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A busy weekend upcoming, particularly in MMA with major shows on television the next three nights, with Sengoku tonight on HDNet at 10 p.m. Eastern time, UFC 101 with B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian for the lightweight title and Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin, and WEC on Versus with Miguel Torres vs. Brian Bowles. We will be taking polls on both the UFC and WEC shows, and have live coverage on the site from both shows. The UFC show starts at about 7:40 p.m. Eastern time.

We're looking for reports on tonight's tri-branded house show in Denver, a makeup event because of the Denver debacle of a few months back. We're also looking for reports on tonight's TNA house show in Biloxi.

Saturday night has Raw in Loveland, CO, Smackdown in Regina, Saskatchewan and TNA in Baton Rouge. Sunday has Raw in Colorado Springs, Smackdown in Medicine Hat, Alberta and TNA in Alexandria, LA.

The live Raw will be Monday in Calgary featuring Sgt. Slaughter as guest host. There is also a Smackdown house show that night in Red Deer, Alberta. Tuesday night has Smackdown and ECW tapings in Edmonton, which is almost sold out.

Tonight's Sengoku on HDNet:
*Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Choi Mu Bae
*Hatsu Hioki vs. Masanori Kanehara in featherweight Grand Prix semifinals
*Marlon Sandro vs. Michihiro Omigawa in featherweight Grand Prix semifinals
*Matt Jaggers vs. Chan Sung Jung
*Clay French vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
*Dan Hornbuckle vs. Akihiro Gono (apparently a devastating finish here)
*Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Blagoy Ivanov
*Kazuo Misaki vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
*Featherweight Grand Prix finals
*Satoru Kitaoki vs. Mizuto Hirota for lightweight title

Smackdown tonight has:
* Jeff Hardy vs. CM Punk
* Mike Knox vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Finlay vs. R-Truth in a number-one contender's match
* John Morrison vs. Tyson Kidd
* Jesse, now Slam Master J, vs. Charlie Haas
* Chris Jericho vs. JTG
* Great Khali vs. Ricky Ortiz.
Vince actually appears on this show as well.

A look at the Fedor Emelianenko sweepstakes and the front office turmoil in TNA are the two lead stories in this coming Monday's jumbo-sized issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

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The main story is the most in-depth look anywhere at the situation with Emelianenko, with notes from all sides. We look at the offers, what they were really worth, how it affects Emelianenko's management, his legacy and all parties including asking if the winner of the sweepstakes is really the loser.

We look at the Strikeforce contract, the Showtime deal with Strikeforce, the meeting with UFC and Emelianenko's management, and the Brock Lesnar fight that isn't happening. We look at the keys to this deal working, his most likely opponents, the key to his drawing power and who appear to be the big winners, and what the risks involved are.

We look at the coverage of the signing, what exactly M-1 Global is, MMA in Russia, Emelianenko's U.S. drawing power, who is Scott Coker, who owns Strikeforce and its backing. We look at the television ratings lessons of Strikeforce on Showtime and CBS, what mistakes were made by UFC and thoughts on the landscape of MMA in the U.S. one year from now.

We also look at the firing of Dutch Mantel and Savio Vega and the bigger picture for TNA. We look at what departments this affects and what people on the roster are considered Jarrett allies, and their positions. We look at how things recently got worse between Jeff Jarrett and Kurt Angle. We look at the goals of the most recent television taping, as well as thoughts on Kurt Angle, Paul Heyman, Kevin Nash, Jim Cornette and others being put in a creative position.

We also have two months worth of WWE and TNA business charts, looking at attendance, gate, sellouts, TV ratings and PPV numbers, including how Wrestlemania ended up faring as compared with last year, and what aspects of the business have shown significant increases, and what aspects are showing decreases.

We also have a look at TV viewership of the major shows for every month this year, including ECW vs. TNA.

