By Dave Meltzer
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Smackdown tonight on Syfy:
Lumberjack match: Lucha Dragon vs. Tyson Kidd & Cesaro
R-Truth vs. King Barrett
Ryback vs. Rusev
Paige vs. Naomi
Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins & Kane
The breakdown of the ROH deal on Destination America, how this affects TNA, the time frame of both company’s deals with the station and why this went down is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We also look at Daniel Cormier winning the world championship and questions arising, full coverage of UFC 187, Full coverage of Samoa Joe to NXT and the last special, the AAA World Cup coverage, Bischoff sues TNA and the UFC hall of Fame.
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We look at TNA’s actions over the past week since the original Observer story broke, the expansion in coverage of ROH, why the ROH deal got done, how Dixie Carter handled the situation, the conference call with TNA talent and how it went, the lineup for the first month of ROH on Destination America and the key show to watch, what to expect from the ratings, the ROH PPV schedule and the Samoa Joe situation with ROH.
We also look at Daniel Cormier winning the UFC light heavyweight title, the Jon Jones situation, the situation with Ryan Bader, the shadow over the Cormier win, Vitor Belfort physically, the Arlovski vs. Browne fight, all the business notes from the show including a top ten of all time, and match-by-match coverage.
We also look at the NXT Takeover show. We look at the situation with Samoa Joe, plus match-by-match coverage.
We’ve also got full coverage of the World Cup show, including screw-ups, best foreign stars, and the awards from the show.
We also look at Elimination Chamber, the Rusev injury, Ronda Rousey and next year’s WrestleMania, talk about a gimmick for a future NXT special, notes on the new season of Total Divas, Notes on someone who is a TV star that got a tryout as a WWE star this past week and how it went, A look behind the scenes on the Daniel Bryan/A.J. Lee angle, how WWE is changing its thoughts on talent, another celebrity angle, NXT dates and a look at the upcoming Australia tour.
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We look at the Bischoff-Hervey lawsuit against TNA.
We also have a full breakdown on the UFC Hall of Fame and its new members. We look at their histories, why they are in and more.
We’ve got first word on the Extreme Rules PPV business.
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Also in this week’s issue:
–A look at CMLL’s new tournament over the next few months and background of the guys
–What pro wrestling event in Mexico will have a number of U.S. reporters from another sort attending
–Tetsuya Naito in CMLL
–Wife of wrestler planning oncoming out of retirement
–UFC fighter making appearance at international wrestling show
–King of Gate finals and rundown of semifinals
–Looking at the booking from there
–Triple Crown title change
–MMA fighter coming to All Japan
–Full coverage of the first week of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament
–Current standings
–Why this year doesn’t have as much interest as in the past
–Why all the booking had to be redone after the first night
–How business has been
–Tournament lineup for this week
–Satoru Sayama health update
–Terry Funk news
–World champions from two different promotions team up together in a third promotion
–Global Force Wrestling update
–Go fund me campaigns for wrestlers
–Update on the past week’s PWG show
–Trish Stratus talks thinking about doing MMA
–One of the biggest indie show of the summer
–Tammy Sytch on doing adult videos
–Latest on Lucha Underground and season two
–Alberto El Patron talks about doing MMA and Bill Goldberg
–The back story in one of Lucha Underground’s main angles
–ROH signs action figure deal
–Update on the next ROH PPV show
–TNA changes up television tapings and why
–Dixie Carter reality show
–Christy Hemme leaves company
–History of TNA sale talks
–Samoa Joe on why he left TNA
–Dana White talks UFC 189
–Where ticket sales for the show are coming from
–Dana White talks the PPV numbers
–Update on UFC in New York and where it stands
–Sara McMann thinking of legal action on the Reebok deal
–This week’s UFC show
–Tons of new UFC fights
–Lawsuit settlement results in apologies
–Suspended fighter thinks about going to Olympics
–Hector Lombard talks Josh Barnett
–Ronda Rousey at the Wall Street Journal cafe brunch
–Fighter who had announced retirement now coming back
–Biggest World Series of Fighting show to date
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THURSDAY’S NEWS UPDATE
–There was a big story last night where Bethe Correia said that Ronda Rousey was mentally weak, and said after she beats Ronda Rousey she hopes Rousey doesn’t kill herself. That prompted Rousey to write, “Suicide is no joke or selling point. My father will be with me the day I hand you the comeuppance you deserve.” It’s not a secret that Rousey’s father committed suicide when she was very young, and in an indirect way, that led to her going into judo (swimming was her main sport as a child). Correia later apologized for her remark, saying that she wasn’t aware Rousey’s father committed suicide.
