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Daily Update: Olympic wrestling, John Cena, Bobby Eaton

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WON NEWSLETTER: August 9, 2021 Observer Newsletter: Bobby Eaton & The Assassin pass away, WWE releases Bray Wyatt

In this week’s issue:

  • Bobby Eaton, one of the all-time greatest between the ropes
  • Jody Hamilton and the legend of the Assassins
  • Bray Wyatt and Ric Flair’s WWE departures
  • An update on how the biggest WWE & AEW shows upcoming are doing
  • WWE says AEW isn’t competition publicly and at the same time what was happening not publicly
  • Dragon Gate’s biggest shows of the year and the retirement of Masato Yoshino
  • A.J. McKee and the problems with the current set up in MMA
  • PWG returns
  • More detail on the ratings than any other source, how many different viewers the shows had, breakdown of who watches the shows, how they watch, DVR numbers and how long the average fan watches
  • Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week

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SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE

We had two major shows the last two nights, one with Garrett Gonzales and the other with Bryan Alvarez going over the WWE cuts and the much bigger backstory of the cuts, up on the site.

Abdulrashid Sadulaev won the third match in the greatest modern amateur wrestling rivalry in winning the gold medal match yesterday over Kyle Snyder at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba Japan.  Sadulaev, considered by many as the greatest wrestler in the world, stopped 2016 gold medalist Snyder by a 6-3 score.  Sadulaev and Snyder were the stars of the 2016 Olympics, winning gold medals at 189 and 213 pounds respectively.  Sadulaev moved up a weight class in 2017 for the world championships to beat Snyder, but Snyder won.  In the 2018 world championships, Sadulaev scored a first round pin.  Sadulaev went up 6-0, but Snyder got a takedown and push out to make it 6-3 and Sadulaev defended him the last 28 seconds.  All five male freestyle wrestlers ended up medaling with Snyder getting the silver medal.  Russia won the team championship over the U.S., which came down to that match.

Sara Hildenbrandt of the U.S. captured the bronze medal at 110 pounds with a tech fall win over Oksana Livach of Ukraine in the second round.

UFC 265 last night did 550,000 searches, which put it No. 2 on the list for yesterday. That’s the lowest number for a PPV show in a long time and there have been Fight Nights in the same realm. It doesn’t appear creating a fake title the way they did made a difference, but then again, there wasn’t a marquee fight on last night’s show either. Jose Aldo was No. 14.

For the rest of the week, on Thursday, Suicide Squad was No.. 1 with two million searches, Gable Steveson was No. 14 with 100,000 and Bobby Eaton was No. 17 with 100,000. The only other combat sports related number was Tymara Mensah-Stock, who won a gold medal and has interest in WWE, No. 12  with 100,000. Ric Flair did not crack the top 20 but Bray Wyatt when he was released last week hit 200,000.

Pro Wrestling NOAH announcer Mark Pickering has a story on Gable Steveson.

Pickering will be at ringside on English commentary on 8/15 for NOAH with Stewart Fulton with Takashi Sugiura v Masato Tanaka for both the NOAH National Championship and the ZERO-1 Heavyweight title, Great Muta teams with a face-painted up Marufuji, STINGER defend their GHC JNR HVT titles v Kongoh and Kaito Kiyomiya rematches NOSAWA Rongai. It will be live on FITE TV.

Michael Chiesa explains his loss to Vicente Luque.

Bobby Eaton’s family announced this funeral information. A service for Eaton, one of the greatest in-ring performers in pro wrestling history, will be held on 8/24 at 2 p.m. at the New Generation Funeral Home at 2930 Murfreesboro Pike, Antioch,TN 37013.

In kind of an amazing stat, 63 percent of the tickets for last night’s WWE show in Estero, FL were sold after the announcement of John Cena on the show. Thus far Cena’s name has led to anywhere from 18 to 63 percent new ticket sales, with Louisville, Milwaukee, Detroit and last night all having greater than 50 percent increases (thanks to William Zdon)

Notes from last night’s show. John Cena and Roman Reigns got the biggest reactions but the crowd was hot all night. Notably they are keeping Drew McIntyre away from Jinder Mahal at house shows as McIntyre faced Veer and Mahal did a run-in after the match. John Cena & Mysterios over Reigns & Usos headlined, doing the same match they are doing every night with Cena pinning Jey with an Attitude Adjustment. (thanks to Michael Washington)

WWE

AEW

  • Emi Sakura did a farewell last night at Cocopro and said she was leaving.  She said she had a one-way ticket to the U.S. and is staying there and will be working full-time for AEW.  The belief is she will be both a wrestler and a coach. Another Chocopro wrestler, Lulu Pencil, noted she was also coming to the U.S.

