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FOX was "upset" with WWE not making CM Punk (Phil Brooks) an offer after he debuted on AEW Rampage for their competitor TNT. (WO)

Punk and Darby Allin will both speak on Rampage tonight. (AEW)

Here's a Tony Khan interview about Punk.

Brock Lesnar's appearance at SummerSlam was "a last minute deal." (WO)

WWE has filed new trademarks on WWE Brawl and WWE Universe for video game purposes, Extreme Rules for apparel, and AWA for apparel. (FF)

New WWE related videos are available below.

The actual attendance for SummerSlam 2021 was 45,690 with 41,000 paid. (WO)

4:00 PM ET. It appears AEW Dark will switch to studio tapings since Rampage is going to be taped on Wednesdays with Dynamite. (WO)

Gangrel was indeed scheduled to be on Dynamite before Edge did The Brood's entrance at SummerSlam, at which point AEW changed their minds to avoid looking like they were copying WWE. Gangrel still received his full booking fee for the cancelled appearance. (WO)

NXT will no longer be bringing in indie talent -- they are going for "looks" and believe they can train anyone they bring in to be a wrestler. (WO) In fact Samoa Joe talks about this new "directive" for NXT from Vince McMahon: "As for the directive, yeah, there is a directive and they do come straight from Vince. Vince says 'hey, this is what we want'. But, the directives, it's weird. They've been around forever. I worked for WWE in developmental when I very, very first started in California and these directives existed. But, they change. It changes based on the needs of the company. It's funny, I read the articles - I know exactly what you're talking about - I read the outrage about the directive and I'm like, this is nothing different. And then next week, the directive will be different. I think at this point, the track record of NXT and the hiring process has shown that. There have been different cycles where different types of athletes come in. Everything from independent talents come in to just straight up athletes; these directives change and they shift basically on the needs of the company. The directive right now is probably a little bit younger and looking for a little more athletic, which isn't terrible whatsoever, but that directive will invariably shift as the needs as the company shifts. So yeah, there is a directive, it comes from Vince, we all follow it and we get the job done for him. We're happy to do so. It's that simple by the way, too! There's no other convolution to it. It's 'we're looking for this right now, can you get us this?' Sure! We're the talent department, we'll go look for that. It's much like a casting agency if you're in Hollywood. Then maybe a few months later he goes 'ah, I need this, which is different from what I said before, can you get me that?' And then we as a talent department goes 'You know what? We can get you that!' Then we go out and we find him that. Yes, that is how it works. I hope I have demystified the process for everybody. When you take the circumstances and you put it in some people's imaginations, it's a much more horrible process. But yeah, it's as simple as that!"

Adam Cole has removed the WWE Shop link from his Twitter profile. (wInc)

Here's a new Ilja Dragunov interview.