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Euro Leagues: Kane for Ballon d’Or & Faroe Islands at the World Cup?

John Bennett, Guillem Balague, Rafa Honigstein and Mina Rzouki discuss all the latest in European football. Jean-Philippe Mateta has his first start for France at the age of 28 – but he’s ruffled some feathers after calling out former teammate Wilfried Zaha. Nick Woltemade has now scored in his last 4 games for club and country – how big was this international break for him? Der Klassiker is this weekend – the only 2 unbeaten teams in Bundesliga face off but who will come out on top? Gennaro Gattuso has won his last four with Italy, and in Serie A, have AS Roma finally hit the jackpot with Gian Piero Gasperini? Plus Faroe Islands’ Odmar Faero drops by with his country just a point away from the World Cup play-off spots – can they become the smallest nation to ever play at a World Cup? And what’s the latest with Jude Bellingham after his omission from the England squad? How has that been received across the continent? And how important is Mikel Merino for Spain?

01:05- Mateta and Zaha
09:50 – Woltemade
17:20 – Can Harry Kane win the Ballon d’Or?
24:05 – Italy
31:15- Roma
36:30 – Faroe Islands’ Odmar Faero
47:15- Jude Bellingham

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Dwayne “The Rock†Johnson is proving once again that he doesnâ€t take shortcuts — especially when it comes to transforming for a role.

In a new Instagram post, the wrestling icon-turned-actor shared a behind-the-scenes time-lapse video of his intense transformation into MMA legend Mark Kerr for the film The Smashing Machine. The clip shows Johnson sitting through a grueling four-hour process each morning, applying extensive prosthetics and makeup to become Kerr. He explained the daily ritual in the caption:

“Transformation into The Smashing Machine. 4 hours in the make up chair, every morning. 22 prosthetics (eyes, face, forehead, scars, cauliflower ears, wig).â€

But for The Rock, the transformation wasnâ€t just skin deep. He made it clear this physical change helped him mentally step into Kerrâ€s complicated life.

“By the time I got to set, I felt I was already in Mark Kerrâ€s skin. How he walked, talked, and how he violently, yet tenderly navigated life and dealt with his demons.â€

He also took a moment to express his gratitude for the real-life man behind the story:

“Iâ€m forever grateful to Mark for living a life, so we could all feel it.â€

Johnson didnâ€t do it alone. He credited his team of special effects experts, including Kazuhiro Tsuji, Brooklyn Allen, Glen Griffin, Spring Kun, and Nikki Solow — all responsible for the jaw-dropping transformation thatâ€s already earning Oscar buzz.

The Smashing Machine tells the story of Mark Kerrâ€s rise in the MMA world, along with his personal battles with addiction and relationships. Though the film faced a rocky opening at the box office, critics have praised Johnsonâ€s performance as one of the most powerful of his career.

Would you sit through 4 hours of prosthetics to pull off a role like this? Please share your thoughts and feedback in the comment section below.

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The new issue of the  Wrestling Observer Newsletter is up on the site:

*In depth with the changes in ratings, are pro wrestling and MMA being undercounted, are they less popular than we thought, how the changes have happened, streaming, how this relates to baseball, football, and other entertainment shows.
*John Cenaâ€s last matches, and the surprises in current WWE booking plans for now until December.
*A look at Crown Jewel and WrestleDream, the cards, how the shows look and the current interest level in them.
*Favorites in the betting in all the major future matches
*A look at The Smashing Machine, the heyday of Mark Kerr, the box office and what weâ€ve learned, comparisons with Iron Claw, the performances by Dwayne Johnson Emily Blunt and Ryan Bader and the Pride Grand Prix in 2000 with Sakuraba vs. Gracie and key what ifs that people donâ€t†talk about
*All In Texas attendance and how much the state will be paying AEW based on the deal, plus original plans for that week and three shows that were once thought and talked about but didnâ€t happen with two international promotions.
*Full coverage of UFC 320, whatâ€s next for the winners, the business side of things and match-by-match.
*The most complete and detailed look at the ratings for all the major shows as well as comparisons with last year, segment-by-semgent notes, demos and more.
*Expectations of when a major milestone in history of buildings that house wrestling will be reached and when 1 million fans in one specific building attending wrestling in a year is expected
*King  of Pro Wrestling thoughts
*New Japanâ€s last major show looked at
*40th anniversary of a landmark tag team event taking place
*Hulk Hoganâ€s widow looking at medical malpractice suit
*Death of the former Sabrina
*Dave Bautista makes surprising revelation
*Mistico vs. Bndido in Xalapa
*Renee Dupree talks the old WWE locker room
*Bound for Glory notes
*Lots of injury and contract updates
*The story of Ultimo Dragonâ€s ten belts and Mercedes Mone beating that record
*Stingâ€s son has his first match
*Advance tickets sales for the WWE & AEW shows over the next two months
*The strange secret suspension of  Conor McGregor
*More on the White House show
*MMA Fight of the year on the Dana White Contenders Series
*Has the WWE boom period ended or is it ending?
*The WWE product right now
*Jimmy Jacobs talks differences in backstage at WWE and TNA

