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WON NEWSLETTER: March 2, 2020 Observer Newsletter: NJPW cancels show due to coronavirus, WM 36 card update

An update on the WrestleMania card after Super Showdown with 11 currently decided upon matches and five or six others in discussion is covered in the current issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

The lead story updates how the coronavirus has affected Japanese pro wrestling as well as Japanese culture.  We talk about sports and entertainment cancellations, the shows new Japan Pro Wrestling has canceled, the prospects for this year’s New Japan Cup, an update on Stardom,DDT,Dragon Gate, All Japan, NOAH and other Japanese companies on what shows are on and off. We look at if New Japan can still save the New Japan Cup, history of New Japan Cup winners vs. G-1 winners taking the IWGP title, an a breakdown of the original tournament plans.

The new issue also covers: 

Plans and background of the coming WrestleMania, as well as Super Showdown coverage with match-by-match coverage with star ratings.

A feature on Manabu Nakanishi’s career and coverage of his retirement show this past week. We look at the difference between Nakanishi and Jushin Liger, Nakanishi’s amateur wrestling days, Nakanishi’s shoot fighting days, Nakanishi in WCW, the Nakanishi heyday and the past decade.  We note the major surgery that nearly ended his career ad slowed him down, and some of the all-time greats comment on Nakanishi.

The major matches in the New Japan ring over the past week.

WWE television deals, WWE Network price change, XFL ratings, Samoa Joe suspension, New WWE international signing, WWE injury updates, Canadian TV ratings, Ric Flair’s 71st birthday, how much Raw has fallen in four yeas, Edge’s return,NXT Takeover notes, Evolve news for WrestleMania week with WWE talent, Australia tour, stock value, most-watched shows on the WWE Network as well as a look at every WWE arena event over the past week with business notes and highlights.

A preview of the AEW PPV and full coverage of the UFC show in Auckland, New Zealand.

Regarding the Wednesday numbers, we’ve got full details, demos that each side won, how every segment did and what match ended up as the difference maker. 

Full coverage of all the WWE and AEW television shows from the past week.

In-depth looks at the ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.

Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week. 

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SATURDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE

  • After it was originally announced for this week, 205 Live’s Captain’s Challenge elimination match will instead take place on the March 13 episode of the show. Lio Rush is captaining a team of NXT cruiserweights, while Tony Nese is captaining a team of 205 Live originals. It will be Rush, Isaiah “Swerve” Scott, Tyler Breeze, Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch vs. Nese, Mike Kanellis, Brian Kendrick, Ariya Daivari & Jack Gallagher.
  • Gallagher returned to 205 Live with a new look and tattoos last night.
  • WWE posted a teaser announcing that Southpaw Regional Wrestling season three will debut this summer.
  • Tickets for NXT UK TakeOver: Dublin will go on sale this coming Monday at 9 a.m. local time. The show is taking place at Dublin’s 3Arena on Sunday, April 26.
  • WWE officially confirmed that Brock Lesnar will be appearing on Monday’s episode of Raw.
  • After The Revival applied to trademark “Top Guys,” “Say Yeah,” and “No Flips, Just Fists,” WWE filed trademarks for “The Mechanics” and “No Flips Just Fists.” The Revival weren’t one of the six teams announced for the SmackDown Tag Team title Elimination Chamber match. It will be The Miz & John Morrison defending against The New Day, The Usos, Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode, The Lucha House Party, and Heavy Machinery.
  • The Tampa Bay Times has an article about WWE monitoring the coronavirus outbreak ahead of WrestleMania.
  • Playing off of Deontay Wilder’s explanation for his loss to Tyson Fury, Baron Corbin tweeted about losing to Roman Reigns in their steel cage match at Super ShowDown: “I’m never gonna take anything away with from Roman Reign’s preparation for a main event steel cage match. I was prepared … but I didn’t think of the toll my entrance gear (the chainmail, my robe) and entrance would take on my body. Three min in my legs were tired.”
  • Jeff Jarrett will voice the introduction for Nashville SC’s first-ever MLS match on FOX tonight.

Other Wrestling

  • AEW uploaded a half-hour pre-show for tonight’s Revolution PPV.
  • AEW also has video of The Young Bucks & Cody’s panel from C2E2.
  • Ahead of their World title match at Revolution, Chris Jericho spoke to Sports Illustrated about Jon Moxley: “I recruited him. I don’t even think he knew what AEW was at that point. He is a guy that I knew would be big for us, but I never expected he would be this different, and I mean that in a good way. This is not the guy who was Dean Ambrose. Dean Ambrose is a f*cking nothing compared to this guy. There is a fire inside of him, a creativity, he’s free. This is my job as champion. I make stars. I’m already a star. Mox is a star. This company may have started on my back, but six months later it’s now on a bunch of backs, and that was the idea.”
  • Dustin Rhodes responded to a question from the New York Post about what Luke Harper and Matt Hardy would bring to a non-WWE company: “I think they’d bring creativity. Harper, man, is incredible. I’ve worked with him many times with the Wyatt Family, me and Cody did, and he knows his stuff and he’s not a greenhorn in the business. He can help people. He can take them to new highs and he can get them there and at the same time get himself over in a company that will allow him to do so. Matt Hardy, if he comes in here, my God, he’s been through so many different variations on YouTube and things like that with WWE. He’s so creative in all the things that he does that when we do it with him, it’s gonna touch gold.”
  • Wrestle-1 announced that they are suspending their activities indefinitely after their April 1 show at Korakuen Hall. The promotion issued a statement thanking all of the fans who have supported them, along with the wrestlers and others who have supported the organization.

MMA

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