We also have an update on the SummerSlam lineup and what changes were made over the past few days, Shaquille O'Neal, the release of Brian Kendrick, an update on Tony Atlas, a look at Jerry Lawler running for mayor, the departure of a decade-long veteran and when, more on Jeff Hardy, lots of injury updates, who was getting praised for their work at recent TV tapings, fallout of Christian vs. Ryder, guest hosts planned for upcoming episodes of Raw, the IC title situation and also the return to Edmonton.

We also have notes on non-wrestling acting gigs for two WWE stars, a second generation wrestler getting a new name, as well as business notes from the weekend and reviews of all the house shows.

We also look at the signing of Tito Ortiz and his history with UFC, thoughts on the new main event for UFC 103 with Dan Henderson vs. Vitor Belfort, and more notes on new talent in the promotion and where the Affliction fighters are winding up.

We also have a look at the legacy of what may have been the most hated heel tag team act in wrestling history, a look back at the Von Brauners and manager Saul Weingeroff and their legacy of 25 different world tag team titles. We look at the gimmick, we look at the stars they put on the map by feuding with them including Eddie Graham, Bill Watts and Fritz Von Erich, the different members of the team and their record.

We also have our usual weekly features, including a detailed look at the ratings of all the major shows, including segment-by-segment and in the key demos. We also have results from the major league arena events as well as reviews of the major national TV shows.

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--A look at CMLL's annual Infierno en el Ring show

--Something talked about that is imminent that will greatly change the face of pro wrestling in Mexico

--Update on business of El Hijo del Santo

--A major promotion featuring several of the biggest stars of the last 30 years in trouble

--Dragon Gate to crown a U.S. based champion

--Dragon Gate tag titles rules

--One of the most famous MMA matches in history getting rematched in a few weeks in pro wrestling

--All Japan Jr. tournament news

--Major NOAH show

--Misawa Memorial Show news update

--20th anniversary show for longtime mid-card stars

--Former world champion to play a movie role of a previous wrestling legend and his change in style starting in a few weeks because of it

--Antonio Inoki talks politics

--DDT at Sumo Hall

--Vader as promoter

--Death of promoter looks to bring back famous promotion

--OVW trouble

--Wrestling Hall of Famer honored by his college

--80s WWF headliner knocked out in double-cross

--Update on Nick Bockwinkel

--Update on the future of Sting

--Latest Kurt Angle claim

--Bobby Lashley's next fight will be against a former New Japan and WWE wrestler

--Notes on the rule making meeting of the Association of Boxing Commissioners regarding MMA, including different rules for amateurs, regulations for women, and what is and isn't an illegal blow

--Ticket sales for upcoming UFC events

--Frank Mir talks Brock Lesnar again

--New UFC fights

--Return of Sakuraba

--All kinds of Strikeforce updates

--A look at Gina Carano

--A look at the Kimo death hoax

--A look at what is being talked of as one of the year's best shows

--Promotion justifies using drug test failures

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*May 12, 2003 (The life and death of Elizabeth, and the rise of fall of Lex Luger)

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*October 27, 2003 (The fascinating life of Stu Hart plus the story of Road Warrior Hawk)

*January 19, 2004 (2003 Awards issue)

*February 2, 2004 (History of Toronto wrestling, Jack Tunney life story, Royal Rumble and Battle Royal history)

*February 23, 2004 (History of Guerrero family with Eddy's win over Brock Lesnar)

*March 1, 2004 (History of WWF continues with the period that brought the company down in early 1992, the mistakes, the real stories and how the business changed)

*March 8, 2004 (History of Wrestlemania, its greatest matches and best and worst shows as voted both by wrestlers and non-wrestlers and Wrestlemania history books)

*July 5, 2004 (A look behind the scenes and Ric Flair's book and his background with Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan)

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*August 16, 2004 (History of the Olympians in pro wrestling)

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-- Weigh-in results for tomorrow's UFC:
1. B.J. Penn (155) vs. