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Daily Update: Raw, Naomi, Jake Paul

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*The life and times of Stephan Bonnar, a look at a person who was one of the key building blocks of the popularity of UFC, including the Forrest Griffin fight, his relationship with Griffin after the fight, season one of Ultimate Fighter and the building years, life after UFC, the feud with Tito Ortiz, his pro wrestling days and much more.
*Match of the week and performer of the week
*The WWE signing of Dragon Lee, full details of the deal, unique stipulations in the deal, how long WWE had been after him and what he told people he asked for decision making help
*How AAA, WWE and AEW had talent on the same show, including in the same match and the unique situation there
*Coverage of Wednesday’s AAA show in Acapulco, production issues, match to go out of your way to see
*What AEW knew about Dragon Lee
*Comparing his potential in AEW and WWE
*WWE talks using Lee to help expand
*A look at Stardom’s Sumo Hall show
*A look at a lot of Stardom plans going forward
*Dragon Gate’s Final Gate show
*WWE does its traditional Christmas week show in Madison Square Garden
*How the show did as compared with the last 13 years
*The life and times of Hall of Famer Johnny Doyle, one of the great promoters of all-time
*A detailed look at the ratings over the past week
*Streaming numbers and international TV numbers
*CMLL’s Jan. 1 cage match where somebody loses their mask
*Konnan talks about his health
*Cain Velasquez talks about his returning to wrestle and teaming with Daniel Cormier
*All Japan bringing in Minoru Suzuki
*NOAH’s Budokan Hall show
*Tokyo Dome preview
*Shibata vs. Tom Lawlor
*Ricky Steamboat talks why he didn’t wrestle Ric Flair
*Notes on the death of former WWE promoter Doc Holliday and why he was so well liked
*Anniversary of the first splash off the cage top
*AEW loses TV outlet in Canada and story behind it
*Tony Khan says AEW isn’t going anywhere
*Ticket sales for upcoming AEW & WWE shows
*Bellator signs former Olympic medalist
*WrestleMania updates
*Mysterio family angle
*Notes from all the WWE holiday house shows

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Monday Update

Bryan and I will be back tonight talking about Raw and the latest wrestling news. You can send questions to tonight’s show to [email protected]

Raw tonight is from Nashville. The only things announced are Austin Theory vs. Seth Rollins for the U.S. title and Bianca Belair vs. Alexa Bliss for the Raw women’s title. We’re looking for reports from the show as far as Main Event matches, dark matches and anything not on the live show to [email protected] As of this morning more than 8,600 tickets were out for the show so it will be a larger than usual crowd. As far as the competition goes, The NFL game tonight is the Cincinnati Bengals vs. Buffalo Bills, who are both division leaders and have two of the best records in the league. They aren’t big market teams but this is one of the strongest matchups as far as top teams go on Monday this seasonMike Johnson reported Summer Rae backstage but she lives in the area so it may not mean she’ll be on the show.

We’re doing polls this week on yesterday’s NOAH show and Thursday’s Stardom show, thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match to [email protected]

Sasha Banks appears on Barmageddon tonight after Raw. There is a competition scene with Nikki Bella on the show. This was taped a long time ago. Banks has been in Japan for the past week and is scheduled for the Tokyo Dome show for an appearance.

Regarding Trinity Fatu (Naomi) being in Japan as reported by Mike Johnson, we haven’t heard of anything scheduled for her as far as pro wrestling is concerned. There has been at this point nothing talked about on the Stardom side of things.

Speaking of Stardom, they have a PPV for the start of their long trios tournament from Korakuen Hall starting at 2 a.m Eastern time or 11 p.m. Pacific tonight.

Swerve Strickland, who is from Seattle, faces AR Fox on Wednesday’s Dynamite show. The two, as Killshot and Dante Fox, had one of the most unbelievable taped and edited matches in history when they were with Lucha Underground. The other matches are Samoa Joe vs. Darby Allin for the TNT title, The Acclaimed vs. Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal for the tag titles, Bryan Danielson vs. Tony Nese, Chris Jericho vs. Ricky Stars and Jade Cargill & Red Velvet vs. Kiera Hogan & Skye Blue, plus build for the next show in Los Angeles regarding the women’s mystery partner and Hangman Page vs. Jon Moxley.

The New Japan WrestleKingdom show at the Tokyo Dome will run from about 1:20 a.m. to 7a.m. Eastern time.

  • Oleg Boltin (debut of one of the best freestyle super heavyweights in the world) vs. Ryohei Oiwa
  • Rumble match for the final four for the KOPW title (which will be decided the next night)
  • Togi Makabe & Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask in the Antonio Inoki Memorial match
  • Francesco Akira & TJP vs. Lio Rush & Yoh for the IWGP jr. tag titles
  • Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ren Narita to crown the first New Japan World TV champion
  • Karl Anderson vs. Tama Tonga for the Never title
  • Kairi vs. Tam Nakano for the IWGP women’s title
  • Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shota Umino vs Tetsuya Naito & Sanada & Bushi
  • Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Desperado vs. Master Wato for IWGP jr. title
  • FTR vs. Yoshi-Hashi & Hirooki Goto for IWGP tag titles
  • Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega for U.S title
  • Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada for IWGP World title

The Tokyo Dome press conference is at 1 a.m. Eastern tonight on New Japan World, or 10 p.m. Pacific. It will air free and you don’t have to be a subscriber to the service to watch it.

The first new Impact show of the year on Thursday will have Chris Sabin vs. Matt Cardona, Anthony Greene vs. Black Taurus, Masha Slamovich vs. Taylor Wilde and Jonathan Gresham vs. Jack Price.

Renee Paquette will be on the Rachel Ray TV show on Wednesday cooking Cincinnati chili.

Spencer Churchill, who was one of the oldest living pro wrestlers, passed away at the age of 93. He wrestled in the U.K.from the early 50s through 1977 and was a Mr. Universe place-winner and on bodybuilding magazine covers from the late 40s.

Jake Paul said that he’s not interested in a fight proposed with former UFC star Donald Cerrone. Paul said he’s tired of beating up old dudes. Translated, after the fight with Anderson Silva did weak numbers on PPV, the gig of facing smaller and past their prime UFC fighters under boxing rules is probably over as far as significant public buying power. Perhaps Nate Diaz can draw with him. But the days of Cerrone pulling big numbers against him are over and he knows it.

OTHER NOTES

Pro Wrestling Phoenix on 1/26 at the Waiting Room Lounge in Omaha.

Sabu will make a rare Northern California appearance on 1/21 at Barrio Toys in Roseville, CA from 2-4 p.m.

Kendall Grove, 40, who was one of the more popular fighters in the early days of the Ultimate Fighter reality show, was announced for the main event of the KSW show in a 195 pound weight division fight against Michal Materia on 1/21 in Szczecin, Poland at Netto Arena. They fought in 2013 for the KSW middleweight title with Materia winning a decision. Grove hasn’t fought in more than three years. That was one of the bloodiest fights in Poland MMA history.

Jake Paul provides update on Logan Paul’s injuries from WWE Crown Jewel

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Jake Paul has provided an injury update on his brother Logan Paul. 

During a conversation with DAZN Boxing, Jake Paul revealed that his brother’s injuries following Crown Jewel are not as bad as first thought. 

“He’s doing better than expected. They thought it was supposed to be ACL but it just turned out to be MCL and meniscus, which is better.”

“He’s rehabbing it in LA and hoping for the best,” Jake said. 

Shortly after his match against Roman Reigns on November 5, Logan Paul posted to social media that he had a “torn meniscus, MCL & potentially ACL.” He also noted that the injuries occurred midway through the match. 

Logan Paul also noted on his Impaulsive YouTube show on Tuesday that he is interested in a potential match with John Cena at WrestleMania 39. 

“After the Crown Jewel event, John Cena posted about me on his Instagram. And then I saw an article saying he’s looking for an opponent at WrestleMania,” Paul explained. “I favorited it, responded with “the eyes”. I mean, truthfully, I think me vs. John Cena would break the internet. I texted Triple H right away, ‘do you want to break the internet again?’ That’s a dream matchup, dude: at WrestleMania, in LA, on my birthday. Triple H, throw me a bone, give me a birthday present, let me take out John Cena. And that’d be crazy.”

Jake Paul will be in Logan Paul’s corner at WWE Crown Jewel

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Logan Paul will have some backup as he takes on Roman Reigns at Crown Jewel.

It was officially confirmed at today’s pre-Crown Jewel press conference that Jake Paul will be in his brother’s corner when Logan challenges Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at Crown Jewel. The pay-per-view is taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this Saturday (November 5).

Jake cornering Logan for the match had been teased by Paul “Triple H” Levesque on WWE’s third quarter investors call earlier this week.

Logan introduced Jake at Friday’s press conference, with Jake saying Logan will do the unthinkable by defeating Reigns. Jake compared it to him beating Anderson Silva in their boxing match last weekend.

After Jake was introduced at the press conference, Paul Heyman brought out The Usos and Solo Sikoa to join Reigns. The Usos are defending their Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles against The Brawling Brutes (Ridge Holland & Butch) at Crown Jewel.

Saturday will be Logan Paul’s third-ever professional wrestling match. He teamed with The Miz to defeat Rey & Dominik Mysterio at WrestleMania 38 this April and then defeated Miz in a singles match at SummerSlam.

Crown Jewel streams live on Peacock/WWE Network starting at noon Eastern time on Saturday. Here’s the updated card for the event:

  • Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against Logan Paul
  • Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley
  • Last Woman Standing match: Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair defends against Bayley
  • Steel cage match: Drew McIntyre vs. Karrion Kross
  • Braun Strowman vs. Omos
  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos defend against The Brawling Brutes (Ridge Holland & Butch)
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss & Asuka defend against Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai & IYO SKY)
  • The OC (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) vs. The Judgement Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest & Dominik Mysterio)
  • Bray Wyatt will appear

Jake Paul defeats Anderson Silva by unanimous decision in boxing match

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Jake Paul emerged victorious Saturday night, defeating Anderson Silva in a boxing match.

