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Originally Posted by Observer While there haven't been any names officially announced, a standout wrestler of her generation looks set for WWE's second Mae Young Classic. Tokyo Sports reported today that 38-year-old Meiko Satomura would be participating in the tournament this summer. Whether or not Satomura would have any involvement with WWE past appearing in the Mae Young Classic wasn't made clear. Satomura is a founder of the Sendai Girls promotion in Japan and has been wrestling for over 20 years. She's also been wrestling on the United Kingdom independent scene fairly often recently, appearing for Pro Wrestling: EVE and Fight Club: PRO. She won the Fight Club: PRO title from Chris Brookes earlier this year. The Mae Young Classic will be taped in Orlando, Florida on August 8th and 9th. Last year's tournament had a 32-wrestler field that included a mix of wrestlers who were under contract with WWE and those who weren't.

Link: https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/1007151310003531776

Originally Posted by Observer It wasn’t that long ago when FloSports started an independent streaming service with grandiose plans, which collapsed quickly for a number of reasons. The goals were too big, and more importantly, it was announced before it had key deals in place. And the key deals it needed to get, they never got. Hoping for tens of thousands of subscribers with EVOLVE as your home company just wasn’t going to cut it, and with just a few thousand subscribers, FloSports closed the entire pro wrestling division This week, Pivotshare, which has deals with more than 100 companies in 15 countries, is trying to do what FloSlam failed, which is to be the destination for independent wrestling, with the creation of the Powerslam Wrestling Network. The key differences are that Pivotshare already has deals in place with a number of promotions, and that they are starting out with a $5.99 per month price as opposed to the $20 per month price that FloSlam charged. They, being around wrestling for four years, also have a better idea of the independent marketplace ... The service will be launching immediately on iOS and Android devices, as well as Apple TV, Roku Channels, Amazon Channels and at the portal powerslam.tv. They expect to release 40 to 50 events per month. At launch, there will be deals with 75 different promotions and 2,000 hours of archived content.

More details and list of promotions included: https://www.f4wonline.com/indies/piv...network-259696

Originally Posted by Observer 2K has a press conference on Monday to announce the cover superstar for WWE 2K 19. The cover superstar will also reveal news about the new game and host a Q&A session. The press conference takes place at 11 a.m. Eastern at www.2K.com.

More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...tails.html?p=1

Originally Posted by Observer Indies Roundup: Teddy Hart & Davey Boy Smith Jr., seconded by Brian Pillman II, face ACH & Rich Swann for MLW on 7/19 in Long Island City, NY. They will also be in he 40 man Battle Riot. All Star Wrestling on 6/23 in Cloverdale, BC at the Fairgrounds headlined by Chris Masters vs. Tom Lawlor. They will also be honoring Diamond Timothy Flowers and Buddy Wayne. AAW on 6/23 in Merrionette Park, IL at 115 Bourbon Street has ACH vs. David Starr for the AAW title, Kimber Lee vs. Kylie Rae for the women's title, Trevor Lee vs. Trey Miguel for the Heritage title, Sami Callihan vs. Brody King, Hudson Envy vs. Su Yung, plus Eddie Kingston, Colt Cabana, Curt Stallion, Jake Something, Stephen Wolf, Moose, Myron Reed, Paco, MJF and Ace Romero.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE released the Flash Morgan Webster vs. James Drake WWE U.K. Championship Tournament First-Round Match today: The remaining matches from the first round of the tournament will be released on the following days and times: TODAY - Ashton Smith vs. Joseph Conners – 3 p.m. ET Friday, June 15 Kenny Williams vs. Dave Mastiff – 12 p.m. ET Ligero vs. Travis Banks – 3 p.m. ET Monday, June 18 Amir Jordan vs. Zack Gibson – 12 p.m. ET Tucker vs. Joe Coffey – 3 p.m. ET Tuesday, June 19 Jordan Devlin vs. Tyson T-Bone – 3 p.m. ET

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-XZ1RaujEc

Originally Posted by PWI According to WWE Network News, the following will be today's selection of Hidden Gems which seem to have two themes going on. One, a look at fathers and sons in light of Father's Day on Sunday as well as early footage of Xavier Woods and Kenny Omega from their time in WWE developmental in light of their cross-promotional gaming showdown today when the The Elite faces off with The New Day at E3 today. CWF 04/20/1976 – Bob Orton Sr. and Bob Orton Jr. Training Video / Bob Orton Sr. and Bob Orton Jr. vs Steve Keirn and Mike Graham (Reel Footage) AWA 04/21/1985 – Curt Hennig and Larry “The Axe” Hennig vs The Road Warriors NWA 04/11/1987 – Brad Armstrong and Bob Armstrong vs Lex Luger and Tully Blanchard (Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup 1987 Quarterfinals) Deep South Wrestling 09/03/2006 – Kenny Omega vs Cru Jones FCW 06/05/2011 – Xavier Woods vs Michael Tarver

