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Originally Posted by 411Mania Big Show spoke with 790 The Ticket in Miami and doubled down on comments that he’s winding up his career soon. Show said that this year will be his last with WWE. The WWE star noted that he feels better now at forty-four than he did at thirty-four and wants to be in the best shape he can for his match with Shaquille O’Neal at WrestleMania 33.

Originally Posted by Observer An interesting business note regarding WWE and ESPN is that ESPN just purchased 33 percent of BAMTech for $1 billion. BAMTech is MLBAM, the group that streams the WWE network.

WWE alum Stu “Wade Barrett” Bennett spoke with WrestleZone Daily for a new interview. On if King of the Ring still has a place in the current company: “The title of King of the Ring can be prestigious but if it’s followed up by non-existent writing then it’s pointless. Which I think was the issue in regards to me. The tournament itself is fine, there were some good matches and we got a bit of hype behind it and then it was followed up with three months of two grown men fighting over a toilet plunger. Which, you know, you follow something up with writing like that and it’s not going to lead to anything good. The title of King of the Ring is fine on it’s own but you have to follow it up with good writing.” On his own King of the Ring win: “It was thrown together very last minute. I think we did the quarter finals the week before and then we came back the next week and did the actual semi-finals and the finals on a one hour special on the WWE Network. Probably about forty minutes before the show went live we didn’t even know who was winning the tournament. We knew that it was going to be me and Neville in the finals. It all honesty, a complete lack of thought had gone into it. I was given Booker T’s old outfit from ten years earlier. Obviously it didn’t look great. There was no follow up to it with a storyline or anything like that. If it was meant as an attempt to push me or get me over I think there really wasn’t any effort put in from the word, ‘Go.'”

Originally Posted by Observer One person with WWE noted to us to please tell independent talent to either stay off social media or watch what they post. It was noted WWE is very actively scouting indies right now and looking for people who are good but not with the WWE look as the mentality is completely different from two years ago about what type of people they are interested in. It was noted that there have been people recently were shot down based on content of recent tweets.

Originally Posted by PWI The 8/11 edition of Impact Wrestling garnered 315,000 viewers. That was down slightly from last week's 317,000 viewers.

Originally Posted by PWI We have heard that WWE started making contract offers to a few Cruiserweight Classic talents two weeks ago. Some talents will be offered full-fledged deals while others will be offered NXT/developmental type deals. Others may be brought in a per-date basis as the company. The most notable name on a per-date basis thus far appears to be Kota Ibushi, who we have heard will be in for Summerslam weekend. One would assume that means he is working the NXT Takeover show, although that has yet to be announced.

PWInsider.com is reporting that the WWE SummerSlam Concert that was due to be held next Thursday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York has officially been canceled. According to the website, an email was sent out to those who purchased tickets for the concert, which was to be headlined by Flo Rida, announcing that the show had been canceled. The event is also listed as being canceled on the official Ticketmaster website. As of the initial reports, the exact reason for the cancellation remains unclear; however, there is word from multiple sources that ticket sales were not going as well as expected. Besides Flo Rida, there were also due to be performances from other acts including Daya, Jordan Hollywood, and Jason Derulo. The concert was organized to be a fundraiser for WWE's "Connor's Cure" charity, and WWE had been partnering with local radio station Z100 for the event.

Originally Posted by PWI Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet has been announced for the 9/10 EVOLVE return to Queens, NY at La Boom.

Originally Posted by WWE “Now fans can get an inside look at the impact these and the other ladies making an impact in WWE 24: Women’s Revolution, airing immediately follow Talking Smack Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 10:30ET on WWE Network. From female talent of the past to NXT and beyond, the episode of this documentary-style series will be a celebration of how far women’s wrestling has come.“

Originally Posted by Observer Dean Ambrose is actually by a minor number slightly bigger house show draw than Roman Reigns. It's like for all the complaints about John Cena getting booed, he always did sell more tickets than anybody else and he always did move move merchandise than anybody else. So you can ignore the boos and all that. With Reigns he doesn't sell more merch than anybody else especially on the level of his push he doesn't sell more tickets than anybody else, especially on the level of his push ... It’s apparent from this study that Reigns has not caught on as intended. The company invested a great of TV time trying to establish him as a new top babyface over the last two years, and has gotten little return on that investment. While Cena was booed somewhat as well during his rise to stardom, this is different. Whatever reaction Cena got on any given night, he made a positive difference to business, as evidenced in this article. You might argue Reigns is a face to some fans and a great heel to those fans who boo him, but he’s not drawing any better than Ambrose, who is a guy who often couldn’t muster wins on pay-per-views since the Shield was disbanded, while Reigns was frequently in the title picture at the same time.

Link with more details that was referenced from the recent Observer Radio show: http://fightful.com/exclusive-analys...nce-comparison

Originally Posted by Observer There is a situation to watch currently in India. TNA’s biggest international deals are Sony Six in India and Challenge in the U.K., and they are both considered the keys to survival. The Sony Six new deal requires a tour once a year and after last year’s tour was canceled at the agreement of both sides, there has been nothing said about one this year. In India, there is a situation where Sony Six would take over the Ten Network in India in a $500 million deal. Talks have reached advanced stages. TNA is on Sony Six and WWE is on Ten. The key to the deal is certain Ten contracts would move to Sony Six, including the UEFA Champions League, international cricket and the WWE. What we’re told is that if the deal goes through, there will be a call taken on how things will be done. It is possible, even though local media stories indicate it differently, that Sony Six and Ten will remain separate channels, in which case it wouldn’t affect wrestling on TV there. But if they merge into one channel, and it already being reported that WWE would move to Sony Six, it is believed only one wrestling company will remain on television in India, although none of those decisions have been made

Some more details regarding WWE trying to push TNA out of the India market and the ramifications for TNA if it happens.

Originally Posted by Observer This week’s social media backlash is from fans in Anaheim because Big E and Balor were both advertised and never appeared before the audience. Fans accepted the Big E thing figuring he was off selling the injury and Balor wasn’t there. But then both posted photos of themselves on social media taking photos backstage at the show with Sean Combs

Originally Posted by Observer So here is the G-1 update. Hirooki Goto is in the finals due to his beating Naomichi Marufuji and finishing with a 6-3 record. Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi had a 30:00 draw in the main event, leaving both tied for second place with 5-3-1 records. Bad Luck Fale had been eliminated losing to Tama Tonga. So here is how things look for tomorrow's show: *If Tetsuya Naito either wins or goes to a 30:00 draw with Kenny Omega, he faces Goto in the finals. *If Michael Elgin and Kenny Omega both win, Elgin faces Goto in the finals. Doubt that's happening. *If Katsuyori Shibata and Kenny Omega both win, Shibata goes to the finals against high school best friend Goto *If Elgin, Shibata and Omega all win, then Elgin goes to the finals. *The winner of Sunday's match will be in position to challenge for the IWGP title at the Tokyo Dome on 1/4.

Some other sheet news includes:

• According to the NBA schedule released for next season, WWE RAW will be competing against NBA games on Mondays starting this January.
• According to the Observer, Del Rio's future in the WWE will be decided next month since that is when his opt out clause can be used for his current contract.
• According to PWI, WWE is currently trying to get the huge class-action lawsuit against them by 50 wrestlers to be moved to a more pro-WWE court location.