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Monday Update

–Bryan and I will be back tonight and there is a ton of news to talk about between today’s Raw,  King of Pro Wrestling, Bound for Glory and lots of other WWE stuff.  We have a Saturday night show covering Crown Jewel and part three of our Hall of Fame show covering non-wrestlers on the ballot.

–Obviously the big topic of discussion was the angle at the end of Raw tonight.  Given it’s a long trip home from Australia and everyone is en route right now, we probably won’t  have anything definitive until tomorrow or Wednesday.  We do know that people are being told.  Seth Rollins did have his arm in a sling before Raw and there are reports of a shoulder injury from the match with Cody Rhodes, but we don’t have them confirmed.  Whether that changed the booking  due to the injury or the booking changed based on a hot shot angle because most likely Raw today with its early start time would have done the lowest rating in the show’s history so they wanted something to make people tune in, that could be the case.  We were told yesterday that the ratings were very much an issue but if there’s a legit injury, obviously that would require a lot of changes in plans.  People are going to be skeptical, for good reason, about a Rollins injury.  I don’t think they’d go to the well there a second time so quickly but anything  is possible and it should all be clear soon.  A worst case scenario would involve having to do something with the title right after they had set up CM Punk, Jey Uso and LA Knight as contenders.

–One source with knowledge of creative said The Vision were booked for plans together through WrestleMania including with Austin Theory joining the group before things changed today.  They were told it was from an injury in the match with Cody Rhodes.  But after being told his other injury was legit, many are not fully believing anything right now.  In the attempt to work everyone, the belief in what those are being told, and there are multiple cases of this in recent months (the Rollins SNME injury being the one that really cost credibility with several in the room) the lack of trust right now is pretty high.

–Ridge Holland was told today that his contract isn’t being renewed when it expires on 11/14.  Given he was making main roster money and appearing on Evolve and TNA, this is not unexpected.  However, he suffered a broken foot and just had surgery.  Holland was told that they would pay for his medical bills and rehab until he recovers, but his regular paycheck ends in a month and as far as wrestling goes, we’re talking five months or more before he’d even be able to wrestle anywhere else.  I’m really surprised because the rule of thumb was always that for legal reasons you don’t let people go until they recuperate from injuries.  They’ve had non-renewals of an injured man and pregnant woman in the space of a few days .  It is a different mentality than before on this one.

–Some notes from today’s King of Pro Wrestling show.  Konosuke Takeshita beat Zack Sabre Jr.  to win the IWGP title in one of the best matches this year.  I’d say of all the contenders, this was the most complete.  Some had more moves.  One had more drama and storytelling.  Some had more face vs. heel heat.  But this was outstanding in every aspect of pro wrestling.

–After the show, Hirooki Goto challenged Takeshita for the title.  Takeshita talked about doing it before  the Tokyo Dome as he said he wanted one title defense before the Dome, and that would be Goto.  The show had four tremendous matches, with Yota Tsuji’s Global title win over  Gabe Kidd, Yuto-Ice & Oskar’s tag title defense over Yuya Uemura & Shota Uino and Syuri ‘s IWGP women’s title win over Sareee.  One of the year’s better shows.

–Other news is that they talked about Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo becoming a tag team at the end of the year.  Bullet Club and The Unaffiliated (Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & Titan) all shook hands after the Tsuji vs. Kidd match.  Tsuji and Kidd hugged after a tremendous match with a surprising submission finish by Tsuji.  David Finlay came out with Bullet Club and they teased that they would turn on Kidd for shaking hands, but instead, Finlay took hands with Tsuji and everyone shook hands.

–Tsuji did tease a title defense against Tanahashi.

–Aaron Wolf did a run-in saving Katsuya Murashima, Oleg Boltin and Masatora Yasuda from a beating by House of Torture.  He did some judo moves and later issued a challenge for Evil and the Never title for his debut at the Tokyo Dome.  Really, Evil is a good opponent for his first match.