Originally Posted by PWI A Las Vegas-based company titled KBN INC. CORPORATION NEVADA has applied to trademark 'Halloween Havoc' on 6/8, listing the trademark filing for "T-shirts; Baseball caps and hats; Clothing for wear in wrestling games; Graphic T-shirts" as well as for "Entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests; Entertainment services in the nature of a wrestling club; Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibits and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer; Providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network" ... Also as interesting is that Caliifornia-based Tatevik Hunanyan (who wrestles independently as Tatevik the Gamer) applied to trademark the name 'Sister Abigail' on 6/5, listing the trademark as for "Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibits and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer also for wrestling purposes." WWE have never previously applied to trademark the name of the Sister Abigail character, which has been referenced the entire course of Bray Wyatt's WWE run.

Link: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...y-wwe.html?p=1

Originally Posted by Observer Alberto El Patron said he was returning for TripleMania and said he would be wrestling through the end of 2019. I think he’s been retiring “next year” for the last four years. He said he also expects a farewell match at Arena Mexico. He said that if his plans don’t turn out, he may be doing more farewell matches. Still, he wasn’t at the press conference and isn’t planned for the main event Vampiro announced he was leaving and going back too Canada because he suffered a broken neck from Killer Kross’ back suplex and has to retire. If you’ve followed Vampiro’s careers and retirements enough you’d know this isn’t much of a story. The last time he said he broke his neck and had to retire was a few months ago

Originally Posted by Observer A major note on the talent that worked the ITV tapings is that in a sense they were the first wrestlers in modern times to perform under a collective bargaining agreement since they were treated as television actors in the U.K. They adhered to the rules of the Equity UK/ITV agreement, and used the terms used primarily for those on soap operas on ITV. The Equity union negotiated the minimum rate through collective bargaining. The talent was able and was encouraged to negotiate above the minimum. The performers were treated like any other talent in a dramatic production as far as having their costs associated with being in the area and performing taken care of as far as travel and accommodations. During the old World of Sport days, wrestling was not treated in this manner and was unregulated, but this was a precedent for wrestling in the U.K. The hope is that if the first season is a success they’ll be able to collective bargain for better minimum rates for season two

Originally Posted by Observer Hogan, while appearing for a weekend talk show with Ric Flair and Eric Bischoff, said things are moving “quite quickly” about a return

Originally Posted by Observer Lots of rumblings about WWE making moves on opening communication with talent in New Japan as well as those announced for All In. Obviously the Rey Mysterio Jr., name will pop up, but WWE has had open lines with him about returning since January and that was before he agreed to the New Japan and All In dates so this is not suddenly having interest in a guy who is working big dates elsewhere in his case. I think it’s clear by how good a shape he’s in that they want him back and it’s just a matter of making the right kind of money and schedule deal. He’s doing very well working a limited schedule because he commands the highest price per appearance on the independent market right now. But WWE can afford seven figures for limited dates even more now than ever before. It is going to be a very interesting next several months

Originally Posted by Observer Regarding Paul Ellering, he is still listed on the NXT roster. Paul Levesque on the conference call this week said he wasn’t part of the decision-making process to take him away from the Authors of Pain. He said that he felt Ellering was valuable and is open for a role to bring him back in NXT

Originally Posted by Observer With a lack of new programming and the long gap between PPV shows, this was the top ten most watched shows of the past week on WWE Network: 1. NXT on 6/6; 2. Something Else to Wrestle With on 6/8 on the ECW revival; 3. Photo Shoot with Goldust; 4. 205 Live from 6/5; 5. NXT from 5/30; 6. Camp WWE episode 5; 7. Photo Shoot with The Godfather; 8. Backlash 2018; 9. Something Else to Wrestle With on 5/30 on John Cena; 10. WrestleMania 2018

Some other sheet news includes:

• According to the Observer, Dr. Christopher Amann's contract with the WWE currently expires this October.
• For those that actually care about Meltzer's star ratings, Omega-Okada IV got rated 7 stars.

Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:

• WWE Reportedly Trying to Block ROH From Doing a Show at MSG
• Various: Authors of Pain Update, Eli Drake Signs Short-Term Contract
• James Ellsworth Update (Possible Spoiler)