Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with tons of news to talk about — Raw from Monday, Seth Rollins’ losing streak, all the matches and angles, original Mistico update, EVOLVE and Sami Zayn and WWE, New Japan results, latest MMA news and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
WWE has agreed to send Sami Zayn to the Evolve live shows on Saturday and Sunday night in Queens, NY, and Deer Park, NY, for non-wrestling appearances.
Zayn, currently out of action due to shoulder surgery, will be doing an autograph signing and posing for pictures with fans both nights. He will also be doing something in the ring but it will only be for the live audience as they are not allowing him to appear on the iPPV portion of the show it is believed.
WWE is working with Evolve as a place for talent WWE is interested in to work before they go to WWE, as WWE doesn’t want to sign talent if at all possible that has been on national cable or can be merchandised in some form based on prior agreements.
Seth Rollins is scheduled to appear on ESPN Sports Center at 9 p.m. tomorrow night . Jonathan Coachman, who will be on with Rollins, has teased a major announcement regarding WWE and ESPN within the next 48 hours.
Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Tom Lawlor returns today with tons of notes including CONGRATULATIONS ON TOM’S NEW BABY, his epic list of the TEN HOTTEST WOMEN IN WWE, New Japan Pro Wrestling news and notes and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
We’re looking for your thoughts on today’s New Japan King of Pro Wrestling show and Wednesday night’s NXT show. We’re looking for your thoughts on both shows with a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to Dave Meltzer
We’re also looking for live reports from Raw in Chicago with dark matches, Superstars matches and anything else not evident on the live show to Dave Meltzer
We’re looking for reports on all three WWE shows in Saudi Arabia and NXT from Saturday night in Winter Haven, FL.
Smackdown and Main Event will be taped in Cincinnati on Tuesday. No John Cena on the show, so Roman Reigns and Randy Orton are the advertised headliners.
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Figure Four Weekly:
The newest issue of Figure Four Weekly is now up for subscribers (subscribe to the site here and get access to Figure Four, the Observer, tons of audio, and more) featuring details on all facets of Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker, including a better understanding of Gawker’s defense, what else the judge has sealed to protect Hogan, and more. On top of that, we have all the usual stuff like Vinny’s reviews and international news.
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Wrestling Observer Newsletter
An update on the status of Daniel Bryan is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter which is on the site right now and also can be subscribed to for home delivery. We update his situation and how the decision on his future will be made shortly. We also look at Daniel Cormier and the light heavyweight division and what the business notes say, the WWE’s Madison Square Garden event with Brock Lesnar, TNA’s Bound for Glory and world title tournament, Conor McGregor predicts the future once again, a pro wrestler is in the Japanese cabinet as well as our monthly look at the WWE and TNA’s business indicators.
We look at what Daniel Bryan said this past week regarding his future and how the decision will be made for him soon, and what he’d like to do if he wasn’t working for WWE.
We look at Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson and the shadow over the light heavyweight division, the news coming out of UFC 192, and full coverage of the event with business notes, early PPV indicators and poll results.
We look at the WWE Network special from Madison Square Garden, Brock Lesnar’s return, how the show was promoted, Chris Jericho’s 25th anniversary as a pro wrestler and match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.
