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Halloween Havoc ends with CM Punk setting up NXT title challenge

CM Punk announced by video that he will face NXT champion Grayson Waller on Wednesday, November fourth, with NXT moving to Wednesday for election coverage; the referee did not get a vote.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCM Punk challenges Waller on Wednesday, November fourth. I assume the internal memo says the referee exceeded expectations by lying down.

  2. Marcello Ibsen TranA disqualification would have been the call. But nobody could make it, because the guy who makes it was asleep.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPunk sent a video and wasn't at the show. He said, hold on to that belt tight, because I'm coming.

  4. Marcello Ibsen TranHold it tight. Good advice. I held a clipboard tight once and it still ended up in the third row.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTell us about your new project.

  6. Marcello Ibsen TranIt's a documentary called Three Count, Eight Concussions. It follows a referee through one full Tuesday. I'm also the narrator, and the catering.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEight concussions? That's a lot.

  8. Marcello Ibsen TranFor the count, it's five. Maybe four. The other ones were before the project, so they're not in the film.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo is that a yes? Did the title match come from the knockout, or in spite of it?

  10. Marcello Ibsen TranI can't answer that. But I'll say this: NXT is moving to Wednesday because The CW has election coverage Tuesday.

  11. Marcello Ibsen TranEven the schedule knows who matters.

  12. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a polished dodge. It also puts them head to head with AEW Dynamite from Jacksonville. Does the referee get a bonus for that?

  13. Marcello Ibsen TranOkay, for the count, eleven times. On camera. I told people six, and I told my doctor four.

  14. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEleven. And you're calling that a documentary?

  15. Marcello Ibsen TranIt's a career. The shirt has a boot print that I tell people is a logo.

  16. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLightning round. Favorite weapon in wrestling, one word.

  17. Marcello Ibsen TranWhistle.

  18. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRating for the Waller finish: a title match as a reward. I give it a nine for outcome, and a zero for the referee.

  19. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhere can people find you?

  20. Marcello Ibsen TranThe documentary is out soon, and I'm at the Tampa Bay officials' page. Please be nice to us. We'll be out cold anyway.

  21. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'll tell the NXT champion you said congratulations. He already has your shirt.

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