July 16, 2020 / By mobanmarket
THE ROUND-UP
The Latest from the F4W Staff
NEWS
Two bizarre situations mar UFC 210 weigh-ins
Impact Wrestling results: JB and Josh Mathews reveal their teams
NXT TV taping spoilers: Nakamura and Dillinger say goodbye
Drew McIntyre makes NXT debut at post-TakeOver: Orlando tapings
Post-Mania SmackDown ties highest viewership since WWE draft
AUDIO
WOL: MMA disasters, DJZ update, Dr. Lucha, tons more! 4/7
Wrestling Weekly: WWE Superstar Shakeup Speculation Station 4/7
B&V&G&J: Raw, NXT, Starrcade 1984, Granny’s WrestleMania Report, more! 4/7
WOL: Superstar Shakeup, NXT callups, Dave Meltzer on New Japan, more! 4/6
JNPO: UFC 210 preview with TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter 4/6
After last week being so crazy, WWE only has two shows this weekend, both NXT events, tonight in Fort Pierce, FL and tomorrow night in Largo, FL. We’re looking for reports on those shows at [email protected].
We’re doing two polls this weekend, one for UFC 210 and the other for New Japan Sakura Genesis, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected].
NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING RETURNS AT 8 P.M. AND MIDNIGHT EASTERN TONIGHT ON AXS TV
Kushida vs. Bushi for IWGP jr. title
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bobby Fish for Never Open weight title
We’re looking for reports on Saturday’s ROH TV tapings in Baltimore. They’ll be doing four weeks of shows starting at 2 p.m.with Marty Scurll vs. Frankie Kazarian for the TV title and Silas Young vs. Bobby Fish.
BELLATOR HAS A LONG SHOW FROM TORINO, ITALY STARTING AT 3 P.M. EASTERN & PACIFIC TIME (TAPED DELAYED ON WEST COAST).
MMA FIGHTS AT 3 p.m.
Samba Coulibay (155.25) vs. Mihail Nica (153.5)
Djamil Chan (157) vs. Valeriu Miercea (153.5)
Anastasia Yankova (133) vs. Eilna Kallionidou (131)
Rafael Carvalho (184.4) vs. Melvin Manhoef (184.5) for the middleweight title
KICKBOXING AT 5 P.M
Gaston Bolanos (146.1) vs. Luca D’isanto (142.6)
Mustapha Haida (157.5) vs. Enriko Kehl (157.3)
Nando Calazetta (154.9) vs. John Wayne Parr (160.4)
Denise Kielholtz (123.2) vs. Martine Michieletto (123.9)
Giorgio Petrsoyan (153.3) vs. Amaansio Paraschiv (153.8)
UFC 210 FROM THE KEY BANK ARENA IN BUFFALO ON SATURDAY
Fight Pass at 6:15 p.m.
Magomec Bibulatov (13-0, 126) vs. Jenel Lausa (7-2, 124.8)
Irene Aldana (7-3, 135.6) vs. Kaitlyn Chookagian (8-1, 134.8)
Josh Emmett (11-0, 155.6) vs. Desmond Green (19-5, 154.2)
Gregor Gillespie (8-0, 154.8) vs. Andrew Holbrook (12-1, 156)
FS 1 at 8 p.m. Eastern
Jan Blachowicz (19-6, 204.2) vs. Patrick Cummins (8-4, 205.4)
Shane Burgos (8-0, 146.0) vs. Charles Rosa (11-2, 145.2)
Sean Strickland (18-1, 170) vs. Kamaru Usman (9-1, 170.2)
Myles Jury (15-2, 145) vs. Mike De La Torre (14-6, 146)
PPV at 10 p.m. Eastern
Will Brooks (18-2, 155.6) vs. Charles Oliveira (21-7, 152.8)
Thiago Alves (21-11, 170.6) vs. Patrick Cote (23-10, 170)
Cynthia Cavillo (4-0, 115.6) vs. Pearl Gonzalez (6-1, 116)
Gegard Mousasi (41-6-2, 185.8) vs. Chris Weidman (13-2, 185.8)
Daniel Cormier (18-1, 205) vs. Anthony Johnson (22-5, 203.8) for UFC light heavyweight title
NEW JAPAN SAKURA GENESIS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AT 2:40 A.M. EASTERN AND 11:40 P.M. PACIFIC TIME ON NEW JAPAN WORLD
Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Liger & David Finlay vs. Hirai Kawato & Tomoyuki Oka & Katsuya Kitamura
Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask W (Kota Ibushi) & Tiger Mask vs. Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa & Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
Yoshi-Hashi & Rocky Romero & Baretta vs. Minoru Suzuki & Desperado & Taka Michinoku
Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi vs. Gedo & Jado for IWGP jr. tag titles
Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Kenny Omega & Bad Luck Fale
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet vs. Tetsuya Naito & Seiya Sanada & Evil & Bushi
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. War Machine for IWGP tag team titles
Hirooki Goto vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for Never Open weight title
Hiromu Takahashi vs Kushida for IWGP jr. title
Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata for IWGP heavyweight title
Raw will be Monday night from the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY. Nothing has been announced for the show other than the Superstar shake up. That will also continue in Tuesday in Boston.
FIGURE FOUR WEEKLY: 4/3/2017: Memorable moments make Wrestlemania 33
Despite the match quality and show length being similar, WrestleMania 33 was much better than its predecessor. That’s largely due to just having more memorable moments than WrestleMania 32. The Undertaker’s retirement is what will define this year’s show, even if he clearly held on too long. Jim Ross’ return to the WWE broadcast booth was a nice touch and necessary to stress the magnitude of Undertaker’s final match. The Hardys coming back brought genuine excitement while making the Raw tag team title ladder match feel like a big deal. And John Cena proposing to Nikki Bella at least gave reason for what was a nothing mixed tag after such a great build.
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WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER: April 10, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Wrestlemania 33 review, WWE financials, more
Our annual WrestleMania double-issue of the Observer is out today, covering not only the big show, but also the entire week in Orlando with NXT, ROH, the top indie shows and even the NXT tapings.
Stories on New Japan’s quick sellouts and plans for their first U.S. shows, behind-the-scenes bullying in WWE and what’s next in WWE, in this issue.
Plus, look at all of the business numbers for WrestleMania, how to analyze the network number and what numbers need to be out before fully getting a picture of everything, the gain of subscribers this year as compared to the past two years and how much time the average subscriber spends during Mania week watching the network. Also, look at the live gate, what aspects of the show were the most talked about, general public reaction compared to big UFC events, and television ratings for the prelims.
Undertaker’s retirement, the Cena proposal, return of the Hardys sans gimmick, Goldberg vs. Lesnar, ring psychology, length of matches, as well as when the finishes were finalized and the gambling money came in, inside.
This issue also has match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results for WrestleMania, NXT Takeover and ROH Supercard of Honor.
Read about the returns to WWE of Jim Ross and Drew Galloway and the backgrounds of everything as well as the unique Ross/New Japan/WWE dynamic that under normal circumstances would be unheard of, and also look at how the situation with Galloway went down.
Also, look at the dynamic of the Takeover show and why decisions were made the way they were.
This issue goes through the plans for the New Japan shows in Long Beach, what will be on the shows and goals of the shows.
Finally look at the highlight matches during the week from smaller promotions in Orlando.
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WON BACK ISSUE: March 13, 2000: Beyond the Mat controversy, New York Daily News stories on wrestling deaths and drugs, more
The controversy over the movie “Beyond the Mat” grew this past week when pressure tactics from the WWF caused the USA Network, UPN and Cris Craft Communications to all ban any advertising on any of their programs for the film. While some were surprised at the lengths Vince McMahon would go to attempt to bury the movie, it has been clear for some time by anyone who understands the “with us or against us” and no in between philosophy of McMahon, that he felt the movie wasn’t “with us.”
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FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE
We’ll have a lot more on the Superstar Shakeup on tomorrow night’s show after UFC, as well as more thoughts on the Mauro Ranallo situation.
Ranallo deleted all references to being a WWE announcer on his Twitter account. As of right now, he is under contract to WWE through 8/12.
John Layfield may have put his foot in his mouth this morning. When asked about Justin Roberts and when they stole Roberts’ passport while he was in Europe, Layfield said, “I won’t answer net rumors, but I didn’t take Justin Roberts passport. Could have been anyone. He was hated by the whole crew. He’s an idiot.” In an article hours later, John Hennigan (Mundo) was quoted as saying that on that trip, Layfield asked he and Joey Mercury to steal Roberts’ passport. Hennigan talked in the article about how he knew if he did it he’d no longer be bullied, but he wouldn’t do it because he wouldn’t have wanted something like that done to him, and figured he got heat for not doing it. There’s more on that in this Deadspin story about Layfield. Forbes has a story on Layfield as well.
Michael Paris (DJZ) wrote about his surgery in Mexico that it went well, that they fixed his colon (which was ruptured in taking a 450 splash in a match Wednesday night in Mexico City) and will make a full recovery in a few weeks. He said he’ll have to take time off from the ring but was scared at one point that his career was over. He said he’s not happy to have a sweet scar on his stomach, but he’s glad to be alive.
This was a crazy day for UFC with the off-again on-again Cynthia Cavillo vs. Pearl Gonzalez fight. It’s the first time anyone has ever heard of a commission attempting to block a fighter from fighting due to having breast implants, and then backed off on it. The Daniel Cormier weight situation was also crazy but at the root of the issue is that Cormier admitted having a tough weight-cut, which certainly becomes a factor in the fight tomorrow.
For TV this week, Chris Jericho is being advertised for Raw so he’s evidently not gone yet. Brock Lesnar is not scheduled for Raw and obviously Bill Goldberg is gone for now. John Cena and Nikki Bella are gone for now and won’t be on Smackdown this week.
WWE
Glenn “Kane” Jacobs is expected to announce on 4/11 officially that he’s running for Mayor of Knox County, TN. He will be running as a Republican as opposed to a Libertarian.