Paul won the fight by unanimous decision, with judges scoring the contest 77-74, 78-73, and 78-73. The two fought a competitive back and forth match, with Silva being knocked down in the eighth and final round.

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In the post-fight interview, Paul took the time to call out Nate Diaz, calling him a “bi***”, claiming that Diaz had attempted to enter his locker room before leaving the arena. He told Diaz to fight him. He called out Canelo Alvarez as well, saying if he can beat a legend like Silva, he could beat Canelo.

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Anderson thanked everyone for coming and said sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. He will continue to train hard as he was born for this and thanked God. He had nothing bad to say about Paul and said he will go back to Brazil to compete in a jiu-jitsu tournament.

Jake’s brother, Logan, signed a WWE contract earlier this year. He is scheduled to face Roman Reigns in a match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at Crown Jewel next Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Wrestling Observer Radio: The AEW investigation is over

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Dave Meltzer and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio going over the news in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Topics include:

  • The end of AEW’s investigation post All Out
  • If CM Punk could go back to WWE
  • Could MJF become a hot babyface?
  • AEW Dynamite ratings
  • Bandido and Juice Robinson
  • Anderson Silva vs. Jake Paul
  • New Japan Pro Wrestling coming back to San Jose

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Daily Update: Sammy Guevara & Tay Conti, Ric Flair, Jake Paul

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  • Match and performer of the week
  • Rundown of SummerSlam, poll, star ratings, angles
  • Early notes on Clash at the Castle
  • Business notes on both shows
  • Scary moves during the show
  • Ric Flair’s last match show, the good, the bad, the ugly, and where it stands among the biggest indie shows in history
  • The life and legacy of Ric Flair
  • Behind-the-scenes notes on the show
  • Business coverage of the show
  • UFC 277 coverage by Ryan Frederick, match-by-match, what happens next for all the key fighters on the show, business notes and more
  • Full G1 coverage with the standings, key stories, notes on the matches this week and coverage of all the past week shows.
  • Coverage of Dragon Gate’s two major shows over the weekend including one of the company’s best matches, title changes and future notes
  • The life and career of Gil Hayes, a Stampede Wrestling Hall of Famer who was one of the key building blocks of WWC in Puerto Rico, a unique life of a headliner who is largely forgotten today
  • Ratings and trends of all the national shows
  • CMLL announces the biggest matches for its anniversary show, the biggest event of the year
  • CMLL announces its annual World Grand Prix
  • First two nights of the Stardom Five Star Grand prix
  • More on the new IWGP World Women’s Championship and why it is happening
  • Karl Fredericks leaves New Japan
  • New Japan’s U.S. show rundown
  • XFL news under Dwayne Johnson
  • Women of Wrestling starting up
  • New book on ECW
  • More news on King of Indies
  • Old promotion in Mexico restarting with a national TV deal
  • The WBD financials and how it affects AEW, as well as where AEW could be very valuable
  • Cost of AEW compared to usual Discovery fare, ratings, and compared to WWE programming
  • New trademark by AEW and what does it mean
  • More on new AEW promotions
  • Upcoming WWE & AEW ticket sales
  • Streaming numbers for WWE & AEW
  • International TV ratings
  • Major new UFC fight scheduled
  • Jake Paul-Rahman fight falling apart notes
  • Sasha Banks & Naomi
  • Peacock financials
  • New PPV location
  • WrestleMania launch party
  • How Nick Khan got to WWE and his deal making ability
  • What was the match that never happened which led to Nick Khan’s first interaction with WWE
  • Dana White talks his only live WrestleMania
  • Bryan Danielson talks famous Talking Smack segment with Miz

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Sunday News Update

  • Bryan and I will be back tonight covering the latest news including Battle of the Belts, G1, Smackdown, AEW drama and WWE changes. 
  • Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti were scheduled to be married today.
  • The Saturday G1 show from Osaka was easily the best G1 show so far, to no surprise. Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi was everything it was expected to be and more. But the weekend’s biggest story was Jonah knocking Kazuchika Okada from the ranks of the unbeaten. G-1 continues Tuesday and Wednesday in Hiroshima with Tuesday having Yoshi-Hashi vs Yujiro Takahashi, Sanada vs. Chase Owens (who had a career match with Ishii earlier today), Tama Tonga vs Taichi, Lance Archer vs. Jonah and Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenta. It starts at 5:30 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday morning.
  • No updates on the Tatum Paxley and Carmella past the injuries were legit from last night’s shows. Paxley looks to be a jaw injury and Carmella a head injury but nothing is confirmed. (thanks also to help from Matthew Ray and Shaun Burn)
  • Ric Flair was in action last night at the WWC Aniversario event in Bayamon, PR. Andrade vs. Carlito as the main event. Ric Flair was in Andrade’s corner. This led to Carlos Colon coming out and gave Flair a few punches and a headbutt. Carlito pinned Andrade to win the match.
  • Jake Paul attempted to put together a fight with KSI on 8/27. KSI beat Logan Paul to start this entire story of web celebrities drawing huge money. Paul’s fight with Hasim Rahman Jr. scheduled for last night fell through due to weight issues as has been talked about. KSI was scheduled to fight on 8/27 but his opponent fell through and said he would get a new opponent. Jake Paul said he’d cut to 180 to make the fight. He claimed KSI’s people said they would agree to the fight only if Paul did the fight without getting paid and his side took 100 percent. Paul agreed to those terms and KSI said he would do the fight, but not on 8/27, because a fight that big should be a Wembley Stadium. Paul called him all kinds of names.
  • A&E tonight has the Lex Luger biography at 8 p.m., Rivals is on the WWE vs WCW war (I’m sure this will be a fair portrayal of that) at 9 p.m. and Smack Talk at 10 p.m. will also feature Lex Luger.
  • Jerry McDevitt stated to us that he has never spoken or dealt with the woman in question in the first Wall Street Journal article in any way. The WWE investigation of Vince McMahon started in March when a friend of the woman sent an email to the Board of Directors. The Wall Street Journal reported that the letter sent referred to McDevitt, but McDevitt said that was categorically false. We had mentioned that story on the recent Talk is Jericho show.
  • We’re looking for reports from the WWC Anniversary show in Bayamon, PR lat night, Friday and Saturday NXT shows in Largo, FL and Gainesville, FL, as well as tonight’s WWE show in Fayetteville, NC to [email protected]
  • Thanks to Thomas Simpson and Alan Thomas for the report from Greenville.
  • The Canadian National Post actually picked up the Ronda Rousey suspension and reported it as real news.
  • MMA Fighting reported that Leandro Lo, a BJJ legend, was shot in the head and passed away while attending a concert earlier today in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was 33. Police officer Otavio Oliveira Velozo is a suspect as witnesses said that Velozo grabbed a bottle from Lo’s table, which led to Lo taking him down and holding him on the ground. They were pulled apart and then Velozo allegedly pulled a gun and shot him in the head. Lo had won eight IBJJF world championships in the black belt division since 2012.
  • Sam Alvey reported suffering a broken jaw in his fight last night against Michael Oleksiejczuk at the UFC event in Las Vegas last night.
  • We’re looking for your thoughts on both G-1 show in Osaka, thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match for each show to [email protected]
  • There was nothing this week from pro wrestling, boxing or MMA that cracked the Google search listings except Conor McGregor on Friday finishing No. 8 with 100,000 searches because his fiance, Dee Devlin, got a tattoo of McGregor’s name as she celebrates her 35h birthday. That means Saturday’s UFC show on ESPN didn’t even chart, which is unusual. Nothing from WWE charted.
  • Rob Van Dam will be inducted into the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia’s Hardcore Hall of Fame on 12/17. If ever there was a no-brainer pick for what that Hall of Fame is, RVD would be right there with the likes of Sabu, Taz and Terry Funk.
  • Bully Ray said that he tore his hamstring in a match last night at the 2300 Arena. He said it after the main event where he and PCO wrestled Atsushi Onita & FMW Leather. Results: Brian Kendrick b VSK, Ray Jaz b Facade, Dark STG & Beastman b Afa Jr. & Charlie Haas, Rich Swann b Willie Mack, Jasmine Allure b Myka, Buddy Matthews & Tony Nese b Brian Cage & KC Navarro, Ken Shamrock b Davey Boy Smith Jr., Atsushi Onita & Super Leather b PCO & Bully Ray. Next show is 12/17 wit RVD vs. Rhino, Bubba & Devon team up plus Shane Douglas, Tod Gordon, Bill Alfonso, Sabu and Sandman.

WWE

  • WWE Performance Center strength and conditioning coach Sean Hayes finished up. He will be taking a new job as a strength and conditioning coach for the XFL owned by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia.
  • Titus O’Neil’s back to school drive work in Tampa (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)
  • Bill Goldberg honoring servicemen in South Texas for the Purple Heart Organization

Other Notes

  • Canadian Elite Wrestling on 8/12 to 8/14 in Dauphin, Oak Lake and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  • Sanctuary Fight Club form last night in Hamtramck, MI: Ren Jones won over Shane Sabre and Joe Demaro, N8 Mattson b Kyler Coleman, Gavin Quinn & Juntai b Solo & Jody Threat, Alex Shelley b James Alexander, Karam b Dickie Bronson (thanks to Leonard Brand)
  • The annual AIW JT Lighting Invitational tournament takes place 8/19 and 8/29 in Cleveland, OH at the Odeon. The biggest names in the 24-man field are Drago, Colin Delaney, Jack Evans, Dom Garrini, Eric Young, Adam Priest, Dalton Castle and Ernest the Cat Miller.
  • Somebody uploaded a lot of 1976 and 1977 Spanish language California footage (thanks to Gerald DeTrolio)
  • The King Jerry Lawler Memphis BBQ Company has opened a restaurant in Houston on the East Side and the Houston Chronicle has a story about it (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)
  • On Friday’s PFL show at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden, they had the semifinals of the lightweight and light heavyweight tournament on ESPN. Stevie Ray beat Anthony Pettis via unanimous decision and Olivier Aubin-Mercier to Alexander Martinez in the lightweight semifinals. For light heavyweights, Omari Akhemdov beat Josh Silveira and Robert Wilkinson beat Delan Monte. The finals will be in December.
  • Eugene Palermo, the son of longtime WWF ref Bucky Palermo passed away this morning (thanks to Norm Connors)

WOR: Ronda Rousey is back, Royal Rumble preview, AEW Dynamite ratings

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Dave Meltzer and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio to talk about the major stories in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

We talk about what’s going on with Ronda Rousey and how long she’s expected to be around. We preview the Royal Rumble and then look at AEW Dynamite ratings and compare the end of the TNT run to the current TBS run.

