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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter:

In the new issue:

  • The life and times of Superstar Billy Graham
  • A history of every Graham main event in Madison Square Garden
  • How the entire history of wrestling changes if there was no Billy Graham
  • Graham’s decades of health issues
  • Graham suing WWF
  • Graham losing the title and depression and why
  • Graham in football, boxing, bodybuilding, track, world’s strongest man competitions and more
  • The last week of Graham as WWWF champion
  • When Billy Graham was reported as dying 32 years ago in two major newspapers
  • His start of his career and first time he met Dr. Jerry Graham
  • His big break in the AWA when he became a big drawing card and his interviews
  • His changing the way top stars were paid in WWWF
  • His last run in WWF
  • His life after wrestling
  • Everything said and not said about AEW Collision
  • How CM Punk fits into the picture
  • Why Punk really was such an important character right now for AEW if things would have worked out
  • Thoughts on Collision and its time slot
  • How AEW’s fan base consumption has changed over the last year
  • The blow-by-blow story of how WWE and Endeavor made their merger, including other offers, how much the offers were, and how much Vince McMahon made through the different negotiations
  • Just how much money Endeavor gave up to keep Vince McMahon
  • UFC business notes
  • Francis Ngannou signs with PFL, his deal, his negotiations and different potential opponents
  • Update on the WWE brand split
  • Update on WWE Night of Champions
  • Update on AEW Double or Nothing
  • New Japan Best of the Super Juniors coverage
  • This week’s UFC show rundown
  • The most detailed look at the TV ratings of wrestling over the past week
  • What wrestler is getting a pickle ball court named after him
  • Build for what looks to be the biggest match of the year in Mexico
  • More on a major network negotiations for a new wrestling show and why the deal fell through
  • Update on Kota Ibushi
  • More on Von Erichs moving back to Texas
  • New play loosely based on WWE
  • International TV ratings
  • AEW house shows
  • UFC fall schedule and new fights
  • Bellator draws 12,000 for show this past week
  • Nine drug test failures
  • Randy Orton update
  • Bray Wyatt update
  • More on the WWE show in Puerto Rico
  • Lots of new WWE business talk by Nick Khan
  • WWE injury updates
  • Upcoming WWE ticket sales
  • All the weekly WWE business info

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Wednesday Update

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  • NJPW Academy will hold its first NJPW Academy Showcase on June 10 featuring Strong talent Fred Rosser, The DKC, Royce Issacs, and Kevin Knight.
  • NJPW also posted a video of NJPW Academy students preparing for the showcase.
  • Jesse “The Body” Ventura posted a video paying tribute to Superstar Billy Graham.
  • Stevie Richards posted a video update on his health.
  • Erik Redbeard, Aron Steven, and other wrestlers can be seen in the trailer for the upcoming third season of I Think You Should Leave on Netflix.
  • Jeremy Allen White, who plays Kerry Von Erich in the upcoming Iron Claw film, talked to Esquire about his diet habits during the film: “In the morning, I would have waffles, almond butter. In the middle of the day, I was eating turkey patties and avocado all the time. It’s really just gross. You’re trying to consume as much as you possibly can, and, to be honest, you don’t feel great. I was training as well, but, I don’t know, trying to get that big, it’s no way to live.”