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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Monday, December 2, 2024 Issue #7420 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Is it going to be the end of The New Day and Big E's retirement tonight? Or is it all a swerve? ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > WWE TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF THE NEW DAY - WWE will be celebrating the 10th year anniversary of The New Day live tonight on Monday Night Raw, a team which over the past decade has dominated the WWE tag team division as well as the singles division, at least for two of them in particular. The trio made their debut as The New Day on the November 28, 2014 episode of Smackdown after they were formed a few months earlier in the year. Together, they have a total of 12 tag team title reigns spanning across Raw, Smackdown, and NXT, not to mention singles title runs for Kofi Kingston and Big E as WWE champions and Xavier Woods as King of the Ring in 2021. Unfortunately, the trio was slimmed down to a duo after Big E suffered a broken neck during an episode of Smackdown in March 2022 and things haven't been great between Kofi and Xavier, especially the last several months. Big E has yet to return to the ring although he has been a constant on panels at pre-shows for WWE premium live events. If he appears on tonight's Raw remains to be seen, but it's hard to celebrate The New Day without Big E! Speaking of Big E, the former WWE champion penned a beautiful article for The Players Tribune for this special occasion titled Sour which you can read at https://www.theplayerstribune.com/big-e-ettore-ewen-wwe-wrestling. > RAW-RELATED VIDEOS ON PEACOCK EXPIRING IN 29 DAYS - All the Monday Night Raw episodes dating back from the first one on January 11, 1993, are set to expire from Peacock in 29 days. At the end of December, everything related to Raw in the United States will cease to exist on the streaming service as Raw moves to Netflix in January 2025. This is due to the new contract WWE has with Netflix and follows what the company did with NXT when it moved from USA Network to The CW. Old episodes of NXT remain locked in the vault as only new episodes are available for viewing on The CW app. Peacock will also no longer have re-runs of new episodes of Raw as those will be available on Netflix with a subscription moving forward. WWE fans in other countries around the world will lose the whole WWE Network and its content at the end of this month as well as the Network shuts down with selected content moving to Netflix. It remains to be seen if Netflix in the U.S. will upload all the old episodes of Raw but it looks like WWE is holding back on their video library for the next highest bidder. WWE will remain on Peacock in the United States until 2026. > MOANA 2 WITH THE ROCK SMASHES THANKSGIVING WEEKEND RECORDS - Disney's Moana 2, featuring the voice of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Maui, had a $135.5 million opening in the United States this Thanksgiving weekend. The movie was released on Wednesday on Thanksgiving Eve and had an additional $85.5 million for that day and Thanksgiving, sending its domestic total to $221 million. Internationally, the movie had an ad

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Saturday, November 30, 2024 Issue #7418 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Happy Survivor Series day! Looking forward to see the outcome of the Bloodline WarGames match! ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > SURVIVOR SERIES LIVE ON PEACOCK & WWE NETWORK TONIGHT - Live tonight from the sold out Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada, WWE presents Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 on Peacock and WWE Network. The full card is as follows: Roman Reigns, The Usos, Sami Zayn, and CM Punk vs Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, and Bronson Reed in the men's WarGames match; Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Naomi, Iyo Sky, and Bayley vs Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Nia Jax, Tiffany Stratton, and Candice LeRae in the women's WarGames match; Gunther vs Damian Priest for the WWE World Heavyweight title; Bron Breakker vs Sheamus vs Ludwig Kaiser in a triple threat match for the WWE Intercontinental title; LA Knight vs Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE United States title. This year's Survivor Series will be starting at 6PM ET and the countdown show will start two hours earlier at 4PM ET streaming live on Peacock, YouTube, Facebook, and X. The Survivor Series post-show will follow immediately after the conclusion of the show and will also stream on Peacock, YouTube, Facebook, and X. > REIGNS AND PUNK COME FACE-TO-FACE ON SMACKDOWN - A face-to-face between Roman Reigns and CM