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WON NEWSLETTER: July 19, 2021 Observer Newsletter: Paul Orndorff passes away, Conor breaks leg at UFC 264

A look at the life and career of Paul Orndorff, one of the top stars of the 70s, 80s and 90, is the lead story in the new issue of the Observer.  

We go deep into the issue of dementia, his life after wrestling, what he was known for in wrestling, the street fighter talk, the fight with Tony Atlas, the fight with John Matuszak, his high school and college sports stardom in Florida, the unique story about how he got into pro wrestling and another street fight story just as he was breaking in where he wound up arrested and Eddie Graham thought it was great for business, his rise to stardom in the territorial era, the Vader fight, how he got started lifting weights, his second run with Hulk Hogan that remains the most successful live event program in pro wrestling history, the Hogan vs. Orndorff years, both teaming and as rivals, the first WrestleMania, The Big Event in Toronto and how monumental that show was and how it blew away expectations, how WrestleMania III being held at the Pontiac Silverdome came from the success of The Big Event,  the injury that changed the trajectory of his career.

Also in this issue:

Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor turned into the second biggest PPV event in UFC history. Ryan Frederick, one of the top insiders in the MMA world, looks in depth at UFC 264, the stories that led to it, the success of the show, and what happens next coming out of it.  We look at the McGregor injury and what happened leading up to it.  We also look at the rest of the show, new stars to watch out for, business notes plus match-by-match coverage with poll results.

The return of the arena business to WWE and AEW, ticket advances, the Arthur Ashe Stadium & Newark shows for AEW and WWE in Madison Square Garden all at the same time.  We look at the numbers and give all the qualifying information.  We also look at how other major shows are doing, this coming week’s stuff, SummerSlam update, what AEW show are they peaking for a major event, how the debut of Rampage will change things, the Money in the Bank show, new WWE date and more.

Top matches for SummerSlam, names talked about for Bobby Lashley, NXT schedule change during the Olympics, the Bayley injury and one top star talks about why the training sessions were a bad idea, why employee morale in WWE is up, thoughts on Jimmy Uso and why the Uso will be kept strong, Belair & Banks ESPY, other combat sport ESPY winners, the Riddle/Tavel lawsuit goes away and the story behind that, story behind the debuts of newcomers to main roster television, Mandy Rose stuff, how often WWE,New Japan, NXT and AEW do rematches, where Dwayne Johnson claims the term Smackdown came from, international TV ratings, notes on shows coming up and bookings, Riddle’s heat with Rollins and why, an idea they were considering to make the Bray Wyatt puppets real people, Bea Priestley talks her WWE signing, Big E talks fighting the new Day breakup, WWE stock value and the most-watched videos from WWE this past week.

The Tokyo Dome show this coming week, with the lineup and a look at each match.

Full coverage of the ROH Best in the World show, with business notes, notes on the next show, the title change, the women’s tournament, match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.

A story on Travis Fulton, a former UFC fighter who had more than 300 MMA fights and 75 boxing matches, who committed suicide by hanging while in prison.

More detail on the ratings than any other source, we have how every segment on NXT and AEW did with different age groups, genders and more, plus a look at all other wrestling shows of the past week, how many different viewers the shows had, DVR numbers and how long the average fan watches.

Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week.

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MONDAY NEWS UPDATE

Bryan and I will be back tonight covering Raw and the latest wrestling news. You can send questions for the show to mailbag@wrestlingobserver.com.

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Nothing is announced for Raw past John Cena opening the show. He will also  be at Smackdown on Friday, either from Cleveland or Miami. With the return of fans, Cena appearing, no major sports competition and coming off the PPV, this should be, by far, the most watched episode of Raw in some time.

We are looking for reports from the Impact tapings tonight in Nashville to dave@wrestlingobserver.com as well as for reports from Dallas tonight with anything not on the Raw show such as Main Event matches or dark segments. We are also doing polls for both Money in the Bank and Impact Slammiversary, thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match for each show.

I have a Sports Illustrated Daily Cover story on SummerSlam and Money in the Bank.