OTHER NOTES

  • Aaron Pico announced the arrival of his first child, a  son named Valentino, on 7/31.
  • Mark Henry will make an appearance as Anthony Green will wrestle for a Don Bucci show on 10/9 in Lacey Township, NJ at the High School with the BWO vs. Coralluzzo Collection Agency as the main feud.
  • Stardom Five Star Grand Prix results from Saturday in Osaka: Mina Shirakawa won three-way over Starlight Kid and Hina, Momo Watanabe & Saya Kamitani b Konami & Rina, Mayu Iwatani & Koguma & Hanan b Maika & Natsupoi & Lady C, Tam Nakano b Ruaka, Saki Kashima b Giulia, Utami Hayashishita b Unagi Sayaka, AZM b Syuri (thanks to JoshiSunTimes.com)
  • Stardom Grand Prix results from today in Osaka:  Unagi Sayaka won three-way over AZM and Lacy C, Mayu Iwatani & Koguma & Hanan b Momo Watanabe & Utami Hayashishita & Hina, Giulia & Syuri b Konami & Rina, Maika b Ruaka, Mina Shirakawa b Saki Kashima, Natsupoi DCOR Starlight Kid, Saya Kamitani b Tam Nakano  
  • Lance Archer came to Memphis for Championship Wrestling from Memphis on 7/11 and taped stuff for three weeks of television that finished up yesterday  He did promos the first two weeks.  On the show that aired yesterday, he came out during the first match and choke slammed Precious, and grabbed Dustin  Starr.  At the end of the show he came out and was jumped by the tag team champs the Skimahorns and Uncle Mickey.  Archer made his own comeback and Brett Michaels, the top babyface came out.  Michaels hit a lariat sending Archer over the top rope.
  • Championship Wrestling from Memphis last night in Memphis before a sellout crowd:  K-Toomer b Chris Hayes, Bret Michaels b Carlos Alexander Rios, Danny B b Derrick King-COR, James Storm b Uncle Mikey, Alan Steel b Lil Chris in a street for for the Memphis Heritage title, Aaron Roberts & Zay Washington b Skimahorns to win the tag titles.  Chase Stevens was backstage.  Chris Harris did a run-in to save James Storm from a post-match beatdown.  Teddy Long was there as the commissioner and raised the hands of Roberts & Washington after they won the titles.
  • AAW from last night in Merrionette Park, IL before 470 fans:  Shane Mercer b Isaiah Moore, Jody Threat won over Skye Blue and Christi Jaynes, Ace Austin won over Hakim Zane, Jah-C and b Davey Vega to get a shot at the Heritage title held by Myron Reed on 9/2 at the Logan Square Auditorium, Russ Jones b Hartenblower, Allysin Kay b Melanie Cruise to keep the women’s title, Schaff b Jake Something, Robin Steel & Joeasa b Jake Lander & Brayden Lee to keep the tag titles, Colt Cabana b Larry D, Eddie Kingston & Mat Fitchett b Fred Yehi & Curt Stallion Rogers when Fitchett pinned Rogers.  Kingston got a huge reaction and everyone tore it up.

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Daily Update: Weekend schedule, Olympic wrestling, Amalie Arena

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

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  • Cloud based hosting experience a plus
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WON NEWSLETTER: August 9, 2021 Observer Newsletter: Bobby Eaton & The Assassin pass away, WWE releases Bray Wyatt

In this week’s issue:

  • Bobby Eaton, one of the all-time greatest between the ropes
  • Jody Hamilton and the legend of the Assassins
  • Bray Wyatt and Ric Flair’s WWE departures
  • An update on how the biggest WWE & AEW shows upcoming are doing
  • WWE says AEW isn’t competition publicly and at the same time what was happening not publicly
  • Dragon Gate’s biggest shows of the year and the retirement of Masato Yoshino
  • A.J. McKee and the problems with the current set up in MMA
  • PWG returns
  • More detail on the ratings than any other source, how many different viewers the shows had, breakdown of who watches the shows, how they watch, DVR numbers and how long the average fan watches
  • Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week

ORDERING INFO: Order the print Wrestling Observer right now and get it delivered via mail, by sending your name, address, Visa or Master Card number and an expiration date to [email protected] or by going to www.paypal.com directing funds to [email protected].

