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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Saturday, October 19, 2024 Issue #7380 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Have a great weekend! ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > COLLISION AND BATTLE OF THE BELTS TONIGHT - It's a three-hour block of AEW action tonight on TNT as Collision returns after a one-week absence and immediately following that comes what might be the last Battle of the Belts. Seven matches have been announced for Collision, including Ricochet vs AR Fox, Blackpool Combat Club vs Top Flight and Action Andretti for the AEW Trios titles, Kyle Fletcher vs Atlantis Jr, The Outrunners vs LFI, Hayley Cameron vs Kris Statlander, Premiere Athletes vs Daniel Garcia and Private Party in a trios match, Orange Cassidy vs Bulk Bronson, and two other matches featuring House of Black and Jamie Hayter. Battle of the Belts XII will follow with Mariah May vs Anna Jay for the AEW Women's title and Kazuchika Okada vs Kyle O'Reilly for the AEW Continental title. > DYNAMITE RATING - The post-WrestleDream Dynamite drew 633,000 viewers, up 316,000 viewers from last week's show which aired on a Tuesday. Excluding last week, the overall viewership was the lowest since August 7. In the 18-49 demo, Dynamite had a 0.20 rating, up 0.10 from last week and was #6 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. Dynamite had the same competition as NXT did yesterday in terms of sports. (Ratings: Programming Insider) > MOTOR CITY MACHINE GUNS DEBUT ON SMACKDOWN - The Motor City Machine Guns made their WWE debut last night on Smackdown. Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley were shown earlier in the day in a video on social media being welcomed by Smackdown General Manager Nick Aldis, who then informed them that their debut match will be in a triple threat against Los Garza and A-Town Down Under. Sabin and Shelley, one of the most decorated tag teams in pro wrestling, won that match and will face DIY next week, who themselves defeated The Street Profits and Pretty Deadly, to determine who will face The Bloodline for the tag team titles next. > HAYES/ANDRADE BEST OF SEVEN SERIES TO END NEXT WEEK - The final match of the best of seven series between Carmelo Hayes and Andrade will take place on next week's Smackdown. The two have been facing each other for a few months, with the series tied at three wins each. Their first match was back on July 19. To spice it up, their last match will have a special guest referee, none other than United States champion LA Knight, who promised to be impartial and call it down the middle. With both having history with Knight, it's almost safe to say that whoever wins this will get the next crack at the United States title. > COLE MISSES SMACKDOWN, BARRETT REPLACES HIM - Raw's Wade Barrett had to temporarily move to the blue brand yesterday and re-join his former broadcast colleague Corey Graves due to Michael Cole missing the show. It's unclear why Cole missed the show but Graves said that he was on a "special assignment" whatever that might mean. The voice of WWE had a fantastic streak going of never missing a show from 1997 until 20 years later, where he had to miss a broadcast due to

===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Thursday, October 17, 2024 Issue #7379 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Not much going on today, back tomorrow. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > FRIGHT NIGHT DYNAMITE ANNOUNCED - The Wednesday, October 30 edition of Dynamite will be labeled Fright Night to coincide with the popular Halloween. AEW applied to trademark the name earlier this week with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The spooky episode also received its own logo and has one match announced so far: newcomer Shelton Benjamin vs Swerve Strickland. It will take place from the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. > THUNDER ROSA RETURNS TO THE RING - Thunder Rosa returned to the ring six weeks after suffering a concussion. The former AEW Women's champion wrestled Nina Samuels at the Riot Cabaret Road live event two days ago, her first match since the August 31 episode of Collision. Rosa's last AEW match was in a four-way against Hikaru Shida, Queen Aminata, and Serena Deeb and that's where she suffered the concussion. On a recent episode of Busted Open Radio last month, Rosa made a plea to fellow wrestlers that if they feel like they have a concussion, they need to stop because it's not worth it continuing while ignoring symptoms. > INTERIM UFC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP APPEARS AT WWE SHOW - Interim UFC Heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall showed up at the non-televised WWE live event in Manchester, England yesterday and even got in the squared circle. It was WWE champion Cody Rhodes who introduced Aspinall to the ring, who was then interrupted by World Heavyweight champion Gunther. Gunther congratulated Aspinall for being the champion and shook his hand and then told Cody Rhodes