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Originally Posted by Observer Coming off of Sunday's Extreme Rules pay-per-view, SmackDown averaged 2.122 million viewers on Tuesday night, its highest total since the April 16 Superstar Shake-up episode and up a whopping 15 percent from last week. It was one of the larger one-week increases since SmackDown moved to Tuesday nights. The last increase this large was October 18 of last year, but that was SmackDown 1000, which was a special episode. Prior to that, it would be April 10 of 2018, which was the post-WrestleMania show. For a "normal" show, the previous highest increase would be October 24, 2017, which came the day after a SmackDown invasion of Raw. That episode increased 16 percent over the previous week ... Year-over-year, SmackDown was only down seven percent. Over the last few months, the decline from 2018 is in the single digits more often than not. Next week's rating should be higher than usual as well with some spillover from the Raw Reunion special the night before.

Originally Posted by Observer A Women's title match has been made official for NXT UK's next TakeOver special. NXT UK Women's Champion Toni Storm will defend her title against Kay Lee Ray at UK TakeOver: Cardiff on Saturday, August 31. The announcement was made on this week's NXT UK television episode.

Originally Posted by Observer WWE Network News reported that The Best of ECW 1992, volumes one and two and an ECW TV pilot from November 1992 will be added to the WWE Network’s Hidden Gems section tomorrow.

Link: https://www.wwenetworknews.com/2019/...full-tv-pilot/

Originally Posted by Observer While speaking with the Tampa Bay Times, Seth Rollins was asked if he cared to address critics who say he doesn’t have good on-screen chemistry with Becky Lynch: “I think those critics might be a little jealous. I think that’s where a lot of that stems from. I mean, if I’m a dude and I’m watching television, and I have a crush on Becky Lynch, I’m probably not going to be to fond of the guy who’s dating her either so I get that. We have such great chemistry I think it’s funny that people think we don’t. Either way it amuses me.”

Originally Posted by Observer World League Wrestling posted a statement on Harley Race’s hospitalization and are selling T-shirts to raise money for him: “An update that have been wanting to know about in regards to the boss's situation over the weekend. This past weekend, he was scheduled to attend the Knoxville Fanboy Expo. While traveling to Knoxville, he exhibited some signs that needed to be addressed by medical personnel. He has been in the hospital since Thursday evening and that's where he currently is. Due to privacy concerns, no specific information will be given out about his current health status or anything of the sort. All that can and will be said is that Harley Race was, is, and will always be a fighter. He doesn't know anything else and he hasn't thrown in the towel and he has promised that as long as it is up to him, that won't be an option. His health is obviously top priority and with that being said, all of his upcoming appearances will be immediately cancelled. All promoters have been notified about the situation and we here are currently trying to come up with a solution to rectify the situation the best way possible. Unfortunately, since this situation has taken place while traveling to a signing, he is currently in a hospital that is pretty far away from home that has his family there with him. So, in an effort to help out with the un-expected expenses, we are selling t-shirts of which profits will be given directly to the situation. The link to purchase the t-shirts is below. We appreciate the support whether or not you purchase a t-shirt. This is just a little extra help when it is needed. The price of the shirt that has an exclusive design for both front and back prints are $24.99 (plus S&H). All shirts are going to start to be shipped on August 9, 2019. Regardless, please continue to support Harley Race, The Harley Race Wrestling Academy, and World League Wrestling. All events and camps are going to take place as scheduled and we look forward to keeping it that way because that is what Harley Race would do. We look forward to getting him back home and continuing to have the Greatest Wrestler on God's Green Earth.”

Originally Posted by Observer Revolution Pro Wrestling is holding a tag team tournament, with the winning team advancing to challenge for the IWGP Tag Team titles at NJPW Royal Quest in London on August 31. The quarterfinals are taking place on August 4, the semifinals are being held on August 11 (and August 18 if scheduling requires it), and the finals will be at Summer Sizzler on August 30. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) are the IWGP Tag Team Champions.

Originally Posted by PWI All Elite Wrestling revealed on the Road to Double or Nothing that WWE Hall of Famer and founding member of the Four Horsemen Tully Blanchard will be managing Shawn Spears going forward. Obviously, Blanchard has a long history with the Rhodes family.

Originally Posted by PWI Eric Bischoff arrived in Connecticut this week and officially starts his job as Executive Director of Smackdown tomorrow in Stamford at WWE HQ.

Originally Posted by PWI When Mexico's Lucha Libre AAA debuts in Madison Square Garden on Sunday 9/15 and returns to Los Angeles at the Forum on Sunday 10/13, each of those events will be presented live on PPV via all major PPV providers, PWInsider.com has confirmed. These would be the first official AAA PPV on PPV in years, although the company regularly streams big events on Twitch.TV. We are told that the events will be presented on secondary PPV channels as they will run opposite the 9/15 WWE Clash of Champions PPV and a planned 10/13 WWE PPV event as well. WWE has a date in Anaheim, CA on 10/13 currently. AAA will now be in a position where the majority of promotion for those events will go to WWE, since they will be on a higher-tier PPV channel. PWInsider.com has also confirmed that AAA has hired New York City-based Tupelo-Honey Productions to be their PPV production team for the PPV broadcasts. Impact Wrestling is expected to provide some talent for the events. Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie and Tessa Blanchard appeared at the MSG press conference this past April.

Originally Posted by PWI According to the WWE Performance Center website roster page, there have been several WWE NXT name changes: *Brennan Williams is now known as Dio Maddin *Nick Comoroto is now Nick Ogarelli *The former Robbie E/Robert Strauss in NXT is now Robert Stone *Rachel Evers is listed now as Rachel Ellering, so she may be going back to using that name although on her twitter, she is still referring to herself as Rachel Evers.

Originally Posted by Fightful The Rock is a very busy man, especially with his latest film, Hobbs & Shaw premiering in theaters on August 2, but that didn’t stop the WWE great from appearing at the WWE Performance Center earlier today. Sami Zayn tweeted about The Rock’s appearance, as he was at the WWE Performance Center to have an injured shoulder looked at ... There is no word yet as to why The Rock was at the WWE Performance Center, but his last in ring appearance was a victory over Erick Rowan at WWE Wrestlemania 32.

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