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FIGURE FOUR WEEKLY:Looking at Neville’s potential post-WWE life

While Neville’s situation with WWE remains unresolved a week after news broke that he wanted out of the company, his potential entrance into the global pro wrestling landscape would provide the most interesting test case yet of how successful someone could be outside of WWE in this era. Neville being unhappy isn’t an isolated incident.

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WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER:October 23, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Brock Lesnar vs. Jinder Mahal, Observer Hall of Fame candidates, more

A look at the WWE PPV picture over the next two shows, the championship scene and the TLC show is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer, a double issue that features three back-of-the-book features, one on PED usage and lifestyle changes in pro wrestling, one on the life and times of Bobby Heenan and another of the 2017 Hall of Fame.

The lead story looks at Brock Lesnar vs. Jinder Mahal, the return of Kane and some of the new programs.

Look at the ROH Global Wars week, what the business says and doesn’t say, a rundown of the Chicago show, the anti-WWE movement, along with match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.

Examine WWE drug testing, lifestyle changes among the wrestlers, what WWE talent is and isn’t allowed to do, beating tests, TUE’s, what Dave Palumbo said, what WWE has said in response, just how prevalent are TUE’s in WWE compared to other sports, double standards and rules between office, talent and part-time talent, why WWE drug tests in the first place, why the idea that pro wrestling isn’t a competitive situation is as shallow a thinking as possible and how the business has changed over the years as far as the look to be a star.

Look back at the life outside of wrestling of Bobby Heenan.

Check out the 2017 Hall of Fame ballot and thoughts on the candidates including breaking down most of the candidates on the ballot.

Get updates on WrestleMania ticket sales, Jinder Mahal in India, Austin Aries talks the economics outside WWE, WWE earnings and predictions for PPV numbers, and updates on Neville and Nia Jax.

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WON BACK ISSUE: September 25, 2000 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: WWF moving to Viacom, WCW Fall Brawl reviewed, more

The Delaware Supreme Court on 9/18 ruled 3-0 not to overturn the Chancery Court ruling that the WWF would be able to accept the Viacom deal, and thus ending its 17-year relationship with the USA Network. The decision was more than one month in the making, which left much of the entire pro wrestling industry, and both networks, paralyzed to an extent, certainly as it pertained to wrestling programming.

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TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE

  • The build to Survivor Series continues on SmackDown tonight. WWE will follow up on the show’s roster invading Raw last night, plus Shane McMahon will address Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn’s behavior from the last few weeks. Matches that are set include AJ Styles vs. Sunil Singh, Baron Corbin vs. Sin Cara, The New Day & The Usos vs. Rusev, Aiden English, Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable, and others that will have implications for SmackDown’s Survivor Series teams.
  • Tonight’s 205 Live has Enzo Amore defending his Cruiserweight Championship against Kalisto in a rematch from TLC.
  • After having to leave SmackDown’s tour of South America last week because his family needed him at home, Kevin Owens tweeted a thank you to fans, friends, family, and others in the pro wrestling business for their outpouring of support. Karina Steen, Owens’ wife, also wrote a post on Instagram thanking people for the messages they’ve sent and saying that things are okay now: “Thank you all for the kind messages asking if everything was alright. It was one of the toughest weeks of our lives but we are ok now. This guy travelled half way around the world to get back to us and I don’t know what I would have done without him. Best husband and dad we could ever ask for”
  • Our Paul Fontaine notes that the first-to-third hour viewership drop for last night’s Raw was the largest since it became a three-hour show.
  • Though a lot of viewers tuned out before the surprise show-closing angle where the SmackDown roster invaded Raw, WWE’s clip of the segment has been watched more than two million times already, which is a very strong but not overwhelming number. Ratings for tonight’s SmackDown and next week’s Raw will tell how effective the angle was.
  • Nikki Bella had another strong showing on Dancing with the Stars last night, with her team finishing in a tie for fourth place. Four teams finished below them.
  • John Cena is partnering with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to spread awareness about eradicating polio across the world.
  • WWE uploaded some video of Triple H’s return to the ring and him dancing with The New Day from their house show in Santiago, Chile last Sunday.
  • The New York Post interviewed Alexa Bliss about her rise in WWE, being on Total Divas, and overcoming battles with anorexia as a teenager.
  • The Minnesota Star Tribune ran a story on Elias’ anti-Green Bay Packers comments from Raw in Wisconsin last night.

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