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  • Saturday Update: Lana on Twitter, EVOLVE, Tons of UFC fighters cut

    Very quiet weekend with no major events.

    Saturday has WWE at Arena Ciudad in Mexico City (Undertaker, Ric Flair, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Kane, Chris Jericho, Bray Wyatt) and Lubbock, TX (John Cena vs. Seth Rollins 30 minute Iron Man match for U.S. title, plus Dolph Ziggler, Rusev, Ryback, Kevin Owens).

    World Series of Fighting on Saturday night at 9 p.m. Eastern on NBC Sports Network

    Magomed Bibulatov vs Donovan Frelow for flyweight title

    Matt Hamill vs. Vinny Magalhaes

    Tom Marcellino vs. Nick Newell

    Blagio Ivanov vs. Derrick Mehmen for heavyweight title

    Jon Fitch vs. Yushin Okami

    Evolve on iPPV at 7 p.m. Eastern Saturday from LaBoom in Woodside, Queens, New York

    Johnny Gargano vs. Ethan Page I Quit match, if Gargano loses, he leaves the promotion (which if that happens, would signal he’s headed to WWE)

    Timothy Thatcher & TJ Perkins vs. Trent Baretta & Rocky Romero

    Drew Gulak vs. Trevor Lee – winner faces Thatcher for the title the next night

    Anthony Nese vs. Andrew Everett vs. Matt Cage vs. Peter Kassa

    Tracy Williams vs. Willie Mack

    Matt Riddle vs. Jonathan Gresham

    Sunday has WWE at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico (Undertaker, Ric Flair, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Kane, Chris Jericho, Bray Wyatt) and Abilene, TX (John Cena vs. Seth Rollins 30 minute Iron Man match plus Dolph Ziggler, Rusev, Ryback, Kevin Owens).

    Evolve on iPPV at 8 p.m. Eastern Sunday from The Deer Park, NY Sportatorium

    Timothy Thatcher vs. winner Drew Gulak or Trevor Lee on Saturday 

    Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta vs. Anthony Nese & Caleb Konley

    Willie Mack vs. loser of Gulak vs. Lee from Saturday

    TJ Perkins vs. Tracy Williams

    Matt Riddle vs. Chris Dickinson

    Andrew Everett vs. Peter Kassa

    Ethan Page vs. Matt Cage

    Monday has Raw from Dallas, TX with the go-home show for Hell in a Cell, with Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin all in town, plus the Austin podcast with Brock Lesnar.

    Tuesday has Smackdown tapings in Austin, TX with Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt and Sheamus as the 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

    A complete look at Mistico/Myzteziz/Original Sin Cara and his leaving AAA, and what it means to the Mexican scene, and his history including WWE is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.  We also look at NXT Takeover, full details behind the new Rizing Fighting Championships in Japan including what role pro wrestling will play and the Hall of Famer scheduled to headline, New Japan’s going forward with notes on upcoming shows and King of Pro Wrestling, Rusev & Lana and the TNA title tournament.  CLICK HERE FOR A FULL WRESTLING OBSERVER PREVIEW

    The latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Wrestling Observer Newsletter October 19, 2015: Mistico to CMLL, Tokyo Dome main event plus tons more

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    SATURDAY’S NEWS UPDATE

    WWE

    • Lana has been posting some interesting notes on Twitter in light of the doom of the Rusev/Lana/Summer/Dolph storyline, including this note: “Power is in having your own voice. Not being pushed around. Fighting for what you believe in & not being a copy cat to receive affirmation”.  We’re told Monday may be an interesting day for Rusev on Raw.
    • Although it’s a slow news weekend, Bryan should be back tonight with a recap show talking Smackdown, Ring of Honor TV from Wednesday and more.  Bryan and Dave will also return Sunday night for Wrestling Observer Radio talking all of the news.  
    • Sami Zayn will be doing a meet-and-greet at the EVOLVE shows tonight in Queens, NY, and tomorrow in Long Island.  He won’t be wrestling, obviously, but he “will interact with EVOLVE talent”, so they’ll be doing some sort of non-physical angle or promo.  This is a pretty big deal as it’s been well over a decade since WWE had a working agreement with an indy promotion to where they were willingly sending talent to interact (there was a deal with Christian and TNA very briefly but that was hardly done willingly).  
    • Tonight’s EVOLVE main event is Ethan Page vs. Johnny Gargano in an I Quit match where if Gargano loses he has to leave EVOLVE forever.  I suppose this could be an angle to set up him heading to NXT full-time, but if WWE and EVOLVE have a working agreement, the Sami Zayn deal shows there shouldn’t be an issue with guys appearing in both places.  And if he does go to NXT and isn’t allowed to work EVOLVE shows any longer, that would indicate that WWE is fine with people appearing for both groups but not wrestling for both.  
    • Tomorrow’s main event is Timothy Thatcher vs. the winner of the Drew Gulak vs. Trevor Lee winner tonight.
    • Since Zayn is not allowed to appear on the iPPV, EVOLVE has noted, “If Zayn’s in ring appearance happens in the middle of an event, the iPPV audience will get to watch an exclusive main event quality match from the China tour.”
    • Former MMA star Matt Riddle also debuts for EVOLVE tonight.
    • As noted on the front page, they did an Eva Marie vs. Bayley match at the NXT house show Friday in Tampa.  Eva is apparently back from her ME TIME in Paris, France.  It was said to be OK with Eva largely holding her own but Bayley obviously carrying the entire match.  Cameron of former Funkadactyl fame is also reporting for duty in NXT and didn’t get good reviews with people saying she looked like she didn’t want to be there.

    UFC

    • MMA Junkie is reporting that UFC has done an extensive round of fighter cuts, including Marcus Brimage, Eddie Gordon, Cristos Giagos, Matt Van Buren, Roger Narvaez and Chris Clements. Supposedly there are more cuts on the way. Gordon may be the most notable of these cuts, having won the TUF 19 middleweight tournament. Since beating Dhiego Lima in the finals of that show, he’s lost all 3 of his UFC fights, two of them by finish.
    • Further to this, MMAMania says that as many as fifty fighters will be cut over the next several days.
    • A look at Paige VanZant’s rise from the undercard to the main event, from UFC.com.
    • UFC Fight Pass will air the latest Shooto Brazil show on Sunday at Sunday at 4 pm eastern. No big names on the show and it’s headlined by a Women’s Bantamweight title fight between Priscila de Souza (9-7) and Luciana Pereira (5-4-1). Luis Ramos, who fought Matt Brown and Erick Silva in UFC, is probably the biggest name on the undercard.
    • The Fight Network in Canada (and parts of the US) will air next weekend’s Fight Pass exclusive show from Dublin, headlined by Joe Duffy vs Dustin Poirier. The four main card fights will air on the station. They are also airing a preview hosted by the UFC’s European commentating team of Dan Hardy and John Gooden throughout the week. The main card fights will also re-air several times over the course of next weekend.
    • Charles Rosa vs Jimy Hettes has been added to the loaded FS 1 show on Jan 17th in Boston, headlined by TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz. Rosa is a Boston native and badly wanted on this show.

