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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter:

In this issue:

  • The Punk interview and 1 Bill Phil
  • Tony Khan talks about the 1 Bill Phil comment
  • The business of AEW and profit/loss
  • The different ways this all could go in detail
  • Positives and negatives about working for AEW and WWE
  • The Collision announce team
  • The most detailed look at Collision ratings and what category was it tops among sports during the week
  • What TNT was doing in the time slot, what should be expected and what would be considered good
  • How each segment did
  • The Marc Raimondi ESPN piece
  • Punk talks Adam Page
  • Contradictory stories
  • Original idea for Collision that changed
  • Full rundown of both Chicago shows with business notes
  • Preview of Forbidden Door and what business mark for AEW may be set and where it ranks all-time among Canadian gates
  • Notes on Danielson vs. Okada and Omega vs. Ospreay
  • Notes on PPV
  • The rest of the card
  • The Owen Hart tournament
  • Update on Wembley Stadium
  • Rickson Gracie battles Parkinson’s and a look back at a fighting legend in the underground days as well as his battles with a famous pro wrestler in Brazil
  • Money in the Bank update
  • Notes on Saturday’s UFC show
  • Tons of new major matches announced by UFC for the summer and fall
  • The most detailed look at the ratings for all the wrestling and MMA shows over the past week, how they do with different age groups, segment-by-segment and what WWE stars moved numbers big this past week
  • First wrestling company in history to hit 90 years consecutively in business
  • Multiple cities doing a 40th anniversary celebration for a Hall of Famer
  • Konnan talks heavily about Bandido and Rush
  • An issue with women’s wrestling fans in Japan
  • How the women’s wrestling fan base in Japan has changed multiple times
  • What happened to the key young Dragon Gate talent that was let go
  • Two wrestlers who started together, became big stars in different companies, have a dream match that sold out instantly
  • N-1 tournament including surprise entrants
  • New Japan Strong shows in Japan
  • A bill introduced in New York regarding regulating pro wrestling
  • Lots of injury updates
  • More on the MLW lawsuit against WWE
  • Impact stars on major television show in Canada
  • More on B.J. Whitmer case
  • Tony Khan talks working with Gedo and where AEW stands among start-ups in the sports brand space
  • Tony Khan talks Bill Goldberg
  • Update on Bandido
  • International TV ratings and streaming numbers for WWE and AEW
  • Ticket sale updates for all the major shows for WWE & AEW
  • Talks regarding the sale of Bellator, rumors about Tony Khan being interested and he shoots them down
  • Tons of drug suspensions handed out this week
  • Gable Steveson debuts on TV and what his goals for 2024 are

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Tuesday Update

WWE

  • WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures on Sunday did 333,000 viewers with a 0.11 in 18-49, up from last week’s 276,000 and 0.09. Stone Cold Takes on America meanwhile did 230,000 and a 0.06, down from last week’s 211,000 and 0.06.
  • Prior to Raw on Monday, Matt Riddle issued a challenge on social media to Gunther for the Intercontinental title at Money in the Bank. Later on Raw, Gunther accepted.
  • The company filed a new trademark for ‘Judgment Day’ on June 22.
  • Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch were on The Today Show hyping Money in the Bank this weekend. They were also on First Take.
  • Sami Zayn is raffling off a shirt from his run with The Bloodline, signed by the entire group and other WWE stars as part of a Pro Wrestling Tees live raffle drawing on July 14. Proceeds will go to Sami For Syria.
  • Matches added to WWE’s YouTube page today include The Shield vs. The Usos from Money in the Bank 2013, the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match from the June 27, 2017 edition of SmackDown, and Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair from Money in the Bank 2021.

AEW

Other Wrestling

  • Showbuzz Daily, which provided daily cable ratings including those for professional wrestling, is shutting down after this week. 
  • Impact announced that they will be holding a Pride Night at Impact’s event on July 16 at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. More information can be found here.
  • Mark Haskins on his radio show challenged KENTA to a match for the DEFY Championship. DEFY teased it may take place at their The Splendid & The Vile event on August 26.
  • Nick Gage has been added to GCW’s No Signal in the Halls event on August 11 in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Lio Rush has been added to GCW’s My Name is GCW event on August 4 in Detroit.
  • The Baltimore Sun has an article on Gloria Barattini, who started as an opera singer before turning to professional wrestling from 1950 to 1962.