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Goldberg addresses WWE Bad Blood appearance

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On a new episode of his Carcast podcast, Goldberg addressed appearing at WWE Bad Blood.

Goldberg returned to WWE programming at the October 5 event in Atlanta. After initially being shown sitting in the front row with his wife and son, Goldberg was involved in an angle with World Heavyweight Champion Gunther later in the night. He confronted Gunther after Gunther mentioned his family, but they were kept apart by officials.

Staying mostly in character, Goldberg discussed attending Bad Blood and his storyline with Gunther.

“The elephant in the room — yes, I took Wanda and Gage to an event in Atlanta. I was in Atlanta for some business, filming a new TV show. WWE extended an invitation and we came and experienced it. I don’t know how many live events I’ve ever actually experienced in that situation. And It was cool. It was a great invite. Gage had a weekend off and we went,” he said.

“I should have known, right? I should have known somebody was going to try to mess with me. In Atlanta, no less. We were having a great time and then, yeah, Gunther. I don’t want to make anything more of it than it was. But you know me, dude. I mean, I’m not going to just sit there and let some dude talk sh*t. Period. End of story. So what started out to be an innocent attendance of a pay-per-view turned out to be being insulted by one of their current champions. I don’t care where we were, I would have done the same thing anywhere we were. But it being in Atlanta, kind of my adopted hometown — you know, I ain’t dead yet, man. Come on. As long as I’m breathing, don’t ever talk sh*t about me, and especially my family. So when he brought like Gage into it and me being a dad, that was it. It was nothing more than that. Next question.”

Goldberg’s son Gage is a member of the University of Colorado football roster, being coached by NFL legend Deion Sanders.

After Bad Blood, Paul “Triple H” Levesque teased that he would be talking to Goldberg again very soon. The 57-year-old Goldberg hasn’t wrestled in more than two years but has said that he would love to have a retirement match.

Gunther is facing Cody Rhodes at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, November 2. We’ll see if Goldberg ends up interfering in that match.

Daily Update: Toni Storm, AJ Styles, Metro Boomin

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The new issue of the Observer is out today.  There are a ton of major stories covered including:

  • Bad Blood coverage
  • Dwayne Johnson’s wrestling update which is a big surprise
  • Crown Jewel and Survivor Series
  • Bill Goldberg notes
  • Business notes on the show
  • What finish was changed
  • What match was also nearly changed and why and notes on head shots with objects
  • AEW goes from the highest of highs to record lows
  • What to learn from this week’s numbers
  • How successful AEW will be financially compared to major  companies like WCW and WWE over the past 30 years
  • Next NXT vs. Dynamite head-to-head is a few weeks away
  • Notes on WrestleDream and positive business notes
  • UFC 307 full coverage
  • Janel Grant’s side asks for WWE to release women from NDAs
  • Unique quote from Ari Emanuel from last year and how it plays into this story
  • The full letter from Ann Callis
  • The most detailed look at the  TV ratings from all the national shows, including placings, competition, demos and segments.
  • CMLL focusing on women’s wrestling this month
  • AAA Heroes Inmortales notes and Guerra de Titanes card
  • Stardom PPV coverage
  • NOAH and New Japan both have major shows this week
  • Vikingo vs. Ricochet
  • International Wrestling Hall of Fame notes
  • More background on Ernie Roth, the Grand Wizard of Wrestling/Abdullah Farouk
  • Bound for Glory news
  • 70s and 80s legend looking to become the oldest male wrestler of all-time
  • Does WBD own a percentage of AEW?
  • Legendary ROH Matches added to the ROH television show
  • What’s notable about AEW’s Mexico TV dal
  • Luchasaururs update
  • Taz update
  • Ticket sales for upcoming WWE and AEW shows
  • Largest streaming numbers
  • Injury updates
  • Fighters talk about health and money issues
  • How much will Anderson Silva get if the Cung Le case gets settled this week.
  • What fighters will make millions of dollars in the settlement.
  • Conor McGregor to stand trial over a 2018 case.
  • Former UFC champion coming  out of retirement
  • How Hurricanes affecting WWE
  • Update on the viewership of Mr. McMahoin and Queen of Villains on Netflix
  • How much  WWE is getting from the government for next year’s SummerSlam and why
  • Newcomers ready to debut
  • International TV ratings
  • Unique wrestling TV special aired

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Goldberg appears at WWE Bad Blood, tells Gunther he’s ‘next’

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Goldberg made an appearance at WWE Bad Blood and teased potentially getting back in the ring.

