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Daily Update: Tremont-Onita, WWE holiday shows, XPW

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WON NEWSLETTER: November 1, 2021 Observer Newsletter: ROH announces hiatus, WWE’s 2022 schedule

In this week’s issue:

  • The legacy and the future of ROH
  • 2022 WWE PPV schedule
  • The Flair-Lynch-Deville-Banks segment on last week’s SmackDown and questions it asks
  • Dark Side of the Ring on the Vince McMahon steroid trial, key points in the piece and other key points regarding the end result of the trial
  • NXT’s goals as far as changing its audience and how Halloween Havoc delivered
  • The seven markets that WWE and AEW are selling tickets in and what are the updated numbers
  • Ratings from the past week
  • International TV numbers
  • Update on AEW Full Gear
  • Best match and best performer of the week
  • G1 best match and G1 MVP
  • G1 American interest level
  • NJPW financials
  • Next NJPW major shows
  • Jericho Cruise
  • Impact Bound for Glory
  • Former pro wrestling rookie of the year faces aging comedian in high profile MMA fight in a few weeks
  • Last week’s UFC show

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SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE

Bryan and I will be back tonight covering the news of the past several days and talking Smackdown, Rampage, ratings and other news. We’ve got two new shows up this weekend, both very different.  The first was with Garrett Gonzalez and Jon Moxley talking his new book “Mox” that comes out on Tuesday.  This was a very unique interview that went a million directions and was very entertaining. The other is a show with Wade Keller which is a must of you saw “Dark Side of the Ring” about the Vince McMahon steroid trial, as we talk what was left out of the show that was important, a lot of thoughts on the trial, the trial fixer (and there was one), Jerry McDevitt, Phil Mushnick and the other characters as well as why the case never should have gone to trial.

Jim Valley’s Cauliflower Alley Club speech accepting the Courage award.

Not much in the Google searches this week. Only two entries. UFC yesterday was No. 6 with 500,000 views, which is low if you consider it a PPV (it had two title bouts and was a PPV i mos of the world) but every high if you consider it an ESPN+ show, which it was in the U.S., but it was a PPV caliber main card.

The Atsushi Onita vs. Matt Tremont double hell current blast death match headlines H2O wrestling in Trenton, NJ at the baseball stadium on IWTW at 8 p.m.Eastern.

DDT did an empty arena show today at the Tokyo Dome featuring four-man teams doing a gauntlet won by Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno & Mao,who beat Danshoku Dino & Yuki Iino & Yumehito  Imanari & Tetsuya Endo.

Tatsumi Fujinami ran a 50th anniversary of his pr debut show today in Osaka. It was a legends main event with Fujinami & Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka over Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & AKIRA.  He will be doing a Tokyo version of this on 11/9.

Mat Fitchett beat Josh Alexander last night in Berwyn, IL to win the AAW Jim Lyman Cup tournament.

WWE

  • Bill Zdon at Wrestling Tickets has a lot of numbers for the WWE holiday shows. These are a combination of both paid and comp tickets. The 12/30 show in Buffalo did a first day of 2,256, the AEW 12/15 show in Garland, TX did 2,721 (which would be lower than the first day of the show there in July). 11/28 traditional Thanksgiving weekend show in Greensboro did 4,164, a 12/30 show in Laval, Quebec is at 4,447, 12/26 in Tampa is at 2,573, and 12/28 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC is at 2,688.
  • Sheamus returns this week doing the European tour on the Smackdown brand side.  He had surgery  on his nose that broke twice in recent matches.

