Interviews with Riddle/Brookside/Undertaker/Charlotte/Edge/Vince author/McIntyre, MLW streaming deal, WWE taping update, NJPW name ill, assorted wrestling press, Raw audience, WWE-FS1 content, ROH-NJPW feud continuing, Impact matches, and Questions on stopping Kairi vs. Nia, Angle in AEW, WWE's audience, Fantasma keeping his name, and Nash and Hall leaving WCW

Matt Riddle spoke to The Sun. Riddle has gotten where he is in part by being barefoot. I don't see a need to take away part of his appeal. If anything, WWE needs to be less strict with appearance aspects so more talents can stand out.

- Riddle also spoke to TalkSport about working with Kurt Angle and more:
- I thoroughly enjoyed the Broserweights.

- Riddle turning on Angle doesn't sound like a good move. Matt's best as the goofy bro.

- Riddle vs. Corbin with Angle involved would have been very natural to do.

NXT UK's Xia Brookside spoke to Alicia Atout.

MLW has signed a deal with DAZN, where the streaming service will feature live content as well as past content. Opera Cup 2019 and Fusion episodes are already on the platform.

- Fusion will likely leave YouTube in the near future as a result of this deal, which is likely more profitable for MLW.

- MLW has also been in negotiations with ESPN, but it's unknown where that stands after ESPN replayed past WrestleManias. That would obviously be even more major for the group.

WWE taped Raw, Smackdown, and 205 Live for this week Monday. The taping day went past 10:00 p.m. EST. Tough day for that crew.

NXT taped multiple episodes Tuesday.

Tiger Mask is recovering from colonic diverticulitis.

The Undertaker is on CBS Sports' "State of Combat." Here are highlights. I continue to think Brock winning at WM30 was the right move. It was time for a new direction for Undertaker and for people to wonder how his matches were going to go. 

Charlotte Flair spoke to Maria Menounos. 

WWE Network has added a Backlash collection.

Edge spoke to ESPN to promote Backlash:
- Very frank discussion about the marketing.

- I like how he's approaching the match.

- Edge vs. Orton makes a lot of sense. Honestly him working with younger names isn't nearly as special, though I do want to see him face Seth at some point.

Raw drew 1.74 million viewers this week, very even with last week. At least the slide seems to be stopping.

FS1 will air Royal Rumble 2008 on June 23.

Vince McMahon biographer Abraham Riesman discussed the project. I am VERY interested in this.

Dakota Kai tributed Hana Kimura at Takeover. Big respect to her for doing so.

Drew McIntyre spoke to WrestleJoy. Good chronicle of the different stages of his career.

Urban Aztec designed a Sonya Deville shirt. Not very heelish!

Game Changer Wrestling announced a July 4 event. Interesting.

Jay White cut a promo on Marty Scurll on an ROH web show, so that feud is still in play.

Darby Allin jumped off a balcony into a pool. That could have really gone badly. I admire his guts; he can be someone special.

Slammiversary will feature Tessa Blanchard vs. Michael Elgin vs. Eddie Edwards vs. Ace Austin vs. Trey for the Impact World Championship. That would be perfect for a King of the Mountain match.

Impact has announced:
- Moose vs. Hernandez for the TNA Championship
- Eddie Edwards vs. Ace Austin in a street fight
- Rhino vs. Rohit Raju
- The North vs. Dez and Wentz for the Tag Team Championship

Impact in 60 will next focus on greatest world championship matches. Kurt Angle and Austin Aries will be featured.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It's entirely possible. That was a nasty gash.

2. I don't think the two are related. Certainly I think he'd listen to an AEW offer. He could be a significant presence for a few important matches if they play their cards right. No way would he wrestle every week.

3. It has added much-needed energy, and, yes, that's a very rough schedule for the "audience."

4. It's entirely possible he gets a new name, as speculation is him being the leader of the attackers. He used a different names on live events. And, yes, if he's ever going to do something bigger on Raw or Smackdown, he will almost definitely do so as someone other than "El Hijo del Fantasma."

5. Nash and Hall were very well paid to do whatever they wanted in WCW. I expect they would have rather made that kind of money, had that level of control, and done those kinds of things with their friends in WWF, though.

More wrestling tomorrow.