    OTHER MMA

    Jordan Rinaldi 2nd round sub win over Clay Harvison

    Dave Vitkay 2nd round KO win over Wesly Barnes

    CJ Hamilton 2nd round KO win over Brantley Furr

    Josh Blyden 1st round sub win over Nick Sprayberry

    Jamie Pickett 2nd round KO win over Doug Usher

    Chazz Walton 1st round sub win over Josh Millwood (Walton is 3-0 with all wins coming by first round stoppage, might be someone to keep an eye on)

    Jared Gooden 3rd round sub win over Brad Taylor

    OTHER WRESTLING

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  • Ring of Honor TV results and recap 10-17: Jay Briscoe vs Adam Page No Holds Barred

    The Big Takeaway – A wild brawl and awesome angle headline a fun show as ROH is starting to set the table for their year-end PPV, Final Battle.   

    The Addiction (“Almighty” Christopher Daniels/”The Heavy Metal Rebel” Frankie Kazarian) w/Chris Sabin vs The All Night Express (Kenny King/Rhett Titus)

    A battle of former tag champs kicks off the show and Kevin Kelly points out that neither team was actually beaten for their titles. ANX was stripped when Kenny King left the company and the Addiction lost in a 3 way without losing the fall.

    The teams surprisingly adhere to the Code of Honor. Sabin gets involved early but Kenny King backdrops Kazarian out of the ring on top of him and Sabin ends up getting ejected by the ref coming off of it. ANX gets the early advantage with some double-teaming on Kazarian. Kazarian gets the tag after a couple of minutes but Daniels gets more of the same. Daniels turns it around after some interference from Frankie before we go to break.

    Leading into the break we get a backstage promo from Jay Briscoe building up his main event tonight with Adam Page. He calls him “green boy” and says he has no idea what he’s getting into. At the end of it, he’ll be a better man for the experience but it isn’t going to be fun for him. No doubt.

    Back from break and the Addiction are double-teaming and Daniels hits the BME on Titus and then does the one foot cover with the General pose but Titus kicks out. Fans are chanting ALL NIGHT and LETS GO TITUS. Titus fights back but Daniels uses an eye poke to stop his momentum. Titus is fighting to get to the corner but Daniels uses the old school heel tactic of hitting King with a cheap shot, causing him to try and get into the action. The ref holds him back, allowed double-teaming from the Addiction.

    Titus finally gets the hot tag to King and the place explodes. Eventually all four men in the ring and Titus is still selling the effects of the extended beating. The Addiction take out King with a Total Elimination and then Frankie hits Titus with a flying knee from the top while Daniels holds him and then covers but that only gets a two. King recovers and it able to fight them off but eventually all four men are down.

    The all recover at roughly the same time and Daniels ends up hitting King with a Brainbuster and then Titus with a Uranage. This brings out a masked KRD guy, which distracts Daniels. As Daniels is chasing him, Titus hits Daniels with a dropkick and then picks him up for a powerbomb while King comes off the top rope for a lariat and that gets the fall for ANX.

    WINNERS – THE ALL NIGHT EXPRESS

    After A commercial break, the Kingdom’s music is playing and they are out, dressed to the nines, for an in-ring interview. Maria, in particular, is almost unrecognizable as you rarely see her in a dress. Highlights of the KRD member interfering at the PPV, helping the Kingdom win the belts, are shown.

    Bennett tells some story about a farmer and a snake while the fans chant BORING. The moral of the story is that the snake bit the farmer and the farmer shouldn’t have trusted him. The Kingdom are the snakes in this story. We get more highlights from the PPV when Adam Cole turned on Kyle O’Reilly in the main event.

    Maria gets the mic next and introduces herself as Maria Kanellis-Bennett, the manager of the greatest faction in the world. She may work in a male-dominated industry but she doesn’t play by a man’s rules. She hands off to Taven. They formed a year ago, not out of necessity but out of greatness and you measure greatness by gold and they are the greatest tag team in the world today because they hold the gold. They will not sleep until Adam Cole gets back what is his, the ROH World Championship.

    Cole is next. He turned on Kyle O’Reilly because O’Reilly doesn’t deserve to be anywhere near the ROH World title. He was sick when Kyle O’Reilly was listed as one of the top contenders and not him. He mocked Michael Elgin who he says had such a “great run” in the US that he had to go to Japan to become relevant again. “Way to go, Little Mike”, he says. He gets his “Adam Cole baby” line in and the fans do not chant along as they usually do, so the turn is working.

    ReDRagon are out but being held back by security. The Kingdome taunt them with the belts in the ring. Bobby Fish gets a mic and warns Adam Cole that he has no idea what’s he’s done. He also tells Taven that they will be taking the titles back. Cole says he’s love to see the two of them take on the three of us. This brings out Michael Elgin to even the odds with a new “#BIGMIKE” shirt. Ya, I won’t be buying that. Elgin clears the ring of the Kingdom and gets his hands on Maria but the Kingdom pull her to safety. BIG MIKE chants from the crowd. Elgin challenges the Kingdom to six-man match but they retreat to the back.

    Inside ROH with Mandy Leon is up next. This week she looks at the rivalry between Silas Young and Dalton Castle. Highlights from the last PPV when Young beat Castle to get control of the boys are shown. Then we get the angle from last week when Young and the Beer City Bruiser beat on the boys for a few minutes in a “match”, which was their first lesson in becoming men. This will lead into next week, when Dalton Castle is back on ROH TV without his boys for the first time.

    Adam Cole gets a backstage promo hyping up a match in two weeks with #1 contender AJ Styles. He promises to drop AJ on his head in the match. After a teaser for Final Battle, the Briscoes are there. Mark keeps interrupting Jay and all of this was just to tell us that “we’ll be back after this commercial break”. My description doesn’t do this justice but this was awesome.

    Main Event – No Holds Barred

    Adam Page w/BJ Whitmer vs Jay Briscoe

    Whitmer joins Kelly and Corino on commentary. If history is any indication, this won’t last long as Corino always loses his cool when Whitmer is around. Kelly announces that Nigel McGuiness has signed a six-main main event for next week with the Kingdom vs ReDRagon and Michael Elgin.

    Fans serenade Page with “Jay is gonna kill you”. Page extends his hand for the Code of Honor but slaps Briscoe when he goes to shake it. Briscoe all over him after that and they immediately go the outside. Page’s shoulder is all taped up and Briscoe is concentrating his offence on it. Page lays out Briscoe with a hard chair shot to take control. Page sets up a table but this gives Briscoe time to recover and he lays out Page with a chair shot.

    They end up back in the ring and Page sets up a chair in the centre. Whitmer goes to hand Page his crutch but this brings out Mark from the back, who intercepts it. Mark hobbles to the back with the crutch, while Jay is in the ring peppering Page with punches. Briscoes teases a Jay Driller into the chair but Page escapes and ends up hitting a DDT to get control as we go to break.

    Back from break and Page is in control. He’s screaming “SAY MY NAME” at Briscoe, as Briscoe all along has been acting like he had no idea who Page is. Page charges at him in the corner and Briscoe gets out of the way, which causes Page to end up on the outside table. Briscoe puts him through the table with a double foot-stomp from the apron. ROH chants from the crowd after that.

