Smackdown Live's 10th anniversary episode is advertising:
- Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, and Rowan vs. New Day
- Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe
- A Kurt Angle meet and greet package
- Commemorative chairs for certain sections
WWE's October 5 SuperShow live event is advertising:
- Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin for the Universal Championship
- Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe
- Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton
- Becky Lynch vs. Lacey Evans
Lance Storm is on Chris Jericho's latest podcast.
Impact's TV taping tonight has announced:
- The North vs. LAX
- Michael Elgin vs. Rhino
- Rob Van Dam vs. Madman Fulton
- Rich Swann and Willie Mack vs. The Racalz
Impact's August 16 TV taping has announced:
- Jessicka Havok vs. Su Yung
- Rob Van Dam, Rhino, Tommy Dreamer, and Tessa Blanchard vs. all four members of oVe
ROH's August 24 TV taping has added:
- Matt Taven, Shane Taylor, and the Briscoes vs. Jay Lethal, Jeff Cobb, Rush, and Kenny King in an elimination match
- Angelina Love vs. Sumie Sakai
ROH's August 25 HonorClub event has added:
- The Briscoes vs. The Rock 'N' Roll Express for the ROH Tag Team Championship in a Crockett Cup rematch
- Rush vs. Vinny Marseglia
- Matt Taven vs. Jay Lethal vs. Jeff Cobb vs. Kenny King in a Defy or Deny match. That's clever to play off the previous night's match
Smackdown Live drew 2.16 million viewers Tuesday night, slightly up from last week.
WWE has hired Kendo Kashin as a Performance Center coach. I'm interested to see how his experiences mesh with how WWE does things.
The WWE Performance Center has announced signings of:
- Austin Theory
- Santana Garrett
- Tehuti Miles, who played college football
- RJ Nduka, who played professional football and did bodybuilding on top of MMA and boxing training
- LX Ken of Germany, who played basketball before being trained by Santino Marella and Alex Wright
- Briana Brandy, who was a hip hop artist and trained in ninjutsu and extreme CrossFit.
- Rita Reis of Brazil, with championships and medals in jiu-jitsu and judo
- Marcos Gomes of Brazil, who is a Muay Thai instructor
- Jessy of Chile
-- Good to see Austin and Santana make it to WWE. I'm surprised it took this long for them to get Garrett.
205 Live Tuesday will feature Drew Gulak vs. Oney Lorcan in a Captain's Challenge match, where each man will choose four partners for a ten-man tag match. That will be interesting given the limited roster. We could see some guests from NXT involved.
The King of the Ring tournament schedule is:
- First round matches on the August 19 Raw and August 20 Smackdown Live
- Second round matches on the August 26 Raw and August 27 Smackdown Live
- Semi-final matches on the September 9 Raw and September 10 Smackdown Live
- Finals at Clash of Champions on September 15
-- Interesting that they're skipping a week.
All Out will be available on FITE outside of the U.S. I expect that will be a regular destination for AEW shows.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It's possible the payoff was Goldberg and Miz beating him convincingly. He's not the one getting the rubs; he's the one giving them. We'll see if there's another angle coming after the one that just concluded, but I don't expect him to win any titles or anything.
2. I understand them wanting to have a new experience rolled out for Summerslam, and wanting to give shareholders assurances that things were changing, but I also think they could have used a test run on a smaller show as suggested. I don't know if it was worth the expense of keeping up with older platforms.
3. If anything, Goldberg's match was done to show he can still deliver the quick, impactful matches he was known for en route to at least one more Saudi show.
4. It's been reported FOX is already gearing up local affiliates for NXT airing on FS1. As best as I can tell, it's in the works.
5. It seems like there are still twists and turns in the story to come. If we do get Roman vs. Bryan, I doubt it will be a Goldberg vs. Dolph scenario. I'm willing to see how it plays out before assuming Bryan's going to be buried.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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