Recaps
WWE Bad Blood 2024: The Rock Returns, Jimmy Uso Saves Roman Reigns, CM Punk and Drew McIntyre Deliver an Instant Classic
A mix of great storytelling, wrestling and stunning returns made the return of WWE Bad Blood, the 2024 edition, one of the more intriguing premium-live events of 2024. For the first time in 20 years, WWE put on the Bad Blood event, originally held in 1997, which featured the first-ever “Hell in a Cell” cage match between Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker.
This year’s Bad Blood delivered an instant-classic with its opener, the “Hell in a Cell” match between Drew McIntyre and CM Punk, which marked the third match in their hated rivalry and trilogy with CM Punk emerging victorious. The match featured unbelievable moments of violence, and moments of emotion, played to the hilt by Punk and McIntrye that included instead of bringing out a bag full of thumb tacks (as per usual in these types of matches), McIntrye brought out broken beads in an abundance just like on Punk’ bracelet he wears in honor of his wife AJ Lee and his dog, Larry.
In the night’s main event, Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes teamed up with the most unlikely ally in Roman Reigns. The OTC was wrestling his first match since losing the belt to Rhodes in the main event of WrestleMania 40. Rhodes and Reigns went up against Bloodline 2.0 members, Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu. The match came to a stunning conclusion, when Reigns landed a second Superman Punch and lined up a spear on Sikoa. However, Bloodline 2.0 members, Tonga and Loa, distracted him and allowed Sikoa to hit a spear of his own on Reigns.

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Next, a hooded figure emerged from under the ring and took out Tonga and Loa before revealing himself to be Jimmy Uso. The surprise was enough to catch Sikoa off guard. Reigns then secured the win. After the victory, Jimmy and Roman hugged it out in the ring. Cody was also present, when The Rock’s ‘Final Boss” music hit and out came the man himself, looking quite pissed that he was witnessing, Roman, Jimmy and Cody all together. With one raise of The Rock’s infamous eyebrow and signaling “1, 2, 3,” he made a statement that clearly is left open to interpretation as he made his exit. Is The Rock going to headline WrestleMania 41 and go against Reigns and Rhodes in a triple-threat match come April 2025 … or will something else develop? Stay tuned.

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In another surprise return, Raquel Rodriguez made her presence known when out of nowhere she came to the aid of her former tag team partner, Liv Morgan in her Women’s World Championship match against Rhea Ripley. The shocking heel turn now has Rodriguez as the muscle to protect Morgan as she aligns herself with the Judgment Day and Dominik Mysterio, Morgan et al. The match featured Dominik suspended in a cage near ringside playing up his fear of heights and claustrophobia.

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Another featured women’s match had Nia Jax defeating Bayley to retain the WWE Women’s Championship. The interesting story here was Tiffany Stratton once again tried to cash in her “Money in the Bank” briefcase, but it backfired, leaving Jax leery of Stratton, which will have explosive consequences in the months to come. Speaking of “Bad Blood” and in a revenge match, former Judgment Day member and WWE champion, Damian Priest defeated Finn Balor. For it was Balor, who cost Priest the title in his match with Gunther.
During the premium live event, Paul “Triple H” Levesque came to the ring to inform everyone of the plans for this year’s Crown Jewel and the belt that the men’s and women’s champs will receive. In the concept, both division’s main title holders will face each other with neither belt on the line. That means it’s Cody Rhodes vs Gunther and Nia Jax vs. Liv Morgan. While Triple H was speaking to the crowd in attendance and those watching on the PLE, Gunther came to the ring and immediately took issue with Bill Goldberg. he Hall-of-Famer was at ringside with other wrestling luminaries given that “Bad Blood’s host city was in Atlanta, Georgia,where many pro wrestlers, then and now, reside. Could a Gunther/Goldberg match be made down the line? We shall see.
Then, in a very smart move, a heel turn took place after the premium live event went off the air. The WWE let social media pick up the moment when Kevin Owens attacked Cody Rhodes in the parking lot near the WWE production trucks. More to come!
So, what did you think of WWE “Bad Blood” 2024? We give it an A! Share your reactions via the comment section below.
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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Katie Kicks Bill to the Curb … for Now

The future isn’t looking so bright for longtime loves Katie Logan (Heather Tom) and Bill Spencer (Don Diamont), when on the Wednesday, November 11 episode Katie wants Bill to leave and give her some space, and to stay away from her!
Katie explains she wanted none of this, but now her insecurity and fear of Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Bill has made it impossible. Bill pleads his case, “I was just trying to help” by speaking with Brooke. Katie tells him, well he didn’t, far from it, it’s all backfired in his face.
Bill insists to Katie that everything he did was for her and her sisters. Katie isn’t buying it. In her mind, Bill has always wanted to stick it to the Forresters. So what changed? She then asks him point blank, if he is still attracted to Brooke? Bill says “no,” but Katie said she wishes she could believe him. He tries to explain that him getting together with Brooke was to broker peace between the Logan sisters.

