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- WWE NXT live results: Stand & Deliver go-home show
- Big E says decision on whether to make WWE in-ring return is up to him
- Mercedes Martinez announced for Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Number one contender’s tag match to kick off WWE NXT
- Subscriber exclusive: Bryan Alvarez’s WWE Raw report
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- JNPO: Josh Barnett talks Bloodsport X, Baszler, bourbon & burgers
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Among the highlights in this issue:
- The Rock & Cody Rhodes angle, blading in WWE, then now and forever.
- What should be done in the night one main event
- More WrestleMania notes including ticket sales and secondary market
- A story on the career of Chigusa Nagayo, at one time the most popular women’s wrestler who ever lived
- We look at her retirement match in San Francisco
- We look at her breaking into wrestling at the age of 15, getting pushed at 17, and becoming part of the greatest tag team ever in women’s wrestling at the age of 18.
- The first run of the Crush Gals
- Being the top singles star in women’s wrestling, the decline of ratings and Nagayo’s first retirement
- Her second run with Asuka as the Crush Gals in Gaea Japan
- The end of Nagayo’s career including winning Japan’s tag team of the year award at the age of 51
- Lots more Ronda Rousey talk on Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, Bruce Prichard, WWE, changing plans, Paul Levesque, the Holly Holm fight, concussion issues and Becky Lynch talking about McMahon
- WWE policy on dating within the company put together after the Board first heard Vince McMahon allegations
- Multiple Japanese companies join together for two charity shows
- NCAA wrestling tournament notes
- The most detailed look at the ratings for all the wrestling shows, including quarters, comparisons with one year ago, competition and more
- Biggest show of the year at Arena Mexico
- Former promotional hatred ends up with an angle
- Giulia and Utami Hayashishita finish with Stardom with two PPV shows this week
- Champion Carnival news
- Unique gimmick match in New Japan
- Dream match coming to DDT
- Bret Hart raves about a new book
- Tons of WrestleMania week big shows
- Sabin & Shelley leaving TNA
- Lots of contract news
- Kenny Omega news
- List of those unavailable this past week for AEW
- ROH Supercard of Honor notes
- Will Nigel McGuinness wrestle
- Advance ticket sales for WWE & AEW shows
- International ratings and streaming notes
- AEW stars in foreign countries
- UFC’s biggest match of the year may have a date
- Conor McGregor claims he broke a Dwayne Johnson record
- Dana White talks loyalty to Joe Rogan
- First Bellator show since purchase
- Contract status updates
- New A&E TV plans with WWE
- Barnett talks making deal to get Baszler on Bloodsport
- Becky Lynch talks Mercdes Mone’s AEW deal
- Heyman puts together Reigns special
- Nick Aldis talks his situation
- Bron Breakker’s college career, NFL combine numbers and what hampered him playing in the NFL even with his athletic ability
This Week’s Retro Observer Newsletter
Tuesday Update
WWE
- The opening segment from Raw that had Seth Rollins confront The Rock and Roman Reigns has been uploaded in full on YouTube.
- The Rock only had a few words for Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins following their angle at the end of Monday’s Raw.
- The New York Post has an article on Cody Rhodes.
- John Cena on X shared his thoughts on Windham Rotunda/Bray Wyatt following the Bray Wyatt documentary airing on Monday: “Windham Rotunda was many things to this world. A son, father, brother, an artist. And what will forever remain with us is his passion. His art, in every creative sense, will be an eternal reminder to us of how truly incredible he was.”
- WWE has released a new Cody Rhodes t-shirt.
- Shawn Michaels watches his top WrestleMania moments with NXT stars.
- Montez Ford & Bianca Belair were on The Pivot Podcast.
- Big E hosted a Philly cheesesteak eating contest between Omos and Otis.
AEW & Other Wrestling
- Mercedes Mone talked to CBS Boston about AEW’s upcoming event in Worcester, Massachusetts for AEW Dynamite.
- Scorpio Sky is celebrating a birthday today.
- Blue Panther is training ahead of his singles match against Bryan Danielson this Friday.
- CMLL’s Ultimo Guerrero will make his debut for MLW at their Azteca Lucha show on May 11.
- On April 1, Matt Cardona filed for the trademark “Self Made Superstar.”
- NWA has confirmed their 76th anniversary event for August 31 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.
- Billboard talked to Wale about his upcoming Walemania event that will take place this weekend.
- Michael Oku vs. Titan has been added to WrestleCon’s Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow on April 4.
- GCW’s Brett Lauderdale spoke to Mike Johnson of PWInsider about getting Shayna Baszler for Bloodsport.
- Gringo Loco vs. Amazing Red has been announced for Joey Janela’s Spring Break 8 on April 5. Red replaces Dralistico who was originally scheduled for the match but was pulled out.
