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WON NEWSLETTER: October 11, 2021 Observer Newsletter: WWE Draft rundown, G1 updates

In this week’s issue:

  • Detailed look at the WWE draft, the rosters in different categories, strengths, weaknesses, depth and why so many picks were expected going in. Divisions strengthened, weakened, decimated, key personalities and more looking forward on the WWE roster
  • This past week in G1, who were the stars, standings, key matches and a rundown of every match, what to see, what to miss, storylines and what’s coming next
  • WWE Crown Jewel update
  • The death of Reggie Parks, the famous beltmaker who had a long career in the industry
  • WWE & AEW business in September, the numbers, what do they mean, comparisons, who watches what show and live attendance
  • Complete rundown of this past week’s UFC show and what’s coming this week
  • TV changes for the month of October
  • Detailed look at ratings, including what shows people watch together with the most frequency, how wrestling rates with sports and entertainment programming, men vs. women viewership
  • Promotion in serious talks about a new TV deal
  • The return of Women of Wrestling and distribution
  • How U.S. wrestlers fared in world championships
  • Behind the Alberto Rodriguez lawsuit over the Tito Ortiz fight
  • Lots of wrestlers getting TV media gigs
  • Promotion has new distribution method for next major PPV
  • Ticket sales for all the major shows between now and the end of the year
  • What regulatory incompetence led to the death of a fighter
  • International TV ratings
  • New WWE coaching staff members
  • Another top star contract expiring soon
  • Oldest skewing major wrestling show of the year and what’s being done to fix it

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MONDAY NEWS UPDATE

Bryan and I will be back tonight with Wrestling Observer Radio talking Raw, ratings, G-1 as well as taking you email questions to mailbag@wrestlingobserver.com

I wouldn’t worry much about Raw ratings tonight. Besides the usual Monday Night Football game (Indianapolis Colts vs. Baltimore Ravens), there are Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays and San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers baseball playoff games. Baseball numbers are way up and are going against almost every wrestling show for the next few weeks.

Raw is from the Chase Center in San Francisco, head-to-head with the Giants-Dodgers. The advance was weak going in and I can see some people with tickets not coming. Main event is Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair, plus in King of the Ring, Ricochet vs. Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston vs. Jinder Mahal, and Queen’s Crown has Doudrop vs. Natalya and Shayna Baszler vs. Dana Brooke. Big E & Riddle & Randy Orton vs. Bobby Lashley & A.J. Styles & Omos is the announced dark match main event.

UFC is looking at doing a Jorge Masvidal vs. Leon Edwards fight on its 12/11 PPV show. If that goes through, then the Brandon Moreno flyweight title defense against former champion Deiveson Figueiredo will be moved from that show to 1/22.  Edwards is listed as a -275 favorite.

G1 at 5:30 a.m. Eastern tomorrow morning from Sendai’s Xebio Arena

  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ryohei Oiwa non-tournament
  • Taichi vs. Tama Tonga
  • Sanada vs. Yoshi-Hashi
  • Kazuchika Okada vs. Chase Owens
  • Hirooki Goto vs. Evil
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jeff Cobb

There will also be an A block show on Wednesday morning a 5:30 a.m.

  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kosei Fujita non-tournament
  • Kota Ibushi vs. Satoshi Kojima non-tournament
  • Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi
  • KENTA vs. Tanga Loa
  • Toru Yano vs Zack Sabre Jr.
  • Shingo Takagi vs. Great O’Khan

With Kazuchika Okada’s match with Sanada last week he broke the Kenta Kobashi mark for 142 four-star matches with his 143rd.  He also has the most four-star singles matches with 107 (thanks to Leonard Mendez Told)

OTT from Saturday night in Dublin before about 300 fans for a 20 month break in the city. OTT runs 10/30 most likely with full capacity allowed because the restrictions on attendance end 10/22.  B Cool & Jay b Captain Sexsea & Fabulous Nicky, Paddy M b Sean Maxer Guinness, Debbie Keitel & CT Flexor b Sammy D & Lana Austin, Charlie Sterling b Justin Daniels, Session Moth Martina won three-way over Mark Haskins (former champion) and Terry Thatcher t wi the Gender Neutral championship, LJ Clearly b Adam Maxed, Will Ospreay & Aussie Open b Scotty Davis & Shota Umino & Yota Tsuji.  Main event said to be off the charts.  the show was a tribute to Ryan Smile.  Ospreay, a close friend of his, gave a speech about him and told stories of how they met and their happiest times in wrestling. He broke down many times and cried.  He was embraced by Aussie Open as he struggled his way through the speech.  He then put a Ryan Smile T-shirt in the middle of the ring and put his IWGP world heavyweight title belt over it and then left in a surreal moment.

