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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

All In raffle, Dolph updates, Interviews with Sting/Becky/Alexa, Foley honored in baseball, Flip and Swann sign new deals, MYC additions and substraction, meet HHH+Stephanie, Rey's All In match announced, Zelina's SDL debut tonight, 205 Live injuries, WWE YouTube milestone, another Elias bonus clip, cruiser title match at Summerslam, Raw guests, and Questions on when to make SDL more prominent, Braun cashing in pre-Summerslam, an all women's show, Don West turning heel, and women's referees at Evolution

All In tickets are being raffled by Pro Wrestling Tees. The demand for this event is unlike anything I've seen in outside of WWE.

Dolph Ziggler appeared on Comedy Central's "Roast Battle" against Sarah Tiana. Eh.

- Dolph missed this weekend's Raw live events due to having his birthday weekend off.

Sting is on Lilian Garcia's latest podcast, with highlights here. I know he had talked at some point about not trusting WWE to book him well given how they used other WCW stars. As for him facing Taker, it definitely wouldn't be what it could have been even ten years ago, but I suppose it could work at something like the Greatest Royal Rumble or Superstar Show-Down.

Becky Lynch is on Jim Ross' latest podcast.

Mick Foley is being honored by a New York minor league baseball team. That's an interesting combination.

Flip Gordon has signed a two-year contract with ROH. He can be a standout star there. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to see him scouted by WWE after that deal ends.

Vernice Gabriel is no longer part of the Mae Young Classic for unknown reasons. We'll see if she ends up being used by WWE down the line.

Triple H and Stephanie McMahon will meet with fans the Friday before Summerslam to raise money for Connor's Cure.

Rey Mysterio will team with Rey Fenix and Bandido against Kota Ibushi and the Young Bucks at All In.

Zelina Vega vs. Lana is official for Smackdown Live. I hope Vega can get regular work in the ring.

Madison (Ashley) Rayne, SHINE's Priscilla Kelly, and Stardom's Xia Brookside (daughter of Robbie) have been announced for the Mae Young Classic. Good to see Madison get that opportunity.

Mustafa Ali was recently in the hospital. I hope he doesn't miss long.

WWE has passed 30 million YouTube subscribers. That will almost certainly be brought up at the next conference call.

Alexa Bliss discussed Evolution and more. She could pretty much do what she does now as a babyface. The crowd loves her.

Elias' documentary had another bonus clip released.

Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak is set for Summerslam. That's a pleasant surprise! They'll be solid.

Lince Dorado has ruptured a ligament in his thumb and will be wearing a cast going forward. It isn't expected he'll miss ring time.

Rich Swann has signed a new long-term deal with Impact Wrestling. I hope he can really excel there, inside and outside the X-Division.

The Rock's mom and daughter were ringside at Raw in Miami. They often attend WWE shows there.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I concur. The biggest time to change things is the Shakeup after WM35. There's plenty of time to make it all work out.

2. Braun might have tried, but that darn Kevin Owens took his briefcase before he could!! I don't see them changing the announced Summerslam main event, although of course we could see a cash-in that night or the night after.

3. I think that could overexpose the women. That said, turning Main Event into "MYC Live" with talents who aren't already on Raw, Smackdown Live, or NXT is an idea worth looking at.

4. Some of it was wanting there to be a face commentator and heel commentator, like most teams. I want to say the original turn promo was also based on a shoot situation where Impact wanted to cut costs and Tenay didn't stand up for keeping West. Russo being Russo turned it into an on-screen angle. I was entertained by heel West in a trainwreck way.

5. Absolutely. Referees, announce team, the whole nine yards if possible.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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