Afternoon Update: Why Bliss sidelined for Evolution is a such a big disappointment, Baszler on missing scheduled Raw, Callis to call NJPW PPVs, WWE calls Khashoggi murder “heinous,” NWA cleans up glitches on PPV, WWE house show changes

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-Alexa Bliss will be at Evolution tomorrow night, but she won’t be wrestling due to an injury suffered last weekend at a WWE live event. She will be in the corner of Mickie James & Alicia Fox as they battle Lita & Trish Stratus. It’s a big bummer for Bliss, who was a big fan of Trish. She told Lilian Garcia this week on the “Chasing Glory” podcast. (SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS)

The day I started with WWE, I always said I would love to face Trish Srtratus. If she ever returns to the ring, I’d love to face Trish Stratus. I’ve said that in almost any media interview I’ve done. We both came from similar backgrounds. She’s amazing. I’m really excited to face her at Evolution. I found out on Twitter like everybody else. I was like, oh, that would be cool, if only. Then WWE Tweeted it and I was like, “Oh my gosh!” And she apparently found out the same way. We didn’t know that we’d be facing each other. Then it was made into a tag match, which was awesome. What’s better than being in the ring with one legend? Being in the ring with three. It’s so cool and so awesome and I’m so excited.

-Evolution’s announce team will be Michael Cole, Renee Young, and Beth Phoenix. There will be a one hour Kick-off Show and then the window for the show is three-and-a-half hours.

-Shayna Baszler said on the “Breaking Kayfabe” podcast this week that she was almost on Raw for the Evolution announcement.

They pulled aside the girls the Monday morning of the announcement and were going to fly us to Raw since they wanted NXT representation. We were suppose to be on the stage when Stephanie (McMahon) was making the announcement. We hustled to get to the jet, not a commercial plane. We packed our bags, and since it’s a big to do, I had to get the title shined up, race to the airport which was a 30-40 minute drive and when we get there we found out the flight was delayed, and we’re sitting there and it just keeps getting delayed. So we finally land and we’re told it will take another 30 minutes to fuel up the plane. We know the segment will be the first one, so we decide to do our makeup and get our gear on right there since we’ll need to get off and go straight to tv since it will be the first segment on Raw. So during the walk through, the pilot, who was hired by WWE, we’re told he hits his head on a crossbeam of the plane and split open his head and had to get stitches. All this time, we were in contact with the WWE and they finally said it’s not gonna happen, so I had to watch it on TV. (LISTEN HERE)

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