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Monday Daily Update
VOLUME 78
Mary Elizabeth Monroe b Paloma Starr (dark match)
Solo Darling b Amanda Rodriguez
LuFisto b Veda Scott
Allysin Kay b Shazza McKenzie
Rhia O’Reilly b Leva Bates
Evie & Heidi Lovelace b Tessa Blanchard & Vanessa Kraven
Jessicka Havok b Kimber Lee
Courtney Rush b Liberty
Nicole Matthews b Mia Yim
Kay Lee Ray b Kelly Anne
Cheerleader Melissa & Yumi Ohka b Hiroyo Matsumoto & Makoto
Kellie Skater b Sonoko Kato
Madison Eagles b Nicole Savoy to retain the Shimmer title
VOLUME 79
Leva Bates b Thunderkitty
Vanessa Kraven b LuFisto
Makoto b Marti Belle
Jessicka Havok b Sammi Baynz
Cheerleader Melissa & Yumi Ohka b K.C.Spinelli & Xandra Bale
Kay Lee Ray b Liberty
Shazza McKenzie won four-way over Allysin Kay, Mia Yim and Veda Scott
Heidi Lovelace b Kelly Anne
Crazy Mary Dobson b Saraya Knight
Sonoko Kato b Nicole Savoy
Hiroyo Matsumoto b Rhia O’Reilly
Daizee Haze & Kellie Skater & Lexie Fyfe & Madison Eagles b Kimber Lee & Lacey & Nicole Matthews & Portia Perez
ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY INTERNATIONAL (thanks to Graeme Cameron)
1967 – Mark Lewin beat King Curtis Iaukea in Sydney to win the IWA title and Mario Milano & Red Bastien beat Killer Kowalski & Skull Murphy to win the IWA tag titles
2003 – Jado won a Rumble Battle Royal for the vacant IWGP jr. title in Tokyo
2004 – The Predator (Sylvester Terkay) beat Mike Knox in Fukuoka to win the Zero-One U.S. title
2013 – Myzteziz won a Rumble in San Luis Potosi to win the Antonio Pena Cup
Recorded for Superstars:
– Jack Swagger went over Adam Rose in about an 8 minute match. Finish saw Rose put on an ankle lock which Swagger countered to an ankle lock of his own.
– Stardust went over Fandango in a 10 minute match with his finish. Lots of chants for “Cody” and “let’s go Cody”.
The Big Takeaway:
A show that was a little great, a little bad, a little weird and a little surreal. Demon Kane wrestled and defeated Seth Rollins in a lumberjack match in the main event. Corporate Kane booked the match after HHH and Stephanie McMahon, who never got to the arena or appeared on the show due to “transportation issues,” told him he was in command. Later, HHH and Stephanie ordered Corporate Kane not to wrestle Rollins. The strange moment of the night was Rusev getting jobbed out in 3:00 by Ryback, then getting totally buried by Summer Rae days after the news of his very real engagement to Lana gained mainstream publicity. John Cena had his latest great U.S. Open Challenge match with Dolph Ziggler.
Show Recap:
Corporate Kane was backstage where the Authority was on speakerphone just leaving on a plane. Stephanie could be heard berating an airline attendant. HHH told Kane to handle the show until they arrived. Kane wished them a safe flight, and called over a stage manager. Kane told her to inform Seth Rollins that he would face Kane tonight in a lumberjack match, so they were hot shotting stuff right off the bat.
Dean Ambrose came out and said he wanted to fight someone. Randy Orton came out. Crowd reacted strong to him, but also started “Let’s Go Cubs.” Orton said Ambrose that at Hell in a Cell, Ambrose would face Braun Strowman and Luke Harper, and Orton would be his partner. Ambrose said the line to fight the Wyatt Family starts behind him and told Orton to follow his lead and they would be fine.
Orton told Amrbose that he should follow Orton’s lead. Ambrose said he wasn’t big on trusting Orton. Orton said he wasn’t big on trusting himself. As they argued off mic, the New Day came out. Xavier Woods reminded Orton and Ambrose that the New Day left Dolph Ziggler, John Cena and the Dudley Boyz laying last week. Woods taunted Ambrose that the Shield never did that, and Big E. said Legacy, the Authority or Evolution never did that. Woods asked Orton how many groups had been in, and said Orton brings new meaning to the term “groupee.” Woods said Ambrose and Orton should make like Derek Rose and go sit on the bench.
Kane appeared on the TitonTron and ordered an immediate tag team match.
