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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter:

Highlights include:

*Match of the week and performers of the week

*WrestleMania update

*Ticket sales for all the WWE events of the weekend, how it compares to the past, as well as for the ROH show

*Updates on the lineup and what is on each night and what seems to be on each night based on reports

*Update on match changes

*Update on NXT Takeover and who will have their first big match on the show

*Update on the key independent shows held over WrestleMania weekend

*AEW ticket sales for Double or Nothing and Forbidden Door

*Full coverage of UFC 286 and where things go next for the top fighters on the show

*A look at the final week of the New Japan Cup, new stories, lineups for early April, and new stable, the Sanada title match and reviews of every tournament match and the full finals show.

*Andy Kaufman in WWE Hall of Fame, a look back at the famous angle and other key angles during Kaufman’s run in Memphis, the David Letterman show and how the angle came to be

*NCAA wrestling tournament note including one of history’s biggest upsets and the story behind it

*Davey Richards retires, a look at the allegations that led to his retirement, his career and the time when Bryan Danielson called him the best in the world

*The most detailed look at the TV ratings for all the national shows, placings and hat can be learned from the competition and the results

*A look at CMLL’s second biggest show of the year , the big hair match and where Romero vs Volador looks to be going

*Notes on upcoming tournament of champions in Mexico

*Film on well known pro wrestling personality debuted recently at Film Festival

*Update on major celebrity wrestling angle and how it got exposed by a fan

*A look at the Lucha Libre World Cup featuring stars from AEW

*Update on plans for the biggest Stardom event in history

*All Japan has two shows featuring interpromotional matches

*NOAH runs a big show with key title change

*Update on Will Ospreay

*Update on Mercedes Mone and when her New Japan deal is up

*Notes on Best of the Super Juniors tournament

*Legendary promotion from the best with some of the best matches in history is starting a YouTube page

*Health updates on a lot of key wrestling personalities

*Former pro wrestler becomes a hero who likely saved a lot of lives averting a potential shooting

*Top U.S. stars tour Australia

*Unique tournament planned

*Indie promotion in the U.K. bringing in top stars for unique title determination matches

*Update on MLW and a new deal made

*Update on major new national television show in the plans

*A look at AEW’s first house show in years

*New AEW and WWE business deals

*Ticket sales for upcoming AEW and WWE events

*International TV ratings and streaming numbers

*Conor McGregor’s comeback notes including a key rule for his return and if it will be broken

*Olympic silver medalist signs unique deal to both do MMA and still try for a 2024 gold medal

*WWE video game news and launch party

*Story about a major international deal WWE is working on

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Monday Update

Bryan and I will be back tonight covering Raw and really a ton of news with Wrestling Observer Radio tonight.

Jon Moxley will be on Renee Paquette’s The Sessions show tomorrow talking about several subjects including the post made by C.M. Punk.

Raw is tonight in Phoenix and they are already sold out (11,400+) for the last Raw before WrestleMania. There will be a weigh-in for Brock Lesnar and Omos, Cody Rhodes vs.Solo Sikoa, Miz TV with Becky Lynch, Trish Stratus and Lita and Braun Strowman & Ricochet & Street Profits vs. Viking Raiders & Alpha Academy. Tons of names from Smackdown are there including Imperium, Sheamus & The Brawling Brutes and The Usos. Edge is also there. One would expect all of the WrestleMania matches to become official tonight. The only match still open is the final team in the four-way women’s match, which will include Chelsea Green. It’s already 44 percent sales above the last time Phoenix had a TV taping over the summer.

We’re looking for reports from the show for anything not on the live show, such as post-show stuff, Main Event matches or any highlights of being there live to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

WWE has tryouts this week bringing in 50 college athletes including a few notable names from track and college football. ESPN ran a piece on it. (thanks to Mike Kumzuk)

Komander has a booking on Wednesday in California so he won’t be at the Wednesday AEW tapings in St. Louis. The Cubs Fan had talked about El Hijo del Vikingo and Komander being in St. Louis but neither are advertised, with the idea they would do something to build for their Friday ROH PPV match. One would think Vikingo would be advertised if he was there after last week. The Wednesday show will tape both Rampage and one ROH show (the go-home show for Thursday) as well as Dynamite live. That would leave them needing to tape new ROH content before Thursday so unless they do it again in New York next week at Dynamite, nothing is advertised.

PW Insider reported that Alexa Bliss will be coming to WrestleMania. That doesn’t mean on the show just that she’ll be there. 

Sanada’s new downward spiral finisher is being called the Dead Fall.

Patricio Pitbull Freire will attempt to become the first MMA fighter to win world championships in a major promotion in three different weight classes. Bellator announced the featherweight champion, Freire, dropping to 135 pounds to face Sergio Pettis for the bantamweight title on 6/16 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Freire also is a former lightweight champion who vacated the title after winning it. The main event will be Vadim Nemkov defending the light heavyweight title against Yoel Romero.

The autobiography of Madusa will officially be released tomorrow by ECW Press. We have a very good interview show we did with Madusa from a few weeks ago

WWE announced a Smackdown show on 8/11 in Calgary at the Saddledome, the same location AEW just announced a 7/15 house show in.

BetOnline has these odds for ROH Supercard of Honor

Claudio Castagnoli -1000 Eddie Kingston +500

Mark Briscoe -2000 Samoa Joe +700

El Hijo de Vikingo -2500 Komander +725 (basically here you are betting for Komander based on the odds Vikingo gets a serious injury and they have to stop the match)

Aussie Open +100 Matt Taven & Mike Bennett +200 Top Flight +300 Rush & Dralistico +500 Lucha Brothers +600

Some new WrestleMania odds

Will a free agent debut Yes +100 No -140

Title changes over/under 4.5

Will Vince McMahon appear on the show +2500

Dominik Mysterio -150 Rey Mysterio +110

Other Notes

Create a Pro on 5/13 in Melville, NJ features MJF, Raven, Brian Myers, Bear Bronson and more. It’s near where MJF grew up and it’s the promotion that trained him. They sold 300 tickets instantly

The Ryan Garcia vs. Gervonta Davis boxing PPV show is reportedly being priced at $84.99.

Pro Wrestling Eve on 4/7 at The Dome if Tufnelll Park in London. Laura Di Matteo & Rayne Leverkusen face Nightshade & Rhio in three matches what is billed a a last ever match a two of three falls match with the first fall being a regular tag match, the second being a lumberjack match and a third,if needed, being an I Quit match. On 5/5 they have Miyu Yamashita defending the Eve title against Millie McKenzie and Billie Starkz vs. Safire Reed.

Prestige Wrestling from yesterday in Asbury Park,NJ before 225 fans: Jordan Oliver b Alec Price, Brick City Boyz b Shot in the Heart, Akira b 1 Called Manders, Masha Slamovich b Killer Kelly, Alex Shelley b Alan Angels in a submission match for the Prestige title, Sonico b Tre Lamar, Chris Sabin b Mike Bailey, Minoru Suzuki b Robert Martyr (thanks to Joseph Kurtiak)