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February 3, 2025 Observer Newsletter: WWE Royal Rumble preview, AEW’s somewhat exaggerated predicability

Posted on by F4W Staff

This week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter is now live.

Dave Meltzer’s lead story is a preview of this Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble which is already a massive financial success and officially kicks off the road to WrestleMania.

He then talks about this week’s AEW Dynamite and what he calls the show (and company’s) somewhat exaggerated predictability. Read on to get his full thoughts.

He also recaps all the news of the week and provides two obituaries on Ed “Colonel DeBeers” Wiskoski and Bill Melby.

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Portland Wrestlecast: Remembering the life & times of Ed ‘Colonel DeBeers’ Wiskoski

Posted on by Jim Valley

You probably knew him as Colonel DeBeers.

Before he adopted the wrestling persona of an apartheid-supporting South African heel, he was Ed Wiskoski aka “The Polish Prince” — the intelligent wrestler who helped back up all the trash talk of “Playboy” Buddy Rose in Don Owen’s Pacific Northwest territory.

In this edition of the Portland Wrestlecast, we remember Wiskoski who passed away last week.

I talk to two people who knew him well: historian Matt Farmer and former wrestler Brian Blair. Learn about the ribber, the psychologist and the time Wiskoski took another gimmick from out of the headlines: cult leader.

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WOL: Bryan and The Colonel, plumbing issues

Posted on by Bryan Alvarez

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Bryan’s house going all to hell, the new WWF LFG show coming up, the life and times of Ed Wiskoski in the midst of the 2000s Portland indy boom, and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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WOR: Colonel DeBeers, weekend TV, McMahon lawsuit

Posted on by Bryan Alvarez

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Colonel DeBeers, Vince McMahon lawsuit, Hulk Hogan, Gordon Solie and Andre the Giant anniversaries, Smackdown, SNME and Collision and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: Death of Col. DeBeers

14:14: Anniversaries of the death of Andre the Giant, birth of Gordon Solie

21:01: Updates on Vince McMahon lawsuit, Omos heading back to WWE following NOAH run

25:27: Bare Knuckle Boxing does big business, GFL draft fallout

34:00: WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event recap

47:33: WWE SmackDown notes

55:09: AEW Collision recap

1:09:45: WWE Raw lineup, why did Hulk Hogan miss SNME?

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