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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

The new Observer is up now:

  • Match of the week and performer of the week
  • Adam Copeland comes to AEW, analysis of he deal, surprises, comments by Copeland, and the positives and negative of it
  • Full rundown of WrestleDream, including business notes
  • Updates on the last three AEW PPV shows including one major surprise
  • What to learn from AEW doing three PPV shows so closely
  • Full coverage of WWE NXT No Mercy
  • AEW vs. NXT this coming Tuesday as both load up, and what to expect given how things went last year
  • Notes on WWE Fastlane
  • Russ Francis, the aspects of his pro wrestling career that few know, growing up as the son of a wrestler and promoter, NFL and other sports background, the Francis family in Hawaiian rings, the last big house drawn by the AWA, WrestleMania 2 and 31, his playing in the Super Bowl and the wrestling connection in that game, politics, broadcasting and more.
  • Story on Joyce Grable, who passed away this past week.
  • AEW & WWE attendance for quarter three
  • Matt Riddle update
  • The Infernos tag team history
  • How many homes are the stations that carry wrestling and MMA programming in
  • The most detailed look at the ratings from the past week, comparisons with one year ago, segment numbers, placings, star power and competition to provide information as to the ups and downs
  • CMLL Night of Champions as fans pick the card
  • Women’s tournaments coming
  • A show honoring 45 years of Blue Panther in the ring
  • AAA Heroes Inmortales
  • Stardom Five-Star Grand Prix notes
  • Stardom tag team tournament update
  • Notes on New Japan U.S dates
  • Crush Gals anniversary show
  • New pro wrestling documentary notes
  • Impact gears up for its biggest show of the year
  • Update on AEW and WBD
  • Adam Cole on his injury
  • Tony Khan talks Jade Cargill
  • Why AEW announced 81,305 instead of 85,228 for All In
  • Problems AEW had with its last TV show
  • Streaming numbers for AEW & WWE
  • Ticket sales for upcoming AEW & WWE shows
  • International TV ratings
  • Star returns from injury
  • UFC & Bellator updates
  • Canelo Alvarez PPV notes and how many buys came from AEW & WWE fans
  • Two wrestlers being inducted into Louisiana Hall of Fame
  • C.M. Punk notes
  • Why WWE stock is down
  • WWE in Japan update

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Tuesday Update

WWE

  • TKO’s first earnings report will be announced on November 7. A live teleconference will take place at 5 pm ET.
  • Jade Cargill teased a phone call with Shawn Michaels on X ahead of Tuesday’s NXT.
  • Cargill on X also wrote about getting a package of Kit Kats from Eddie Kingston: “I came home and received a package I was most confused about until I looked at the name lol. One of the first times I met Eddie Kingston I was going to town on these and he tore me a new one about “how can I look like this eating like that” he never let it go. CLEARLY”
  • Paul Heyman spoke to Sports Illustrated ahead of Tuesday’s head-to-head battle between NXT and AEW Dynamite. “The guest appearances on this show are merely to call attention to the enormously gifted talent pool that is offered to the viewer on a weekly basis every Tuesday night,” he said. “I would humbly suggest this NXT roster can compete with any claim there has ever been a more significant or more talented roster.”
  • Mika Rotunda, the sister of Bray Wyatt, shared her thoughts on X on the anniversary of Wyatt’s return to WWE at last year’s Extreme Rules event. “It was one year ago that my brother made a return to @WWE,” she wrote. “I never knew Bray, the fiend or any incarnation of his wrestling characters. But, I knew @Windham6 very well. And his desire was always to make others feel good. And his ability to make millions of people feel connected, simultaneously by his presence and spoken word— was his gift to the world. If you miss him, know that I do too. And if you’re hurting, know that I do too. And if you felt his magnitude, know that I did too. Find some ground to sing along.”
  • WWE has uploaded the entire Cody Rhodes/Jey Uso press conference from Saturday on their YouTube page.
  • Trick Williams’ theme is now on WWE Music’s YouTube page.
  • Full matches added to WWE’s YouTube on Tuesday include Monday’s Undisputed Tag Team title match with Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn, Austin Theory vs. Johnny Gargano from the October 10, 2022 edition of Raw, and Bobby Lashley vs. Seth Rollins from that same edition of Raw.

AEW & Other Wrestling

  • AEW’s Buy-In prior to Tuesday’s Dynamite Title Tuesday can be found here.
  • Tony Khan turns 41 today.
  • On the Dan Le Batard Show, Khan addressed the perception that AEW has been ‘cold’ as of late. “We’ve really begun to change it,” Khan replied. “The perception for AEW is very strong worldwide. 44 days ago we set the worldwide ticket sales for any wrestling show in the history of the planet, so we’re having a very good year. Our pay-per-view numbers are through the roof, and we’re going to have a great show tonight on TBS.”
  • On the Maggie and Perloff show, Khan confirmed that AEW Dynamite would get a ten-minute overrun on Tuesday’s show.
  • GQ has a profile on MJF.
  • Swerve Strickland spoke to Fightful ahead of his match against Bryan Danielson on Tuesday.
  • Colt Cabana and Brandon Cutler have been added to GLEAT’s event on December 30.
  • A new Adam Copeland t-shirt has been released.
  • ARSION, a former women’s wrestling promotion in Japan, announced their one-night return. The promotion last held a show in 2003.
  • Will Ospreay vs. Yota Tsuji will air on NJPW on AXS this Thursday.
  • Wrestling Revolver has uploaded the entire match between Janai Kai and Marina Shafir.