that at Crown Jewel, may the best man win. All three top TKO heavyweight champions then posed together for photos in the ring. Interviewed after the show by British tabloid newspaper The Sun, Aspinall said that after he retires from MMA, he will be switching over to WWE. > CROWN JEWEL NEARLY SOLD OUT - Tickets for the Crown Jewel and Raw tapings at the Mohammed Abdo Arena next month have been selling relatively well, especially Crown Jewel which is close to sold out. Crown Jewel tickets start from 50 SAR, the equivalent of $14 and go all the way up to 1,000 SAR, or $265 for ringside. All the VIP, Platinum, and VVIP tickets have sold out already and not much are available, with the bulk of tickets available being the cheapest at 50 SAR. Meanwhile, Raw the following day, which is being taped on Sunday, has slightly cheaper tickets starting from 45 SAR, equivalent to $12 and all the way up to 800 SAR, or $214. Some platinum and VIP tickets remain but the majority are the 45 SAR and 70 SAR, or $19, tickets. The Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh can fit up to 22,000 people in a full setup, but obviously a few thousand less for wrestling. Tickets are available at webook.com. > NXT RATING - NXT this week on CW drew 639,000 viewers, down 235,000 viewers from the prior week and the lowest since moving to network television. The show faced competition from MLB and NHL and had a 0.18 rating in 18-49, down 0.06 from

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Saturday, October 12, 2024 Issue #7375 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Enjoy the PPV if you're watching it tonight. I'll catch it tomorrow on demand. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > WRESTLEDREAM LIVE TONIGHT ON PPV - Live tonight from the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, AEW presents WrestleDream 2024 on pay-per-view. The full card is as follows: PPV: Bryan Danielson vs Jon Moxley for the AEW World title; Mariah May vs Willow Nightingale for the AEW Women's title; Will Ospreay vs Ricochet vs Konosuke Takeshita in a three-way match for the AEW International title; Jack Perry vs Katsuyori Shibata for the TNT title; The Young Bucks vs Private Party for the AEW Tag Team titles; Mark Briscoe vs Chris Jericho for the ROH World title; "Hangman" Adam Page vs Jay White; Hologram vs The Beast Mortos in a two-out-of-three falls match; and Darby Allin vs Brody King. ZERO HOUR: Atlantis Jr. vs Brian Cage for the ROH TV title; MxM Collection vs The Acclaimed; Anna Jay vs Harley Cameron. The Zero Hour show starts at 7PM ET on AEW's social media properties while the pay-per-view will start at 8PM ET and is available for purchase on Triller TV, PPV.COM, and YouTube. Internationally, the show is available thro ugh Triller TV for $19.99 if you have an AEW Plus subscription. AEW pay-per-views are no longer available for purchase through Bleacher Report. > JIMMY JACOBS RESIGNS FROM AEW - AEW producer and creative writer Jimmy Jacobs has left the company according to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Wrestling. Jacobs, who was touted as being one of Tony Khan's closest writers, resigned from his position. Jacobs was working with TNA Wrestling when AEW came knocking and he joined the backstage team in June 2023, lasting 16 months on the job. Prior to that, he worked for WWE in the same position but was fired from the company in 2017 after he posted a photo with The Bullet Club on social media when they were filming their own "invasion" of WWE Raw. The former ROH Tag Team champion also laced up his boots one for Ring of Honor earlier this year, losing to Satnam Singh in under a minute. He had previously wrestled one more time for ROH in September 2023. Jacobs continues to wrestle on the independent scene, with his latest match coming at the end of last month. > LATEST BETTING ODDS FOR WRESTLEDREAM - AEW is back on pay-per-view tonight with WrestleDream. This is only the second-ever WrestleDream after the show was introduced last year as a tribute to Antonio Inoki. The following are the latest odds available. Remember, these odds might change by the time the show starts so be careful if you're betting with your real money. AEW World champion Bryan Danielson is the underdog going in tonight's main event against Jon Moxley and we all know what that means, if Danielson loses, his career is over too. Danielson is currently 6/5 to retain while Moxley is 2/3 favorite to win the title. Mariah May has huge numbers in her favor tonight with her odds set at 1/50 to keep her AEW Women's title while Willow Nightingale is 12/1 for the major upset. Will Ospreay defends his Inte

