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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

The new issue of the Observer is out with the following covered:

  • Match of the week and performer of the week from the past two weeks
  • The most detailed story of the AEW/C.M. Punk relationship
  • The honeymoon period
  • The business records
  • The difficulty of the decision to cut ties with him
  • Lots of new information not reported previously
  • The original records set and business success
  • The fight after All Out and its aftermath
  • Realities of pro wrestling
  • Analysis of him going to WWE
  • Support and non-support for him in AEW
  • Punk’s prior two contacts in recent years with WWE about returning
  • Conflict between Punk and other talent
  • The situation with Adam Page
  • The attempts to get everyone working together and why it kept being delayed
  • Details on what happened in the investigations after All In
  • Tony Khan’s speech before the live crowd in Chicago
  • The life and times of Sheik Adnan-Al Kaissie, the Native American babyface torn foreign menace
  • Amateur wrestling, legend in Hawaii, and giant stadium crowds in Iraq including beating Andre the Giant
  • His WWWF tag team title run
  • His AWA run including the biggest crowds in the heyday of the promotion affiliated with Jerry Blackwell and Ken Patera
  • The final run with Sgt. Slaughter
  • Full coverage of Payback, business notes, stories out of the show and match-by-match coverage
  • Full coverage of All Out, highlights, polls, business notes and more
  • UFC weekend coverage from Paris
  • More notes on the formation of a new all-women’s promotion that starts in a few weeks with Japanese stars
  • The most detailed look at the ratings for every wrestling and MMA show, segment-by-segment notes
  • Rocky Romero talks his CMLL run
  • Latest from Arena Mexico
  • Hall of Famer says he hopes to recover from recent operation and have a big retirement match
  • Stardom Five-Star Grand Prix tournament notes
  • Stardom PPV coverage
  • New rookie getting rave reviews
  • All Japan and NOAH have big shows
  • Terry Funk funeral notes
  • Notes on new TV show
  • Big tag team tournament coming
  • More notes on Wembley Stadium attendance
  • Bryan Danielson and Adam Cole talk post All Out
  • Advance ticket sales for WWE & AEW shows
  • AEW value calculated
  • International TV ratings and streaming numbers
  • Aussie Open on why they signed with AEW
  • Sports franchise owned by pro wrestling star wins championship
  • Dana White talks Bellator being for sale
  • More on Bellator sale talks
  • Analyst talks where he thinks WWE will wind up on television
  • Gable Steveson not doing world championships and update
  • Merchandise sales for Clash at the Castle and for All in
  • Cena’s drawing power on his return

This Week’s Retro Observer Newsletter

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Tuesday Update

WWE

  • TKO’s stock ended on their first day at $103.22, up 2.44%.
  • WWE executives have received a bonus as a result of today’s closing. That includes Nick Khan ($15 million), Kevin Dunn ($7 million), Paul Levesque ($5 million), and Frank Riddick ($5 million).
  • Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro talked to CNBC’s Squawk on the Street regarding TKO.
  • Matthew McConaghey will be a guest on tomorrow’s episode of The Bump.
  • Raw ring announcer Samantha Irvin commented on X after people accused WWE of turning down Dominik Mysterio’s mic during his promos: One week the crowd “isn’t reacting enough”- the next week we get the LOUDEST reactions ever and we mad at production. you know y’all could just ask me instead of looking like bonafide haters just lmk.”
  • Cody Rhodes celebrated his ten-year wedding anniversary to Brandi Rhodes on X.
  • Bayley announced on Instagram that she is auctioning off ring worn gear, with the proceeds going to the Hawaii Animal Rescue Foundation, which will support animals affected by the recent wildfires.
  • Matches added to WWE’s YouTube today include Edge vs. Dominik Mysterio from the September 12, 2022 edition of Raw, Batista vs. JBL from No Mercy 2008, and Kane vs. The Great Khali in a kendo stick match from Breaking Point 2008.

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