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Originally Posted by Observer To the surprise of nobody, the NBA playoffs led to Raw doing the second lowest number in its modern history, averaging 2.53 million viewers. The only lower number for a modern Raw was the September 26th, 2016, show, going against the Trump-Clinton debate, which did 2.46 million viewers. Raw was fourth for the night on cable. Raw was down 15 percent from last week, which is no surprise. It would have likely fallen below the Trump-Clinton number had it not been for a decent first hour with the Brock Lesnar/Samoa Joe angle. The decision to do the angle earlier in the show meant more people saw it, but sacrificed the show's overall rating because they had nothing close to that level to build toward for the remaining nearly three hours. The third hour, in particular, did poorly, but still better than it did on debate night. The debate drew far more viewers than the NBA playoffs. The Warriors-Cavaliers game did 24.47 million viewers ... The three hours were: 8 p.m. 2.77 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.52 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.34 million viewers

Originally Posted by Observer When John Cena returns to WWE television next month, he'll be doing so with a storyline that he's a "free agent" ... What that actually means quickly became a question. And people naturally wondered if it was related to the announcement that Roman Reigns will be making on Raw next week about his plans for SummerSlam. Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez briefly discussed the matter on last night's edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, and Meltzer noted that he was told that Cena won't be Reigns' opponent at SummerSlam. The idea is apparently for Cena to be able to appear on both Raw and SmackDown even if it goes against the brand split because he's one of the only draws that WWE has.

Originally Posted by Observer Paige wrote that she's getting her last X-rays after neck surgery and seemed to indicate that she could be coming back soon. She also posted pictures of herself working out on Instagram.

Link to the post: https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/sta...84344748605440

Originally Posted by Observer The Daily Mail ran a story yesterday about Bray Wyatt's wife Samantha filing for divorce. Samantha's lawyer alleged that Wyatt was having an affair with WWE ring announcer JoJo.

Originally Posted by Observer As they usually do, WWE is sending the Golden State Warriors a customized championship belt for their NBA finals win. The company also sent one to the Pittsburgh Penguins for their Stanley Cup victory.

Warriors belt: https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/874666649667895303 , Penguins belt: https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/874303379366977541

Originally Posted by Observer Eight years ago today, Mitsuharu Misawa passed away following a match in Japan. Hideo Itami (formerly KENTA) paid tribute to Misawa on Twitter: "Never forget. We miss you."

Link to Itami's tribute post: https://twitter.com/HideoItami/statu...31666965495809

Originally Posted by Observer Ring of Honor has announced two more matches for their Best in the World pay-per-view. KUSHIDA will defend the ROH TV title against Marty Scurll, plus Motor City Machine Guns, Jay White & Jonathan Gresham will face The Rebellion in an eight-man tag.

Originally Posted by Observer When Impact Wrestling begins taping in Orlando again on July 3rd, the company will be hosting a ceremony to honor those who were affected by last year's attack at the Pulse Nightclub. Yesterday marked one year since the tragedy.

Link to the announcement: http://impactwrestling.com/orlando-united-day/

Originally Posted by Observer Netflix's "GLOW" series has been made available to a lot of television reviewers and has gotten very positive reviews. Entertainment Weekly gave the series an A and UPROXX's Alan Sepinwall called the first episode "very promising."

Originally Posted by Observer New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced many of the matches for the shows in Long Beach on July 1st and 2nd. The July 1st live show on AXS TV will be headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. Cody for the IWGP Heavyweight title and will also feature first round matches in the United States Heavyweight title tournament. Those are: Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin, Jay Lethal vs. Hangman Page, Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito, and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Juice Robinson. The semifinals and finals of the tournament will be on July 2nd, plus a weird match with Hiroshi Tanahashi defending his Intercontinental title against Billy Gunn. The card for July 1st is -- IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada defending against Cody Michael Elgin vs. Kenny Omega in a US title first round match Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito in a US title first round match IWGP Tag Team Champions Guerrillas of Destiny defending against War Machine David Finlay, Jay White, KUSHIDA & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Sho Tanaka, Yohei Komatsu, Yoshitatsu & Billy Gunn Juice Robinson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. in a US title first round match Jay Lethal vs. Hangman Page in a US title first round match Titan, Dragon Lee, Volador Jr. & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA Roppongi Vice, Will Ospreay & The Briscoes vs. The Young Bucks, Marty Scurll, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale July 2nd will have (with more matches to be announced) -- The semifinals and finals of the US title tournament IWGP Intercontinental Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi defending against Billy Gunn IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks defending against Roppongi Vice