Punk, moderated by Paul Heyman, aired last night on Friday Night Smackdown. Shot in a cinematic style similar to the face-to-face between Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes a few months ago, Punk arrived late to the meeting, which angered the OTC. Punk made it clear that he was not there for Roman, but for his friend Paul Heyman while Roman made it clear that he doesn't need, or want, Punk. Heyman told both Reigns and Punk that divided, they will fall to the New Bloodline and warned Punk that he would be next on Solo's list. Together, he said, they would survive at best. Both somewhat agreed and said this would be a one-time thing and Punk said that if Reigns wants to revisit this after WarGames, then he's up for it. Punk said that he's owed a favor and Roman asked if he owes him one. "You won't owe me anything," Punk said. "Our wiseman will owe me a favor." After Punk exited the frame, a worried Roman asked Heyman what the favor is. "Let's get through WarGames, then we'll have all the time in the world to talk about it," Heyman responded, obviously hiding something very important from his Tribal Chief. You can see the excellent segment at https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/cm-punk-to-roman-reigns-our-wiseman-will-owe-me-a-favor/. > BAYLEY JOINS WARGAMES - With Jade Cargill out of action, former WWE Women's champion Bayley has stepped in to replace her in the women's WarGames mach tonight. Bayley has tried to gain Bianca Belair's trust over the past week, even helping her defeat Nia Jax on Raw to have the WarGames early advantage. Bayley stood by her team mates last night on Smackdown in the final promo between the two teams. This will be Bayley's third time in WarGames, having previously battled

===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Thursday, November 28, 2024 Issue #7417 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Happy Thanksgiving to all our American readers around the world! ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > CHANGE IN HOW CONTINENTAL CLASSIC WINNER IS DETERMINED - There was a minor change in how the Continental Classic will be decided this year compared to last year, with another wrinkle added before the final match. Last year, the winners from the blue and gold leagues took on each other to determine the Continental Classic winner, however, this year there is an extra step added. Now, the gold league winner will take on the runner up from the blue league while the blue league winner will take on the runner up from the gold league in a semi final match. The eventual winners of those two semi final matches will then meet each other with the winner taking possession of the AEW Continental title. These three matches will all take place on the same night at the Worlds End pay-per-view in December. > CONTINENTAL CLASSIC TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF - The second Continental Classic tournament kicked off last night on the Thanksgiving eve episode of Dynamite live from Chicago, with three matches taking place. Shelton Benjamin of the Hurt Syndicate defeated former ROH champion Mark Briscoe in the blue league, gaining three points. Claudio Castagnoli defeated Ricochet in the gold league to get himself three points and in the second gold league match of the night, Brody King defeated Darby Allin for another three points. Three matches will take place this weekend on Collision with Kazuchika Okada vs Daniel Garcia and Kyle Fletcher vs The Beast Mortos in the blue league plus Will Ospreay vs Juice Robinson in the gold league. > DYNAMITE DOZEN BATTLE ROYAL RETURNING NEXT WEEK - The Dynamite Dozen battle royal returns on next week's episode of Dynamite with the winner advancing to a match at Winter Is Coming the following week. The 12 AEW stars in this battle royal will fight for a chance to take on MJF for the Dynamite Diamond ring, a ring which so far has stayed with MJF since its introduction. After winning the Dynamite Diamond ring in November 2019, MJF has successfully defended it every year. Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly are the first two entrants to officially enter this battle royal. > SURVIVOR SERIES INCHING CLOSER TO 17,000 SELL-OUT - It's going to be big business for WWE this weekend at Survivor Series with the show inching closer to a complete legit sellout. With no stage setup, the Rogers Arena in Vancouver has 17,288 seats available and @WrestleTix is reporting that WWE has so far distributed 16,410 tickets as of today, with under 1,000 tickets left for a complete sell out. The cheapest tickets available are CA $193.50. Ringside seats have also dropped drastically in price and are available from CA $998.65 in second row or CA $750.80 for third row. The last time WWE came to Vancouver at the Rogers Arena was for Smackdown on January 5, 2024 where 13,157 fans turned up for the show. > RAW RATING - WWE Raw this week drew an average of 1,509,000 viewers, down 7,000 viewers from last wee

