WWE announcing change, WWE back to China, new podcast, Show at E3, NOAH name working Slammiversary?, Interview with Zayn, WWE DVD release date set, another Impact live event announced, names from the past at Slammiversary, new BITW matches, Mae Young competitors set, Smackdown audience, MITB guests, Buck has travel trouble, Corgan-NWA status update, former Nexus member injured, Angle possibly wrestling at Summerslam, more Fozzy for Jericho, Ryder cleared, and Questions on the prophet Elias, non-English announcers, WWE releases, Dolph's booking, and Bayley's booking

Vic Joseph has officially replaced Tom Phillips as 205 Live's play-by-play announcer.

China will host a Smackdown live event on September 17. That's another milestone for WWE in the country. It's a big frontier for them.

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and Sean Mooney will soon host a podcast centered on the 1980s and 1990s of WWF. That could be cool.

Big Show was part of a video game panel at E3. He's tweeted about playing Destiny a number of times when he was given time off to train.

Impact is trying to get NOAH's Naomichi Marufuji to work Slammiversary and/or the following TV tapings. Marufuji has been announced for a U.S. indie date in that time frame, so there's a chance he'll be working Impact as well while he's in the country.

Sami Zayn talked to Fox Sports:
-  NXT has given people very unrealistic expectations. Being a top prospect in developmental means you're ready for a spot on the already loaded main roster. There are few people who should be shot to the top just because they're called up; it's just the next step of your career like graduating college just sets you up for a chance to work your way up the ladder at a job as opposed to going in and immediately being an important player.

- Oh yeah, doing dives in front of 300 people to try to get ****+ from Meltzer is leaving a lot of people battered.

- Sami does some AMAZING athletic things.

- You ABSOLUTELY need to be able to do more than just impressive moves. You need to be able to use them in the right proportions and at the right times. That's lost on a lot of wrestlers.

- I hope the women's MITB is solid and they don't try too hard with crazy bumps to prove a point.

WWE's Unreleased 1985-1986 DVD will hit stores September 5. I assume this will be part of a series.

Buff Bagwell has announced a retirement tour concluding in May 2018, at which time he'll be 48. I hope everyone involved gets everything they want out of those last matches.

Impact Wrestling has announced another New York live event on August 4, with another show possibly being announced August 6 in the area. I hope those shows do well for the promotion. They need to build positive momentum.

Don West will be at Slammiversary weekend. At least someone in wrestling still knows how to sell. To the best of my knowledge, West isn't back in Impact in a full-time role or official capacity.

- Impact is also considering having Mike Tenay at the show. That would be great. I'd love to see him be inducted into their Hall of Fame after all his years of work for them.

Added to Best in the World:
- KUSHIDA vs. Marty Scurll for the ROH TV Championship
- The Rebellion vs. Search & Destroy. The losing faction must disband.

The following WWEPC names have been confirmed for the Mae Young Classic next month:
- Zhao Xia from China
- MaryKate
- Bianca Blair
- Danielle Kamela from Canada
- Julia Ho from Canada
- Kimberly Frankele
- Lacey Evans
- Victoria Gonzalez, daughter of Rudy Boy Gonzalez
- Sarah Logan, formerly Crazy Mary Dobson and recently Sarah Bridges
- Taynara Melo from Brazil

Smackdown drew 2.07 million viewers Tuesday, following Raw with a notable drop from the previous week. Not good news at all for WWE. We'll see if they do anything to "hit the panic button" at MITB and the week after. I hope they don't throw

Cowboy Bob Orton was recently the subject of an erroneous report regarding him passing away. Thankfully that's not the case, and he will be joining Ric Flair, Larry Hennig, Baron Von Raschke, and Greg Gagne in a segment at MITB. I assume they'll be part of the Randy Orton-Jinder Mahal feud. That could be pretty cool with them kind of passing the torch to Randy in his hometown.

Nick Jackson recently had some belongings stolen on the road and needed to get a new passport in order to return to the U.S. and work the upcoming House of Hardcore tour of Australia. He and Matt have some serious hustle. I hope everything goes well for them in their globe-trotting.

Billy Corgan has not officially taken over NWA yet due to the issues with trademarks. The deal for him to take charge isn't dead, but in something of a holding pattern while the legal issues are sorted out.

The former Justin Gabriel has had to cancel all upcoming wrestling dates due to a bad injury from base jumping, including a broken leg and broken finger. I hope he recovers and is more careful in the future, as this follows breaking both ankles last year.

Triple H vs. Kurt Angle could be coming at Summerslam as the culmination of the big mystery angle. I figured they'd save that for Mania, but I'm guessing they're going to try to boost things in the summer while they can. I'm sure that will still be solid, but man is it old news in 2017. Angle vs. Strowman could be cool as hell if Braun's not working Lesnar that not.

Fozzy has announced a tour in October and November, so Chris Jericho could remain off WWE TV to focus on those endeavors for the rest of the year. We'll see; there's certainly the opportunity to do Owens/Y2J again at Summerslam to make it as big of a show as it can be.

Zack Ryder has been cleared to wrestle again. I wouldn't think the Hype Bros can get very far as a face team against New Day, American Alpha, and Breezango, so we might be in for the two sides feuding. I don't know how fans would take Ryder as a heel if they go that route.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I really doubt that's what they were going for there. I don't think they put that much thought into Elias' songs.

2. I'm under the impression they aren't as tightly controlled for the reason mentioned. It's busy enough for the English crew!

3. I don't think so, at least not for the reason of ratings being down. I'm sure there will be a big roster change at some point because there always is every so often, but there's nothing to suggest it's coming just around the corner.

4. For fuck's sake! It's predictable when Dolph loses because he always loses, but it's also predictable for him to get a win when he needs a win? That's absurd.

5. WWE wants to push Alexa as the top heel of the division, and show that she belongs in the title picture. So she beat a credible former champion. I really don't understand why that's so complicated. I honestly think people like Dave and the readers of these sites put a lot more thought into and care a lot more about wins and losses than anyone working in the business and the majority of fans.

More wrestling tomorrow.