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We’re looking for your thoughts on last night’s NXT Takeover show so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to dave@wrestlingobserver.com.

We’re also looking for reports on these weekend shows:

  • WWE Raw Saturday night in Lubbock, TX
  • WWE Smackdown Saturday night in Waco,TX
  • WWE Raw tonight in San Angelo, TX
  • WWE Smackdown tonight in College Station, TX
  • ROH tonight in Portland, OR

ROH FROM PORTLAND, OREGON VIKING PAVILION AT 10 P.M. EASTERN ON HONOR CLUB

  • Beer City Bruiser & Brawler Milonas vs. T.K. O’Ryan & Vinny Marseglia vs. Coast 2 Coast vs. Silas Young & Shane Taylor vs. Dalton Castle & Rush in tag team gauntlet match
  • Jeff Cobb vs. P.J. Black
  • Jay Lethal vs. Jay Briscoe
  • Matt Taven vs. PCO vs. Flip Gordon vs. Mark Haskins non-title

NEW JAPAN BEST OF THE SUPER JUNIORS TOURNAMENT B BLOCK FINALS AT 5:30 A.M  MONDAY MORNING FROM OKAYAMA ON NEW JAPAN WORLD

  • Tiger Mask & Jonathan Gresham & Sho vs. Taiji Ishimori & Gedo & Jado
  • Juice Robinson & Toa Henare vs. Marty Scurll & Brody King
  • Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino vs. Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Dragon Lee & Titan vs. Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi
  • Rocky Romero vs. Bandido
  • Yoh vs. Robbie Eagles
  • Bushi vs. Ren Narita
  • El Phantasmo vs. Douki
  • Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Will Ospreay for B block championship

Raw will be Monday night in Austin, TX, featuring the return of Stephanie McMahon, the promise that Brock Lesnar will cash in his Money in the Bank contract during the three hours, the return of the Undertaker, plus Roman Reigns & Usos vs. Drew McIntyre & The Revival.

Smackdown will be Tuesday in Laredo, TX. There will be A Moment of Bliss with Bayley, an interview with Lars Sullivan and the return of Bill Goldberg.

NEW JAPAN AT TOKYO SUMO HALL AT 5:30 A.M. WEDNESDAY MORNING ON NEW JAPAN WORLD

  • Best of the Super Junior finals
  • Juice Robinson vs. Jon Moxley for the U.S. title
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jay White

F4W NEWSLETTER: Figure Four Weekly: Thoughts on AEW Double or Nothing

This year’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view offered WWE the chance to revitalize one of their best match types.

The Money in the Bank briefcases haven’t been all that much of a factor over the past couple of years. Both men’s winners (Braun Strowman and Baron Corbin) failed on their cash-ins. The women’s winners (Alexa Bliss and Carmella) were successful, but Bliss cashed in on the same night that she won the 2018 ladder match. WWE has missed out on being able to use Money in the Bank as a star-making tool or something to kick off notable angles.

WON NEWSLETTER: June 3, 2019 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Double or Nothing review

A look at Double or Nothing and the debut of AEW is the lead story in this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Look at how the show did on PPV, where the buys came from, and how this number compares with the other companies. Compare it with All In, look at what was both good and bad about running in Las Vegas, the problems with Starrcast and high spots of Starrcast, merch numbers, the Cody vs. Dustin match,

Look at what Jon Moxley is doing next, why he left WWE, and cover his detailed interview on Talk is Jericho about why he left WWE and his goals going forward.

Also look at WWE’s Super Showdown, including some questions that you can’t get away from asking. Also run down the show, and the issue of it being easy to say things when it’s to your benefit but another having to make decisions that back up your proclaimed beliefs.

Examine this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament and where New Japan goes next.

Read about new legislation that could greatly affect how WWE and AEW wrestlers are treated, preview Takeover Bridgeport, updated PPV cards, update on Ric Flair, update on Sasha Banks, Lineups for big shows and WWE looking at making more purchases. 

Have a look at the Hall of Fame career of Rashad Evans, from his start in winning The Ultimate Fighter, to winning the light heavyweight title, to his grudge matches with Jon Jones and Rampage Jackson, and famous bouts with the likes of Lyoto Machida and Chuck Liddell. 