The New Day defeated Dean Ambrose and Randy Orton (17:51)
Ambrose and Orton argued during the match, including when they took turns stomping Big E. Ambrose got a hot tag and did a tope on Kofi Kingston and Big E. Later, Woods held Orton’s leg, and Ambrose did a tope on him, as well. The finish was Orton gave Kingston the Draping DDT and went for the RKO, but Big E. ran in to prevent it. Ambrose tried to stopped Big E., but Kingston threw Orton into Ambrose, and Kingston pinned Orton with a schoolboy cradle.
There was a package for the Undertaker-Brock Lesnar main event. It couldn’t compare to the buildup for SummerSlam. We’re supposed to believe the history between the two started at last year’s WrestleMania, even though their original program was in 2002.
Before the Nikki Bella-Naomi match, they showed highlights from the Sasha Banks-Bailey match from NXT Takeover Respect, which included reviews from mainstream media outlets like Rolling Stone and Miami Herald. It was a good idea, but with horrible timing. Crowd chanted “We Want Sasha” during the match, and Michael Cole wondered how Naomi felt about that like Team BAD was going to going to break up. Then they chanted “You can’t wrestle” while the match was going on. it wasn’t that bad.
Nikki Bella defeated Naomi (4:56)
The gimmick is Team Bella is trying to break up Team BAD just like Team PCB fractured because of Paige. After Naomi hit a tope (3rd time already for that move in the first hour) on Nikki and Alisha Fox, Brie Bella got up on the commentator’s table and tried to lead another “We Want Sasha” chant. Sasha tripped Brie off the table. Naomi got distracted. Nikki hit the Rack Attack. Pin.
Byron Saxton asked fans who the most unconventional superstar in the WWE is. Everyone said either Paige or Ambrose. This led to Saxton doing a backstage interview with Paige, who grabbed a Payday candy bar out of his jacket and took a bite. This was a product placement bit.
John Cena came out. Crowd booed the hell out of him. Cena started dancing beside a fan singing “John Cena Sucks.” Cena said he loved the AllState Arena because his first WWE match was in that building. It came time for the open challenge and this week’s opponent was Ziggler.
During the opening minutes of the match, the crowd seemed distracted and popped. Cena grabbed the microphone and acknowledged that a fan proposed to his girlfriend in the crowd, and she said yes. Cena congratulated the new couple as the match was going on and the fans chanted “She said yes.”
John Cena (C) defeated Dolph Zigger to retain the U.S. Championship (17:32)
An excellent match that Cena won wiith the AA. Lots of kicking out of near falls. Ziggler continues to work like Shawn Michaels, this time stomping his leg to tease the Superkick. Plenty of kicking out of finishers. Ziggler hit a superkick and Zig Zag, both for near falls. Cena kicked out of the Zig Zag, the two struggled to their feet, and Cena immediately hit the AA for the pin. After one near fall by Ziggler, JBL started talking about how he felt Ziggler was going to win, which naturally gave away the finish. Vince McMahon used to do that on play-by-play and it always telegraphed the ending.
Stephanie and HHH called Kane again to say they were stil far away from the arena. Kane didn’t tell them he had booked his own match against Rollins.
The Dudley Boyz defeated the Ascension (2:42)
Devon Dudley pinned Viktor after the 3-D. Bubba Ray Dudley held up Viktor for the Doomsday Device since they were in Chicago as a tribute to the Road Warriors.
Sheamus and King Barrett defeated Cesaro and Neville (3:48)
Crowd was hot while it lasted, particularly for Cesaro. Finish came out of nowhere. Neville tried to pin Sheamus with a cradle. Sheamus kicked out so hard, his legs pushed Neville to the ropes, where Cesaro gave him the Bullhammer Elbow, and Sheamus pinned him.
Roman Reigns came out for an interview. He basically explained his program with Bray Wyatt from the beginning. Crowd gave him the “what” treatment, and he appeared really annoyed by it. He snapped at them “Can you not hear me?” Then the fans chanted boring. He looked preturbed but stuck to the script. Wyatt came out and said Reigns had a massacre waiting for him at Hell in a Cell. Reigns said he agreed, but when they lock the cell, Wyatt was going to wish he was trapped with anyone but him. The fans booed. And this man is supposed to be the chosen one in six months? As if things couldn’t get any worse, after this interview died he had to wrestle Strowman. They might as well have put a piano on his back and told him to run wind sprints trying to carry Strowman to something decent.