–They announced a 2/27 show in Trenton,  NJ called New Beginning USA.  That means two things.   First, they  are still running U.S.shows after having backed away for months.  Second, the annual San Jose show at the start of the year looks like it’s not happening.

–BJ Penn was ordered to undergo a mental health exam and be evaluated as to whether he  is mentally competent enough to stand trial for his five arrests so far this year.

–That Je’Von Evans vs. Leon Slater booking was largely from WWE.

–We’re looking for your thoughts on these three shows:
*WWE Crown Jewel
*TNA Bound for Glory
*New Japan King of Pro Wrestling
We’re looking for a thumbs up thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match for each show to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

–Dana White today announced for the 12/6 UFC 323 show in Las Vegas, the last PPV for at least seven years, that Merab Dvalishvili will attempt to become the first champion in history to defend the title four times in a calendar year as he faces Petr Yan.  Alexadre Pantoja v.s. Joshua Van for the flyweight title, Henry Cejudo vs. Payton Talbott, and most likely Brandon Moreno vs  Tatsuro Taira are also on the show.

–As far as the best matches of the weekend, Takeshita vs. Sabre Jr., was something but also John Cena vs. AJ Styles from Saturday, The Sky Team vs. Cavernario & Angel de Or & Niebla Roja from Friday at Arena Mexico, and the other three big matches from King of Pro Wrestling as well as Iyo Sky & Rhea Ripley vs. Kairi  Sane & Asuka top the light.  I haven’t seen the TNA show but hopefully will at least see some of the matches in time for the show tonight.

–Tomorrow the ratings for Smackdown and last week’s Raw will come out most likely.  Raw for sure.  Our Raw article will also give us a good read on international viewing of Crown Jewel.

–NXT will be running the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, the same building AEW set up residency in a few months ago on 11/15.

–AEW from Wednesday night in Independence, MO has a three hour show plus another 30 minutes for the WrestleDream countdown show.
Samoa Joe & Katsuyori Shibata & Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Rush & Dralistico & Mortos for the trios title with Adam Page on commentary
Kris Statander & Toni Storm last words
Darby Allin & Jon Moxley face-to-face
Kenny Omega & Jack Perry & Luchasahrus vs. Mark Davis & Josh Alexander & Hechicero
Gates of Agony vs. Shelton Benjamin & Bobby Lashley
Claudio Castagnoli vs.  Roderick Strong
Skye Blue vs.  Jaiie Hayter

–NXT tomorrow has:
Lexis King vs. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
Matt Cardona vs. Josh Briggs
Zaria vs. Blake Monroe

–Saturday’s Arena Coliseo show saw the stream go out on the CMLL subscription page on Facebook.  As  a makegood, they streamed last night’s show live.

–Magia Blanca worked the fourth match at Arena Mexico last night and then flew to Torreon for a bullring show with Mistico & Mascara Dorada & Neon vs. Bandido & Blanca & Gravity on top.  In Torreon they started the main event near midnight waiting for Blanca to arrive.  The other big story is that Bandido pinned Mistico to win the third fall.

–Pro Wrestling Revolucion from Saturday night in San Jose, CA before a sellout of 1,150 fans at Mount Pleasant High School:  Robin won three-way over Ray Star and Mirage, Hyan & Karsiam b Amazona & Lady Pink, El Cucuy b Rey Horus to win the PWR title (Cucuy is headed to Dragon Gate for three months), Templario won four-way over Jack Cartwheel,Viento and Rey Leon, Misterisos b Ultimo Guerrero-DQ,  Hechicero b Blue Panther

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The new issue of the  Wrestling Observer Newsletter is up on the site:

