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Monday, July 31, 2017

More on Brock-UFC, UFC name at Summerslam?, WWE promotes UK title defense, WWE appearances, and Questions on Booker on commentary, Ziggler's whereabouts, heel turns if WWE wasn't PG, HHH+Steph scamming Angle, and Braun's nickname

A UFC fighter called out Brock Lesnar after his fight Saturday night, continuing the talk of Lesnar heading back to MMA.

- Lesnar returned fire. Him returning to fighting is a real possibility, one WWE's going to really have to be aware of when it's time for Brock to decide if he'll sign a new contract or not.

UFC's Cris Cyborg responded to Becky Lynch's challenge at Summerslam. No word on whether either competitor's company has signed off on anything happening between the two sides in a WWE ring. Dana White's probably hesitant to have one of his fighters potentially sidelined due to getting physical there.

- The Rock was at the event as well.

WWE promoted Pete Dunne's UK title defense. Things have really stalled regarding the UK brand being a regular touring group, as well as the plans for PROGRESS and ICW to be featured on WWE Network.

William Regal was at London Film & Comic Con this weekend.

Jerry Lawler made an appearance at a Wisconsin minor league baseball game Sunday.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. AWWWWW MY GOODNESS SHUCKY DUCKY QUACK QUACK FAVE FIVE DOG. WWE Management's probably pretty entertained by his antics.

2. It looks like The Kanellises and Rusev have replaced him as heels on Smackdown. There are only so many "spots" on TV and WWE decided to use fresher names.

3. It would depend on how much money Cena and Reigns drew as faces vs. heels. I do think we'd see a different approach to their characters, including potentially them becoming heels, but it's kind of a moot point because WWE's not going to change their PG rating anytime soon.

4. Thankfully HHH and Stephanie have stayed on the sidelines, but it's a real possibility they come back to have a "power struggle" with Angle at some point. I definitely wouldn't put it past their characters to run a scam like that. We could easily see Jordan be something of a warmup for either Angle or HHH on the road to a WM34 clash between the Attitude Era names.

5. WWE is all about branding. They're going to do everything they can to get their chosen nicknames over. And once Vince has set a direction, good luck changing his mind!

More wrestling tomorrow.

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