–The Destination America twitter account re tweeted this comedy story which shows some major insensitivity for them regarding TNA, particularly paragraph four. It’s nothing against the comedy version of the story, but DA shouldn’t be involved in even joking about TNA going out of business given the situation the performers in the company are in right now.
http://www.kayfabenews.com/raw-moving-destination-america/
–Really cool video of Daniel Cormier arriving for work yesterday at the Fox Studios in Los Angeles for the first time since winning the light heavyweight title at http://www.foxsports.com/video/UFC?vid=452656195929
–There is a pre-sale going on for tickets to the 7/12 UFC show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the Sunday of International Fight Week, headlined by Jake Ellenberger vs Stephen Wonderboy Thompson. The password is UFCTUF. The show also features the finals of the current season of Ultimate Fighter.
–TNA announced signings of contacts by Eddie Edwards, Davey Richards and Bram. I guess people forget that TNA had already announced the Edwards & Richards signing back in January. I was told that this announcement regarded a contract rollover that took place in January and not anything new. Apparently the idea is to announce a bunch of contract signings today.
–Bloomberg Business has a story on Station Casinos, a group of 21 casinos in Las Vegas run by Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta, looking at going public. For the first quarter, the company took in $342.8 million in revenue and had $124.6 million in EBITDA, this coming less than six years after having to file for bankruptcy during the downturn of the economy.
–Some new GFW dates are 7/10 in Erie, PA at Jerry Uht Park, 8/22 i Reno at the Aces Ballpark and/28 in Harrisburg, PA at the Metro Bank Park.
–The WWE web site has a story of Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Bayley and Becky Lynch as the Four Horsewomen. Are they trying to set up a program?
–Names announced for the NXT shows on 10/24 and 10/25 at Gibson Ranch, just North of Sacramento, are Finn Balor, Sasha Banks, Blake & Murphy, Charlotte, Bayley and Baron Corbin.
–Kevin Connolly was on the Dan Patrick show on Tuesday talking about his experience on Raw. He said it was a crazy experience and you wouldn’t believe what goes on there. Patrick quickly changed the subject. Patrick asked him who would get the best cameo award in the Entourage movie and he said Ronda Rousey, but also said her role was bigger than a cameo and said she had a decent-sized part. He said they got to know her a little but and she was really likeable and saw her feminine side, but said they were blown away when they watched her train and hit the speed bag. Jerry Ferreria wanted to do the fight scene with her and Rousey told him to use a stunt double because they wanted the fight scene to look real. They did use a stunt double.
–Jeff Jarrett will be throwing out the first pitch tonight before the El Paso vs. Round Rock minor league baseball game on CBS Sports Network. He’ll also be promoting his live events. CBS Sports Network is Ch. 221 on DirecTV, Ch. 158 on Dish, and Ch. 413 and 1643 on AT&T U-verse, Ch. 733 and 393 on Comcast and Ch. 315 on Timer Warner Cable.
–T.J. Grant, whose UFC career has been on hold for a long time, after suffering a concussion in training, has now taken a job at the K&S Porath mine in Bethune, Saskatchewan. Grant hasn’t’ fought in two years. At the time, he was going to get a lightweight title match with then-champion Benson Henderson. Grant said he is now 100% healthy, but hasn’t gone all-out in his training. (thanks to Tyler McMurchy).