===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Thursday, October 10, 2024 Issue #7374 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Another pay-per-view weekend, this time with AEW. No matter how bad AEW TV is during the week, there's one thing very constant: quality of pay-per-views. Tomorrow should be no different. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > NXT TO AIR ON WEDNESDAY TO AVOID ELECTION NIGHT - WWE will be moving the Tuesday, November 5 episode of NXT to the following day due to the U.S. presidential election which will be happening on that same day. Moving it to November 6 will create another head-to-head clash with AEW Dynamite, which unlike this week, it will be airing in its regular time slot while the NXT show will have to deal with a different night. For the second year in a row, NXT won the head-to-head battle with AEW when AEW moved to Tuesday but this will be the first time that NXT moves back to its old, original time slot since it transitioned to Tuesday nights in April 2021. The last time the two shows faced the aftermath of the U.S. elections was on November 4, 2020, with Dynamite drawing 717,000 viewers and a 0.30 rating in 18-49 while NXT did 610,000 viewers and a 0.14 rating in 18-49. > WRESTLEMANIA 41 SEATING CHART PUBLISHED - The seating chart for WrestleMania 41 has been published by OnLocation, who are taking care of all the travel packages for the show. The stage and entrance will be located in the south side of the stadium, in front of sections 120-126 and while these will be partially open, only the top part of these sections will have seats due to the stage. The rest of the stadium is pretty much fully open, with 14 floor sections which suggest that there will be no corner pillars. The Allegiant Stadium has a roof but there are no center screens, with the only screens on the end zone corners. WWE typically hangs four large screens above the ring which also holds the lighting rig. WrestleMania tickets go on pre-sale on Wednesday, October 23 with the general on-sale on Friday, October 25. You can see the chart at https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/seating-chart-for-wrestlemania-41-in-las-vegas/. > 25% OFF TICKETS FOR SMACKDOWN NEXT FRIDAY - WWE is running a 25% discount off tickets for Friday Night Smackdown at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York using the code CHAMP on Ticketmaster.com. The show, set for next Friday, is currently at just over 7,500 distributed, which is half of what the company sold for the April 1 Raw earlier this year. Upper bowl tickets are $72.05 but if you prefer floor seats, that will cost you over $600, including the discount! The Barclays Center is currently configured to host 9,800 seats and it's unlikely WWE will come close to the April gate. > RHEA RIPLEY AGREES NEW LONG-TERM DEAL WITH WWE - PWInsider.com is reporting that WWE and Rhea Ripley have a greed a new, long-term contract which is believed to be a five-year deal. The site also says that Ripley is getting a "considerable raise" compared to her current deal, certainly reflecting her star power and current standing among her peers. Ripley has been working with WWE since 2017 an

===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Thursday, October 10, 2024 Issue #7373 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Nothing to say today, back tomorrow! ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > NXT RATING - NXT this week on CW drew 874,000 viewers, down 21,000 viewers from last week's premiere episode. It was the second most-watched episode of NXT so far of 2024. The show had a 0.24 rating in 18-49, down 0.02 from last week. NXT had MLB and the second hour of AEW as competition for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider) > WWE ENTRIES ON NETFLIX POPPING UP IN DIFFERENT REGIONS - WWE entries on Netflix have started popping up in several regions around the world. Entries for Raw, Smackdown, and NXT with their respective graphics and "remind me" buttons were added this week. Netflix regions such as Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico, and many others are showing the WWE broadcasts with their premiere date, which starts with Smackdown on Friday, January 3, 2025. These countries, and the majority of the rest of the world, will also get all the WWE premium live events as well along with content from the WWE Network. > JESSE VENTURA SIGNS WWE LEGENDS DEAL - Jesse "The Body" Ventura has announced that he has officially signed a WWE Legends contract. Ventura made the announcement in a post on his Substack titled, "The Body has come home." Back in April, Ventura gave hints that he was back on speaking terms with WWE and a month later said that he was offered a WWE Legends contract and it was with his attorneys for review. Later in July, Ventura attended his first WWE live event in 15 years, showing up to Raw in St. Paul, Minnesota, a state he knows too well after he was a governor for five years between 1998 and 2003. "Welcome home, Jesse Ventura," wrote Triple H on X at the time. "Honored to have one of the all-time greats back to #WWERaw tonight." Ventura thanked Triple H and the "whole WWE family" in his reply, and told CM Punk that hell froze over...again. > DYNAMITE RATING - Airing at 9PM on a Tuesday away from its usual time slot, Dynamite Title Tuesday drew record low ratings for the company, getting only 329,000 viewers, down 351,000 viewers from the previous week. The show had a 0.10 rating in 18-49, down 0.10 from last week