Daily Update: Darren Young returns, Impact, BOLA

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We’re looking for reports on tonight’s WWE house shows with Raw in Kansas City and SmackDown in Moline, IL to newstips@wrestlingobserver.com.

PWG BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES IN RESEDA, CALIFORNIA

  • Sammy Guevara vs. Joey Janela
  • Trevor Lee vs. Donovan Dijak
  • Sami Callihan vs. Jeff Cobb
  • Michael Elgin vs. Matt Riddle
  • Mark Haskins vs. Travis Banks
  • Keith Lee vs. Walter
  • Ricochet & Matt Sydal vs. Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr.
  • Young Bucks & Kenny Omega vs. Penta 0M & Rey Fenix & Flamita

WWE on Sunday night has the Raw house show in Des Moines and SmackDown in Cedar Falls, IA and we’re looking for reports to newstips@wrestlingobserver.com.

Raw will be Monday night from Omaha with Braun Strowman vs. Big Show in a steel cage match and The Miz vs. Jeff Hardy for the IC title. There is also a SmackDown house show in Rochester, MN.

SmackDown and 205 Live take place on Tuesday in Sioux Falls, IA with Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Randy Orton in the main event for the top contendership for the WWE title.

FIGURE FOUR WEEKLY: Figure Four Weekly 8/28/2017: Mayweather vs. McGregor lives up to the spectacle

Conor McGregor may not have defeated Floyd Mayweather last Saturday night, but a similarly impossible upset did happen – the superfight delivered on almost every level. It seemed like that had no chance of happening going into the night. Spectacles in sports rarely do meet the hype going into them; it’s almost impossible for them to. Mayweather vs. McGregor in particular appeared destined to leave audiences unsatisfied..

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WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER: September 4, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: McGregor vs. Mayweather, Dr. Wagner Jr. unmasks, more

A look at Mayweather vs. McGregor, and when happens next, is the lead story in this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer. Read about the week that had two matches of the century and one match of the decade all within 15 hours.

Look at the fight, the judging, the realities of how McGregor and Mayweather each fought, the future of McGregor and tons of different business numbers and indicators. Check out the problems people had in viewing the show, the gambling, TV numbers and head-to-head competition.

This issue has a major feature on TripleMania, both the Dr. Wagner mask loss and the incident with Sexy Star and Rosemary. Look at the business of the show and the amazing television numbers, go through the Sexy Star match and what happened to lead to what happened, comments from many in wrestling, explanations, as best as there are, the background as to why things fell apart, how much Wagner earned for losing his mask, how much Wagner and L.A. Park were offering to lose their mask to local promoters, and the famous story of what was supposed to be the debut of Dr. Wagner Jr., in a tag team match with his father, and why the two never teamed up.

Read about the situation with Ric Flair.

This issue has a run down of the big What Culture shows of the past week with some of the top talent in the world, including the YouTube business, Will Ospreay vs. Rey Mysterio, and more.

Examine the WWE injury bug and some of the reasons the injury rate is so high, get a run down the latest injuries, thoughts on the schedule, Nikki Bella on two TV shows at the same time, Asuka’s future, The Cena/Reigns promo, Sami Zayn fund raising efforts, thoughts on the Mae Young Classic, new show for Cena, update on Ciampa, woman referee, Nakamura talks about his UFC offer, Jericho talks his role in the Styles vs. Owens situation, most-watched shows on the WWE network for the week and full coverage of all the WWE and NXT arena events over the past week and business notes.

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WON BACK ISSUE: August 7, 2000 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Gordon Solie passes away, Owen Hart lawsuit developments, more

Gordon Solie, an icon figure of this industry who announced more pro wrestling matches on television than any man who ever lived, passed away from brain cancer officially on 7/28 at the age of 71. Solie was found that morning by his family, and it is being listed as the date of his death. It is believed his death may have taken place as early as late Wednesday night, as nobody heard from him on Thursday, and the house was exactly the same on Friday morning as it was on Wednesday night, when his daughter was over for dinner.