*In depth with the changes in ratings, are pro wrestling and MMA being undercounted, are they less popular than we thought, how the changes have happened, streaming, how this relates to baseball, football, and other entertainment shows.
*John Cena’s last matches, and the surprises in current WWE booking plans for now until December.
*A look at Crown Jewel and WrestleDream, the cards, how the shows look and the current interest level in them.
*Favorites in the betting in all the major future matches
*A look at The Smashing Machine, the heyday of Mark Kerr, the box office and what we’ve learned, comparisons with Iron Claw, the performances by Dwayne Johnson Emily Blunt and Ryan Bader and the Pride Grand Prix in 2000 with Sakuraba vs. Gracie and key what ifs that people don’t’ talk about
*All In Texas attendance and how much the state will be paying AEW based on the deal, plus original plans for that week and three shows that were once thought and talked about but didn’t happen with two international promotions.
*Full coverage of UFC 320, what’s next for the winners, the business side of things and match-by-match.
*The most complete and detailed look at the ratings for all the major shows as well as comparisons with last year, segment-by-semgent notes, demos and more.
*Expectations of when a major milestone in history of buildings that house wrestling will be reached and when 1 million fans in one specific building attending wrestling in a year is expected
*King  of Pro Wrestling thoughts
*New Japan’s last major show looked at
*40th anniversary of a landmark tag team event taking place
*Hulk Hogan’s widow looking at medical malpractice suit
*Death of the former Sabrina
*Dave Bautista makes surprising revelation
*Mistico vs. Bndido in Xalapa
*Renee Dupree talks the old WWE locker room
*Bound for Glory notes
*Lots of injury and contract updates
*The story of Ultimo Dragon’s ten belts and Mercedes Mone beating that record
*Sting’s son has his first match
*Advance tickets sales for the WWE & AEW shows over the next two months
*The strange secret suspension of  Conor McGregor
*More on the White House show
*MMA Fight of the year on the Dana White Contenders Series
*Has the WWE boom period ended or is it ending?
*The WWE product right now
*Jimmy Jacobs talks differences in backstage at WWE and TNA

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Friday Update

Photo: Mercedes Mone

Garrett Gonzlaes and I did week three of our Hall of Fame series with Phil Lions, Ethan Tyler, John Muse and myself taking the non-wrestler ballot and historical significance of Bobby Bruns, Morris Sigel, Ted Turner, Stanley Weston, Koichi Yoshizawa, George Scott as well as announcers like Gorilla Monsoon , Mike Tenay,  Dave Brown and Jesse Ventura.  Plus we talked about all the current news before the Hall of Fame show such as  WWE future plans, AEW booking philosophy, Smashing Machine, Bill Watts booking vs. modern booking and even Tony Khan’s legacy and how it will be defined.  Our weekend show with Bryan Alvarez will be taped tomorrow night and cover Crown Jewel and the rest of the weekend news.

–AEW shot an angle at the New York Comic Con today where Darby Allin attacked Jon Moxley.

–Mercedes Mone beat Alissa Ink today in Denmark to win the Bodyslam Wrestling women’s title.  Ink had held the title for more than three years.  It is Mone’s tenth belt and she goes for 11, the supposed beating of the Ultimo Dragon record a week from Sunday for Winnipeg Pro Wrestling against Jody Threat.

–There are several WWE cuts today.  The names who have stated so publicly are Stevie Turner, Jamar Hampton, Lloyd  Anoa’i (Samu’s son), and Zara Zakher.  There are a lot of thoughts and conjectures regarding the WWE ID program.

–UFC announced that its final PPV show ever, or  at least for seven more years, will be 12/6 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

–Tony Khan turned 43 today.  It’s a completely different wrestling world than before.  Khan would have to be classified as the most influential person outside WWE on the U.S. wrestling scene in at least a quarter-century.

–Arena Mexico tonight has a Cibernetico with Marcela, Zeuxis, Sanely, Skadi, and Tabata in the women’s tournament of champions as the main event.  In a non-title match and the real main event, The Sky Team of Mistico & Mascara Dorada & Neon face Angel de Oro & Nieba Roja & Bárbaro Cavernario.  Tessa Blanchard also returns and faces Lluvia.

–Dorada & Neon vs. Barboza & Difunt headlines tomorrow night at Arena Coliseo.  Sunday’s main event is Atlantis Jr. & Esfinge in a non-title match against Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja.  Puebla on Monday has Mistico & Templario vs. Angel de Oro & NIiebla Roja in another non-title match.

–In a strange story, AAA has a show in Tijuana on 11/29, head-to-head with Survivor Series in San Diego.  The buildings are 19 miles apart Â

–The shows on the 17th and 24th at Arena Mexico will be on PPV in the U.S. on Triller.  Next Friday has Mone vs. Persephone for the CMLL women’s title, the finals of the Universal women’s tournament (India Sioux vs. the winner of a Cibernetico tonight)and an all women’s show.  The following week will be the women’s Grand Prix show.