After being shown in the front row with his son Gage earlier in the night, Goldberg took part in an angle with World Heavyweight Champion Gunther. Gunther insulted Goldberg, calling him a “one-trick-pony” and saying he hopes Goldberg is a better father than he is a professional wrestler.

That led to Goldberg coming over the barricade and attempting to go after Gunther, but security kept them apart. While that happened, Sami Zayn — who is challenging Gunther for the World Heavyweight title on Raw this coming Monday — took the opportunity to attack Gunther and brawl with him.

Goldberg then issued a warning to Gunther before posing for the crowd.

“You’re next, boy,” Goldberg declared.

Bad Blood was held in Atlanta, where Goldberg once played football for the Atlanta Falcons. His son Gage is currently a freshman linebacker for the University of Colorado, being coached by Goldberg’s old teammate Deion Sanders.

Whether a Goldberg vs. Gunther match will happen remains to be seen. The 57-year-old Goldberg hasn’t wrestled since 2022 but has said he’s still hoping to return to the ring for a retirement match. He’s blamed Vince McMahon for going back on his word and not giving Goldberg a promised retirement match when McMahon was in charge of WWE.

Gunther’s segment at Bad Blood also included Paul “Triple H” Levesque announcing that WWE will determine its first-ever Crown Jewel Champions in Saudi Arabia next month. Currently, the two Crown Jewel title matches are scheduled to be Gunther vs. Cody Rhodes and Liv Morgan vs. Nia Jax.

CM Punk defeats Drew McIntyre in Hell in a Cell match at WWE Bad Blood

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On the 27th anniversary of the first-ever Hell in a Cell match, CM Punk and Drew McIntyre stepped inside of the structure to settle WWE’s most heated storyline of the year.

Punk ended the feud victorious by defeating McIntyre at Bad Blood on Saturday night. With a chain wrapped around his knee, Punk delivered a GTS to win what was the 53rd Hell in a Cell match in WWE history.

Going into Bad Blood, Punk said his goal was to bring Hell in a Cell “back to what it’s supposed to be.” He and McIntyre accomplished that over the intense 31-minute match. Both competitors bled heavily. Punk was busted open when McIntyre threw him into the side of the cage, then McIntyre bled later on when Punk hit him with a toolbox.

The finish saw Punk get revenge on McIntyre by shoving beads — like the one from Punk’s bracelet that McIntyre destroyed — down McIntyre’s throat before hitting the GTS. The beads were introduced into the match by McIntyre before Punk regained the advantage by avoiding a Claymore and causing McIntyre to land back-first on the steel steps.

To sell how much the match took out of him, Punk collapsed due to exhaustion on his way to the back. Medical personnel gave Punk oxygen as part of the angle, but he was able to walk out on his own and celebrate on the stage.

The victory gives Punk a 2-1 record over McIntyre to end their rivalry. McIntyre defeated Punk at SummerSlam, but Punk won their next two matches at Bash in Berlin and Bad Blood.

Punk vs. McIntyre opened the night at Bad Blood with Cody Rhodes & Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu set to main event the show.

Cody Rhodes ‘very much looking forward to’ WWE Bad Blood homecoming

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Though his title won’t be on the line, Cody Rhodes is looking forward to returning to Atlanta as Undisputed WWE Champion.

Rhodes and Roman Reigns are teaming up for the first time ever this Saturday night, facing Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu in the main event of WWE Bad Blood. The show is being held at State Farm Arena in Atlanta — which is Rhodes’ hometown and was once home to WCW.

“It always feels Game of Thrones-like in a sense,” Rhodes told Billboard about bringing the WWE title home to Atlanta. “Here’s the belt from formerly the World Wide Wrestling Federation and the Northeast Territory and I was just this Georgia Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, WCW kid. To be able to be the first Rhodes to have it, but also bring it back to where The Omni once stood. I mean, I got goosebumps when they put The Omni in the scene from [SmackDown’s] Georgia Tech [episode] because being able to be on the ground of that building and to have this [belt], was not expected. It’s a homecoming. I’m very much looking forward to it.”