    Back in the ring and Briscoe methodically beating on Page. HE hits a couple of neckbreakers and then grabs the chair. He puts it around the neck and hits another neckbreaker as the fans explode. MAN UP chants. Briscoe goes to the outside and gets another table from under the ring. He sets it up in the corner and sets Page up to be driven through it. The time to set it up allows Page time to recover though and he ends up hitting a pump handle slam on Briscoe to put him through the table. That only gets a two-count though.

    Fans chanting YOU CANT BEAT HIM as we go to break again. Back from break and Briscoe in control as they fight in the apron. There’s another table set up at ringside and Jay teases putting Page through it. Corino and Whitmer are jawing at each other on commentary. Page ends up getting control on Briscoe while the fans chant YOU STILL SUCK at him. Page gets yet another table and sets it outside, while Jay is recovering.

    They end up back in the ring but battling on the apron. Briscoe flattens Page with a slingshot lariat. He teases a Jay Driller off the apron onto the table. Page escapes and teases the Rite of Passage on the apron but Jay escapes and gabs a chair that was laying on the mat. He flattens Page with a chair shot and then lays him out with the Jay Driller through the table. Fans going nuts with ROH chants and YOU JUST KILLED HIM. Back in the ring for the pin but Page kicks out at two.

    Briscoe can’t believe the kickout as Whitmer is celebrating on commentary. Briscoe standing over him, screaming “Come on Boy”. Page gets to his knees and then spits in Briscoe’s face. Briscoe loses it and starts wailing on him after that. Briscoe takes his head off with a clothesline, while Whitmer and Corino are really going at in on commentary after Whitmer was making cracks about Corino’s family. Whitmer hits the Jay Driller for the pin.

    WINNER – JAY BRISCOE by pinfall

    Kelly berates Whitmer after the match saying that he was arguing with Corino when Page needed his help. Corino mocking him as well. Fans chanting THAT WAS AWESOME and Whitmer gets in the ring with his crutch. He beats on Briscoe with it and this brings Corino into the ring. He takes off his suit jacket and grabs a roll of coins from his pocket and lays out Whitmer with one punch after Whitmer taunts him. CORINO chants from the crowd. He leaves the ring, huge Kelly and then goes to the back as he knows he’s going to be suspended from commentary after that.

    Great main event and fun angle to close the show.

  • On this date in pro wrestling history (10/17): Bret Hart wins Stampede Title, Triple H defeats Austin

    1947
    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    – Ronnie Etchison beat Sonny Myers 2 falls to 1 to capture the St. Joe Heavyweight Title

    1961 
    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Jackie Fargo & Lester Welch defeated Great Mephisto & Dante to win the Southern Tag Team Title 

    1961 
    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Mr. M defeated Hard Boiled Haggerty to win the AWA United States Heavyweight Title
    – Karl Krauser beat Ernie Dusek 
    – Dale Lewis & Pat Kennedy beat Bob Geigel & Frank Marconi

    Kansas City, Missouri:
    – Johnny Weaver & Sonny Myers defeated Art Neilson & Stan Neilson
    – Dick the Bruiser defeated Wilbur Snyder in three falls

    1963
    Kansas City, Missouri:
    – In a Texas Death Match; Mongolian Stomper beat Enrique Torres 5 falls to 2
    – Ronnie Etchison beat Rock Hunter by dq 
    – Pat O’Connor beat Johnny Kace
    – Bob Geigel and Bulldog Plechas drew Larry Hamilton and Jack Allen 

    1964
    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Bob Boyer & Reggie Parks in 2 of 3 falls
    – Mad Dog Vachon beat Jack Lanza 
    – Eddie Sharkey beat Tony Nero 

    1966
    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Killer Kowalski beat Don Leo Jonathan
    – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Doug Gilbert
    – Larry Hennig & Harley Race drew Reggie Parks & Jack Lanza
    – Jack Pesek drew Lorne Corlette

    1981
    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura
    – Hulk Hogan beat Jerry Blackwell by countout
    – Wilbur Snyder beat Sgt. Goulet
    – Bobo Brazil no contest Blackjack Mulligan
    – Billy Robinson beat Bobby Heenan

    1982 
    Calgary, Alberto, Canada:
    – Bret Hart defeated Bad News Allen to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title

    1982 
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Jimmy Valiant defeated Ivan Koloff to win the NWA Television Title

    1985 
    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Sherri Martel defeated Candi Devine to win the AWA Women’s World Title

    1988
    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Tatsumi Fujinami dq
    – Jeff Jarrett beat Robert Fuller
    – Jimmy Golden beat Brickhouse Brown dq
    – Eddie Marlin beat Frank Dusek
    – CWA Champion Phil Hickerson beat Dutch Mantel
    – RPMs beat Bill Dundee & Todd Morton
    – Nature’s Best beat Gary Young & Cactus Jack
    – Scott Steiner beat Terry Garvin

    1991 
    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Tatsumi Fujinami & Big Van Vader defeated Riki Choshu & Masa Saito to win the Super Grade Tag League tournament

    1992 
    Cleveland, Ohio:
    – Todd Champion defeated Butch Reed for the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title 

    1999 
    Cleveland, Ohio:
    – Chyna defeated Jeff Jarrett in a Good Housekeeping match to win the Intercontinental Title 
    – The Fabulous Moolah defeated Ivory to win the WWF Women’s Title 
    – WWF World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeated Steve Austin in an Anything Goes match

    2000 
    Louisville, Kentucky:
    – BJ Payne & Flash Flanagan defeated the Disciples Of Synn (Slash & Damian) to win the OVW Tag Team Title

  • WWE House show results Yucatan, Mexico 10-17: Adam Rose injured, Undertaker, Kane

    By Tom Griffiths

    Typical house show match, Harper & Kane started, Harper took a powder or two, when Kane gained a clear advantage a few minutes in he gave the tag to Taker, Taker did his punches in the corner spot including scaring the ref, hit old-school at the second attempt, Strowman came in, Taker took his first of two bumps during the match off a running shoulder block from Strowman, sold for a minute or two on the mat and in the corners, hit his leaping clothesline on Harper for the transition, tagged in Kane, Kane took the long straight heat, teased the hot tag twice and got it at the third attempt, Taker house of fire, Harper fed him, punch, bump, punch, bump, snake eyes, running boot, leg drop, choke slam, double choke slam attempt on Strowman, broke the grip, Strowman dumped to the outside by both, Kane follows, discuss clothesline on Taker, Harper goes to follow-up, Hell’s Gate for the finish.

    Seen worse, Taker moved well, Strowman didn’t do much nor did he bump IIRC. Assume will be the same on the other show.

    Adam Rose went out on a stretcher today and his match with Fandango was stopped abruptly.  We are told Rose is now fine now, and it was described as him getting his bell rung.

  • Hulk Hogan’s restaurant will undergo name change

    Hulk Hogan’s Beach, a restaurant adjacent to the Best Western Hotel Bay Harbor in Tampa, will be undergoing a name change.

    Reports that the restaurant has closed are incorrect, as it was open for business tonight and is still using the name “Hogan’s Beach.” But owner Ben Mallah confirmed the name change was forthcoming, stating the entire property was in the process of being sold, although the sale wasn’t complete.

    Hulk Hogan’s name was being used for the restaurant based on a licensing agreement.

