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NWA launching online video service The service will be called NWA Classics 24/7 and will launch on Saturday, July 4th. NWAClassics.com will launch next week. It will have the entire Paul Boesch Houston Wrestling library with many of the matches complete with original commentary by Boesch himself. The matches span the late 1960's through 1986. The library was stored in an air conditioned unit, and the quality and clarity of the audio and color is said to be amazing. Some of these matches have not been seen in over 40 years. The cost will be $8.99/mo which includes unlimited access to the library. A year's subscription will be reduced to $99.99 (basically 2 months free). 50 matches will be released in the first month with 30 new matches added monthly. NWA president Bruce Tharpe said they have enough vintage content to keep up that pace for years.

Originally Posted by LAW Podcast Low Ki announced today that he has decided to part ways with TNA and last night was his last night with the company where he had the three-way match with Tigre Uno and Grado.

Dave Meltzer reported on Wrestling Observer Radio on Wednesday night that the Daniel Bryan injury is in fact concussion related and there doesn’t appear to be any timetable on a return. This past weekend the WWE also reported that Erick Rowan suffered an injury at the house show on Friday night in Saginaw, Michigan. Meltzer reports that it is a torn biceps and is expected to be miss 4-6 months of action.

Originally Posted by Observer Just to clarify everything, Bryan's problem is concussion related stemming from his match with Sheamus on the Smackdown tapings right after Mania. Many people in wrestling have known this for some time and we were told it as soon as he got sent home from the European tour. For whatever reason, at that point a bunch of denials were made because evidently WWE wanted that under wraps. The issue is career threatening at this point.

Originally Posted by LAW Podcast The interview segment with Jeff and Karen Jarrett was not listed in the rundown of the show and bumped out a segment involving Magnus and James Storm (which was taped during the day and put on the website and is actually the only match on Sunday with an angle going into it).

While details are still sketchy with everything regarding the Jeff Jarrett deal with TNA, it will include some form of TNA participation at the July 24th Global Force Wrestling TV tapings in Las Vegas, NV. Magnus is believed to be booked on that show and there may be others.

Brock Lesnar beating The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXX is probably the most shocking and debated moment in wrestling since the Montreal Screwjob, and everyone is wondering what was behind that decision. Who knew what? Who planned what? And who was on board. We still don’t have a full confirmation on where The Undertaker’s head was at the time, but according to Jim Ross, we know where Brock Lesnar’s head was: He wanted to lose. A correspondent from Wrestling Inc. was at “An Evening with Shawn Michaels” in the UK, noted by Jim Ross, and they had this to say about The Streak: The Undertaker’s undefeated WrestleMania streak ending is discussed, and Michaels admits that he wasn’t a fan of the decision, and neither was JR. JR talked about Brock Lesnar not wanting to beat the streak and asking to lose the match, but the decision had been made. Shawn talks about how he was suppose to be part of a team of former champions who went out to the ring to celebrate with Daniel Bryan over his title win at WrestleMania XXX, but HBK refused after the way the crowd reacted after Brock’s victory, so he left the Superdome early.

http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/2015/...stlemania-xxx/

ECW Press sent out an email stating that the book "The Iron Sheik: Listen Jabroni!" has been cancelled, though "WWE and ECW will continue to partner on more titles in the future, including an autobiography of Pat Patterson, set to release in June 2016."

Regarding rumors of Dolph Ziggler being interested in leaving WWE soon, his contract does expire in a few months and people close to him have said he's at least considering what decision to make regarding a future that does not include WWE, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. There's said to be interest in Ziggler from both Lucha Underground and New Japan Pro Wrestling, and TNA would likely be interested as well.

After a 20-year absence, pro wrestling returns to the Royal Albert Hall in London on 7/11 featuring the stars of AAA. A promotion called Lucha Future rented out what was London’s most famous wrestling arena in the 60s, with talent like Blue Demon Jr., La Parka, Psycho Clown, Villano IV, El Hijo del Fantasma, Pentagon Jr., Fenix, El Texano Jr., Drago and Sexy Star.

C.M. Punk was interviewed about the Chicago Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup and noted that, as a big fan, he tried to get the WWE in 2013 to send the team a replica championship belt like they do for other sports teams (it gets WWE mainstream pub) and they declined the idea saying that nobody watches hockey. Anyway, after he said that in a media interview, the WWE sent a belt to the Blackhawks for winning the Cup this year and then pushed that fact with a photo on Raw of both several members of the Blackhawks posing with the belt, as well as with a belt they sent to the Golden State Warriors, the NBA champions.

WWE NXT Title Match Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens WWE Divas Title Match Naomi vs. Paige vs. Nikki Bella Brock Lesnar vs. Kofi Kingston John Cena and Dolph Ziggler vs. Kane and King Barrett The Lucha Dragons vs. Big E and Xavier Woods Cesaro vs. Diego Neville vs Jericho

WWE updated the July 4th Network special card again.

Originally Posted by Observer This is coming just directly from me. I expect these talks to heat up publicly for the go-home show of this year's SummerSlam, scheduled August 17 in MIN. Lesnar will be getting a huge pop. We should have a confirmation, be it directly or indirectly, when WWE returns to MIN for the last Raw before Xmas, which is the last WWE event in MIN prior to WM32. This is an educated assumption on my part, as WWE's pattern in recent years is to have the location announced more than a year in advance. Boston was never a candidate. Philly engaged in discussions regarding hosting a Mania there, but, it never got serious. Target for 35 is an east coast city though so they'll be encouraged to bid for that. So reading between the lines, WM33 will be in Minnesota, then WM34 and WM35 go to two out of Philly, Atlanta, and Orlando.

From someone on the Observer boards with known ties/sources in the venue industry.

Originally Posted by Observer WWE has offered contracts to Pro Wrestling NOAH talents "The Mighty Don't Kneel" Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste after the duo impressed at the recent tryouts camp at the Performance Center in Orlando. The two are just waiting for visa paperwork to process and medical testing to be done. These deals usually take several weeks after decisions are made but Nicholls and Haste, who is suffering from a knee injury, should be signed soon.

It was reported in the latest installment of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that one WWE writer has frustration with the WWE’s creative department about how the company is constantly booking itself into corners and rarely give almost anyone consistent wins or positive momentum that they need to have upward mobility.

Another issue for Lucha Underground has been that many of their talents are frustrated with the company, according to Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Many talents have been asking about a second season for months and haven't received any word. When we spoke to King Cuerno last month, he confirmed the news to us. Many of the talents don't want to book shows at a certain point on the off-chance that the second season is announced and they have to do those tapings.