Rhodes has been champion since dethroning Reigns at WrestleMania 40. The two rivals are now uniting against a common enemy in The Bloodline. After Reigns lost at WrestleMania, Sikoa made himself the new Tribal Chief and reshaped The Bloodline with the additions of Fatu, Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa.

Bad Blood has a start time of 6 p.m. Eastern this Saturday, airing live on Peacock/WWE Network.

WWE Bad Blood (Saturday, October 5) —

  • Cody Rhodes & Roman Reigns vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu)
  • Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan defends against Rhea Ripley (Dominik Mysterio will be suspended above the ring in a shark cage)
  • Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor
  • WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax defends against Bayley
  • Hell in a Cell match: CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre

Wrestling Weekly: AEW gets a big raise, WWE’s got Bad Blood

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It’s a newsworthy week with AEW’s TV deal finally becoming official and some huge matches set for Bad Blood this Saturday. We’ll look at what the TV deal means for AEW and make our picks for the WWE PLE.

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The Latest: AEW-WBD media rights deal update, Cody Rhodes & WWE Bad Blood

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Welcome to another episode of The Latest with Denise Salcedo breaking down the biggest wrestling news headlines of the week so far.

Topics:

—Update on value of new AEW-WBD media rights deal

—Shelton Benjamin debuts on AEW Dynamite

—Jay White returns on AEW Dynamite, lays out Hangman Page

—WWE NXT averages nearly 900k viewers for CW premiere

—Cora Jade returns to WWE NXT on CW premiere

—Trick Williams crowned NXT Champion on CW premiere

—Cody Rhodes says ‘title implications’ for WWE Crown Jewel to be revealed at Bad Blood

—Seth Rollins returns on WWE Raw, attacks Bronson Reed

—Ilja Dragunov sidelined with torn ACL

Daily Update: WWE Bad Blood, Cody Rhodes, Joe vs. Kobashi

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  • The life of Vince McMahon and the Netflix documentary. This is a lengthy story talking about the documentary, my reactions, more details on the various stories talked about, comments from Vince McMahon, Bill Simmons, Ann Callis, things we did learn, what wasn’t accurate and what wasn’t and reviews.
  • More on what the latest settlement in the Cung Le lawsuit against UFC entails, how much more fighters will be getting if the judge approves this, and if the judge doesn’t, what happens next.
  • A note about Bad Blood and Wrestle Dream, interest levels of both and card update.
  • How the audiences for WWE & AEW have changed over the past year, as far as income, viewing together and age of viewers. What show viewerships have grown in income the most over the past year.
  • The most detailed look at the ratings of the past week, placings for the night and week, competition, segment by segment numbers and more.
  • The upcoming women’s World Grand Prix show.
  • Wrestling star accused of kidnapping his son
  • Toni Storm returns to Japan.
  • The 48th World Tag League from All Jaan
  • Thoughts on Queen of Villains
  • El Hijo del Santo retirement tour
  • Tony Khan talks more business
  • Fenix and Penta update
  • International TV ratings and streaming number s
  • Ricochet talks this past week
  • Ticket advances for upcoming WWE & AEW shows
  • More notes on the UFC show at The Sphere
  • Changes to WWE television in 2025