–Crown Jewel will start at 8 a.m. Eastern and 5 a.m. Pacific tomorrow morning from Perth, Western Australia:
Roman Reigns vs. Bronson Reed in an Australian street fight
Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky vs. Asuka & Kairi Sane
John Cena vs. AJ Styles
Stephanie Vaquer vs. Tiffany Stratton for Crown Jewel belt
Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins for Crown Jewel belt

–We’re looking for reports on NXT house shows tonight in Detroit and tomorrow night in Cleveland as well as any dark matches from today’s Smackdown show in Perth, results, finishes and highlights to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

–We are doing polls for these shows
*Crown Jewel tomorrow morning
*TNA Bound for Glory Sunday night
*New Japan King of Pro Wrestling Monday morning
We’re looking for a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

–UFC has a pure ESPN+ show tomorrow from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil starting at 4 p.m.Eastern
Luan Lacerda (36) vs. Salmon Oliveira (144) – Oliveira missed weight by eight pounds.  The match is still on as best we know with Oliveira being fined
Julia Polastri (116) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (116)
Lucas Rocha (126) vs. Stewart Nicoli (126)
Ria Mesquita (136) vs. Irina Alekseeva (135.5)
Vitor Petrino (250) vs. Thomas Petersen (246.5)
Jafel Filho (126) vs.Clayton Carpenter (126)
Lucas Almeida (145.5) s. Michae Aswell (145.5)
Ricardo Ramos (146) vs. Kaan Ofli (145.5)
Jhonata Diniz (257) vs. Mario Pint  (255)
Vicente Luque (170) vs. Joel Alvarez (171)
Deiveson Figueiredo (136) vs. Montell Jackson (136)
Chariles Oliveira (156) vs. Mateusz Gambort (156)
–Alex Pereira said today that X-Rays and an MRI confirm he suffered a broken foot in his quick massacre of Magomed Anakalaev this past Saturday in winning back the light heavyweight title.  He did say he would like to move to heavyweight and fight Jon Jones on the 6/14 White House show.

–Tony Khan on Wednesday night said that could have been the last AEW show at Daily’s Place until the new Jaguars Stadium is completed.  That is expected to happen in the summer of 2028.

–Ilja Dragunov turned 32 today.  Ripper Collins, the Hawaii legend, was born 92 year ago today.  Giant Haystacks was born 79 years ago today. (thanks to Tony Richards)

–House of Glory Wrestling is live on Triller TV+ tonight from New York with Killer Kross vs. Matt Cardona, Charles Mason vs. Man Like DeReiss in a no DQ match for the HOG title, Hardys vs.  Mane Event with the TNA tag title vs. HOG tag tite, Leon Slater vs. Amazing Red, Zilla Fatu vs. Bear Bronson for the Crown Jewel title and Indi Hartwell vs. Zayda Steel for the women’s title.

–NBC Chicago has a food TV show called Poochie & Pang Eat Chicago and in the latest episode, Kyle Fletcher & Skye Blue appear as guest food critics.

–Lucha Va Voom, which had been running at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles, which is being closed, will be moving to the Fox Theater in Pomona starting 11/8.  TJP,  Magno, Misteriso Jr. and others are on the part wrestling and part burlesque show.

–Pro Wrestling Revolucion tomorrow night in San Jose, CA at Mount Pleasant High School has Blue Panther vs. Hechicero as the main event plus Templario is on the show;

–Five-time NCAA champion Carter Starocci faces Nate Jackson on the second RAF show on 10/25 at Penn State University.  Starocci won his NCAA titles wrestling for Penn State.

–The Tragos/Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in Waterloo,  IA announced that 11/9 will be a celebration of Curt Hennig.  Those in attendance will be Curt’s wife Leonis, son Hank and AWA historian Joyce Paustian.

–Jacy Jayne needed to be helped out of the ring last night at the NXT house show in Columbus, OH.  It was a leg injury and no update yet on the severity.

–Brawl in the Beer Hall II at the Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee from Sunday before a sellout of 300+  Sam Beale b Jason Hotch,Sierra b Tootie Lynn, Latino Most Wanted b Bang & Matthews to keep the Pro Wrestling Revolver tag titles, Mad Dog Connelly b Bestsman in a dog collar match, Ben Bishop b Matt Cardona,  Outrunners b Hot Commodity (thanks to Jim Kujawa)

–Kirk White’s Big Time WRestling 29th anniversary show sold out in Newark, CA last Friday:  Danhausen b Jheri Giggalow, VertVixen b Brooke Havok, LJ Ceary b Marcus Lewis, Timothy Thatcher b Mo Jabari, Los Suavecitos b Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs, Aaron Solo b Jack Cartwheel, QT Marshall b Will  Hobbs.  Next show is 12/5 with Killer Kros & Scarlett Bordeaux.  Bret Hart was at the show and gave a speech to honor the late Kirk White, who was Hart’s booking agent for many years. (thanks to Jim Davis)

–MCW on 10/11 in Frederick MD at the Elks #604.  Chris Masters and Patrick Clark are on the show.

