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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Smackdown dark segments, Cameron update, The Coach at Summerslam?, top name off Japan tour, Stardust back soon, WWE trial continues, new TNA exec, Interviews with Maria/Paige, new WWE exec, TE cameos, NXT injury, another former TNA Champion working GFW taping, and Questions on Rollins vs. Lesnar, bringing up Sasha, New Japan World, and Hogan vs. Flair at Mania

Before Smackdown, Brad Maddox was trounced by the Meta-Powers. I don't know if I'd rather see Maddox as a manager or the new GM figure once the Authority angle ends (hopefully in the next few months).

Also before Smackdown, Tyler Breeze won a dark match. I don't think I'd bring him up QUITE yet. For some reason I want to see him paired with Dolph Ziggler.

Cameron tweeted about wanting to get a push. How about at Survivor Series we see The Bellas, Alicia, Naomi, and Tamina vs. Paige, Cameron, Natalya, Layla, and Charlotte? I know people want to see some other NXT Divas brought up, but I wouldn't want them to get lost in a crowded field. Once Charlotte has finally helped to end the Bellas' reign of terror and won the title, THEN have Sasha rain on her parade near the end of the year.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

Jonathan Coachman pitched ESPN going on the road for Summerslam weekend. That would be great!

Paul Heyman is no longer set for WWE in Japan. No word on why. I would have loved to have heard his promo from there.

Stardust is scheduled to return for next week's TV tapings. I suppose the build for facing Green Arrow is still on.

WWE is offering July free for new subscribers. That's been effective at getting people to sign up for the Network, so I see them continuing it. I hope they're able to make the Network more successful and crack down on the people abusing the free trial.

TNA has hired a new Chief Strategy Officer. I don't know how they got the 120 countries figure unless they mean people watch them online. They're certainly not on TV in that many countries. It sounds like they will be focusing more on international markets, which makes sense given their decreased revenue in the U.S.. They did just get that big TV deal in India, for what that's worth.

Maria talked about working in ROH. A women's division in ROH would be the right move if they do get two hours someday. There are some strong female athletes out there who could add to the product.

WWE has hired a new executive for their UK/Ireland business. They're going to continue to expand internationally in the years to come, as they should.

Paige was interviewed ahead of live events. Maybe while she's overseas she'll find someone to help her fight the Bellas and Alicia.

NXT stars Tye Dillinger and Bull Dempsey were on the most recent episode of Tough Enough. I have a feeling the previous winner of the show won't be appearing.

As mentioned on NXT, Becky Lynch will be taking a few weeks off due to a hip flexor injury suffered at the last Takeover special. As such, she might mix the next set of tapings. She was great at that show, and I hope she picks right back up when she returns.

GFW will crown its first champion with a tournament at the July 24. TNA's Bobby Roode announced he's been entered, which means he'll be missing the Impact Wrestling taping that night. BUT, with so many other days of tapings for TNA in that timeframe, I don't think it will really affect things. Roode vs. Magnus for the title would be a great way to kick things off for the promotion.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Fans apparently do have ADD based on this question. Rollins had pissed off the other members of The Authority, saying he doesn't need them anymore and can beat anyone (remember him facing J&J Security on Raw and constantly insulting Kane?). So, HHH and Stephanie are testing him and making him put his money where his mouth is. It's not a huge stretch.

2. I think it'd be crazy to do a title change there instead of Summerslam. No one would buy Rollins beating Brock clean when he's barely held on to the title this far. I think they should have the show close with a pier-six brawl with The Authority facing off with Brock, Ambrose, and Reigns. Then, we get a fatal four-way at Summerslam. That would be logical, but I'm sure people would still say it's the stupidest thing WWE's ever done and somehow buries Ambrose or something.

3. Bringing up the babyface Charlotte makes more sense. The last thing they want is for Charlotte and Sasha to have to compete for fans' attention. Bring Charlotte up now, and once fans have had time to get behind her (because most people don't watch NXT), THEN bring up Sasha as her foil. I think both of them can swim with the bigger fish of the Divas' division, but they're only going to get a small time window on the main roster. Why split it in one role now when they can give the two characters the time they deserve against each other later in the year? Besides, Sasha's absence means we've gotten to see some of the other NXT Divas get a chance to show what they can do.

4. I wouldn't care either way! But I would think if it made sense for all the parties involved and they'd be able to work together, I think they could try to work something out.

5. He wanted to do the double main event instead of putting both of them in one match. That's about all I know on the matter. Vince is peculiar, and sometimes gambles wrong on things like that. I'm sure Hogan would be glad to be in the main event with Flair in Dallas to make up for it.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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