Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including the Convention this weekend, Smackdown on Friday night, the Tyson Fury fight this past weekend, the main event of the MARIGOLD debut show, and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Tyson Fury fight, Collision and Smackdown, Danielson injury, more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Tyson Fury vs. Ngannou from this weekend, Vince and Dana history, Bryan Danielson injury, Creeds going to RAW Monday plus the RAW preview, AEW Collision and Smackdown results with MJF vs. Kenny Omega for the title, and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: Tyson Fury/Francis Ngannou boxing match, Vince McMahon in Saudi Arabia
16:20: Bryan Danielson injured
23:08: AEW Tag Team title situation
25:32: The Creed Brothers being called up, Raw preview
32:32: Notes on Kento Miyahara and Katsuhiko Nakajima, Billy Corgan on Dave’s ratings
46:28: AEW Collision recap
1:00:30: WWE SmackDown recap
Daily Update: WWE Raw, SmackDown, Ngannou vs. Fury
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In this issue:
- Match and Performer of the Week
- The Bloodline saga comes very close to a first in the history of pro wrestling on television
- A look at the Trial of Roman Reigns, the Reigns vs. Usos feud, and the storyline that has caused WWE business to grow
- A preview of all the big matches of the weekend in three different countries, none of which are the U.S., with TripleMania, G-1, Miyahara vs. Nakajima and Collision
- Updated news on SummerSlam and Great American Bash and business notes on both shows
- The new AEW rules memo, what is and isn’t new and the reality of what this means to talent
- Full coverage of UFC 290 with two of the best fights of the year, a unique television situation and two title bouts
- Looking at the 2023 Wrestler of the Year award and the top candidates
- Francis Ngannou vs. Tyson Fury, the questions about the show and why the hope for it to be a success is the evolution of understanding fighting being low
- The most detailed look at the ratings of every major pro wrestling and MMA show of the past week, the analysis, competition, segment numbers and comparisons with one year ago
- Lots of injury talks regarding major stars
- Key husband and wife jumping promotions
- Mercedes Mone rivalry planned
- Update on major sports rights negotiations in the next few years
- The death of Michael Halac, the former Bruiser Mastino and Mantaur
- Wrestling magazine pioneer writer Ed Garea, The Phantom of the Ring, passes away
- Notes on the new women’s promotion
- RevPro Epic Encounters rundown
- Battle of the two best 18-year-old wrestlers in the world announced for next month
- Ticket sales for tons of big shows
- Kenny Omega talks the Tiger driver spot
- International TV ratings
- Lots of new major UFC fights
- Looking at the vacant UFC light heavyweight title situation
- World champion in UFC talks about how two years ago he supplemented his income driving for Uber Eats
- More major show dates fr WWE
- Backstage issue at WWE
- A look at all the major TV shows and WWE weekend show coverage
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Monday Update
Bryan and I will be back tonight talking Raw. We will probably have time tonight for questions as well so you can send them to [email protected]
Raw tonight is from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta which is sold out with more than 11,400 tickets out as of this morning. The key things on the show are Brock Lesnar appearing to do an angle with Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs. Dominik Mysterio & Damian Priest in a non-title match, Gunther vs. Matt Riddle with Giovanni Vinci and Ludvig Kaiser barred from ringside, Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defending the women’s tag titles against Sonya Deville & Chelsea Green and Viking Raiders vs. Alpha Academy in a Viking rules match which is Viking oriented weapons at ringside. I don’t know this, but with the four guys in the non-title match not listed on the matches I’ve seen for SummerSlam, I could see this being set up or a title match either for that show or for television. Odyssey Jones, who worked a dark match on Friday night, is there so he may work on Main Event tonight.
We’re looking for reports on the show with Main Event matches and anything else not on the live show to [email protected]
Smackdown for Friday is also sold out in Orlando with 12,200 tickets out.
Francis Ngannou spoke to Ariel Helwani today on the MMA Hour about his match with Tyson Fury. He said they were in talks with a boxing match with Deontay Wilder, which would have been a terrible idea, and the Fury fight came about in the last five weeks. Helwani said Ngannou’s payoff will be above $8 million and Ngannou said it was more than he’s made in his entire UFC career combined. Ngannou said that if he wins (unlikely but it is a fight so anything is possible) there is an automatic rematch but if Fury wins, he’s not sure about that.
Josh Alexander, who was just cleared to return to action after surgery to repair a torn triceps, was announced a the new head trainer at the Can-Am Wrestling school in Windsor, ONT.
Ronda Rousey will be on Stars on Mars again tonight on FOX.
Wes Lee vs. Dominik Mysterio, Bronco Nima & Lucien Price vs. Scrypts & Axiom, Dragon Lee & Nathan Frazer vs. Humberto Carrillo & Angel Garza and Kiana James vs. Gigi Dolin will be on NXT tomorrow.
Yesterday’s TV was the final appearance of Nick Aldis with Impact. He had only agreed to a short run, which climaxed Saturday night with the PPV main event loss to Alex Shelley. He will be appearing in one last match on TV, either this Thursday or next week, against Eric Young. Mike Johnson reported Aldis was in talks with WWE for a producing job.
AEW Blood & Guts has done very strong business since the announcement of the match. They are at close to 8,200 tickets out for the Wednesday show at the TD Garden.
We’re looking for your thoughts on both nights of G-1, AAA TripleMania and Impact Slammiversay with a thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match for each show to [email protected]
Day three of G-1 starts at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow morning with A and B block matches
- A: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Chase Owens
- B: KENTA vs. Great O’Khan
- A: Hikuleo vs. Gabriel Kidd
- B: Taichi vs. Tanga Loa
- A: Yota Tsuji vs. Ren Narita
- B: Will Ospreay vs. Yoshi-Hashi
- A: Sanada vs. Shota Umino
- B: Kazuchika Okada vs. El Phantasmo
Tony Khan will have a press conference tomorrow for the ROH PPV show which takes place on Friday night going against both Smackdown and Rampage.
We’ve had a lot of people comment to us about what an amazing weekend it was for high-quality matches. We also got recommended the Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Natsupoi match on the Sendai Girls show as a great David vs. Goliath type match.
We’ve gotten a lot of questions regarding the writers strike and how this affects wrestling. All the writers are non-union for WWE and AEW creative is as well. There is no effect on wrestling other than if the strike lasts any length of time, wrestling will become more valuable as first-run weekly programming. Nick Khan in the past has tried to push the idea of a simulcast of Raw on both NBC and USA like ABC and ESPN did for the UFC prelims on 7/8 and football and soccer has done of late. If this continues that is a stronger possibility than ever before.
Nick Hausman reported that a 9/14 show in Jerusalem, Israel that Sting and Rob Van Dam were to headline is in jeopardy. The statement made by the people putting the show together was:
“We regret to announce that the Global Pro Wrestling Summit event will not be going forward, as scheduled for the Pais Arena in Jerusalem on September 14, 2023. The promoter, All-Stars Israel/Stagetime, is in breach of contract on numerous fronts, inclusive of not delivering deposits to talent as stipulated in the contracts, and has been duly notified that the contracted talent (which includes ALL non-Israeli talent being advertised for the event) will NOT be appearing. THIS promoter has been advised to pull advertisements/promotions containing talent from all platforms and to cease selling tickets immediately in connection with the advertisement/promotion of any of these talents.In the interest of protecting consumers from fraud, we’ve notified both the Pais Arena and the on-sale platform –Ticket Tailor—that the event, as currently being advertised/promoted by All-Stars Israel/Stagetime, is not going forward.In the process of producing this event, first-class teams in both the US and Israel have been assembled. Talented professionals such as Rick Bassman. Scarlette Donovan, Todd Keneley, Alon Levin, Jeramie McPeek, Oren Treitman, Pete Trerice, Danny Ly Ziser, and others have put forth a consistently excellent and thoroughly conscientious effort to build and advance what we all hoped would be an unforgettable and wholly-positive experience, for talent and “office” alike, and especially, for the fans.That said, with this large volume of good work behind us, including booking an unparalleled card and having a solid commitment for pay-per-view, we’re all hard at work trying to “save” this event by aligning with a reputable, major promotional entity. Progress is being made, with REPUTABLE promoters, both in Israel and in other territories. In the event we are to move forward on the September 14 date, we will provide updates accordingly, and all ticket sales for Pais will be honored at the new venue. That said, fans who have purchased tickets thus far may wish to elect to request a refund through Ticket Tailor, the platform All-Stars Israel engaged. www.tickettailor.comIf September 14 does not come to fruition, we will regroup, and continue to put forth our best efforts to bring world-class professional wrestling to Israel in the very near future. But… we’re still fighting the good fight! In any case, we PLEDGE… a “new” event will be announced ONLY when ALL funding is in place. “
All In is being advertised in London on some double decker buses. WWE did the same thing last year for Clash at the Castle. (thanks to Ciaran and Stephen Lyon)
Dark Side of the Ring tomorrow is on Abdullah the Butcher.
