New FFTF matches, WWE announces earnings report date, assorted wrestling press, Interviews with Kofi/Titus/Bischoff/Tom Phillips, All Out ticket raffle, Impact announces tag tournament, more Impact events, why Alexa wasn't used this week, former ROH name at Raw, SDL audience, LAX booked opposite Impact, CMLL+AJPW executive changes, G1 Texas attendance, note on EVOLVE special, Slammiversary attendance correction, Johnny Impact's next move, Dragon Gate show shown in English, NJPW stars set for indie show, Taker update, Batista-WM35 note, Bellas feud scrapped, Truth idea shot down, Vince not at SDL, former Sandow returning, NWA releases title match, NXT names working NXT UK tour, WWE looking to promote live shows, and an NXT live event note

Fight For The Fallen has added:
- Sonny Kiss vs. Peter Avalon with Leva Bates for the pre-show.
- Dark Order vs. Angelico and Jack Evans vs. Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy, with the winning team advancing to a key match at All Out involving the Tag Team Championship tournament.

WWE will report their Q2 2019 earnings on July 25. This will be one to keep an eye on after Q1 declined from last year.

The Usos and Xavier Woods competed in a charity video game tournament benefiting The V Foundation for Cancer Research. That's a great cause!

Kofi Kingston discussed his signature Royal Rumble spots. I don't think it's out of the question to think him being seen as "the wacky Rumble elimination" guy kept him from moving up the card more quickly, but it probably also helped him remain a consistent mid-level presence.

Titus O'Neil is on the latest Susan G. Komen podcast.

The WWE Performance Center hosted the local Boys and Girls Club.

Pro Wrestling Tees had a raffle for front row All Out tickets. That event has an off-the-charts level of ticket demand.

Impact's Sunday TV taping will feature a "MashUp tournament" featuring eight "randomly-selected" teams among 16 stars. Sami Callihan and Tessa Blanchard have been announced as the first team. The other competitors are Michael Elgin, Rich Swann, Josh Alexander, Eddie Edwards, Willie Mack, TJP, Cody Deaner, Ace Austin, Wentz, Trey, Madman Fulton, Jake Crist, Dave Crist, and Rohit Raju. Not an awful idea to give us something different and potentially set up new feuds.

Impact has announced an Impact+ event on August 2 in California called Unbreakable, as well as an August 4 TV taping in conjunction with Championship Wrestling From Hollywood. Their August 3 Twitch special with CWFH is called Star Struck.

Eric Bischoff spoke about his future with WWE and more, confirming he will not be at Extreme Rules because he'll be moving to Connecticut at that time. He's definitely going to have more of an adjustment process than Heyman will.

Triple H and Stephanie McMahon appeared at Batista's new film debut. The WWE executives were in the area for Vidcon. Cool they got to reunite although obviously the argument can be made that "hurts kayfabe" after their feud.

Alexa Bliss was not used at TV this week due to a sinus infection. Good thing her friend Nikki Cross is so helpful! She's still expected to work Extreme Rules.

Former ROH star Dan Maff was at Raw.

Smackdown Live drew 1.85 million viewers, in line with last week.

LAX will miss Impact's Sunday TV taping, as they're scheduled to face Homicide and Hernandez in New York that night. Make of that what you will regarding their future in Impact.

Kofi Kingston is interviewed in this week's "Newsweek."

Sam Roberts and Tom Phillips discussed ECW One Night Stand 2006 on Roberts' latest podcast.

CMLL has named Sofia Alonso, previous CMLL commercial director and Paco Alonso's daughter, as its new director. She had been the public face of CMLL lately as her father stayed out of the spotlight, so it's not a major shock she's taking over despite only being 28. There aren't expected to be major booking changes, as that team will remain the same.

G1 Climax in Texas drew about 4,850 fans, 4,000 of which were paid. Raw drew 10,500 fans to the same venue four days earlier, and NJPW hoped to get a crowd that size. While I don't think 4,800 is a bad crowd by any means, there's clearly room for growth and lessons to be learned about advertising to the U.S. market.

EVOLVE's 10th anniversary show will be a litmus test for other non-WWE shows to be streamed on WWE Network.

AJPW CEO Tsuyoki Fukuda will take over some of outgoing president Jun Akiyama's office duties. Akiyama will continue to be the booker and in charge of the locker room.

Slammiversary's attendance was 850 fans. It was initially reported as 1,000. Not a terrible crowd for where Impact is right now; we'll see if Bound For Glory can top it.

Johnny Impact is likely focusing on acting after his Impact contract expired. It's possible he still takes wrestling dates to supplement that.

Mexico's national lottery will feature women's wrestlers from the country. That's pretty cool.

Dragon Gate will have an English feed for their July 21 show, which is their biggest show of the year.

NJPW talents will compete at Defy's August 23 event in Washington between stops of the Super J Cup.

A Joey Ryan documentary won the Best Picture Award at The Independent Filmmakers Showcase in California.

Joey Janela will be exclusive to AEW once they begin TV. I'm curious how he does on TV.

Triple H scouted talent while in Japan, as expected.

The Undertaker is being locally advertised for Summerslam in a match with Drew McIntyre. Even if that match isn't the current plan, it does look like Taker will be in action there.

Batista pitched facing Triple H in Hell in a Cell at WrestleMania, but was shot down since WWE has the PPV in October. I think things went well with the match they did have.

The Bella Twins were set to challenge The IIconics for the women's tag team championship before Nikki learned she can't wrestle anymore. I can't say I was looking forward to that feud.

R-Truth was pitched to wear a wedding dress when taking the 24/7 Championship at Drake Maverick's ceremony, but Vince shot it down. That would have probably worked in that context.

Vince McMahon was not at Smackdown Live, although he was in contact and approved everything before it aired. Triple H was in Gorilla position while Bruce Prichard led the producers meeting.

Yahoo looked at WWE stock and the problems facing it.

The former Damien Sandow is returning to wrestling. I'm curious where he'll appear.

Knoxville Comic Con in Tennessee will feature a wrestling show and wrestling guests.

NWA released the Colt Cabana vs. James Storm match from ROH's recent taping. Funny to see Storm holding NWA gold again after doing so when Impact had NWA titles.

NXT UK's July 19 and July 20 shows have added Shayna Baszler, Matt Riddle, and the Street Profits. The Profits are popping up everywhere, huh?

WWE is seeking an associate producer for live events to help market shows. With some of their attendance problems, this could definitely help.

At NXT's July 11 live event from Florida, Sauruv Gurjar worked his first live event since June 8, losing to Bronson Reed.

More wrestling tomorrow.