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Originally Posted by PWI The 8/14 edition of Smackdown Live brought in 2,189,000 overnight viewers, down from last week's 2,197,000 overnight viewers.

Originally Posted by Observer Another name has been added to the All In Over Budget Battle Royal that will take place an hour before the main card. Impact X Division champion Brian Cage is the sixth entrant in the battle royal, confirmed today by All In’s Twitter account. Cage joins Ethan Page, Jordynne Grace, Moose, Rocky Romero and Colt Cabana. Nine more participants have yet to be named. The winner of the match will receive a ROH title match on the main card later in the evening against current champion Jay Lethal.

Link: https://twitter.com/ALL_IN_2018/stat...65403059720193

Originally Posted by PWI/WrestelIngInc/Observer Indies Roundup: MLW issued the following: BOUNTY HUNTER BRODY KING RUMBLES WITH PCO AT MLW’S SEPTEMBER 6 FORT LAUDERDALE FUSION TV TAPING. Northeast Wrestling announced that Rey Mysterio is off their Wrestling Under The Stars show in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on August 24 due to “his upcoming contractual situation with WWE.” ROH announced KUSHIDA will be headed to their Death Before Dishonor TV tapings in Las Vegas on September 29 at the Orleans Arena. Tenille Dashwood is off ROH’s Honor Re-United tour due to a “non-serious medical condition." Chardonnay also won’t be able to wrestle due to injury. Kay Lee Ray will face Viper in Edinburgh tomorrow, Charli Evans in Doncaster on Saturday, and Ayesha Raymond in London on Sunday. On Twitter, Chris Jericho teased that 2019 is going to be an interesting year for him: “2019 is gonna be an interesting year…. #FreeAgentJericho” Kevin Kelly and Andy Boy Simmonz will be calling Revolution Pro Wrestling’s TV tapings at York Hall in London on September 5 and 6. Kelly noted that NJPW World is going to start adding English commentary for some classic matches from the past very soon. Haku/Meng, who was originally advertised as facing Nick Gage, won’t be appearing at Joey Janela’s Lost in New York on Friday because he’ll be attending Jim Neidhart’s funeral.

Mysterio: https://www.facebook.com/NortheastWr...type=3&theater , Tenille: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/de...s-due-injuries , Jericho: https://twitter.com/IAmJericho/statu...93155598700545 , RevPro: https://twitter.com/RevProUK/status/1029733789965148160 , NJPW: https://twitter.com/realkevinkelly/s...06645805441025 , Janela: https://twitter.com/GCWrestling_/sta...95213760454656

Originally Posted by PWI I came across an interesting stat. Wrestlemania 34 was the seventh straight year a part timer was in the main event. Does this sort of stat not worry Vince McMahon? After seven straight years, I think it’s clear that he isn’t concerned. And with the TV deals he just signed, he probably won’t be any time soon.

From PWI's weekly Q&A articles.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE Network News is reporting that this week a dark match featuring AJ Styles versus Rick Michaels from the July 9, 2001 Raw taping at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia will be added to the Hidden Gems section this Thursday. This is the Phenomenal One's first official WWE debut.

Link: http://www.wwenetworknews.com/2018/0...atch-incoming/

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc The Big Show says that he's ready to return to action. The former WWE Champion hasn't wrestled since losing a steel cage match against Braun Strowman in September of 2017. The match was designed to write Big Show off of television to undergo right hip surgery. Big Show told ESPN this week at a charity event at the Hackensack Meridian Health Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital in Hackensack, New Jersey that he hopes to be back in the ring as early as SummerSlam this Sunday. "Hopefully within the next couple of weeks, I will be back in the ring," Big Show said. "That's the main goal. I'm actually going to try and get cleared Sunday, by [WWE's] doctors; moving around the ring a little bit. I could be back as soon as the Monday Night Raw after SummerSlam, if they have something for me. "Just because I'm healthy, doesn't mean our creative team is healthy for me yet."

