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> TRAILER FOR CHYNA DOCUMENTARY RELEASED
- The trailer of Wrestling with Chyna, the documentary that was being shot on the former WWE Women’s and Intercontinental champion before she passed away, has been released on YouTube today by director Erik Angra. A Kickstarter campaign to fund the documentary - with a goal of $10,000 - was reached in July 2015 with nearly $13,000 collected. The documentary followed Chyna across the United States as she chronicled her history, rediscovering herself with the media and critics, and trying to get her life back on track again. Unfortunately, Chyna passed away in April of last year and the discovery of her body was all caught on tape. The ending of the trailer for the documentary shows her manager, Anthony Anzaldo, opening the door of her Redondo Beach apartment and calling her name before it fades to black. The documentary was originally titled the Reconstruction of Chyna but it was changed to Wrestling with Chyna following her death. You can see the trailer at http://w-o.it/2orBw3L .




> MICK FOLEY UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL HIP SURGERY
- WWE Hall of Famer and former Raw General Manager Mick Foley underwent successful hip surgery yesterday and is now on the road to recovery. “Thanks for all the well-wishes, kind words and prayers for my hip surgery. Spirits are high after a visit from Buddy the Elf in recovery,” Foley wrote. The Buddy the Elf was his daughter Noelle dressed as an elf. Late last year, Foley admitted he needed hip surgery but he did not have health insurance to cover an operation that costs $60,000. He recounted how for 26 years he had insurance but for the past four years, things got complicated and missed a few payments and when 2016 rolled around, he was no longer insured. His daughter Noelle wrote in a post on Instagram that his recovery will most likely be tough and require a great deal of physical therapy, “but I am so excited to see how much this will change his life!” Noelle added that the doctor said that this was the worst hip he's ever seen. “It's crazy to think about how much suffering my dad has been through over the years so I'm praying this will make a huge positive impact on his daily life,” Noelle wrote.



> WWE ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF WWE INDIA VP AND GM
- WWE today announced the appointment of Sheetesh Srivastava as Vice President and General Manager, WWE India. Srivastava will lead WWE’s strategic business initiatives and day-to-day operations in India and work with partners across all of WWE’s lines of business, including television, live events, marketing, sponsorship, new media, licensing and merchandising. Srivastava is a seasoned executive with more than 18 years of experience in driving strategic business growth in domestic and international markets. He will report to Ed Wells, WWE Executive Vice President, International. “India is key to the global growth of WWE, and we are confident Sheetesh will successfully help develop our brand and business in this critically important country,” said Wells. “WWE is committed to expanding its presence in India, and we are pleased to welcome Sheetesh to further our efforts in the market.” India represents WWE’s single largest regional contribution to the brand’s massive social media community of 750 million followers globally. To increase engagement with fans in India, WWE recently launched WWEShop.in, the company’s first-ever local, e-commerce experience in India. Srivastava joins WWE from The Walt Disney Company in India, where he most recently led business development for Disney Media Networks, overseeing branded content creation, distribution, marketing and syndication. Earlier in his career, he held senior management roles at Reliance Broadcast Network, The Times of India Group, and Frito Lay India.




> TOTAL DIVAS RATING
- Episode 13 of season 6 of Total Divas, titled Group-Sext, did a total of 589,000 viewers, down 4,000 viewers from last week’s show. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)




> NEW SET OF IMPACT TAPINGS IN ORLANDO KICK OFF TONIGHT

- Impact Wrestling will be holding a fresh set of television tapings start tonight with a live-to-tape Impact that will air tonight “live” on POP TV. Tonight’s taping kicks off four days of hard work for the crew who will be filming several episodes of Impact on Soundstage 20 that will run on TV over the next several weeks. Multiple tapings will be held during the weekend. After these shows are done, Impact returns to Orlando during the 4th of July week, starting Sunday, July 2 through Thursday, July 6, with no tapings on Independence Day. The last set of tapings announced so far will take place in August, with a start date of Thursday, August 17 going through Sunday, August 20.