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WON NEWSLETTER: August 2, 2021 Observer Newsletter: Death of Super Porky, AEW to United Center
In this week’s issue:
The life of Super Porky Brazo de Plata, a look at a career that will surprise a lot of people
C.M. Punk, Bryan Danielson, The First Dance and The Perfect Storm leading to the biggest secondary market prices in history for pro wrestling
An updated look at WWE financials, why future looks good for profits, what was said, hinted on, business numbers and Vince & Nick Khan talk AEW
Behind the controversy over the Gage-Jericho match and its implications
A look at the New Japan Tokyo Dome show and the longest NJPW matches ever in the building
Vince McMahon to produce movie on his battle with the government and a look at the real story and if it will be portrayed that way
Another major network buys a promotion and is this the wave of the future?
The most detailed look at this week’s numbers, ratings, ticket sales and more, what they mean for the future
A look at TJ Dillashaw’s return and the scoring of UFC’s main event last week
How close is AEW to Raw in every key category and how the show would have done without the DirecTV blackout
Fans vote most popular foreign wrestler in NJPW history, and outrage from the U.S. will likely start again
Tons of COVID positives across wrestling including a major MMA fight next week off
Nick Khan explains WWE adding a new PPV show
John Cena’s affect on WWE live ticket sales in several different cities
More detail on the ratings than any other source, how many different viewers the shows had, breakdown of who watches the shows, how they watch, DVR numbers and how long the average fan watches
Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week
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TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE
WWE
Ronda Rousey, in response to fans chanting ‘We Want Wyatt’ during Raw on Monday wrote on Twitter: “I’ve seen you same “fans” chanting #WeWantWyatt last night chanting “We want beach balls” over @WWEBrayWyatt performing. If the @wwe treated him like he was expendable it was because you ungrateful idiots did first.”
In an interview with TalkSport, Shotzi said she meant no disrespect by a tweet she made in relation to Jericho’s fall from the Blood and Guts cage earlier this year. “I meant no offence to Chris Jericho,” she said. “I thought, honestly, the match was great. But, you know what… like, take a joke, Take a joke, bud! [laughs]. It’s just a GIF. Laugh at it and move on. It’s live TV. Things happen, it’s pro wrestling. Don’t take life too seriously is all I have to say.”
Sports Illustrated has an article on Roderick Strong getting the chance to lead his own stable, the Diamond Mine. When asked about Adam Cole’s contract status, Strong said: “Adam’s going to do what Adam does. I have no idea what’s going to happen. I’m just focused on the areas of my life that I can control. For me, when I’m not working, I’m focused on my family. But of course, I wish the best for everybody.”
Shane McMahon was named Executive Chairman of the Ideanomics board. Ideanomics describes itself as a “global company focused on the convergence of financial services and industries experiencing technological disruption.”
The New Paper has an article on Sean Tan, a new WWE developmental signee from Singapore.
Isaiah ‘Swerve’ Scott spoke to Inside the Ropes on Triple H’s influence on Hit Row.
Rey Mysterio spoke to DAZN on the progression of Dominik in the WWE, as well as the return of John Cena.
Matches added to WWE’s YouTube page today include an nWo Invitational Battle Royal from WCW Road Wild 1998, Charlotte and Becky Lynch vs. The Bella Twins from the August 3, 2015 edition of Raw, and Booker T vs. John Cena in the first match of a Best of Five series from SummerSlam 2004.
Other Wrestling
Here is the Road to Homecoming video hyping this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, focusing on Malakai Black vs. Cody, Miro defending the TNT title against Lee Johnson, and the third Labour of Jericho match between Chris Jericho and Juventud Guerrera.
Jericho, in response to Vince McMahon’s recent comments on AEW, told Inside the Ropes that AEW in turn doesn’t see WWE as competition. “We’re not worried about what WWE is and we haven’t been since day one,” he said. “We weren’t worried about what NXT did. The whole time with the NXT vs. AEW war, which ended in a total abysmal failure for NXT, we never once had a TV screen watching what they were doing when we were doing it. We didn’t know what segments they were in. We didn’t know any of that. Now, the WWE way is you’re watching what the competition is doing when they were on, we didn’t do that. And it was no disrespect. We just didn’t care. We were too busy worrying about our own company and about our own stories, and about our own show to care what anybody else is doing. And that’s one of the reasons why we did so well is that we were concentrating on AEW, not anything else.”
Chris Hero spoke to Andrew Thompson of Post Wrestling about a potential return to the ring.”Brother, I am itching [to get back in the ring] all the time, you know? But I’m also patient enough to realize I’ve sat out this long, I’ve waited this long. I’m not gonna pull the trigger until it’s the perfect thing. I don’t know when that is but I’ll know it when it happens and man, I am thirsty. I just wanna get back at it. I see so many people I wanna work with, so many people I just wanna kick the sh*t out of. So many people that [are] previous opponents, new opponents, there’s so much I wanna get back at.”
World Woman Pro Wrestling Diana announced that Kyoko Inoue has tested positive for COVID-19 and as a result, the Diana shows scheduled for August have been canceled.
Ryo Mizunami on Twitter wrote that she was able to leave the hospital yesterday after testing positive for COVID-19. “I was able to safely leave the hospital today. I would like to return to “Aniki” while staying alert and paying close attention to prevent recurrence. I’m sorry to worry you all. And thank you for all the messages of encouragement!”
John Cena and Miro reunited at the premiere of Cena’s new movie The Suicide Squad.
Kristen Ashly of Bell to Belles interviewed Gulia and Syuri of Stardom on their Donna Del Mondo faction and their new tag team.
Matt Cardona is the guest on this week’s Oral Sessions with Renee Paquette.
Max Caster has a new rap that aired on TMZ Sports.
AEW has raised $5,001 for the Wounded Warriors Project.
Drake Wuertz announced that he is running for Florida State Representative in District 30.
Sammy Guevara’s latest vlog.
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