Link: http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/2...-11-months-out

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc After Young last appeared as a commentator for NXT in April 2014, her spot on the Raw announce table was a big step for the 33-year-old. She hopes to become a more frequent member of the announce team as she said "it just felt right" being in the moment alongside Michael Cole and Corey Graves. "I can't believe that I survived that and it happened," Young said. "My brain has not shut off since." Busted Open co-host Mark Henry said WWE might have to add a microphone to the Raw commentary table. "I hope so!" Young replied. "Oh my gosh, I would be so happy if that was the case. "All I could think of afterward, and not even afterward -- like during -- you know like when you're in the process of something happening and you don't get to absorb it all? I mean I guess during a three-hour show you do get a moment to absorb it, but all I could think was, 'man I want to keep doing this.' "It felt like so much fun, it just felt right. It felt right to me, and I loved that. It was great."

More highlights and link to the interview from Busted Open Radio: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...mmentate-more/

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc Triple H took part in a media call this afternoon to promote Saturday's NXT Takeover event in Brooklyn. During the call, the new NXT UK brand was discussed and it was noted that former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville would be a great fit for it. Triple H was then asked what Neville's status was with the company. "To be honest, I'm not 100% positive," Triple H replied. "I would need to go back and look into that." Neville had left WWE in mid-October, reportedly over frustration with his status in the company. He was scheduled to lose to then-WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore on the October 9, 2017 episode of WWE Monday Night RAW, and left the company after reportedly learning of the scheduled finish. The match resulted in Enzo losing the championship to Kalisto. Triple H agreed that Neville would be a good fit for the NXT UK division and praised the work that he had done for the company. "You are 100% right, [Neville] is one of the most talented guys in the world," Triple H admitted. "I love the time that he spent with us in NXT, he did a great job of building up the Cruiserweight division on 205 [Live]. Time will see where that ends up."

From today's NXT conference call held by Triple H. More highlights via WrestlingInc: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...affecting-nxt/

Originally Posted by Fightful.com Brock Lesnar has reached rarified air as Champion. At WrestleMania 33, Brock Lesnar defeated Goldberg to become WWE Universal Champion. Since that victory he has defended the Championship six times on WWE programming including two singles matches against his SummerSlam opponent Roman Reigns. It has been 500 days since Lesnar won the Championship which puts him among some of the longest reigning Champions in the history of WWE. There are only a handful of wrestlers who earned this feat with the WWE Championship and one who reached 500 days as United States Champion.

Originally Posted by Observer Roman Reigns spoke to Yahoo Sports about the portion of fans who boo him, “I think they’re like closet lovers to be honest. You can say whatever you want, but it’s how you say it that matters. The way they deliver it, they’re more connected to me than their so called ‘favorites.’ For me to be able to pull on whatever string I pull on, it just goes to show there’s a deep rooting there.” Reigns added, “It doesn’t really matter to me, as long as they’re really loud, that’s all I really care about. There could be certain moments where they try to hijack shows and all of that, but by the end of the match, they’re standing up so I’ve been blessed. I really do think that if they love to hate you, they still love you.”

Link: https://sports.yahoo.com/roman-reign...203509809.html


Some other sheet news includes:

• WWE recently added a new collection set based on Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart to the WWE. Entire list of contents via PWI: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...tails.html?p=1
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 8th anniversary of Daniel Bryan's return to the WWE since being released after Nexus's debut and infamous tie strangling incident. Bryan returned at SummerSlam 2010 as part of Team WWE for the Nnexus vs WWE Elimination match.
• Chris Jericho was revealed to be the guest for next week's episode of James Ellsworth's #Duhcast podcast show ... wait a minute, even Ellsworth has a rasslin podcast show now? Jokes aside, here is the link: http://www.wrestlingperspectivepodcast.com/
• Edge revealed Mauro Ranallo will be this week's guest on the Edge & Christian podcast show. https://twitter.com/EdgeRatedR/statu...32227029508115

Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:

• Wrestlers Lash Out at Dave Meltzer Over Peyton Royce Comments
• Various: Sin Cara Has Surgery, Impact Removes GFW DVDs, Lance Storm
• WWE: Miz & Mrs Renewed for Second Season, SD Dark Matches