The New Japan TV show on Thursday will be airing the 2016 G-1 Climax final with Kenny Omega vs. Hirooki Goto, which was a classic match at the time.
Fathom Events is presenting “They Live,” the 1988 film by John Carpenter and starring Roddy Piper in Piper’s most famous big screen lead role. It will air in selected theaters on 9/3 and 9/6.
Daniel Garcia will be headlining West Coast Pro as it debuts in Los Angeles on 9/10 at The Don Quixote.
Francis Ngannou, Tyson Fury boxing match set for Saudi Arabia
After more than a year of speculation, former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou will make his professional boxing debut against future Hall-of-Famer and occasional pro wrestling toe dipper Tyson Fury.
ESPN’s Mike Coppinger confirmed the news Tuesday morning, saying the fight will take place in Saudi Arabia on October 28th.
What is not confirmed yet is whether the fight will be an exhibition or if Fury’s WBC heavyweight title will be on the line. When news broke this past week about the impending fight, it appeared likely it would be an exhibition given that Ngannou has never boxed before. Tied into that question are the rules and number of rounds.
It’s assumed the fight will be a pay-per-view.
This will be Ngannou’s first fight in any combat sport since he defeated Cyril Gane for the UFC heavyweight title in January 2022. He and the UFC eventually went their separate ways after not being able to come to terms on a new deal which became ugly publicly.
Ngannou signed with upstart MMA organization PFL earlier this year and will be part of their pay-per-view division. He said he expects to debut for them in 2024.
Fury is best known to wrestling fans for his handful of appearances in WWE. He made his debut at 2019’s Crown Jewel, defeating Braun Strowman by countout. He also was ringside for last September’s Clash at the Castle as a second to Drew McIntyre and has teased a match between them several times.
Daily Update: Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou, WWE SmackDown, Georges St-Pierre
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In this issue:
- Match of the week and performer of the week for the past two weeks
- Full coverage of Money in the Bank, the story behind all the matches angles and finishes
- Eight confirmed matches for SummerSlam
- Ticket sales for SummerSlam and records already broken and other records on the verge of being broken
- Live gate for Money in the Bank and a breakdown of the multiple records set
- WrestleMania in London and an update on where that stands
- Total viewership for the show
- PPV numbers for the show and how it compares to other shows plus crossover with AEW Forbidden Door
- Story behind the results and angles on the show
- The life and times of Darren Drozdov, comments from wrestlers, family, friends and the story behind the accident that changed his life and how he battled back and ended up close with his family.
- His brief career in wrestling
- Jerry McDevitt removed from the MLW lawsuit and announces his retirement. A look back at the legendary attorney and his history with WWE
- What happened with Collision in week three. A detailed breakdown of what was one of the most important TV ratings of the year
- WWE & AEW quarterly business, viewership, house shows, what is up and what is down and why
- New Japan Strong at Korakuen Hall with four title changes and two brutal matches
- Full UFC coverage for the week and business notes
- Dragon Gate’s biggest show of the year takes place
- The most detailed look at the ratings for all the major wrestling shows, including weekly rankings
- CMLL runs major event with Romero vs. Volador Jr., and notes on the debut of Mascara Dorada 2.0
- Stardom PPV coverage
- Notes on the Five-Star Grand Prix tournament
- Triple Crown title change and fantastic performance by Yuji Nagata
- Father and daughter appear on show together in Japan
- What companies in Japan have drawn the most fans so far this year
- One of the biggest tag teams of all-time having a special show
- Lots more on the Mildred Burke movie that was being filmed this past month and stories about Burke’s legend
- Grappl lists its fan voted best matches in history
- Matt Morgan talks back surgery
- Tragos/Thesz Hall of Fame notes for 2023
- Stardom star coming to GCW and notes on the deal
- Kenny Omega talks AEW video game
- Updated ticket sales for All In and where it ranks on the all-time list
- Update on Forbidden Door PPV numbers
- Jon Moxley goal to become an historical first
- Omega talks Will Ospreay match
- Ticket sales to the upcoming WWE and AEW shows
- Jim Ross updates his condition
- Injury updates
- Streaming number updates
- Merch number updates
- International TV ratings
- Lots of gimmick fights being talked about
- ESPN announce new multi-part documentary
- Paul Levesque talks NXT Europe
- Plans for net year’s Mania
- Gable Steveson issues challenge for another sport he’s never done before
- Rundown of all WWE events this past week
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Friday Update
We won’t be having a show today but Garrett Gonzales and I will be back tomorrow night covering Collision, Smackdown, UFC 290 and all the news of the past week including all the Observer stories and business notes, and there is a lot of it.
The new Observer issue is up on the site now. We’ve already gotten a lot of great feedback on the Darren Drozdov story.
Ariel Helwani reported that Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou is expected to be announced shortly under boxing rules no doubt.
Smackdown tonight is from Madison Square Garden. The huge ratings run will likely continue tonight with the trial of Roman Reigns by the Usos, plus Edge returns in the Grayson Waller Effect, A.J. Styles faces Karrion Kross and Austin Theory defends the U.S. title against Sheamus. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor for the world title is scheduled as a dark match. Trick Williams was sent to the show, so he may be in a dark match or in an angle. Vince McMahon is at the show as he would be expected to be because he almost always goes to MSG events. About 13,500 are to be in attendance and it is sold out.
Georges St-Pierre, who will be doing a grappling match in December coming out of retirement, has said he would like to face Anderson Silva, Khabib Nurmagomedov or Kamaru Usman.
Bandido after surgery yesterday on his broken wrist is hopeful to be back in action in six to weight weeks. All In is 7 1/2 weeks and that is the hoped for goal if he would even be booked on the show.
Josiah Harrell, who was to face Jack Della Maddalena tomorrow on the UFC show, in his MRI was found with moyamoya syndrome, a rare disease that results in blocked arteries at the base of the brain according to Nolan King of MMA Kings. He will undergo a brain procedure and is obviously out of the fight. UFC confirmed that Della Maddalena will be off the card.
We’ve looking for reports from these weekend shows:
- Smackdown tonight in Madison Square Garden (dark matches only)
- NXT tonight in Largo, FL
- NXT tomorrow night in Melbourne, FL
- We’re looking for results, finishes and highlights
Some more notes on the AEW ratings from Wednesday, which came out today. Dynamite’s 855,000 viewers and 0.29 was first place on cable, and also beat everything on at least English language television except The Price is Right from 8-9 p.m. on CBS in 18-49. It was second on television and an 0.29 on cable is more impressive than an 0.42 on network in hour one. In house two, it was tops on all of television. Sista Series on BET was second on cable at 0.18 and Real Housewives of Orange County on Bravo was third at 0.17, followed by Expedition Unknown on Discovery at 0.16. The 35-49 numbers were way up but 18-34 was still at the same 0.19 as last week. The MJF/Adam Cole post-match was the 18-49 and 18-34 high point.
The G-1 Climax tournament starts a week from Saturday, which is also the day of the Kenny Omega vs. El Hijo del Vikingo match for AAA in Tijuana.
UFC 290 is tomorrow from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas:
6 p.m. on ESPN 2
- Kamuela Kirk (155.5) vs. Esteban Ribovics (156)
- Shannon Ross (126) vs. Jesus Aguilar (126)
- Cameron Saaiman (135) vs. Terrence Mitchell (135)
- Vitor Petrino (206) vs. Marcin Prachnio (206)
ABC and ESPN at 8 p.m.
