– With a new cruiserweight division coming soon to WWE RAW, General Manager Mick Foley has his eye on Cruiserweight Classic competitor Jack Gallagher. After Gallagher’s impressive win over Fabian Aichner on this week’s episode, Foley tweeted:
.@GentlemanJackG – you are the freaking man! Best corner dropkick ever & a #Wigan #Snakepit grad. I WANT YOU ON #RAW! #CruiserweightClassic
— Mick Foley (@RealMickFoley) August 4, 2016
– The final rating for this week’s SmackDown was a 1.86, down slightly from last week’s 1.92 rating. As noted in our original SmackDown viewership report, the audience is still way up since going live on Tuesday nights.
– Rosa Mendes was training at the the WWE Performance Center earlier this week. She gave birth to her first child earlier this year and wrote:
Off to wrestling practice, busting my butt to give my baby girl the best future ever.… https://t.co/3pHOJ9D2be
— MilenaRoucka (@LaRosaMendes) August 3, 2016
– Following up on the WWE storyline that Heath Slater is in talks with EVOLVE, WWN Live furthered the angle in their latest e-mail blast:
“WWE.com reported that Heath Slater was in talks with EVOLVE after becoming a free agent following the WWE draft. We can now confirm that negotiations are at a standstill. Slater is now focused on his match against Rhyno this Tuesday on Smackdown Live on the USA Network. If Slater wins this match, he will be signed to the Smackdown brand.”