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WWE is in Corbin, KY with a joint show with Braun Strowman, A.J. Styles, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler, Jeff Hardy, Bobby Lashley and none of the women, plus NXT runs in Orlando. We’re looking for reports to newstips@wrestlingobserver.com.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT FROM MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK ON SATURDAY

Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. Eastern

  • Jessin Ayari vs. Stevie Ray
  • Arjan Bhullar vs. Marcelo Golm
  • Te Edwards vs. Don Madge

FS 2 at 8 p.m. Eastern

  • Talita Bernardo vs. Sarah Moras
  • Chris Fishgold vs. Calvin Kattar
  • Thibault Gouti vs. Nasrat Haqparast
  • Sean Strickland vs. Nordine Taleb

FS1 at 10 p.m. Eastern

  • Alex Garcia vs. Court McGee
  • Ed Herman vs. Gian Villante
  • Jonathan Martinez vs. Andre Soukhamthat
  • Misha Cirkunov vs. Patrick Cummins
  • Michael Johnson vs. Artem Lobov
  • Volkan Oezdemir vs. Anthony Smith

Sunday has WWE in Asheville, NC with Braun Strowman, A.J. Styles, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler, Jeff Hardy and Bobby Lashley.

WWE EVOLUTION PPV SUNDAY AT 7 P.M. EASTERN FROM THE NASSAU COLISEUM ON THE WWE NETWORK

  • Sasha Banks & Bayley & Natalya vs. Ruby Riott & Sarah Logan & Liv Morgan
  • Battle Royal
  • Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Mickie James & Alicia Fox
  • Toni Storm vs. Io Shirai in the Mae Young Classic final
  • Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler for the NXT women’s title
  • Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair for the Smackdown women’s title in a last woman standing match
  • Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella for the Raw women’s title

Raw is Monday from Charlotte, NC. There is also a Smackdown house show Monday night from Macon, GA.

Smackdown, Mixed match Challenge and 205 Live are Tuesday in Atlanta. Announced so far is Tony Nese vs. Mustafa Ali with the winner getting a cruiserweight title shot, Brian Kendrick vs. Jack Gallagher, Braun Strowman & Ember Moon vs. Jinder Mahal & Alicia Fox and Rusev & Lana vs. Charlotte Flair & A.J. Styles

F4W NEWSLETTER: Figure Four Weekly: Roman Reigns reveals leukemia diagnosis

Roman Reigns opened the October 22, 2018 episode of Raw by revealing that he’s battling leukemia. After missing the weekend house show events, Reigns came out wearing street clothes and addressed the audience while using his real name. He announced that he’s been living with leukemia for the past 11 years, and unfortunately it’s back. Reigns then relinquished the Universal Championship.

WON NEWSLETTER: October 29, 2018 Observer Newsletter: Roman Reigns diagnosed with leukemia

The most in-depth look at the Roman Reigns battle with leukemia is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Look at what is known about his first bout with leukemia, walk through the weekend, the turns done this past week, what happened throughout the day on Monday, who knew what and what kind of word was going around, a look at his interview, and candidates for the company’s top spot position.

Also look at Crown Jewel and Evolution, including business notes on the Evolution show, Hulk Hogan and Crown Jewel.

Find out what is being talked about for the future of the WWE Network, including ideas for new content, new promotions, and a second tier

Also look at Daniel Cormier and WWE and what it’s all about, Cena book, more WWE injuries, next MSG show and why it’s so important, shows this week, and the Tegan Knox injury.

Examine the next month of NXT television, as well as a look at every house show from WWE and NXT from the past week with results, highlights and business info. 

Read about the proposed Ben Askren vs. Demetrious Johnson trade, the valuation of ONE, and why UFC would do this regarding an existing lawsuit. 

Look at the state of the NWA with its 70th anniversary show, including the Nick Aldis vs. Cody match, the aftermath, the rest of the show, the business notes and the NWA going forward.

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SATURDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE

  • Saudi General Sports Authority chairman Turki Al-Sheikh tweeted that tickets to Crown Jewel sold out in under three hours, though it appears that there are some tickets left in the family section and the rest is sold out.
  • Glenn Jacobs’ spokesman commented on why Jacobs is deciding to still wrestle at Crown Jewel: “Mayor Jacobs is still going to the Crown Jewel event because he made a commitment to not only the WWE, but the Knoxville Public Safety Foundation and the first responders of Knoxville and Knox County.” WWE had previously announced that they would be donating $100,000 to the Knoxville Public Safety Foundation in appreciation for appearances Jacobs is making for the company this fall.
  • Triple H and Stephanie McMahon appeared on the Elvis Duran Show this week. Triple H spoke about why Roman Reigns chose not to reveal his battle with leukemia publicly until it returned: “Very few people know about this. He and I have spoken about it, this is something he did not want to put out there until he had reached a certain point in time in his career because he didn’t want people to feel like he was being pitied or given things for a certain reason. He wanted to be able to come out at the end and say ‘Look, I dealt with this the whole time, you can do anything. This is not an end sentence'”
  • Two new episodes of NXT UK are currently listed on the WWE Network schedule for Wednesday. They’re listed for 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time and will re-air at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.
  • Curt Hawkins was a guest on the Notsam Wrestling podcast and said that he’s been out of action due to suffering a hernia and hopes to be cleared to return very, very soon. Hawkins said he’s been working as a producer while injured.
  • WWE uploaded a brief profile video on Performance Center coach Sara Amato (Sara Del Rey).
  • Sasha Banks, Trish Stratus & Toni Storm and Charlotte Flair, Nikki Bella & Shayna Baszler took part in roundtable discussions with Cathy Kelley ahead of Evolution.
  • Stratus and Lita rewatched their Raw main event from December 2004.
  • The Undefeated has a profile piece on NXT’s Bianca Belair. Belair discussed how she’s dealt with shifting rib syndrome in her career: “I’ve figured out ways to maintain it. Luckily, I haven’t had any issues with it here. I’ve figured out certain movements to stay away from, and even when I feel my rib slip to the back, I know how to get it back in there. That’s been like a four-year process of figuring it out, how to maintain that. It’s all good now.”
  • Bleacher Report has a feature on Renee Young and her being part of the Raw commentary team.
  • Becky Lynch took part in an Ask Me Anything on Reddit to promote Evolution.
  • Lynch, Mickie James, Alicia Fox, and Alexa Bliss played “guess the match challenge” on the Fine Brothers’ YouTube channel.
  • Natalya interviewed Sasha Banks and Bayley for her Calgary Sun column this week.
  • WWE released a six-minute clip of footage shot for the House Hardy Halloween special, which is airing on the WWE Network after tomorrow’s Evolution PPV.
  • Ahead of their EVOLVE Tag Team Championship match in Ybor City, Florida tomorrow, The Street Profits cut a promo on Chris Dickinson & Jaka at last night’s NXT house show in Largo.

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