–WWE stock has been up the past two days, up 26 cents today and closing at $14.30 per share.
–There will be a live Raw in San Jose on 8/3 at the SAP Center headlined by John Cena. There is an onsale going on right now for tickets with the code WWERAW
–Raw on 7/6 in Chicago is advertising a main event of John Cena & Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns vs. Big Show & Seth Rollins & Kevin Owens.
ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY INTERNATIONAL
1949 – Tarzan Lopez beat Mike Kelly to win the NWA middleweight title
1983 – Lizmark beat Espectro Jr. in Puebla to win the Mexican national middleweight title
2000 – El Hijo del Santo beat Blue Panther in Monterrey to win the NWA welterweight title
2006 – Manami Toyota beat Tsubasa Kuragaki in Tokyo to win the JWP title
2008 – Fabi Apache beat Tiffany in Morelia to win the AAA Reina de Reinas title
2009 – Mephisto beat La Sombra in Acapulco to win the WWA welterweight title
–UFC will be making a major announcement regarding drug testing on Wednesday at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas.
–Legacy Kickboxing tomorrow night from the Horseshoe Casino in Shreveport.
–Jake Roberts is booked for Jersey Championship Wrestling on 6/13 at Six Flags Great Adventure
–Pro Wrestling Phoenix tenth anniversary show from Saturday night in Council Bluffs, IA: L-Ray b Ryan Slade, Dalton Lee Roth & Purple b Branden Juarez in a handicap match, Pat Powers b Paul Daniels, Tony Cortez won three-way over Darren Russell and Abu Colossus, Zac James b Chris Havius, Scotty 2 Hotty b Joey Daniels, Hype Gotti & Tony Cortez b Jeremy Wyatt & Mark Sterling in a ladder match. Next show is 6/20 in Council Bluffs at the National Guard Armory.
–IWF on Saturday night at the IWF Centre in Nutley, NJ.
–New England Championship Wrestling on 6/6 in Everett, MA at the Rec Center with Slyck Wagner Brown vs. Brad Hollister.
–Acclaim Pro Wrestling on Saturday night in Ottawa at SPK-Dom Polski
–Andy Nichols at aypwrestling@gmail.com is looking for magazines, newspaper articles or clippings pertaining to Joe Louis in pro wrestling in the 50s.
–Mad Max: Fury Road, which features former pro wrestler Nathan Jones was No. 1 for the second straight week at the box office in Australia.
–Infinity Pro Wrestling on Saturday night in Bloomington, IN at the National Guard Armory.
–Evolve iPPV on Sunday from Ronkonkoma, New York at the Fire Department Hall at 8 p.m. Eastern at www.wwnlive.com
Drew Galloway vs Roderick Strong for the Evolve title
Johnny Gargano vs. Ethan Page
Davey Richards vs. Drew Gulak
Anthony Nese vs. TJ Perkins
Rich Swann vs Trevor Lee
Biff Busick vs. Mike Bailey
Rey Hours vs. ?
–ECCW on 6/20 in Port Coquitlam, BC at the Elks Hall.
–Koko B. Ware will be signing autographs at the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Amsterdam, NY. Half the proceeds will benefit the Hall of Fame..
–Canadian Wrestling Federation 6/6 in St. Catherines, ONT at the Haig Bowl Arena with Brian Christopher, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rene Dupree, Paul London, Cody Deaner and more.
–GOUGE on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Draft Line Brewing in Fuquay-Varina, NC.
–Dolph Ziggler will be in Singapore this weekend doing WWE promotional appearances. He’ll be appearing Friday at 7 p.m. at Shaw House.
–Brennan Ward (10-3) vs. Gavin Steritt (6-1) in a welterweight fight has been aded to the 7/17 Bellator show in Uncasville, CT at the Mohegan Sun Casino. The show is headlined by Douglas Lima defending the welterweight title against Andrewy Koreshkov.