- Tatsuro Taira (130) vs. Edgar Chavez (129)
- Jimmy Crute (205) vs. Alonzo Menifield (205.5)
- Yazmin Jauregiu (115.5) vs. Denise Gomes (115.5)
- Robbie Lawler (170.5) vs. Niko Price (171)
PPV at 10 p.m.
- Bo Nickal (186) vs. Val Woodburn (185.5)
- Jalin Turner (158) vs. Dan Hooker (155.5)
- Robert Whittaker (185.5) vs. Dricus Du Plessis (186)
- Brandon Moreno (125) vs. Alexandre Pantoja (125) for the flyweight title
- Alexander Volkanovski (144.5) vs. Yair Rodriguez (145) for the featherweight title
- We have a preview in the current issue. Turner missed weight by two pounds and has to forfeit 20 percent of his purse.
Dana White is claiming that 100 percent Mark Zuckerbeg and Elon Musk want to fight in UFC and he said he has a date planned for the fight. He said if a commission says no, he’ll find a commission who says yes and said the show will do one billion in revenue.
Becky Lynch & Seth Rollins and Montez Ford & Bianca Belair are being sent by WWE to the Espy Awards.
Best wishes to former pro wrestler Rick Allen, known as Sunny Beach on Northeast indies and the Herb Abrams UWF, who had heart surgery on Thursday. He worked many television matches for WWF as well.
The Impact shows this past week in Wagga Wagga, Australia will be airing later this month on Impact in 60.
MLW is doing a PPV show on FITE+ tomorrow night from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia with Alex Hammerstone vs. Alex Kane for the title as the main event.
Battery charges against former UFC fighter Luis Pena were dismissed, stemming from an October 2021 arrest. Pena was accused of striking two women, and injuring them, one of which was his partner who he allegedly struck several times with a cosed fist and another woman attempted to stop him and he allegedly punched her and knocked her down. UFC then released Pena from the promotion but has fought five times in smaller companies since.
Marlon Vera will face Pedro Munhoz at UFC 292 according to Vera’s management team on social media. Munhoz replaces the injured Henry Cejudo.
Other Notes
Combate Global, coming off one of its best ratings in years, will be on Univision and Paramount + at 11 p.m. tomorrow night Carlos Briseno vs. Micaias Ureno as the main event.
MCW Fan Jam on 7/23 at the RJ Meyer Arena in Joppa, MD has a free admission fan fest with Roderick Strong, Lio Rush, Headbangers, Eric Bischoff, Ricardo Rodriguez, Mickie James, Melina Perez, Reby Hardy, Matt Hardy, Renee Paquette, Jeff Hardy and more.
Pro Wrestling Revolver tomorrow night in Grand Prairie, TX at The Epic with Alex Shelley vs. Zachary Wentz, Keith Lee vs. Aaron Eagles, Sami Callihan vs. Allie Katch in a street fight, Rich Swann vs. Shane Taylor, Mike Bailey vs. JD Griffey in a no ropes fight pit match, Lance Archer vs. Matthew Palmer and Chris Bey & Ace Austin vs. Gabe Wilder & Tommy Prince.
Former WWE developmental wrestler Kyla Rasmussen, 42, pleaded no contest to charges of trying to strangle the driver on a moving vehicle in Rochester Hills, MI. (thanks to Mike Malasev)
AAA has its first TV taping in six weeks tomorrow night in Orizaba, Veracruz with Jack Evans & Pentagon Jr. & Aramis vs. Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf & Pagano plus Negro Casas & Dalys vs. Daga & Chik Tormenta as the top bouts.
Triple H comments on potential WWE futures of Dwight Howard, Tyson Fury
Paul “Triple H” Levesque has commented on the WWE futures of Tyson Fury and Dwight Howard.
Fury has performed once inside a WWE ring at Crown Jewel in 2019. He was also on-hand for Clash at the Castle in Cardiff earlier this month. Levesque spoke with the Sporting News at the Crown Jewel press conference recently and stated that he believes Fury has the potential to do something special in WWE.
“I think Tyson Fury is chomping at the bit to get in the ring,” Levesque said. “The question is which ring will he get into? Is it going to be the boxing ring or is it going to be the WWE ring? We were just together in Cardiff, we had a long talk. He’s as enamored as ever in wanting to do this with us. I think he knows he’s got a few big fights left in him in the boxing world. I think he’s going to capitalize on those fights.”
“Selfishly, I want him to come work with us. Also selfishly, I want to see those fights. So, I hope he knocks those out and I hope he stays interested because I do think with the dedication and the drive that he could do something special with us as well.”
Howard attended a WWE tryout in Nashville during SummerSlam week. Levesque says “the ball is in his court” regarding the basketball player’s WWE future.
“I think the ball is in his court. It’s a funny thing, Dwight, in the conversations we had, was like, ‘You Know, I really want to do this. I’m serious, I really want to do this’ but we hear that a lot and there’s a difference between saying I want to do this and putting in the grind and doing the work to get there. [He] came by our tryouts in Nashville, was incredibly entertaining, jumping in promos by himself and then with others. Incredibly entertaining, really driven to want to do this.”
“He’s got a lot of other things going on, so when he says, ‘Hey, I want to give this a shot,’ he’s got my phone number. All he’s got to do is call me and we’ll see what can happen. And if he’s willing to put in the grind and the drive that guys like Logan Paul and Bad Bunny and Tyson Fury are willing to put in then let’s go.”
Tyson Fury confirms he’ll be ringside for WWE Clash at the Castle
Tyson Fury will be at WWE Clash at the Castle.
WWE posted a video of the 34-year-old boxer confirming his attendance for the event. Fury noted that he will be sitting ringside for the show.
“Hi, Tyson Fury here. I’m really excited for the first WWE Premium Live Event in 30 years going down at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff,” Fury says.
“I will be sat ringside, live and exclusive to watch this great event.”
.@Tyson_Fury will be ringside at #WWECastle LIVE at @principalitysta in Cardiff! 👀 @visitwales pic.twitter.com/78kmkuUkpo
— WWE (@WWE) September 1, 2022
GiveMeSport reported on Wednesday that Fury would be at the event but is not expected to get physically involved with the action.
“The decision to keep Tyson away from the ring is likely due to the fact he doesn’t want to risk picking up an injury ahead of a potential return to boxing,” wrote Louis Dangoor.
Fury is rumored to be facing Oleksandr Usyk later this year.
During a post-fight press conference in April, Fury teased possibly wrestling Drew McIntyre in Cardiff.
“I got to speak to Vince and the boys, maybe make this happen. I know Drew McIntyre has been saying a lot of things about me, I’d love to knock him out. I’d love to be at Cardiff. I’d love to be back at center stage in the UK,” he said.
Report: Tyson Fury to appear at WWE Clash at the Castle
Tyson Fury is reportedly set to make an appearance at WWE Clash at the Castle on Saturday.
According to a report from GiveMeSport, the 34-year-old will be in attendance at the show in Cardiff but will not be getting physically involved in the action.
“The decision to keep Tyson away from the ring is likely due to the fact he doesn’t want to risk picking up an injury ahead of a potential return to boxing,” wrote Louis Dangoor.
Despite announcing his retirement from boxing after his defeat of Dillian Whyte in April, Fury has been training for a potential fight with Oleksandr Usyk later this year.
Fury teased a potential match with Drew McIntyre in Cardiff during a post-fight press conference after his victory over Whyte.
“I got to speak to Vince and the boys, maybe make this happen. I know Drew McIntyre has been saying a lot of things about me, I’d love to knock him out. I’d love to be at Cardiff. I’d love to be back at center stage in the UK,” he said.
Fury has only competed once in a WWE ring. He defeated Braun Strowman via count-out at Crown Jewel in 2019. He alo performed on the November 8, 2019, edition of SmackDown from Manchester when he and Strowman were involved in a segment with Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel.
Report: Tyson Fury in talks for a WWE return this summer
Tyson Fury could be back in WWE shortly.
According to a report from GiveMeSport, the undefeated boxing champion is currently in talks with WWE about a return to the company. Should a deal be reached, Fury could potentially appear at WWE Clash at the Castle from Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on Saturday, September 3, 2022.
Fury’s one match in WWE came at Crown Jewel on October 31, 2019, when he defeated Braun Strowman via count-out. He would then perform on the November 8, 2019, episode of SmackDown from Manchester when he and Strowman were involved in a segment with Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel.
