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This Weekâ€s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is up on the site today:
*Updates on Crown Jewel and WrestleDream, interest level , lineups and what could be added
*Notes on Tuesday’s AEW/NXT head-to-head battle
*Odds regarding upcoming big matches
*Tokyo Dome ticket sales and notes from Hiroshi Tanahashi and Aaron Wolf
*NXT No Mercy coverage
*New Japan Destruction in Kobe notes
*CMLL Noche de Campeones notes
*Fuerza Guerrera retires with a look back at his career
*Television ratings are crazy this week and what is the change
*One of the most impressive attendance streaks in history has ended
*CMLL’s focus on wmens’wrestilng in October
*Tessa Blanchard back in CMLL
*AAA goes head-to-head with CMLL featuring AEW and WWE stars on each show
*Saya Kamitani becomes double champion
*Go Shiozaki leaves NOAH
*King of Pro Wrestling shw final.zied
*Mistico vs. Bandido singles match this past week
*Bret Hart talks his career and we look back at what he said
*New wrestling documentaries
*European star may have cost himself his career with full details as to what happened
*MLW makes comment on WWE business on its TV show
*Upcoming TNA TV news
*Thoughts on Andrade’s return to AEW and what happened
*History of pro wrestling on the SuperStation
*Zuffa Boxing TV deal and notes on the promotion
*Dana White on 60 Minutes coverage
*How UFC went from almost dying to a $15 billion business, the moves it made and how Vince McMahon killed one of its biggest TV deals
*What happened with Wanderlei Silva’s boxing match after it was over
*Notes on stockholder lawsuit against TKO
*WWE top star to take time off for major movie role
*WWE headed to Japan for big shows
*Injury updates
*Updates on Edris Enofe and Jazmyn Nyx leaving the company
This Weekâ€s Back Issue
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Sunday Update
— My thoughts are that Friday’s Hall of Fame show with Phil Lions, John Muse and Ethan Tyler was maybe the best Hall of Fame show we’ve ever had, with the extensive look at overseas and some of Mexico. This was our second off three weeks of these shows. Garrett, myself and Paul Fontaine last night talked UFC, Hall of Fame and wrestling news. The Friday also has some ratings news stuff but we have a story up on the site that details the changes, comparisons with sports, news and entertainment properties and a lot more.
— After his quick UFC light heavyweight title win, Alex Pereira issued a challenge at heavyweight to Jon Jones. Pereira is now a three-time world champion with his quick destruction of Magomed Ankalaev in their bout last night in Las Vegas. Pereira was apparently going to challenge Jones in the ring, but because of the death of Arthur Jones, Jon’s brother, he asked for a moment of silence for Arthur Jones after the fight. Jones was very complimentary of that, obviously. It’s what UFC would have wanted as Pereira is a much better champion for business. However, Dana White was negative about that fight, feeling Pereira should stay at light heavyweight.
— White said he believes Pereira dislocated his toe or toes in the quick fight.
— JD Drake noted that he wrestled Sting in Sting’s last match ever in Charlotte, and then on Friday wrestled Steven Borden in the first match of his career in New York City.
–Right now Smashing Machine is estimated at doing $6 million this weekend, third behind Taylor Swift The Official Release Part of a ShowGirl ($33 million) and One Battle After Another (11.1 million). Garrett Gonzales talked about it on last night’s show. I’ll be watching it on Wednesday. The headlines haven’t been kind since they are based on Swift beating The Rock and Rock’s lowest opening weekend for a movie of his entire career. It was expected to do $20 million until the Swift movie was added for a debut, at which point it was estimated midweek to open at $10 million. So way below expectations. The per-screen number estimated at $1,793 is almost identical to the opening weekend of Iron Claw ($1,750) but Iron Claw was in fewer screens. Smashing Machine has publicized far heavier and Dwayne Johnson is the bigger star, but The Von Erichs, even if only huge in Texas in the 80s and other places the TV went, still are far better known than Mark Kerr..
— As far as major matches, I really didn’t hear much about anything as a must see past Bandido vs. Hechicero Friday night at Arena Mexico. There was nothing big from Japan. Dax Harwood vs. Kevin Knight from Collision was strong. Ultimo Guerrero vs. Mistico from last night’s MLW was strong as well. Jiri Prochaka vs. Khalil Rountree from last night’s UFC show was fantastic as a fight.
