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July 24, 2023 Observer Newsletter: Great week of wrestling matches, NJPW G1 Climax tournament begins
In this issue:
Poll results from all the major shows plus Match of the week and Performer of the weekLooking back on a week with some of the best matches of the year, story behind the matches and complications involvedWeek one G-1 Climax coverage, what stories have been told, where is business, what is and isn't working and match-by-match coverageCoverage of TripleMania, including what really happened with Don Callis, the story behind Vikingo vs. Omega, as well as looking at the 8/12 show in Mexico CityTony Khan press conference coverage, update on All In with new ticket sales info and how close to records is the show, more PPVs question, longer Dynamite, Death Before Dishonor and moreFull coverage of Saturday's UFC show and what is next for the participantsEric Young returns and Impact Slammiversary, as well as the return of Josh AlexanderHow many homes are the networks that carry wrestling inThe most detailed look at the ratings for all the wrestling and MMA television shows, with a lot of shockers in the weekly and daily standings. Including what show placed No. 7 for the week in network television, where the wrestling and MMA shows finished on cable, segment-by-segment, competition and moreWhat promotion is killing it every week in ticket sales at the same arenaMajor talent jump to join his brotherDocumentary on the life of one of the biggest stars in history hits movie theaters internationally in the fallMajor TV documentary on the Ali vs. Inoki fight, what was revealed and some new news being reported75th anniversary of the birth of the NWA and the real story of its birth and growthHow the public's viewing has changedThe Rick Steiner situation and how it was handledMore on the Teddy Hart arrest and what he was in Florida forNotes on upcoming Impact TV showsUpcoming ticket sales for WWE & AEw showsLots of new major UFC fightsIconic company set for a return in SeptemberUpdated Money in the Bank and Forbidden Door PPV numbersWWE injury updatesDwayne Johnson reportedly sets an all-time money recordGable Steveson's decisionInternational TV ratings and streaming numbers
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May 29, 2006 Observer Newsletter: ECW, Booker T & Batista
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Monday Update
Bryan and I are back tonight with Wrestling Observer radio covering all the latest news plus Raw coverage for tonight.
Rush, whose AEW deal had either just expired or was about to expire, has signed a new contract with the promotion. We've been covering that in the Observer the past few weeks. Those in WWE confirmed interest and those close to Rush confirmed interest in WWE, but those in WWE also believed AEW had made the better money offer and would likely get him a far better offer and would likely get him. Rush just confirmed the signing today.
Raw tonight is in Tampa. We're looking for reports on the Main Event and anything off TV from the show to [email protected] The key stuff includes Cody Rhodes doing a promo regarding his match with Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam, face-to-face confrontations with Gunther and Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul and Ricochet and the Seth Rollins-Finn Balor contract signing for SummerSlam. Plus Becky Lynch has to beat Zoey Stark to get a match at SummerSlam. If she loses she has to get the name Trish Stratus tattooed on her chest, which isn't happening. There were 10,800 tickets out for the show this morning so it's be another big crowd, perhaps a sellout. Cody Rhodes said that this would be the biggest Raw crowd in Tampa history.
Ronda Rousey is likely on the show tonight, since she worked the weekend house shows in Mexico against Shayna Baszler, and will also be on Stars on Mars on FOX tonight.
TBS sent out a press release regarding the Blood & Guts show. They listed more than 2.5 million viewers for the show. That figure is every person who tuned into one minute of the show or watched though Saturday night via DVR. In 25-54, the L+3 number was the best number in that demo for a prime time show on the station is more than two months. They noted an 0.83 18-49 number in L+3. It was the top show on cable in both categories. The 0.83 is the percentage of viewers in that age group that get TBS. That's probably an 0.38 or so based on the numbers you would be used to seeing as far as the 18-49 demo after three days, which started at 0.34 on the same day.
Judgment Day, as in Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley, will open NXT tomorrow.
Dwayne Johnson has given a seven-figure donation to SAG-AFTRA. SAG-AFTRA called it the biggest donation that they have ever received from one individual at one time.
We're looking for your thoughts on Friday's ROH Death Before Dishonor show, a thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match to [email protected]
G-1 continues at Korakuen Hall tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. with Will Ospreay vs. Great O'Khan, Shota Umino vs Gabe Kidd, Taichi vs. KENTA, Yota Tsuji vs. Chase Owens, Tanga Loa vs. El Phantasmo, Ren Narita vs. Hikuleo, Kazuchika Okada vs. Yoshi-Hashi and Sanada vs. Kaito Kiyomiya.
The Barbie movie, which came out over the weekend and features John Cena, did $162 million at the U.S. box office which these days is a gigantic number. It did $356 million worldwide.
The Lio Rush injury we wrote about yesterday and talked about on the show is legit. He was to work a match last night and they only said he was not cleared to wrestle. The MCW main event last night was to be Lio Rush vs. Brian Cage and the co-main was Action Andretti vs. Flip Gordon. It ended up Cage & Gordon vs. Andretti & Miami Mike where Mike pinned Gordon to win. (thanks to Ideen Barimani)
WWE stars will be on Celebrity Family Feud on Sunday. It will be men vs. women.
STARZ starts its second season on Friday night. As noted before, both CM Punk and AJ Mendez are part of the cast which is based around a small independent wrestling promotion in Georgia built around two feuding brothers whose father started the company.
Other Notes
GCW announced shows on 9/22 and 9/23 in Germany.
Prestige Wrestling from last night in Asbury Park,NJ, before 200 fans: Colin Delaney & Bobby Orlando b Ace of Space, Alan Angels b Manders, Xia Brookside b Janai Kai, Jake Crist b Robert Martyr (Martyr had to leave Prestige Wrestling based on the stipulation), Malakai Black & Kevin Blackwood b Alan Angels & Jake Crist in what was billed as Prestige vs. Revolver wrestling, Trish Adora b Maki Itoh, Alex Shelley b Jonathan Gresham to keep the Prestige title. (thanks to Joseph Kurliak)