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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

The new issue of the Observer is up on the site right now covering these stories:

  • Match and performers of the week
  • The history of UFC and WWE together
  • How Vince McMahon is responsible for UFC taking off and why
  • Dirty tricks McMahon tried to play on UFC and blasting it when it got popular
  • Dana White talks about his prior and current changes in relationship with McMahon
  • How Vince McMahon viewed UFC when it first broke through
  • The first attempt at Undertaker vs. Lesnar at WrestleMania and why it didn’t happen
  • How things have changed since the merger and what Vince’s role in UFC is now
  • Jon Jones injury, why Stipe Miocic is off, and what are the different possibilities going forward in the heavyweight division
  • A look at the Aspinall vs. Pavlovich fight
  • Business notes on what was expected to be a record setting show
  • Preview of Crown Jewel and Full Gear and matches announced and other things built up
  • WWE goes with more international major shows in 2024
  • Rundown of Impact changing to TNA and what it will and won’t mean
  • The decline of TNA and change to Impact years ago
  • What changes to expect with the move back to TNA
  • The story behind the Bound for Glory main event
  • Business notes on Bound for Glory
  • Match-by-match coverage
  • Hall of Fame ceremony
  • UFC 204 coverage and what next for the top stars of the show
  • Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou, and how once again Saudi Arabia has changed the economic necessities of a big fight
  • The most detailed look at the ratings for all of the wrestling shows, as well as segment-by-segment and comparison and where shows were up and down
  • Blue Panther 45th anniversary event
  • Stardom bad injury situation
  • All Japan annual tag team tournament
  • Why two Japanese wrestlers disappeared in April
  • Great Triple Crown title match
  • Future of Will Ospreay
  • New Japan Super Juniors tag tourney
  • Cain Velasquez first interview
  • Mexican legend survives scary hospital stay
  • British J Cup
  • Wrestling star expects to announce a new TV series in November
  • Ric Flair in AEW
  • AEW December PPV and its competition
  • Jon Moxley on battles with addiction
  • Ticket advances for upcoming WWE & AEW shows
  • International TV ratings and streaming numbers
  • Pitch for independent star to AEW
  • How many matches top AEW stars have done
  • Controversy over UFC business deal
  • Peacock subscription number and financial losses
  • Memo all WWE employees received and how this has changed the stock price
  • Tickets now available for Survivor Series and why
  • WWE NIL talent in college wrestling notes
  • A look at the WWE shows over the past week

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Tuesday Update

WWE

  • Mr. Stone talked to PWInsider ahead of his match against Bron Breakker at NXT Halloween Havoc on Tuesday. “So, this you know, when I first heard getting back in the ring, the first thing is excitement,” he said. “You know, I can still do this. I’m still in great shape. I could get it done. But then when reality sets in, I am not going to lie that I’ve had my moments of okay, this is Bron Breakker. He’s, you know, almost half my age. He’s a former NXT world champion. He almost ended my best friend’s career, you know, is this the right guy that I should be going in the ring with? I don’t know but it’s happening. And you know now I’ve gotten to a point where I’m kind of empty minded about it. I’m just, I’m excited about it. I’m going to see what happens and I think I am going to be able to perform at my best. And I think, you know I think I’m gonna shock a lot of people.”
  • Seth Rollins eats his last meal on Mythical Kitchen.
  • LA Knight will appear on The Bump Wednesday in a sit-down interview. Lex Luger will be in the studio.
  • WWE has a video showing the timeline of Knight’s time on the main roster.
  • Rhea Ripley stars in a commercial for Dish Network.
  • Austin Theory was interviewed by WWLP 22 News ahead of WWE’s house show in Springfield, Massachusetts on Sunday.
  • Karl Anderson and his wife have welcomed a new son.
  • Carlito’s new theme is now on YouTube.
  • The Boogeyman and Scarlett star in a Halloween-themed video on WWE’s YouTube.
  • WWE’s YouTube also has a playlist of every match featuring Finn Balor’s demon persona.
  • Bayley, Scarlett, and Shotzi visit the Winchester Mystery House.
  • Sports Illustrated interviewed Shotzi about hosting Halloween Havoc. “Halloween means so much to me, I couldn’t miss it,” she said. “I’ve always been drawn to the spookier side of things. I’ve always loved horror movies, and I think I inherited that from my dad. I love this too much not to be involved.”
  • Full matches added to WWE’s YouTube today include the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match from the June 27, 2017 episode of SmackDown, Booker T vs. The Boogeyman from WrestleMania 22, and Kane vs. The Undertaker from WrestleMania XX.

AEW & Other Wrestling

  • AEW has a five-hour playlist of MJF’s AEW World Championship title reign.
  • In a statement, NJPW has asked for fans to refrain from contact with NJPW stars outside of “officially designated fan meeting events”.
  • Former Stardom star Mariah May is teasing something for Wednesday called Mariah May: Portrait of a Wrestler.
  • Athena will appear at Wrestling Revolver’s Unreal event on November 16.
  • After leaving Pro Wrestling NOAH, Katsuhiko Nakajima appeared in AJPW and has issued a challenge for the Triple Crown Championship. The match was later made official for November 5 in Sapporo.
  • Nakajima has also opened his own web store.
  • Sports Illustrated interviewed Tetsyua Naito ahead of his match against SANADA at WrestleKingdom 18, teasing he may do the Stardust press.
  • GCW confirmed that the 2024 Collective event will take place April 4-6 at The Auditorium in Penns Landing Caterers.
  • Josh Alexander vs. Timothy Thatcher is set for Prestige Wrestling’s Roseland 7 event on January 5.
  • PWInsider spoke to WOW’s Erica ‘Jungle Girrl’ Porter, who is battling stage 4 breast cancer.
  • Bill Apter interviewed Torrie Wilson.