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Monday, July 6, 2020

WWE charity update, Interviews with Sheamus/Edge, Dark lineup, WWE PPV drops tagline, MLW expands on DAZN, top WWE name's deal up, and Questions on WWE combating COVID, WWE taping overseas, dropping Raw's third hour, using Mike Tyson, and still needing producers

British Strong Style's Black Lives Matter charity shirts raised more than $45,000. Very impressive!

Sheamus discussed WrestleMania matches with the former Rusev.

Edge talked about Backlash, The Undertaker, and more.

Dark has announced:
- Brian Pillman Jr. vs. Shawn Spears
- Lucha Bros, The Butcher & The Blde vs. Joe Alonzo, Brady Pierce, Tony Donari, and Faboo Andre
- Stu Grayson and Evil Uno vs. Brandon Cutler and Peter Avalon
- Big Swole vs. Rache Chanel
- Orange Cassidy vs. Will Hobbs
- Frankie Kazarian vs. Luther
- Scorpio Sky vs. Serpentico
- Michael Nakazawa vs. Shawn Dean

Extreme Rules is no longer being subtitled. Braun Strowman vs. Bray Wyatt in a swamp match is now being called "the horror show at Extreme Rules." Honestly it doesn't look good that WWE keeps changing the branding.

MLW content is now on DAZN in Germany and Brazil.

Rey Mysterio's WWE contract has expired, though he continues to work there and is expected to have a match at Extreme Rules. That match could end up being a way to end his WWE tenure if he isn't going to sign a new deal; naturally there's speculation of him going to AEW, AAA, and/or NJPW if he does leave. He could be a big boost to a non-WWE promotion.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. From how things have gone so far, I expect WWE would put out as much fresh content as they can and make use of their video library as needed. WWE is very much of the "the show must go on" mentality.

2. I don't think that's a realistic possibility given all the logistics and costs involved.

3. Three hours of any content 52 weeks a year is a tough, tough sell for fans. That said, as long as it's more profitable to do three hours of Raw, they'll do three hours of Raw. TV rights are far and away their biggest source of revenue, and they're going to hold onto that as much as they can. On the USA side, WWE has been more successful than any of their other content, so they're not going to drop that third hour anytime soon.

4. Basically Tyson has rehabilitated himself and his image enough to not be in the public crosshairs anymore. The public knows what he's done and has more or less moved past it. Sammy is being asked to atone for what he did and prove himself going forward.

5. I would say they're definitely helpful in putting matches together and being valuable mediators between talents and management.

More wrestling coming up.

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