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Issue #7415 ==================================================== 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/ > SMACKDOWN RATING - Smackdown last Friday night with the surprise return of CM Punk drew 1,578,000 viewers, up 344,000 viewers from last week's broadcast. The show had a 0.46 rating in 18-49, up 0.14 from the prior week and was #1 not only on cable but in all of television, beating NBA on ESPN and college football on FOX. It was the best number since October 11. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider) > TWO MATCHES ADDED TO SURVIVOR SERIES - Two new matches were added to this weekend's Survivor Series card, with the show now up to the usual five matches. The Intercontinental title will be on the line in a triple threat match as champion Bron Breakker will defend against Sheamus and Ludwig Kaiser. Plus, LA Knight will defend the United States title against the recently-returned Shinsuke Nakamura. These two matches join the two WarGames and Gunther vs Damian Priest for the WWE World Heavyweight title. > WOMEN'S INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE UNVEILED - As expected, another mid-card title has been introduced for the Raw women, with Raw General Manager Adam Pearce unveiling the WWE Women's Intercontinental title which will be exclusive to the red brand. This follows the introduction of the Women's United States title over at Smackdown two weeks ago. The Women's Intercontinental title features the same design as the men's title but with a white strap instead. A tournament will kick off to crown the inaugural champion, similar to what is being done on Smackdown. The final for the Smackdown Women's United States title will be held on Saturday Night's Main Event. No date has been given as to when the final for the Women's Intercontinental title will be held yet. > JADE CARGILL OUT FOR MONTHS WITH INJURY - Jade Cargill is expected to be out of action for several months which is why she was written off television in that fashion last week on Smackdown. Cargill was taken out and left lying on the hood of a car with its windshield broken. Footage aired during the triple threat match in the tournament for the Women's United States title and it caused Bianca Belair to abandon the match to go check on her tag team partner. The real reason why Cargill is out remains a tight-lipped secret although it was noted that Cargill has an injury which is serious enough to get her written off. In a social media post, WWE said that Cargill is suffering from "deep lumbar paraspinal muscle contusions, bruised kidney, sprained MCL in her right knee, tibial plateau bone bruise of her right knee, and facial lacerations." Cargill is one half of the WWE Women's Tag Team champions with Bianca Belair. No news on what's going to happen to the titles has been announced yet although this continues the curse of the se particular titles where almost every champions had to surrender due to an injury. > MAX BLACK FRIDAY DEAL AHEAD OF AEW DEBUT - After Peacock dropped its Black Friday deal yesterday where you can get a year-long subscription for just $

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Thursday, November 21, 2024 Issue #7410 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Nothing to say today, have a good one! ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > JON MOXLEY SAYS AEW HAS TO BE A SUCCESS OR BUSINESS GOES BACK 20 YEARS - Speaking to TVInsider.com ahead of this weekend's Full Gear pay-per-view, AEW World champion Jon Moxley said that it is a matter of "life or death" for AEW and there is no other option for this company but to be a success. "If it’s not, the business gets set back another 20 f*ckin’ years. I’m not willing to go through that again," Moxley explained. "Others who I’ve known for 15-20 years are not willing to go through that again. It’s at the hands of our generation." Moxley said that the future of the company is up to them and admitted that in five years, "nothing has been built." "We’re going to build it right now. There has been no flag. AEW has not really nailed down its identity being a young company, and that’s fine," he continued. "There has been a known flag for everyone to unify to say this is who we are what we do and the direction we’re going. We’re going to plant our flag. That’s starting with me and the few people watching my back and others. We’re going to demand more of everybody around us. We’re going to unify behind one flag and march forward and turn this into what it can be." Mox added that AEW could be the best place he's ever worked but it could be 10 times better for everyone, switching to his character saying