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Originally Posted by PWI This week's WWE NXT episode opened with a graphic noting the passing of Leon "Big Van Vader" White. The Network's programming feed also ran a crawl noting Vader's passing with a number of comments from those within WWE about his passing. I expect WWE will announce a Vader Collection will be added to the WWE Network at any point.

Originally Posted by Observer Coming off Sunday's Money in the Bank pay-per-view, SmackDown viewership was up six percent this week, posting its best numbers since May 1. The show averaged 2.315 million viewers on the night ... It wasn't all good news, however, as the show was down eight percent year-over-year and retained just under 80 percent of the Raw viewers from the previous night. Raw was also down year-over-year, so again the biggest factor in SmackDown viewership seems to be whatever the Raw audience was the night before.

Originally Posted by Observer Two new title matches help round out the card for NJPW's G1 Special in San Francisco on July 7. It was officially announced this evening that Hiromu Takahashi will next defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against longtime rival Dragon Lee at the Cow Palace ... Also announced for the show was a NEVER Openweight Championship match pitting new champion Hirooki Goto against Jeff Cobb ... Here is the full card for the event: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega defending against Cody Rhodes IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Jay White defending against Juice Robinson IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi defending against Dragon Lee Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI IWGP Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks defending against EVIL & SANADA NEVER Openweight Champion Hirooki Goto defending against Jeff Cobb Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA vs. Hangman Page & Marty Scurll Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. YOSHI-HASHI, Gedo, Rocky Romero, SHO & YOH vs. Haku (Meng), Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens

Link: http://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/26145?showCards=1

Originally Posted by Pro Wrestling Sheet Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Big Cass doesn’t seem to have been fired for one certain reason, instead it was a mix of multiple things — the most noteworthy happening on WWE’s European tour. As we first reported, Cass went against a directive from Vince McMahon last month during a segment involving a little person. We’re told this is when things began to go south for him. According to Sports Illustrated, Big Cass was apparently drinking during the European tour which took place a week later and allegedly had “attitude issues.” They also claim “being intoxicated in public” is one of the underlying reasons for his firing. Multiple sources tell us one of the incidents which rubbed people the wrong way happened in private, however, on the WWE bus chauffeuring talent. We’re told the bathroom lock was apparently broken, but Cass didn’t realize it and thought he was being pranked. After being stuck inside for too long, a claustrophobic/angry Cass broke down the door. This meant people had to embarrassingly use the bathroom afterward with no door. This, obviously, made some of the riders on the bus unhappy. It’s worth noting that some understood his frustration though and weren’t as angry as others. Both of these incidents in such short time — coupled with 1-2 additional unverified incidents that we’re working to confirm with sources — seem to have been the final straw.

Originally Posted by PWI To answer every independent promotion that has asked, PWInsider.com has confirmed Big Cass has a 90-day no compete clause following his release from WWE this past Tuesday.

Originally Posted by Observer Indies Roundup: Matt Riddle vs. PCO has been announced for Joey Janela’s Lost in New York in Queens on August 17. KUSHIDA vs. Jonathan Gresham is set for ROH’s TV tapings in Fairfax, Virginia on June 30. Impact announced World Series Wrestling in Australia as a partner for their Global Wrestling Network service.

Janela: https://twitter.com/JANELABABY/statu...44818176954368 , ROH: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/ku...ficial-fairfax , Impact: http://impactwrestling.com/gwn-adds-...ing-to-lineup/

Originally Posted by Observer Austin Aries will again be wrestling for Ring of Honor later this month. ROH announced Aries for their June 29 Best in the World pay-per-view in Baltimore, Maryland today. An opponent for Aries wasn't revealed, but potential programs with Kenny King and Silas Young were set up coming out of his last match for the promotion ... Here's the updated card for the PPV: ROH World Champion Dalton Castle defending against Cody Rhodes and Marty Scurll in a triple threat match ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes defending against The Young Bucks ROH Television Champion Punishment Martinez defending against Hangman Page in a street fight ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan & Vinny Marseglia) defending against SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI Jay Lethal vs. KUSHIDA Bully Ray vs. Flip Gordon Sumie Sakai, Mayu Iwatani, Tenille Dashwood & Jenny Rose vs. Kelly Klein, Hazuki, Kagetsu & Hana Kimura

Link: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/au...ore-best-world

Originally Posted by PWI As I mentioned on PWInsider.com Elite audio during our Takeover: Chicago post-game show Saturday evening, the first several minutes of Velveteen Dream vs. Ricochet was a move for move tribute to the opening moments of Hulk Hogan vs. The Rock at Wrestlemania X8.

Originally Posted by PWI Undertaker is now the focus of Madison Square Garden's advertising for the 7/7 WWE return, including his face being shown in rotation on the digital screen outside the venue.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE Network News is reporting that today's "Hidden Gem" that will be added to the streaming service this morning will be from Smoky Mountain Wrestling: "SMW 01/27/1995 – Skip to my Boo. Before making their mark on ECW, the rivalry between Chris Candido and Boo Bradley comes to a fever pitch in this rarely seen contest.” The gem will feature promos leading to their bout as well.

Originally Posted by PWI Pro Wrestling Guerrilla released the following updated list of competitors for the 2018 Battle of Los Angeles Tournament: * Robbie Eagles. * Joey Janela * Puma King * PCO (Pierre Carl Oulette) * Brody King * Jody Fleish. * Ilja Dragunov.

Some other sheet stuff includes:

• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, this week was the first time in WWE history that a both RAW and Smackdown opened their shows with their Women's champion.
• In another "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Seth Rollins recently passed John Cena for 3rd highest PPV win percentage following his victory at MitB. Cena has won 59% of his PPV matches while Rollins has won 59.3% during his career. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...elias_at_mitb/

Some stuff from TPWW Frontpage:

• NXT Results – June 20, 2018 – Belair vs. Kai, War Raiders vs. The Mighty
• All In Will Be Broadcast (Somewhere)