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Sunday, June 16, 2019

Main Event Reax - 6/15/19, new Network originals, Raw and SDL segments set, Interviews with Moxley/Batista/SCU, another digital series on the Network, NXT name pulled from tour, NHL champions honored, Mid-Atlantic content update, Roddy DVD lineup, WWE re-signs 205 Live pair, Raw live event note, and Questions on why WWE talents want to go to AEW, Impact running a women's match in the Middle East before WWE, Impact's pay scale, '80s WWF touring, and going to Japan

-- Main Event:
- Raiders vs. Titus/Jose:
Well that's an interesting team.

I see the Raiders haven't lost their will to live just yet.

Meh. Poor Raiders. 

- Natalya vs. Logan:
Nice fire in this one.

That was good while it lasted.

WWE Ride Along will feature The Bar and R-Truth/Carmella after Raw. Poor Truth having to protect his title on the road!

WWE 365 with Alexa Bliss will air after Stomping Grounds.

Raw will feature a U.S. Championship contender's match where Bobby Lashley, Braun Strowman, The Miz, Ricochet, and Cesaro face off to determine who challenges Samoa Joe at Stomping Grounds.

Jon Moxley spoke to TMZ Sports about returning to the indies. It's great to see him motivated. I'm sure there are a good number of others in WWE who want that kind of new beginning for themselves.

WWE Network will add the "WWE Game Night" series Monday as part of a continued effort to get digital content uploaded to the service.

Smackdown Live has announced A Moment of Bliss with Bayley as the special guest. That definitely makes sense to continue that feud.

- Dolph Ziggler vs. Xavier Woods is also set for Tuesday's episode.

Batista discussed WWE, AEW, and more. I see where he's coming from about AEW not being in WWE's league, but they're obviously making impressive moves in a short amount of time. Whether they can be competition to WWE will in a lot of ways be determined by ratings on TNT, weekly attendance, and the like. Obviously it's too early to factor those things in. Of course WWE has a LOT of talented people under contract, a state-of-the-art developmental system, and hundreds of millions of dollars on their side, but their audience is clearly eroding and it doesn't look like that's going to change anytime soon.

Kyle O'Reilly is unable to appear at NXT UK's Download Festival events due to back issues. O'Reilly has not competed since Takeover:XXV. I hope he's able to be back in action soon.

NHL's Stanley Cup Champions were honored with a custom WWE Championship.

WWE Network's Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling additions Monday will fill out the remainder of the show's run, at least as far as all the episodes WWE has at their disposal. My guess is some of the tapes have been lost or damaged and this effort concludes WWE's process of getting the territory's footage on the Network.

Roddy Piper's unreleased content DVD was detailed.

SCU is on Chris Jericho's latest podcast. Now that he's not allowed to have WWE-contracted guests, I expect we'll see a steady stream of AEW talents featured.

WWE has re-signed Mike Kanellis and Maria Kanellis to new five-year deals. WOW. WWE clearly has a lot of resources at its disposal to throw around long contracts like that. It might be good for the pair to head to NXT (or NXT UK?) and build some momentum there since I don't expect 205 Live to be a long-term destination.

Heath Slater worked his first live event since February 24 this weekend, losing to Robert Roode on Raw's live event in California. Heath has appeared at WrestleMania, Super ShowDown, and an April 29 episode of Main Event on top of being in the 24/7 title chase, but this was his first official live event match.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. WWE can only showcase so many talents. There's a feeling that no matter how good a talent is, WWE will only take them so high, and talents have to fit in with Vince's vision. So, talents who are burned out are looking to start fresh somewhere else.

2. Impact did a private event in front of a small audience, so it didn't really make any major news. There weren't any repercussions, as the female talents were covered up.

3. It does really depend on the talent. I'm sure Johnny Impact is making significantly more than Fallah Bahh. It's worth noting Scarlett does wrestle here and there outside of Impact, but it doesn't sound like she's making a great living in the business.

4. Things weren't nearly as organized as they are now. Talents were really run ragged.

5. No, but I'd love to at some point.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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