE is currently considering the idea of airing some house shows on the WWE Network starting next year as part of WWE’s plans for an upcoming new and more expensive subscription tier for WWE Network.

WWE will be using a smaller production crew for next month’s Starrcade house show event in Cincinnati, Ohio as another test for their new production plans.

NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2018 Night 5 Card

Here is the full card for Night 5 of NJPW’s Super Junior Tag League 2018, which takes place this Monday at the Kunibiki Messe arena in Shimane, Japan. The event’s card features eight matches but will not air live on New Japan World. Instead the event will be uploaded at a later time to the service’s Video On Demand section.

• Yota Tsuji, Chris Saban, & KUSHIDA versus Yuya Uemura, ACH, & Ryusuke Taguchi.
• Ren Narita & Toa Henare versus Robbie Eagles & Taiji Ishimori.
• Shota Umino & Ayato Yoshida versus El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
• Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii versus Taka Michinoku & Minoru Suzuki.
• Tomoaki Honma & Hiroshi Tanahashi versus Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi.
• Super Jr. Tag League 2018 match – Soberano Jr. & Volador Jr. versus Shingo Takagi & BUSHI.
• Super Jr. Tag League 2018 match – Tiger Mask & Jushin Thunder Liger versus Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH).
• Chuckie T., Baretta, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto, & Kazuchika Okada versus Gedo, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, Bad Luck Fale, & Jay White.

Updated standings:
1) Roppongi 3K – 4 points (2-1).
2) Taiji Ishimori & Robbie Eagles – 4 points (2-1).
3) Tiger Mask & Jushin Thunder Liger – 4 points (2-1).
4) BUSHI & Shingo Takagi – 4 points (2-1).
5) El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru – 2 points (1-2).
6) KUSHIDA & Chris Sabin – 2 points (1-2).
7) Volador Jr. & Soberano Jr. – 2 points (1-2).
8) ACH & Ryusuke Taguchi – 2 points (1-2).

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Impact Wrestling announced that they will be returning to Ontario, Canada for Impact television tapings on March 22-23, 2019. Both set of tapings will be held at St. Clair College.

ROH announced that the card for the first night of their Global Wars 2018 tour in Lewiston, Maine on November 7th features an eight-man tag team match of Jay Lethal, KUSHIDA, Chris Sabin, & Jonathan Gresham versus Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, & BUSHI.

World Series Wrestling announced that the card of their November 25th event in Perth, Australia features a singles match of Marty Scurll versus Damian Slater.