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– Our weekend schedule is Garret Gonzales and I talking about the news of the week from the current issue, and there’s a lot of it on today’s show. Bryan and I will be back tomorrow night talking about Crown Jewel, Collision and other news.
– The new issue of the Observer is up on the site today:
- Updates on Chris Bey and El Hijo del Vikingo
- Preview of Crown Jewel
- Lots of notes on 2025 WrestleMania
- WWE tie-in with some wrestling schools and what does it mean
- Changes in TKO as a company
- More on Samantha Irvin leaving WWE
- Sports star ways he wants to do pro wrestling after he retires
- Preview of Full Gear
- Crown Jewel favorites
- Updated Bad Blood and WrestleDream PPV numbers and the most shocking thing about the Bad Blood number.
- Why the ringboys lawsuit was filed in Baltimore this year
- A star from the 80s and 90s talks about the ring boys lawsuit
- NXT Halloween Havoc coverage
- UFC 308 coverage, fighter of he year thoughts, what’s next for the winners
- Previewing Wednesday’s AEW & NXT going head-to-head, what are the key things to look out for
- TNA Bound for Glory coverage
- The weekly placing of the pro wrestling shows on cable
- Competition, demos, where NXT was way down this week and where AEW is right now
- Looking at how the segments did for the major shows
- The longest reigning world champion of a major promotion of the modern era gives up his title
- Women’s Grand Prix tournament
- New Japan Super Junior tag tournament notes
- Fantastica Mania 2025 notes
- Kota Ibushi issues with DDT
- Two pro wrestlers and MMA star entering amateur wrestling Hall of Fame
- Anthony Robles movie out soon
- TNA TV tapings notes
- What interview actually secretly had the biggest AEW news in it
- More on Young Bucks taking time off and dropping the titles
- Jericho tries to get Hall of Famer to come out of retirement
- Kenny Omega talking about a return
- Ticket sales for upcoming WWE & AEW shows
- International TV ratings Netflix ratings notes, streaming numbers
- Merch numbers
- Dana White wants to do rankings a new way
- Former UFC champion retires at the end of this year and turns down January fight
– For this weekend, we’re looking for reports from tomorrow’s Collision show in Philadelphia with matches not on television such as ROH or dark matches, as well as any angles, to dave@wrestlingobserver.com
– We will be doing polls this weekend on WWE Crown Jewel and NJPW Power Struggle, 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
– Crown Jewel starts at 1 p.m. Eastern tomorrow:
- Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther for Crown Jewel title
- Liv Morgan vs. Nia Jax for Crown Jewel title
- Roman Reigns & Usos vs. Bloodline
- LA Knight vs. Carmelo Hayes vs. Andrade for U.S. title
- Seth Rollins vs. Bronson Reed
- Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens
- Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair vs. Chelsea Green & Piper Niven vs. Lash Legend & Jakara Jacksoni vs. Iyo Sky & Kairi Sane for women’s tag titles
The current issue runs down notes leading into the show.
–The taped SmackDown tonight on USA:
- Street Profits vs. Pretty Deadly
- Bianca Belair vs. Lash Legend vs. Iyo Sky vs. Piper Niven
- Liv Morgan vs. Tiffany Stratton non-title
- Naomi & Baley vs. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell
- Cody Rhodes & Randy Orton vs. Gunther & Ludwig Kaiser
– Taped Rampage tonight on TNT:
- Rush & Beast Mortos & Dralistico vs The Butcher & JD Drake & Beef
- Taya Valkyrie vs. Zoey Lynn
- Queen Aminata vs. Leila Gray
- Top Fight & Action Andretti vs. Alex Reynolds & John Silver & Evil Uno – winners get a trios title match
- Lio Rush vs. Komander
– Cyndi Lauper performed Wednesday night in Madison Square Garden and mentioned managing Wendi Richeter in the building and talked about Lou Albano, Fred Blassie and Andre the Giant, and she sang a song and they played clips of some of the 80s stars.
– Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita, who are an awesome team, reached the finals of the Super Junior tag team tournament. Eagles & Fujita, Sho & Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney were all 3-1 in the tournament going into today’s show in Komatsu. Eagles & Fujita beat Sho & Kanemaru to 4-1. Connors & Moloney had to beat Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi to win, since they beat Eagles & Fujita in what many called the tournament’s best match on Sunday. But Takahashi & Bushi won.
– The B Block final day is tomorrow and all six teams enter at 2-2. That means there will likely be a three-way tie for first with the three winners of tomorrow’s matches, which are Kushida & Kevin Knight vs. Rocky Romero & Yoh, Francesco Akira & TJP vs. DKC & Ninja Mack and The VeloCities vs. Taiji Ishimori & Robibe X.
–he three winners of tomorrow’s matches will then be compared based on head-to-head competition and whoever fared the best goes to the finals which is Monday (late Sunday night in the U.S.) at Power Struggle in Osaka.
– Footage of George Hackenscmidt wrestling and doing muscle poses from England has surfaced.
– We are sorry to report the death of Frank Mott of Southern California, who has been a subscriber for likely more than 30 years. We send our best to his family and friends. He was also a regular at the Cauliflower Alley Club.
– Arena México tonight has the annual Dia del Muertos show with the Rey del Inframundo title which is only talked about over Halloween week, with Barbaro Cavernario vs. Difunto vs. Xelhua vs. Barboza. The main event is Mistico & Neon & Esfinge vs. Magia Blanca & Rugido & Volador Jr. The advance was ahead of last week’s women’s Grand Prix show. The gimmick show usually draws well based on the gimmick.
– Tomorrow night at Arena Coliseo is rematches of some major matches from the past with Mistico & Volador Jr. on top against Angel de Oro & Averno. Sunday at Arena Mexico is a night where wrestlers who have all lost their masks, get to put the masks back on and wrestle just for one night. Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja go for a record 18 title defenses of the CMLL tag titles against Barbaro Cavernario & El Terrible. Main event is Averno Euforia & Volador Jr. vs. Blue Panther & Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero
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– The movie “They Live” starring Roddy Piper will be playing next month at selected Alamo Drafthouse Theater locations. A wrestling connection is that director John Carpenter was at one time married by Adrienne Barbeau, a sex symbol actress from the 70s who, while it isn’t on any of her biographies, worked as Miss Wrestling on television for Roy Shire’s Big Time Wrestling TV show in the 1960s and was actually the most famous alumnus from the promotion.