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Originally Posted by Observer SmackDown on SyFy is a lame duck situation because it's moving to the USA Network next year, and a reboot is expect in January. The mentality right now is to put a heavier emphasis on the show when it moves to the USA Network with angles on RAW that carry over to SmackDown and vice versa. This is the reason that SmackDown has felt less important these days and the show is just a placeholder until RAW airs on Monday.

It appears there may be more to the rumors of TNA possibly leaving Destination America this September after all. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that privately, at least some TNA talents have been given an indication that the company will be looking for a new TV deal and that the money they make from overseas TV deals will keep them going while they shop around for a new deal here in the US. Some TNA wrestlers were reportedly told that TNA will survive either way and be OK because they've trimmed most of the big contracts down and because they have gotten rid of most of the higher-paid talents. Some wrestlers were also told that TNA's business model is changing.

Kurt Angle's reps announced on Twitter that Angle was rushed to the hospital by his wife yesterday after he lost feeling in his extremities and was having trouble breathing. Doctors found that Angle had a large build-up of fluid on his spinal card, a complication from having the benign tumor removed from his neck last week. Angle underwent surgery to relieve the pressure and will be missing a London Comic Con appearance this weekend. Angle's management did note that he is feeling well. No word yet if he will be able to wrestle at next week's TNA Impact Wrestling tapings

SPOILER: show Meltzer said that Sting's return has been a plan for a while, and isn't due to the ratings dropping. In addition to this, it was noted that it won't be a surprise appearance at the event, and that it'll be built up over several weeks. Apparently WWE had a plan set for Sting's return, but those plans changed due to an undisclosed injury to one of the parties involved, and a new plan was made. Sting was last seen at WrestleMania, when he made his WWE in-ring debut in a losing effort against Triple H. It is now expected that he'll also be participating in next year's WrestleMania.

Spoiler tags used since it related to another possible surprise planned for Summerslam. Original plans had to be scrapped because of someone else getting hurt.

WWE signed Tatsumi Fujinami to a legends deal. They want all the Hall of Famers to have legends deals for marketing purposes. The deal included WWE having the right to put him into video games and releasing action figures. Fujinami, 61, said that he’d like to attend next year’s WrestleMania.

Originally Posted by F4W Ratings for Wednesday: ROH at 8 p.m. 80,000 viewers (by far the record low) TNA at 9 p.m. 293,000 viewers (one of the lower numbers) ROH at 11 p.m. 89.000 viewers TNA at midnight 72,000 viewers

Josh Barnett, Maryse Mizanin and Chris Jericho are all in the new Sharknado film which airs on 7/22 on Syfy.

President of Mexico City Wrestling El Fantasma and Mexican Health Secretary Dr. Armando Ahued Ortega have just signed a historic agreement that could change the entire wrestling industry in Mexico. Professional wrestlers in Mexico (and their families) will now be covered by a medical social insurance program. “I am big fan of wrestling, I think this is an intense but also a risky sport. The knocks and blows affect them bit by bit, so it is very so important for them being covered by free medical expenses,” said Ahued. Dr. Ahued also explained that this insurance will give wrestlers and their families access to clinics and hospital where they will be able to have medical tests including x-rays, MRIs, surgery, lab studies, and medical attention.

Originally Posted by Observer We noted before that Lisa Lee Fox was fired by WWE from her job as Executive Vice President of Content. She had worked with WWE since 1995 and most recently headed up the WWE writing team, reporting directly to Triple H and Vince McMahon. She also was one of the officials in charge of the WWE Network and TV content. It's not confirmed that this is why she was fired but Lisa had recently been the point person for WWE's bid on the old Paul Boesch Houston Wrestling tape library. It turns out that NWA's Bruce Tharpe made the winning bid and got the library instead of WWE. This led to the NWA starting their own streaming service with many matches featuring WWE Legends. While the NWA's streaming service obviously won't directly compete with the WWE Network, WWE did not want a similar service started by another wrestling company that features big name matches.

BREAKING: International Superstar Jushin "Thunder" Liger to appear at #NXTTakeover: Brooklyn! http://t.co/vDUBfSHSD9 pic.twitter.com/7mVUtPmwV5

— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2015

Some other sheet news includes:

• Former WWE star Edge was recently signed to be a villain for Season 2 of The Flash tv series. http://comicbook.com/2015/07/16/the-...-atom-smasher/
• According to the Observer, Lucha Underground was confirmed to be getting a second season but the promotion desperately needs another network besides El Rey and Unimas for funding to prevent more financial problems in the near future. Supposedly they are close to a deal with a very big network in Mexico called Televisa.
• Supposedly CHIKARA recently tried to get a tv deal with Destination America to boost their Wednesday lineup and ended with DA being completely confused on who they were since they never heard of the promotion. Didn't get a deal but CHIKARA instead will be showing their weekly shows on their own website and Youtube channel. http://www.cagesideseats.com/2015/7/...d-its-a-plucky