and also a record low. It was #16 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider) > SWERVE STRICKLAND SAYS "NEXT EVOLUTION" OF HIMSELF AT WRESTLEDREAM - Appearing on the No-Contest Wrestling podcast, former AEW World champion Swerve Strickland said that come WrestleDream, we can expect the "next evolution" of himself. Strickland said that his return at WrestleDream won't just be a talking segment, but him conveying new news on himself, his business, and what and who he is now. "Like, maybe my hair is different. Maybe my look is different. Maybe you¡¯ll just...something is different. You¡¯ll feel something different in the air. And that¡¯s something I always love bringing to the table," Strickland said while teasing his appearance. The former champ said that not even AEW President Tony Khan knows what to expect but he knows th

===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Issue #7372 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Really enjoyed NXT last night and the venue looked cool. Too bad next week it's back at the WWE PC. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > STEPHANIE VAQUER MAKES FIRST IN-PERSON APPEARANCE ON NXT - Stephanie Vaquer made her first in-person appearance in NXT last night, aligning herself with Giulia in their battle against NXT Women's champion Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade. Giulia interrupted Perez and Jade during their in-ring segment, with Jade inviting her to the ring. Giulia, who stayed on the entrance ramp, looked back and Vaquer made her way out. The two sprinted to the ring and beat up Perez and Jade. With the NXT Women's title left in the ring, Giulia and Vaquer both picked it up from the mat and stared down the champion. Vaquer will make her in-ring debut next week when she wrestles Wren Sinclair. You can see her arrival at https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/stephanie-vaquer-makes-first-in-person-appearance-on-nxt/. > RANDY ORTON PRAISED AFTER MID-AIR RKO BOTCH BY JE'VON EVANS - The main event match on NXT last night featured Randy Orton taking on Je'Von Evans and the match was trending for all the wrong reasons at first: a botched RKO. Evans went to hit his finishing move which is a corkscrew splash and Orton was supposed to counter it in mid air with an RKO. Unfortunately, the timing was not there and Evans was short and Orton RKO'd just air. Orton then stood up and hit a standing RKO on Evans to finish him off. After the three-count and some posing, Orton helped Evans up to his feet, who apologized for the botch. "I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry," Evans said looking straight at Orton. "It's alright. You're the f*cking man," Orton responded as he held Evans' hand up. The post-match received a lot of positive feedback from fans, who appreciated Orton and noted his maturity and his long way from when he called Kofi Kingston "stupid" multiple times for botching a spot back in 2009. You can see the match and ending at https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/randy-or ton-gets-praise-after-mid-air-rko-botch-by-jevon-evans/. > NEW NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION CROWNED ON NXT - Oba Femi's record-breaking 273-day reign as NXT North American champion came to a halt last night on NXT as "The Don" Tony D'Angelo beat the Nigerian star in a fantastic match on the CW. Femi originally won the title on January 9 after he cashed in his Breakout Tournament contract, beating Dragon Lee. Since then, Femi had successfully retained the title in all his title defenses but last night, the Illinois native D'Angelo managed to win his first singles title in NXT, becoming the 19th different NXT star to win the title. D'Angelo won the match after he was set up for a powerbomb by Femi but managed to turn it into a sunset flip for the surprise three-count. > NXT RESCHEDULES WEEKEND LIVE EVENTS IN FLORIDA - The non-televised NXT live events which were scheduled for this weekend have been postponed due to Hurricane Milton. The hurricane is making landfall soon in the state of Florida and just like TNA two

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Sunday, October 6, 2024 Issue #7370 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR CM Punk proved a lot of people wrong last night. What a battle with Drew McIntyre! Enjoyed the main event too and cool to see Jimmy and The Rock back. Rest of the show was so-so but overall, a positive one. