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Saturday, August 4, 2018

Titus charity, another HoFer at WWEPC, Swann back in action, NXT UK gets more exclusive, Interviews with Harper/Sheamus, ROH star at wrestling school, recent Impact name in MYC, Jeff Hardy concert, WWE seeks money from sanctioned attorney, WWE announcer surgery, Braun family passing, WWE documentary DVD set, Impact audience, US Title match at Summerslam, Raw live event notes, and Questions on Kane's WWE future, Brock after Summerslam, the Authors post-NXT, and WWE signing Dreamer

Titus O'Neil is working with a Tampa hospital to help local students prepare for school. This is the kind of thing Hulk Hogan needs to help out with if he wants to rehabilitate his image. Titus is leading the way.

Kevin Nash also appeared at the WWE Performance Center recently. The Kliq is really shaping the future of the business 20 years later. It's pretty cool to see.

Rich Swann has returned to the ring following his concussion, so presumably he'll be back at the next Impact tapings.

NXT UK talents are now prohibited from taking local independent bookings in the week before TV tapings. That makes sense to keep interest up in WWE's shows. I'm sure the long-term plan is for the NXT UK brand to be a full-time destination for those talents, with them not doing any outside appearances period.

Harper is on the latest Edge and Christian podcast. That could have been funny in character.

Sheamus spoke about Ronda Rousey. I'm glad she's getting WWE so much press. It's not like Brock Lesnar will do talk show appearances.

Punishment Martinez appeared at a Monster Factory show in New Jersey. The Monster Factory is a feeder to the ROH Dojo, so this could have been done between the two parties.

The Mae Young Classic has added:
- Allysin Kay, recently Sienna in Impact
- MJ Jenkins, WWEPC trainee
- Rachael Evers, daughter of Paul Ellering
- Xia Li, WWEPC trainee
- Zatara, from Chile
-- We'll see if Kay, Evers, and/or Zatara get signed after the series.

Jeff Hardy has a concert scheduled for South Carolina on August 14. Smackdown Live will be in the same city, so I assume he'll be part of something pre-taped that night before going to perform. It's a sign of how valuable he is that WWE's willing to let him pursue outside endeavors like that.

WWE is seeking $200,000 from the attorney who filed the thrown out concussion lawsuits against them, due to that attorney being sanctioned by the court. It's terrible so much time and so many resources were wasted on a frivolous lawsuit.

Dasha Fuentes recently underwent surgery on her Achilles tendon. It's a dangerous business for everyone!

Braun Strowman's uncle recently passed away. That's unfortunate. I wish the family the best.

A best of WWE 24 DVD is coming later this year. That's a solid show.

Impact Wrestling drew 248,000 viewers Thursday night. If they can't draw an audience for Aries vs. Edwards next week, something's wrong.

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jeff Hardy for the United States Championship is official for Summerslam. I wouldn't be surprised in the least to see Randy Orton added to that.

At Raw's August 3 live event in Georgia:
- Jinder Mahal and Baron Corbin teamed to challenge for the Raw Tag Team Championship in a triple threat match with The B-Team and the Deleters of Worlds. The B-Team retained. It's odd to see Baron and Jinder that low on the card. I'm interested to see if they become a team on TV.
- Chad Gable teamed with Heath Slater and Rhyno to defeat Curt Hawkins and The Ascension. They make some interesting combinations on live events. Hawkins' loss streak went to 214 here.
- Ronda Rousey teamed with her best friend Natalya to defeat Alexa Bliss and Alicia Fox.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. No. He's still apt to pop up here and there for the right angle or event. I certainly don't think WWE is going to be his focus, but I also believe we'll still see him there every so often.

2. There's definitely a feeling that he can only do UFC for so long and WWE will be able to offer him hefty checks once the new TV deals take effect. I think there are pretty good odds we see him back in WWE after Summerslam.

3. First there was a visa issue, but yes, Raw is booking them like any other tag team instead of letting them be the dominant force they were in NXT. Remember of course they're now sports entertainment characters on a family-friendly variety show, so Raw's booking them to put smiles on people's faces.

4. Wow. That's a ridiculous amount of money to get him back in the ring full-time at his age and shape. I don't blame him for wanting to do his own thing rather than be in tag matches on Main Event and live events.

5 is specific to them, so nothing to add.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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