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WON NEWSLETTER: August 16, 2021 Observer Newsletter: More NXT cuts, Dominic DeNucci passes away

In this week’s issue:

  • The latest set of WWE cuts and the more important political battle and changes in what WWE wants out of developmental
  • Going through all of the WWE talent cut, who can benefit where, why decisions were made
  • Life of Dominic DeNucci, the biggest drawing babyface ever in Australia and trainer of many top stars
  • Gable Steveson wins gold medal, looking at the big decision Steveson has to make, AEW star challenges Gable Steveson and Steveson’s response
  • Hall of Fame season, what top draws are not in
  • Full coverage of UFC 265
  • CMLL loses four major names, another talks his problems, and the big picture of what is leading to the decline of the world’s oldest and formerly most stable promotion
  • WWE & AEW business, how ticket sales are going, lineups for the big events, secondary market demand, what shows scalpers overbought which shows they under bought
  • Preview of this year’s TripleMania
  • A look at all the ratings of the past week and analysis
  • Name changes of wrestlers coming
  • A number of COVID positives in Japan and others having to quarantine
  • Previewing NJPW’s show in Los Angeles, Jr. tag tourney standings, frustrations with COVID impacting New Japan
  • Peggy Lathan – The Queen of Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling
  • Lots of news regarding Rampage carriage outside the U.S.
  • Update on Max Caster
  • McGregor melts down regarding Cormier’s criticism
  • Adam Cole update
  • WWE & AEW International TV numbers
  • Former controversial WWE performer running for public office and complains about WWE COVID policies
  • What WWE segments on television were the most watched after the fact
  • More detail on the ratings than any other source, how many different viewers the shows had, breakdown of who watches the shows, how they watch, DVR numbers and how long the average fan watches
  • Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week

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TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE

  • The dark match following last night’s Raw had Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods defeating The Miz and John Morrison.
  • In an interview with DAZN, Goldberg talked about his feud with Riddle, saying that at the very least, he appreciates his passion for the business. “Yeah. The cocky kid (Riddle) spouting off his mouth in the beginning, and I didn’t appreciate it very much by any stretch of the imagination. But the guy has put in a lot of frickin hard work and a lot of hard work, and he’s dedicated his life to this business. Whether I like him as a human being or not, I have to understand and appreciate his passion for the business and his work ethic. Because he works hard and that I appreciate as an athlete and as a human. Is he a prick sometimes? Absolutely. But that’s him. That’s his character, and so am I.”
  • In an interview with TMZ Sports, Seth Rollins said he would train Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson if given the opportunity. “I mean, we’d love to have him,” he said. “He seems like an incredible athlete, and decent dude. And, you know, we’ve had some luck with Olympic gold medalists before, so why not? I do have a wrestling school, Black and Brave Wrestling Academy, so if he wants to move to Davenport, Iowa for three months, we’ll get him ready.”
  • Seth Rollins spoke to Richard Deitsch about this weekend’s SummerSlam event.
  • Taylor Rust, aka Tyler Rust in WWE, talked to WrestlingInc about the rumored power struggles between NXT and forces on the main roster. “I know there’s a lot of rumors now as far as Vince wanting to overhaul the NXT product and everything,” he said. “Sometimes, rumors, maybe they’re right. We’ll see how it is going forward from there, but from my experience there, there wasn’t really many eggshells as far as upper management not being happy. Everything they saw whenever they came to the Performance Center and they saw us training, they absolutely loved it. I remember hearing exact words were always like, ‘This is amazing. This is everything that we want to invest in,’ how much they were proud of all the hard work we were doing there at the Performance Center, and they see the way we train, the way that we work. They see how hard we really, really work on this product, and it was always such positive feedback from everybody upstairs, honestly.”
  • A trailer has been released for WWE 24: WrestleMania 37, which will stream on Saturday and Sunday.
  • Stephanie McMahon was on Sports Business Radio to discuss SummerSlam and growing up in the McMahon household.
  • WWE will introduce an Instagram Live Shopping experience starting at 1:30 pm ET on August 19. Fans will be able to purchase SummerSlam and other WWE Shop products in real time.
  • Matches added to WWE’s YouTube channel today include Cesaro vs. Sheamus from the 2016 SummerSlam kickoff and The Miz vs. John Cena vs. John Morrison from Extreme Rules 2011.
  • Paige turns 29 today.

Other Wrestling

  • Here is the Road to Dynamite for this week, focusing on Chris Jericho vs. MJF, Britt Baker, The Young Bucks, and Sting.
  • Chicago is reinstating a mask mandate for indoor public spaces starting Friday for anyone over the age of 2. This will apply for AEW’s Rampage event this Friday and All Out week.
  • Showbuzz Daily, a source of cable and broadcast ratings which announced their closure in June, has resurfaced and is back providing ratings.
  • Ruby Soho released her first vignette following her WWE release.
  • Heels’ premiere on Starz Sunday drew 128,000 viewers, with 23,000 viewers in the 18-49 demographic.
  • Esquire Middle East spoke to Stephen Amell, who said he told CM Punk to return to an AEW ring. “I hope he comes back in the ring because I can tell you from experience that that boy can still go. He can still really go,” he said. I tried not to be a full fanboy with him. Alexander [Ludwig] had us all over for dinner towards the end of the season, and I finally said to him, ‘come on, man, you gotta come back. You have got to go back for one big match, either at Wrestlemania or AEW.”
  • Billy Corgan told Sports Illustrated that the NWA has acquired Mildred Burke’s version of the NWA Women’s title. The title will be on display at NWA EmPower when current champion Kamille defends the title against AEW’s Leyla Hirsch.
  • The NWA has a Road To EmPower video, with a sit-down interview with Billy Corgan and Mickie James.
  • The latest episode of Sammy Guevara’s vlog, which focuses on Fuego del Sol being signed by AEW.
  • Dave Prazak on Twitter: “Back in the hospital. Fingers crossed.”
  • Pittsburgh Magazine has a profile on AEW’s recent shows in the city and also has an interview with Britt Baker.
  • The Times has a profile on Dominic DeNucci, who passed away last Thursday. 
  • Sarah Rowe (Logan) is the guest on this week’s Oral Sessions with Renee Paquette.

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