Notes on taped Raw, Lesnar update, who's not booked on TNA UK tour, WWE Network hits big milestone, Impact preview, Raw audience, TNA back in Orlando, Interview with Bubba Ray, original ECW booker passes away, and Questions on Sting vs. HHH, booing Rock and Austin, a Benoit doc on the Network, and Breaking News segments

WWE taped the interview segments early on Monday so Brock could return to Minnesota. The announcer segments were live from WWE HQ.

Brock Lesnar will be on this week's Smackdown. I still don't expect to see him every week.

The following members of the TNA roster aren't booked for the UK tapings:
- Garett Bischoff, who hasn't been booked in forever.
- Havok, although she'll reportedly be back at the following set of tapings.
- Homicide, who may or may not be injured. He took bookings outside of TNA at the end of 2014, but hasn't wrestled yet in 2015. No word on if he's still part of TNA.
- Jeff Hardy, due to his criminal record.
- King Mo, who's also never booked.
- Knux, although the other members of The Menagerie are booked. I think it's feasible his contract could be up soon.
- Rhino, who hasn't worked in TNA since before BFG.
- Tigre Uno, who's primarily used to job anyway. I wouldn't assume his contract's coming up, but it's possible given how he's not advertised.

So, while most of the roster will be there, it's interesting to note how some names aren't scheduled for the tapings. Who will be the next name to leave TNA?

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
WWE Network hit one million subscribers. That's good news! They need to keep going, though, to turn a profit.

Update: Unsurprisingly, the WWE stock jumped after that press release. That's good, because people were losing hope in WWE as a business.

Update: Triple H commented on the Network going over that mark. I hope HHH and Stephanie become more of the public faces of the company from here on out, as Vince is showing his age. I like the guy, but it's pretty much time for him to step down from most of his roles.

TNA's deal with Destination America is through the end of 2016, with options for more years under the same terms. It'll be really interesting to see what TNA looks like going into 2017.

Bobby Roode is doing media for TNA in Italy. Roode and Lashley make for two great top babyfaces. I look forward to their futures.

Set for this week's Impact Wrestling:
- Lashley vs. Bobby Roode vs. MVP vs. Austin Aries
- Monster's Ball: Jeff Hardy vs. Abyss
- Taryn Terrell vs. Gail Kim vs. Madison Rayne
- The Bro-Mans vs. Mark Andrews and Rockstar Spud (in a debut for the winner of British Boot Camp 2)
- Tommy Dreamer calls out Eric Young.

I'm not really excited for that last one, but all in all, that should be a great show.

Raw jumped to 4.42 million viewers for the showing of the top two matches from Royal Rumble 2015. That's quite good for a show that had very little in the way of fresh content. I expected the show to take a hit.

TNA will return to Universal Studios for a number of tapings for Impact Wrestling, Xplosion, and One Night Only PPVs. That's good news for them. I suspect they'll keep hitting markets like NYC and Pennsylvania as opposed to just taping in Orlando like they used to, but I also think Universal Studios could be a regular home for them again going forward.

Bubba Ray Dudley talked about his WWE return. I'm actually kind of hyped to see the Dudleys return. As long as they're used for a fairly short time (say, done by WM32) and don't overstay their welcome, I think it could be fun for a while.

The booker of Eastern Championship Wrestling, precursor to Paul Heyman's ECW, has passed away. PWInsider has a really good look at his career. I'd love to read more about the origins of ECW, since most people primarily focus on what it became and how that changed wrestling.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I think it was filmed in the dungeon where they keep guys like David Otunga and Tamina Snuka when they're not used for months at a time.

2. It makes sense for Sting to face HHH given Sting's character of standing up for what's right and HHH being the evil authority figure. Sting could have easily just not signed a WWE contract unless he faced Taker this year if that match was the only reason he wanted to sign. This angle could just be building to a Taker match.

3. Rocky Maivia and The Ringmaster turned into The Rock and Stone Cold for reasons. And the IWC was a LOT smaller then. There were "smart" crowds, but social media wasn't nearly what it is today. But yeah, pretty much every top name had a lot of detractors when pushed. Some for good reason. I definitely think it's trendy to be a critic in today's culture, but that only applies to part of the audience booing Reigns.

4. Short answer: No. Long answer: NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO. They don't want to get anywhere near what Benoit did and why he did. If that does happen, it's many a year away.

5. It has to be done in the right doses, but yes. They should utilize breaking news segments for things that are worth that much attention. Part of me wants to say they should do a title change on a live event here and there and promote that via the Netwoek, but it should be rare and meaningful when they do.

More wrestling tomorrow.