Interviews with Miller/McCool, Zelina's Network picks, NXT names possibly working SSD, longtime indie photographer passes, ECW Arena profiled, NJPW names working U.S. indie, Cornette profiled, Impact champion almost worked DON, ROH fan has altercations with roster members, why WWE guest disappeared, Bret attack court update, NXT UK title match set, 205 Live name gets first action figure, WWE exec honored, NJPW PPV coming to FITE, Impact exec spars with recent star, Cage update, Impact YouTube grows, new NXT ring names, Taker's promo continued, Raw dark match, and Questions on WWE using GSP, Bret working DON, signing talent but not using them prominently, and Starrcast lacking without Flair

Ernest "The Cat" Miller discussed his WWE run and more. Here are highlights:
- I completely believe Vince loved his character.

- Those WCW deals were SWEET.

- I understand WWE wanting him to be more than a character.

Michelle McCool is on Lilian Garcia's latest podcast.

WWE Network has added Zelina Vega's Superstar Picks. It's cool to see what influences each star.

Super ShowDown's battle royal could feature a number of NXT names. Matt Riddle specifically was discussed as a possibility. I'm curious how that will play out.

Northeastern indie photographer Lyle Williams has passed away. Kassius Ohno, Sonjay Dutt, Adam Pearce, Rhett Titus, and Kevin Owens remembered him on social media.

The former ECW Arena was profiled locally.

Jushin "Thunder" Liger, Rocky Romero, and Roppongi 3K are competing for North Carolina's PWX on July 7. Smart to time that right after G1 Climax.

Viceland looked at Jim Cornette's collection of memorabilia.

AEW almost used Brian Cage in the Casino Battle Royal, but Impact prevented him from doing so. I'm guessing they didn't want their world champion to lose in a pre-show clustermess, but they had an opportunity to put him in front of a much larger audience that could potentially want to see him again on Impact's shows. Completely shortsighted.

ROH has launched an "internal review" after a fan alleged he was physically struck and spat on by Mandy Leon of The Allure after heckling the heel faction. The fan further alleged he was taken backstage and berated by Bully Ray for his antics. Notably, Bully Ray is romantically involved with Velvet Sky, who was another target of the audience member's actions. I don't think I've ever heard of a fan being taken backstage and taken to task by a talent for making lewd/disrespectful remarks and gestures. That's genuinely left up to security. ROH is right to look into this and decide if Bully and Mandy's responses were appropriate. Of course the major irony here is Bully's reputation for intentionally riling fans up at events, including at that same show.

- Bully Ray confirmed he spoke to the fan in question backstage. I have a hard time believing he politely told the fan to settle down. We'll see what ROH does here.

Peter Rosenberg is no longer working for WWE, which was a WWE decision. Rosenberg had missed a number of WWE events due to other commitments, so I can see why WWE went in another direction.

Bret Hart's attacker's court hearing has been pushed back to July 9.

The NXT UK Women's Championship will be defended at ICW's July 28 event as Toni Storm faces Piper Niven.

Ariya Daivari's first action figure is now available for pre-order.

WWE Co-President Michelle Wilson has been honored as one of Adweek's 2019 Women Trailblazers.

NJPW Dominion, headlined by Chris Jericho challenging Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, will be available on FITE TV in addition to New Japan World.

Impact's Scott D'Amore and recent Impact star KM traded shots on Twitter (a number of which were later deleted). Fun stuff.

Brian Cage is advertised for Impact's TV tapings this week. I look forward to seeing him again.

Impact's YouTube channel had its best month ever in May, gaining 110,000 new subscribers. Not a bad metric at all given what else they've got working against them.

NXT stars have received new ring names:
- Adrian Jaoude is now Arturo Ruas
- Eric Bugenhagen is now Rik Bugez
- Jessie Elaban is now Jessi Kamea
- Luke Menzies is now Ridge Holland
- Trevor Lee is now Cameron Grimes
-- Bugez had already gotten some momentum after appearing as Bugenhagen, so we'll see how that changes with the new identity.

The Undertaker's closing line was cut off from Raw's TV feed. Oops!

After Raw, Braun Strowman beat Bobby Lashley in a Super ShowDown preview.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Summerslam might be too soon. WrestleMania would probably be better, so he could train and build hype.

2. He's clearly able to take outside dates - for now. WWE could try to sign him to a more restrictive deal.

3. Not that I know of.

4. The talent development end saw something in him. WWE Creative doesn't seem to. He's hardly the only one who fits in that category!

5. Yes. He was going to be one of the key parts of the event. I'm sure it was still great, though.

More wrestling tomorrow.