OTHER NOTES

  • After Dark Side Of the Ring covered XPW, Rob Black decided to restart the promotion and this is the first TV show.
  • Defy results from Friday night in Seattle:  Ricky Gibson & Eddie Pearl b Rylie Jackson & Levy Cruise, Richard Holliday b Jordan Oasis, Nick Wayne b Titus Alexander, Jeff Cobb DDQ Jacob Fatu, El Phantasmo b Sonico, Viva Van b Allie Katch to keep the PCW Ultra women’s title, Homicide b Ethan HD in a no DQ match.  Next show is 11/20 at Washington Hall in Seattle headlined by Jon Moxley vs. Tom Lawlor.
  • Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling from last night in Belleville, IL:  King Christopher Hargas & Ken Kasa b Gary Jackson & Gil Rogers, Jerry Lawler b Kowalski, Jayson Breed b Jake Lawless, Niles Plonk b Ax Allwardt, Flash Flanagan & Big Texan b Rick Ruby & Richard Shaw, Superstar Steve Fender b Bobby D, Billy McNeil b Sean Vincent, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson b Shawn Santel & Mauler McDarby, Gary Jackson won a two-ring Battle Royal to win the revived Central States title, Attila Khan b Haku in a no DQ match.  Also at the show were David Schultz, Jimmy Hart, Sgt. Slaughter, Greg Valentine, Bill Eadie & Barry Darsow as Demolition and Bob Orton Jr. (thanks to Patrick Brandmeyer)
  • Want to mention the death of Laurence Bowdren, the father of wrestling podcaster Jeff Bowdren, who passed away at 93 after 70 years of marriage.  
  • Legacy Fighting Championships returns to Southern California on 11/12 at the Los Angeles Burbank Marriott Convention Center at 10 p.m. Eastern on UFC Fight Pass.  The main event has lightweights to determine a title contender with Arthur Estrazula (12-5) vs. Tommy Aaron (9-5) and bantamweights with Leandro Gomes (6-1) vs. Askar Askar (11-2).
  • Joseph Rudd, better known as Erick Rowan and now Eric Redbeard, was on the 10/29 episode of the TV quiz show “You Bet Your life.”  He and his partner won $5,500 answering questions about the city of Pittsburgh. They billed him as losing to The Rock in the shortest WrestleMania match of all-time.
  • Jessie Godderz beat Nick Dinsmore in the main event last night for the OVW Saturday Night Special show. Godderz retained his title after a spear.
  • AML Wrestling from last night in Mocksville, NC: Brad Attitude b White Mike,Caprice Coleman b Mik Drake, Griff Garrison& Marcus Kool b Terrence & Terrell Hughes, Infinite Man b Arik Royal & Andrew Everett, Colby Corino won over George South, JB Cole & Zuka King. NASCAR announcer Jeff Hammond worked the show and put a sleeper on heel manager Perry James in the main event. Next show is 11/28 as part of WrestleCade in Winston-Salem, NC.
  • Beyond Wrestling Reverse the Curse on 11/7 in Somerville,MA at the Arts at the Armory has Matt Cardona vs.Ted Goodz, Jeff Cobb vs. Wheeler Yuta and Brody King vs. Adrenaline Rush.
  • CWE has a iPPV for $13.99 on Facebook called Rumble to Remember tonight with a Rumble as the main event.

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WON NEWSLETTER: May 4, 2020 Observer Newsletter: Florida and UFC/WWE/AEW, more news

A look at how the major companies are looking at either running or not running is the lead story in this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We also have a major feature on the characters from ABC’s 20/20, from David Schultz, John Stossell, Jim Wilson and Eddy Mansfield, as well as a feature on Gerald Brisco and how Vince McMahon got control of the TBS time slot for one year.

The issue also covers:

The schedule for UFC, WWE and AEW. 

The time frame Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida talked about for live events, the hypocrisy sanctioning these events, why UFC isn’t running Las Vegas, ESPN’s change of policy, another state open to bring in wrestling, boxing and MMA, UFC’s first show back, update on Fight Island, Bellator plans and Scott Coker talks his ideas.

Another feature on WWE financials with Vince McMahon’s quotes on all facets of business going forward and what is and isn’t honest about them. We also look at why you can’t compare live attendance, what category does look good and what doesn’t, empty arena shows, costs of taping now and why Vince says the WWE Network should grow.

The firings of Cain Velasquez and Curtis Axel and the departure, at least for now, of Gerald Brisco.

How close Brisco and Vince McMahon have been, the 1984 purchase of GCW by McMahon and how it went down, how McMahon lost the time slot after one year, the WWE signing and usage of Velasquez, and what major WWE decision-maker thought Axel would be one of the company’s signature stars.

The latest episode of Dark Side of the Ring on David Schultz. We look at the start of Schultz’s career, his feud with Hulk Hogan, slapping John Stossel, Eddy Mansfield, Jim Wilson, Jim Barnett, how Schultz got fired by WWE, Jim Cornette on the show, the Lou Thesz-Eddy Mansfield confrontation, the deregulation of wrestling, and how the story on Jimmy Snuka and the 20/20 story on wrestling intertwine.

New Monday night competition to Raw, 2K plans or 2020, How WWE stars get paid, wrestler who pulled out of tapings this past week, U.K. and Canada TV ratings, Taynara Conti and Mike Bennett talk being released, Jerry Lawler talks his remark bout Tozawa, Heath Slater talks his departure, David Starr talks current conditions and the most-watched bouts for the past week on WWE Network.

A harrowing story on Ilima lei-Macfarlane and her childhood going to the famed Punahou Schoolin Hawaii and the dirty secret the school covered up for decades that has just come to light.

Full coverage of the Impact Rebellion show with so many champions not there, as well as match-by-match coverage.