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > BAD BLOOD RESULTS - Here are the results from last night's Bad Blood premium live event which took place from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia: CM Punk defeated Drew McIntyre in a Hell In A Cell match; Nia Jax defeated Bayley to retain the WWE Women's title; Damian Priest defeated Finn Balor; Rhea Ripley defeated Liv Morgan via disqualification so Morgan retained the WWE Women's World title; Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns defeated Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu. > THE ROCK RETURNS AT BAD BLOOD - The Final Boss returned at Bad Blood, his first WWE appearance since the Raw after WrestleMania, following the main event shenanigans which saw Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns defeat the Bloodline. As Rhodes and Reigns stared each other down in the middle of the ring, The Rock's iconic theme song hit the speakers and over 16,000 fans lost it. Rock slowly walked out with the People's championship over his shoulder and tapped on his chest to acknowledge the crowd's reaction. The Rock stayed at the top of the entrance as Cody, Roman, and the returning Jimmy Uso looked on from the ring and the rest of The Bloodline watched from the stands. The Rock spent a minute or so quiet, then did the People's Eyebrow and the cut throat hand signal to end the event before walking to the back. Immediately after going to the back, he went live on Instagram, saying there has been a lot of bullshit going on for the last six months and then said that he'll let everyone know his thoughts about the Bloodline development "when The Final Boss is ready." You can see his return at https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/the-rock-returns-at-bad-blood/. > SEVERAL WWE LEGENDS AT BAD BLOOD - Several WWE Legends and Hall of Famers appeared at the Bad Blood premium live event in Atlanta last night. Bill Goldberg and his son Cage, Jacqueline, Lilian Garcia, Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, X-Pac, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Mickie James, and Scott Steiner all were shown on camera and acknowledged. Other celebrities shown included Quavo, Lil Baby, Metro Boomin, and Killer Mike. WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg even had an in-ring segment after Gunther called him out. After the Crown Jewel announcement, Gunther came to the ring and mentioned Goldberg, who was sitting ringside for the show. Gunther said that the comment he made to Bret Hart last time around that Goldberg was his childhood hero was simply a lie and no one could be impressed by a one-trick pony like Goldberg. Gunther then addressed Cage and told him he hopes Goldberg is a better father than he was a wrestler, a comment which did not sit down well with Goldberg. Goldberg jumped the security barricade but security and Raw General Manager Adam Pearce kept him away. Gunther told him that he got "three minutes" for him and then S

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Friday, October 4, 2024 Issue #7368 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR TGIF! Back tomorrow before Bad Blood. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > SMACKDOWN PREVIEW - The Bad Blood go-home episode of Smackdown airs tonight live on USA Network from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, with over 10,000 fans expected in the audience. The show will be headlined by a triple threat ladder match for the WWE Tag Team titles as Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu of The Bloodline defend their titles against The Street Profits and DIY. Also tonight, Chelsea Green takes on Michin in a dumpster match, Naomi battles Ms Money In The Bank Tiffany Stratton, and the "Phenomenal" AJ Styles returns after three months off WWE television. Plus, ahead of their tag team match tomorrow night, Smackdown will take a special look at Cody Rhodes & Roman Reigns' match against The Bloodline. Reigns is not advertised as appearing live at the show although the WWE champion is. > PEACOCK SAYS NXT LIBRARY REMOVED DUE TO RIGHTS EXPIRY, RAW NEXT - After Peacock removed all episodes of the NXT library from its service, Wrestling-Online.com reached out to NBCUniversal for clarification. A Peacock spokesperson confirmed that Peacock no longer has the library rights of NXT episodes from October 1 onward due to the move of the show to the CW. NXT premium live events will continue to air on Peacock and available on-demand but weekly episodes, including those of the past, are not available anymore. A CW spokesman also confirmed a few weeks ago that CW will not have the full NXT library and the network will only have episodes of the show which aired on CW on their app. In addition, all WWE Raw episodes on Peacock will also be removed from the service in January 2025. This is because Raw is moving to Netflix and an expiry clock on these episodes will be shown starting December 2. It's unclear if all previous episodes of Raw will also port to Netflix in the United States. Smackdown episodes, including new and the full library of the show, will remain on Peacock due to the company's agreement with NBCUniversal for the next five years. Also, all premium live events, including NXT ones, will remain exclusive to Peacock in the United States. > ELIMINATION CHAMBER PLE RUMORED FOR ENGLAND - The usually-reliable @WrestleVotes X account is reporting that the Elimination Chamber 2025 premium live event will be taking place in England next. Set for March, the two cities which are considered to be front-runners to host the event are Birmingham and Manchester. The Utilita Arena in Birmingham holds nearly 16,000 fans while Manchester has two arenas, the AO Arena, with a max capacity of 21,000 and the Co-op Live, with a max of 23,000. WWE is holding a non-televised live event at the Co-op which has not sold good and less than 3,000 tickets have been distributed, largely because of very expensive prices. Last year's Elimination Chamber was held in Perth, Australia. > NIKKI GARCIA GETS RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND - The relationship between Nikki Garcia and her estranged husband Artem