Since he last appeared on WWE programming, Fury has won three straight fights. He defeated Deontay Wilder in back-to-back bouts before earning a TKO victory over Dillian Whyte in April.
Fury spoke with GiveMeSport back in March in the lead-up to his fight against Whyte. He told the outlet that he was certain he’d be back in a WWE ring again eventually.
“One million percent, you will see me in the WWE again. One million percent,” Fury said.
Tyson Fury teases potential Drew McIntyre match at WWE’s Cardiff stadium event
Tyson Fury brought up Drew McIntyre’s name during a post-fight press conference today in the United Kingdom.
Following his victory over Dillian Whyte this afternoon at Wembley Stadium, Fury talked about potentially facing Drew McIntyre at WWE’s stadium event at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on September 3.
“Don’t rule me out of fighting there,” he said when asked. “You might see me at SummerSlam. I got to speak to Vince and the boys, maybe make this happen. I know Drew McIntyre has been saying a lot of things about me, I’d love to knock him out. I’d love to be at Cardiff. I’d love to be back at center stage in the UK. ”
"Don't rule me out of fighting there! You might see me at SummerSlam. I got to speak to Vince and the boys! I know @DMcIntyreWWE has been saying a lot of things about me! I'd love to be at Cardiff!" – @Tyson_Fury 👀
CC: @btsportwwe#FuryWhyte pic.twitter.com/UDBzZptZ2o
— Boxing on TNT Sports (@boxingontnt) April 23, 2022
Fury has previously wrestled in WWE, facing Braun Strowman at WWE Crown Jewel back in October of 2019, defeating Braun Strowman by count out. The following month, he appeared on the November 8 edition of SmackDown in Manchester, teaming with Strowman to defeat the B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel).
Fury defeated Whyte, scoring the win via TKO in the sixth round, retaining the WBC and The Ring Heavyweight titles.
Daily Update: NJPW, Tyson Fury, Double or Nothing tickets
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WON NEWSLETTER: May 17, 2021 Observer Newsletter: NJPW shows postponed, Brian Pillman Dark Side of the Ring
Dave Meltzer covers the state of emergency in Japan, the actual stats, shows canceled, when NJPW is set to return.
Lots more on the life of Brian Pillman, what Dark Side didn’t cover, his football career, contract disputes, booking idea if he stayed with WCW, children and legacy.
Also in this issue:
- Match and wrestler of the week
- AEW & WWE back on the road and details
- A look at the next two major pro wrestling PPV shows
- UFC coverage of Saturday’s show, next week’s show, new fights, new financial info
- Most detailed look at ratings, what shows do people watch longest, what shows do they watch live or most on DVR, Segment breakdowns and and exclusive info on how the different shows are consumed
- U.S. Olympic wrestling preview
- The amazing historical story of a fugitive in a foreign country who held the biggest tag team title in the world, and his shocking death
- Notes on AEW television schedule for the next six weeks
- 2016 Gold medalist talks WWE
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Bryan and I will be back tonight covering Raw, the AT&T/Discovery merger, the return of ROH to live shows and more news from WrestleMania Backlash. You can send email questions for the show to [email protected]
The Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua fight that seemed to be a go is now on hold as arbitrator Daniel Weinstein ruled that the contract for Fury to face Deontay Wilder that they signed prior to the first fight that guaranteed an automatic rematch was valid. The fight, set for 8/14 in Saudi Arabia, could still happen if Wilder gets paid enough to agree to step aside. But that would have to be a huge amount of money. Fury was at the WWE PPV yesterday with his son, and shared photos of his son with Vince McMahon and Rey Mysterio.
For the first time ever, a WWE PPV failed to crack the top 20 in Google Searches, with No. 20 being at 100,000. That would indicate the lowest interest level except maybe for some of the overseas shows. However, Dave Bautista did chart No. 6 at 200,000, some of which was for responding to people who blamed him for the Miz vs. Damien Priest fiasco. He said to blame Vince. We’re currently taking polls on WrestleMania Backlash as well as UFC 262, so you can leave a thumbs up, down or middle along with a best and worst match for each show to [email protected]
AEW put tickets on sale for Double or Nothing on 5/30. They did not sell out instantly although they sold 3,000 tickets in the first few hours. As of last word a few hours back, they had set up for 3,700 and had about 3,000 sold.
As far as the NBA Playoffs go, Raw is lucky tonight with nothing. NXT on Tuesday goes against two games, Charlotte vs. Indiana at 6:30 p.m. and Washington vs Boston at 9 p.m. AEW on Wednesday goes against San Antonio vs. Memphis at 7:30 p.m. While they are lucky not to go against Golden State vs. Los Angeles, which starts after Dynamite ends, many people will want to catch at least the end of the first game. There will also be one game on Friday night to be determined.
Fit Finlay was on Gerald Brisco & John Layfield’s podcast and Finlay said that the COVID outbreak in New Japan included his son. He said that several wrestlers when they were leaving the country to go home and had to take a test to get on the plane tested positive. The names he gave were his son and Jay White, so both had to stay in Japan to quarantine before they could travel home. He also said that his son was confused about his next move career-wise. We were able to confirm the story but Finlay and White were the only other names we heard that tested positive and are remaining in Japan. At this point, with New Japan back running, on 5/25, it makes sense for them to stay since White for sure was booked for Dominion and both could work shows shortly.
Announced for Raw tonight is Alexa’s Playhouse with new women’s tag champs Natalya & Tamina. The show has been torn up several times today and as of a few hours ago was still being rewritten.
Ringside News reported that the original plan for yesterday’s show was for the Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Braun Strowman match to be in the main event slot, but it was changed to the Roman Reigns vs Cesaro match. We have confirmed this is accurate and actually the entire order of the matches were changed the day of more than once.
Kip Sabian announced today that he had undergone surgery. The angle with Miro on Dynamite was to set up the needed surgery. Sabian on social media said the surgery was a success.
The New York Post called the Miz vs. Priest match one of the saddest moments in WWE history. (thanks to Barry Werner)
Miz suffered a knee injury last night.
WWE
- The bruising of Cesaro’s arm was not from a prior injury but called “lucky bruising” in the sense the match was about working the arm, and in a ring accident, it ended up bruising.
UFC
- Conor McGregor announced today the birth of his third child, a boy named Rian.
- Philip Rowe vs. Orion Cosce is being looked at for the 7/31 show.
OTHER NEWS
- CWE announced its first Internet PPV with Sugar Cube Entertainment on 6/12 at 8 p.m. Eastrn time from Winnipeg for $10. The build will be on the TV show that starts airing on Friday nights at 9 p.m. local time on Shaw TV Winnipeg Ch. 9.
- NWA Powerrr tomorrow has Thunder Rosa vs. Kamille. If Rosa wins, she becomes the top contender for the title held by Serena Deeb. If Kamille wins, she gets the shot at Deeb and Rosa can no longer work for AEW or any other promotion besides the NWA. Pope vs. Matt Cross for the TV title plus NWA tag champs Aron Stevens & JR Kratos, Nick Aldis, Tyrus with manager Austin Idol, War Kings, The end, JennaCide, Melina, Fred Rosser, Marshe Rockett and Sal Rinauro.
- Game Changer Wrestling on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Jack Cartwheel b Jimmy Lloyd, Chris Dickinson b Bad Dude Tito, Jordan Oliver b Ricky Marvin, Lio Rush b Starboy Charlie, Mance Warner & 1 Called Manders & Matthew Justice b Eli Everfly & Damian Drake & Matt Vandagriff, Shlak b Juice Finau, Effy b Dark Sheik, Joey Janela b Allie Kat, Nick Gage b AJ Fury to retain the GCW title. Jon Moxley attacked Gage and they had a big brawl after the match (thanks to Nick Mahmood)
- AXS on Thursday at 10 p.m. will have The Best of Drew Galloway in TNA. Also on Thursday at 3 p.m. they will air the 2014 Lockdown PPV which was headlined by Magnus (Nick Aldis) vs. Samoa Joe and MVP & Jeff Hardy & Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards vs. Bobby Roode & Austin Aries & The Bromans in a Lethal Lockdown match plus Gail Kim vs. Madison Rayne.
