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Originally Posted by Observer Raw on Monday did 2.35 million viewers, which would have to be considered good by modern standards, particularly against the Home Run Derby. The Home Run Derby on ESPN did 5.35 million viewers. Raw was seventh for the night on cable, trailing the Home Run Derby, the Home Run Derby prelims, and news shows. It was down six percent from last week. Raw last year on Home Run Derby night was down nine percent and the year-to-year drop was five percent, one of the lowest in recent memories. The key was very little audience drop throughout the show, with only a 2.6 percent first-to-third hour drop. The key is once again that women stayed with the show and actually gained over the three hours, with women 18-49 gaining 7.7 percent throughout the show, a figure unheard of for modern Raw ... The three hours were: 8 p.m. 2.38 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.35 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.32 million viewers

Originally Posted by Observer WWE Network News reported that an October 1993 WWF dark match between Sabu and Scott Taylor (Scotty 2 Hotty) will be added to the WWE Network’s Hidden Gems section tomorrow. The Tazmaniac vs. Taylor from May of that year, which WWE previously released on DVD, is also set to be uploaded.

Originally Posted by Observer Yahoo Sports has an interview with R-Truth. He spoke about people in the 24/7 title picture coming up with their own ideas: “Guys like Drake Maverick, Jinder Mahal, EC3, these guys came up with their own gimmick with regard to the title. Drake Maverick came up with the poster idea on his own, he took that leap. The company takes notice of that. When the opportunity is there, you have to let your creative juices start flowing and reach and grab for it.”

Originally Posted by Observer Shotzi Blackheart vs. Brandi Lauren has been added to EVOLVE’s 10th Anniversary Celebration, which will air on the WWE Network this Saturday.

Originally Posted by Observer Jun Akiyama is resigning as president of AJPW, with the official announcement to be made on October 10. Akiyama said he’s going to focus on his in-ring work.

Originally Posted by Observer WWE and Quibi are teaming up for a new series called Fight Like a Girl. The sypnosis in the press release says that in each episode of the series Stephanie McMahon will "[pair] a WWE Superstar with a young woman struggling with a personal issue that has been holding her back. The WWE Superstars draw from their own life experiences, to help their trainees overcome obstacles and become tougher, stronger and healthier versions of their former selves inside and out.” Quibi describes itself as a “mobile-first media technology platform bringing together the best of Silicon Valley and Hollywood". It wasn’t made clear when the series will premiere on the platform. The show will he shot at the WWE Performance Center, with both WWE Studios and Critical Content producing the show. It will be executive produced by Stephanie McMahon, Susan Levison, Ben Zietren and Richard Lowell for WWE Studios, while Tom Forman, Jenny Daly and Jon Beyer are the executive producers for Critical Content.

Originally Posted by PWI We are told that Impact has been working on potental new logo designs for if and when they secure a new TV deal.

Originally Posted by PWI Yesterday's scheduled hearing for Zachary Madsen, the man arrested after attacking WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart at the WWE Hall of Fame this past April, was postponed until 9/9, PWInsider.com has confirmed. Madsen is now scheduled to appear in Kings Criminal Court in Brooklyn that day. This is the fifth postponement in the case. Madsen has been charged with two counts of assault in the third degree as well as trespassing after hitting the ring that was being used as the stage for the acceptance speeches to tackle Bret Hart, taking down the WWE Hall of Famer and his niece, WWE star Natalya Neidhart. In New York, Assault in the third degree is an A misdemeanor and can be punishable in up to a year in jail per count, should Madsen be found guilty.

Originally Posted by PWI TOKYO Princess of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima is slated to appear at this weekend's Fight for the Fallen event in Jacksonville, Florida. “Fight for the Fallen” will air on Bleacher Report Live free at 7:30pm EST on this Saturday 7/13 and Internationallly on FITE.TV.

Originally Posted by Fightful Roman Reigns is the first recipient of the ESPYS' WWE award. For the first time, at ESPN's ESPY awards, a WWE award was presented for the 'Best Moment' category and rounding out at the top of the voting poll was former Universal Champion Roman Reigns for his return to in-ring competition after stepping away from WWE in the Fall of 2018 to battle Leukemia. Included in the nominations for this category was Becky Lynch winning the RAW and SmackDown Live Women's Championships in the main event of WrestleMania 35, Kofi Kingston's WWE Title victory at WrestleMania 35 and Ronda Rousey winning the RAW Women's Championship at SummerSlam.

Originally Posted by Fightful You may remember a situation a few months ago that featured AJ Styles "debunking" Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer's claim that he had been sidelined with a hernia. Meltzer claimed that the news came from an internal injury report, which many doubted. As of last week, Fightful was able to corroborate that WWE does in fact keep a list of "inactive" talent. The document that Fightful learned of was a bit different than a standard injury report. Instead, it listed talent that were injured, and also included lists of talent that weren't able to be used for a specific week of TV tapings. For example, last week, Naomi and the Usos were listed as "on vacation," Finn Balor was included because he was in Ireland, Alexa Bliss was listed as having an "illness" keep her out Tuesday. There are also estimated return times listed, and updates on status'. From wrestlers having evaluations on their injuries scheduled, to a full on "no contact" list. The "no contact" list is particularly interesting, because it contains active performers such as Paige, but also, several other names like Scott Hall, who are never on WWE television. It's worth noting that Ronda Rousey wasn't listed whatsoever.

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