We hit on a couple of wrestling updates before talking about Jake Paul and Dana White as well as the insane purse bid for Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte. We talk about The Wrld on GCW and then end the show talking about the WON HOF.

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Daily Update: WWE Royal Rumble, Jake Paul-Dana White, Riho

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FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE

Garrett Gonzales and I will be doing a show tonight talking Royal Rumble, TNT vs. TBS for Dynamite, GCW, Tyson Fury and more tonight. Bryan and I will be doing a post Royal Rumble show tomorrow night.

Stories in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer:

  • Royal Rumble preview, surprises, business, WrestleMania updates
  • Match & Performer of the week
  • Francis Ngannou & Dana White and the contract situation
  • GCW PPV coverage, what worked and what didn’t
  • AAA’s TripleMania plans
  • What the move to TBS has meant for AEW and the key its value down the line
  • Grappl top 20 matches of 2021
  • What to learn from this week’s ratings including what segment did great with men 18-34 but fell badly with women
  • More Japanese awards
  • Story on the death of former Memphis wrestler Ken Raper
  • Coverage of major indie shows of the week
  • How tickets are moving for all WWE & AEW shows over the next month plus
  • What DVR viewership of AEW Dynamite shows
  • The death of Sheldon Silver and his role in keeping UFC out of the state of New York for years
  • Tons of news on NXT and WWE prospects in NXT
  • WWE contacts with Jeff Hardy
  • WWE job head counts
  • International TV ratings
  • WWE NIL signees in wrestling update

With the death of Ken Raper, a look back at one of the most memorable segments in Memphis TV history.

Jake Paul’s rap on Dana White.

Ariel Helwani talks to Randy Orton about a number of different subjects

Smackdown tonight is from Kansas City, MO. Tommaso Ciampa, Io Shirai, Roderick Strong, Dakota Kai and LA Knight are all backstage as is Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins. Matches announced are Big E & Kofi Kingston vs. Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss, Naomi vs. Sonya Deville and Ricochet & Cesaro vs. Sheamus & Ridge Holland. There will also be some kind of angle with Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins. 205 Live has Draco Anthony vs. Joe Gacy, Josh Briggs vs. Damon Kemp and Lash Legend & Amari Miller vs. Yulisa Leon & Valentina Feroz.

We’re looking for reports from Kansas City with dark matches and anything notable not on television to [email protected]

We’re doing weekend polls for Stardom’s PPV tonight from Nagoya at 3 a.m. Eastern and midnight Pacific with Syuri vs. Mirai for the World of Stardom title, Mayu Iwatani vs. Giulia vs. Tam Nakano for the next shots at the title, and Saya Kamitani defending the Wonder of Stardom title against Unagi Sayaka, as well as tomorrow’s Royal Rumble, so you can leave a thumbs up, down or middle, best & worst match to [email protected]

Rampage tonight at 10 p.m. has Jon Moxley vs. Anthony Bowens, FTR vs. Lee Johnson & Brock Anderson, Jade Cargill vs. Julia Hart for the TBS title and Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus vs. Private Party for the tag titles.

PWInsider reported Celeste Bonin is in St. Louis for WWE. She wrestled as Kaitlyn between 2010-2014. Kurt Angle is also there. That doesn’t mean for sure they are in the Rumble although most of the women who are there like Melina, Cameron, Aksana and Ronda Rousey are expected to be.

Riho has some sort of an arm or shoulder injury as she posted a photo of her arm in a sling saying “I’m taking a rest a little.”

Brock Lesnar is being advertised for TV dates on 2/14 in Indianapolis, 2/21 in Columbia,SC, 2/25 in Hershey, PA and 3/11 in Birmingham, AL. Except for Hershey, all of those shows had slow ticket sales, so we’ll see if he can jump start sales.

Bellator tomorrow night at 10 p.m. from Phoenix on Showtime

  • Sabah Homasi (170.8) vs. Jaleel White (170.2)
  • Henry Corrales (145.8) vs. Aiden Lee (145.8)
  • Benson Henderson (155.8) vs. Islam Mamedov (155.6)
  • Ryan Bader (232.2) vs. Valentin Moldavsky (234.4) for the heavyweight title

CMLL at Arena Mexico tonight has Mistico vs. Ultimo Guerrero on top plus the Reyes del Aire elimination match wit Titan, Gran Guerrero, Soberano Jr., Templario, Atlantis Jr., Cavernario, Volador Jr., Negro Casas, Stuka Jr., and Dragon Rojo Jr.

WWE

  • Randy Orton talks to St. Louis Today about the Royal Rumble.(thanks to Mike Kumzuk)
  • For what it’s worth, for Raw in Cincinnati, they are advertising Bobby Lashley & Kevin Owens & Seth Rollins vs. Big E & Street Profits and Becky Lynch vs. Liv Morgan vs. Bianca Belair for the women’s title. (thanks to Brian Henke)

AEW

UFC

  • Paul Craig vs. Nikita Krylov looks to happen on the 3/19 show in London.

OTHER NOTES

  • The Hardys first match back as a tag team will be on 3/12 in Webster, MA for Big Time Wrestling. They will face the winner of a match with the Briscoes vs. Jose & Joel Maximo earlier in the show.
  • A story on England’s first black Olympian, wrestler Louis Bruce, who came from the famed Snake Pit in Wigan. (thanks to Dave Roebuck)
  • Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Ricky Morton and Scotty 2 Hotty are scheduled for Prestige Wrestling on 5/28 and 5/29 in Roseland, OR.
  • AAW on 2/4 in Merrionette Park, IL at 115 Bourbon Street is headlined by Lio Rush vs. Josh Alexander, plus a no rules match with Fred Yehi vs. Schaff, Silas Young vs. Manders bullrope match, Hakim Zane & Karam vs. ACH & Jah-C, Christi Jaynes & Ren Jones vs. Lady Frost & Victor Benjamin and Russ Jones vs. Jake Something plus Ace Austin, Mat Fitchett and more.
  • MCW Fan Fest 1-5 p.m. on 2/5 in Hollywood, MD at the Fire
  • Department has a meet and greet with Taya Valkyrie, Kevin Nash, Jimmy Hart, Lex Luger, Angelina Love, Quinn McKay, Velvet Sky, The Headbangers, Serena Deeb, Lita, Adam Cole, Thunder Rosa, Sabu, Lio Rush and Bushwhacker Luke Williams. They also have a wrestling show and another on 2/6 in Glen Burnie, MD at La Fontaine Bleue.
  • Former UFC fighter Tom Breese (12-3) has signed a multi-fight deal with the Levels Fight League and will debut on 3/13 in Amsterdam, Holland, against David Ramies (8-4).

    • Defy has its fifth anniversary month with shows on 2/12 and 2/26 in Seattle at Washington Hall. On 2/12, Christopher Daniels defends the Defy interim title against Nick Wayne and Midnight Heat vs. Bollywood Boyz (formerly the Singh Brothers) in a ladder match.

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WON NEWSLETTER: December 20, 2021 Observer Newsletter: ROH Final Battle, NJPW Super Juniors/Tag League finals reviews

In this week’s issue: 

  • How ROH came to be, its start, highs and lows, peak, legacy and perhaps its ending
  • Match of the week and performers of the week
  • A look at the three NJPW Wrestle Kingdom shows and details
  • NJPW Best of the Super Juniors, World Tag League, and last major show of the year
  • The voting, politics and results of the 2021 Tokyo Sports awards for Japanese pro wrestling
  • History of every Japanese MVP of the last 48 years
  • The sad story of Jimmy Rave
  • Kevin Owens signs new WWE deal and a look back at his career
  • Update on WWE Day One PPV and notable business
  • Why WWE Raw may be struggling badly over the next month
  • Updates on ticket sales for all major WWE and AEW events
  • Those who have worked for AEW at WWE tryouts this week
  • AEW Winter is Coming Danielson vs. Page, which type of viewers grew the most, which didn’t, the realities of the rating and the ratings patterns of pro wrestling the last seven weeks
  • Thoughts on Jon Huber and his wife’s story
  • Thoughts on AEW potential additions
  • International TV ratings
  • The audience of all shows over the past week, what is the pattern across the board and why the pattern is something ratings or even 18-49s don’t tell you
  • Thoughts on two incredible matches on the same day and compare and contrast Danielson vs. Page and Takahashi vs. YOH
  • The beginning of Flair vs. Sting and the dozens of matches before the famous one in Greensboro
  • UFC 269, where things go from here for the key stars, one of the biggest upsets, business numbers and what stats UFC on TV was strongest in, plus fight-by-fight notes

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Garrett Gonzalez and I did the weekend news report last night. We will be back Monday night with another news show. Bryan and I will be back the day after Christmas as he’s on a family vacation and it was literally impossible for him to do a show.

The Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley legit sold out the Amalie Arena in Tampa with 17,801 fans. Paul knocked out Woodley badly with a devastating right that landed perfectly in the sixth round of their boxing PPV fight promoted by Showtime. Paul was ahead on judges cards at the point of the knockout.  Woodley took the fight late when Tommy Fury pulled out.  The clip was all over social media last night. There was also an NBA vs NFL battle were Deron Williams beat Frank Gore.

This is the lineup thus far for tomorrow’s Raw from Milwaukee. Damien Priest vs. Dolph Ziggler non-title, Bianca Belair vs. Doudrop, Finn Balor vs. Austin Theory, The Mysterios vs. A.J. Styles & Omos (getting the long-awaited Omos vs.  Rey Mysterio visual), Queen Zelina vs. Rhea Ripley, and The Cutting Edge with Maryse and Miz TV with Styles & Omos.

Monday’s Raw is another one with a weak advance. They are doing two-for-ones in the market including pushing the two-for-one at last night’s Milwaukee Bucks game. To promote the show, at the Milwaukee Bucks game last night it was WWE Night with pre-taped segments with Drew McIntyre, Big E, Bobby Lashley and Liv Morgan.

We’re looking for reports from tonight’s WWE house show in Des Moines, IA  to [email protected]

As far as Google searches for the week went, three items trended this week. Jake Paul had 2 million searches.  Last night’s UFC show was No. 13 with 200,000. The only other thing boxing, wrestling or MMA related this past week was the death of Jimmy Rave was No. 20 on Wednesday with 50,000 searches.

Regarding last night’s UFC, the main controversy was Angela Hill once again lost a fight she should have won. Hill faced Amanda Lemos third from the top. Almost everyone had Hill winning rounds two and three.  Media members were 92 percent for Hill, with almost everyone having her winning rounds two and three. Judge Michael Bell was the only judge who scored it that way. Douglas Crosby gave all three rounds to Lemos.  Judge Junichiro Kamijo gave rounds one and three to Lemos.

Stardom did a Friday night PPV show from Osaka: Syuri b Waka Tsukiyama, Syuri b Mai Sakurai, Syuri b Lady C, Maika & Himeka & Natsupoi kept Artist of Stardom titles over Takuma Iroha & Rin Kadokura & Maria, Mayu Iwatani & Hazuki & Koguma b Tam Nakano & Unagi Sayaka & Mina Shirakawa, Starlight Kid & Konami & Saki Kashima & Ruaka b Momo Watanabe & Utami Hayashishita & Saya Kamitani & AZM-DQ in a captains fall elimination match, Maika & Himeka & Natsupoi b Mayu Iwatani & Hazuki & Koguma to keep the Artist of Stardom titles in an elimination ladder match. 

In the eight woman match, the stipulations were that either Starlight Kid or Watanabe would have to leave their stable if their team lost and the match could only end when either Kid or Watanabe lost the fall.  Watanabe got DQ’d on purpose and then joined Oedo Tai in the big news on the show. After the main event, Sayaka & Shirakawa & Sakurai challenged Maika & Himeka & Natsupoi for the Artist of Stardom titles on the next PPV show on 12/29 from Tokyo Sumo Hall.

wXw’s 21st anniversary show took place last night in Oberhausen, Germany:  Oskar Munchow b Goldenboy Santos, Dover & Icarus b Fast Time Mondo & Stephanie Maze to keep the wXw tag titles, Bobby Gunns DCOR Michael Knight, Absolute Andy b Norman Harras to win the Shotgun title, Robert Dreissker b Vincent Heisenberg-DQ, Walter b Cara Noir, Levaniel won ladder match over Aigle Blanc, Dennis Dullnig, Hektor Invictus and Tristan Archer, Iva Kolasky b Skye Smitson to keep the women’s title, Axel Tischer b Jurn Simmons to keep the wXw world title.  Walter vs. Noir went 24:00 and was said to be fantastic, described as just a tad below Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov bouts. Walter won with a side slam brainbuster. Walter was much lighter than in the past, and thanked fans for supporting wrestling in Germany. (thanks to Markus Gronemann)

WWE

  • Last night’s WWE results from Rockford, IL:  Viking Raiders & Ricochet & Mansoor b Sheamus & Ridge Holland & Angel & Humberto, Otis b Dominik Mysterio, Carmella & Queen Zelina b Sasha Banks & Toni Storm to keep the tag titles, Shinsuke Nakamura & Rick Boogs b Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss, Big E won four-way to keep WWE title over Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins ad Bobby Lashley, Becky Lynch won three-way over Liv Morgan and Bianca Belair, Drew McIntyre & Rey Mysterio & King Woods b Usos & Roman Reigns

OTHER NOTES

  • Jordan Young, a member of American Top Team, who once lost to Tom Lawlor in an MMA fight, died this week at the age of 27.  No cause of death has been announced.  He was 12-2 in seven years of fighting with 11 stoppage wins.  He once had give straight submission wins in Bellator.  He lost to Lawlor earlier this year in the PFL.inlsaets aers
  • P.J. Polaco (Justin Credible) is doing an autobiography with Kenny Casanova that will be out this month. It covers his career and also has a foreword by former tag team partner Lance Storm.  
  • Results from Friday night’s GCW show in Los Angeles: Mark & Jay Briscoe retained the GCW tag titles over Brody King & PCO in an excellent weapons filled brawl; Tony Deppen b Nick Wayne; Effy & Allie Katch b Matt Cardona & Chelsea Green.  Cardona said he quit and that Brett Lauderdale can shove the Hammerstein Ballroom show in an angle; Jonathan Gresham retained the ROH title in a Pure rules match over AJ Gray.  Gresham had the Octopus on and kept elbowing Gray in the head until the ref stopped it; Blake Christian b Alex Zayne (said to be the best match). This sets up Christian challenging Gresham for the ROH title at the Hammerstein Ballroom show; Jacob Fatu (who told the referee to announce him as the real f***ing head of the table) NC Matt Justice; Atticus Cogar b Jordan Oliver in a rope rope barbed wire match.  A pane of glass and a flaming table were part of this (thanks to Ross Blair)
  • Roberto  Soldic (20-3) beat Mamed Khalidov (35-8-2) in the main event of last night’s KSW 65 show in Gliwce, Poland.   Soldic (20-3) won via second round knockout.  Soldic is now both the welterweight and middleweight champion in the promotion.  Salahdine Parnasse (16-1-1) regained the featherweight title from Daniel Torres (12-5) on scores of 50-45, 49-46 and 48-47.
  • Jessie Godderz defends his OWV title against Chris Adonis (Masters) on the 1/15 show at the Danny Davis Arena in Louisville.  The show will air on FITE.
  • AJ Mendez noted the completion of her first feature film,Blade of 47 Ronin” which will debut on Netflix next year. It’s the sequel for the Keanu Reeves movie that is set  several hundred years later.
  • Battleground Championship Wrestling will be running 3/26 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia with Atsushi  Onita vs. Bully Ray in a death match. Also announced was Brian Cage vs. Buddy Matthews.
  • Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling from last night in East Carondelet, IL:  Frankie D b Richard Shaw, Tony Raze b Frank Dunbar, Shawn Santel & Mauler McDarby b Franco Varga & Bobby D, Gary Jackson b Rick Ruby to keep the Central States title in a 2/3 fall match, Sean Vincent b Billy McNeil, Flash Flanagan & Jason Breed & The Big Texan b Attila Khan & Kowalski & Ken Kasa in an elimination match (thanks to Patrick Brandmeyer)

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The new Omicron variant of COVID-19 that became a major news story this week led to Japan closing its borders.

The announcement was made that as of 11/30, travelers could not come to the country, but it is not what it sounds like.

This will have some effect on the pro wrestling business. Basically wrestlers who have already obtained working visas will be able to return, and it’s been confirmed that Will Ospreay would be working the Tokyo Dome in the main event on 1/5 against the winner of the Shingo Takagi vs. Kazuchika Okada IWGP title match the night before. There was a one day period where New Japan officials were trying to get clearance for this and there was no answer regarding those leaving the country or those not in the country.

Those who have been in Japan over the past year, people like Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa, Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, KENTA and announcer Kevin Kelly (who will be staying in Japan from January through March and doing live English broadcasts of all the major shows until the end of the New Japan Cup) will all be allowed to come to Japan or in some cases stay in Japan.

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Bryan and I will be back tonight talking Raw, NXT War Games, people whose contracts are expiring, Jeff Hardy and more with Wrestling Observer Radio tonight. You can send in questions for the show to [email protected]

Regarding Jeff Hardy, WWE hasn’t responded to any questions about his situation. Essentially on the Saturday night show in Edinburg, TX, Hardy & Xavier Woods & Drew McIntyre were facing Roman Reigns & The Usos in the main event.  Hardy worked most of the match and then disappeared during the match and wasn’t there at the end. He was sent home and didn’t work in Corpus Christi, TX, last night, and WWE had to change that card around including several  wrestlers there not wrestling because Rey Mysterio was moved to the main event and they didn’t have a partner for Dominik against Chad Gable & Otis.

Raw tonight has Big E vs. Kevin Owens in the second of three straight WWE nights with cage matches. It’s a non-title match from Memphis. Becky Lynch vs. Liv Morgan for the women’s title is the other main event, plus Miz TV with Edge. Raw goes against a Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots game on ESPN.

NXT has Kyle O’Reilly vs. Von Wagner on NXT tomorrow.

Tommy Fury pulled out of his 12/18 PPV boxing match with Jake Paul from the Amalie Arena in Tampa due to a medical issue that was not released. So Tyron Woodley will get his rematch with Paul after all on 12 days notice in an eight-round fight at 192 pounds (Woodley fought in MMA at 170).  Paul beat Woodley in their first fight, largely due to Woodley being hesitant to throw.  Woodley had wanted a rematch and Paul had blown him off saying he already beat him.  It probably will still do some PPV business but I expect it will be well down from their first fight.

