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Latest News
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- The Rock: I made the call to step back from John Cena/Cody Rhodes angle
- Pat McAfee addresses Gunther’s WWE Raw attack
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- WWE touts WrestleMania 41 as most financially successful event in company history
- AEW moves ROH Supercard of Honor & Death Before Dishonor locations, cancels Collision date
- Meiko Satomura’s retirement match set
- Bayley says she has year and a half left on WWE contract
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter:
- Running down AEW Dynasty, controversy over the finish, where the angles look to be going, Young Bucks return, what the PPV number says and what to learn from it, long-term, Chris Jericho update, Why the show was long, Swerve vs. Booker and match-by-match rundowns.
- Update on the Mania card, what matches are on what night, what is up in the air on the card, length, odds, Kevin Owens injury, Paul Heyman angle, Flair vs Stratton and Stand & Deliver, ticket demand and more.
- New Japan Sakura Geneis report, angles at the show, Best of the Super Juniors and Windy City Riot.
- Update on the legal strategy of WWE, Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon regarding the ringboys lawsuit.
- El Hijo del Santo’s possible last match in Mexico City
- The most detailed look at the ratings for all the pro wrestling shows, including comparisons with a year ago quarters, demos, placings and competition.
- Fantastica Mania Mexico
- Arena Mexico hosting tournament of champions
- Mina Shirakawa leves Stardom
- Dragon Gate in Las Vegas
- Lots of Las Vegas lineups for this coming week
- Champion Carnival in All Japan begins
- Junior Sakura Geneis thoughts
- Anniversary of a legendary match
- Advance ticket sales to the major WWE & AEW & Las Vegas wrestling events
- Injury updates
- Ospreay on Owen Hart
- Aaron Pico signs with UFC
- Major 2010 feud rematch falls apart
- Lex Luger Hall of Fame notes
- Legacy Hall of Fame notes
This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter Back Issue
Tuesday Update
WWE
- The entire segment from last night’s Raw involving John Cena and Randy Orton is now on YouTube.
- Orton following the angle on social media: “Hello, old friend.”
- Director James Gunn reacted to Cena’s title win on Sunday: “That’s right.”
- Stephanie Vaquer will defend the NXT Women’s Championship against Roxanne Perez on tonight’s show.
- Lexis King will defend the Heritage Cup on tonight’s NXT following an online skit with Penn & Teller.
- Natalya praised the WWE women’s locker room on social media: “Last week was such a great reminder of how much I love our locker room and the women who really show up for each-other, in and out of the ring. It’s really such a special sisterhood, one I know I wouldn’t trade for anything.”
- Chad Gable congratulated Grande Americano on his WrestleMania win.
- Over the weekend, Shawn Michaels met with NOAH’s Naomichi Marufuji, who attended WrestleMania: “Great to catch up with @noah_marufuji_ today. Always enjoy talking shop with our partners at @noah_ghc. Exciting things ahead as we explore what the future could look like! #WWENXT”
- Law & Order: Organized Crime star Dean Norris had a great WrestleMania weekend.
- The Universal Championship has officially been retired after the physical title was taken off television last year. According to WWE’s website, Roman Reigns is listed as the final champion.
- Recent WWE Vault additions include John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Edge vs. Randy Orton from Backlash 2007, The Undertaker & Team Hell No vs. The Shield from the April 22, 2013 edition of Raw, and a Madison Square Garden house show from April 22, 1985 featuring Hulk Hogan vs. Don Muraco and the MSG debut of The British Bulldogs.
AEW & Other Wrestling
- Kenny Omega returned to streaming on Monday playing Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.
- Trent Beretta has a new t-shirt out.
- NJPW paid tribute to Hisashi Shinma on their website.
- Brett Lauderdale reiterated GCW’s independence on social media: “To date: GCW has received $0 from “the fed”, aew, tna, or any other wrestling promotion.”
- Jordan Oliver & Alec Price defend the GCW Tag Team titles against Subculture on May 3 in Los Angeles.
- This week’s TNA Xplosion featuring Ryan Nemethh vs. Jake Painter.
- TNA is also uploading their 2024 Rebellion event in full on YouTube.