- Combate Global and Univision announced Friday’s show starting at midnight on Univision will have Christian Perez (4-0) vs. Brian Del Rosario (5-4) Del Rosario is the WBC super welterweight Muay Thai champion. Also Marcos Lloreda (9-6) vs. Luis Iniguez (3-1) and Blanca Marquez (0-0) vs. Mariel Celimen (0-0).
- The third match in the best-of-three with Kanji vs. Gisele Shaw for the Progress women’s title will take place on Saturday airing on Peacock.
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WON NEWSLETTER: May 10, 2021 Observer Newesletter: AEW Blood & Guts, NJPW Wrestling Dontaku recaps
Dave Meltzer recaps the AEW Blood and Guts special, both nights of NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku.
Also in this issue:
Idea of War Games, Blood & Guts coverage, understanding the ratings and business notes.
Ospreay vs. Takagi, Dontaku coverage and New Japan COVID issues explained.
Notes on the upcoming AEW & WWE PPV shows.
Saturday’s UFC coverage.
The life of Randy Savage, what was and wasn’t covered by A&E, aspects that were and weren’t true.
AAA Rey de Reyes coverage and a major bout of international stars set up with Omega vs. Andrade.
Debut of a new promotion with lots of international stars coming to PPV.
Dragon Gate Dead or Alive coverage.
Lots of new info on exactly how people watch the major wrestling shows.
How many different people actually tuned in to see the different wrestling shows last week and why it’s far more than people realize.
Champion Carnival finals notes.
Hall of Famer returns to start new major promotion.
Story behind the Reigns vs. Bryan match.
More into detail on the ratings than any other source, how every segment on NXT and AEW did as well as how it did with different age groups, genders and more, plus a look at all other wrestling shows of the past week.
Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week.
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Bryan and I will be back with Wrestling Observer Radio tonight. We also have a Q&A show on Randy Savage and Brian Pillman up. You can send questions to tonight’s show to [email protected]
Raw tonight has Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre non-title, Riddle & Randy Orton & New Day vs. Elias & Jaxson Ryker & A.J. Styles & Omos as well as Charlotte Flair & Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax vs. Asuka & Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke. I hope somebody remembers that Jax was the one who “injured” Flair in the first place.
Velveteen Dream is backstage at Raw. No idea if he’s there for the show, but he hasn’t been around of late.
Drew McIntyre spoke with DAZN about a fight with Tyson Fury, saying: “He’s cutting promos on me the other day from Vegas. It’s pretty surreal to me. When I turn on my Twitter, and he does respond. It’s been over a year now that we’ve been going back and forth with each other. It gets people talking. I know there’s going to be a day where we finally make something happen. It’s going to be big, and ideally, I think it’s going to be in the UK.”
When asked more, he said, “Yeah, it helps my profile. But for me, it’s more about how we can draw new fans to WWE, and he has such a significant fan base with a different market. He’s such an entertainer. He has worked with us before, so he gets it. And somewhere like, say the UK, we’ve not had a significant pay-per-view in the UK since SummerSlam ‘92. A very long time. It deserves one. It would need something on top that’s larger than life. It can’t get more larger than life to take two of the UK’s most successful sons in their fields and have a Battle of Britain. I think they’re just the marquee itself. Obviously, I’d love to wrestle one of our guys and have the technical back and forth, 30-minute masterclass. This wouldn’t be the most technical thing in the world. It would be good. I think it would surprise people how good it would be. But just to get those new eyeballs on the product, to get that big UK show, and to make some new fans in the process. That would be pretty cool.”
He also said it’s happening: “00 percent I see it happening. I’ve got a vision of how I’d like to see it happen. I don’t make the decisions. That’s for others to talk about behind closed doors. But I know somewhere like the UK it would be huge business. I know for meeting Fury, watching him, and the way he went about things when he was here last time. He’s willing to put everything he’s got into it. With me, I know I can get a performance out of anybody on this planet. I know he’s willing to put in the work, and he’s such an entertainer on top of it. It would be a big deal. “
Sunday Night’s Main Event, Drew McIntyre is on at 41:00.
Dave Bautista is in a mystery role in the Knives Out sequel.
WWE
- 2K and Visual Concepts will be offering a sneak peek at the developmental process behind the upcoming WWE 2K22 video game with a social media content series providing access to work-in-progress production and development. The first message is out on the WWE 2K22 developer twitter and instagram accounts.
- Sunday is WWE’s WrestleMania Backlash show and the post-show network show is WWE Icons on Rob Van Dam.
- Paul Heyman will be doing a virtual signing on 6/2 at HighspotsAuctions.com
UFC
- Vinc Pichel vs. Austin Hubbard has been added to the 8/21 show.
AEW
- Tony Khan will be speaking tomorrow at 3 p.m. Eastern on “The Changing Face of Sports Viewership on Sportico Live.
- Announced for AEW Dark tomorrow is:
Eddie Kingston & Jon Moxley vs. Milk Chocolate
The Factory vs. Jake Logan & Ryzin & Rick Recon
Jungle Boy vs. Martin Casaus
Brian Cage vs Bear Bronson
OTHER NOTES
- NWA Powerrr tomorrow talks about the 6/6 PPV show, Matt Cross vs. Mims for a shot at the NWA TV title, Tyrus does a live interview, Sal Rinauro vs. Kratos, Kamille wants to talk about Thunder Rosa, Jax Dane vs. Slice Boogie falls count anywhere and Chris Adonis & Thom Latimer vs. Kratos & Aron Stevens.
- A news story on a Saturday show at the baseball stadium in Jackson, TN (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)
- Author Steve Verrier, who has published excellent books on the history of pro wrestling in the Pacific Northwest and on the life of Gene Kiniski, is doing a third book called “Renaissance Wrestler: George Gordienko: An Amazing Life on the Canvas.” Gordienko was a legendary wrestler of the 50s who was not allowed to wrestle in the U.S. due to what was believed to be an affiliation with Communism. He was so good that Lou Thesz asked to drop the NWA world title to him, but they couldn’t get him in the country. Stu Hart had many times called Gordienko the toughest real wrestler of the era and Red Bastien, who came from the shoot world before going into pro wrestling, said the same thing.
- The third and final match of the best-of-three between Kanji and Gisele Shaw for the Progress women’s title takes place on the 5/22 show.
- Combate Globo on Friday night on Univision and UnivisionDeportes at midnight features Jose Alday (13-5-1) vs Ramon Cardozo (8-4) in a bantamweight fight. At lightweight, Jordan Beltran(10-6) faces Jose Zarauz (21-7-1) and a women’s fight has Ana Panalacios (4-1-1) vs Yajaira Cunningham (2-1).
- PWA Black Label from Saturday night in Sydney, Australia: Kai Drake b Jack Bonza, Mat Rogers b Belinda Pierce and Backman, Big Fudge & “Concrete Davidson tied in a 2-man Rumble, Mat Diamond b Lyrebird Luchi, Charlie Evans & Ricky South & Jessica Troy b Sam Osborne & Will Keidis & Cherry Stephens, Mick Moretti b Carter Dreams, Unsocial Jordan b Michael Spencer, Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher b Jude London & Paris De Silva to win the PWA tag titles. People were raving about this main event match.
- David Heath, the former Gangrel, got engaged yesterday while at Yankee Stadium in New York.
- Nick Aldis will defend the NWA title at the Gathering event in Charlotte in July at the University Hilton. Those announced as appearing at the convention are David Schultz, Demolition, Tom Prichard, Ken Resnick, Ted DiBiase, Greg Valentine, Barry Windham, Rick Steiner, Kevin Von Erich, Tony Atlas, Eric Embry, Shaun Simpson, Norvell Austin, Dennis Condrey, John Nord, Mike Rotunda, Stan Lane, Steve Keirn and Jimmy Valiant.
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WON NEWSLETTER: April 26, 2021 Observer Newsletter: WWE financials, Ben Askren vs. Jake Paul
We have a loaded issue of the Wrestling Observer this week, with business and history features.
We update WWE financials, with comments from Nick Khan, Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon and Kristina Salen talking about the state of the company, the state of sports business, what media companies are looking at right now, AEW, plus a look at WWE revenue and profits. We also look behind the numbers at what they mean, how every category is doing and what categories the company is no longer reporting on. We also look at the decline of WWE ratings as compared to that of cable television and network television.