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• Updates on Crown Jewel and WrestleDream, interest level, lineups and what could be added
• Notes on Tuesdayâ€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
• CMLLâ€s focus on women’s wrestling 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 show finalized
• 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 Andradeâ€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 Silvaâ€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

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Wednesday Update

WWE

• WWE uploaded the complete Hardy Boyz vs. DarkState match from NXT last night, which saw Matt & Jeff Hardy get the victory to become the new NXT Tag Team Champions. They will be defending both the NXT & TNA Tag Team titles against The Dudleys in a tables match at TNA Bound for Glory this Sunday.
• PWInsider reported that the word at NXT last night was that WWE was looking to have TJP serve as a guest coach at the Performance Center later this month.
• TKO will announce its third quarter financial results on Wednesday, November 5:
  • TKO Group Holdings, Inc., a premium sports and entertainment company, will release its third quarter 2025 results after market hours on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. The live teleconference to discuss these results and provide a business update is scheduled for 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT the same day.
• Xavier Woods confirmed that he has signed a new WWE contract: “How do yall know this stuff? I didnt say anything! But yes. You’re gonna see my sexy face for a while longer even though you dont deserve it. 22 years in the game and about to make the next bit even better than the rest. @WWEâ€
• On ESPNâ€s Ahora o Nunca, Stephanie Vaquer reflected on winning the Womenâ€s World Championship at Wrestlepalooza:
  • It was the best [match] of my career so far, and the result of the match was the dream of my life.
  • I’m proud because it wasn’t just a match for the most important championship, it was against one of the best in the world, Iyo Sky, someone I’ve admired for many years. So, the fact that I could compete for this title with her proved in the ring why we are both among the best in the world right now.
  • It was very emotional to reach gorilla after the match and have everyone applaud and congratulate me, not just the producers and coaches, but the people I work with every day. Someone as important as Triple H, who for me is not only my boss but someone I’ve admired for a long time, not only as a wrestler but also as a businessman now in charge of the WWE family.
• The Miz is celebrating his 45th birthday today. On Instagram, John Cena gave a nod to his old rival by posting a photo of Miz.
• WWE Vault put together a compilation video on the story of Ravenâ€s Flock in WCW from 1997-1998.

Other Wrestling

• On a new episode of her Close Up interview show, Renee Paquette spoke with AEW Womenâ€s World Champion Kris Statlander.
• Adam Cole is part of the voice cast for the new video game “Curiosity†from DarkBear Studios that launched on Steam and Steam Deck starting today. Here is how the game is described:
  • In Curiosity, players embody a small but determined cat on a perilous climb home. Every leap requires precision, patience, and persistence: one mistake can send you tumbling down. With nine lives to spare (and consequences for losing them all), players must master every jump, uncover mysterious lore, and survive a journey thatâ€s as emotional as it is demanding.
  • Drawing inspiration from titles like Only Up and Getting Over It, Curiosity offers a modern evolution of the genre: combining the viral tension of vertical climbing games with a rich story;  a hand-crafted world, and traditional platforming elements like secrets, collectibles, checkpoints, and even potential skips for the most daring players.
• Bandido vs. Hechicero for the ROH World Championship is set to air on this Thursdayâ€s episode of ROH TV. The match is from a CMLL event that took place on October 3 and is a rematch of their highly praised Death Before Dishonor title bout.
• Sareee defending the IWGP Womenâ€s Championship against Alex Windsor is among the other matches airing on Thursdayâ€s ROH TV.
• Here is the lineup for Thursdayâ€s Bound for Glory go-home edition of TNA Impact:
  • TNA World Champion Trick Williams kicks off the show ahead of his Bound for Glory title defense against Mike Santana
  • No DQ match: Joe Hendry vs. Eric Young
  • Matt Cardona vs. Ryan Nemeth
  • Mustafa Ali vs. JDC
  • Bound for Glory contract signing with TNA Knockouts World Champion Kelani Jordan and Indi Hartwell
• On Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Scarlett Bordeaux said she felt WWE was “misogynistic” in how they handled her contract situation by saying that they would get to her new deal once Karrion Kross had sorted his contract out:
  • One of the last questions before the 24-hour notice was given, [Kross] asked where I stood in all these contract negotiations. And they said, ‘We’ll get to her once we’re done with you,’ which I took as them using me as leverage against him. I do feel like if he agreed within the 24 hours that they would have offered me something, would it have been the same amount as it was before? Would it have been less? I don’t know. But all in all, it felt like a massive, massive red flag, and I did feel like it did come off a bit misogynistic, because originally I was hired before [Kross], and the idea that I have no value without him, and it’s only determined by whether or not he signs, that came off as very misogynistic to me.
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*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

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— 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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– Garrett Gonzales and I will be up later today covering all the news from the past week as well as the first of two 2025 Hall of Fame shows, discussing North America and Japan. Bryan and I will be back on Sunday.

