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F4W NEWSLETTER: Figure Four Weekly: Recapping WWE TLC

When Daniel Bryan announced his emotional return to the ring, it was fairly inconceivable that he’d end up being a vicious and pompous environmentalist heel just eight months later. But the character change has revitalized Bryan and taken him to the highest points since the immediate aftermath of announcing his comeback. With Bryan completely buying into the change, “the new Daniel Bryan” has been far better in execution than it would have sounded on paper.

WON NEWSLETTER: December 24, 2018 Observer Newsletter: 7 entrants into the Hall of Fame

Our biggest issue of the year, the 2018 Hall of Fame issue of the Observer is out right now.

Read detailed bios of the seven new inductees, a voting breakdown, as well as a voting breakdown among reporters, historians, current business professionals and former business professionals as well as a breakdown of how all the top candidates did with every group.

Read the explanation of the criteria, the voting, who will be on next year’s ballot, who was dropped from this year’s ballot, with histories of wrestlers and wrestlers in different parts of the world in different eras.

Read full coverage of the TLC PPV, with match-by-match coverage, star ratings, poll results and business, as well as some decision making background.

Look at the changes going forward in ROH in 2019. Read about who is leaving, who is coming, the nature of the Sinclair ownership, how the changes in the industry are going to greatly affect the independent scene almost immediately, the grab for talent, ROH’s key signings and who is coming in that they haven’t signed, and look at the chances for AEW.

Read about the situations with Bandido and PCO, and also run down the Final Battle PPV from ROH with match-by-match coverage, star ratings and poll results.

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WEDNESDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE

  • WWE stock was up nearly 10 percent today. It closed at $73.20 per share, with the market being up five percent on the day.
  • After time off for Christmas, WWE is back on the road with a Raw house show at Madison Square Garden in New York City and a SmackDown house show at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago area tonight. The event as MSG will feature the return of John Cena and a 10-man NXT tag match (Aleister Black, Ricochet, Pete Dunne, Velveteen Dream & Matt Riddle vs. Tommaso Ciampa & The Undisputed Era)
  • WWE uploaded Xavier’s Arcade Challenge and Fashion Files: Cold Case Unit to their YouTube account. Those are 13-minute episodes of new WWE Network shows that debuted this week.
  • Sarah Logan reflected on her and Rowe’s wedding: “Here’s to us. To everyone that showed up at our wedding as Vikings. To our families who became one. To the Gods for making sure we had food and good weather. And to my husband for giving me the world. I love all of you.”
  • WWE announced “Doomsday” by The Architects and “Fight Fire with Fire” by The Prodigy as official theme songs for NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool.

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