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SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE

For the weekend, we’ve got two new shows up. The first covers all the news from last night and the last few days, including Jon Moxley, NXT Takeover, AEW PPV notes and demographic numbers, last night’s heavyweight title upset, UFC from Sweden and the Super Juniors tournament. We have a second show which is an interview we did today with John Arezzi talking about his run as a promoter, radio host, and historian of pro wrestling in the 70s and 80s and some of his new projects talking about Bruno Sammartino, Mick Foley, and many other personalities that we both knew.

As far as weekend trending numbers, Anthony Joshua was the most searched topic in the U.S. on the Internet yesterday with 1 million searches. As of this writing, Alexander Gustafsson, who retired yesterday, was No. 6 today at 20,000.  Nothing else from combat sports topped 20,000.  Takeover didn’t have the interest as compared to the New York Takeover which was the first Takeover to actually crack the top 20.

Raw should do well, whatever well is, tomorrow with Undertaker back and no NBA competition. The June 10 show could set a record low if the NBA finals go to five games and then the numbers shouldn’t approach record lows until football season.

Regarding some weekend injury questions, something did happen with Mickie James yesterday at the show in Waco and she thought she may have injured her knee while in her match. But she was walking around okay after the show and she was scheduled as of a few hours ago to wrestle tonight in College Station.

Bobby Fish had his arm in a sling after the match last night. We haven’t heard any update on him so far today but the indication we had was that there was nothing serious. There are guys in that match and in other matches last night pretty beat up. 

WWE

  • Rey Mysterio is launching a global campaign regarding children with autism. Fight4Autism has been launched on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter with Mysterio as its global ambassador. Everyone who makes a donation will get a unique digital photo of Mysterio with a personal messages. Fans can donate as little as $4.
  • NXT has a West Coast swing on 7/26 in San Diego, 7/27 in Riverside, 7/28 in Las Vegas and 7/29 in Phoenix.
  • Kambi has come out with the star rating that you can bet over/under on for this coming Friday.They don’t seem to expect much of a show out of this:Undertaker vs. Bill Goldberg *1/2
    Bobby Lashley vs. Braun Strowman **1/4
    Finn Balor vs. Andrade ***1/2
    Lars Sullivan vs. Lucha House Party *
    Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon *3/4
    HHH vs. Randy Orton **1/2
    Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin **3/4
    Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler ***1/2       

UFC

  • UFC will be releasing a feature on the UFC vs. Pride rivalry in the early 00s on YouTube tomorrow.