Khabib Nurmagomedov has announced his first MMA show in the U.S. for his Eagle FC promotion on 1/18 in Miami. Rashad Evans comes out of retirement on the show. Tyrone Spong vs. Big Foot Silva is the main event. Silva really shouldn’t be licensed to fight having been knocked out in eight of his last ten fights between MMA and Bare Knuckle. But it’s Florida.

WWE

  • WWE tonight and AEW Wednesday are doing last minute ticket price cuts on unsold seats.  

AEW

  • Wednesday’s show at the UBS Arena in Long Island  has topped 9,000 tickets out.  Announced so far are The Dynamite Diamond Battle Royal, Young Bucks vs. Chuck Taylor & Rocky Romero, Jamie Hayter vs.  Riho and Bryan Danielson vs. John Silver.
  • Mei Suruga is returning to Japan.

UFC

  • Amanda Ribas vs. Michelle Waterson is being looked at for 3/26 according to MMA Fighting.
  • Caio Borralho is being looked at to fight Jamie Pickett on 1/15.  Borralho was to debut on 12/18 but visa issues got in the way.
  • Julia Avila is out of her 12/18 scheduled fight with Raquel Pennington due to a knee injury according to MMA Fighting.

OTHER NOTES

  • Adam Scherr, the former Braun Strowman, will be in action for Northeast Wrestling on 1/21 in Waterbury, CT at John F. Kennedy High School.  Also listed as appearing is Matt Taven, Erick Redbeard (Rowan), Dan Maff, Sgt. Slaughter, Mercedes Martinez, Flip Gordon,Vinnie Marseglia and Wrecking Ball Legursky.
  • There is a fundraiser for Give Kids the World Village from 12/9 to 12/11 and feature appearances by Mick Foley, Matt Riddle, Scotty 2 Hotty, Raquel Gonzalez, Kacy Catanzaro, Kayden Carter, Robert Stone, Odyssey Jones, Xyon Quinn, Grayson Waller and Noelle Foley.  The event takes place at Give Kids the World at 210 S. Bass Road, Kissimmee, FL 34746.  There will be a meet and greet on 12/11 at 4:30 p.m.  For a $100 donation you can mingle with and get photos of everyone and a poster that everyone will sign for you. For a $200 donation you can get autographs with everyone in attendance plus photos with everyone and a poster.
  • Scott Garland, the former The Scotty 2 Hotty, noted his WWE non-compete will end on 12/23 and he is looking to return to wrestling all over the world.
  • A story on former pro wrestler Lee Rosser (not to be confused with Fred Rosser) working as a chef now. (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)
  • EVE results from Saturday in Walthamstow at the Signature Brew:  Charlie Morgan b Nina Samuels, Laura Di Matteo b Unbreakable Rhio, Rhia O’Reilly & Skye Smithson b Debbie Dahmer & Heidi Katrina, The Ava White b Aurora eves, Angel Hayze b Chantal Jordan, Kasey b Mila Smidt to keep the International title, Emersyn Jayne b Jetta to win the Eve title. They will be doing two PPV live streams on 1/7 from 229 the Venue in London. Charlie Morgan vs Laura Di Matteo is on the show. Both will air on the EVE YouTube chanel and WatchWomensWrsestling.com
  • Glory Pro Wrestling from yesterday in St. Louis:  Moses the Deliverer & Rahim de la Suede & Ethan Price b Paco Gonzalez & Matt Knicks &  Chris Castro, Rohit Raju b Davey Vega, Trish Adora b Blair Onyx, Idris Abraham & Joe Coleman b Eli Rossi & The ATM, Mat Fitchett b Warhorse, Barackus won four-way over Davey Bang, Storm Grayson and Evin Kudic, Dan the Dad b Dak Draper, Karam & Xavier Walker b Camaro jackson & Kenny Alfonso in a tornado match, Mike Outlaw b Josh Alexander to keep the Crown of Glory title (thanks to Patrick Brandmeyer)
  • On the episode of the TV show “Young Sheldon” that aired on Thursday night on CBS, there was a clip of wrestling on television airing a 1983 match with Butch Reed vs. Magnum T.A from Mid South Wrestling. The show is actually set in Medford, TX (Eastern Texas so Mid South was the local promotion  in the area) in 1990 (a few years after Mid South was sold). (thanks to David Taub)
  • Action Wrestling from Friday night in Tyrone,GA: Jaden Newman b Ashton Starr, Brogan Finlay & Bobby Flaco b Suge D & Kevin Ryan, Adam Priest b Matt Sells,Kevin Ku b Brett Ison, Arik Royal b Daniel Makabe, Damya Tangra b Landon Hale, Tank b Angelus Layne, Violence is Forever b The Skulk to win the tag titles,  AC Mack b Anthony Henry.  They announced Mack challenging IWTV champion Alex Shelley on the 1/21 show in Tyrone, GA which will air on IWTV.
  • Beyond Wrestling from yesterday in Providence, RI:  Aaron Rourke b Teddy Goodz, Alex Shelley b Ruby Soho to keep the IWTV world title, Megan Bayne b Tasha Steelz, John Silver & Alex Reynolds b Mark Sterling & VSK, Masha Slamovich b Kimber Lee-DQ, Wheeler Yuta b Tracy Williams, Rickey Shane Page b Slade, Jaylen Brandyn & Traevon Jordan won three-way over Bear Country and Bobby Orlando & Bryce Donovan, Willow Nightingale b Max the Impaler, Alec Price b Blake Christian, Dutch b Dan Barry in a no DQ match
  • While in his heyday he did as many as seven shows in one day, Mistico worked three shows on Saturday, for three different promotions. Mistico’s rivalry with Averno from 15 years ago is back as they will oppose each other in a Guadalajara main event tomorrow with Mistico & Atlantis Jr. & Soberano Jr. vs. Averno & Mephisto (a major tag team in another era) & Principe Daniel. (thanks to Rene Ochoa)
  • Defy on 12/18 at Washington Hall has added Lio Rush vs. Carlos Romo from Spain.

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WON NEWSLETTER: November 15, 2021 Observer Newsletter: Death of Angelo Mosca, Full Gear & Survivor Series previews

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  • The amazing story on the life of Angelo Mosca, CFL legend, pro wrestling main eventer. His famous hit on Willie Fleming, feud with Joe Kapp, the 2001 old man fight all detailed. How Mosca got into pro wrestling, whatever happened to Angelo Jr., why he didn’t play in the NFL, and his biggest career matches. Mosca’s run in Toronto as the perennial Canadian champion
  • Previews of AEW Full Gear and WWE Survivor Series, business notes, ticket sales, secondary market, lineups and movie theater business
  • Lots more regarding who was let go by WWE
  • Ticket sales for major upcoming WWE & AEW shows, including notes on the head-to-head markets
  • More on Bryan Danielson’s decision to come to AEW
  • UFC in MSG, two title bouts, $10 million gate
  • NJPW Power Struggle coverage, as well as Best of Super Juniors and Tag League, plus match of the year candidate
  • Myths and facts regarding alcohol abuse treatments
  • Ratings with segment-by-segment notes, international TV ratings
  • Another major star leaves CMLL
  • AAA TripleMania Regia, Omega, Velasquez, Munoz Brothers, LA Park and Marvel comic superstars
  • Stardom’s next PPV show
  • Mach Hayato, Japanese prelim wrestler who inspired pro wrestling and MMA superstars

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Bryan and I did our weekend show covering last night’s Full Gear and New Japan San Jose show live together and it’s up on the site. We’ll be back tomorrow talking about Raw.

There were a lot of problems with AEW on the Bleacher Report site. There were different technical issues with people and apparently you couldn’t order a replay right away which is one of those things that has to be fixed.

The show was great, I thought top to bottom as far as match quality, as good a big show as you’ll see with a couple of the best matches of the year including an all-time classic main event.  The negative is the show yesterday was No. 14 on Google searches with 50,000 which would not indicate a major buy rate.  There have been AEW shows that have done 100,000 buys with that number of searches but it’s well down from the 500,000 for All Out.  UFC, even a strong Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez’s main event yesterday didn’t even crack the top 20 which means less than 50,000, which is also bad for them. Aside from Full Gear, the only combat sports related for the week, and that’s even a stretch was Dwayne Johnson was the No. 11 searched term on Friday with 100,000. It was largely due to Johnson revealing that he doesn’t bother going to the bathroom when he has to go during his workouts and instead brings a bottle with him to pee into when in hard training.

Both Eddie Kingston (shoulder injury) and Malakai Black did not appear at a convention today due to injuries. The report on Kingston was that he was having a series of medical tests on his shoulder this morning.  The injury was said not to be from his match with C.M. punk but was from consistent damage and the shoulder had gotten worse. We heard that in the six-man tag that everyone was okay after the match although I’m sure they were all beaten up a little. At the New Japan show, Chris Dickinson had to go out on a stretcher and that was legit. We haven’t confirmed the injury, but the hamstring and hip were both talked about. He was doing a frog splash on Bateman and at first it looked like his knee went out, but he was grabbing his hamstring. We haven’t heard an update today.

We’re looking for your thoughts on Full Gear and the Battle in the Valley in San Jose for New Japan, thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match for each show to [email protected]

No update on WrestleMania tickets that went on sale Friday.  A lot of sections weren’t opened up in the upper deck. A lot of tickets were sold for both nights but no number, but it was far from an instant sellout, not that anyone expected in a stadium that large that it would be.

Regarding the death of Angelo Mosca, and we have a story that we’ve gotten a ton of positive feedback on in this show, the Hamilton Tiger Cats players are all wearing a No 68 (Mosca’s retired uniform number on the back of their helmets for the rest of the season to honor him.  In their latest game there were a lot of mentions of Mosca’s death, as well as video clips. I don’t believe any pro wrestling television show mentioned his death and he wa a headliner in WWF and a huge star in a lot of places, particularly Ontario. (thanks to Grant Zwarych).