    The “Hogan’s Beach” sign in front of the restaurant has been taken down and replaced by a sign that reads, “Bay Harbor Hotel and restaurant.”

    Employees were told that the restaurant was going to remain open but be rebranded.

    Here is the Bay 9 News story

  • Argos & Argenis Staying With AAA

    After leaving the promotion earlier in the week, Argos & Argenis, the two brothers of the former Myzteziz, made up with AAA earlier today.

    A third brother, Mini Murder Clown, was always believed to be staying with the promotion.

    The two met with company officials and asked if they could stay and both are being kept on.

    The departure of Luis Urive, who was both the first Mistico character in CMLL and original Sin Cara in WWE, has been the biggest news story in a long time in Mexican wrestling.  Urive held a press conference earlier today where he said he was not returning to CMLL, and attempted to babyface himself by saying he thought he left on good terms with AAA and couldn’t understand why they aren’t using him for the rest of his advertised dates.

    Urive said that the new name he will go by is Mystic 2.0.  He has big matches coming next weekend at Arena Mexico and the week after in Guadalajara.

    Argos had worked one TNA taping through AAA, but wasn’t used going forward.  Argenis holds one-third of the trios titles in Lucha Underground as one of the masked Disciples of Death.

  • Friday Update: Mistico’s new ring name, Mayhem Miller arrested again

    We’re looking for reports on tonight’s WWE house show in Merida, Yucatan (Undertaker, Kane, Ric Flair, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Sheamus, Cesaro, Bray Wyatt), tonight’s NXT show in Tampa, tonight’sStardom show in Covina, CA and last night’s NXT show in Cocoa Beach at Dave Meltzer

    Very quiet weekend with no major events.

    New Japan World Pro Wrestling returns is on one hour earlier tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern

    Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Minoru Suzuki can only end via submission or knockout

    Togi Makabe vs. Tomohiro Ishii for Never Open weight title

    These are matches from Wrestle Kingdom 9 from 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome.  This was Suzuki’s last match with New Japan.

    Legacy Fighting on AXS at 9 p.m. Eastern

    Brad Taylor (181.6) vs. Jared Gooden (180.4)

    Josh Millwood (156) vs. Chazz Walton (155.4)

    Jamie Picket (184.4) vs. Doug Usher (186)

    Josh Blyden (145.8) vs. Nick Sprayberry (146)

    C.J. Hamilton (133.8) vs. Braneley Furr (135.4)

    Wesley Barnes (171) vs. David Vitkay (170.8)

    Jordan Rinaldi (155.7) vs. Clay Harvison (157.6)

    Saturday has WWE at Arena Ciudad in Mexico City (Undertaker, Ric Flair, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Kane, Chris Jericho, Bray Wyatt) and Lubbock, TX (John Cena vs. Seth Rollins 30 minute Iron Man match for U.S. title, plus Dolph Ziggler, Rusev, Ryback, Kevin Owens).

    World Series of Fighting on Saturday night at 9 p.m. Eastern on NBC Sports Network

    Magomed Bibulatov vs Donovan Frelow for flyweight title

    Matt Hamill vs. Vinny Magalhaes

    Tom Marcellino vs. Nick Newell

    Blagio Ivanov vs. Derrick Mehmen for heavyweight title

    Jon Fitch vs. Yushin Okami

    Evolve on iPPV at 7 p.m. Eastern Saturday from LaBoom in Woodside, Queens, New York

    Johnny Gargano vs. Ethan Page I Quit match, if Gargano loses, he leaves the promotion (which if that happens, would signal he’s headed to WWE)

    Timothy Thatcher & TJ Perkins vs. Trent Baretta & Rocky Romero

    Drew Gulak vs. Trevor Lee – winner faces Thatcher for the title the next night

    Anthony Nese vs. Andrew Everett vs. Matt Cage vs. Peter Kassa

    Tracy Williams vs. Willie Mack

    Matt Riddle vs. Jonathan Gresham

    Sunday has WWE at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico (Undertaker, Ric Flair, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Kane, Chris Jericho, Bray Wyatt) and Abilene, TX (John Cena vs. Seth Rollins 30 minute Iron Man match plus Dolph Ziggler, Rusev, Ryback, Kevin Owens).

    Evolve on iPPV at 8 p.m. Eastern Sunday from The Deer Park, NY Sportatorium

    Timothy Thatcher vs. winner Drew Gulak or Trevor Lee on Saturday 

    Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta vs. Anthony Nese & Caleb Konley

    Willie Mack vs. loser of Gulak vs. Lee from Saturday

    TJ Perkins vs. Tracy Williams

    Matt Riddle vs. Chris Dickinson

    Andrew Everett vs. Peter Kassa

    Ethan Page vs. Matt Cage

    Monday has Raw from Dallas, TX with the go-home show for Hell in a Cell, with Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin all in town, plus the Austin podcast with Brock Lesnar.

    Tuesday has Smackdown tapings in Austin, TX with Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt and Sheamus as the headliners.