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In Canada and Mexico, the rates are $16 for 4, $27 for 8, $38.50 for 12, $76 for 24, $126 for 40 and $162.50 for 52.

For the rest of the world, rates are $18 for 4, $48.50 for 12, $93 for 24, $155 for 40 and $201.50 for 52.

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FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE

Garrett Gonzalez and I will be talking about the news of the week tonight on Wrestling Observer Radio. Bryan and I will have a show Saturday and Monday nights.

Some Olympic wrestling highlights from today:

  • In an incredible match, Gable Steveson at 275 pounds scored a takedown with two-tenths of a second left to beat three-time world champion Geno Petriashvili of Georgia 10-8 earlier today. He did his backflip celebration when it was over. Petriashvili was up 8-5  with 20 seconds left and Steveson got one takedown and then got a second takedown to win.
  • Kyle Snyder at 213 pounds won his semifinal match over Suleyma Kradeniz of Turkey 5-0, so he faces one of the best wrestlers in the world, Abdulrashid Sadulaev, early tomorrow morning. The two have faced twice with each winning once. This is probably the biggest match of these Olympics with two gold medalists from 2016 facing off.
  • Kyle Dake at 163 pounds took the bronze medal beating Frank Chamizo of Italy 5-0.
  • Sara Hildebrant at 110 pounds will battle for the bronze medal tomorrow after losing to 2013 world champion Sun Yanan of China 10-7.
  • Jacarra Winchester at 117 pounds placed fifth.

All five men in the freestyle competition will be going home with medals. 

The death of Bobby Eaton made the front page of the New York Post website (thanks to Barry Werner)

The Amalie Arena, where Smackdown takes place tonight, sent out a tweet noting that fans at the show are banned from taking any photos or videos and that failure to comply will result in ejection.  After we noted this, they quickly took the tweet down.  WWE has every right to ban people from shooting video. Obviously officials aren’t happy with so much footage getting out which shows crowd sweetening or downplaying chats for AEW and C.M. Punk.  But they have every right to that. Banning photos to me is going over the line, but it is hard for security to distinguish between someone shooting video and shooting photos.

205 Live tonight on Peacock at 10 p.m. has Ari Sterling vs. Kushida and Grayson Waller vs.  Leon Ruff.

UFC 265 is tomorrow night from the Toyota Center in Houston

  • ESPN 2 and ESPN+ airs prelims from 6-10 p.m. Eastern
  • Johnny Munoz (135.5) vs. Jamey Simmons (136)
  • Victoria Leonardo (125) vs. Melissa Gatto (124)
  • Miles Johns (136) vs. Anderson Dos Santos (135.5)
  • Manel Kape (129) vs. Ode Osbourne (125) – Kape missed weight and is forfeiting 20 percent of his purse to Osbourne.
  • Karolina Kowalkiewicz (115) vs. Jessica Penne (116)
  • Alonzo Menifield (204.5) vs. Ed Herman (205.5)
  • Vince Morales (136) vs. Drako Rodriguez (136)
  • Bobby Green (156) vs. Rafael Fiziev (155.5)

PPV at 10 p.m.

  • Song Yadong (135.5) vs. Casey Kenney (136)
  • Tecia Torres (115) vs. Angela Hill (115)
  • Michael Chiesa (170.5) vs. Vicente Luque (170)
  • Jose Aldo (136) vs. Pedro Munhoz (135)]
  • Derrick Lewis (264.5) vs. Ciryl Gane (247) for interim heavyweight title

There is a special edition of AEW Dark tonight. The idea is to get people ready for next Friday’s debut of Rampage.

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

  • Kevin Knight vs. Alexander James
  • Alex Coughlin & Ren Narita vs. Rocky Romero & Fred Rosser
  • JR Kratos & Danny Limelight vs. Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson

New Japan has a Korakuen Hall show on New Japan World at 5:30 a.m.

  • Togi Makabe & Toru Yano & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi & Jado
  • Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito & Sanada & Bushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi & Tomoaki Honma
  • Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles vs Dick Togo & Gedo
  • Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi
  • Sho & Yoh vs. El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori

The last three matches are first night of the Best of the Super Juniors tag team tournament

WWE

  • Catherine Alexander’s lawsuit against WWE and 2K for her tattoo art on Randy Orton behind used will go to trial next month in Southern Illinois. (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)

UFC

  • Urijah Faber has said he has an interest in fighting again and talked about a match with Marlon “Chito” Vera.
  • Marcin Tybura vs. Alexander Volkov has been added to the 10/30 show in Abu Dhabi. There are talks of this show airing on ABC.

