Main Event Reax - 6/24/18, Stephanie promotes WWE Emmy nods, Super Show-Down hyped, Raw and SDL live event notes, former WCW star passes, Takeover injury, title match on SDL, Heyman takes shots at Brock competition, NXT title match on indie show, and Questions on Rousey's rise, women closing MITB, Vader's best match, why Raw and SDL aren't like NXT and NJPW, and NJPW selling out the Cow Palace

-- Main Event:
- Nese vs. Metalik:
Solid start.

Nice back and forth here.

Gran's always impressive.

Pretty good!

- Authors vs. Breezango:
Breeze is just getting stomped here.

I'm liking this. Breeze and Dango are bumping and moving for the big guys.

Not bad at all.

Stephanie McMahon promoted Raw 25, Mixed Match Challenge, and WWE 24: Empowered being up for Emmys.

AJ Styles and Carmella went to Australia to promote Super Show-Down.

SAnitY attacked Sin Cara and Primo at a live event this weekend. I doubt anyone was that upset they didn't get to see those two face off. I look forward to seeing SAnitY on SDL.

Former WCW star and Micro Championship Wrestling owner Johnny Attitude passed away at the age of 53. I wish his family and friends well.

Oney Lorcan suffered a broken orbital bone at Takeover:Chicago, and will need surgery as a result. That's brutal. I hope he's able to return soon.

Jeff Hardy vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE United States Championship is set for Smackdown Live. That'd be the perfect time to give Shinsuke some momentum and let Jeff heal his pinched nerve.

Paul Heyman essentially cut a Facebook promo on Brock Lesnar's next challenger, specifically targeting Bobby Lashley. Heyman's a master at this.

- Lashley responded, then Roman responded to his response. Good work from everyone.

Adam Cole retained the NXT North American Championship against WALTER in EVOLVE in front of the live crowd. WWE is willing to let its contracted names appear for other companies, but not on air.

Ronda Rousey got a "reprieve" to work live events this weekend, teaming with Sasha Banks, Bayley, and Dana Brooke in a victory over Alexa Bliss and the Riott Squad.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. She's definitely the best rookie I've seen in 15+ years. She's making the most of her opportunities in the ring.

2. Hindsight, of course, is 20/20. WWE was understandably hesitant to put two people so relatively new to wrestling in the final match of the show rather than more experienced names.

3. That's probably the most popular pick for his best match.

4. A lot of it is WWE having to do so much content each week with no off-season. NXT tapes several one-hour episodes at a time while NJPW pretty much just does events. Also, Raw and Smackdown Live are "family friendly variety shows" and booked as such. None of that is changing anytime soon unless ratings drop so much NBCU and FOX tell them to change. And even then, I doubt either party will say "make your product like NXT or NJPW." I doubt either of them know what NJPW is, and NXT's sole episode on USA drew less than a million viewers.

5. They've got a tough road ahead of them, because it hasn't been that long since they ran the same area for SSE and a lot of fans have chosen All In over that event. With no Chris Jericho or Rey Mysterio on the show, there's a ceiling to what they can draw.

More wrestling tomorrow.