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    FRIDAY’S NEWS UPDATE

    • Luis Urive held another press conference today saying his new ring name will be Mistic 2.0. 
    • Completely insane former UFC fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller was arrested in Orange County earlier today.  According to TMZ, police were called to respond to a disturbance between Miller and two women.  When they arrived, they claimed Miller was aggressive and uncooperative and attacked the officers.  He threw a piece of ceramic tile at them, as well as threatened them with a fire extinguisher and metal pole.  After Miller refused to calm down, they hit him with a taser.  Eventually after fighting off several officers for eight minutes, he was subdued and arrested for assault with a deadly weapon on an officer and is now being held on $50,000 bond.
    • Here’s an ESPN produced comedy bit of Ronda Rousey training in an interesting outfit.
    • Jerry Lawler at the New York Comic Con did an interview where he said there was a good possibility that Smackdown may be going live.  WWE wants significant changes to Smackdown come January.
    • WWE sent out an e-mail for tickets for Raw, which means they aren’t sold out, pushing John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Steve Austin and Undertaker as appearing.  Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels are also  named in the ad.  It says something about the company’s own belief in its own stars when they push six guys for late sales, and only one is a full-time guy.  The sad part is that they probably aren’t wrong.
    • Paige will be on Conan O’Brien on TBS on Thursday night to push the WWE 2K 16 video game release.
    • Rob Van Dam vs. Frankie Kazarian headlines for Big Time Wrestling’s 19th anniversary show in Newark, CA at the Memorial High School Gym.
    • The Toronto Blue Jays game on Wednesday night drew 4.8 million viewers in Canada and peaked at 8.1 million, which for that country are ridiculously high numbers.  The point being, that in Canada, Raw is not going to do very well going head-to-head with the Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals game.  Raw has to go against both baseball playoffs and the NFL on Monday. 
    • ESPN’s 30 for 30 show on Tuesday night will be about the Schultz brothers, Mark & Dave, who were the characters in the “Foxcatcher” movie. 
    • Davey Boy Smith Jr. announced that he now has the ownership and trademark to the name The British Bulldog.  
    • Conor McGregor is making a number of appearances this weekend to promote homeless shelters and has made a personal donation of $57,000.  He will be in Cork at the Savoy on Saturday and on Monday and Tuesday will be doing a Q&A at Wright Venue in Dublin.
    • The 2CW promotion based in upstate New York announced it will be closing at the end of this year. 
    • Championship Wrestling from Hollywood is moving to a Saturday at 4 p.m. time slot on KDOC-TV.
    • Maryland Championship Wrestling tonight in Felton, DE at the Delaware Auto Exchange with Matt Hardy, Mickie James, Road Warrior Animal and Patrick Clark.  The main event has Bruiser & Hardy vs. King McBride & Ken Dixon, while James is in a four-way with Jessie Kaye, Amber Rodriguez and Kimber Lee.
    • Sabu will face Abyss in a Monster’s Ball match and Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards vs. Bobby Roode & Austin Aries have been announced for Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore promotion on 11/14 in Queens, NY at the Elmcor Center.  Dreamer faces Ethan Carter III in a street fight and Chris Hero faces Tajiri also on the show.
    • CMLL from Tuesday night in Guadalajara:  Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno b Explosivo & Metatron, Gallo & Robin & Stigma b Arkangel de la Muerte & Canelo Casas & Malefico, Misterioso Jr. & Pierroth & Sagrado b Blue Panther Jr. & Pegasso & Starman, Gran Guerrero & Kraneo & Ultimo Guerrero b Dragon Rojo Jr. & Polvora & Bobby Zavala, Negro Casas & Shocker b La Mascara & Volador Jr.. to retain the CMLL tag titles when Mascara turned on Volador.
    • Indie with AAA stars on Monday night in Oaxaca at the soccer stadium:  Dinastia & Mascarita Sagrada & Mini Drago b Mini Charly Manson & Mini Histeria & Mini Psicosis, Fabi Apache & Goya Kong b Mari Apache & Taya Valkyrie, Alberto El Patron & Blue Demon Jr. & La Parka b Cibernetico & Chessman & Averno, Australian Suicide & Drago & Elegido b Black Mamba & Estrella Divina & Pasion Kristal, El Hijo del Fantasma & El Texano Jr. & Zorro b The Psycho Circus.
    • Fenix vs. Laredo Kid vs. Pentagon Jr. in a three-way headlines a Sunday show in Benbrook, TX at the Camp Bowie Bingo Hall.
    • AAA has a TV taping tomorrow night in Reynosa headlined by Rey Mysterio Jr. & Psycho Clown vs. Johnny Mundo & ?, Jack Evans & Angelico & ? vs. El Hijo del Fantasma & El Texano Jr. & ?, and The Hell Brothers vs. two clowns & La Parka.
    • Undertaker will be appearing at Wizard World in Tulsa on 10/24 from 1 to 5 p.m.
    • Victory Commonwealth Wrestling on 10/29 at Reaper’s Mansion in Ajax, ONT.
    • Raven will be doing a seminar on Thursday from 6-9 p.m. at the Pro Wrestling Syndicate school in Rahway, NJ for $25.  For more info, go to www.ProWrestlingSyndicate.com
    • Chaotic Wrestling on Saturday night in Stoneham, MA at the high school with a four-way elimination match with Julian Starr defending his Chaotic title against Chase Del Monte, Donovan Dijak and Adam Booker.
    • There is a Pro Wrestling Revolution Lucha Libre show on Saturday night at 5 p.m. in Napa, CA at the Expo Chardonnay Hall with Atlantis, Octagon, Rey Bucanero, Pirata Morgan, Bestia 666, Rey Hours and more.   
    • A unique match at NWAClassics.com posted today is Mil Mascaras vs. Masked Superstar.
    • 41 years ago today in Miami Beach, Dusty Rhodes beat Terry Funk in an I Quit match, Eddie & Mike Graham beat Dick Slater & Toru Tanaka via DQ in a Florida tag team title match, Johnny Gray & Mike Pappas beat The Hollywood Blondes, Jerry Brisco drew Pak Song, Don Muraco beat Greg Valentine, Bob Backlund beat Dennis Stamp, Mongolian Stomper beat Vic Rossitani and Frankie Hester beat George McCreary. (thanks to Barry Rose)
    • Scott Hall was backstage at the NXT show in Cocoa Beach, FL.  Hall is really smart about a lot of little things that come to performing, and it’s always good to see him in these situations because hit means he’s doing well.
    • Here’s a blurb on Mexican wrestling coming to Napa Valley this weekend.
    • Rob Van Dam vs. Amazing Red headlines for Red’s House of Glory wrestling a week from tonight in Jamaica, Queens at Club Amazura.
    • The Steiner brothers are opening a new Shoney’s in Acworth, GA and there is a video of the demolishing the previous building
    • Matt Farmer talks to Jim Cornette about the history of pro wrestling in the Pacific Northwest
    • A story on the Rafael dos Anjos vs. Donald Cerrone lightweight title match on 12/19 in Orlando
    • A story on Lamar Odom that mentions pro wrestling
    • A New York promotion is in trouble with the commission for using a podiatrist as the physician at ringside
    • Former wrestler Buddha Khan now does an oldies radio show.  Khan, as best I can tell, was the only modern era performer to do both Roller Games and pro wrestling at around the same time.
    • WWE’s web site promoting top stars of Evolve as future prospects as part of their new working agreement

    ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY INTERNATIONAL

    1963 – El Santo & Rayo de Jalisco beat Los Espantos to win the Mexican national tag tam titles

    1967 – Killer Kowalski & Skull Murphy beat Mario Milano & Red Bastien in Sydney to win the IWA tag titles

    2001 – Pierrothito beat Ultimo Dragoncito in Mexico City to win the CMLL minis title

    2004 – Naomichi Marufuji beat Jun Akiyama in Tokyo to win the GHC open weight title

    2011 – Ricky Marvin beat Satoshi Kajiwara to win the GHC jr. title and then vacated it, and Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & KENTA to win the GHC jr. tag titles in Tokyo

  • On this day in pro wrestling history (10/16): Ric Flair wins Mid-Atlantic title, BBB wins ECW title

    1941

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Orville Brown defeated Lee Wykoff in 2 out of 3 falls to win the MWA World Heavyweight Title 
    – Steve Brody beat Al Lovelock 
    – Jack Kennedy beat Albion Britt 

    1947

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Ernie Dusek beat Warren Bockwinkel 2 falls to 1
    – Sonny Myers beat Cardiff Giant 2 falls to 1 

    1951 

    Tampa, Florida:
    –  Mae Young defeated Cory Coombs to win the Florida women’s title

    1976 

    Greensboro, North Carolina:
    – Tim Woods defeated Angelo Mosca to win the Television Title
    – Ric Flair defeated Wahoo McDaniel to win the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title 
    – Paul Jones defeated Blackjack Mulligan to win the United States Championship 

    Bayamon, Puerto Rico:
    – Eric The Red defeated Carlos Colon for the WWC North American Heavyweight Title 
    – Higo Hamaguci & Gordon Nelson defeated Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez to win the WWC North American Tag Team Title

    1977

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Stan Stasiak beat Waldo Von Erich (sub Superstar Billy Graham) by countout
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Domenic Denucci 
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum & Black Jack Lanza 
    – Billy Robinson beat Kurt Von Hess 
    – Billy Red Lyons & Dewey Robertson drew Chris Tolos & Reginald Love 1
    – Jay Strongbow beat Wolfman 
    – Tiger Jeet Singh beat Terry Yorkston 
    – Angelo Mosca beat Steve Bolus 