Dwayne Johnson will star in a movie called “Jungle Cruise,” after the Disney theme park attraction boat cruise. He and ex-wife Dany Garcia will produce the movie. It is expected to film next year. The Hollywood Reporter broke this story.
Alberto El Patron was on Periscope, seemingly way too happy, saying that Paige wouldn’t be coming back, and said how most of the people who work for WWE are p*ssies especially the guy with the big nose.
Deadline reported that Kurt Angle and Paul “Big Show” Wight have signed with the Agency for Performing Arts for potential acting roles.
How did HHH get in shape for WrestleMania. Well, at least some of those tricks are here.
Jim Ross talks his new contract with WWE.
Saban Films acquired North American distribution rights to the movie “Armed Response,” a WWE Studios movie that stars Wesley Snipes, Anne Heche and Seth Rollins. Michael Luisi of WWE films and Gene Simmons of Erebus Pictures were also behind the movie.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Tragos/Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in Waterloo, IA today announced its 2017 Class for induction on 7/20 to 7/22. Being inducted this year will be Dusty Rhodes, Magnum T.A. and Paul Orndorff. Stan Hansen will also be honored with the Frank Gotch Award. Mike Van Arsdale will be honored with the George Tragos Award for a wrestler who achieved stardom in MMA, and Scott Williams will be given this year’s Jim Melby award for reporting. Williams, who worked with me doing the Observer and did the autobiographies of Jim Duggan, Bill Watts and Terry Funk, and was working with Jim Ross, passed away suddenly last year of a heart attack. Among those also appearing include Gerald Brisco, Jim Ross, J.J. Dillon, Brian Blair, Penta 0M, Jim Brunzell, Larry Hennig, Baron Von Raschke, Dan Gable, Wade Keller, Matt Riddle, Chuck Taylor, ACH and Charlie Thesz. There will be a one-day independent tournament on Friday 7/21, a talent evaluation with Gerald Brisco and more. An All Access pass for all activities is $115 through 5/31 (when it becomes $130) and can be ordered at the Dan Gable Museum at [email protected]. We’ll have more on this as time goes on.
I’m not sure if this will be geo blocked, although it appear it will be, but CMLL has the Reyes de Aire show tonight from Arena Mexico which is an elimination match with Caristico, Mistico, Volador Jr., Maximo Sexy, Angel de Oro, Dragon Lee, Valiente, Titan, Mephisto, Niebla Roja, Cavernario, Euforia, Hechicero, La Mascara, Luciferno and Gran Guerrero plus Atlantis & Diamante Azul & Stuka Jr. vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Negro Casas & Kraneo, Sam Adonis vs. Rey Cometa, and more.
Here is a story on the 35th anniversary of the first Jerry Lawler vs. Andy Kaufman match in Memphis at the Mid South Coliseum.
A huge show for Fight Club Pro takes place on 4/14 in Wolverhampton, UK at the Diamond Banquet Suite with Tyler Bate & Trent Seven & Pete Dunne vs. Young Bucks & Kenny Omega, Penta 0M vs. Rey Fenix, Travis Banks vs. Will Ospreay, Sami Callihan vs. Shane Strickland, plus Jack Evans & Angelico, David Haskins and more.
Penta 0M is off his scheduled show in Washington tonight due to a family emergency. We haven’t heard if he’ll be at the AAW show tomorrow yet. UPDATE: Penta 0M is in town for the AAW show and will be defending his Heritage title against AR Fox.
AAW tomorrow night in Rosemont, IL at Joe’s Live has Penta 0M vs. AR Fox for the AAW Heritage title, Dave & Jake Crist vs. Jack Evans & Angelico for the AAW tag titles, Michael Elgin vs. Matt Riddle, John Morrison vs. Rey Fenix, ACH vs. Shane Strickland, Trevor Lee vs. Chuck Taylor plus Sami Callihan, Eddie Kingston, Davey Vega, Mat Fitchett, Low Ki, Abyss and Steven Wolf.
AAW also runs 4/22 in LaSalle, IL at the Knights of Columbus with Michael Elgin vs. Daga, Veda Scott vs. Samantha Heights, Chuck Taylor vs Alex Daniels plus Rey Fenix, Dave & Jake Crist, Candice LeRae, Bob Holly, AR Fox and more. Keith Lee, Bobby Fish and Zack Sabre Jr. debut on 5/6 in Chicago at the Logan Square Auditorium. War Machine debuts on 5/25 in Berwyn, IL at the Eagles Club.
Keith Lipinski was on WGN AM 720 on Monday night to talk about AAW and WrestleMania.
Kyle O’Reilly has been pulled from some of his NWL shows because of a family emergency that required him to return to Canada.
Ben Askren vs. Agilan Thani was announced as the co-main event for a One show on 5/26 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
There’s a well known crime/murder podcast, Last Podcast on the Left, that covered the Chris Benoit incident today. (thanks to Andrew Benjamin)
Here is an article on Major Baisden of the NWL promotion.
An article on mummies in wrestling is, from Mexico to Argentina to Prince Kharis in Smoky Mountain Wrestling is here.
Today in Professional Wrestling History (4/7): WrestleMania II spans three locations
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