Daily Update
Sunday Update
— We have both of our weekend shows up, with the Friday show talking about all the news of the week and last night’s show talking about AEW All Out, WWE Wrestlepalooza and CMLL 92nd anniversary show. Bryan and I will be back tomorrow night taking Raw.
— I guess the biggest thing coming out of All Out for Wednesday, besides that apparently the PPV did well and all of a sudden afternoon shows for AEW may be the better idea largely because it’s a lot better for a long show to be in the afternoon, plus it helps with European buys. Crown Jewel is only three weeks away in Perth, so Raw should start the build. We already know Seth Rollins vs. Cody Rhodes, and whoever holds the Smackdown women’s title, will face Stephanie Vaquer in the two main events. We should get at least some ideas for the top matches at WrestleDream on Wednesday.
— Outside of the two major shows, the matches we’ve heard the most about to watch for the weekend would be Mistico vs. MJF on Friday which was a classic if you love 1970s wrestling (or today’s wrestling for that matter but aside from using modern moves it felt like the wrestling from another era), Máscara Dorada & Neon & Atlantis Jr. vs. Hechicero & Volador Jr. & Zandokan Jr. from Friday and I’ve been told you have to see Ultimo Guerrero vs. Blue Panther from tonight at Arena Mexico where Panther won the MLW National Openweight title. As best I can tell, Panther would be maybe the oldest singles world champion ever. One person told me that they thought their 8/8 singles match had a better atmosphere but they went all out. The 8/8 match between them was something to see.
— Google trends showed roughly double the interest in Wrestlepalooza as All Out, which should be no surprise. In the searches for both shows the WWE show was 200,000 and AEW was 50,000. AJ Lee and Stephanie Vaquer made the individual search list while nothing from AEW broke out aside from the show itself.
— We should have an idea of how Wrestlepalooza did outside the U.S. on Tuesday when Netflix numbers come out. It will not likely crack the top ten because it didn’t air in the U.S., so we won’t have numbers, but we’ll be able to see how it did in comparison with Raw and Smackdown in the key countries. Hopefully we’ll have a good PPV estimate for All Out by Thursday. Tony Khan said it did very well. We’ll also see how starting at 7 p.m. affected Raw numbers as compared to 8 p.m..
— We’re looking for your thoughts on CMLL Anniversary 92, AEW All Out and Wrestlepalooza, thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match for each of the three shows to [email protected]
— We’re also looking for dark match reports from Friday’s Smackdown tapings.
— We don’t have more details but Mirai announced she was leaving Marigold. Mirai was one of its funding members and biggest stars, as well as someone who helped train the newer wrestlers. She said her last match would be 10/13 at Korakuen Hall.
— The hints are that Orange Cassidy will return as the mystery partner of Kyle O’Reilly & Hologram against the Don Callis Family on Wednesday, plus Tony Khan makes a major announcement. Most seem to think it’s women’s tag team titles and a tournament. I do know he made women’s tag title belts some time back and said injuries delayed starting the tournament.
— Raw in Evansville, IN, has 5,037 tickets out per Wrestletix.
— Ronda Rousey shows photos of her training MMA. Nobody at this point expects her to fight again but she said she’s enjoying her training.
— Defy results from Friday night in Settle: Killer Kross b Calvin Tankman, Nicole Matthews b Amira, Midnight Heat b Randy Myers & Matt Brannigan, Marina Shafir b Hyan to keep the women’s title, Evan Rivers won a four-way over El Phantasmo, Ethan HD and Miles Deville, Bryan Keith b Clark Connors to win the Defy title. The Righteous, Vincent & Dutch, were on the show but didn’t wrestle. Next shows are 10/24 in Portland, OR at the Wonder Ballroom and 11/21 back at Washington Hall in Seattle.
— Heavyweights Ante Delija and Waldo Cortes Acosta headline on the 11/1 UFC show.
— Conor McGregor said that he expects to face Michael Chandler on the White House show in June.
— Rafael Fiziev is off the UFC show on 10/11 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, due to an injury. Charles Oliviera, his scheduled opponent, wants to stay on the card.
— Mortos vs.Bandido headlined a show in Golden, CO, tonight.
