Daily Update: Jey Uso, Stephanie McMahon, Kenny Omega
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- Ethan Page: It ‘was time’ to leave AEW, NXT title run has been validating
- Former WWE NXT broadcaster McKenzie Mitchell set for Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling role
- Sammy Guevara wants to be ‘the best version’ of himself in AEW return
- Cody Rhodes announced as presenter for 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards
- AEW Collision ratings up, best numbers in a month
- Mercedes Mone: I’m going to grab a blunt, wine & watch ‘Mr. McMahon’ on Netflix
- Jack Perry TNT open challenge added to AEW Grand Slam Collision
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- The most in-depth look at AEW media rights deal completed and the deal not yet completed. We look at what different numbers mean for different levels of popularity, figuring different scenarios in, best and worst case, PPV and secondary deals.
- UFC 306 coverage with the record gate at The Sphere going head-to-head with Canelo Alvarez in the same city.
- Coverage of the CMLL anniversary show what did and didn’t work and the difference from a normal crowd.
- One of the biggest stars of this generation talks about retirement, gives a date and the significance of that date.
- Where pro wrestling shows this past week fit into the weekly cable charts.
- A look at every national pro wrestling show this past week, how it compared to last year, placings, competition and segment ratings.
- Who is CMLL’s booker?
- What country celebrated a national pro wrestling holiday this week
- Update on El Hijo del Vikingo
- The man who was believed to be the oldest living wrestler passes away
- World team tryouts
- Notes on a movie coming out soon on the life of Mildred Burke
- Note on a Blu-Ray I just did voiceovers for
- wXw tag team tournament notes
- A very valid criticism of AEW
- Update on ticket sales to WWE & AEW shows the next two months
- International TV ratings and streaming numbers
- Notes on the NFL Films piece on Tony Khan
- Updates on TV time length for Raw & Smackdown in January
- Second day streaming rights updates on Raw, Smackdown, and NXT starting next month
- Notes on the return of Saturday Night’s Main Event and a look back at the first one and numbers that would be incredible today
- Update on WWE moving the second NXT on CW show from a major arena and why
- A look back at Vince McMahon’s promises when he was expanding.
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Tuesday Update
WWE
- The full Intercontinental title match between Bron Breakker and Jey Uso is now up on WWE’s YouTube channel.
- Uso reflected on his first-ever singles title win immediately after Raw went off the air.
- Stephanie McMahon is celebrating a birthday today.
- WWE 2K24 is one of the PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for October. Subscribers can download the game starting on October 3.
- Some of the first reviews are in for the Netflix docuseries ‘Mr. McMahon’, including from SlashFilm, Men’s Journal, Paste, and The Daily Beast.
- Reuters is reporting that Meta’s AI chatbot will soon be able to start speaking in the voice of John Cena.
- Cody Rhodes reposted Matt Cardona’s video announcing his comeback from injury, writing: “Complete. He’s owned that scene, can’t wait to see what my friend does next.”
- Nikkita Lyons posted an update on recovering from a torn ACL: “it’s been a minute 8 months post op on my left ACL. lmao…it’s not over when you fall, it’s over when you don’t get back up and just quit. no one knows all you’ve been through but you. take your power back and protect your peace.“
- WWE Vault uploaded Seth Rollins vs. Braun Strowman from Clash of Champions 2019.
AEW/Other Wrestling
- Kenny Omega reflected on the seven-year anniversary of his match against Juice Robinson at NJPW Destruction in Kobe, writing: “There is a very personal story surrounding this match that I’d love to tell but character count wouldn’t allow for it or do it justice here. Aside from all that, Juice took me to the absolute limit and this became the first time I had no choice but to use a Super OWA to get the job done. Juice ain’t no joke and he’d eventually solidify himself as a worthy US champ himself after this.”
- Kota Ibushi on Instagram showed photos of himself and Omega training.
- Anthony Bowens will be representing AEW in Jose Canseco’s Home Run Derby on October 5.
- Orange Crush announced that a painting exhibition featuring the art of Lee Moriarty will be displayed on December 3-7 at the Ice Palace in Miami.
- Mistico vs. Averno for the MLW Middleweight title has been announced for MLW’s TV taping on October 4.
- Atlantis will be part of MLW’s Lucha Apocalypto in Chicago on November 9.
- According to NWA Power’s CW page, episodes of the program expire in 6 days.
- Masked Republic has unveiled a trailer for their upcoming new lucha libre-inspired video game.