– The new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is out with the fallout of three major shows this past weekend and what key things we learned from them:

• Reader polls on the weekend shows
• Key points we learned from WWE going after AEW
• Numbers for all three shows and how they did
• Does the price make a difference, how is afternoon vs. evening?
• What we’ve learned about AEW that goes against the grain of 30 plus years of PPV numbers
• Mistico vs. MJF looked at as well as Mistico’s place in Lucha Libre history
• Misconceptions about John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar
• The next big shows from WWE & AEW
• Lots of injury updates
• Advanced ticket sales for the major shows over the next month
• Odds for last weekend and next weekend
• Where wrestling shows stood in the weekly ratings and comparisons with the same week in 2024 and 2023
• Exactly how much the audience makeup has changed for AEW on television this past year
• For every major TV show, what percentage of viewers were women this past week
• Blue Panther wins title at 65 years old
• Big head-to-head battles in Mexico City on Saturday and Sunday this week
• Lineup for the women’s Grand Prix match in Mexico City with talent from RevPro, Stardom and AEW/ROH
• Notes from the Pokemon CMLL crossover event
• Story about the changes in the crowds at Arena Mexico and leading reporter opposes the story
• Lots of health updates
• Real American Freestyle signs first woman gold medalist
• Masha Slamovich controversy
• Zuffa Boxing close to announcing TV deal
• Former WWE developmental talent signs with UFC for November debut
• International promotion in talks with ESPN Unlimited
• Jake Paul vs. Tank Davis silliness
• Cody Rhodes talks Paul Levesque’s successor
• Mark Shapiro talks how WWE & UFC will decide on locations for big shows
• ESPN review of Wrestlepalooza and the controversy allows ignoring the far bigger story
• Jazmyn Nyx turns down WWE offer, says it’s too low

– Drew McIntyre has been cast in a lead role in “The Highlander” movie. He will play the brother of Henry Cavill’s character. The movie also includes Russell Crowe and Dave Bautista and will be filming in early 2026, so he’ll have to be out of action at that time.

– CMLL announcer and part of creative Julio Cesar Rivera will be at the MLW show on 10/4 in Long Beach, CA. He will be doing interviews and commentary on the show.

– SmackDown tonight on USA is from Orlando, FL. In a trivia note, WWE actually has three shows going on in the same vicinity tonight with SmackDown in Orlando, an Evolve taping in Orlando at the PC and an NXT house show in Citrus Springs, FL. Tiffany Stratton defends the women’s title in a three-way against Jade Cargill and Nia Jax. The winner faces Stephanie Vaquer at Crown Jewel. Also tonight has a Sami Zayn U.S. title open challenge and Giulia & Kiana James vs. Michin & B-Fab. They had 9,100 tickets out for the show at last look.

– TNA has Victory Road tonight from Edmonton:

• Cedric Alexander vs. Trey Miguel vs. Zach Wentz
• Joe Hendry vs. Eric Young
• Matt Cardona & Home Town Man vs. Nic & Ryan Nemeth
• Mike Santana vs. Ridge Holland
• M & Heather by Elegance defend the Knockouts tag titles against The IInspiration
• Leon Slater defends the X title against Myron Reed
• Steve Maclin defends the International title against Frankie Kazarian
• Moose vs. Mustafa Ali to determine the man advantage in the Hardcore War team match at Bound for Glory
• Ash By Elegance will make an announcement

– We’re looking for reports from these shows:

• SmackDown tonight in Orlando, FL (dark matches only)
• NXT tonight in Citrus Springs, FL
• TNA tomorrow night in Edmonton, Alberta
• NXT tomorrow night in St. Petersburg, FL

We’re looking for results, finishes and highlights to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

– For the weekend, we’re doing a poll on the NXT Heatwave show tomorrow night,thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

– Originally Mistico was listed as working three shows yesterday. He did work the first two, but was not at the Arena Neza show. In fact, nobody but Star Jr. from CMLL was at the show. Not sure what happened. The crowd was not told until late in the show that the talent wasn’t going to be there at the Neza show.

– There’s a carriage issue with YouTube TV and NBCU. The contract between the sides expires on Tuesday. The hold-up is money, of course, as YouTube wants Peacock as part of its package and the two sides have not reached an agreement yet.