Originally Posted by Observer Mark Andrews suffered what appeared to be a neck injury earlier today in an eight-man tag match on the NXT show in Derby, UK. He was taken out on a stretcher and went to the hospital, but he is okay.

Originally Posted by PWI PWInsider.com has heard from multiple sources that Raw star Braun Strowman, 33, who has been out of action after suffering an elbow injury last month, is set to return soon. The word backstage at Raw was that Strowman was cleared to return to WWE action a week ago and will be back as soon as WWE Creative plots his return into Raw storylines. Strowman underwent surgery in mid-May following the WWE European tour. At the time, WWE reported he had suffered a shattered elbow and would be out six months. That was likely stated in order to showcase Strowman making a huge superhuman comeback early.

Originally Posted by PWI Dash Wilder of the Revival, who had been out with a broken jaw that had to be wired shut, was involved in the big fracas between Samoa Joe and Brock Lesnar that opened Raw, so he is officially back from injury.

Originally Posted by PWI We have received a number of emails asking about a long-haired wrestler who was involved in the melee as well. That was Bo Dallas, who has changed his look a little by growing his hair out and is now sporting a goatee.

Originally Posted by PWI The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, a non-profit museum and Hall based in Wichita Falls, Texas applied for two trademarks for "World Class Championship Wrestling" (one for the name, and the other for the well known WCCW logo featuring two wrestlers grappling) for merchandise and toys/action figures purposes. The trademarks were applied for on 6/7. World Class was once one of the most popular promotions in the world, empowered by the Von Erich family, The Fabulous Freebirds and Chris Adams, among others. The original incarnation of the company under that name was used in September 1982 and ran through late 1989, when the initials were replaced by the USWA name. World Wrestling Entertainment purchased the World Class video library from Kevin Von Erich and once sold a t-shirt utilizing the WCCW logo in conjunction with their "Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling" documentary. PWInsider.com research into the logo's trademark reveals it was abandoned in 2003.

Originally Posted by PWI Ring of Honor revealed the first talents set for their first-ever War of the Worlds UK tour set for this summer. ROH champion Christopher Daniels, ROH Tag Team champions the Young Bucks, Jay Lethal, Kazarian, the Briscoes as well as CMLL stars Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Ultimo Guerrero, and Mistico will be appearing. The tour will consist of the following dates in England and Scotland: August 17th – RevPro Summer Sizzler 2017 at York Hall - London , England August 18th – WOTW UK Night 1 at York Hall – London , England August 19th – WOTW UK Night 2 at Liverpool Olympia – Liverpool, England August 20th – WOTW UK Night 3 at Edinburgh Corn Exchange – Edinburgh , Scotland

Originally Posted by WrestleInc Sin Cara and his fans have been using the "#PushSinCara" hashtag over the past few days with Cara re-tweeting many fan comments. He pinned this tweet at the top of his account: All #Dreams can come true, If you have the courage to pursue them! ???? @WWE @wweespanol @WWE_es TodosSomosSinCara #PoderLatino #PushSinCara pic.twitter.com/xmi2EEsPV2 — Sin Cara (@SinCaraWWE) June 13, 2017

Some other sheet news includes:

• Bellator announced they have recently signed former Smackdown announcer Mauro Ranllo to a deal to be a commentator for their MMA shows. Also snagged Mike Goldberg who was rumored for a while to be a target by the WWE as Mauro's replacement. http://www.f4wonline.com/mma-news/be...oldberg-237201
• Renee Young recently revealed on Twitter about not being on future seasons for Total Divas.
• Indie promotion WrestleCircus announced they have signed a deal with Twitch and will be the first wrestling company showing live events on the service. https://twitter.com/wrestlecircus/st...73427998797824