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Saturday, June 22, 2019

More Lionheart aftermath, Interviews with Nikki Bella/Adam Cole/Lance Storm/Gallows+Dunne/Moss/Kelley/Alexa, another NXT name change, Stomping Grounds social media notes, Showtime uploads Mauro documentary, Total Bellas press release, 24/7 title change at Drake's wedding, AEW events airing in UK update, top Impact team's contracts coming up soon, Impact event becomes TV taping, TJP-Impact update, Impact scheduling California dates, Impact Mexico return set, Main Event injury fallout, Fish injury update, and NXT live event notes

Lioheart's GoFundMe drive has raised more than double what was initially sought. He was widely respected and will be missed.

- The Rock shouted him out, as Lionheart was a big Rock fan. Huge respect for Rock here.

- Noam Dar wrote a lengthy post remembering Lionheart.

Nikki Bella spoke to TMZ Sports about her health. I hope things go well for her.

Adam Cole spoke before a recent NXT live event:
- It's definitely cool seeing talent progress from their early days to being in big events.

- That MLB shoutout is pretty great.

- Cole seems like a really down-to-Earth, great guy. He can really be a good representative for the company long-term.

Lance Storm is on Edge and Christian's latest podcast.

Luke Gallows and Pete Dunne are on Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins' latest podcast.

NXT's Riddick Moss spoke to TMZ Sports about helping an NBA star recover. Clever promo idea.

NXT's Dan Matha is now Dorian Mak. This after three years of being in NXT as Dan Matha.

WWE Stomping Grounds will have a Watch Along with Booker T., David Otunga, Zack Ryder, Curt Hawkins, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, and Heath Slater. Cathy Kelley will be the host.

- There will also be a social media pre-show with Cathy Kelley and Kayla Braxton being joined by Dolph Ziggler, Alexa Bliss, Nikki Cross, and Heavy Machinery.

Showtime has uploaded their Mauro Ranallo documentary to YouTube.

WWE and E! officially announced "Total Bellas" season five.

R-Truth became 24/7 Champion again at Drake Maverick's wedding. AMAZING. This is exactly what WWE needed. If only more of their content would feel this fun?

- This was an idea Drake himself pitched. Drake legitimately got married before this was filmed. Braun Strowman, EC3, Jeremy Borash, Cheerleader Melissa, Matt Hardy, Reby Hardy, Tyson Kidd, Natalya, Diamante, and Kiera Hogan all attended.

Fyter Fest and Fight For The Fallen will be available on FITE in the UK and Ireland as part of a collaboration with ITV Box Office, who showed Double or Nothing. I'm not quite sure what that means for future AEW events airing there, but I'm sure something will be worked out.

LAX's Impact contracts are set to expire this summer, but the two sides remain in discussions to try to lock the duo into longer deals. They're in an interesting place as far as what to do next.

Impact's July 14 event with Destiny Wrestling is now a TV taping, so it looks like we'll see Destiny crossover on some episodes.

TJP has not signed a deal with Impact, but the two sides are discussing it. I hope he's able to be showcased somewhere.

Impact is setting up events for California on August 2 through August 4. This will include a TV taping, an Impact Plus event, and a Twitch special. Looks like they're spreading TV tapings out more.

Impact is set to tape TV in Mexico in August.

Sarah Logan commented in-character after busting Dana Brooke open on Main Event. This is definitely the most press a Main Event match has gotten in a while!

Cathy Kelley spoke to Sam Roberts.

Bobby Fish has a jaw injury from the match that aired on this week's NXT. UE are real soldiers to go through so much in NXT.

Alexa Bliss promoted Stomping Grounds with the New York Post. Concussions are really being put under a microscope now.

At NXT's weekend live events in Texas:
- Rachael Evers and Reina Gonzalez are working as a team. On Friday they lost to the team of Mia Yim and Lacey Lane. On Saturday they defeated Lacey Lane and Jessi Kamea.
- Raul Mendoza lost to Damian Priest on Friday and Saturday. These were Mendoza's first live events since April 25.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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