– CMLL has Noche de Campeones (Night of Champions) tonight with all the matches voted by the fans. Normally this does not draw well even though you would think it should. With the company as hot as it is, we’ll see how this does. They did draw a sellout 16,000 fans last night for the Pokemon Legend tie-in show. For tonight:

• Tengu defends CMLL Micros title against KeMalito
• Templario defends CMLL middleweight title against Villano III Jr.
• El Hijo de Stuka Jr. & Cobarde & Felino Jr. defend the Mexican national trios title against Stigma & Arkalis & Rayo Metalico
• Mascara Dorada defends the Historic welterweight title against Capitan Suicida
• India Sioux defends the Mexican national women’s title against. Kira
• Ultimo Dragoncito defends the CMLL minis title against Angelito
• Atlantis Jr. defends the Historic light heavyweight title against Xelhua

– UFC runs from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.Eastern tomorrow night on ESPN+ only from Perth, Western Australia:

• Elisha Ellison vs. Brando Pericic
• Luana Carolina vs. Michelle Montague
• Rolando Bedoya vs. Jamie Mullarkey
• Josias Musasa vs. Colby Thicknesse
• Andre Petroski vs. Cam Rowston
• Loma Lookboonmee vs. Alexia Thainara
• Rodolfo Bellato vs. Navajo Stirling
• Charlie Campbell vs. Tom Nolan
• Louie Sutehrland vs. Justin Tafa
• Neil Magny vs. Jake Matthews
• Jack Jenkins vs. Ramon Taveras
• Jimmy Crute vs. Ivan Ersian
• Dominick Reyes vs. Carlos Ulberg

We have more notes on this in the current issue.

– NXT No Mercy runs tomorrow night at 7 p.m. from Fort Lauderdale, FL

• Oba Femi vs. Ricky Saints for NXT men’s title
• Jacy Jayne vs. Lola Vice for NXT women’s title
• Blake Monroe vs. Jordynne Grace in a weapons cage match
• Ethan Page vs. Tavion Heights for North American title
• Sol Ruca vs. Lainey Reid for the Speed title
• Je’Von Evans vs. Josh Briggs

– Wanderlei Silva has a boxing match tomorrow night in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Silva is 49 and has claimed issues with concussions but he’s still sanctioned. It gets better, his opponent, Acelino Freitas, a former WBA and WBO champion, weighed in at 162.7 while Silva weighed in at 206.7. There’s a reason boxing is supposed to be regulated.

– The documentary on Raven is airing tonight in Red Bank, NJ ,at the Smodcastle Cinemas. Raven will be doing a Q&A after the movie in the theater.

– AEW’s Deonna Purrazzo and TNA’s Steve Maclin will be running the Tunnel2Tunnel 5K race in New York on Sunday to benefit heroes of 9/11.

– AEW’s Justin Roberts was the in-stadium announcer for last night’s Arizona Cardinals vs. Seattle Seahawks NFL game.

– Shotzi Blackheart vs. Natalia Markova has been added to the 10/17 NWA Samhain show at Center Stage in Atlanta.

– Rikishi will appear on tomorrow’s Memphis Wrestling TV show. He will be there with his son, Thamiko Fatu, who wrestles on the show. Fatu is the brother of The Usos and Solo Sikoa.

– Arya Witner has a book out called “40 Years of Pay-Per-View: Book Two” covering pro wrestling PPV shows from 1991-93, that will be available on Tuesday via Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. It will also be released on paperback. It is on Amazon right now.

– MLW’s Fury Road taped show airs tomorrow night on YouTube:

• Mads Krule Krugger vs. Bishop Dyer
• Atlantis & Blue Panther & Diego Hil vs. Zandokan Jr. & Barboza & Difunto
• Shotzi Blackheart vs. Alejandra Quintanilla
• Kushida vs. Austin Aries in the Opera Cup
• Satoshi Kojima vs. Mr. Thomas
• Volador Jr. vs. Titan in the Opera Cup
• Paul London vs. Okumura in the Opera Cup

– Kirk White’s Big Time Wrestling 29th anniversary show is 10/3 in Newark, CA at the Pavilion with Bret Hart as the special guest for a meet and greet. Also on the show is QT Marshall vs. Powerhouse Hobbs, Timothy Thatcher vs. Mo Jabari, Aaron Solo vs. Jack Cartwheel, VertVixen vs. Brooke Havok, Los Suavecitos vs. Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson, LJ Clearly vs. Marcus Lewis and Dan Lausen vs. Jeri Giggalow

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— 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. Â

— 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 dave@wrestlingobserver.com

— 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. Â

— 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.

— Mistico vs.Bandido headlined a show in Golden, CO, tonight.

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