Fightful Weekly SCOOPS thread: WWE Tryouts, MLW notes, AEW notes, TNAMC, More!
Our Fightful Weekly news update
WWE tryout news
MLW updates
TNA/AMC details
Josh Bishop
AEW notes
Missa Kate
Busted Open/WWE
Raw Writers/Producers
The WWE tryout names had been informed by at least a couple of weeks ago, which was the time Fightful had heard of a couple of the names.
The WWE tryouts start this Tuesday, and there are still some names yet to be revealed.
Paige had noted she was frustrated that the news of her WWE return leaked the day before the show. Word had been making its way through some circles a full week prior.
Some of the WWE tryout names had interest from other companies ahead of their announced tryouts. We'll have more details in the coming days.
Josh Bishop was not under MLW contract, despite working a number of dates there.
The TSN tweet referring to Kenny Omega "trying to become a two time world Champion at Redemption" was a scheduled tweet from prior to the match with MJF being moved up.
We've not heard anything about MJF's involvement at Redemption as of now. He is expected to be factored into All In.
The Lucille Walking Dead bat used on the Righteous Deletion was an actual replica Walking Dead bat.
We're told that there will likely be more AMC crossovers soon in TNA.
Thunder Rosa is not expected to continue with Busted Open and SiriusXM after the WWE Sirius deal. It's expected they will not be covering AEW moving forward
When we asked about Wrestling Observer's report that seven wrestlers are waiting to debut or sign with AEW, sources in AEW wouldn't confirm that, but did note there are several.
MyBookie AEW Odds
Maya World is a slight favorite to win the TBS Championship
Chris Jericho, Moxley & Ospreay, Thekla are all slight favorites. Kyle Fletcher is a healthy favorite
Kenny Omega, Andrade, Cope & Christian are heavy favorites
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July 20th WWE RAW Writers And Producers
Writers:
- Judgement Day/Danhausen backstage segment: John Throwbridge
- Jacob Fatu and Seth Rollins backstage segment: Brian Parise and Ben Saccoccio
- Paul Heyman backstage promo: Alex Williams
- Liv Morgan backstage promo: Kirsten Koedding
Producers:
- Je’Von Evans and Dragon Lee vs The Vision: Jamie Noble
- Danhausen/JD/Dominik in ring segment: Abyss
- Oba Femi vs JD McDonagh: Abyss
- Solo Sikoa/Seth Rollins/Jacob Fatu segment: Bobby Roode
- Penta and Chad Gable vs Ethan Page and Rusev: Jason Jordan
- Joe Hendry vs Dominik Mysterio: Adam Pearce
- LA Knight vs Jacob Fatu: Bobby Roode
Other Notes:
- The show was internally titled ‘Double Or Nothing.’
Missa Kate
Fightful spoke to Missa Kate at Squared Circle Expo.
We asked her about her surprise retirement earlier this year, which she said she didn't let many people know about. She said that she always had it in her mind that she would retire at age 30 if she wasn't contracted somewhere, and wanted to make good on that. She said that she considering a return right now, but the correct circumstances could always lead to that possibility
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