Also in this issue:
The new attempt at a unique concept PPV with the Triller promotion and Ben Askren vs. Jake Paul, the show, the match, the blitzed announcers, Ric Flair, comparisons to other similar things and long-term sustainability.
Kenny Omega vs Rich Swann match, followed by a story on famous title unification matches throughout pro wrestling history. We look at some of the biggest and most important matches of all-time that were two champions unifying a world title from 1920 to the present.
WrestleMania business numbers when it came to the two live shows, with real attendance, real gates and what it means.
New Smackdown announcing team, Pat McAfee talks his debut, Daniel Bryan talks his current situation and contract, thoughts on Daniel Bryan’s future, new hires and departures at WWE, change in show distribution, former star talks coming out of retirement, how the WWE & AEW shows rank among sports programming, WWE star bio released, Damien Priest talks Bad Bunny, more on Kalisto being let go, Dr. Wagner Jr. talks WWE, political reason for a winning streak, and most-watched YouTube segments on his week’s WWE programming.
A major feature on the career of Steve Austin and the A&E special, his background, how he got into wrestling, the WCW years, the Stone Cold name, life after wrestling, and what were key things not talked about on the documentary.
Mickie James garbage bag situation and the firing of Mark Carrano.
MLW’s new television deal, who else was in talks about that deal, MLW returning to shows with fans and a spinoff planned.
Coverage of this past week’s UFC show, business notes, where the top fighters are headed plus match-by-match coverage.
More detail on ratings than any other source, we have how every segment on NXT and AEW did as well as how it did with different age groups, genders and more, plus a look at all other wrestling shows of the past week.
Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week.
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TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE
WWE
- In an interview with The Big Issue, Drew McIntyre continued to push the idea of a match between him and Tyson Fury. “When I’m able to win back my WWE title we’ll fly back home, get an open top bus at the top of Scotland. I’m going to make my way down Scotland, [and have a] big celebration all the way down into England. Get to Fury’s house, set ourselves up a little match. It’s going to happen. The thing is he has a genuine love for wrestling and he’s such an entertainer, he gets it.I know we could do some fun business together. Probably some kind of Battle of Britain would be the theme.”
- Mercedes Martinez spoke to Daily DDT about her choice not remaining with the RETRIBUTION stable. “Do I regret the decision [to leave RETRIBUTION]? No, I do not,” she said. “I always have to put forth what’s great for me in my career now. I can’t look in the future, I don’t know what can happen in the future, but I have to take the opportunity and what’s best for Mercedes Martinez’s career at this moment. With RETRIBUTION, I took the opportunity, but it wasn’t the right opportunity. It didn’t feel right in my heart to be there. With the crew there and with the RETRIBUTION members, I want nothing but the best for them and they’re young enough to do what they got to do and take the opportunity and kill it.”
- Jeff Jarrett on Sportskeeda talked about the Mickie James shipping incident from last week, saying “Obviously I’ve known Mickie her entire career. Incredible talent. You know, that story broke and without knowing all the details, it took in my opinion… how the bag got there. Cosmetically it didn’t sit well with a lot of folks. but also know that there’s a lot of discussion in the world we live in with social media and clicks. I get it. I completely understand it,But without… look, there’s a lot of things that aren’t always what they truly appear to be,” Jarrett added. I don’t know who shipped it, how it was shipped, what was in that bag, what was in the contents of that bag. There’s so many questions, what if? But I know one thing it made great headlines last week and a lot of discussion. But at the end of the day I don’t think either side… Mickie’s a future Hall of Famer without question. But it was a unique situation, difficult for both sides but I think it’s water under the bridge at this point.”
- AJ Styles, Omos, Charlotte Flair, Franky Monet, Natalya, and Tamina have been announced for tomorrow’s The Bump.
- WWE announced that they have hired Samantha Irvin as a ring announcer. She has begun ring announcing for 205 Live.
- NXT UK star Sam Gradwell talked to Give Me Sport about his current run.
- Xavier Woods talked to Sports Illustrated about his new role as a host for G4.
- Full matches added to WWE’s YouTube today include Tegan Nox vs. Dakota Kai from the March 4, 2020 episode of NXT, Randy Orton and Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins and Kane from the April 27, 2015 episode of Raw, and John Cena (WWE) and Rob Van Dam (Intercontinental) vs. Triple H, Shelton Benjamin, and Chris Masters in a handicap match where both titles were on the line from the May 15, 2006 episode of Raw.
- WWE has filed for the trademark “In-Dex”.
Other Wrestling
- Bruno Lauer (Harvey Wippleman, Downtown Bruno) is running for the Board of Alderman in Walls, Mississippi.
- Chelsea Green has launched her own podcast, “50 Shades of Green”. She has also trademarked the podcast name.
- Vice has added the Owen Hart episode of Dark Side of the Ring to their YouTube page.
- Sports Illustrated has an article on Jordynne Grace and on a new body positivity photography project.
- Slam Wrestling has an article speaking to Deonna Purrazzo about her merchandise.
- WrestleZone has an article speaking to Dak Draper about his ambitions to become a star in Ring of Honor.
- Quinn McKay will take part in a Choose Your Honor Q&A tomorrow at 8 pm ET.
- ZERO-ONE has delayed their May 8 card in Kumamoto due to the state of emergency in the area.
- Kongo Kong vs. Beast Man has been added to the Warrior Stadium Series event on June 5.
- ABC Action News in Tampa has an article on Marc Mero and his motivational speaking.
- Here is the latest episode of Sammy Guevara’s vlog.
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DAILY UPDATE
Latest News:
- Report: Wade Barrett negotiating full-time commentary deal with WWE
- Tuesday’s AEW Dark to feature 11-match lineup
- VIDEO: Being The Elite – Out of The Elite
- Second AEW TV show expected to launch by end of 2020
- Full list of entrants for ROH Pure title tournament
- MLW returning with new TV episodes this fall
- NJPW reveals matches for New Japan Road tour
- NJPW announces tournament for IWGP Junior Tag Team titles
- WWE confirms Clash of Champions for September 27
- Roman Reigns wins Universal title at WWE Payback
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WON NEWSLETTER: August 31, 2020 Observer Newsletter: Death of Bob Armstrong, WWE ThunderDome debut
A look at the life and wrestling career of Bob Armstrong is the lead in this week’s double issue of the Observer. We go through what made him a star, his appeal in the Southeast, his role in the famed Atlanta promotion war, what his booking by Bill Watts in Florida inspired more than a decade later, the Roddy Piper feud, the numbers Georgia wrestling did on cable, his success in different territories and his authority roles later in his career.
Also in this issue:
Thunderdome, what hit, what missed, what audience came back for it, what has been learned so far, the sweetheart business deal, the Payback card and booking, plus match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.
Television situation changing for Bellator and what that means, including the unique nature of their ownership that explains why it was purchased in the first place.
Karrion Kross injury and Tuesday’s NXT show to fill the title vacancy.
A look back at the first NXT Takeover and at the 30th show, with match-by-match coverage, star ratings and poll results.
New Japan’s first major outdoor stadium show in 21 years, the last non-Tokyo Dome stadium show before this, what Jingu Stadium is most known for historically, an show preview and a look at this past week’s Korakuen Hall show.
The economics of WWE, the Sonya Deville court hearing, return to action of the U.K. crew and plans, Renee Young talks her time in WWE, Big E/Miz talk, WWE new hires, Orton and Flair talk their angle, how wrestling did compared to other sports this past week, Canadian & U.K. ratings, rewriting of Raw this past week, most watched shows on WWE network this past week and company current market value.
Saturday’s UFC show with business notes and match-by-match coverage.
Return of CMLL, its plans for this year’s anniversary show and how the voting for specific matches is doing.
Television viewers per home for the biggest sports events of the past week and how wrestling fits in.
Ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.
Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week.
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MONDAY NEWS UPDATE
Bryan and I will be back tonight talking Raw, Brock Lesnar as well as taking e-mail questions that you can send to [email protected]
There should be major changes in ratings, particularly involving sports, as Nielsen begins counting viewership outside the homes in places like bars, restaurants and airports. This is supposed to make a huge change going forward in sports ratings, particularly major sports events.