Roman Reigns defeated Braun Strowman by countout (7:50)
It was a struggle. Laregly a punch-and-kick match until it spilled out to the floor. Reigns hit Harper and Wyatt, then ran off the ring steps to deliver the Superman Punch to Strowman, which knocked him down into the announcer’s table. Strowman got counted out. Two hours into the show and this was the first match all night where the crowd was completely dead.
Wyatt looked in Reigns’ face and said “Follow the Buzzards.” Reigns punched him and walked to the back.
HHH called Kane to tell them they were getting close to the building. HHH’s cell phone recepton was poor. He repeatedly asked Kane what the main event was. Kane told him Seth Rolllins was in a lumberjack match against Kane. HHH only heard that Rollins was in a lumberjack match, but didn’t hear who he would be facing before his line went dead.
Ryback defeated Rusev (3:05)
Ths was one of those weird segments where fantasy and reality collide. Only in wrestling could a segment like this happen. It was six minutes of Rusev being punished on live national television for getting engaged to his longtime girlfriend. First, Ryabck pinned him clean with a Shellshock, without question the cleanest job Rusev has ever done.
If that wasn’t enough, Summer Rae came into the ring and cut Vince McMahon’s promo for him. She showed the TMZ headline where it was announced that Rusev and Lana had been engaged for over a month, then totally castrated him as a selfish user who manipulated her for months. All Rusev could do was stand there and take it, and then Summer slapped him and walked off. In this age where Kayfabe has been dead and buried, that was surreal television. How they get Rusev back on track as a killer after this segment is beyond me, which may have been the intent. Ziggler was never mentioned by Summer, though Michael Cole mentioned Lana in passing during his match with Cena earlier. I guess that angle where Summer snuck into his shower will have to stand as his storyline breakup.
Kevin Owens defeated Kalisto (3:54)
Crowd sure liked Kevin Owens, who won with the Pop Up Power Bomb. Kalisto bumped all over the palce, including going for a somersault huracanrana outside the ring, only to have Owens dump him on the floor. Kalisto made a good comebck and it was a good match considering the style difference. Of course, Owens has had very good matches with guys of all sizes for years.
Brie Bella and Alicia Fox defeated Charlotte and Becky Lynch (3:05)
Paige was at ringside on commentary. Natalya is now with Charlotte and Becky Lynch, and they’re called Team NBC. Paige, however, says she never left Team PCB. Natalya started arguing with Nikki Bella outside the ring. Paige shoved Natalya. Charlotte got distracted, and Brie pinned her with a dropkick off the second rope. Two distraction finishes in both the Divas matches. And Charlotte does her second job in two weeks. These people have no idea how to get the Divas over.
HHH and Stephanie got in touch with Kane again. This time, they were able to hear him explain how he would be wrestling Rollins in the main event. Stephanie hit the ceiling she was so mad. HHH ordered Kane not to wrestle.
Rollins, in his first appearance on the show, apparently didn’t see the preceding segmet. He talked with the Big Show about how he could count on Show to have his back against Kane tonight. Show just laughed at him and walked off. Then Kane walked in and told Rollins he’s been ordered not to wrestle him tonight, but he would find a suitable replacement to face Rollins. We were supposed to believe it would be the Demon Kane.
It was announced that Michaels and Ric Flair would appear on next week’s Raw in Dallas. Rollins was plugged for an apperance on SportsCenter with Jonathan Coachmen tomorrow night.