for that to happen, he needs to keep the AEW World title and not let it slip through someone else's hands. > RICOCHET GETS AEW INTERNATIONAL TITLE SHOT AT FULL GEAR - The AEW International title will be up for grabs at the Full Gear pay-per-view this weekend as champion Konosuke Takeshita will defend his gold against Ricochet. While Takeshita has already defended the title twice, this will be the first time that he defends it in AEW. He has been champion since WrestleDream last month, defeating then-champion Will Ospreay and Ricochet in a three-way match. Ricochet has not lost a singles match since his AEW arrival. This match is the 11th on the card, with a few more still probably being added to the Zero Hour card for the usual dozen-plus AEW PPV cards. > THE RIZZLER JOINING COSTO GUYS AT FULL GEAR - The Costco Guys will be coming in full force at Full Gear as it was revealed last night that The Rizzler will be joining Big Boom AJ and Big Justice during the Zero Hour match. AJ has a match against QT Marshall on Saturday and originally, his son Big Justice was going to be in his corner. But last night in a backstage segment on Dynamite, the duo also made the announcement that their sidekick, The Rizzler, will also be on hand for the match. The social media stars got involved several weeks ago with AJ, who is a former independent wrestler himself, saying originally he wanted to catch the eye of WWE but ultimately, it was AEW who came knocking. He signed a one-match deal with AEW but recently stated that he would be open to do more if the opportunity presents itself. > LINDA MCMAHON ISSUES STATEMENT O

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Monday, November 18, 2024 Issue #7407 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Better late than never I guess... ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > RAW NETFLIX PREMIERE GOING TO INTUIT DOME - The Raw Netflix premiere will be held live from the brand new Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. The announcement, which was expected, was made today and tickets will go on sale this coming Friday at 10AM PT at Ticketmaster.com. The $2 billion, 18,000 seater arena was inaugurated in August of this year and it is the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. It sits next to SoFi Stadium, where WWE held WrestleMania 39 last year. The Raw Netflix premiere is scheduled to be a star-studded event and will be the first WWE broadcast to air almost worldwide on the streaming platform. > LYNCH HINTS AT WWE RETURN - Appearing at her Vulture Festival panel yesterday, former multi-time champion Becky Lynch pretty much confirmed that she will be returning to WWE soon. Rumors last week suggested that Lynch was on her way back to WWE and was expected to return to television around the Netflix premiere. "If you think I'm gonna go out with Dominik Mysterio slamming a door in my face, that's not gonna happen," Lynch said, referring to her last match which she lost in a cage to Liv Morgan back in May. Lynch has been without a WWE contract since then and welcomed the crowd with, "The Man has come around to Hollywood...it's been a while since I've said that!" The Man looked much slimmer than the last time we saw her on WWE television. You can see some photos at https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/lynch-hints-at-wwe-return-during-vulture-festival-panel/. > WWE ANNOUNCES SOME MORE DETAILS ON NETFLIX DEAL - In a press release issued today, WWE announced some additional details to their blockbuster Netflix deal. The press release states that Raw, Smackdown, NXT, and all of the WWE premium live events will be seen on Netflix in "most international markets around the world," although in the United States, only Raw will be aired on Netflix. "Many of WWE's top RAW moments will be available to watch on Netflix, plus select programming and historic PLEs also available outside the United States, from January 1, 2025," it continued. This confirms that not the whole WWE Network content will be moving to Netflix internationally, with many shows going back in the archives. The WWE Network will cease to exist in the current form wherever it still is available around the world. In the United States, Peacock continues to hold the rights for the WWE Network and premium live events until 2026. The press release also states that there will be surprise guests for the Raw premiere on January 6 and Travis Scott's new music will be used as the Raw theme song. > TRAVIS SCOTT COMING TO RAW NETFLIX PREMIERE - WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H showed up at the Travis Scott concert yesterday at Complexion in Las Vegas and presented him with a custom-made hardcore WWE title. "Yeah, I take this! I take this, I take this," Scott said as fans cheered. The hardcore title was a nod to the name of the r

