Daily Update: Roman Reigns, Duke Hudson, Wardlow
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Among the highlights:
- The background of the John Cena angle and different versions of the story
- What changed on the day of Elimination Chamber and different versions as to why
- The turn itself
- Travis Scott injures Rhodes
- Comparisons with other turns
- Art imitating real life
- WrestleMania lineup
- Elimination Chamber business and how it performed around the world
- Pat McAfee controversy
- TKO getting into boxing, what has and hasn’t been talked about and what we know about the details on how Nick Khan and Dana White are involved as well as why this is no risk for TKO
- Linda McMahon confirmed for Secretary of Education, and then to wipe it all out
- AEW Revolution preview, business numbers and interest level
- Why the March 6, 1972 match with Antonio Inoki vs. Karl Gotch is still talked about 53 years after it happened
- New Japan anniversary show notes, early New Japan Cup news
- Saya Kamitani vs. Tam Nakano becomes a classic match, as well as a controversial one
- Fantastica Mania final day coverage
- Coverage of the deaths of Ciclon Ramirez and Australian Suicide
- How did SmackDown and Dynamite place in the weekly standings
- The unique Dynamite rating pattern
- Full weekly ratings notes including what milestone did Raw on Netflix fall below
- Notes on the high SmackDown number
- Takeshita goes to Arena Mexico
- Arguably the greatest freestyle wrestler of all-time passes away
- Queen of the Ring notes
- Giant mask match of legends being teased
- Tony Khan changes philosophy
- Forbidden Door title match tease
- Tony Khan talks Wembley Stadium attendance record
- Ospreay talks difference between New Japan and AEW
- Mark Shapiro talks a lot of the future WWE and UFC business deals
- A look at what level of value UFC PPVs could bring to Netflix and the value WWE brings to Netflix
- Tom Aspinall vs. Jon Jones update
- Freak show fight between two of the strongest men who ever lived
- Big Tokyo Dome event planned
- WWE in talks for a unique PPV event including date and place it is tentative for
- Evolve notes
- Sonya Deville and Carmella talk being dropped by WWE
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Tuesday Update
WWE
- Following his return on Raw, Roman Reigns wrote on Instagram: “MADISON SQUARE GARDEN!!!! Acknowledge the Greatest box office attraction in WWE history and his Wiseman!”
- Andrew Schulz commented on his altercation with Jake Paul in a backstage exclusive.
- Chelsea Green has been named the celebrity pace car driver for the Pennzoil 400 on March 16.
- WWE ID is encouraging independent wrestling promoters on social media to book WWE ID talent.
- Naomi had strong words for Jade Cargill on social media.
- New additions to the WWE Vault include Triple H vs. Dean Ambrose from WWE Roadblock 2016, an unseen dark match pitting Kevin Owens & Becky Lynch against Grayson Waller & Nia Jax from last year,, and the WWE vs. NFL battle royal from WrestleMania 2.
- WWE’s main channel has also uploaded The Undertaker vs. Triple H from WrestleMania 27 as the 37th greatest WrestleMania match ever.
AEW & Other Wrestling
- Ricochet has filed to trademark the name ‘King Ricochet’.
- Wardlow, who was originally announced for Pandemonium Pro Wrestling’s The House Always Wins on April 17, has pulled out of the show. Duke, the former Duke Hudson, will be replacing him in a six-man tag match in what is his first announced independent date following his WWE release.
- The Beast Mortos is celebrating a birthday today.
- Lio Rush and Action Andretti attended the red carpet premiere of Novacaine.
- A ‘Bruno Forever’ fundraiser event honoring Bruno Sammartino is set for March 15 in Pittsburgh. Corey Graves and Stan Hansen have been announced for the show.
- Juicy Finau has entered MLW’s Battle RIOT VII.
- Independent wrestler Charlie Tiger was arrested on March 6 following an incident at a Sheetz gas station in Pennsylvania.