New Japan has a Super Juniors tournament show at 4:30 a.m. Eastern tomorrow morning from Korakuen Hall on New Japan World in Japanese:

  • Kosei Fujita vs Ryohei Oiwa
  • Douki vs. Yoh
  • Bushi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
  • Master Wato vs. Robbie Eagles
  • El Phantasmo vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Hiromu Takahashi vs Sho
  • Desperado vs. Taiji Ishimori

Josh Barnett has his first New Japan match in 17 years tomorrow night at the New Japan Strong tapings in Riverside CA at the Municipal Auditorium. This show will not air live on New Japan World but will be broken up into several one hour shows.

Honor For Hall is taking place now on the ROH Honor Club site:

  • Bandido vs. Demonic Flamita for the ROH title in a no DQ match
  • Dragon Lee & Kenny King vs. Matt Taven & Mike Bennett for the ROH tag titles
  • Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Effy & AJ Gray for the GCW tag titles
  • Brody King vs. Jonathan Gresham
  • Tracy Williams vs. Taylor Rust in a Pure rules match
  • Trish Adora vs Holidead vs. Quinn McKay vs. Vita Vonstarr

Jake Paul said that he will not face Tyron Woodley in a rematch even though Woodley did get the “I love Jake Paul” tattoo.  Paul, who faces Tommy Fury on 12/18, said that he doesn’t think people want to see him fight Woodley again. “He had his chance.” 

Marty Scurll appeared unannounced for Unlimited Wrestling in Germany against their champion, Fast Time Mondo. Scurll showed up at the company’s first iPPV event in a spot announced for a mystery opponent and won their championship. The show was run by YouTube Martin Guerrero (Martin Behrens).  The reaction to this was negative (thanks to Markus Gronemann)

WWE

  • PWInsider reported that WWE has filed for trademarks for names Gary Wilson, Marquis Hamilton, Felix Fernandez, Blair Baldwin, and Oraco Anthony. There would likely be new names for NXT talent.

AEW

  • For the first TBS show on 1/5 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, they sold close to 6,000 tickets at high prices (thanks to William Zdon and Wrestle Tix)
  • The 12/22 debut at the Greensboro Coliseum also went on sale Friday and sold just over 3,000 tickets, which is on the lower end of what I’d have expected.

OTHER NOTES

  • Stardom sold out Korakuen Hall today for a big tag team tournament show:  Hanan & Rina b Unagi Sayaka & Mai Sakurai, Hazuki & Koguma b Saki Kashima & Fukigen Death, Utami Hayashishita & Saya Kamitani b Himeka & Natsupoi, Hazuki & Koguma b  Utami Hayashishita & Saya Kamitani, Tam Nakano & Mina Shirakawa b Lady C & Waka Tsukiyama, Starlight Kid & Ruaka b Syuri & Maika, Momo Watanabe & AZM b Mayu Iwatani & Rin Kadokura, Hazuki & Koguma (Red block winners) b Momo Watanabe & AZM (blue block winners) to win the tournament
  • UWC has its 25th annual Toys for Total drive pro wrestling sow on 11/27 at the New Egypt Elks Lodge in New Egypt, NJ at 7 p.m.   Admission to the show is free if you bring a new unwrapped toy with a suggested value of $15 or more.  The local U.S. Marine Corps Reserves will be distributing all toys within Burlington County  There will also be raffle tickets and door prizes at the show.
  • Honor Slam Wrestling from Thursday night in Detroit, MI:  Kyle Barrett over, Kongo Kong, Gregory Iron, Atlas Hightower and Kyle Coleman to keep the Undeniable title, Matthew Justice won over Brutus Atwell and Herzog, Alex Weir b Jason Hotch, Rhino & Jackson Stone b Big Kon & Satu Jinn, Alex Colon & Jimmy Lloyd b Dread King Logan & Breyer Wellington, Malcolm Monroe III won over champion Trey Miguel and Jordan Oliver to win the Horror Slam title, Sean Lawhorn b Eric Ryan, John Wayne Murdoch b Tommy Vendetta to keep the death match title (thanks to Leonard Brand)
  • Melbourne Championship Wrestling on 12/19 at 2 p.m. at the Thornbury Theater in Melbourne with a PA vs. MCW show,
  • Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling from last night in East Carondelet, IL: Billy McNeil & Bobby D b Frankie D & Richard Shaw, Gary Jackson b Rick Ruby-DQ, Big Texan b Mauler McDarby, Gil Rogers b Franco Varga, Flash Flanagan & Jayson Breed b Ken  Kasa & Waco to keep tag titles, Kowalski b Danny Dollar, Attila Khan b Pete Madden in a no DQ match to keep the Classic championship.  Trevor Murdoch will be defending the NWA title against Khan on a show on 12/1 in St. Louis at the Holiday Inn on Watson Road. (thanks to Patrick Brandmeyer)
  • GCW ‘s Nick Gage Invitational death match tournament today in Chicago. Every tournament match was a death match:  Attius Cogar b Rina Yamashita, Charli Evans on three-way over Kit Osbourne and Shlak, Alex Colon b Akira,Masashi Takeda b Eric ryan, Ninja Mack won non-tournament seven-way over ASF, Cole Radrick, Brayden Lee, Gringo Loco, Yoya and Nate Webb, Alex Colon b Charli  Evans, Masashi Takeda b Atticus Cogar, Alex Colon b Masashi Takeda to win the tournament.  Colon also won the GCW Untraviolent title from Takeda in the finals. (thanks to Ross Blair)

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Bryan Danielson, Adam Cole (Austin Jenkins), Ruby Soho (Dori Prange) and Minoru Suzuki were all unannounced surprises on AEW’s All Out on 9/5 from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, IL.

The show may end up historical and certainly felt like it was historic in the building. It felt it just as much if not more watching on television with the announcers soundtrack. In the days that have passed, many have talked about it as the best U.S.-based PPV show in history and it has to be in the discussion. There have been a few better shows judged strictly by match quality, and it’s too soon to ascertain anything long-term of what it means. Short-term it led to Dynamite beating Raw for the first time ever same day in the same week.

But when you consider atmosphere, news value, crowd, announcing match depth and creativity, it’s a hard one to beat.

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What should be among the biggest episodes of Raw this year takes place tonight from the TD Garden in Boston. The entirely redone show has Bobby Lashley vs. Randy Orton for the WWE title and Big E has vowed to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase tonight. Raw goes head-to-head with the Baltimore Ravens vs.  Las Vegas Raiders season debut of Monday Night Football. Usually that means a decline in Raw but with this show I would expect an increase.  Also on the show is Damien Priest defending the U.S. title in an open challenge against Jeff Hardy. Charlotte Flair vs. Shayna Baszler in a non-tile match, Natalya vs. Rhea Ripley, Doudrop vs. Eva Maria and New Day & Mansoor & Mustafa Ali vs. A.J. Styles & Omos & T-Bar & Mace are also announced for the show. 

Anyway the key is I don’t expect Dynamite, even though it’ll be in front of a sold out Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Wednesday, to be matching Raw in the ratings this week even with the football opposition, but who knows?

AT&T has sold TMZ to FOX ahead of the upcoming WarnerMedia/Discovery merger.

Thanks to Tyler Davis, Richard Hartshorn, Derrick Maul, Mike Youngblood and Richard Dunbeck for the reports from the weekend WWE shows. We’re looking for reports from Boston tonight for anything not on the live Raw show to [email protected] as well as your thoughts on last night’s ROH PPV show, thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match. On the show last night, Jake Atlas vs. Taylor Rust match was cut short due to an injury by Atlas which explains why the match felt so off.

An update on the Mike Johnson report that ROH may not have any more shows before fans this year. According to ROH, that is not correct and Final Battle will be taking place in front of fans in Baltimore in December. They are taping television in front of no fans tonight and tomorrow night.

Jake Paul said that he would love to box Jorge Masvidal next. Paul said that today to Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour.  Paul said that hopefully Dana White would allow Masvidal to take the fight and said he thinks it would be his toughest challenge and biggest fight. Masvidal would probably accept that fight but UFC also most likely would not allow it.

Shinjiro Otani has broken two bones in his left forearm and will need surgery, and thus will be out of action for some time.

WWE

  • On the new “Feel the Power” podcast, Big E talked extensively about his own battles with depression and suicidal thoughts when talking about the death of Shannon Spruill.  Xavier Woods said he had similar battles and thanked Tyler Breeze and Viktor of the Ascension for helping him get through it (thanks to Post Wrestling)

AEW

  • Dark Elevation for tonight:
    Nyla Rose vs. Skye Blue
    Daniel Garcia vs. Lee Moriarty
    Emi Sakura vs. Queen Aminata
    Butcher & Blade vs. Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum
    Penelope Ford vs. Layna Lennox
    Frankie Kazarian vs. Ren Jones
    Jade Cargill vs. Shawna Reed
    Anna Jay & Tay Conti vs. Elia Shae & Jaylee
    Garcia vs. Moriarty is the match that led to Moriarty being offered an AEW contract.

UFC

  • After Jim Miller pulled out of this Sunday’s show due to COVID, his opponent, Nikola Motta will now face replacement fighter Cameron VanCamp who will make his UFC debut after winning his last two fights via submission in less than 30 seconds.

OTHER NOTES

  • Just want to mention former pro wrestling legend Joe Laurinaitis, Road Warrior Animal, would have turned 61 today. The Road Warriors as far as being influential and over would be very close to the top of any tag team in history.
  • The game show “You Bet Your Life,” a show taken from the Groucho Marx show from like 60 years ago, debuted on FOX with Jay Leno and Kevin Eubanks as host. There was a pro wrestling category:
    AEW Dynamite is the newest wrestling league to challenge the WWE.  What does AEW stand for?
    The guess was American Extreme Wrestling

    What wrestler and Trainwreck co-star performed his own intro music with lyrics, “It’s the franchise boy I’m shining now.  You can’t see me.  My time is now?”
    The contestants debated between Dwayne Johnson and John Cena before picking Cena

    The WWE used to be called WWF, but that name already belonged to a charitable organization.  What does WWF stand for?
    The contestants knew it was the World Wildlife Fund.