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Saturday, November 16, 2024 Issue #7405 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR That Tyson/Paul fight was...not what I wanted but what I expected. Tyson looked like Ric Flair in his last match, and that's not a good thing. He looks good physically, but once that bell rang, oh man. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > NEW POTENTIAL RAW LOGO SHOWN DURING TYSON/PAUL FIGHT - During the Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul boxing fight last night, an ad for Raw aired, showing what looks to be the new logo that will be used for the show once it moves over to the streaming giant. The new logo has two lines above and below the word Raw, with the top line connecting to the W while the bottom one connects to the R, making it look more like BAW than RAW. The bottom part is also arched up rather than straight. It's unknown if this is the final version of the logo that they're going with but it's the one that was part of the ad. Also, Mauro Ranallo, who was calling the show, plugged WWE, saying that in 2016, he was at the AT&T Stadium doing commentary as part of WrestleMania. "It's great to hear from so many of my former colleagues at WWE glad they're enjoying boxing on Netflix," Ranallo said as a lower third graphic showed Raw's premiere date. You can see it at https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/new-potential-raw-logo-shown-on-netflix-during-tyson-paul-fight/. > MIKE TYSON CHALLENGES LOGAN PAUL - WWE's Logan Paul got himself into a boxing match against Mike Tyson after Tyson called the former WWE United States champion out after he lost his eight-round match to Jake Paul via a unanimous decision. The 58-year-old WWE Hall of Famer showed his age in the ring and was outboxed by the much younger Paul in front of a jam packed AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas, with former WWE announcer Mauro Ranallo on commentary. During the post-fight in-ring interviews with Ariel Helwani, Tyson refused to hang up his gloves once and for all, and when Helwani asked who's next, Tyson said, "Maybe his brother." Logan, who accompanied Jake to the ring and was also standing next to his brother during the interview, quickly said, "Oh f*ck, I'll kill you Mike!" Tyson accepted and said, "It's on then." The fight, which aired live around the world on Netflix, had its own issues, with Netflix seemingly unable to handle all the traffic with users from all around the world reporting issues such as buffering, disconnections, and app problems. Netflix' next big test comes on Christmas Day when it airs two NFL games and then just a few days later, starts WWE Raw. You can see the post-match interviews at https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/mike-tyson-challenges-logan-paul-after-losing-boxing-return-match/. > TOURNAMENT BRACKET FOR WOMEN'S UNITED STATES TITLE - The tournament to crown the inaugural Women's WWE United States champion kicked off on Smackdown last night. Four, triple threat matches will determine the four semi finalists before the winners meet in the finals at next month's Saturday Night's Main Event NBC special. The first match saw Bayley defeat Candice LeRae and B-Fab to advance. On the same

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Thursday, November 14, 2024 Issue #7403 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR I'm off to Thailand tomorrow for the next 9 days so there will be odd delivery times for this for the next several days and probably a miss or two. Our website and social media will be updated regularly as usual, so keep on eye on those. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > CONTINENTAL CLASSIC TOURNAMENT RETURNING IN TWO WEEKS - The popular Continental Classic round robin tournament will kick off in two weeks on Dynamite live from Chicago, with the conclusion of the month-plus-long tournament coming at the Worlds End pay-per-view later in December. The tournament was a big hit last year, even in terms of viewership, and ultimately had Eddie Kingston win the inaugural Continental Crown, a short-lived triple crown involving the AEW Continental title, the ROH World title, and the NJPW Strong title. The titles have since been split up again following Kingston's individual losses for each title. This year's Continental Classic is expected to follow last year's format, with a total of 12 stars split in two groups. Each wrestler will wrestle five times and will get three points for a pin and one for a draw. The winners of each group will then face each other to win the tournament. > FOUR AEW STARS TO WRESTLE AT CMLL SHOW - Four AEW stars will be participating on the December 13 CMLL show at Arena Mexico. The Mexican promotion announced that Toni Storm, Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, and Red