News & Notes: WWE Network, NJPW G1 Special, RAW-Nitro Ratings

WWE Network News and Notes

A new Kurt Angle documentary and new episode for Table For 3 was among the new batch of content for the WWE Network.

In regards to WWE’s Table For 3 series, next week’s episode after RAW will be featuring Ric Flair, Bruno Sammartino, and Bob Orton as the guests. A future episode is currently rumored to be involving Vince McMahon as a possible guest, according to this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

For other new content, a new WWE 24 documentary featuring Goldberg was recently released while another WWE 24 documentary focusing on Kurt Angle will be arriving next month. The rest of WWE’s Tuesday Night Titans series covering 1985 and 1986 was also recently added to the Network leaving just one episode missing at the moment.

NJPW Holding Press Conference Later This Month

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced they will be holding a press conference on June 30 at Gardena, California with the upcoming G1 Climax Special to be among the stuff discussed. The entire bracket and list of participants for the IWGP United States Championship tournament will be revealed on that date.

WWE RAW Close to Breaking a Bad WCW Nitro Record

In a “WWE Did You Know” type fact, only a single episode of WCW Nitro remains in the way of WWE RAW surpassing Nitro’s worst ever rated show. The fact was revealed during a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio show when the topic of RAW setting a new record low this week was discussed.