    What pro wrestler plays the role of Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy?
    The contestants said Jason Momoa, who is not a wrestler. When they were told Dave Bautista was the correct answer, none of the contestants had heard of his name.

    What famous WWE wrestler started in UFC but finished as a pro wrestler.
    The contestants knew it was Ronda Rousey. What, you think they should have said Matt Riddle?

  • Koji Iwamoto, who had been out after testing positive for COVID, will be returning for All Japan on Thursday night..
  • On the TV show “Billions” this week, there was a discussion of wrestling and the name Big Cat Ernie Ladd was name dropped.
  • United Wrestling Coalition presents OzzyFest III, on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Kelly’s Banquet Hall in Wrightstown, NJ. Ozzy is the son of Daily Murder, who is three years old and was born with multiple congenital heart defects and every year the promotion attempts to do a show t raise money to help offset all the major health costs.

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Jake Paul beats former UFC champ Tyron Woodley in boxing match

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The unlikely run of Jake Paul as both a boxer and pay-per-view draw continued Sunday in front of a raucous cloud in Cleveland, OH, as he defeated former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley by split decision.

The three judges scored the bout 77-75 (Paul), 77-75 (Woodley) and 78-74 (Paul).

In the post-fight interview, Woodley called for a rematch and got in Paul’s face, saying no one else would sell PPVs like he could. Paul said if Woodley got an “I love Jake Paul” tattoo tonight, they would run it back. Woodley agreed, even though they had already agreed to that stipulation prior to the bout.

While the first three rounds featured a lot of inactivity by the plodding Woodley, the former champion hurt Paul (4-0) in the fourth and patiently stalked him the rest of the round.

The rest of the fight was Woodley (0-1) not staying busy enough and Paul doing just enough to win rounds as both men often looked like the relative boxing rookies that they are.

It was an eight round professional bout fought at a 190-pound catchweight.

Paul was the younger of the two fighters and also the bigger of the two with four inches of height.

Paul was coming off a tremendously successful financial outing against former Bellator champion and UFC fighter Ben Askren, knocking him out in the first round. That was his last event for Triller before he signed a multi-fight deal with Showtime.

This was Woodley’s first ever professional boxing match. He was coming off four straight losses that ended his UFC run.

The card didn’t feature any other MMA fighters on the card, but Ariel Helwani was part of the broadcast team for the evening.

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WON NEWSLETTER: June 7, 2021 Observer Newsletter: AEW Double or Nothing review, more WWE cuts

Double or Nothing is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer. Match-by-match coverage, star ratings, poll results, surprising PPV numbers and reasons why it happened, the atmosphere, what did and didn’t work and the signing of Mark Henry and the situation with Lio Rush.

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WWE front office hires, their background, the shift in company strategy an how they fit in, as well as the reasons for the controversy regarding Jamie Horowitz and what happened when he was at FOX.

WWE cutting of Braun Strowman, Lana, Ruby Riott, Aleister Black, Murphy and Santana Garrett, reasons all were let go as well as the future prospects for all of them individually.

WWE schedule going forward, with the shows through September, the exclusive first word on plans for NXT going on the road, and a SummerSlam update.

New Japan/WWE talks, the history of Vince McMahon and booking of WWF talent in Japan when working with the Japanese, next Takeover show, more firings, U.K. and Canadian ratings, next week’s TV show and most-watched WWE videos.

A major feature on the life of 60s and 70s star Tony Marino, from his bodybuilding days to his start in wrestling, his international tours, the Battman gimmick from the Batman TV show, his biggest career shows, being part of setting the all-time indoor pro wrestling gate record for North America in 1970 and more.

More detail on ratings than any other source, how every segment on NXT and AEW did with different age groups and more, all other wrestling shows of the past week, how many different viewers the shows had which is very different from the television number, breakdown of who watches the shows, how they watch, DVR numbers and how long the average fan watches.

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The Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Logan Paul fight yesterday ended up being a big success on PPV, at least based on the very weak advance. Based on U.S. television buys,not including international or streaming, the verified number we have based on limited data although covering several million homes was 11.9 times what AEW Double or Nothing did. So that probably falls in the 600,000 to 650,000 range but any number this early with limited data is a very rough estimate. It was a Showtime event and they are a public company so most likely they will announce an estimate (that will include streaming numbers so a number much higher than this) later in the week.

The event ended up getting 11.5 million Google searches, so based on that, there was far more interest in the fight than people who actually wanted to pay to watch it. It was easy money for Mayweather, but whether this gimmick will run its course or not as freak show fights usually do if they are done too often, remains to be seen.  But this was still a lot of revenue at $50 a pop.

Francis Ngannou said that it’s amazing that Logan Paul could make $20 million for a boxing exhibition since he vs. Jon Jones could generate more PPV revenue and neither will make anywhere near that, and in fact it’s not even looking like it will happen because UFC isn’t agreeing to Jones’ financial demands.

Even though cable numbers we got indicated a big increase for AEW this week, the actual number by Nielsen for Friday was way down with 462,000 viewers and 0.19 in 18-49. Smackdown had 1,883,000 viewers and 0.50 in 18-49.

New Japan made the call today to go with Shingo Takagi as its new IWGP champion instead of Kazuchika Okada. The Dominion show took place earlier today.  We’re looking for your thoughts on the show, including thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match to [email protected]

The New York Post has a detailed story of the Ariel Helwani contract talks with ESPN. As noted yesterday. Helwani is leaving in eight days. The story said they did try and get him to take a pay cut, and there was far too much money out there from new gambling media sites for him to do so, and projected he could make double what he made at ESPN on his own.

Raw tonight has a Battle Royal to determine who gets a tag team title shot on 6/20 against A.J. Styles & Omos, featuring The Viking Raiders,New Day, Randy Orton & Riddle, Mace & Tbar and The Lucha House Party. Shayna Baszler will be in Alexa Bliss’ playground.  There will also be a Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre contract signing.

Competition for Raw tonight includes NBA playoffs with the the Bucks vs. Nets at 7:30 p.m. and Nuggets vs. Suns at 10 p.m.plus Winnipeg Jets vs. Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup playoffs at 8 p.m.  So the number is likely to be well under usual levels.

The A&E episode last night on Bret Hart was my favorite of the season. I was told it was held to last because the general feeling is it was the strongest episode.  It was basically what it had to be given that it is a WWE production so you’re not going hard after Vince McMahon or Paul Levesque on anything.  I also heard they wished that they had far more time because there were so many different subjects they all thought was worthy of a documentary, from his growing up in a wrestling family, his ascension to being a headliner, the Montreal screwjob, the death of Owen Hart and the recovery from the stroke. It was really quite the happy ending story. Julie & Allison Hart, Natalya and especially Bret were very strong in the piece.

Stephanie McMahon was on CNBC this morning. She said they are experiencing really significant trends toward increased attendance at live events based on early ticket sales.  She claimed the selling of their WWE network content to Peacock is that they don’t want to be  in the technology business and they felt they would have difficulty competing with Disney and Amazon, so sold to someone who can.  She also noted while the company has done well during the pandemic that traditionally live events add more than $100 million a year more in revenue to the company.

DDT announced its biggest show of the year, Peter Pan, will be 8/21 in Fujitsu Stadium outdoors and feature Atsushi Onita in an explosive barbed wire match. 

WWE

  • Deadline reported that Peacock and Samsung have reached a carriage deal for the network on its Smart TV’s (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)
  • 2K announced today the debut of the Forged card tier and rewards celebrating the upcoming Hell in a Cell PPV event in WWE Supercard.
  • ICW Fight Club and wXw will both have new events on Peacock/WWE Network on Saturday.
  • Kay Lee Ray vs. Meiko Satomura for the NXT UK title will be on Thursday’s NXT UK show.

AEW

  • Dark Elevation tonight has:
    Hikaru Shida vs. Diamante
    The Acclaimed vs. Alex Reynolds & 5
    Evil Uno vs. Danny Limelight
    Santana & Ortiz vs. Liam Gray & Adrian Alanis
    Kris Statlander vs. Queen Aminata
    Brian Pillman Jr. & Griff Garrison vs. JD Drake & Ryan Nemeth
    Ethan Page vs. Mike Sydal
    Jade Cargill vs. Rache Chanel
    Brian Cage & Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Trevor Aeon & Kendall Blake
    Scorpio Sky vs. Trevor Read  

OTHER NEWS

  • Invicta is doing an added innovation for Friday night’s eight-man 105 pound tournament.  None of the fighters know who they will be facing first  as they will be doing an online fan vote by visiting the Phoenix Tournament Voting Portal for Invicta and vote for the four first round matches that you want to see.  You are allowed to stuff the ballot box and vote over-and-over.  For the semifinals, the fighter who wins their first round fight the quickest will get to pick which of the other three winners she wants to face in the semifinal.
  • A story on Mongopalooza, a concert that will be done as a benefit for medical bills for former WCW and NFL star Steve McMichael, who is battling ALS. I saw that Ric Flair recently visited him.
  • Deonna Purrazzo will be going to AAA Verano de Escandalo on 7/3 to face Lady Shani.
  • A story on the Fresno, CA wrestling war in the early 1960s and Ray Stevens.
  • MLW has released more tickets for its 7/10 show at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, its first with a live audience and first since getting on Vice TV.
  • ROH has put tickets on sale to its 7/11 Best in the World PPV show in Baltimore at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena.
  • Impact airs the 2017 Bound for Glory on Thursday at 3 p.m.
  • Scheduled for Impact TV on Thursday night has Havok vs. Rosemary and If Havok wins, she’s added to the Saturday Deonna Purrazzo vs. Rosemary title match on Saturday, plus W. Morrissey vs. Willie Mack no DQ and an appearance by Tony Khan regarding Kenny Omega’s match on Saturday’s Against All Odds show.
  • Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Entertainment and Flynn Picture Company will be producing a movie called “Emergency Contact” for Warner Brothers.
  • Corus Entertainment, Canada’s biggest media company, is launching its firs fiction podcast which was released today called “Escaping Denver.”  Brady Roberts, a Western Canadian pro wrestler who trained with Lance Storm is one of the lead stars of the show.
  • New England Fights returns to live fans on 8/21 at the Hampshire Dome in Milford, NH with MMA and kickboxing fights. 