    1981 

    Knoxville, Tennessee:
    – Les Thorton defeated Jerry Brisco to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion

    1982 

    San Juan, Puerto Rico:
    – Invader I defeated Dory Funk Jr. to win the WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title

    1987 

    Denver, Colorado:
    – Wahoo McDaniel won a battle royal
    – Original Midnight Express & Adrian Adonis beat Ray Stevens & Wahoo McDaniel & Tommy Rich dq
    – AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Jerry Blackwell
    – Kevin Kelly beat DJ Peterson
    – Dick Slater beat Mitch Snow
    – JT Southern beat Soldat Ustinov

    – Nelson Royal is awarded the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title

    Kansas City, Missouri:
    – The Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams) defeated The Lightning Express (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner) to win the UWF Tag Team Title 

    1988 

    Caguas, Puerto Rico:
    – Brad & Bart Batten defeated Chicky & Ron Starr to win the WWC World Tag Team Titles

    Providence, Rhode Island:
    – Ted DiBiase defeated Randy Savage to win the King of the Ring Tournament 

    1997 

    Queens, New York:
    – Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Shane Douglas to win the ECW World Heavyweight Title

    2000 

    Detroit, Michigan:
    – William Regal defeated Al Snow to win the WWF European Heavyweight Title

    2011

    – TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries defeated Brian Kendrick to retain the title
    – Velvet Sky defeated Winter (with Angelina Love), Mickie James, and Madison Rayne to win the TNA Knockouts Title. Karen Jarrett 
      was the special referee
    – AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels in an I Quit Match
    – TNA Champion Kurt Angle defeated Bobby Roode to retain the title

    2012

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Kofi Kingston defeated The Miz to win the WWE Intercontinental Title

  • WWE Smackdown results (10/15): Dean Ambrose & Dudley Boyz battle The New Day

    – Air Date: October 15, 2015 (Oct 14 in Canada)

    – Location: U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH

    The Big News:

    In Dean Ambrose’s hometown, The New Day stood tall over Ambrose and the Dudleys.

    Show Recap:

    They announced two matches for tonight and Roman Reigns came out. They recapped his match with Braun Strowman on Raw, and plugged his match with Bray Wyatt at Hell in a Cell.

    Roman Reigns beat Bo Dallas via pinfall

    Bo Dallas said there is nothing wrong with Reigns being scared just because he is facing a man he continues to come up short against. Dallas said, unlike Roman, he survived Suplex City and Reigns would leave on a stretcher. (Bo never mentioned Bray Wyatt by name.)

    Bo got some offense on Reigns which was completely unconvincing. Fortunately, Reigns turned Bo inside out with a clothesline and followed with clotheslines in the corner. Bo called for a timeout and offered a handshake. Reigns shook his hand and Bo kicked him. Reigns no-sold that and hit a Samoan Drop, superman punch and spear for the win. Besides Bo’s few moments of offense, this was fine.

    After match, Reigns said Bray Wyatt calls himself the devil and Reigns believes it. I normally don’t write everything out word-for-word, but this is really what Reigns said next: “When I look into Bray Wyatt’s eyes, I see nothing but pure evil. I can see him in the depths of hell, screaming that he’s the devil!”

    Reigns said he would bring the fight to the devil in the cell. He went on, “Because the only way to stop the devil, is to ride straight into hell.” This was so dumb. Bray appeared on the screen humming, “He’s got the whole world in his hands.” Bray said Reigns has his virtues, but his sins will do him in. Bray said he would deliver Reigns a prophecy on Raw. Reigns looked concerned.

    King Barrett & Sheamus beat Cesaro & Neville via pinfall

    Stardust and Ascension were in the front row and Stardust held up a small “Stardust Section” sign. Neville sent the bad guys to the outside and Cesaro launched him over the ropes to knock them down. Heels had the heat after a break. Booker said Sheamus was Scottish and nobody corrected him.

    Neville eventually made the hot tag to Cesaro who hit Sheamus with running uppercuts and a dropkick. Cesaro took out Barrett with an uppercut on the outside and hit Sheamus with the spinning springboard uppercut for two. Cesaro went for the big swing but Sheamus brought the briefcase in the ring. As the referee tossed it out, Barrett hit the Bull Hammer from behind and Sheamus rolled up Cesaro for the win.

    Backstage, Summer Rae said Monday wasn’t the first time she had to put a man in his place and it won’t be the last. Summer said, unlike some people, she can keep her personal and professional life separate. (She was talking about being referee, not posting stuff online.)

    They showed a video from earlier today of Byron Saxton interviewing Dean Ambrose, who was unpacking his bag in the locker room. Saxton said he asked the fans who the most unconventional superstar or [women’s wrestler] was and Paige beat out Ambrose in the voting.

    Ambrose said it would be nice to win a contest, but Paige really is crazy. As this was happening, Ambrose unpacked a Slammy, keys (perhaps dungeon keys), a slinky, balloon animal, a globe and an 8-ball from his bag. He couldn’t find something and left. Saxton saw a [corporate sponsor] candy bar and Ambrose came back, grabbed it, and took a bite with the wrapper still on. The product placement was lame but Ambrose was good here.

    Non-Title: IC Champion Kevin Owens beat Zack Ryder via pinfall

    Ryder got some offense but Owens won quickly with a pop-up powerbomb. Ryback was at ringside and they essentially explained that he was too pissed off to do commentary. As soon as the match was over, Ryback jumped in the ring and Owens bailed. Ryback couldn’t leave the ring once he got inside for some reason, so they just stared down as Owens held up his title.

    They aired a 3-minute video recapping the Seth Rollins/Kane stuff from Raw.

    Backstage, Paige tried to apologize to Natalya. Paige was practically in tears, explaining that she won the title right away, which set expectations too high and brought a lot of pressure. Then Charlotte became champion and Nattie started teaming with Charlotte and Becky and Paige was sad.

    Natalya sarcastically asked if Paige wanted a hug. Paige said she wanted to make things right, like back at NXT when they were friends. Natalya seemed to believe her and went into her locker room. (Yes, Natalya has her own locker room.) Both women were good here, particularly Paige.

    Dolph Ziggler beat Rusev via pinfall (Special Referee: Summer Rae)

    Rusev got the heat immediately and had control for a while. Ziggler countered a fallaway slam into a school boy and Summer fast-counted, but Rusev kicked out anyway. Rusev argued with her and Ziggler caught him with a dropkick.

    Rusev rebounded with a superkick but Summer took her sweet time to make the count. Ziggler kicked out at 2.5, which made him look pretty weak considering how long it took for the count. Rusev got in Summer’s face again, so she slapped him and Ziggler hit a Zig Zag for the win, with Summer fast-counting again. So the heel got screwed and the face looked like a geek.

    After the match, Summer told Ziggler that they both got screwed by Rusev and Lana. She reminded Ziggler that the two of them had chemistry and tried flirting with him. Ziggler said he has chemistry with a lot of girls. He said he doesn’t want to play games and he left.

    Backstage, Renee Young asked the Dudleys and Dean Ambrose if they could work as a team to overcome New Day tonight. Bubba reminded her who the Dudleys are, and called Ambrose a combustible element on his own. Bubba told Renee to touch Dean’s arm to prove it. She hesitated, but touched his arm and all three yelled “Boom!”, which the crowd found amusing.