Tickets for the 2022 Royal Rumble at the Dome in St. Louis goes on sale tomorrow with Travel Packages. Thursday is the presale and Friday is the general public onsale. This would be the biggest event on sale until WrestleMania. (thanks to William Zdon)

A quick note that Hall of Fame ballots have not been sent out yet. I’ve said this on some shows. It’s very time consuming and my schedule is pretty brutal right now.

Although it has been known for some time, ROH officially announced this year’s Final Battle for 12/11 at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Baltimore. It’s the company’s next show with paying spectators as they were still doing empty arena TV tapings to keep results secret.

WWE

  • Yahoo has a story on Raquel Gonzalez.
  • A huge match on the NXT UK show Thursday has Ilja Dragunov defending the U.K. title against A-Kid, which should be a classic.

AEW

  • AEW announced Heritage Night for the Rampage tapings in Miami which had very weak ticket sales as of the weekend.  If you bring your flag you get in for $10 and get a photo with Cody Rhodes.
  • Tony Khan turned 39 yesterday.

UFC

  • Sam Alvey vs. Ian Heinisch are set for a February 5 show.

OTHER NOTES

  • Best wishes to Ontario independent wrestler Curt Sturrock (who uses the name Scotty O’Shea) who suffered multiple seizures at his home and was diagnosed with a brain bleed from a massive tumor on the left side of his brain. Surgeons in Hamilton, ONT were able to remove the entire tumor. More tests are scheduled for later this week.
  • Tomohiro Ishii vs  Vinnie Massaro will be on the 11/12 West Coast Pro Wrestling show in San Francisco at The State Room.
  • Defy Wrestling from Saturday night in Portland, OR before 500 fans:  Coyote Azteca b Alan Extreme, Titus Alexander b Jordan Oasis, Derrick Shaw b Eric Right, Ricky Gibson & Eddie Pearl won three-way over Kevin & Brian Cook and Juicy Finau & Toa Liona, Viva Van b Vertvixen, Eddie Kingston & Brody King b Schaff & Ethan HD in a no DQ tornado match
  • IWA Mid South runs its 25th anniversary show on 10/14 in Jeffersonville, IN at The Arena with Jake Crist defending their world title against Kongo Kong, Larry D vs. Alex Zayne, Fred Yehi vs. Shane Mercer and more.
  • United Wrestling Coalition on Saturday night in Wrightstown, NJ at Kelly’s Banquet hall with shows at both 3 pm.. and 7 p.m.  The 3 p.m. show is a benefit for John Begley.
  • CCFC, the MMA promotion that C.M. Punk announces for, is running 10/29 for a grappling show at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia and 10/30 for an MMA show headlined by Nah-Shon Burrell (18-11) vs Kyle Stewart (14-4). li.  Merab Dvalishvili, a UFC star known for his grappling game, will be on the 10/29 show.  They also announced a show on 11/19 in Tunica, MS at the Horseshoe Tunica Hotel & Casino with DeAndre Anderson (5-0) vs. Da”mo Blackshear (10-4).  And they will be running 12/17 at the Hard Rock in Atlantic City for an MMA show with a featherweight title bout and 12/18 with a grappling show.
  • Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling from Saturday night in Swansea, IL:  Jason Breed b Waco, Big Texan b Rick Ruby, Ken Kasa & Attila Khan b Pete Madden & Sean Vincent, Gil Rogers b Kowalski-DQ, Billy McNeil & Bobby D b Shawn Santel & Mauler McDarby, War Machine b Gary Jackson, 2  Colt Scorpio b Superstar Steve Fender (thanks to Patrick Brandmeyer)
  • When the New York Giants quarterback got crushed on a play against the Dallas Cowboys, the trainers came out and gave an “X” sign like in pro wrestling to show that Daniel Jones was legit injured. (thanks to Kevin Witt)
  • DDT tomorrow at Korakuen Hall has Daisuke Sasaki vs. Isami Kodaka for the Universal title and Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata vs. Harashima & Naomi Yoshimura for the KOD tag titles.

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