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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WEDNESDAY NEWS UPDATE

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  • FS1’s Best of WWE specials on Ric Flair, Edge, Brock Lesnar, and Roman Reigns averaged 157,000 viewers, 213,000 viewers, 255,000 viewers, and 198,000 viewers last night. The respective ratings in the 18-49 demo were 0.03, 0.05, 0,06, and 0.04.
  • Today’s The Bump featured AJ Styles, The Miz & Maryse, Tamina, and Dana Brooke.
  • A pre-Money in the Bank episode of The Bump is airing at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday. The Undertaker, Bayley, and Bray Wyatt have been announced as guests for the show. Undertaker appearing on The Bump comes in advance of “Undertaker: The Last Ride” premiering on the WWE Network after Money in the Bank.
  • Kevin Nash will be a guest on next Wednesday’s episode of The Bump.
  • John Cena, Charlotte Flair, and Triple H honored health care workers for The Real Heroes Project.
  • Harvey Wippleman is appearing on tomorrow’s episode of Corey Graves’ After the Bell podcast.
  • The SmackDown hacker angle continued on WWE Backstage last night.
  • Drew McIntyre talked to actor Chris Hemsworth about his new Netflix movie “Extraction.”
  • Full matches added to WWE’s YouTube today include Jinder Mahal vs. Randy Orton for the WWE title from Money in the Bank 2017 and the 2013 Money in the Bank ladder match.
  • Dakota Kai turns 32 today.

Other Wrestling

  • Lester Perfors, best known as Supreme, passed away this morning according to nephew Joey Muñoz, who wrestled as Kaos in the California independent scene. Supreme was best known for his run in XPW, where he held their King of the Deathmatch title four times. 
  • Tony Khan tweeted that all AEW wrestlers and staff for tonight’s live episode of Dynamite have tested negative for COVID-19: “#AEWDynamite is live tonight on TNT at 8pm ET/7CT! I’ve tested negative for COVID as have all wrestlers & staff here, we’re taking best precautions possible & it’ll be a great show with the debut of Matt Hardy teaming w/ Kenny Omega v. Jericho & Guevara, + @JonMoxley v. Kazarian!”
  • On Facebook yesterday, the IATSE 115 union wrote about setting up for tonight’s Dynamite and the health precautions that are in place: “We reopened with AEW-All Elite Wrestling SAFELY at Daily’s Place Amphitheatre today. A COVID-19 Rapid Test was given to every stagehand, road crew, venue staff and talent before entering the venue. Portable wash stations, hand sanitizer stations, mandatory masks covering, social distancing (especially at breaks) at all times. We didn’t ask to be the first but we are and we are working to keep it SAFE! #iatse115 #unionstrong #returntoworksafely”
  • Cody vs. Joey Janela will open tonight’s Dynamite.
  • Khan appeared on today’s episode of the AEW Unrestricted podcast and discussed AEW continuing to run during the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Ariel Helwani tweeted that AEW’s wrestlers and personnel and the UFC’s fighters and personnel are both staying at the same hotel in Jacksonville: “Two major events are happening in Jacksonville this week: UFC 249 and AEW tapings. Coincidentally, all fighters/wrestlers and personnel for both orgs are staying at the same hotel in Jacksonville, I’m told. That could make for a fun time.”
  • Vice uploaded the trailer for next week’s Dark Side of the Ring episode on The Road Warriors.
  • In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Matt Cardona (the former Zack Ryder) spoke about his release from WWE.
  • Jon Moxley talked to Stephanie Chase on WWE releases, his work in AEW and NJPW, his role in Cagefighter: Worlds Collide and more.
  • MLW announced a multi-year agreement with Fight Globe that “will see Fight Globe represent the distribution of MLW programming in Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa as well as Canada and Mexico.”
  • All DDT, TJPW and Ganbare Pro shows have been canceled through June 23.
  • Birthdays today include Colt Cabana (40) and Brian Knobbs (56).

MMA

  • Dana White said there was a possibility that Stipe Miocic could be stripped of the UFC Heavyweight title if he chooses not to return. 
  • UFC’s return to Las Vegas has been announced for May 23, a Fight Night event. 
  • White has also said that other sports events ended up being canceled because “they caved to the media pressure.”
  • UFC has uploaded the first episode of UFC 249 Embedded.
  • Shooto will be going ahead as planned, but will be held at an undisclosed venue and won’t be open to the general public.

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WOL: Remembering XPW’s Supreme, Raw ratings, AEW/NXT preview

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the death of XPW’s Supreme, RAW ratings, AEW vs. NXT tonight, lack of crowds in pro-wrestling, calls and texts and so much more.

Remember you can watch this packed show and every WOL live and free on Twitch so check it out~!

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August 12, 2002 Observer Newsletter: Messiah victim of home invasion attack, more

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In what could be one of the sickest and strangest stories in the history of independent pro wrestling, wrestler Messiah, real name William Welch, had his thumb cut off by attackers who also attempted to cut off his penis while at his apartment in Canyon Country, CA on 8/1.

Police had contacted several people within wrestling after the fact. They were investigating Welch’s belief that the attack was related to the wrestling industry.

Welch described the incident as two African-Americans, both in their mid-20s and weighing in the range of 230 to 250 pounds coming into his unlocked door. Welch believed they were there to see his roommate, but then they attacked him. Welch provided a description of the assailants detailed enough for police sketches.

According to Gary Yap, the promoter of EPIC, the company Messiah was currently wrestling with after a heated departure from XPW, the 25-year-old Welch told him he was playing video games at 6 p.m. when they came in. 

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