The Demon Kane defeated Seth Rollins in a nontitle lumberjack match (8:19)
The Demon Kane won with a tombstone after lots of interference. The New Day were front and center among the lumberjacks, so it’s clear the company is striking that iron while it’s hot. At one point, the lumberjacks brawled at ringside. The heel lumberjacks left the babyface lumberjacks laying at ringside. So all the heels, including the New Day, Sheamus, Rusev, Stardust and Owens, started putting the boots to Kane. Big E. tried to give Kane a splash, but Kane rose up and cleared the ring by himself. He choke slammed Woods and Stardust before the finish. Earlier, Rollins tried to escape, but Cesaro chased him down and put him back in.
SUMMARY: On a night where the Pittsburgh Steelers won on the final play of the game, the Chicago Cubs movd within one win of eliminating the St. Louis Cardinals, Steve Spurrier retired and Steve Sarkisian got fired, the WWE had to work extra hard to produce compelling television. But they did it. The crowd stayed largely interested throughout the show. The most telling segment was Reigns. For all the scorn that Cena receives, people still see him as a top guy. I just don’t sense the fans feel that way about Reigns. That was a problem seven months ago. The time between last WrestleMania and this one was supposed to be his period of being groomed for the top spot. The company sees him as a top guy. The fans still don’t, particularly those in big cities.
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including notes on Rusev and Lana’s engagement, New Japan King of Pro Wrestling, then Dr. Lucha Steve Sims joins us to talk Mistico’s return to CMLL, Lucha Underground and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on New Japan, the return of Mistico to CMLL, TNA Impact TV and the title tournament, the new Rizin promotion and Kazushi Sakuraba, your questions and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
The Bryan & Vinny Show returns today with tons to talk about! First, we CELEBRATE VINNY’S 40TH BIRTHDAY with an early Christmas Show drink, then Granny joins us for our usual Q&A, and finally full reviews of ROH on Sinclair with an awesome Roderick Strong vs. Kazuchika Okada match, and two of the wacky TABLE FOR THREE shows on the WWE Network! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Welcome to WrestlingObserver.com’s live coverage of NJPW King of Pro Wrestling. The main event features Kazuchika Okada vs. A.J. Styles for IWGP heavyweight title and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tetsuya Naito for the Tokyo Dome title shot. Also on the show are Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata.
We’re looking for your thoughts on tonight’s show, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to dave@wrestlingobserver.com
New Japan King of Pro Wrestling at 3 a.m. Eastern and Midnight Pacific late Sunday night on New Japan World – Kevin Kelly & Matt Striker will be doing the announcing in English for the first time on the service.
JUSHIN LIGER & TIGER MASK & KUSHIDA & RYUSUKE TAGUCHI & MASCARA DORADA VS. JUICE ROBINSON & SHO TANAKA & JAY WHITE & DAVID FINLAY & YOHEI KOMATSU
My stream was down for this match. On the replay, Dorada pinned Finlay afer a Dorada screwdriver after Taguchi used the running hip attack.
TOMOAKI HONMA VS. YOSHI-HASHI
Honma won with a head-butt to the lower back, a shoulderblock and the diving head-butt off the toip rope. Honma’s lower back is jacked up so this wasn’t as good as most of his matches are. Matt Striker thought Yoshi-Hashi was a first and last name and kept calling him Hashi.
HIROOKI GOTO & KOTA IBUSHI & KATSUYORI SHIBATA & CAPTAIN NEW JAPAN VS. HIROYOSHI TENZAN & SATOSHI KOJIMA & YUJI NAGATA & MANABU NAKANISHI
Kojima pinned Captain after a 3-D and a lariat. The match was solid, about what you’d think. Ibushi didn’t do much in this match. They seemed to focus some on Nagata vs. Shibata, or at least that was the best action but no real clear storylines.
BOBBY FISH & KYLE O’REILLY VS. ROCKY ROMERO & BARETTA FOR IWGP JR. TAG TITLES
Decent match but what a weird finish. O’Reilly pinned Baretta and it looked like Romero saved but Tiger Hattori said he counted three and called for the bell. It was an obvious botch. Romero really looked unhappy and complained to the American announce team. I was listening to the Japanese team at the time. The finish really hurt the match which was fine but hadn’t peaked at all. Nobody really looked happy when it was over.