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  • PWInsider reports that Cody Rhodes & Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu is scheduled to main event Bad Blood this Saturday night. CM Punk and Drew McIntyre’s Hell in a Cell match is set to open the show.
  • Rhodes told Undisputed that, with him and Reigns teaming together, Bad Blood will be the best WWE PLE to date: “Anything is really possible now. The quarterback and the cornerstone. It’ll be the best WWE PLE to date.”
  • Rhodes spoke to Complex about Bad Blood being in his hometown of Atlanta:
    • When you’re the one in the ring in your home, where you grew up, I mean, literally, the train tracks that you would go over to get to The Omni backstage are the same train tracks that you go over to get to State Farm backstage. The same spot I watch Sting and watch Dusty walk and all the fans see them and then have that moment, I get to walk that… You try to make every town your town as WWE champion, but there are those places you grew up. There are those places that informed you and created you.
  • In an interview with the New York Post, Roxanne Perez reflected on her promo segment with CM Punk from the September 17 episode of NXT:
    • That was, oh my gosh, I mean to have an in-ring promo with, like, the best promo I think ever, was so insane. It definitely was like a pinch-me moment. But the fact that I’ve been able to create a friendship with him and sit under his learning tree for months now, I think being able to have that relationship definitely made me so much more comfortable. 
    • I do remember getting in the ring and starting to say my lines and just really feeling it because I was just like, wow, this is insane. I’m standing in the ring with someone that I looked up to my whole life. A part of me was like, well, I can’t believe this but another part of me was like, wait, I can believe this, because this is everything I’ve ever worked for. I felt like I definitely stood my ground. I gave him a little bit of attitude, something that he would have done a few years ago.
  • Rey Mysterio hyped up the crowd in San Diego last night before the Padres defeated the Atlanta Braves in the MLB playoffs.
  • The Battleground Podcast spoke with Austin Theory.
  • WWE uploaded a video with Cathy Kelley interviewing Nia Jax.
  • Julius Creed turns 30 years old today.
  • Here’s the lineup for this Friday’s NXT Level Up episode:
    • Dante Chen vs. the debuting Harlem Lewis (real name Vincent Winey, a former Morehead State University football player)
    • Adriana Rizzo vs. Lainey Reid

AEW/Other Wrestling

  • Adam Copeland made an Instagram post sharing how people can help the Asheville, North Carolina community in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
  • AEW uploaded a post-show promo from Jay White following his return on Dynamite last night.
  • A promo from Toni Storm aired on CMLL Informa ahead of her debuting for the promotion on October 11.
  • AEW wished Johnny TV/John Morrison a happy 45th birthday.
  • With October 1 being the 19th anniversary of Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi, ROH will revisit the classic bout on tonight’s TV episode on HonorClub with Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman doing commentary. The episode has a special start time of 8 p.m. Eastern (one hour later than usual).
  • Indie wrestler Juicy Finau apologized for an Oasis Pro angle where Journey Fatu had supposedly gone “missing.” The angle had received criticism on social media, especially for its timing given how many people are missing in real life due to Hurricane Helene.
  • Finau wrote:
    • First & Foremost I want to apologize for any emotional damage & distress I have caused with the following Journey angle. We’ve been working on this story since early august for our home promotion. Unfortunately I wasn’t aware of the situation that is currently happening in the real world. I want to apologize for My ignorance to current world events. I am sorry. To those I have offended with this I apologize sincerely. This was only meant to be a story and it blew up. I am sorry.
  • Dragon Kid is the first entrant confirmed for wXw’s 2025 16 Carat Gold tournament.
  • Esfinge has been announced for MLW Lucha Apocalypto in Cicero, Illinois on Saturday, November 9.
  • Eric Young appeared on Insight with Chris Van Vliet.
  • QT Marshall was a guest on Gabby AF.
  • Denise Salcedo interviewed Kayla Becker (former WWE broadcaster Kayla Braxton).

CM Punk wants to bring Hell in a Cell ‘back to what it’s supposed to be’

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CM Punk is determined to deliver a classic Hell in a Cell match at WWE Bad Blood.

On the 27th anniversary of the first-ever Hell in a Cell match, Punk and Drew McIntyre will square off inside of the cell this Saturday night. It’s the culmination of a story that has lasted throughout 2024. Punk and McIntyre each own a victory over the other with their record tied at 1-1 during their intense rivalry.

Punk told the No Contest-Wrestling podcast that his goal is to bring Hell in a Cell back to its roots with this match. He believes that, for too long, WWE got away from what Hell in a Cell was originally supposed to be.

“I feel like I have to deliver a classic. And I have to stay true to myself, my beliefs of what good wrestling is, and that cell that I feel like as a company we’ve gotten away from for so long. Where it just became a toy. Like, ‘We’re just going to have a pay-per-view, call it Hell in a Cell, and everyone’s going to go inside and have matches.’ When in reality that should be presented as the most dangerous, diabolical thing that any wrestler would ever want to do,” Punk said.

“I want to bring it back to what it’s supposed to be. I don’t want to have a cell that needs a match, I want to have a match that needs the cell. And I feel like me and Drew have done that. Like, there’s no other way — there’s no other way to settle this.”

Punk has wrestled in five other Hell in a Cell matches in his career. This is his first since 2013.

The first Hell in a Cell match took place on October 5, 1997 with Shawn Michaels defeating The Undertaker at Badd Blood: In Your House.

