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In this issue:

  • Match of the week and performer of the week
  • SummerSlam preview, records that will be set, records that are in jeopardy and more
  • Update on the card including notes about matches not yet announced
  • Update on ticket sales
  • Preview of Great American Bash and next NXT major event
  • Gable Steveson’s decision, his debut, what his decision really is and what wasn’t true in his angle
  • Preview to AEW in Wembley Stadium
  • What angles are being done and what is amazing about the build
  • Ticket sales and will they outsell Hogan vs. Andre at WrestleMania III before announcing the first match
  • Lots of AEW booking updates
  • Full coverage of the G-1 tournament, standings, matches left, Okada vs. Ospreay, what young guys are doing well and what aren’t
  • How business is doing so far
  • Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor coverage, business notes, PPV
  • Coverage of UFC at the O2 Arena in London, update on the heavyweight division
  • DDT runs biggest show of the year
  • A look at the carer of Tommy Siegler
  • The most detailed look at ratings for the past week
  • How wrestling shows did in the weekly standings and each night
  • Segment-by-segment numbers and comparisons with one year ago
  • Robbery of the box office at a major promotion show
  • CMLL Anniversary show update
  • World Gran Prix participants announced
  • Konnan talks TripleMania Mexico City main event
  • Day one of the Five-Star Grand Prix
  • Stardom upcoming shows including a multi-title show featuring New Japan belt and a legends show
  • King of Gate update
  • NOAH match with fastest fan club advance in history
  • Hogan getting married
  • Senate honors legendary wrestlers and how this differs from the U.S.
  • Lots of news on the Mildred Burke movie including pro wrestling personalities involved
  • Lio Rush injury update
  • Indie show has tickets sold to people from 32 countries
  • Impact does surprisingly well on PPV
  • Notes on Rush signing with AEW
  • Update on AEW injuries
  • Ticket sales for upcoming WWE and AEW shows including WWE PPV shows, AEW PPVs shows and Grand Slam at Arthur Ashe Stadium
  • International TV ratings
  • A look in detail at the largest MMA show rating of the year and it wasn’t from UFC, and how many of its viewers watch UFC
  • Peacock bleeding money and its future
  • WWE injury updates
  • WWE Royal Rumble news
  • WWE signings talk
  • Big match being teased
  • New names for WWE talent
  • Rundown of all the WWE weekend house shows

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Monday Update

Bryan and I will be back tonight with Wrestling Observer Radio covering last night’s Great American Bash, tonight’s Raw, the AEW PPV, Adrian Street, this weekend’s crazy schedule and more. 

Very sorry to hear about the death of Adrian Street today. He came to the U.S. later in his career after being a legendary figure on the British scene, but due to running opposition and promoting and being part of it, he was having a hard time getting booked in the U.K. He was very shocking for that era but in time people appreciated just how good he was with his gimmick that had many copiers but none who did it as well. The wrestlers who came from the U.K. considered him one of their real legendary characters and he was very well liked by most in the U.S. as well. He used to attend lots of wrestler reunions and even got married in conjunction with the Cauliflower Alley Club banquet in 2005, with his hero, Don Leo Jonathan, as his best man. We’ll have a story on him in this week’s issue as well as talk more about him tonight.

Brandon Thurston confirmed that DirecTV will be carrying the All In PPV. inDemand is as well so all the major cable companies will be carrying it like a normal show. They are listing a $50 price tag. None of this has been made official to the public but officials with DirecTV confirmed it to Thurston and those within companies have confirmed the inDemand carrying it to us. Nor have any of the companies advertised the show to the public. It is possible something else could pop up and that’s why even at this late date neither AEW nor the companies have released information. It will also be available at this point on Bleacher Report. We have had people internally check on the idea of a bundle where you get All In and All Out at a discounted price and there is nothing anyone can find that is offering that. That doesn’t mean necessarily something won’t be added, just that within major companies there is nothing on the docket internally right now. 

Raw is tonight in Houston. It’s been basically sold out for a long time with more than 12,900 fans as of this morning. It’s the SummerSlam go-home show. As we noted yesterday, no Drew McIntyre, but both Brock Lesnar and Logan Paul will be on the show. The only matches are Dominik Mysterio & Damian Priest vs. Sami Zayn & Seth Rollins and Valhalla vs. Maxxine Dupri.

We’re looking for reports from tonight’s show, which would be Main Event matches and anything else not on the live show to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

We are also doing a weekend poll on the Great American Bash show, so you can leave a thumbs up, down or middle, plus a best and worst match to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

The Cody Rhodes documentary on Peacock debuted today. We’re looking for your thoughts on that as well.

Muhammad Ali has been added to the WWE video game.

Survivor Series in Chicago on 11/25 is sold out and the Smackdown the night before is close to sold out and will be well ahead of time.

People have been raving about the Mascara Dorada 2.0 vs. Rocky Romero Leyenda de Plata finals that headlined Friday night’s show at Arena Mexico. CMLL also gave fans beach balls to bounce around between matches at the show which is so unlike CMLL, which is the most traditional old school promotion around.

Dark Side of the Ring tomorrow night has an episode about the 2000 Bash at the Beach PPV which will largely consist of Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo telling totally opposite stories about the same thing. Myself and Jeff Jarrett are also featured on that episode.

Derrick Lewis, who is a free agent, said he’s looking to sign with UFC. A lot of people had pegged him as a potential PPV opponent for Francis Ngannou in PFL.

NXT will have Lyra Valkyria vs. Jacy Jayne, Eddy Thorpe vs. Dijak and a Schism interrogation segment to try and find out who the masked followers are that screwed them (Creeds) on tomorrow’s show.

G-1 continues in Takamatsu at 6 a.m. Eastern time tomorrow:

  • Hikuleo (2-3) vs. Kaito Kiyomiya (2-1-2)
  • Yoshi-Hashi (2-3) vs. Great O’Khan (1-4)
  • Ren Narita (0-3-2) vs. Chase Owens (2-3)
  • Taichi (3-2) vs. El Phantasmo (2-3)
  • Sanada (5-0) vs. Gabe Kidd (2-1-2)
  • Will Ospreay (4-1) vs. Tanga Loa (2-3)
  • Shota Umino (2-1-2) vs. Yota Tsuji (1-3-1)
  • Kazuchika Okada (4-1) vs. KENTA (2-3)

The C&D block return on Wednesday morning at 5:30 a.m. from Hiroshima

John Cena is part of the No. 1 movie in the country, with his role in Barbie, and the No. 1 streaming movie in Netflix, “Hidden Strike,” with Jackie Chan.

Women of Wrestling is taping 8/2 to 8/4 and again 8/16 to 8/18 for upcoming episodes at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles.