Henry appearing on indie shows, NXT:UK streams round one, Konnan back in the ring, Hogan managing Dream?, Interview with Hogans, Rusev Day on Comedy Central, new ROH TV matches, Regal update, MSG-AAA update, more AAA-U.S. plans, ROH PPV moving to bigger venue, Impact audience, Vader collection on Network, Taker and Rousey's MSG roles, Sea of Honor lineups, NXT live event note, and Questions on how much WWE writers make, why NXT UK shows aren't live, WWE's plans for NOAH, and why the Mid-Atlantic Fanfest has been absent

Mark Henry will appear at Canadian Wrestling's Elite on August 4, where I assume he'll be scouting talent. This way the promotion gets the boost of his appearance. It's not like he could just hang out in the crowd or backstage without everyone talking about it!

- Henry will also appear at Northeast Wrestling's August 24 meet-and-greet event alongside Rey Mysterio, Renee Young, and Corey Graves. I assume NEW paid what WWE would pay those contracted names on their own events, and that's how they were able to book them.

NXT:UK streamed all of the first round tournament matches back-to-back Friday on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. I hope that's good promotion for the upcoming specials.

Konnan will step back in the ring for MLW's July 19 Battle Riot event. This is his first match in five years and follows his hip replacement surgery. I expect this to lead to further matches from Konnan as he looks to revitalize AAA.

Hulk Hogan sought to manage Velveteen Dream after Dream's homage at Takeover:Chicago, but Velveteen shot him down. Dream definitely needs to make his own way in the business rather than being Hogan's on-air protégé.

Hulk Hogan's children discussed Vader's passing.

Rusev's gauntlet match win was covered on Comedy Central.

ROH's June 29 TV taping has added:
- Hung Bucks vs. LIJ's BUSHI, EVIL, and SANADA
- Sumie Sakai vs. Hazuki for the Women of Honor Championship
- Tenille Dashwood vs. Madison Rayne vs. Kelly Klein vs. Madison Rayne to determine the No. 1 contender to the Women of Honor Championship
- Oedo Tai (Kagetsu and Hana Kimura) vs. Mayu Iwatani and Jenny Rose
-- So, heavy WOH involvement and confirmation Madison isn't locked down to an Impact deal. Nice to see regular use of Japanese talents.

William Regal was not at the most recent NXT taping due to a last minute decision not to bring him back. He's dealing with an unspecified issue that is keeping him from working. Hopefully everything gets on track for him soon.

AAA still has plans to run Madison Square Garden. They're currently looking at running either that venue or Las Vegas on September 16. If they run Las Vegas in September, they'll try to hold a show in Madison Square Garden either later in the Fall or in early 2019. So, WWE is just blocking ROH from running the venue at present, likely because ROH was seeking to run during WM35 weekend.

ROH has announced Death Before Dishonor XVI and the following TV taping for the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on September 28 and September 29, their debut in the venue. They normally run the 1,200-capacity Sam's Town Live, but The Orleans drew more than 2,000 fans for GFW's 2015 Amped tapings, so this is a chance to have a pretty impressive house.

Impact Wrestling drew 262,000 viewers this week.

WWE Network has added a Vader collection. I really, really hope a Hall of Fame induction is coming next.

Raw's Madison Square Garden event currently has the following lineup:
- The Undertaker, Roman Reigns, and Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens, Baron Corbin, and Elias
- Ronda Rousey vs. Nia Jax with Alexa Bliss as the special referee
- Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor for the Intercontinental Championship
-- Brock Lesnar is not advertised for the event. It's believed he only has one match left on his contract, so they're likely saving that for Summerslam.
-- There's currently no word of this show being on WWE Network, and I don't expect that will happen.

The Sea of Honor tournament bracket has been released. I'm surprised to see BJ Whitmer on the show, but he's presumably going out in the first round.

China's Boa and Rocky teamed in a loss to The Mighty at June 22's NXT Florida live event. Neither of them had been in action in at least a month.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. That figure is only if you last a full year! Definitely have some backup plans.

2. They also wanted to hold out until after MITB so the shows wouldn't get lost in the shuffle.

3. As was hinted at, this is probably step one in either NXT:Japan or NXT:Asia. Even if they don't outright purchase NOAH, they can use it as a feeder system for that project. Before that, we could see NOAH talents pop up in "NXT America" or whatever we're calling the main NXT now, and then potentially a championship tournament and the like on the way to eventually having regular events there under the WWE/NXT banner.

4. Basically the audience and the guests get older and less numerous, so it's not what it used to be.

Nothing to add to 5.

More wrestling tomorrow.