— Tony Khan said that Bandido will be wrestling Tuesday night after Friday’s Arena Mexico show. I’m actually not certain if that was an injury or just a storyline during the match. Bandido did leave the building in a sling and said his shoulder popped out but he put it back in. The doctor came out during the match, but it also played into the match story. Â
— AEW on Tuesday for a special night of Dynamite will be another two-and-a-half hour show. I guess the idea is that after NXT is over, that they’ll have 30 minutes. We’ll see if that works. Announced is Brody King & Bandido vs. Kazuchika Okada & Konosuke Takeshita with the new stip being if King & Bandido win, then the one who wins the fall will face Okada for the Unified title, but if Okada & Takeshita win, they get a tag team title match. Also Jon Moxley vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Pac vs. Orange Cassidy, Hurt Syndicate vs. Ricochet & Gates of Agony in a street fight, Kyle Fletcher vs. Kyle OReilly for the TNT title and Adam Page and Samoa Joe face to face. It goes head-up with NXT which has a men and women’s Survivor Series match with teams TNA vs. NXT, the women’s match with Jordynne Grace as referee, plus Ethan Page vs. Mustafa Ali for the North American title and Hardys vs. DarkState, with the TNA vs. NXT tag titles at stake must be a winner. 4 1/2 hours of likely very good wrestling. NXT is on its regular night so they’ll almost surely have the higher rating.
Collision, taped Wednesday in Jacksonville, has Josh Alexander vs. Kota Ibushi, Toni Storm & Harley Cameron & Kris Statlander vs. Thekla & Skye Blue & Julia Hart, Megan Bayne & FTR vs. Kris Statlander & Jet Speed, Eddie Kingston vs. Mortos and The Acclaimed vs. Big Bill & Bryan Keith.
— As far as Google searches for the weekend, the only combat sports stuff related to last night’s UFC 320 show. In all, it did 1,180,000 searches. Arthur Jones had 50,000 with people wanting to know the cause of death. It hasn’t been revealed.
— On Friday’s PFL show there was a lot of controversy regarding the Usman Nurmagomedev vs. Paul Hughes main event. Most felt it could have gone either way and should have been 48-47 in either direction. Judge Hadi Mohamed Ali had the first four rounds for Nurmagomedov and 94-46. Judge Brian Miner has been criticized like crazy with people saying his 50-45 scorecard was ridiculous. Judge Daryl Ransom had rounds one, three and four for Nurmagomedov winning 48-47. MMA Decisions only had nine reporters scores, of which four were for Hughes, but all nine it had 48-47 either direction.
— The only controversial call in UFC was in the Jakub Wiklacz vs. Patchy Mix prelim fight. Judge Michael Bell had Wiklacz winning rounds one and two and a 29-28 score. Judge Ben Cartlidge had Mix winning two and three and a 29-28. Judge Derek Clearly had Wiklac z winning one and two and 29-28. Media scores were 71 percent for Mix.
— MLW from last night in Long Beach,CA: Mads Krule Krugger kept the MLW title over Mr.. Thomas, Matthew Justice, CW Anderson, Brock Anderson and Chris Adonis, Volador Jr. vs. Star Jr. in the Opera Cup, Satoshi Kojima b Bishop Dyer in the Opera Cup (Volador Jr. vs. Kojima is next round), Austin Aries b Paul London in the Opera Cup, Matt Riddle b Alex Hammersone, Shoko Nakaima b Himawari to keep the women’s featherweight title, Mistico b Ultimo Guerrero in the Opera Cup to met up Mistico vs. Aries.
— Priscilla Kelly and Killer Kross will be wrestling in MLW very soon.
— Mercedes Mone was announced for a show on 10/10 in Greve, Denmark.
— The LFG show comes down to the finals tonight with Penina Tuliaepa vs. Dani Sekslesky and Drake Morreux vs. Harlem Lewis. The show airs tonight at 10 p.m  Great Moments at 9 p.m. is about SummerSlam in the 2000s and 9:30 p.m. will be a show on The Undertaker.
— Black Gordman, on this year’s Hall of Fame ballot, turned 89 today, making him one of the oldest living wrestlers. Terri Runnels turned 59 and Michael Paris, who is Joaqun Wilde of the LWO, turned 39. Â
— Brian Pillman died 28 years ago today. That seems so much less time than that to me. Antonio Pena died 20 years ago today. Lorraine Johnson, a member of the generally considered best women’s tag team around late 50s and early 60s with Penny Banner, died five years ago today at the age of 90. She’s also the mother of Baby Doll (thanks to Tony Richards)
— Mistico vs. Mortos is 10/26 at the Fox Theater in San Bernardino,CA.
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