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WON NEWSLETTER: July 27, 2020 Observer Newsletter: Extreme Rules review, Good Brothers podcast, more

A look at the very good, and the very bad, of Extreme Rules is the lead story in the new double issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We also have a back-of-the-book feature on Carlton Haselrig, one of the greatest American heavyweight wrestlers in the history of the sport of wrestling.

The new issue also covers:

Interest levels in Extreme Rules and with the rating the next day, the lesson that tells us about certain types of angles, the background of Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio, along with match-by-match coverage, star ratings and poll results on the show.

An examination of all facets of the Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson departure from WWE, including what makes sense, what doesn’t, why, how come they were signed, how come they were given such a strong offer to stay, their release, A.J. Styles, angles set up for them in New Japan and AEW last year, the booking of Raw under Paul Heyman and much more.  This is a very detailed look not only at Gallows &  Anderson, but the roles of a number of different people and how Raw fell off the creative tracks

Impact Slammiversary with match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results on the show.

Stephanie McMahon’s interview in Ad Age covering wrestling during the pandemic, testing and what changes look to be permanent, as well as race relations.

The current plan for WrestleMania and how it has shifted, the new WWE Board of Directors, next week’s Raw show, NXT North American title thoughts, notes on the next Takeover, update on Wendy Barlow and COVID, WWE producer let go, WWE loses major international deal and how it went down, WWE TV personality get bullied by fans, idea nixed for Raw this past week and all the different changes to the show, Adam Cole-Pat McAfee angel, Bellas update, sports ratings and Canadian TV ratings for the past week, another example of WWE marketing that ha led to the situation they are in, market value of WWE and the most-watched shows of the past week on the WWE Network.

This past weekend’s UFC show.

A feature on Haselrig, a Pennsylvania sports legend who could have been an Olympic medalist or an all-time great NFL player, but drugs curtailed his career, but not before he set a heavyweight record that may never be beat and another record that almost surely will never be beat.

Ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.

Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week. 

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TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE

  • WWE issued a new storyline update on Rey Mysterio’s status following his Eye for an Eye match against Seth Rollins at Extreme Rules: “WWE Digital has learned that Rey Mysterio’s vision is improving slowly each day, and that his optic nerve is intact, completely secured and back in its socket. A timeline for Mysterio’s return to the ring is unknown at this time.”
  • WWE also announced that Nia Jax has been fined in storyline following last night’s Raw: “Nia Jax has been fined an undisclosed amount for inappropriate contact with multiple WWE officials in the aftermath of her match against Shayna Bazler on Monday’s Raw, WWE.com has learned. The Irresistible Force and The Queen of Spades battled to a double count-out, then steamrolled over security who tried to separate them. Jax capped off the melee by crushing a WWE official with a Samoan Drop. Stick with WWE’s digital and social channels for more on this story as it develops.”
  • A tribute video for Regis Philbin aired on last night’s episode of Raw.
  • Seth Rollins posted a picture of his back after the kendo stick shots Dominik Mysterio gave him on last night’s Raw.
  • Snoop Dogg made an Instagram post congratulating his cousin Sasha Banks on her Raw Women’s Championship win.
  • Banks was featured on the latest edition of Essence’s We See You Sis.
  • While appearing on Booker T’s Hall of Fame radio show, Ric Flair spoke about his wife Wendy Barlow’s battle against COVID-19: “She’s doing great. Much better. Not 100 percent, but she’s doing much better. It’s been over three weeks now, but it just was a nightmare. All of a sudden, it just came on her, and then, of course, you backtrack and figure out where it came from. She was really sick. I’d take her to the hospital twice…just to make sure she was okay. Of course, they released her both times after keeping her for a couple of hours, but you can’t be careful enough. In the world I live in, you just double-check and cross-examine everybody. It’s brutal.”
  • A new episode of WWE Day Of focusing on this year’s Extreme Rules PPV will premiere on the WWE Network on Sunday.
  • Stephanie McMahon is the guest on the latest episode of Sports Innovation Lab’s Fluid Fan Podcast.
  • WWE’s YouTube channel uploaded Bret Hart vs. British Bulldog for the Intercontinental title from SummerSlam 1992, Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton from SummerSlam 2015, and John Cena vs. Jinder Mahal from the August 15, 2017 episode of SmackDown.

Other Wrestling

MMA

  • Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main card averaged 908,000 viewers on ESPN. It was first for the night in the 18-49 demo, drawing a 0.35 rating. The prelims averaged 483,000 viewers and drew a 0.15 rating in the demo.
  • Cody Garbrandt wants to drop down to flyweight and challenge for Deiveson Figueiredo’s title.
  • Dana White spoke about potentially booking another fight between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway: “Well, here’s the thing. Calvin Kattar just fought. Yair Rodriguez has a fight coming up. (Korean) ‘Zombie’ has a fight coming up. Ortega and Zabit — all of these guys are going to fight in the next couple of months here. We’ll see how that all plays out. It’s hard to not say we can give Max a rematch for that fight again — do it a third time. I think all of the fans and the media would agree with that. I don’t know for sure.”
  • White praised Khamzat Chimaev and said he’ll grant Chimaev’s request to fight again in August: “Khamzat, I mean, you know? The guy is so dominant, so confident, wants to continue to fight every weekend. I love it. I love guys with that mentality. I love how talented this guy is. We threw the hottest prospect out of the UK at him and that kid is a badass. That kid is a legit great fighter. (Chimaev) made it look like he didn’t belong there. … The kid is legit. He’s real and he knows it and I love it.”
  • Frankie Edgar vs. Pedro Munhoz has been rescheduled and will now headline the UFC’s Fight Night show on August 22.
  • Gilbert Melendez has been suspended for two years by USADA following a ruling from an independent arbitrator.

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