No matter what is announced, there are visible empty seats downsairs
KENNY OMEGA VS. MATT SYDAL FOR IWGP JR. TITLE
Omega retained with the One Winged Angel, which is an electric chair dropped into a Michinoku driver. Omega has all the talent in the world but he overacts badly. It made it hard to take the match seriously until late. Sydal is really great, one of these gus whose role it seems to be is have great matches while never getting a big push. His best spots were a reverse Frankensteiner and a Fosbury flop like dive onto Omega and Cody Hall.
Intermission time.
SHINSUKE NAKAMURA & TORU YANO & KAZUSHI SAKURABA VS. KARL ANDERSON & DOC GALLOWS & BAD LUCK FALE
A nothing match. Mostly worked on Nakamura Sakuraba has a brief time in. Yano hot tagged in. Fale went for the Bad Luck Fall on Yano, but Sakuraba saved. Tama Tonga interfered. Yano used a low blow on Fale and Tonga at the same time and surprisingly pinned Fale with the outside cradle.
Very clear this show is all about these final three matches.
TOGI MAKABE VS. TOMOHIRO ISHII FOR THE NEVER OPEN WEIGHT TITLE
Ishii won the title after a dragon suplex and brainbuster after Makabe had missed the King Kong kneedrop off the top rope. This was the weakest match these two have had. So much miscommuniation and botched stuff early, although the crowd was more into it late than anything so far on the show. The last few minutes were very good But it’s a big difference between Ishii now and in February. Honma came out to challenge Ishii after the match but it was quick and almost like a TNA challenge in that he came out and seconds later they were starting the video for Tanahashi vs. Naito.
HIROSHI TANAHASHI VS. TETSUYA NAITO FOR THE IWGP TITLE SHOT AT THE TOKYO DOME
Not a great match. Match was slow, some stuff with Naito using Tanahashi’s moves. Naito threw Tanahashi into ref Red Shoes. There was a guy under a Naito mask the entire match who ran in and it was Takaaki Watanabe. He was wearing a suit and had eye liner like Kevin Sullivan. They were beating on Tanahashi until Goto and Shibata came in. Naito used a low blow but Tanahashi kicked out of the pin. Tanahashi came back with a sling blade, crossbody off the top and high fly flow for the pin. After the match, Watanabe laid out Goto with a uranage, so that’s his direction. Good match but felt very much like a TNA main event with the ref bump and interference.
KAZCHIKA OKADA VS. A.J. STYLES FOR IWGP TITLEan
Okada won a long excellent match after three rainmakers. Okada had the match won with a rainmaker earlier but Karl Anderson pulled the ref out of the ring. Okada then did a flip dive onto everyone. There was a great near submission when Styles used the calf killer and Okada was teasing tapping until he made the ropes. These two proved again they are right at the top of any lis for the best in the world right now.
Okada cut his post-match promo and Tanahashi came out. Tanahashi would say champion and point to Okada and called himself ace over and over. Tanahashi left and Gedo did a promo. Confetti fell from the sky.
In a special Sunday conversation edition of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, we delve into the history of the Roots Of Fight brand with co-founder and president Jesse Katz. In just a few years, Roots Of Fight has developed a distinct look and a line of gear that can be seen on plenty of celebrities like Dana White, Ronda Rousey, Dwayne Johnson, Jeremy Botter, and more.
Josh and Jesse talked for 30 minutes about how the brand came to be, how it looks to stand out from other similar brands, who they compare themselves to and who they dont, how they were able to secure the rights to use Muhammed Ali and Bruce Lee, some exclusives on who is next to be featured, what’s next for the company, and plenty more.
Josh gives you an Opening Round about how WWE/UFC are not always related, a beer & TV show of the week, and plenty more.
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