WWE in Japan notes, Eddie tribute show on Network, Impact loses replay, TNA production offices moved, Interviews with Sabre/Sandow, Smackdown audience, NXT live event notes, TNA tapings set, and Questions on EVOLVE's TNA/NXT angle, candid footage on the Network, Y2J's odd feuds, WWE's releases, and TNA's staffing problems

WWE has announced some interesting names and matches for their July shows in Tokyo:
- Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Championship is set for both nights. Each match is a triple threat, with Kevin Owens working there the first night and Chris Jericho involved the second night.

- Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson are working both nights. Somewhat surprisingly, they're not teaming with AJ on the shows. It's possible the card changes and they end up working with AJ or Finn Balor, but for now, they're working as a duo. This could just be a clever way of hiding Balor working the show, since he's not officially on the main roster yet. They'd be crazy to not use him at that event.

- Shinsuke Nakamura is facing Bray Wyatt both nights, which should be pretty interesting.

- Titus O'Neil is set for the tour working against Baron Corbin, so he's in the company's good graces again.

- Asuka will face Becky Lynch the first night and Natalya the second night.

WWE Network now has the Eddie Guerrero tribute show from 2005. However, it's the show as it was taped live instead of the version aired for Raw. That was a memorable night.

Pop has removed Impact Wrestling's Saturday morning replay. The numbers for the show weren't high enough to keep the show going. The hope is this will increase viewership for Tuesday's airing. I would expect a secondary show (Xplosion, TNA's Greatest Matches) is off the table at this point.

TNA has moved the majority of its production staff to NorthStar Studios in Nashville, one of the biggest production spaces in the city. The hope is to purchase additional space in order to move most of or all of the main office personnel there.

Zack Sabre, Jr. talked about entering WWE's Cruiserweight Classic. Sabre is one of the most praised and talked-about talents in the world right now.

Smackdown's audience Thursday was 2.26 million, down slightly from the previous week.

Damien Sandow discussed life after his WWE release:
- Everyone seems to be forgetting Sandow's previous run in WWE as Aaron "The Idol" Stevens. For WWE, this is someone who's been in the company in one form or another for quite some time and didn't become a WWE Champion. I'm a really big Sandow fan, but the whole story needs to be told.

- Once he debuted on the main roster as Sandow, he was definitely amazing at getting reactions. He's a natural at expressions and speaking.

- Even if they weren't going to push him, the guy was natural at getting himself and others over. They could have used him in NXT or paired him with someone new if nothing else.

- It's touching that he appreciates the chance he got and the amazing reactions from the fans.

- Class act. Really touching interview with a great guy.

- He definitely could have been a commentator, manager, or GM.

- The pink tights/robe thing was over from day one. He was getting "Diva" chants in FCW.

- Sandow's failed MITB cash-in was done to put Cena right back on the map after his injury with a successful title defense.

- Sandow definitely stood out with the odd dressing-up gimmick.

- Miz and Sandow were MONEY as a team.

- I think Sandow would be a natural actor given all we saw from him in WWE.

- I hope we see more good things from him, whether it's in the ring or on-screen. All around great person.

Some notes from NXT in Florida:
- The former TMDK worked as a team. 

- Alexander Wolfe and Sawyer Fulton are a duo now, working together.

- Lana worked a tag match. It's good to see her training to wrestle in case they do need her to do that more on the main roster.

TNA has officially announced TV tapings in Orlando for the three days following June 12's Slammiversary, with June 14 being a live(ish) edition of Impact Wrestling. Either they're going to tape things really out of order or June 13 will be taping of Xplosion and One Night Only content.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Galloway and EC3 are the heels in the angle, against the NXT superstars and people competing in the Cruiserweight Classic. I doubt there will be any heat on EVOLVE for the angle.

2. I wouldn't think there'd be a big demand for the footage by itself, but it could certainly be put into bigger projects.

3. In defense of the previous angle, the story was HHH's wife had left him for someone who at one point was her arch-enemy. It added heat to HHH making his return at the Rumble to take on the main who had snuck out victories against Rock and Austin in previous months. Neither Mitch nor Stephanie's poodle are the centerpiece of their respective angles. They're just one part of the more personal focus of the feuds.

4. Usually they do. It was clear WWE wasn't going to use most of those names in significant roles going forward, so they parted ways with them.

5. WWE reported it themselves. She was released along with a number of other names last week.

6. Because TNA is understaffed and a mess. That's pretty much what it comes down to. They don't have the resources and staff of a company like WWE to have an impressive website.

More wrestling tomorrow.