Impact Wrestling coverage, MLW Fusion season premiere, WWE Raw and Smackdown poll results, Bob Orton Jr., Ryback, Cassie Lee, Josh Barnett, Katie Lea Burchill

By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)

-Impact Wrestling airs tonight at 7CT/8ET on AXS TV. The show includes Mike Bailey vs. Trey Miguel in a semifinal tournament match for the vacant X Division Title. John Moore’s reviews are available on Fridays, as our my Impact Hit Lists and my weekly audio review for Dot Net Members (including our Patreon patrons).

-The MLW Fusion season premiere streams tonight at 7CT/8ET on Pro Wrestling TV.

-Friday’s WWE Smackdown finished with B as the majority grade in our post show poll with 44 percent of the vote. A finished second with 42 percent. I gave the show a B- grade.

-Monday’s WWE Raw received a majority vote B grade from 31 percent of the voters in our weekly post show poll. C finished second with 24 percent of the vote. I gave the show a B grade.

Birthdays and Notables

-Bob Orton Jr. is 72.

-Josh Barnett is 45. Dot Net staffer Jake Barnett would kick his ass! It’s a joke. I figured I better clarify before Jake kicks my ass.

-Katarina Waters, who played Katie Lea Burchill in WWE, Winter in Impact, and The Temptress in WOW, is 42.

-Ryback (Ryan Reeves) is 41.

-Dave Crist is 40.

-Cassie Lee (Cassie McIntosh) is 30. She worked as Peyton Royce in WWE.