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THE TRUST IS BROKEN
Katie speaks to how she is building her own company, making something of herself, and Bill says to her, “You don’t have to lose the people that you love to prove that you can win.”
Next, Katie is convinced Bill was flirting with Brooke because he texted Brooke a Stallion emoji (she has a point, no?). That reminded Katie of the worst time in her life when he was having an affair with her sister!
She points out how Brooke destroyed her life and took Will away from her and he was sent to boarding school, so why shouldn’t she strike back? Bill tries to point out again, that Katie is going to lose her sisters. But, a defiant Katie fires back, “If they can’t accept me for who I am … so be it!”
Next, Bill says he doesn’t buy it and becomes very emotional calling his wife, “my Katie”. However, now in a puddle of tears, Katie says those words can’t fix everything. Seeing he is not getting anywhere, Bill walks towards the door and says, “I will hate being apart from you, but I’ll do it for you.”
He vows to never stop fighting for them. Katie’s says, “Goodbye, Bill.” The music swells, Bill exits, and Katie crawls into a ball on the couch in a dramatic overhead shot to end the episode.

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WEDDING BELLS?
In the same episode, it should be noted that Taylor (Rebecca Budig) asked Deacon (Sean Kanan) to re-propose to her, and this time she accepted.
It looks like Taylor or Deacon are headed down the aisle at some point, but not so fast, because Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) was flirting with Deacon, and she won’t take this news lying down.
Check out the emotional scenes featuring Heather Tom and Don Diamont below.
Now weigh-in: were you touched by the moments when Bill left his house to give Katie the space she says she needed over her feelings of betrayal by her husband and her sister, Brooke? How does this all end? Will Katie end up destroying everything in the process on her way to the top? Will she have a mental or physical crisis in days to come? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.
Dancing with the Stars
DANCING WITH THE STARS: A Shocking Elimination on Grammy Night Leaves Ballroom Silenced
In what could only be the stunner of this season of Dancing with the Stars, the Tuesday night, November 1o episode saw one of the heavy favorites Jenna Dewan and pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy eliminated right before next week’s all-important semi-finals for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.
Week 9 was Grammy night, where the contestants performed routines related to the Grammy Awards with songs that have either won or been nominated for the music industry’s highest prize.
After each couple performed their usual routine, they had to dance a second time vs, another couple doing the same dance style. Only Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson earned immunity from having to participate in it.

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THE RESULTS
When all was said and done during the results portion of the show; the following couples were deemed safe and will dance another day: Shum Jr. and Johnson, Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov, Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach, Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas, and Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold.
That left former Y&R actress Tatyana Ali (ex-Roxanne) and Jan Ravnik and Dewan and Chmerkovskiy in the bottom two. It was then revealed that Jenna and Val would be going home. The ballroom fell silent and Dewan said her “thank you’s “in the most gracious way about her dance journey.
Dewan is a dancer, having worked professionally with the likes of Janet Jackson (who also popped up in a special message to her former back-up dancer in the episode) while currently being an actress, and appearing as a series regular on The Rookie. Chmerkovskiy has been controversial figure all season especially after being suspended one week after comments made towards judge Carrie Ann Inaba.
BREAKING THEIR SILENCE
This begs the question: did America want the couple gone, because they had an unfair advantage with Dewan’s dance prowess, or did the show want the couple booted off too?
Later, Jenna and Val broke their silence on the elimination to Extra. Chmerkovskiy shared “It’s’ definitely a sad result. I thought we had a great season.” Dewan admitted, “I know this was a particularly tough week for a lot of the online noise … but I know that we went out there and had the best time of our life.”
Val is married to pro dancer, Jenna Johnson, who remained in the top slot on the leaderboard during the competition with Harry Shum Jr. However, she also had a bad week breaking her nose in rehearsal!
Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET and next day on Hulu.
So were you happy, or sad to see Jenna and Val voted off of Dancing with the Stars? Of the remaining couples who do you hope make it from the semi-finals to the finals and hoists the Mirrorball Trophy? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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‘The Bold and the Beautiful’s’ Heather Tom Delivers the ‘Power Performance of the Week’