Tyson Fury and Drew McIntyre went back-and-forth over Twitter with challenges. It seemed not to be grandstand stuff but such a match doesn’t seem to make economic sense unless it’s in Saudi Arabia or WrestleMania, and everyone is going with the idea that the show scheduled for later this year isn’t happening.
Even though last week the injuries to Drew McIntyre were supposed to be career threatening, he was as of this morning scheduled to headline the 9/27 PPV show, likely against Randy Orton. This should all be made clear on tonight’s show.
WWE Payback was the No. 8 most searched term on Google yesterday with 200,000 searches, which is identical to what Saturday’s UFC show did and probably a little better than would be expected under the circumstances. It is what a normal B show does, but a lot of people figured coming a week after SummerSlam would lead to lower interest. We’re still doing our weekend polls for both Payback and the New Japan Jingu Stadium show on Saturday so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle with a best and worst match from each show to [email protected]
Richard Drasin, who was well known in the bodybuilding community from the 70s Gold’s Gym era and wrestled from 1966 to 2001 as Ric Drasin, passed away yesterday at the age of 76 after being hospitalized with a series of heath complications. We talked about this last night and will have a bigger article on him in the Observer, but he was a guy who could have been a star as many promoters including Don Owen and Verne Gagne liked his look as a babyface but in the end, he never wanted to leave the Venice Beach scene and that cost him a lot of opportunities. He trained a number of wrestlers, including Rusev, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus, promoted independent shows and his own promotion for 16 years, and was a popular podcaster talking about the bodybuilding scene in the 70s. He also played the part of Demi-Hulk in The Incredible Hulk television show.
WWE
- For Raw tonight, the only thing announced was Rey Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins as of earlier today.
- Jeff Hardy turns 43 today and Mickie James turns 41.
UFC
- A major featherweight fight with Brian Ortega vs Chan Sung Jung, the Korean Zombie, which UFC has tried to put together in the past, is now slated for 10/17.
- After original opponent Ricky Simon who forced off this coming Saturday’s UFC show due to one of his corner men testing positive for COVID-19, Brian Kelleher, who was to face Simon, is now scheduled against Kevin Natividad (9-1). who is making his UFC debut.
- Gustavo Lopez vs. Felipe Colares in a bantamweight fight has been added to the 11/7 show.
AEW
- TV Guide in their new listings has AEW Dynamite No. 57 in a list of the 100 best television shows in the U.S. I can’t recall a pro wrestling show ever making the list other than GLOW. No. 1 was Better Call Saul.
- MJF”s lawyer, who faces Jon Moxley on Wednesday’s show, Smart Mark Sterling, is an independent wrestler as well as the producer and co-host of Matt Cardona & Brian Myers’ podcast. He trained with MJF at Myers’ school in New York, which is also where Kris Statlander was trained (thanks to Scott Yager)
MISCELLANEOUS
- Impact on AXS TV tomorrow night
Eddie Edwards vs. Eric Young for the Impact championship
Rob Van Dam vs. Sami Callihan
Mad Man Fulton & Ace Austin vs. Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz
Reno Scum vs. Rhino
Deonna Purrazzo’s black tie affair celebration - This show goes head-to-head with NXT from 8-10 p.m. on the USA Network. NXT features a one-hour Iron Man match for the vacant NXT title with Tommaso Ciampa vs. Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Finn Balor, which has a very good chance of being among the greatest WWE matches in history. The show also has a street fight with Tyler Breeze & Fandango & Isaiah Scott vs. Santos Escobar & Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde.
- Former Southeastern Championship Wrestling TV announcer Charlie Platt talks about his last visit with Bob Armstrong.
- Nail in the Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro will be debuting at limited theaters on Friday and then be released the following Tuesday on VOD and Digital.
- Warrior Wrestling has shows on 9/12, 9/19 and 9/26 at Marian Catholic High School in Chicago at the Dave Mattio Football Field. Kids 16 and under will be admitted free with a paying adult. Field seats are $45 and bleachers are $35.
- Hooked on Wrestling is doing a Nitro week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the birth of Monday Nitro.
- Paige VanZant, as the face of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships, will be headed to Philadelphia on Wednesday to announce the partnership between the promotion and the Travis Manion Foundation. Events to announce this are set for 9 a.m. Wednesday at Freedom Square in Dylestown, PA, 1 p.m. at the Philadelphia Museum of Art where the Rocky steps are at 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. at Phillips Steaks at 3 p.m. The first show as part of this partnership will be a 9/12 show in Daytona Beach, FL at the Ocean Center.
- The town of East Haven,CT sent a cease and desist letter to Leonard Inzitari (former WWF wrestler Mario Mancini) to shut down a wrestling event at Inzitari’s wrestling school that was scheduled for this past Saturday night. The reason give is that the city has categorized Inzitani’s Paradise Alley Pro Wrestling show a “pornographic, adult entertainment and fetish wrestling.” The school is run by Inzatari, Paul Roma, Steven Paradise and Paul Perez. Jes Inzitari, the son of Leonard, has said that the promotion emphasizes a G rated atmosphere where no profanity, no blood or weapons are allowed. He has started a petition to get this ruling overturned. Others who have attended the shows have said that nothing inappropriate has happened at the events.
- United Wrestling Coalition returns to Kelly’s Bar in Wrightstown, NJ on Saturday night for an outdoor show at 5 p.m. with admission being $13. Fans are told to bring their own lawn chair and reserve a ticket in advance. They are also asking fans to bring an unwrapped toy. It’s not a requirement, but they want to deliver Toys for underprivileged kids and will be having drop boxes at their outdoor shows on 9/5, 9/19 and 10/24 for collections. If you donate a toy, you will get a free ticket voucher once they can run shows indoors again. Saturday’s show has the 11th annual Wrightstown Rumble with 20 participants.
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Daily Update: Wilder/Fury, Nakamura, UFC notes
DAILY UPDATE
Latest News:
- WWE Main Event results: Cedric Alexander vs. Akira Tozawa
- MLW Fusion results & video: ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor vs. Ross Von Erich
- WWE WrestleMania 36 card undergoing some major changes
- Kenny Omega announced for DDT Wrestle Peter Pan
- UFC on ESPN+ 26 live results: Paul Felder vs. Dan Hooker
- WWE announces Charlotte Flair vs. Bianca Belair for NXT
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WON NEWSLETTER: February 24, 2020 Observer Newsletter: Coronavirus affects Japanese wrestling, WrestleMania update STARDOM and NJPW events affected by coronavirus, a look ahead at WrestleMania weekend, and more.
We’ve got a WrestleMania update with new matches, an updated card, details on the women’s aspect of the show with new bouts and stars from the past who are scheduled and who are not scheduled.
Also covered in the new issue:
Ticket sales for all the WWE shows that week, as well as how the secondary market is doing right now for the WWE & AEW major events.
More on both the Super Showdown and Elimination Chamber shows.
How the Coronavirus has affected some major shows that were scheduled. We look at the Stardom cancellations, the empty arena show on YouTube, another promotion with a worldwide audience doing an empty arena show, as well a how New Japan is handling the situation.
Complete coverage of NXT Takeover Portland, with business notes, update on Matt Riddle, match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results on the show.
Update WWE talks regarding how WrestleMania will be broadcast this year, what AEW should be looking for, XFL ratings and analysis, NXT Japan update, Tito Ortiz training with WWE, Bill Goldberg’s dates, former WWE star tells story about Trump, new WWE documentary, Matt Hardy update, Injury updates, foreign ratings, return of John Cena, WWE bans former star from getting talent for their podcast and why, debut of former top star in Mexico, update on MSG, stock price update, most-watched shows on the WWE Network as well as a look at all the NXT and WWE arena events held over the past week.
Complete coverage of the UFC show from Rio Rancho, NM this past week, with business notes.
Update on the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony.
A note on the biggest Wednesday night ratings movers.
Revolution Pro High Stakes headlined by Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr., and how Ospreay’s in-ring style has changed so much over the past year. We look at how pro wrestling handles weight classes as compared to real sports, why going back in time may provide a more updated view than what we have now about weight classes and pro wrestling.
2019 stats on WWE performers including who won this year’s Iron Man award, a well as wins and losses.
Our 2019 Awards ballot.
Regarding the Wednesday numbers, we’ve got full details, demos that each side won, how every segment did and what match ended up as the difference maker.