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Issue #7366 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR NXT was good, but not the earth-shattering show I was expecting, or what HBK hyped us for. Maybe they're saving it for next week when it matters against AEW. Who knows. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > AEW MEDIA RIGHTS ANNOUNCEMENT IMMINENT - The announcement of AEW's new media rights deal with Warner Bros. Discovery is expected imminently, as in, today, to coincide with Dynamite's fifth year anniversary. AEW President Tony Khan said on X that he "may" have an announcement by showtime today, with that announcement being the confirmation of the new television deal. The announcement has been expected for weeks after both sides wrapped up their negotiations. The deal is not expected to be exclusive as AEW is also working with another network, reportedly FOX, to bring another show to television. Today's rumored announcement will only concern the deal with Warner Bros. Discovery. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Wrestling is also reporting through his Select service that one part of the deal is for Dynamite and Collision to be simulcast live on Max apart from airing on cable television. > DYNAMITE CELEBRATES FIFTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY TONIGHT - Dynamite celebrates its fifth anniversary tonight with a live broadcast on TBS from the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in front a crowd of just under 5,000 fans. Four matches have been announced so far, two of which are for a title. Headlining the show will be AEW World champion Bryan Danielson vs AEW Continental champion Kazuchika Okada. This match is for both titles, but the Continental title is only on the line for the first 20 minutes of the match. Also set for tonight are Will Ospreay vs Ricochet for the AEW International title, "Hangman" Adam Page vs Juice Robinson, and Serena Deeb vs Britt Baker. The show is expected to have a longer than usual overrun. > TRICK WILLIAMS WINS NXT TITLE - Trick Williams walked out of the Allstate Arena with extra weight in his luggage as he was crowned the new NXT champion on the premiere episode on The CW. Williams defeated Ethan Page in the main event of the show which also had CM Punk as the guest referee. The finish of the match saw Page delivering the GTS on Trick, but he kicked out. Page then tried to hit his Ego's Edge finisher but Williams found a way out by sliding and then hit the Trick Shot as Punk counted to three. Confetti fell as Williams celebrated and then Page got in CM Punk's face, who he pushed and Punk hit a GTS on Page as payback as the crowd exploded. This is Williams' second run with the NXT title, with his 75-day run coming to an end courtesy of Ethan Page, who held the title for 86 days himself. > PUNK BUYS PIZZA FOR ALL FANS AT ALLSTATE ARENA - Following the conclusion of NXT from the Allstate Arena last night, CM Punk informed the fans that everyone can get free pizza. "I don't want to cut the champ's celebration short, but I gotta tell you a little secret, on your way out, ladies and gentlemen, get yourself some Lou Malnati's pizza on us," Punk said. "Sha

===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Tuesday, October 1, 2024 Issue #7365 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Looking forward to see what NXT cooks up tonight for its CW premiere episode. Hopefully the crowd is up for it. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > NXT MOVES TO THE CW TONIGHT - A new era of NXT kicks in tonight as the show moves to the CW Network beginning at 8PM ET with a show live from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. It's a huge night for NXT, with two big title matches on the card. Starting the show will be Roxanne Perez defending the NXT Women's champion against Giulia while the main event will be Ethan Page defending the NXT title against Trick Williams with Chicago's own CM Punk as the special guest referee. Other matches announced are Wes Lee vs Zachary Wentz in a street fight and Lola Vice teams up with Jaida Parker to take on two members of Fatal Influence. Plus, Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill appear and The Miz hosts MizTV with guests Oba Femi and Tony D'Angelo. > SETH ROLLINS RETURNS ON RAW - Seth Rollins returned to Raw last night, interfering in the main event match between Bronson Reed and Braun Strowman. After Reed hit a superplex on Strowman and both men struggled to get to their feet to beat the 10-count, Rollins ran in and delivered a curb stomp on Reed who