Last night’s show was the No. 3 most searched topic for the day on Google with 500,000 searches. Most WWE PPVs except for the biggest ones hover at around  200,000 so the bringing back fans, the Reigns vs. Edge match and John Cena curiosity led to a lot of outside of the usual box interest. Becky Lynch was backstage at the show last night.

The MLW Battle Riot show will stream for free on Saturday on MLW’s YouTube Channel at 10 p.m. Eastern time.

AEW

  • Dark Elevation tonight:
    Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Lucas Chasem
    Frankie Kazarian vs. Baron Black
    Tay Conti & Serena Deeb vs. Vertvixen & Jazmin Allure
    Lance Archer vs. Zachariah
    Chuck Taylor & Orange Cassidy vs. Luther & Serpentico
    Luchasaurus vs. Fuego del Sol
    Red  Velvet vs. Julia Hart
    Dante Martin vs.Shawn Dean
    Billy & Colten Gunn vs. Brock Anderson & Lee Johnson
    Hikaru Shida vs. Dulce Tormenta
    Penta & Eddie Kingston vs. JD Drake & Cezar Bononi
    Jungle Boy vs. Angelico

UFC

  • Chris Daukaus vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov, which was to take place on Saturday, has been moved back one week and will take place on 7/31. Daukaus said on Twitter that COVID strikes again. It’s not clear who tested positive.
  • Doo Ho Choi pulled off the 7/31 show where he was to face Danny Chavez.

OTHER NOTES

  • A new documentary series “Behind the Attraction ” produced by Dwayne Johnson and Seven Bucks Entertainment debuts on Wednesday on Disney +. It’s about the creations of the different attractions at Disneyland. Five episodes will be released this week.
  • A story on the famous 1970s appearance of Adam West as Batman on Memphis Wrestling and a confrontation with Jerry Lawler. (thanks to Lee Wall)
  • The Athletic is running a feature on the 100 greatest NFL players in history. At No. 83 they listed Leo Nomellini and in the story they talked about his pro wrestling career and famous world title matches with Lou Thesz which drew the largest crowd for pro wrestling in both 1953 and 1955 and led to a brief run as a claimant to the NWA world heavyweight  title. In 1955, Nomellini ended Thesz’s 936 match unbeaten streak.  
  • Due to COVID, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia are in lockdown. Sydney may not come out until August.
  • Congratulations to our Australia correspondent Kevin Chi who just graduated over the weekend with his PHD degree.
  • Kurt Angle told Asylum Wrestling that he would be interested in being an announcer for wrestling in the Olympics,  (thanks to Post Wrestling)
  • NWA Power rr tomorrow talks about a team competition tournament which will have a title ramifications for the winners.  All of the company champions will be in the tournament.
  • There will be a show on 9/18 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia where Matt Hardy and a mystery partner vows to exterminate the extreme, a team of RVD & Sabu teaming together with Bill Alfonso as manager.
  • Combate Global runs Friday night in Paramount + at 10:30 p.m. with Jesus Santos Aguilar (6-1) vs. Cristian Barraza (6-1) at a 130 pound catchweight fight.
  • Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling in Warren, MI last night:  Tommy Vendetta b Orlando Christopher, Soultaker won over El Ridiculoso, Billy Ray Daniels and Justin Dream, Brutus Atwall b Solo, Mongo & Jheras Grey b Alex Weir & Jimi Grey, Malcolm Monroe III & Royce Carney III b Dre Jacobs & Jonate Keith, Zach Thomas b Kyler Coleman. LJ Lawrence b Adam Wick, Tommy Vendetta b Dre Jacobs. Eddie Venom & Jaimy Coxxx b Kevin Kalloawy & Sean Tyler, DBA b Dread King Logan to win the Proving Ground title.  Darren McCarty, a star enforcer for the Detroit Red Wings, managed Venom & Coxx. (thanks to Leonard Brand)
  • Ignite Wrestling on 9/18 in Vero Beach, FL at noon at the Walking Tree Brewery.

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