Six-time Daytime Emmy winner, Heather Tom, while not taking the gold at the recent Daytime Emmys for Lead Actress, which would have been a record-breaking victory for an actress; should be prepared that in 2027, she has to be near to a lock take that award home!
In the last few months Michael Fairman TV has named her weekly performances as Power Performance of the Week, and for the week of November 2-6, she has done it again!
How did she earn the honors? Well, quite simply, this version of Katie Logan that is being written and portrayed beautifully, has given the character infused live, a backbone, a woman so tired of being put-upon and wronged, that she is firing back in such major ways that her own family doesn’t recognize her behavior.

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KATIE AND BROOKE HAVE A SEISMIC SHOWDOWN
Longtime viewers of The Bold and the Beautiful can make a very compelling case that the behavior is justified. Then, on the November 4 episode, Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Katie have another major confrontation. Katie is irate that Brooke phoned Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) in an effort to help Bill get through to her to back off the way she is destroying Forrester Creations, in what appears to be Katie’s poaching of the design team, and her ramped up vendetta against Brooke.
However, let’s not forget, Brooke and their sister, Donna (Jennifer Gareis) disowned Katie from the family just a few months ago too! Now in this showdown, Katie rips into Brooke after Brooke attempts to reason with her. Brooke even pulls out the “Stormy” card, reminding viewers that Katie has Storm’s heart. She snipes, “Do you really think he’d be proud of you right now?”
In that moment, Katie chokes up and is struck by that statement, but defends her actions and says Storm would be proud of her. Brooke goes in on if Storm would approve of the way she has gone about building her Logan fashion house design team, which to many seem like cutthroat tactics, Brooke even tells her “Bill is worried.”
Katie snaps after that comment and begins to show her disgust and emotional wounds from how Brooke slept with Bill years ago, especially when she goes in on the the text message Brooke sent to Bill and the use of a stallion emoji. Brooke claims it meant nothing, but Katie shuts her down and shuts her up! Reminding her sister, how she destroyed everything.

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KATIE NEVER FORGOT HOW BROOKE SLEPT WITH BILL
Brooke reminds Katie that she had postpartum depression at the time, and she “pushed” her and Bill together. Katie begins to cry, “How could you not know something was profoundly wrong?”
Katie says while she was suffering, Brooke was off in Aspen having sex with Bill. She says of her sister, “You take what you want, and it doesn’t matter who gets hurt and whose life gets destroyed.” She then snipes what was her sister’s excuse the second time?
Then, in the masterful moment in the performance, as sister Donna walks into the showdown, Katie warns Brooke to not EVER talk to her again about morality, or ever accuse her of stealing anything from her, when “You are the master!”
BROOKE’S PAST WILL ALWAYS BE THROWN IN HER FACE
Next, Katie throws down the line Stephanie Forrester called Brooke all the years of their feud, “You are just a slut from the valley.” She punctuated it to both her sister, “We all know she’d sell her soul for a little male attention.'”
Katie tells Brooke she will never apologize to Bill, adding, “And I will never forgive you for this. I am so done with you, and if you’re going to stand next to her (aimed at Donna), then I am done with you too.” As the scene came to its conclusion, Katie told Brooke and Katie to, “stay away from me, stay away from my family, and stay away from Bill.”
Throughout all the scenes, Heather Tom displayed why she is one of the fiercest actresses in daytime drama. This storyline has afforded Tom the opportunity to show all of Katie’s inner rage built over years as she finally lets it out on those who wronged her. For anyone who has been made to feel the weaker sibling in a family, Tom is showing the cause and effect of what can happen to someone after years of feeling put down.
For all the reasons stated above, Michael Fairman TV names Heather Tom our selection for Power Performance of the Week. You can check out part of Heather’s emotional turn in the video clip below.
Now let us know, do you agree with our pick of Heather Tom for the Power Performance of the Week? What do you think about how Katie is being written in this storyline? Do you think Heather has secured the Lead Actress Emmy in 2027? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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