State Farm Arena in Atlanta is hosting Bad Blood 2024 this Saturday. The event has a start time of 6 p.m. Eastern.

Wrestling Observer Radio: More on ‘Mr. McMahon’, UFC settlement update

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Dave Meltzer and I are back with our Friday episode of Wrestling Observer Radio. We talked about all the big news in today’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Here were some of the things we covered:

  • Dave’s story on the Netflix docuseries
  • UFC settlement update
  • Bad Blood and WrestleDream ticket sales
  • Bleacher Report PPV
  • AEW Grand Slam attendance
  • WWE & AEW viewership study
  • First Netflix RAW
  • AEW Dynamite rating
  • The Young Bucks and Shane McMahon

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Punk vs. McIntyre Hell in a Cell match among WWE Bad Blood announcements

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On the anniversary of the first-ever Hell in a Cell match, CM Punk and Drew McIntyre will do battle inside of the structure.

WWE has revealed that Punk and McIntyre will face off in a Hell in a Cell match at Bad Blood on Saturday, October 5. The PLE is being held at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. It’s the first time WWE has used the Bad Blood name for an event in two decades.

Punk and McIntyre have been locked into a heated rivalry throughout 2024, even continuing their feud while Punk was out of action with a torn triceps. They have a 1-1 record against each other since Punk returned to the ring. McIntyre won at SummerSlam (with Seth Rollins as the special guest referee), but Punk evened things up by winning a strap match at Bash in Berlin.

After that loss, McIntyre beat down Punk in a blindside attack on Raw last week. Punk was taken out in an ambulance as part of the angle.

Tonight, there was a segment on Raw where general manager Adam Pearce told McIntyre that the issues between him and Punk need to end. Pearce — who said he spoke with Punk earlier today — then announced the Hell in a Cell match for Bad Blood.

Selling last week’s attack, Punk was not on Raw tonight. He’ll return to the show next Monday.

Bad Blood 2024 is happening 27 years to the day since Hell in a Cell debuted with Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker at Badd Blood: In Your House 1997.

Two additional grudge matches, both involving former Judgment Day members out for revenge against the faction, have also been confirmed for Bad Blood:

WWE Bad Blood 2024 (Saturday, October 5) —

  • Hell in a Cell match: CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre
  • Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan defends against Rhea Ripley
  • Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor

WWE Bad Blood returning this October, location announced

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For the first time in two decades, WWE is bringing back its Bad Blood event.

Bad Blood 2024 is set to be held at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Saturday, October 5. The PLE will air live on Peacock/WWE Network with a start time of 7 p.m. Eastern. The official announcement of the event was made in a video WWE produced with Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes and rapper Metro Boomin.

The show is taking place on the 27th anniversary of WWE’s first Bad Blood pay-per-view (In Your House: Badd Blood), which holds a special place in company history for featuring the first-ever Hell in a Cell match between The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels.

Tickets are going on sale to the general public on Friday, July 19.

“This October, prepare to witness the return of an absolute classic,” Paul “Triple H” Levesque tweeted. “Atlanta… are you ready? #WWEBadBlood”

Bad Blood also took place as a WWE PPV in 2003 and 2004.

After Money in the Bank tonight, SummerSlam (August 3) and Bash in Berlin (August 31) are WWE’s next main roster PLEs. Crown Jewel has also been confirmed for November 2. The company has yet to announce the date for Survivor Series 2024.

June 21, 2004 Observer Newsletter: JBL controversy, ROH/RF Video split

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Just as the controversy involving whether or not Rob Feinstein was still involved with Ring of Honor had started to die down, a split-up of ROH and RF Video reopened the can of worms and established that while Feinstein had left personal involvement in the company, he was always planning on returning, and is now back in business. The big questions left unanswered are how much, if any, influence he had over the past few months, and who knew what.

The split took place with Feinstein and ROH and RF Video paper president Doug Gentry on one side, and ROH majority owner, Philadelphia ticket broker Cary Silkin, and booker Gabe Sapolsky on the other. It had been building since shortly after the Feinstein scandal broke. This past week Silkin reached a verbal agreement to purchase Feinstein’s 45% of ROH that Gentry had been holding for him. As of press time, the actual sale contract had not been signed.

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