Daily Update: Ticket sales, Giant Baba, Killer Kross
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- NXT UK Champion Ilja Dragunov returns to PROGRESS at Chapter 128
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- WWE Main Event results: Liv Morgan vs. Doudrop, Veer vs. Akira Tozawa
- Kurt Angle not signed with WWE, three-week program idea dropped
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SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE
We have a weekend show with Garrett Gonzalez talking all the news of the week up on the site today. Bryan and I will be doing a Wrestling Observer Radio show on the weekend news tonight.
In this week’s things that cracked the top 20 in Google searches relating to wrestling, MMA and boxing:
- UFC was No. 3 yesterday with 200,000 searches for the Sean Strickland vs. Jack Hermansson headlined show
- Dwayne Johnson was No. 7 yesterday with 200,000 for his no longer backing Joe Rogan after the footage of making remarks including usage of the N word on his podcast came out.
- Jackass Forever the movie as No. 2 on Friday with 500,000 searches
- Shane McMahon was No. 13 on Wednesday with 100,000 due to his being fired by WWE.
We’re looking for reports from the WWE show last night in Salt Lake City and tonight in Boise, ID to dave@wrestlingobserver.com
The top ten shows as far as ticket sales over the 24 hour period from Saturday at 9 a.m. to Sunday at 9 a.m were:
- WWE tonight in Boise
- Raw tomorrow in Denver
- AEW Wednesday in Atlantic City
- Raw on 2/21 in Columbia, SC
- Smackdown 2/18 in Charlotte
- Smackdown on 2/25 in Hershey
- MSG on 3/5 with Ronda Rousey and Brock Lesnar
- Raw on 2/14 in Indianapolis
- AEW on 3/16 in San Antonio
- WWE house show on 3/20 in Huntsville, AL
Earlier in the week we talked about Giant Baba on the anniversary of his death and talked about how he had title matches with all three major world champions in the same month. I’m not sure that any other wrestler can make that claim. The matches were:
- February 8, 1964 in Detroit where NWA champion Lou Thesz beat Baba before 9,188 fans
- February 15, 1964 in Cincinnati saw Thesz beat Baba before 6,124 fans
- February 17, 1964 in Madison Square Garden WWWF champion Bruno Sammartino beat Baba before 14,764 fans
- February 28, 1964 at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles saw WWA world champion Fred Blassie draw with Baba before a sellout 10,400 fans
UFC
- Ian Garry vs. Darian Weeks has been added to the 4/9 show in Jacksonville.
OTHER NOTES
- AR Fox returns to GCW on 3/12 in Atlanta at Center Stage. Jonathan Gresham vs. Blake Christian has been announced for the show.
- AAW from Friday night in Merrionette Park, IL: Davey Vega won over Shane Hollister, Storm Grayson and Stephen Wolf, ACH & Jah-C b Camaro Jackson & Mike Outlaw, Ren Jones & Christi Jaynes b Victor Benjamin & Lady Frost, Russ Jones b Jake Something, Josh Alexander b Mike Bennett, Schaff b Fred Yehi in an unsanctioned match, Mat Fitchett b Laredo Kid to keep he AAW title, Silas Young b Manders in a bullrope match. Ron Simmons was the special guest (thanks to Leonard Brand)
- Killer Kross returned to the ring on Friday night for Future Stars of wrestling in Las Vegas, beating Jacob Fatu via ref stoppage with a choke to win the MECCA title. Scarlett gave Fatu a low blow and Canadian Destroyer to set up the win. Hammerstone beat TJ Perkins and Brian Cage in a three-way main event.
- WrestleMax St. Louis from last night in Affton, MO: Ryu Kendrick NC Eli Rossi, Marko Stunt b Ethan Price, Jake Something won three-way over Xavier Walker and Merc, Edvin Kudic b ATM, Kevin Lee Davidson b Blair Onyx, Moses the Deliverer & Rahim de la Suede b Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett, Tootie Lynn b Lady Frost, ACH b Mike Outlaw to win the River City title (thanks to Patrick Brandmeyer)
- New Japan sold 1,610 tickets the first day for its 4/16 show in Chicago.
- A horse named Stratusfaction won the third race at Charles Town on Friday. It was the horse’s first win in five races. (thanks to Barry Werner)
- On this week’s episode of the TV show “Billions on Showtime, one of the characters was wearing an Austin 3:16 shirt. There was also a reference to a stuffed piledriver without protecting the guy’s neck and another line of “Kayfabe all the way.” (thanks to Joe Puccio)