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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter:

The new issue of the Observer is up on the site right now. Among the items covered are:

*Match of the week and performer of the week

*Jerry Lawler’s recovery and a look at the history of Lawler from his days as the King of Memphis wrestling, his run in the 80s, the high and low points of that company and his role as a WWE announcer

*Nick Khan and Tony Khan talk with WWE sale as well a how much money key people will make on the sale*Update on WrestleMania plans

*The 1977 Superstar Billy Graham vs. Dusty Rhodes feud and how that impacts the 2023 WrestleMania

*Behind the Paul Heyman/Cody Rhodes segment

*Key parts of the interview

*Paul Heyman’s history with Dusty Rhodes

*Elimination Chamber update

*Fedor Emelianenko’s farewell to MMA and where Bellator stands

*Keiji Muto with days left in his career talks about his final match and his condition

*Full coverage of NXT Vengeance

*MLW debuts on REELZ

*New Japan New Beginning in Sapporo

*UFC’s weekend show coverage*Stardom Supreme Fights coverage

*A look at the best matches of 2022

*How many homes are the cable stations that carry wrestling in

*The most detailed look at the ratings over the past week

*Four plus year title reign ends

*AAA planning for Triplemania

*How the Acapulco show led to issues with AAA and AEW

*Notes from Fantastica Mania

*Lots of Kota Ibushi news

*A look at the career of Charlie Norris

*The most watched television wrestling match of the 1970s

*Lots of WrestleMania week news

*Court Bauer talks WWE lawsuit

*AEW new deal in place

*International TV ratings and streaming numbers

*AEW & WWE upcoming show ticket sales

*Jericho Cruise notes

*Behind the MJF promo

*Interesting notes from Mark Hunt’s lawsuit against Brock Lesnar

*Previewing this week’s UFC show

*Cody Rhodes talks about learning pro wrestling

*WWE working with other groups

*Brett Favre sues Pat McAfee

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Wednesday Update

WWE

AEW

  • Esquire Magazine Middle East recently asked actor Paul Rudd about Orange Cassidy, whose character was inspired by Rudd’s character in Wet Hot American Summer.

Other Wrestling

  • MLW on Tuesday scored 73,000 viewers with a 0.15 in 18-49.
  • An angle took place during this morning’s NOAH press conference where Kazuchika Okada failed to show up ahead of his match against Kaito Kiyomiya at the Tokyo Dome on February 21. Okada released a statement saying he would not be able to attend in order to prepare for a title match on February 18.
  • KUSHIDA was interviewed by NJPW’s website about training with Mercedes Mone recently. “She is such a great model to follow. She’s at the top of the world when it comes to being a female pro-wrestler and just an entertainer in general, but she has such a love for this that she comes in to share and figure different stuff out.”
  • Monthly Puroresu has a Q&A with Kenny Omega.
  • Jeff Jarrett paid tribute to his father Jerry on Twitter.
  • Commercial Appeal in Memphis covered the death of Jerry Jarrett.
  • Slam Wrestling also has an article on Jarrett.
  • Jacob Fatu vs. Fred Rosser for the House of Glory Heavyweight Championship has been set for March 10 in New York City.