Full coverage of all the WWE and AEW television shows from the past week.
In-depth looks at the ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.
Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week.
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SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE
We’re looking for reports from tonight’s NXT show in St. Paul, MN to [email protected].
Our weekend show is up, talking Wilder vs. Fury, changes at WrestleMania, Wednesday ratings in detail, WWE stock rise and many other topics.
For the weekend, the only thing from combat sports that trended on Google was the Fury-Wilder fight with 5.2 million searches, which is huge, but still well under half of McGregor-Cerrone which is quite the sign of the times. Paul Felder was No. 12 earlier today with 20,000, but that doesn’t mean he’ll crack top 20 today when the day is over.
Regarding yesterday’s fight, Deontay Wilder did not suffer a broken jaw or a ruptured eardrum, but he did have bleeding in the ear which wouldn’t have helped his balance. According to Kevin Iole, he did need seven stitches to close the cut in his ear.
Go out of your way to see the Manabu Nakanishi retirement ceremony from yesterday in Tokyo. Lots of tears flowing backstage as well after it was over.
Shinsuke Nakamura needed nine staples on the back of his head from when he was powerslammed on the piano on Smackdown on Friday night.
Dave Bautista is scheduled to appear Thursday night on the Late Late Show with James Cordon on CBS. (thanks to Jon Southerland)
WWE
- No WWE events today. Raw is in Winnipeg tomorrow. Brock Lesnar is on the show.
- Jordan Devlin was pulled from today’s Progress show due to elbow bursitis.
- Brady Roberts was one of the security guards during the Braun Strowman segment and an EMT in the Matt Hardy segment. He produced the wrestling TV series Paper Champions on Amazon Prime and did the World of Hurt TV show with Roddy Piper. He was trained by Lance Storm.
UFC
- Karolina Kowalkiewicz was injured early in the first round of her fight with Yan Xiaonan on yesterday’s show in Australia. She was hospitalized and will need surgery on her right eye. She had a small broken bone and couldn’t see out of the right eye, but continued fighting.
- The main event with Paul Felder vs. Dan Hooker was great. Hooker won a split decision but I had it 48-47 for Felder, but it was close. Of media scores, they were 71 percent in favor of Felder. Judge Barry Foley gave Felder the last three rounds. Judge Howard Hughes gave Hooker rounds one, three and five. Judge David Leathaby gave Hooker the first three rounds.
- Ag Fight and MMA Fighting reported Ariane Lipski vs. Luana Carolina for a 5/16 show in San Diego.
MISCELLANEOUS
- Evolve is opening a wrestling school in Queens, NY. There will be an open house on Friday from 6-10 p.m. The location is the Coliseum Gym 2.0 at 98-31 Jamaica, Ave., in Woodhaven. Evolve also announced a 3/14 Tommaso Ciampa seminar/tryout in Livonia, MD or $149 and a 3/15 seminar/tryout with Terry Taylor in Chicago for $199, or both for $299. There will also be seminars in late March with WWE’s William Regal, Robbie Brookside, Christopher Guy (Ace Steel), Sean Hayes (training), Ryan Katz (writing promos and character development), James Long (promos and character development), Daryl Sharma (refereeing) and Gabe Sapolsky involved.
- Impact Sacrifice from last night in Louisville: AJ Daniels b D’Mone Solvanio, Max the Impaler b Cali Young, Rohit Raju b Corey Storm, Josh Alexander & Ethan Page b Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz, Kiera Hogan b Ray Lyn, Willie Mack b Jay Bradley, Acey Romero & Larry D b Mad Man Fulton & Dave Crist, Daga b Jake Crist, Joey Ryan b Johnny Swinger, Jordynne Grace b Havok, Rhino b Moose-DQ, Tessa Blanchard b Ace Austin
- AAW from Friday night in Chicago before 475 fans: Deonn Rusman & Joseasa b Benjamin Carter & Travis Titan, Karam b Solomon Fatu, The Hyan won three-way over Christi Jaynes & Kenzie Paige, Jake Lander won over Ace Perry, Clayton Gainz, Jason Cade, Nate Webb and Stephen Wolf, Kris Statlander b Jody Threat to keep the AAW women’s title, Mance Warner b Sami Callihan to keep the AAW title, Nick Gage b Matt Justice, Paco b Zicky Dice, Fred Yehi won over Hakim Zane, Jordan Oliver and Josh Briggs, TJ Perkins b ACH, Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett kept AAW tag titles over AR Fox & Myron Reed. (thanks to Leonard Brand)
- Next AAW show is the 16th anniversary show on 3/20 in Chicago at the Logan Square Auditorium with Mance Warner vs. Fred Yehi for the AAW title, Curt Stallion vs. Adam Brooks and Kimber Lee vs. Jessicka Havok.
- There is an 80s Wrestling Con on 4/48 in Freehold, NJ at iPlay America from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with Jim Duggan, Honky Tonk Man, Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson, Lex Luger, David Schultz, Teddy Long, Dutch Mantell, Jose Estrada, Jose Luis Rivera, Zeus, Sean Mooney, Larry Zbyszko, Ivan Putski, Tony Garea, Dean Malenko, Bill DeMott, Terri Runnels, Teddy Long, The Ascension and Ted Arcidi.
- Femme Fatales from Friday nght in Ottawa, ONT: Maeve O’Farrell b KC Spinelli, Veda Scott won three-way over Ashley Vox and Nevaeh, LuFisto b Priscilla Kelly, Sally & Cecil Nyx b Ava Everett & Davienne, Kimber Lee b Ivelisse, Alexia Nicole b Nicole Savoy. The next show will feature an intergender tag team tournament on 5/2 in Quebec City.
- Adrenaline Pro Wrestling from last night in Melbourne, Australia: Matty Wild b Xavier Black, Aria b Vixsin, Jayson Krash b Kris Law, Michael Weaver b Mad Dog, The Inmates b J2, Aiden Miller won over Mike Kaos, Jett Rouka and Tyson Baxter, Zane Zodiac b JXT, Sammy Guevara b Zane Zodiac. Guevara did an impromptu match where he didn’t take any bumps. Zodiac was laid out by JXT before the match started and Guevara hit just one move to get the pin. He will do a return match with Zodiac on 5/30. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
- Defy from Friday night in Seattle,WA: Super hot crowd. Sonico b Black Danger, Rebel Kel b Danika Della Rouge, Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson b Guillermo Rosas & Damian 666 to keep Defy tag titles, Jeff Cobb b Cody Chhun in what was said to be ****+, Judas Icarus won four-way over King Khash, Eli Surge and Travis Williams, Anthony Bowes b Jet Knight, Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf 450 b Mike Santiago & Ethan HD to keep the Crash tag titles, Randy Myers b Schaff to win the Defy title. The main event was said to be awesome with fans storming the ring similar to Dusty Rhodes NWA title win in Tampa and people were crying in the stands. Next show is 3/29 in Seattle at Washington Hall. (thanks to Scott Janicek)
- Orange Cassidy was announced for the World Series Wrestling tour in June.
- Adam Brooks, who is headed to the U.S., has his last match in Australia on 2/29 in Melbourne for PCW. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
- Robbie Eagles headlined a show for PWR in Manila, The Philippines earlier today, losing to local champion Chris Panzer in the main event. Emi Sakura will appear on the next show.
- Insane Wrestling Revolution from Friday night in Monroe, MI: Willie Watts b Ben Boone, Chin Strap Jesus & Nate Bock b Mysterious Movado & Ridiculoso, Reggie Collins b Rohit Raju, Joe Coleman b Dread Kdaveing Loga, Beastman b Nick Green, Aaron Orion & Jack Price b Malcolm Monroe III & Jaimy Coxxx, N8 Mattson b Kurt Hendrik, Rhino b Shane Douglas & The DBA( thanks to Leonard Brand)
- Kevin Eck with the latest ROH news.
- Billy Jack Haynes discusses the serious health condition of Portland Wrestling Legend Rip Oliver in this interview.
- A feature on the Qatar Pro Wrestling show over the weekend.
- There is a new Roddy Piper action figure from the movie “They Live”. (thanks to Joe Puccio)
- An article on Tito Santana and his new book.
Daily Pro Wrestling History: The Era of Honor Begins
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