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In this week’s newly posted retro Wrestling Observer Newsletter, we go back to April 2008 where Affliction MMA (yes, that Affliction MMA) was making a big move by bringing in Fedor Emelianenko.
Dave Meltzer looked at the 100th anniversary of the famous Frank Gotch vs. George Hackenschmidt match in addition to a deep dive on the biggest wrestling matches in major cities.
All that and more await in the latest WON added to our growing archive.
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Friday Update
– Our weekend schedule is Garret Gonzales and I talking about the news of the week from the current issue, and there’s a lot of it on today’s show. Bryan and I will be back tomorrow night talking about Crown Jewel, Collision and other news.
– The new issue of the Observer is up on the site today:
– For this weekend, we’re looking for reports from tomorrow’s Collision show in Philadelphia with matches not on television such as ROH or dark matches, as well as any angles, to [email protected]
– We will be doing polls this weekend on WWE Crown Jewel and NJPW Power Struggle, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected]
– Crown Jewel starts at 1 p.m. Eastern tomorrow:
The current issue runs down notes leading into the show.
–The taped SmackDown tonight on USA:
– Taped Rampage tonight on TNT:
– Cyndi Lauper performed Wednesday night in Madison Square Garden and mentioned managing Wendi Richeter in the building and talked about Lou Albano, Fred Blassie and Andre the Giant, and she sang a song and they played clips of some of the 80s stars.
– Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita, who are an awesome team, reached the finals of the Super Junior tag team tournament. Eagles & Fujita, Sho & Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney were all 3-1 in the tournament going into today’s show in Komatsu. Eagles & Fujita beat Sho & Kanemaru to 4-1. Connors & Moloney had to beat Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi to win, since they beat Eagles & Fujita in what many called the tournament’s best match on Sunday. But Takahashi & Bushi won.
– The B Block final day is tomorrow and all six teams enter at 2-2. That means there will likely be a three-way tie for first with the three winners of tomorrow’s matches, which are Kushida & Kevin Knight vs. Rocky Romero & Yoh, Francesco Akira & TJP vs. DKC & Ninja Mack and The VeloCities vs. Taiji Ishimori & Robibe X.
–he three winners of tomorrow’s matches will then be compared based on head-to-head competition and whoever fared the best goes to the finals which is Monday (late Sunday night in the U.S.) at Power Struggle in Osaka.
– Footage of George Hackenscmidt wrestling and doing muscle poses from England has surfaced.
– We are sorry to report the death of Frank Mott of Southern California, who has been a subscriber for likely more than 30 years. We send our best to his family and friends. He was also a regular at the Cauliflower Alley Club.
– Arena México tonight has the annual Dia del Muertos show with the Rey del Inframundo title which is only talked about over Halloween week, with Barbaro Cavernario vs. Difunto vs. Xelhua vs. Barboza. The main event is Mistico & Neon & Esfinge vs. Magia Blanca & Rugido & Volador Jr. The advance was ahead of last week’s women’s Grand Prix show. The gimmick show usually draws well based on the gimmick.
– Tomorrow night at Arena Coliseo is rematches of some major matches from the past with Mistico & Volador Jr. on top against Angel de Oro & Averno. Sunday at Arena Mexico is a night where wrestlers who have all lost their masks, get to put the masks back on and wrestle just for one night. Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja go for a record 18 title defenses of the CMLL tag titles against Barbaro Cavernario & El Terrible. Main event is Averno Euforia & Volador Jr. vs. Blue Panther & Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero
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– The movie “They Live” starring Roddy Piper will be playing next month at selected Alamo Drafthouse Theater locations. A wrestling connection is that director John Carpenter was at one time married by Adrienne Barbeau, a sex symbol actress from the 70s who, while it isn’t on any of her biographies, worked as Miss Wrestling on television for Roy Shire’s Big Time Wrestling TV show in the 1960s and was actually the most famous alumnus from the promotion.
With Bryan Alvarez out living his best life, Filthy Tom Lawlor & Mike Sempervive join you for FUN FRIDAY! We talk about this weekend’s WWE Crown Jewel, the “Alexa Bliss” scammer story, ROH nearing a TV deal, the recently unearthed George Hackenschmidt match from 1908, and more!
It’s a fun show as always, so check it out~!
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On this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I continue my 1000 Hours research on the pioneer era of wrestling.
A sponsor of the show requested some research on wrestling in Russia before George Hackenschmidt. Interestingly, wrestling in Russia came relatively late in the pioneer era and Hackenschmidt (seen above) became its biggest star. But, there were others.
Today, we look at the early stars of Russian wrestling and how it originally developed as an import from Poland and France.
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Strongmen and pro wrestling go hand in hand. Who can forget the muscled up 1980s?
Yet, the more things change, the more they stay the same. In the pioneer era of wrestling, your prototypical strongmen and bodybuilders were also featured alongside and inside professional wrestling.
This 1000 Hours episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show continues to focus on the pioneer era of wrestling, taking a look at such pioneering strongmen and their relation to wrestling such as Eugen Sandow, Louis Cyr, and George Hackenschmidt.
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Karl Stern’s longform history of pro wrestling series continues today, this time looking at the big rematch between Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt and the fallout from the biggest match in history up to that point. Who were the big stars following Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt II?