–Dropkick Murphys will be headling a concert on 7/10 at the Fremont Street Experience for International Fight Week in Las Vegas. This will be on the Friday night at 9 p.m.
—Capital City Championship Combat on 6/19 in Ottawa, ONT at the Vaneri Columbus Club.
–Great White North Wrestling on 5/31 at 1:30 p.m. at the Ukranian Cultural Centre in Hamilton, ONT.
–The WWE for the first time in anyone’s memory took out an ad in Dagbladet, the second biggest newspaper in Norway. It’s believed to be the first ad by WWE in the Norwegian press (thanks to Kare Arnfinn Fostad)
–Justin Gabriel vs. Michael Elgin for the first time ever takes place 6/24 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan for CWE.
WILL MCGREGOR VS. ALDO TOP 800,000 BUYS?
Yes 51.7%%
No 48.3%
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT UFC CHAMPION TO LOSE THEIR TITLE?
Robbie Lawler 28.5%
Rafael dos Anjos 16.1%
Jose Aldo 14.0%
Cain Velasquez 13.6%
TJ Dillashaw 7.2%
Daniel Cormier 7.0%
Joanna Jedrzejczyk 6.0%
Ronda Rousey 4.7%
Chris Weidman 2.5%
Demetrious Johnson 0.4%
WHO IS THE BIGGEST STAR OF THESE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW?
Floyd Mayweather Jr. 41.1%
Ronda Rousey 35.7%
John Cena 9.2%
Brock Lesnar 7.8%
Conor McGregor 1.9%
Manny Pacquiao 1.1%
Seth Rollins 1.1%
Roman Reigns 0.9%
Jon Jones 0.5%
Daniel Cormier 0.5%
Chris Weidman 0.2%
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MAIN EVENT FOR ELIMINATION CHAMBER?
Cena vs. Owens 58.7%
Ambrose vs. Rollins 33.7%
IC title Chamber match 6.2%
Tag title Chamber match 1.4%
WHO SHOULD GET THE NEXT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT?
Andrei Arlovski 60.0%
Stipe Miocic 40.0%
WHO SHOULD GET THE NEXT FLYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT?
John Dodson 39.0%
Joseph Benavidez 30.8%
Henry Cejudo 30.2%
–Booker T says why Ronda Rousey shouldn’t do WrestleMania at
“You know, I see Ronda doing what she does in the UFC. She does it better than anybody. I don’t see her coming into a WWE ring. I don’t think she would have any fun at all in a WWE ring.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hqken6YSyY
–Dwayne Johnson in Australia for the opening game of the 2015 National Rugby League State Of Origin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrapaL6MuwE
These games are typically in the top 10 most watched programs in Australian TV for the year. (thanks to Tim Forge)
–A review of the movie “San Andreas,” starring Dwayne Johnson, that opens tomorrow
http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/san-andreas-4839392/ (thanks to Jeff Sheridan)
–Short Jesse Ventura ESPN documentary
On the ESPN 30 for 30 Twitter feed that ESPN has put up a FiveThirtyEight documentary short on Jesse Ventura’s turn from wrestler to Governor of Minnesota, it’s about 15 minutes long and has that really good ESPN documentary production value. The doc short can be found at either links below and in my opinion, was a hundred times better than the 30 for 30 Von Erich doc.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12917086
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/that-time-jesse-the-body-ventura-was-elected-governor-of-minnesota/
(thanks to Jeff Parker)
TODAY’S WWE NETWORK SCHEDULE (thanks to Bert Duckwall)
8:00 PM ET
WCW MONDAY NITRO On this episode of Nitro Sting returns to solve the problems between Macho Man and Lex Luger. Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson inside a steel cage.
9:00 PM ET
RAW FLASHBACK In an epic confrontation the Undertaker teams with Diesel and Shawn Michaels to battle some of Jim Cornette’s devastating clients.