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WON NEWSLETTER: June 7, 2021 Observer Newsletter: AEW Double or Nothing review, more WWE cuts

Double or Nothing is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer. Match-by-match coverage, star ratings, poll results, surprising PPV numbers and reasons why it happened, the atmosphere, what did and didn’t work and the signing of Mark Henry and the situation with Lio Rush.

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WWE cutting of Braun Strowman, Lana, Ruby Riott, Aleister Black, Murphy and Santana Garrett, reasons all were let go as well as the future prospects for all of them individually.

WWE schedule going forward, with the shows through September, the exclusive first word on plans for NXT going on the road, and a SummerSlam update.

New Japan/WWE talks, the history of Vince McMahon and booking of WWF talent in Japan when working with the Japanese, next Takeover show, more firings, U.K. and Canadian ratings, next week’s TV show and most-watched WWE videos.

A major feature on the life of 60s and 70s star Tony Marino, from his bodybuilding days to his start in wrestling, his international tours, the Battman gimmick from the Batman TV show, his biggest career shows, being part of setting the all-time indoor pro wrestling gate record for North America in 1970 and more.

More detail on ratings than any other source, how every segment on NXT and AEW did with different age groups and more, all other wrestling shows of the past week, how many different viewers the shows had which is very different from the television number, breakdown of who watches the shows, how they watch, DVR numbers and how long the average fan watches.

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Garrett Gonzalez and I will be talking about all the news of the week such as WWE hirings and firings, tonight’s TV, AEW business and more with Wrestling Observer Radio. Bryan and I will be doing a show on Saturday night this weekend as well.

Regarding the move of the Kenny Omega vs. Jungle Boy match from the scheduled 6/11 Dynamite show to 6/26, Tony Khan said he decided he wanted the match to air live (6/11 and 6/18 are taped shows) and wanted to make 6/26 a major show.

We don’t have more details but NXT did 668,000 viewers on Tuesday. We’ll have the rest of the numbers in the next issue.

Smackdown tonight at 8 p.m. on FOX:

  • Apollo Crews vs. Kevin Owens IC title
  • Rey & Dominik Mysterio vs. Usos for Smackdown tag titles
  • Bianca Belair will issue a challenge to Bayley
  • For 205 Live: Austin Grey vs. Ariya Daivari and Ari Sterling vs. Sunil Singh

AEW Dynamite tonight at 10 p.m. on TNT:

  • Mark Henry, The Inner Circle, Britt Baker, Sting and Darby Allin aer on the show
  • Red Velvet vs. The Bunny
  • Cody Rhodes & Lee Johnson vs. QT Marshall & Anthony Agogo
  • Dustin Rhodes vs. Nick Comoroto  bullrope match
  • Jungle Boy & Christian Cage vs. Private Party  
  • Young Bucks vs. Penta & Pac non-title match

New Japan Strong at 10 p.m. tonight on New Japan World:

  • Kevin Knight vs. TJP
  • Adrian Quest vs. Barrett Brown
  • Satoshi Kojima & Karl Fredericks vs. Danny Limelight & JR Kratos

The celebrity boxing business isn’t looking good based on PPV advance numbers. Granted, most buys are done the day or or day after, but for the shows this weekend based on numbers we received from one significant provider, Odom vs. Carter is dead in the water, NWA When Our Shadows fall is at 6.7 percent of where the AEW show was on the Friday before, and here’s the scary one, Mayweather vs. Paul is at 69 percent of where the AEW show was two days out.  Yes, based on advance television PPV buys, it is actually trailing.  Of course almost all buys are day or show and right after.

UFC tomorrow on ESPN+ starting at 4 p.m. Eastern:

  • Claudio Puelles (155) vs. Jordan Leavitt (156)
  • Sean Woodson (145) vs. Youssef Zalal (146)
  • Manon Fiorit (125.5) vs. Tabatha Ricci (124.5)
  • Alan Patrick (154.5) vs. Mason Jones (156)
  • Makwan Amirkhani (146) vs. Kamuela Kirk (146)
  • Francisco Trinaldo (169.5) vs. Muslim Salikhov (171)
  • Tanner Boser (242) vs. Ilir Latifi (240)
  • Montana de la Rosa (126) vs. Ariane Lipski (124.5)
  • Tom Breese (186) vs. Antonio Arroyo (186)
  • Dusko Todorovic (186) vs. Gregory Rodrigues (186)
  • Santiago Ponzinibbio (170.5) vs. Miguel Baeza (171)
  • Roman Dolidze (186) vs. Laureano Starpoli (185)
  • Walt Harris (264) vs. Marcin Tybura (251)
  • Jairzinho Rozenstruik (254) vs. Augusto Sakai (255.5)

After announcing him for the new season that starts on 7/10 in Philadelphia last night, MLW announces Aramis has signed a multi-year deal with the promotion today.  

Here is the complete Josh Alexander vs. TJP 60:00 match from last night’s Impact with no commercial interruptions. Alexander and TJP are looking at touring their match on independent shows, doing various gimmick matches like Iron Man, 2/3 falls, X Division title matches as well as meet and greets and seminars. For more info you can contact Dave Penzer at [email protected]  

Impact sold out the few tickets they put on sale for Slammiversary on 7/17 in Nashville.

CyberFight Festival takes place Sunday morning at Midnight on Wrestle Universe and there will be English language announcing with Stewart Fulton and Mark Pickering. It’s from the Saitama Super Arena and is a multi-promotional show. The top matches have Keiji Muto defending the GHC title against Naomichi Marufuji, Jun Akiyama defending the KO-D title against Harashima, Miyu Yamashita defending the Princess of Princess championship against Yuka Sakazaki and Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura.

An update on Steve McMichael battling Lou Gehrig’s disease. (thanks to Barry Werner)

Arena Mexico will be able to increase capacity from 500 to 1,500 on 6/24. They will also start doing weekly Sunday shows in the building to go with the Friday and Tuesday shows.  The first Sunday date is 6/13.

AAA’s Verano de Escandalo show, its version of SummerSlam, is set for 7/3. 

UFC

  • The Uriah Hall vs. Sean Strickland fight that was set for the August PPV has been moved up to  the main event for a 7/31 show.

AEW

OTHER NEWS

  • A story on Konnan’s Impact on pro wrestling.
  • Kevin Eck’s weekly look at ROH news.
  • Mark Kruskol looks at the biggest Survivor of the Fittest events in ROH,
  • The Cage Fury Fighting Championships, which is the MMA group that C.M. Punk announces for, will be starting up a grappling division with the first show on 7/1 in Philadelphia at the 2300 Arena called Fury Professional Grappling with both gi and no gi matches.  The next MMA show is 7/3in Philadelphia with welterweight champion Evan Cutts (12-4) facing Yohan Lainesse (6-0) for the title.
  • NFC has announced a 6/12 show in Anderson, SC at Electric City MMA and 6/25 in Buford,GA at Tannery Row before returning with a Jiu Jitsu show on 6/26 at District Atlanta and an MMA show on 7/24 at District Atlanta.
  • Invicta on 6/11 with have The Phoenix tournament, with eight 105-pound women, Jessica Delboni, Jillian DeCoursey, Katie Perez, Katie Saull, Lindsey VanZandt, Linda Mihalec, Paulina Granados and Tabatha Watkins that will air live on AXS TV from Memorial Hall in Kansas City.  The winner of the tournament will get a shot at the Invicta title.  The show will have open scoring, meaning fans and athletes will know the score of the fight after every round.
  • Jeff Jarrett will do a live show on 6/12 from Jimmy’s Famous Seafood in Baltimore.
  • Legacy Fighting tonight on UFC Fight Pass at 9 p.m. Eastern from Shawnee, OK
    Manuel Medina (125) vs. Kevin Fernandez (126)
    Jacobi Jones (156) vs. Caleb Hall (156)
    Gerrica Trias (125) vs. Ky Bennett (124.5)
    Edwin Cooper Jr. (145.6) vs. Robson Jr. (145.2)
    Askar Askar (136) vs. Justin Wetzell (136)
    Terrance Mckinney (160) vs. Michael Irizarry (160)
  • Latin Urban Superstar Farruko will perform on the 6/19 Triller PPV at Loan Depot Park in Miami joining Meek Mill, Myka Towers, Snoop Dogg and Reggaeton performer Lunay in a concert prior the Triller boxing PPV.
  • After a gym fist fight angle between Real Tarzann Mike Holston and Vitor Belfort, they have been added to the Triller PPV show.
  • Conor McGregor is getting into the mobile gaming business with European mobile games developer Beetroot Lab for a game called Dystopia: Content of Heroes.
  • Daisuke Sekimoto and Yasufumi Nakanoue of Big Japan have been pulled from Wednesday’s All Japan show due to a Big Japan COVID outbreak. Yoshitatsu is also off the show due to traveling to the U.S. for non-business reasons.  
  • Galli promotions on Sunday in Villa Park, IL has Black Taurus vs. Laredo Kid and Are &  Aramis vs. Gringo Loco & Golden Dragon.
  • Game Changer Wrestling runs Saturday at 3 p.m. with Tournament of Survival
  • A documentary on Chyna will air on VICE on 6/17.

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