Daily Update: Roxanne Perez, Scorpio Sky, Impact Under Siege
Daily Update
Latest News:
- WWE in talks with Colorado & Michigan over legalized betting
- Ricky Starks segment announced for AEW Dynamite
- Komander says interest from AEW & WWE ‘a huge honor’
- Logan Paul reveals date of WWE WrestleMania 39 Seth Rollins match
- Bad Bunny to host WWE Backlash in Puerto Rico
- Dax Harwood: ’Zero has changed’ regarding FTR & AEW’s contract status
- Two wrestlers advance to second round of New Japan Cup
- MLW Underground results: Alex Hammerstone title defense
Latest Audio:
- Wrestling Observer Live: Dynamite tonight, NXT TV report, RAW ratings, bald heads
- We’re Live, Pal: The road to WWE WrestleMania 39 heats up
- DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament: Dory Funk Jr. vs. Sting
- Speak Now: Johnny Gargano NXT return, Roxanne, Roadblock recap
- Bryan & Shawn & Craig Show: Granny segment with Brock vs. Omos limerick, post-Mania X RAW, Bryan shaves his head
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter:
- A look back at the history of the Iron Man match
- The set up of the first Iron Man match that we know of
- All the WWE true 60:00 Iron Man matches as well as the worked marathon matches that happened earlier
- Bryan Danielson talks about the challenge of doing such a match today
- Thoughts on what the PPV numbers will tell
- Key aspect of the number
- Ticket sales for the show, city record, current demand
- Notes on the full card
- Update on WrestleMania and changes
- Ticket demand and sales or WrestleMania
- Shad Gaspard/Jonathan Huber Award winner for 2022 and previous winners
- Update on the MLW television deal with REELZ
- Update on MLW potential lawsuit with WWE
- Thoughts on the 2022 awards
- CMLL and New Japan combine for FantasticaMania and a look at the last two events
- UFC coverage of the weekend show
- The most detailed look at the television ratings for the past week, how segments did, and how shows are hitting each key demo
- Woman wrestling vet announces retirement
- Report that a network reached out to rival promotion from who they carry to get them
- Notes on a unique match in Mexico
- Match of the week and performer of the week
- A look at the first TripleMania card
- One of the iconic legends of the sport announces about the next wrestler with the gimmick
- New Japan Cup notes
- All-Star Junior Festival notes
- Governor who wrestled on Jan. 1 gets heat for it and why
- Jerry Jarrett’s farewell words to his family
- Von Erich movie notes
- Former WWE wrestler pleads guilty in nationally covered fraud investigation
- Pentagon & Fenix promote super indie show in April
- Super indie matches
- A card that features matches from nine different promotions in nine different countries
- 16 Carat Gold tournament update
- Brett Lauderdale talks how they got Kota Ibushi
- Updates on next several weeks of Impact television
- Updates on next several weeks of ROH television
- AEW injury updates
- Kenny Omega, Dax Harwood Bryan Danielson, Matt Hardy , Chris Jericho, Britt Baker and others talk the current scene
- AEW star owning a sports franchise
- Upcoming ticket sales for AEW & WWE events
- Streaming and international TV numbers
- WWE & UFC financials and comparisons, how badly and why UFC talent is underpaid, what Dana White earns and why Endeavor passed on making an offer to WWE
- Dana White talks Makhachev vs. Volkanovski rematch
- Jon Jones and Bo Nickal talk about their wrestling skirmish
- Bellator signs two-tie NCAA champion
- Jake Paul PPV numbers
- Former UFC champions sign for Bare Knuckle Boxing
- Ticket sales for big shows and how adding John Cena, Logan Paul and Roman Reigns to shows moves tickets
- Update on WWE Hall of Fame ceremony
- Notes on new projects from Dwayne Johnson and John Cena
- WWE unloads a Senior Vice President
- Bayley talks about formation of Damage Ctrl
- Notes on new WWE signings getting ready for television
- Notes from the weekend WWE & NXT events
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Wednesday Update
WWE
- Last night’s NXT Roadblock event ended with an angle where Roxanne Perez collapsed after retaining her NXT Women’s Championship against Meiko Satomura. After Perez was taken out in an ambulance, WWE posted the following storyline update: “Roxanne Perez will be kept overnight in the hospital for observation and continued testing. #WWENXT.” The angle appears to be a callback to a 1995 storyline where Shawn Michaels fainted during a match against Owen Hart.
- Johnny Gargano tweeted about facing Grayson Waller at NXT Stand & Deliver: “Because of you.. my story in @WWENXT ended on a cliffhanger 15 months ago. You took my moment from me and I never forgot that. I waited patiently for the right time & place..April 1st.. Wrestlemania Weekend.. I shut you up & close the book my way. #JohnnyTakeOver #OneMoreTime”
- Gargano shared video of Candice LeRae and their son Quill at the Performance Center watching Gargano’s appearance on NXT last night.
- Trish Stratus, Lita, and Liv Morgan appeared on WWE’s The Bump this afternoon.
- Morgan became a meme on Twitter after being shown attending last night’s New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden with WWE senior vice president of live events Justin Scalise. In the video, Morgan appeared like she wasn’t paying attention to what Scalise was saying.
- Cody Rhodes showed off the custom weight belt that he’ll be wearing at WWE’s Madison Square Garden house show this Sunday.
- Rhodes was the guest on this week’s episode of Out of Character with Ryan Satin.
- WWE’s YouTube channel uploaded the following matches: Triple H vs. Batista no holds barred match (WrestleMania 35), Cedric Alexander vs. Mustafa Ali for the Cruiserweight Championship (WrestleMania 34 pre-show), and the 2022 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (April 1, 2022 SmackDown).
AEW/Other Wrestling
- Scorpio Sky, who hasn’t wrestled since last July, tweeted about the MJF fan incident from AEW Revolution: “I’ll say it if nobody else will, fans/media celebrating a kid being disrespected at a show is the smallest dick energy imaginable.
- In response to an AEW social media post about International Women’s Day, Saraya suggested that AEW should introduce women’s tag team titles: “Perfect way to celebrate would be to bring in Women’s tag titles”
- Dax Harwood teased that we might see FTR on Dynamite tonight.
- Samoa Joe joked about being the person who broke into Wardlow’s rental car and stole the TNT Championship belt: “Anyone know how to get broken glass out of a Balaclava? Asking for a friend ..”
- MJF posted a clip from his appearance on “Impractical Jokers” that airs on TBS and TruTV this Thursday.
- Impact Wrestling has announced that Under Siege 2023 will take place at the Western Fair District Agriplex in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday, May 26. The show is an Impact Plus special. Following Under Siege, the Western Fair District Agriplex will host a set of Impact television tapings on May 27.
- Nashville Scene published a story remembering Jerry Jarrett.
- Willie Mack vs. Real1 has been added to the card for MLW’s War Chamber tapings in New York City on Thursday, April 6.