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We have a giant story on the life and career of Kevin Sullivan. It’s one of the biggest stories we’ve done in recent years covering this very unique person who wore a lot of hats in the industry and had a lot of very significant influence on aspects of the genre.

Among the other topics covered:

  • Tony Khan announces the second AEW stadium show for 2025 and we talk about reports of a third one as well.
  • Previewing All In
  • Update on Bash in Berlin including a new main event not announced yet and the latest on the planned stipulation
  • Bryan Danielson talks about his life and career
  • AEW and Triller doing PPV bundles
  • U.S. Olympic wrestling roundup as well as Hiroshi Tanahashi wants to recruit three Olympians
  • Update on G-1 Climax tournament and all the bouts of the past week
  • A look at the career of Yoshinari Ogawa who retired this past week
  • A look at Dennis Brent, who passed away, a behind-the-scenes figure who was very close to many insiders in the wrestling community and had worked for and with World Class, Mid South, WCW, JCP and WWE before a tragic case of MS ended him in wrestling.
  • Update on legal wranglings involving Janel Grant, Vince McMahoin and Dr. Carlon Colker
  • The most detailed look at the TV ratings from the past week, weekly rankings, comparisons with a year ago, segment-by-segment, nightly placings competition and more
  • Rundown from another big show at Arena Mexico
  • More on the CMLL Grand Prix show featuring wrestlers from all over the world
  • Return date announced for one of the biggest international stars
  • Exactly what the issues are with AAA and Penta & Fenix and why their talent isn’t allowed to appear on the same shows in Mexico
  • Update on the Stardom Five Star Grand Prix
  • Dragon Gate Dangerous Gate update
  • N-1 tournament update
  • What WWE NXT star is getting over in Japan
  • Grandson of one of the biggest wrestling stars of all-time now training to wrestle
  • El Hijo del Santo retirement tour update and he talks about when he was negotiating to go full-time with WWE
  • MJF vs. Michael Oku match story and angle with Ospreay
  • GCW hits Japan
  • PPV updates for recent pro wrestling and boxing events
  • Tony Khan talks more on big announcements
  • Update on Young Bucks
  • Penta & Fenix update
  • Behind the making of MJF vs. Oku in England
  • Advances for upcoming WWE & AEW shows
  • Streaming numbers and international TV numbers
  • Update on Conor McGregor fighting
  • Former MMA fighter involved in a shooting death of a man who was friends with the person who was accused of kidnapping his son
  • Heyman talks his ECW run
  • Ronda Rousey on Vince McMahon
  • Jesse Ventura and his attempt to unionize wrestlers

This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter Back Issue

Tuesday Update

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AEW/Other Wrestling

  • Swerve Strickland reflected on his loss at All In on social media.
  • Marshall Von Erich wrote on X: “Unbelievable moment I got to share with my brothers. Words can’t explain how fulfilling my brother I feel that my Dad gets to witness all this hard work paying off. God is good!”
  • The Young Bucks posted some behind-the-scenes All In content on TikTok.
  • Sammy Guevara’s AEW All In vlog.
  • AEW Collision will premiere on ESPN in Australia starting on September 1. They will also air AEW Grand Slam: Australia next year.
  • MJF will be a guest at MCW’s Fan Jam 3 event on November 10.
  • In an interview on NJPW’s website, Zack Sabre Jr. said he would be in the position he is in now even if Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada were still in the company: “Even if they were still here, this would be an essential time for me to reach the top. Yeah, especially without them here my responsibility was to reach the top, and if I couldn’t reach the top without Okada or Ospreay there then when could I? But if those wrestlers were here, I would still be the G1 winner and I would still be striving for all those goals.
  • “Them not being there is more beneficial for the younger generation than it is for me. I would still be in this position if they hadn’t left, but with the gap those wrestlers have created, there’s more space and more opportunities for everyone. I’m going to be at the top, but I won’t want to be at the top by myself.”
  • Nic Nemeth told Fightful that he was originally only going to do 10 dates with TNA, but extended his time there after he enjoyed his time with the company: “Like, what if I’m not helping you guys? Or what if I hate it? Or it doesn’t work out? I don’t want to sign a three year deal.’ He goes, ‘How about a year?’ ‘No.’ ‘Then how about 10 dates?’ I go, ‘Alright, that I can do. Let’s do 10 dates and if you don’t think I’m worth it, cut me out. Or if I say this sucks, I can’t, I don’t like this company.’
  • “I love it so much. Everybody’s great. In a world where every locker room is pretty friggin’ awesome and hard working. Like there’s no wrestling locker room where people are like, ‘Oh nobody works hard here.’ It’s every place you go is like these guys are busting their ass to make something special happen. That is the exact same case with TNA. The infrastructure behind the scenes is really awesome.”
  • PWInsider spoke to Speedball Mike Bailey ahead of TNA Emergence.
  • EC3 has reached the one-year mark as NWA World Champion. Kenzie Paige has also hit the one-year mark as NWA Women’s Champion.
  • Su Yung gave an injury update on X: “8 weeks off. I am on a waiting list for surgery. If I still can’t breathe out of one side and if so maybe longer time off. Thank you for the support. See ya down the road wrestling.”
  • Jake Hager has been announced for the BLP/Draft Kings Wrestling Combine.