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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

WWE injury updates, WWEPC trainers and signees, Callihan tributes Foley, Interview with Impact, GWN expands, Slammiversary preview released, guests for NXT UK tapings, Fight Network launches in UK, China holding Raw live event, Authors get T-shirt, Y2J vs. Omega in six-man Bullet Club tag, more ROH matches set, MLB player at Impact PPV, Raw audience, Punk+AJ update, SDL dark match, and Questions on succeeding Vince, HHH changing WWE, Drew's chances as a main eventer, and why Bayley vs. Sasha wasn't at Extreme Rules

Roman Reigns is fine after bleeding during Raw. He hit Drew McIntyre pretty hard at one point.

Kevin Owens' injuries are storyline. I'm glad they didn't have him compete after that insane bump, though.

Diamond Dallas Page and Braxton Sutter recently assisted at the WWE Performance Center. DDP's a valuable resource there.

Sami Callihan's new finisher is called the Cactus Piledriver, named after Mick Foley.

Johnny Impact spoke before returning at Slammiversary. It will be fresh to have him back in the mix.

The Global Wrestling Network is now available on Roku. It's good to see that service expand.

The Slammiversary preview show has been released as an uncut version.

Noam Dar and NXT's Rhea Ripley, Nixon Newell, and Dakota Kai are set for NXT UK's first tapings. It's not a shock to see crossover, and it's probably a good thing for them to get the extra exposure and work. 

The Fight Network has launched in the UK, and Impact will air there at the same time it airs in North America in addition to replays later on. That's obviously another opportunity for Impact to grow its international reach and audience. I hope the company benefits greatly from the deal.

China is hosting a Raw live event on September 1. Ronda Rousey will work the show. I fully expect the company to try to run there more frequently in the years to come.

Kane is being presented as having a broken ankle, but his legitimate injury is not as serious. He seems to be written off for the time being.

The Authors of Pain now have their first post-NXT T-shirt. Hopefully they'll get their first post-NXT tag team championship reign soon, too.

Chris Jericho and the Young Bucks will face Kenny Omega, Cody, and Marty Scurll on Chris Jericho's cruise. That's pretty big!

ROH has announced the following additional International Cup matches for August 16 in Ireland:
- Adam Page vs. Joe Hendry
- Christopher Daniels vs. Jimmy Havoc
- Jonathan Gresham vs. Mark Haskins

ROH's July 21 event in Georgia has added:
- Marty Scurll vs. Kenny King
- Karen Q vs. Jenny Rose
- Christopher Daniels vs. Mark Briscoe
- Silas Young vs. Flip Gordon
-- This show is being taped for international distribution and will not air on Honorclub.

MLB player Curtis Granderson is set for Slammiversary to hold the championship for Austin Aries vs. Moose. I'm curious if he'll play into the match beyond that.

NXT has signed the following names to begin training at the WWE Performance Center:
- Deonna Purrazzo
- Keith Lee
- Io Shirai
- Lacey Lane, who was trained at the Team 3D Academy.
- MJ Jenkins, who appeared a number of times for Impact Wrestling
- Luke Menzies, former rugby player
- Taishon Dong, Chinese former boxer
- Denzel DeJournette, former collegiate wrestler

Raw drew 2.87 million viewers Monday night. That's a big boost from 2.47 million last week.

C.M. Punk and AJ Lee will be part of a horror movie remake. So that's what they're up to next.

The Usos defeated The Bar before Smackdown Live. That sounds like it would have been good.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. We are some time away from that happening, but the gist of things is that Barrios and Wilson will  further take over the corporate side of things while Triple H and Stephanie are going to focus more on the on-screen product. How exactly that shakes out as far as titles is to be determined.

2. Things will continue to change in ways they already have since Triple H has taken over talent relations and developmental.

3. Honestly at this point being Vince's chosen one behind-the-scenes only means so much in 2018, since it's clear things are shifting over within the power structure. Triple H seems pretty high on him, and that bodes well. As for an on-screen "chosen one" for Vince, I don't know if we'll see that again as Vince's TV appearances seem to become more rare.

4. Ask Sheamus. Vince is going to be busy with the XFL, and Triple H has been building his vision for years, so I don't think it will matter much. I wouldn't be shocked to see Drew as champion, and potentially even being one of the talents they build around.

5. WWE has intentionally saved the feud for Summerslam, given their history in Brooklyn.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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