10:00 PM ET
FIRST LOOK A First Look to watch exclusive content from WWE Home Video’s latest release, Daniel Bryan – Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
10:30 PM ET
WWE UNFILTERED WITH RENEE YOUNG Renee Young chats with the King of the Ring Bad News Barrett, discussing everything from music, marine biology and everything in between!
11:00 PM ET
WCW MONDAY NITRO On this episode of Nitro Sting returns to solve the problems between Macho Man and Lex Luger. Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson inside a steel cage.
TOMORROW’S WWE NETWORK SCHEDULE (thanks to Bert Duckwall)
12:00 AM ET
RAW FLASHBACK Jim Cornette introduces his legal counsel. Razor Ramon defends his Intercontinental Title and the Raw debut of a bizarre entity.
1:00 AM ET
FIRST LOOK A First Look to watch exclusive content from WWE Home Video’s latest release, Daniel Bryan – Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
1:30 AM ET
WWE UNFILTERED WITH RENEE YOUNG Renee Young chats with the King of the Ring Bad News Barrett, discussing everything from music, marine biology and everything in between!
2:00 AM ET
WWE COUNTDOWN Counting down the Top Ten Biggest Crybabies of all time!
3:00 AM ET
WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER 2013 For the first time in over a decade The Rock is WWE Champion. A determined CM Punk is set on regaining the WWE Title.
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WWE NXT The future is here. Witness the entertainers, the leading men and women, the Superstars of tomorrow — this is NXT!
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TOTAL DIVAS Eva’s sexy bachelorette in Curacao gets heated when TJ destroy’s Nattie’s hopes of rekindling their marriage.
8:00 AM ET
WARRIOR’S GREATEST MATCHES Prior to his untimely death, Warrior sat down with the WWE in an interview to discuss his favorite matches throughout his career.
9:00 AM ET
WWE NXT The future is here. Witness the entertainers, the leading men and women, the Superstars of tomorrow — this is NXT!
10:00 AM ET
TOTAL DIVAS Eva’s sexy bachelorette in Curacao gets heated when TJ destroy’s Nattie’s hopes of rekindling their marriage.
11:00 AM ET
WARRIOR’S GREATEST MATCHES Prior to his untimely death, Warrior sat down with the WWE in an interview to discuss his favorite matches throughout his career.
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WWE NXT The future is here. Witness the entertainers, the leading men and women, the Superstars of tomorrow — this is NXT!
1:00 PM ET
TOTAL DIVAS Eva’s sexy bachelorette in Curacao gets heated when TJ destroy’s Nattie’s hopes of rekindling their marriage.
2:00 PM ET
WARRIOR’S GREATEST MATCHES Prior to his untimely death, Warrior sat down with the WWE in an interview to discuss his favorite matches throughout his career.
3:00 PM ET
MONDAY NIGHT WAR It takes an army to win a war, and both WCW and WWE were developing a deep roster in order to emerge victorious.
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WWE BEYOND THE RING A look inside the life and career of CM Punk from his early success in ECW to the top of the WWE.
6:00 PM ET
TOTAL DIVAS Eva’s sexy bachelorette in Curacao gets heated when TJ destroy’s Nattie’s hopes of rekindling their marriage.
7:00 PM ET
TOUGH ENOUGH The Miz gives the contestants a taste of what life as a WWE Superstar means outside the ring. Back in the gym, the competition heats up.
8:00 PM ET
WWE SUPERSTARS WWE Superstars features the best of the best, in matches you’ll have to see to believe. You never know what to expect, so expect everything.
9:00 PM ET
WWE BEYOND THE RING A look inside the life and career of CM Punk from his early success in ECW to the top of the WWE.
11:00 PM ET
WWE SUPERSTARS WWE Superstars features the best of the best, in matches you’ll have to see to believe. You never know what to expect, so expect everything.