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SATURDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE

  • Darren Young returned to action last night for the first time since suffering an arm injury earlier this year. He was involved in a battle royal (which was won by Jason Jordan) where the winner would go on to challenge The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship later in the night.
  • In an interview with Inside the Ropes that was conducted before SummerSlam, Nikki Bella said that she hopes her and Brie Bella will return together in 2018 (or sooner if possible), though her surgeon told her that she can’t be full-time in pro wrestling anymore. She also said that she would love to see Daniel Bryan wrestle again.
  • WWE has been uploading short video clips on YouTube from the first round Mae Young Classic matches, and Dakota Kai vs. Kavita Devi is lapping the competition. It currently has 1,431,560 views, with the next closest being Princesa Sugehit vs. Kay Lee Ray with 106,530. Toni Storm vs. Ayesha Raymond is next with 61,411 views, then Kairi Sane vs. Tessa Blanchard with 46,210. Aside from the organic interest from India for Devi’s match, the views could have been boosted by it being embedded on Indian news sites.
  • After JBL announced that he was leaving the SmackDown commentary team to focus on his role in the Beyond Sport organization, WWE released a statement in an article on their website: “WWE admires JBL’s continued determination to make a difference in the lives of at-risk kids in Bermuda and around the world.”
  • The Charlotte Observer has an article with 15 excerpts from Ric and Charlotte Flair’s upcoming book.
  • WWE posted that Jack Gallagher received four stitches after his no DQ match with Brian Kendrick on Tuesday’s 205 Live.
  • John Cena tweeted to Ric Flair after Flair posted a video where he spoke publicly for the first time since his hospitalization: “You are #TheMan we are all just impossibly trying to keep up! YOU DEFINE #NeverGiveUp” Randy Orton also wrote: “You’re one of a kind. Glad your good Ric!”
  • Xavier Woods sent a message to Kenny Omega while at Dragon Con.

Pro Wrestling

  • GFW will be addressing the incident where Sexy Star injured Rosemary at Triplemania on next week’s episode of Impact. The company released a short video teasing the segment today, with Jeff Jarrett, Karen Jarrett, and Jeremy Borash discussing what happened and showing backstage footage from the show.
  • Ratings for Impact were down this week, which is the second week in a row that there’s been a drop since the August 17th Destination X special. The episode averaged 268,000 viewers after doing 296,000 the week prior.
  • The Battle of Los Angeles continues tonight with more first round matches, plus Kenny Omega makes his PWG return to team with The Young Bucks against Penta El Zero M, Rey Fenix & Flamita, and Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr. face Ricochet & Matt Sydal in non-tournament action. The tournament will conclude tomorrow night. Dave Meltzer has his live report from night one up on the front page.
  • The wrestlers involved with BOLA will sign the turnbuckle pads after the shows so that they can be auctioned off for charities supporting those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
  • WALTER, Jeff Cobb, and Jonah Rock trained with Josh Barnett while in LA for BOLA today.
  • The latest episode of “Being the Elite” focuses on the end of ROH’s tour of the UK and continues the storyline of Adam Cole being killed off of the show with Bullet Club watching his NXT debut.
  • ROH posted a promo with Cody Rhodes addressing Minoru Suzuki ahead of their title match at Death Before Dishonor.

UFC/MMA

  • Derrick Lewis is partnering with the UFC to donate $10,000 to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Lewis is from the area and has been helping those affected.
  • Tyron Woodley wants to move up to middleweight to challenge Georges St-Pierre if GSP wins the title from Michael Bisping.
  • Alistair Overeem is open to a fight against Francis Ngannou.
  • Jose Aldo said that he wasn’t the one who posted a tweet from his account mocking Conor McGregor after the Floyd Mayweather fight.
  • Stefan Struve congratulated Alexander Volkov after Volkov defeated him at UFC’s show in Rotterdam today.

Today in Professional Wrestling History: HHH awarded World Heavyweight title

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