MISCELLANEOUS

  • The final pro wrestling show at the Nashville Fairgrounds was last night’s House of Hardcore show promoted by Tommy Dreamer. Bill Dundee, Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson were on last night’s show. (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)
  • It appears AT&T U-verse cable is no longer carrying The Pursuit Channel, which is the home of Impact. (thanks to BJHarden)
  • A story on Ashley Massaro on CNN, and another from the NY Post. (thanks to Chris Cruise)
  • A few birthdays today include Lex Luger (61), Akira Maeda (60) and A.J. Styles (42).
  • Kevin Eck talks the current ROH scene and future key matches.
  • An interview with Ricky Steamboat.
  • An NSPW show on 5/25 in Quebec City drew 907 fans with Tom Lawlor, Mil Muertes and Speedball Mike Bailey. Shawn Spears will appear for the group on 10/5.
  • TJP works for Suplex Pro Wrestling on 8/3 in Cessnock,New South Wales, Australia.
  • Slex vs. Jeff Cobb is on the World Series Wrestling show on 6/21 in Melbourne. Jeff Cobb vs. Brody King on 6/22 in Melbourne for the same group. Robbie Eagles vs. Fenix vs. Rich Swann was announced for 6/23. (thanks to Kevin Chiat) 
  • Mortar vs. Taya Valkyrie vs. Vixsin appears for BCW in Sydney, Australia on 6/29.
  • Bushwhacker Luke appears on 6/15 for Empire State Wrestling at The Old Grey Hound in Fairport, NY.
  • Smash Wrestling on 7/13 in Dresden, ONT at the Ken Houston Memorial Agricultual Centre. They also run 7/7 in London, ONT at the London Music Hall with Shawn Spears.
  • C4 Wrestling on 6/21 in Oggawa, at the St. Anthony’s Banquet Hall.  
  • VIPW on 7/29 in Victoria BC at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 91.
  • Eve runs on 6/28 in Brighton at the Brighthlem Centre for an all women’s show.
  • All Star Wrestling on 6/15 in Vancouver, BC at the Maritime Labour Centre headlined by Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Azeem the Dream in the main event. 
  • Scarlett Bordeaux is scheduled for Kingdom Pro Wrestling on 7/27 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
  • WSU on 6/7 in Voorhees, NJ at the Colossal Sports Academy.
  • Gatoh Move Wrestling from Thursday night in Tokyo featuring some AEW wrestlers: Baliyan Akki & Saki b Masahiro Takahashi & An Chamu, Mitsuru Konno d Yuna Mizumori, Mei Surugua & Antonio Honda b Emi Sakura & Riho. Sakura and Rih worked the match in their AEW T-shirts. (thanks to Shannon Walsh and WrestlingwithDemons.net)
  • Yuka Sakazaki beat Mina Shirakawa yesterday for Tokyo Joshi Pro in Tokyo.
  • AAW from Friday night in Austin, TX: Andy Dalton won four-way over Clayton Gainz, Pac, Kody Lane and Barrett Brown, Thunder Rosa b Christi Jaynes, Josh Alexander b Ace Austin, Jake Something b Jimmy Jacobs to keep the Heritage title, Mance Warner b Eddie Kingston, Ace Romero b Ryan Davidson, Jessicka Havok b Priscilla Kelly to keep women’s title, Juventud Guerrera & AR Fox b Ricky Stars & Aaron Solow, Sami Callihan b Darby Allin to keep the AAW title.  
  • Northeast Wrestling from last night in Bethany, CT: Chris Battle b DL Hurst, Private Party won three-way over The Graysons and Maine State Posse, JT Dunn b Jimmy Preston, Mike Verna b Keith Youngblood, Perfect Gamble b Dan Evans & Anthony Battle, Wrecking Ball Legursky b Christian Casanova, Darby Allin b Brad Hollister. (thanks to Nick Mahmood)
  • wXw from yesterday in Oberhausen,Germany:  Walter b Wheeler Yuta, Brian Cage b Lucky Kid, Avalanche & Leon van Gasteren & Julian Pace b Jurn Simmons & Alexander James & Emil Sitoci, Ken Shamrock b Veit Muller, Marius Al-Ani b Ilja Dragunov, Bob Holly & Aussie Open b Absolute Andy & Jay Skillet & Francis Kaspin, Amale Winchester won four-way over Toni Storm, Killer Kelly and Valkyrie (not Taya) to win the women’s title, Joey Janela b Bobby Gunns-DQ, Bobby Gunns b Joey Janela to keep wXw title in a street fight. They announced Cima, T-Hawk and Lindaman for an 8/3 show in Oberhausen.
  • The former Big Cass is now taking bookings for wrestling and autograph signings and other appearances through Bill Behrens and showbis@aol.com. He is using the name caZXL.
  • Stardom from today in Tokyo: Saya Iida b Ruaka, Saki Kashima & Starlight Kid b Leo Onozaki & Hina, Bea Priestley & Momo Watanabe d Arisa Hoshiki & Tam Nakano, Kagetsu was last survivor in elimination match with Kagetsu & Hazuki & Natsuko Tora & Natsu Sumire & Andras Miyagi over Hana Kimura & Jungle Kyona & Death Yama-san & Konami by throwing Kimura over the top rope.
  • Stardom from yesterday in Yokohama: Natsu Sumire b Ruaka, Bobbi Tyler b Saya Iida, Kagetsu & Hazuki & Andras Miyagi & Natsuko Tora b Bea Priestley & Momo Watanabe & Leo Onozaki & Hina, Hana Kimura & Jungle Kyona & Death Yama-san & Konami b Arisa Hoshiki & Saki Kashima & Tam Nakano & Starlight Kid, Hana Kimura & Jungle Kyona & Death Yama-san & Konami b Kagetsu & Hazuki & Andras Miyagi & Natsuko Tora. (thanks to Shannon Walsh and wrestlingwithdemons.net)
  • Best of the West TV taping on 6/8 at the Best in the West Studios in Fresno at 5766 E. Fountain Way with MVP vs. Dave Dutra at 6 p.m.
  • Innovative Wrestling on 6/15 in Knoxville at D1 Sports with Chris Richards & Josh Cody vs. Tate Twins vs. Jason Kincaid & Cosmos.

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