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Originally Posted by Observer Despite the fact that Monday Night Raw this week had a healthy increase in the ratings, last night's SmackDown did not follow suit. The show averaged 1.89 million viewers on the USA Network, down two percent from last week ... This being the first week of July may have played a part in the low number. Tuesday's episode only dropped six percent year-over-year, much better than SmackDown has been doing.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Eric Bischoff was not at the SmackDown tapings on Tuesday night in San Antonio.

Originally Posted by PWI BeIn Sport announced today that they will broadcast a Major League Wrestling: FUSION marathon tomorrow: beIN SPORTS TO AIR DAY-LONG 4th OF JULY MLW: FUSION MARATHON WHAT: Tomorrow, July 4th, beIN SPORTS will air a Major League Wrestling Independence Day marathon special, offering fans day-long programming dedicated to some of the best MLW: FUSION matches in history. Catch up on all your favorite MLW fights - from MLW’s SuperFight and 2019 Battle Riot to epic title matchups including the World Middleweight Championship featuring Teddy Hart vs. Rey Horus. Tune-in throughout the day tomorrow and relive all the best moments from your favorite MLW stars. WHERE: Watch “MLW: Fusion” 4th of July Marathon this Wednesday, July 4th starting at 6:00 AM ET/ 3:00 AM PT on beIN SPORTS, availablenationwide via traditional and OTT providers including Charter, Dish, SlingTV, Verizon Fios, Cox, PS Vue, FuboTV, Liberty and Fanatiz, among others.

Originally Posted by PWI Maria Kanellis confirmed her pregnancy as announced on Raw with this Instagram post: Tough as a Mother. Becky Lynch responded to the announcement by saying, "You're Welcome" on Twitter.

Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/BzdKHCQB_2C , https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/st...79393239437312

Originally Posted by PWI A scheduled Raw taping in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday 11/11 has been canceled, with the event being converted into a live event that evening instead. The current plan is to tape Raw for 11/11 on Friday 11/8 in Manchester, England . That event was already a TV taping for that evening's Smackdown Live broadcast , which would air live in Europe and air several hours later in the United States. WWE will now also tape Raw that evening in Manchester, with bell time changing to 6 PM local time. WWE has also canceled the 11/5 Nottingham, 11/6 Birmingham, 11/8 tour date in London at the SSE Arena. and 11/9 event in Minehead, England, so it may be that the next Saudi Arabia event will be that week.

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc KENTA has had quite a year in professional wrestling, starting off 2019 as a part of the WWE 205 Live Roster and currently anticipating performing in NJPW's G1 Climax. The international superstar spoke with New Japan about what his experience was like transitioning to WWE ... KENTA's perception of his time in WWE is laced with hardship and struggle. Although his original intentions were to expose the world to the "strong style" that Japan is renown for, KENTA feels like that was lost in his effort to adapt to what WWE wanted from him. "It was a very tough five years. I got hurt, and beyond that I was really grasping for something during that whole time," KENTA said. "It's like, I came into the company to bring my style of wrestling worldwide, but what that actually became was bending and adapting to what the company wanted. That's important in a sense, but the strength and aggression that I bring to the table got lost. That's a real shame. "One person there might tell you 'do it this way', and then another would be 'no, no, do it like this'. That meant my own personal vision just crumbled away," KENTA continued. "There are people who can do very well in that environment, but I just couldn't. So when that 'what next?' question came up, I didn't ask anybody else what they thought. I just decided to focus on what I wanted to do. Otherwise there's no point."

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc WWE NXT Tag Team Champions The Street Profits are still technically a part of the black & gold brand roster, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. This week's RAW appearance by Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins was not seen as their official main roster call-up, but they are still expected to appear on RAW at various times. Regarding Monday's appearance, Meltzer noted that there were a lot of backstage politics involved, although it wasn't specified what that meant. Meltzer also speculated that The Profits appeared due to new RAW Executive Director Paul Heyman having his "fingerprints" on this week's show. They may have appeared as a "Heyman move" to get new, fresh faces on the show. It was also noted that there could be an interesting situation brewing with Heyman and new SmackDown Executive Director Eric Bischoff, with a potential "battle" over who gets the top NXT call-ups on their brand. There's also the potential issue with Triple H wanting to keep certain talents on NXT until he feels like they're ready to be called up. There's still no real word on how Triple H is fitting into the latest WWE creative shake-up with Heyman and Bischoff being hired, but there is an interesting layer added there with NXT and potential call-ups.

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc WWE officials have been very aware that they have lost touch with a key demographic - teenagers, according to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio. There's reportedly been concern that the company will completely lose their teenage viewers when AEW TV starts on TNT in the fall. WWE's recent attempts at an edgier product will work with keeping teenage fans and making new ones in that demographic. There was a feeling that they had to take this new edgier direction to help with the demo, and for other obvious reasons. Regarding Superstars that could connect with teenagers, Meltzer noted that there aren't many younger top talents on the main roster, but we could see some called up soon. The new push for WWE United States Champion Ricochet is likely being done, at least in part, to help with the teenage demographic. New RAW Executive Director Paul Heyman is said to be very high on Ricochet. Meltzer noted that Ricochet is a talent that can likely appeal to teenagers and that is a new goal for the company - to make sure teenagers don't go to AEW before their weekly TV show starts later this year.

Originally Posted by WWENetworkNews.com WWE Hidden Gems is back again this week – and with a bang. We can exclusively confirm two WWE Hidden Gems additions set to arrive on WWE Network tomorrow and they come from Jim Crockett Promotions. More specifically, they appear to be complete or near complete shows from the Great American Bash 1986 tour! ... 07/05/1986 – GAB 1986 Charlotte [Duration: 02:53:27] Ric Flair puts the World Heavyweight Championship on the line against Ricky Morton in a Steel Cage Match as the Bash rolls into Charlotte. 07/26/1986 – GAB 1986 Greensboro [Duration: 02:41:09] The World Heavyweight Championship hangs in the balance as WWE Hall of Famers clash inside a steel cage when Ric Flair faces Dusty Rhodes.

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* Unless this week's Observer Newsletter gets released tomorrow, probably not going to bother with a sheets report tomorrow due to the holiday and the likely lack of interesting news.