was using the ring steps as leverage to get up. With Reed completely out, Strowman barely made it up on his feet before the count and was declared the winner. Reed attacked Rollins in August, delivering six tsunami splashes off the top rope, an angle done to explain why Rollins would be off television for the next several weeks to recover from an injury. Rollins has not wrestled since Money In The Bank on July 6. You can see his return at https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/seth-rollins-returns-on-raw-takes-out-bronson-reed/. > SAMI ZAYN GETS WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE SHOT NEXT WEEK - Sami Zayn is finally getting what he wants: a World Heavyweight title match against Gunther, and that match will take place next week as the main event of the two-hour Raw. Zayn has been trying to get Gunther to agree to a match for several weeks now, but only managed to get a yes last night after he poked Gunther with the wrong line! During their in-ring segment, Gunther said that losing to Zayn at WrestleMania was the biggest embarrassment of his career because he lost in front of his wife, his parents, and his family. Gunther told Zayn that his father told him that he had to travel all the way from Vienna to Philadelphia to see his son lose to Zayn. Gunther continued telling Zayn that while Zayn kept losing in front of his wife and kid, his family is not used to seeing him fail as he was the golden boy of the family. Zayn admitted that he lost several matches in front of his family, but always got back up and went on to the next challenge. Gunther, he said, was such a failure th at he disappeared and never even asked for a rematch because his dad told him he's a loser and now, after several weeks, he's also showing his father that he's a coward too. That was enough for Gunther, who flattened Zayn, put him i

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Saturday, September 28, 2024 Issue #7363 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Have a great weekend folks, back tomorrow! ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > COLLISION PREVIEW - Tonight's Collision is the first one from Arthur Ashe Stadium and carries the Grand Slam label. In prior years, AEW did Rampage: Grand Slam but the more important Collision took that title this year with two title matches on the card. Headlining the show will be AEW Continental champion Kazuchika Okada against Sammy Guevara in a championship eliminator match. The AEW Trios titles will be on the line as Claudio Castagnoli, Pac, and Wheeler Yuta defend against Private Party and Komander, Jack Perry has his TNT title open challenge, The Beast Mortos vs Hologram vs Dralistico in a three-way lucha libre match, Saraya takes on Jamie Hayter in a Saraya's Rules match, Chris Jericho, Big Bill, and Bryan Keith team up against The Conglomeration in a tornado trios match, and Jeff Jarrett battles Hangman Page in a lumberjack strap match. Collision will air in its regular time slot of 8PM ET on TNT. > SWERVE STRICKLAND SAYS AEW IS "ABOUT TO GET ON FOX" - Swerve Strickland claimed in an interview on the Queenzflip YouTube channel that AEW is "about to get on FOX," becoming the first person from the company to acknowledge the rumors that have been floating around for the past several weeks. The new AEW media rights deal is not exclusive to just Warner Bros. Discovery and AEW shopped around other networks for a different show as well. Rumors started to float that the proposed show, tentatively titled Shockwave, was going on a FOX channel, although it's thought to be FS1 rather than the main FOX channel which Smackdown was on. "We¡¯re about to move," the former AEW World champion said. "We¡¯re about to get on FOX. Smackdown is leaving FOX, and then we¡¯re taking FOX, TNT, TBS... we got all three of them things." AEW filed paperwork to trademark the term AEW Shockwave on September 6 under the goods and services description of entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests, live professional wrestling, production of professional wrestling evens and production and distribution of ongoing TV programs in the field of professional wrestling. > 20% OFF FOR WRESTLEDREAM TICKETS - With ticket sales for WrestleDream hurting, AEW is now offering a 20% discount for the pay-per-view using the code WAR20 on Ticketmaster.com. The promo code will unlock mostly $25 tickets, plus taxes and fees, in the 100 Level seats. Ringside seats have also fallen in price, with the same promo showing $72 seats on the floor. The Tacoma Dome hosts 21,000 seats but AEW has configured the place to just over 7,000 capacity, with less than 5,500 tickets distributed so far according to @WrestleTix. The show might get a little boost now that the main event has been announced featuring Bryan Danielson vs Jon Moxley for the AEW World title. > AJ STYLES TO RETURN NEXT WEEK - For the first time in three months, former WWE champion AJ Styles will be returning to Smackdown next week. Styles was last seen at Clash at the Castle in

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