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Originally Posted by Observer The Raw after SummerSlam, as expected, was up 10 percent from last week. Last night's episode averaged 2.73 million viewers. The ratings pattern wasn't as good as in recent weeks in the sense that there was a third hour drop. Since Paul Heyman got more influence, hour three actually beat hour two in three of the previous four weeks. The show also reverted back to the usual summer pattern of hour two being the highest, which had not been the case for much of this summer but was historically the case ... Last year's Raw after SummerSlam averaged 3.09 million viewers, so it was an 11.7 percent year-to-year drop ... The three hours for Raw were: 8 p.m. 2.77 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.82 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.60 million viewers

Originally Posted by PWI WWE is slated to begin filming promos for Smackdown on FOX shortly. We are told that talents from each brand will be utilized for those shoots.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE NXT will tape TV this Thursday at Full Sail University. Internally, the next tapings after Thursday are slated for 9/11, 9/12 and 10/12, all at Full Sail. If they are going to pull the trigger on going live or expanding the show, as rumors persist will happen, an announcement would have to be made soon. There's been no indication made to anyone internally that is happening, so if it is, it's being kept extremely close to the vest.

Originally Posted by Observer Regarding last night, Katsuyori Shibata has not been cleared to wrestle. We don't have more info and very very few people knew about the angle last night before it happened. The angle was one of the best angles you'll ever see, with an in-depth story of Shibata being the person who got KENTA his job in New Japan and trained him for his comeback, only to have KENTA join Bullet Club and Bullet Club beat down his proteges Clark Connors and Karl Frederick in the brawl. Shibata ran in and everyone flew with every blow he did but the number got to him and KENTA gave him a PK, the move he popularized and choked him out and then sat on him and mocked him. The pop when he started on offense was unreal and the heat when KENTA laid him out was as well. When you saw the angle you for sure would figure it's building KENTA vs. Shibata, which should be a super hot program, and that makes all the sense in the world. I guess we'll know tonight or tomorrow when the new cards are announced if there's any follow-up. Shibata has always wanted to return but doctors have said in the past that there is no way he'd be cleared. Still, he did a lot more than you'd think, and medical diagnosis can change over time. But we were told this morning shortly after the show that the word was Shibata was not cleared for a match. Edge was told he would never be allowed to do anything physically in the ring but was cleared to do that spear spot last night, so never in pro wresting is a funny term.

Originally Posted by Observer Broadcast details for this month's NJPW Royal Quest show have now been officially confirmed. NJPW and Fite TV announced today that Royal Quest will air live on Fite as an iPPV. The show will later be made available on New Japan World. The price for Royal Quest on Fite is listed as $24.99. The show is taking place at the Copper Box Arena in London, England on Saturday, August 31 and will begin at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time. NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff and AEW All Out are both also taking place on August 31 ... Here's the full card for Royal Quest: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada defending against Minoru Suzuki RevPro British Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defending against Hiroshi Tanahashi NEVER Openweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii defending against KENTA IWGP Tag Team Champions Guerrillas of Destiny defending against the winners of the RevPro Road to Royal Quest tournament Tetsuya Naito & SANADA vs. Jay White & Chase Owens Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles vs. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo Kota Ibushi & Juice Robinson vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Hikuleo Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Rocky Romero, SHO & YOH

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling released the full card for Royal Quest on August 31st at the Copper Box Arena in London, England ... POST Wrestling has learned that the English commentary will feature Kevin Kelly and Gino Gambino calling the event.

Originally Posted by Observer Kota Ibushi suggested competing for both the IWGP and Intercontinental titles at Wrestle Kingdom 14 during this morning’s NJPW press conference. He also said he would defend the right to the Wrestle Kingdom match against EVIL and KENTA. Tetsuya Naito, Jay White, and Juice Robinson will be in action on the final night of the Super J-Cup in Long Beach, California on August 25. Jushin Thunder Liger is also wrestling in non-tournament action on all three Super J-Cup shows.

Originally Posted by Observer Tenille Dashwood has an opponent for her Impact Wrestling debut. Impact has announced Dashwood vs. Kiera Hogan for their television tapings in Mexico City, Mexico this Thursday. Impact has TV tapings at Fronton Mexico on both Thursday and Friday of this week.

Originally Posted by PWI The Natalya dislocated elbow is a worked injury. She is not hurt and there is no MRI set for today. It was just done to help set the stage for Sasha Banks' return last night.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling After falling to the $63 range, the WWE stock was up 5% Tuesday and closed at $66.70

Had a sizeable drop yesterday that wasn't really explainable. It did lead to one of WWE's co-Presidents selling off a ton of her stock today as a result though.

Originally Posted by Fightful Casey Michael of Squared Circle Sirens reports that Santana Garrett has signed a developmental contract with WWE. Garrett has appeared on WWE television, most notably wrestling in the 2017 Mae Young Classic. Garrett was defeated by Piper Niven in the first round of the tournament, but worked a six-woman tag match on the second night of the tapings, teaming with Sarah Logan & Marti Belle in a loss to Tessa Blanchard, Jazzy Gabert, and Kay Lee Ray.

Originally Posted by Fightful Appearing on ESPN First Things First, Kofi explained the origin of the pancake toss. "Myself and Big E had a lumberjack match against Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. Xavier [Woods] was one of the lumberjacks," recalled Kingston. "He had his flannel vest on and had his lumberjack hat. What do lumberjacks eat? They eat pancakes. He brought out a whole tray of pancakes, and before we knew, the entire arena is chanting 'We want pancakes.' So, we threw out pancakes to everybody. The next week, we went up to Vince [McMahon] and were like, 'Hey, do you mind if we bring out pancakes again?' He was like, 'Do you wanna?' 'Yeah, it'd be cool if we did that.' Fast forward to a year later; pancake power is a real thing. People are clamoring for pancakes. It doesn't make sense, but we give the people want they want. And right now, they want pancakes."

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