Interviews with Charlotte/Sasha, Survivor Series DVD release pushed up, WWE-Scooby movie on demand, new WWE merch, August collections announced, supersized Summerslam again, Nikki in-ring update, ROH-NJPW tour announced, MYC notes including guests, MYC first round matches, Talking Smack cut from weekly to monthly, WWE Network show canceled, Battleground tickets discounted, SDCC WWE guests, GFW audience, other Network notes, Aries on WWE departure, and Questions on quitting watching wrestling, weather problems, Low Ki-ECW, Impact going to two hours, and a wrestling movie

Charlotte talked to promote a live event. I agree she's not JUST Ric Flair's daughter. She's a talented performer independent of her lineage, and I expect more to come from her and the other women of this generation.

WWE's Survivor Series anniversary DVD has been moved up to releasing in October. I guess they want it to build extra hype for this year's edition?

WWE's second Scooby Doo animated movie is now available on Boomerang's streaming service.

Sasha Banks talked in Australia:
- The women's revolution has definitely paid dividends.

- Glad to see women getting bigger opportunities. Some of them can really go.

- I hope Sasha's frankness about her callup doesn't get her heat. I thought Stephanie throwing the women together in random teams wasn't a great way to feature the new wrestlers.

- I'm glad they dropped the Divas name. I'm pretty sure at the time I was pretty adamant they wouldn't do so because of the "Total Divas" connection, but they did make the move after all.

- It would be worth soliciting more female opinions on the creative team as they try to get a larger female audience.

WWE Shop now has fidget spinners. I'm surprised it took them that long!

Kurt Angle will be getting a WWE Network collection in August. There will also be more additions to the Hidden Gems collection.

Summerslam will be a four hour PPV again this year, so get ready for a LONG night. The wrestling's often really good, but anything that long is going to get tiring.

Nikki Bella could be back in the ring in time to work Summerslam. I really hope they don't have her in the Smackdown title picture unless she's putting someone else over. She doesn't need the title to be a top name anymore.

ROH and NJPW have announced a Global Wars 2017 tour, hitting the following markets for the first time:
- October 12 in Buffalo, NY
- October 13 in Pittsburgh, PA
- October 14 in Columbus, OH
-- NJPW has announced KUSHIDA, the Killer Elite Squad, Hiromu Takahashi, and Yoshi Hashi for the shows in Hashi's U.S. debut. I'm sure we'll hear a lot more names as time goes on. They probably just wanted to go ahead and announce the tour off the heels of the big California shows.

Alundra Blayze had a backstage role at the MYC. She didn't appear in front of the crowd. That's OK. The night wasn't about her.

Other guests at the MYC:
- Bayley
- Carmella
- Charlotte
- Tamina
- Alicia Fox
- Nia Jax
- Emma
- Johnny Gargano
- Akira Tozawa
- Montez Ford
- Jessamyn Duke
- Marina Sharif
- Drew Gulak
- Funaki
- Lana
- Kalisto
-- All those names along with the Kanellises and Ronda Rousey were shown at ringside during the taping. This was a pretty big deal for the wrestling world.

The first round matches for the MYC are:
- Kay Lee Ray vs. Princesa Sugehit
- Serena Deeb vs. Vanessa Borne
- Shayna Baszler vs. Zeda
- Piper Niven vs. Santana Garrett
- Mia Yim vs. Sarah Logan
- Mercedes Martinez vs. Xia Li
- Miranda Salinas vs. Rhea Ripley
- Abbey Laith vs. Jazzy Gabert
- Ayesha Raymond vs. Toni Storm
- Dakota Kai vs. Kavita Devi
- Candice LeRae vs. Renee Michelle
- Marti Belle vs. Rachael Evers
- Bianca Belair vs. Sage Beckett
- Lacey Evans vs. Taynara Conti
- Nicole Savoy vs. Reina Gonzalez
- Kairi Sane vs. Tessa Blanchard

WWE Network has moved Talking Smack to only follow branded PPV events, with Raw Talk set to follow all Raw PPVs. This Tuesday's edition was the last weekly episode of Talking Smack, which was popular for its unscripted nature. My guess is either WWE felt it was too expensive for the viewership it was getting, or they didn't want so little control over what their employees were saying on the air. Or some of both?

- Renee Young's Unfiltered show has been canceled. So, yeah, likely some combination of costs and talents not being scripted.

- Renee Young, Daniel Bryan and the staff of Talking Smack didn't find out about the show going to being monthly until news hit Twitter. That's kind of a problem, although it's possible word leaked out right before WWE contacted the talent involved. That suggests some pretty high-up leaks in WWE, which I doubt Vince is pleased about.

Battleground is now offering significantly discounted tickets. That's not a good sign for a show featuring a big grudge match inside the Punjabi Prison and Cena's first PPV match since WM33.

San Diego Comic Con's Mattel panel will feature both Bella Twins, Charlotte, Sasha Banks, Bayley, and Becky Lynch. This is Brie's first live public appearance since giving birth.

Impact Wrestling drew 374,000 viewers Thursday night, their highest audience since September. I'd love to attribute that to fan interest post-Slammiversary, but it's also possible people tuned in to see how they'd handle Alberto's suspension. There are currently no plans to alter what's been taped featuring the GFW Champion, who's understandably a big centerpiece of the show right now.

A new Table for 3 with Mark Henry, Godfather, and Ron Simmons will follow the Kurt Angle interview on WWE Network Monday night. That interview will immediately come after Raw.

WWE will show previous editions of the Great American Bash on WWE Network Friday. I'm a little surprised they didn't use that name for the July 4 Smackdown.

Austin Aries put out a statement on leaving WWE. That's classy. I'm glad he's staying positive with how things went and where things are going.

A "bonus" match at the MYC saw Jazzy Gabert, Tessa Blanchard, & Kay Lee Ray defeat Marti Belle, Sarah Logan, & Santana Garrett. That's spoiler tagged because those entrants were presumably eliminated in the early going. After the match, fans chanted "please sign Jazzy," which led to HHH making a quip about signing Cedric Alexander last time fans chanted that. I expect she'll get an opportunity to get a deal after that response.

Triple H thanked Sara Amato at the MYC as someone responsible for the women's revolution in WWE.

- Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, and Sara Amato presented bouquets to the finalists. 

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. There've been a few times where I was so busy I didn't pay attention to things, but I had to catch back up once I got less overwhelmed. So, never due to anything wrestling-related. Life just kind of got in the way.

2. I've also never heard of fans being caught in an arena overnight. I'm not really sure how that would work.

3. Paul Heyman once said something to the effect of ROH never existing if ECW would have continued. In other words, that company picked up a lot of talents who would have been on ECW's radar had the company survived.

4. That led right up to Bound For Glory that year.

5. That sounds awesome. I miss when wrestling had more stuff like that.

More wrestling tomorrow.