OTHER NOTES

  • Former WWE referee and hardcore star Drake Weurtz, who was fired recently, is now running for the Florida House of Representatives.  He was also suspended by Twitter after saying that the corrupt cabal that runs twitter must be held accountable for attacking our first amendment rights.
  • Kevin Eck’s weekly look at ROH.
  • Combate Global, which drew more than one million viewers on television Friday night and an 0.36 in 18-49, returns tonight on Paramount+ and Univision with a show from Miami.  Ricky Bandejas (13-5) debuts in the main event against Troy Bartholomew (7-4) and Daniel Sanchez (2-0) vs. Eric Alequin (4-0) is the second from the top fight.
  • Melbourne, Australia is in another seven day lockdown so the PCW shows this weekend are canceled. The Melbourne Championship Wrestling show set for 8/14 has been moved to 9/24.
  • Fale Dojo has an exhibition show on 8/14 in Auckland, New Zealand while Aaron Henare’s Warrior Wrestling runs Auckland on 8/20 and 9/24.
  • Slam Pro Wrestling League’s debut show in Canberra, Australia has been moved from 8/28 to 12/4 due to interstate travel restrictions (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
  • The Stardom Five Star star Grand Prix continues with shows tomorrow and Sunday in Osaka. Tomorrow’s show has Giulia vs. Saki Kashima, Tam Nakano vs. Ruaka, AZM vs. Syuri and Utami Hayashishita vs  Unagi Sayaka.
  • Seaway Valley Wrestling on 8/28 at 2 p.m. at the Cornwall minor league park in Cornwall, ONT.
  • Last week on Jeopardy there was a question asking the name of the man born James Janos who bodyslammed his way  into becoming a governor. The contestant correctly answered “Who is Jesse Ventura?” (thanks to Grant Zwarych)
  • World Wrestle Fest on 8/20, 8/21 and 8/22 at The Nerd in Downtown Las Vegas on the second floor of Neonopolis.  Appearing includes Kurt Angle, Sabu, Konnan, Madusa and Joey Janela.
  • LFA on 8/27 at The Factory at the District in St. Louis airing live on UFC Fight Pass.  The main event is Bruno Souza (9-1) vs. Canaan Kawaihae (6-1) for the featherweight title.
  • Bare Knuckle Boxing on 8/20 in Biloxi, MS at the Gulf Coast Coliseum has Johnny Bedford vs; Reggie Barnett and Alan Belcher vs.Tony Lopez as the top fights.
  • AAW tomorrow night at 115 Bourbon Street in Merrionette Park, IL on FITE TV features Fred Yehi &? vs. Eddie Kingston & ?, Allysin Kay defends the women’s title against Melanie Cruise, inFamy defends the tag titles against Brayden Lee & Jake Lander and more.
  • Innovate Wrestling Fire on the Mountain on 8/14 in Kingsport, TN at the Civic Auditorium
  • NFC on 8/7 at District Atlanta.
  • WAR on 9/11 in Lima,OH at the Empowered Sports Center.
  • AIW on 8/27 at the Odeon Concert Club in Cleveland. They also run 8/28 in Parma, OH at First Stop at 4 p.m.

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Kyle Snyder wins Olympic gold in wrestling

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Kyle Snyder became the youngest American gold medalist in history on Sunday when he scored a close 2-1 win over Khetag Goziumov of Azerbaijan in the gold medal match in Rio de Janeiro.

Snyder captured the gold at 97 kilograms, or 213 pounds.

Snyder, who is 20, followed on the footsteps of being America’s youngest world champion in history, last year, at the age of 19. He followed up by winning the NCAA heavyweight championship, moving up a weight division to face Nick Gwiazdowski in one of the most thrilling heavyweight title matches in NCAA history. The previous youngest gold medalist was current UFC fighter Henry Cejudo, who took gold in 2008 at 121 pounds.

The match was the two powerhouses pushing for position. The only actual offensive point scored was by Snyder, when he pushed Goziumov out of bounds for a point in the first period. Each were put on the shot clock and unable to convert, which accounted for each man’s other point.

In the waning seconds, Goziumov desperately went for a push out which would tie the score, but Snyder did a great job of defending.

Snyder is expected to return to wrestle next season for Ohio State and go for a second gold medal in 2020.