Velvet will all be in action in a month's time as the two promotions continue their partnership. Storm and Velvet will tag team to battle La Catalina and Tessa Blanchard. Castagnoli takes on Hechicero while PAC faces Volador Jr. The former AEW Women's champion Toni Storm wrestled last month at a CMLL show and lost to Catalina, vowing to return for revenge. > DECEMBER 7 COLLISION MOVED TO NEW LOCATION - AEW issued a press release announcing that for the first time, Collision will be held in partnership with GalaxyCon Columbus on Saturday, December 7 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. This replaces the planned Collision at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, which was canceled earlier in the day. Tickets for AEW Collision at GalaxyCon Columbus will go on sale this Saturday, November 16 at 2 PM ET via AEWTix.com and GalaxyConColumbus.com. All fans that purchased tickets for AEW Collision at Nationwide Arena will be automatically refunded. > MORE MATCHES ANNOUNCED FOR FULL GEAR - A couple of more matches have been announced for the upcoming AEW Full Gear pay-per-view. Malakai Black and Brody King advanced to the AEW Tag Team title four-way match after they defeated FTR last night on Dynamite. They now join champions Private Party and The Outrunners in the match, with one more spot available. Roderick Strong earned a match against MJF after he successfully defeated Lance Archer in a falls count anywhere match on Dynamite as well. Adam Cole lost his chance after he lost to Konosuke Takeshita, failing to get the most wins out of three matches as per the stipulation that MJF put up in order to fac

===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Issue #7402 ==================================================== 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/ > PRE-SALE FOR ROYAL RUMBLE KICKS OFF - The pre-sale for the Royal Rumble tickets kicked off this morning on Ticketmaster.com using the codes RUMBLE or UNIVERSE. Cheapest tickets available as of now are $200 plus taxes and fees, although there were cheaper tickets on sale when the pre-sale started earlier today. The most expensive tickets are $6,000 plus taxes and fees for ringside seats. Only one half of the stadium is open at the moment and it's unlikely the other half will see anybody in it. The stadium holds 70,000 fans if open in full. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, November 15 at 10AM ET. The Royal Rumble takes place on Saturday, February 01, 2025 live from the Lucas Oil Stadium, in Indianapolis, Indiana. > FIRST THREE ADVANCE TO IRON SURVIVOR CHALLENGE - Three NXT stars - two men and one woman - advanced to the Iron Survivor Challenge match yesterday on NXT on CW. Sol Ruca defeated Cora Jade in the surprise of the night, winning her match with the Sol Snatcher finisher which she executed perfectly. Former NXT North American champion Wes Lee advanced by beating Cedric Alexander and then Je'Von Evans defeated Lexis King to move on. More matches will be taking place next week and throughout the rest of the month leading up to Deadline. The two Iron Survivor Challenge matches will pit five men and five women in a 25-minute match and the ones with most points are declared winners. The winners will receive a title shot at a future date. > RAW RATING - WWE Raw this week drew 1,564,000 viewers, up 99,000 viewers from last week's broadcast and the second-highest since moving to two hours. The first hour drew 1,614,000 viewers, matching the high of October 21, and the second hour did 1,514,000 viewers. Raw's main competition, the NFL game on ESPN, drew 12.13 million viewers. Raw had a 0.485 rating in 18-49, up 0.05 from the prior week off hours 0.51 and 0.46. It was #3 on cable television for the night and #4 in all of television including network. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider) > NXT BACK ON THE ROAD NEXT MONTH - NXT will be back on the road next month for the December 17 episode on CW. This will be the fourth episode on the road for NXT ever since it moved to the CW last month. The first two episodes were from Rosemont and Chesterfield respectively and last week from Philadelphia. This next time around, NXT will be from Lowell, Massachusetts at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, a frequent stop for AEW/ROH. NXT held their Battleground event in May of last year in the same location. The pre-sale will kick off on Tuesday, November 19 using the code NXTLIVE and the general public on-sale starts the following day at 10AM ET. > NXT STARS ON TRIVIAL PURSUIT ON CW - NXT stars Trick Williams, Roxanne Perez, Wes Lee, and Lola Vice will be participating on Thursday's episode of the game show Trivial Pursuit on The CW. The newest version of the show show airs at 9PM ET and it his host

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