    D-Von said they would celebrate their 10th tag team title win at Hell in a Cell. Ambrose said New Day took a wrong turn and ended up in Dudleyville, the kind of place where you’d get your wallet and shoes stolen, just like his hometown of Cincinnati. Ambrose said they would 3D the New Day and Bubba said they’d get sent straight to the Lunatic Fringe (perhaps he should’ve said “Ambrose Asylum”?). They yelled “Boom” again in Renee’s face and left. She was not amused.

    Luke Harper & Braun Strowman beat Prime Time Players via submission

    Wyatts got the heat on Titus who hot-tagged Darren Young. Young gave Harper a neckbreaker on the ring apron, which I’m sure is as fun as it sounds. Young tried to knock Strowman off the apron, but he didn’t budge, and Harper caught Young with a superkick. Strowman used The Hug on Young for the submission win.

    Non-Title: Divas Champion Charlotte (w/Becky Lynch) beat Alicia Fox (w/Nikki & Brie Bella) via submission

    The pinky swear thing that Charlotte and Becky do needs to stop. Charlotte doesn’t appear to enjoy doing it either. Fox had the heat until they each did a big boot. Charlotte came back with chops, neckbreaker, spear and Figure Eight for the tap-out win.

    After the match, the Bellas jumped Charlotte and Becky. Paige ran out to make the save and cleared the ring with help from her old team. The crowd cheered and a small “Paige” chant started. Charlotte and Becky appeared nonplussed.

    After a break, Paige caught up to Becky and Charlotte backstage and said how great it was for Team PCB to be back together. Becky said Paige did some horrible things but Paige just wanted to make up for it. Charlotte said they’d take it one day at a time and Paige was fine with that. Some officials ran by and Paige left. Becky and Charlotte followed the officials into Natalya’s personal locker room and she was laid out, selling her mid-section.

    They aired a video package for Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar.

    Dean Ambrose & The Dudley Boyz beat The New Day via DQ

    New Day said they’ve dropped everyone they’ve faced — John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Randy Orton, D-Von Dudley, Booty Ray Dudley, and Cincinnati’s own filthy street urchin Dean Ambrose. Kofi Kingston said the power of positivity was science. He said you could even call it geology because New Day “rocks” and they started chanting.

    Ambrose was really over and had a new t-shirt specifically for Cincinnati. New Day used a referee distraction to take control on D-Von and did their usual stomping spot in the corner. It went on for even longer than usual. D-Von hit a neckbreaker on Woods and made the hot tag to Ambrose.

    Ambrose took out Kingston with a suicide dive and clotheslined Woods and Big E. Ambrose hit a flying elbow on Woods for two and followed with a double underhook suplex off the ropes. Big E knocked him down but Ambrose avoided a splash and tagged in Bubba. Everyone took turns hitting moves, but Woods pushed Ambrose off the top to the outside.

    Dudleys hit Kingston with a 3D but Woods broke up the cover using the trombone for a DQ. New Day attacked the Dudleys, and Woods used the trombone as a weapon, destroying it in the process. Woods, who had a bloody nose, gave Bubba a shining wizard and Kingston followed with Trouble in Paradise. They finished off D-Von with Midnight Hour.

    Everyone, including myself, was expecting Ambrose — a human cockroach who beat Seth Rollins a few weeks ago — to jump back in at the end but that never happened. New Day posed with the titles and the trombone and the show ended.

    Final Thoughts:

    Pretty much an average show. I would’ve put Ambrose over in his hometown. That being said, one positive for this show was that featured acts all got wins: Reigns, Owens, Harper & Strowman and Charlotte. The first two in squash matches and the latter two in convincing fashion. The New Day got put over strong as well and were positioned to be taken seriously. I know it’s sad that WWE needs to be given credit for simple booking, but here we are.

  • Thursday Update: Jeff Jarrett on wXw card, ROH and TNA ratings, Smackdown

    WWE Smackdown airs at 8 PM EST on Syfy. Here’s the spoilers if you just can’t wait, but expect Kevin Owens, the Dudleys and the New Day’s rivalry to continue, and other Rusev vs. Dolph Ziggler match but with a twist of Summer. We’ll have Steve Kahn’s report on the show up later tonight.

    If you missed any of the wrestling shows from last night and need recaps, here’s WWE NXT, here’s Ring of Honor, and here’s TNA Impact Wrestling. There was no TUF last night due to the MLB playoffs running on FS1.

    We’re looking for reports on tonight’s NXT show in Cocoa Beach, FL at Dave Meltzer Tomorrow has WWE in Merida, Mexico with Undertaker and Ric Flair appearing, as well as another NXT show in Tampa.

    Smackdown tonight from Cincinnati

    Roman Reigns vs. Bo Dallas

    Cesaro & Neville vs. King Barrett & Sheamus

    Kevin Owens vs. Zack Ryder non-title

    Dolph Ziggler vs. Rusev with Summer Rae as referee

    Titus O’Neil & Darren Young vs. Braun Strowman & Luke Harper

    Charlotte vs. Alicia Fox non-title

    Dudleys & Dean Ambrose vs. New Day

    ****

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    Wrestling Observer Newsletter

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    Thursday Daily Update

    • The 9 p.m. TNA Impact was way down from last week, doing 242,000 viewers, its lowest to date for the 9 p.m. slot.  The replay did 85,000.  The overall total of 327,000 was also its lowest to date.  Not a good sign for the new format.
    • ROH did 174,000 viewers at 11 p.m., its second best in the slot, for the Jay Lethal vs. Takaaki Watanabe match.
    • There was an interesting listicle plugging Evolve on WWE.com today, pushing ‘the 5 Evolve wrestlers you need to know’. Of that group, Timothy Thatcher, Johnny Gargano, Tracy Williams, Anthony Nese, and Zack Sabre Jr. were featured. (Thanks to Matt Mann)
    • FS 1 preempted UFC for baseball playoff coverage and the Kansas City vs. Houston game may have been the most-watched show in the history of the station with 5.94 million viewers.
    • John Cena vs. Seth Rollins in 30:00 Iron man matches for the U.S. title will headline the weekend house show on Saturday night in Lubbock and Sunday night in Abilene.
    • Jeff Jarrett has been booked as Alberto el Patron’s replacement for the SWE and wXw shows this weekend in Germany, taking on Absolute Andy. (Thanks to Markus Gronemann)
    • As a follow-up, Patron addressed the wXw comments and put the blame on the promoters.
    • Former WWE ring announcer Justin Roberts is moderating a VIP meet and greet for the band Tool the day before their show at the Monster Mash Festival in Tempe, AZ. Here’s all the info. Tool drummer Danny Carey actually proposed to his wife at the 2013 Royal Rumble. (Thanks to Jeff Hamlin)
    • Remember P.N. News? Here’s a look at what he’s up to prior to his upcoming appearance for All Star Wrestling overseas. (Thanks to Lee Wall)
    • Remember Marc Mero? He visited Glen Cove, NY, students recently for an inspirational talk.
    • Here’s a feature on Japanese wrestling and Chigusa Nagayo’s Marvelous promotion doing some work with New York Wrestling Connection for a show this Sunday in Elmhurst, NY. (Thanks to Mike)
    • Here’s a tribute to British wrestler Jack Taylor who passed away last week at the age of 83.
    • The Minoru Suzuki vs. Kazushi Sakuraba and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makabe matches from last year’s Tokyo Dome will be airing on tomorrow night’s New Japan on AXS show.
    • Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk, plus appearances by Lance Russell, Bill Dundee, The Rock & Roll Express, Rocky Johnson and more legends of that era will be at the USA Championship Wrestling show on 10/24 in Jackson, TN at the Oman Arena.
    • Chris Hero’s visa situation has been taken care of.  He’ll be missing the first three shows of the upcoming NOAH tour but will be there the rest of the tour.
    • WWE stock today was up 43 cents to $19.79 per share.
    • Between the federal elections and the Toronto Blue Jays having a playoff game, Raw is expected to do a terrible number this Monday in Canada. Monday’s game did 4.38 million viewers, the most watched show since Sportsnet launched in 1998.  That number in Canada would be like a baseball game doing 40 million viewers in the U.S. (thanks to Ryan Pike and John Pollock) 
    • Francisco Trevino, who lost to Sage Northcutt at UFC 192 on 10/3, tested positive for marijuana and he was suspended for three months pending a hearing before the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations.
    • Michael Bisping underwent elbow surgery yesterday.  No word on a recuperation period.
    • Titan FC has signed Sean Wheelock, the former Bellator announcer, to be its lead broadcaster.  Titan FC airs on UFC Fight Pass.  Wheelock’s first show will be 12/18.
    • New Japan has a show on Sunday in Taiwan at the National Taiwan University Gym headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi vs. Kazuchika Okada & Yoshi-Hashi, plus Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hirooki Goto & Captain Taiwan.
    • There is a TV taping for New Generation Wrestling on 11/1 in Liverpool at the Olympia at 4:30 p.m. for Challenge and Bay TV.  Nigel McGuinness will be appearing at the show and there will be a private VIP showing of his documentary before the show.  Check out the story
    • Luke Thomas of MMA Fighting will debut a new show called The Luke Thomas show on XM Rush Ch. 93 that will air every Friday from 4-6 p.m., covering news, sports and politics.
    • In Your Face Wrestling on 11/7 in Delanson, NY at the Duanesburg Area Community Center featuring a Q&A with Road Warrior Animal.
    • An interesting add to NWAClassics.com is a match with Ricki Starr vs. Duke Keomuka this week.  Also added were Tommy Rogers vs. Dutch Mantell and Tommy Rogers vs. Eddie Gilbert
    • Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat did an autograph signing last weekend in West Virginia that drew 800 to 900 people.
    • On the WWE Network’s preview of the Sting DVD, he did mention that he was in TNA for several years before coming to WWE.  WWE usually avoids TNA references. (thanks to Jared Sanchez).
    • On Fight Pass, Bas Rutten will be hosting a history of Pancrase special that will debut at the end of the month, before the next Pancrase show on Fight Pass on 10/31.  On 10/27, Bas Rutten talks about his eight favorite fights he was in.  November on Fight Pass will be built around Miesha Tate.  
    • CWE will be debuting the tag team of Brett Gakiya & CJ Esparza, Zero Gravity, on its 12/2 to 12/4 tour in Yorkton, Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Chase Owens will also be on that tour.
    • Ricky Steamboat will be appearing on Friday and Saturday at the Fan Boy Expo Comic Con in Knoxville at the Convention Center.  He’s also appearing for NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling on Saturday at 6 p.m. in Elizabethton, TN at the High School.
    • CMLL on Monday night in Puebla:  Arkalis & Milenium & Zaeta Roja b Ares & Espiritu Maligno & Sauron, Cancerbero & Fuerza Chicana & Raziel b Black Tiger & Magnus & Oro Jr., Angel de Oro & Stigma & Stuka Jr. b Puma King & Tiger & Virus, Lestat b Molotov in a mask vs. mask match, Marco Corleone & Maximo & La Sombra b Euforia & Mr. Niebla & Shocker, Volador Jr. b Mephisto to retain NWA Historic welterweight title
    • CZW on 10/17 in Laval, Quebec at the Scrach a Laval with Matt Tremont vs. PCP Crazy FN Manny for their world title.
    • Stardom from Japan, the top women’s group, is running shows on Friday and Sunday in the Los Angeles area.       
    • Great North Wrestling on 11/27 in Rockland, ONT at the Arena Jean Marc Lalonde featuring Hannibal and Bushwhacker Luke.
    • Tommy Dreamer headlines for All-Star Wrestling on 10/23 in Surrey, BC at the Alice McKay Building at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.
    • Sinn Bohdi’s Freakshow Wrestling on 10/16 at the Las Vegas Country Saloon, 10/17 in East Los Angeles at the Underground Auditorium. and 10/18 in Hemet, CA at the Wheelhouse.
    • The Judo Grand Slam in Paris takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Accor Hotels Arena.  Both shows will be before sellout crowds of 10,000 fans and 505 judokas from 89 countries will appear including U.S. gold medalist Kayla Harrison.  There will be a free live stream of the matches all day both days at www.ippon.tv
    • Rock Solid Wrestling on 11/8 in Sudbury, ONT at the LoEllen Secondary School featuring Cody Deaner and The Flatliners off The Amazing Race Canada. 
    • Biggie Biggs vs. Jon Dahmer plus LuFisto headline 10/17 in Bridgeton, NJ at the Alms Center for IWA Vintage Pro Wrestling.
    • Viva La Lucha on 10/30 in Arcadia, FL at the Turner Agri-Civic Center featuring Silver King, Rey Bucanero, El Hijo de L.A. Park, Damian 666, Bestia 666, Trina Michaels, Extreme Tiger, Rey Hours, Willie Mack, Ivelisse Velez, Jessicka Havok, Lince Dorado and more.
    • 35 years ago today, Dusty Rhodes beat The Sheik via count out before a sellout 4,877 fans in Miami Beach.   
    • A documentary, Lucha Mexico, will be debuting on 11/13 at the SVA Theater in New York at 9:45 p,.m.  The documentary is about Shocker and bodybuilder Jon “Strongman” Anderson competing in CMLL years back, and also features people like Blue Demon Jr.,Perro Aguayo Jr. and Tony Salazar.
    • WWE announced a live show on 4/22 in Paris at the Accor Hotels Arena.
    • A story on Becky Lynch getting to WWE
    • How wrestling impacted Vikings coach Mike Zimmer
    • Team Alpha Male’s Cody Garbrandt weighs in on T.J. Dillashaw leaving the team
    • Jerry Lawler talks Smackdown going live, the Andy Kaufman angle and more

    ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY INTERNATIONAL (thanks to Graeme Cameron)

    1967 – El Nazi beat Mil Mascaras in Mexico City to win the Mexican national light heavyweight title

    1990 – Emilio Charles Jr. beat Dandy in Mexico City to win the vacant Mexican national middleweight title

    1993 – Juventud Guerrera beat Rey Misterio Jr. in Monterrey to win the WWA lightweight title

    1996 – Black Warrior beat Dandy in Mexico City to win the NWA light heavyweight title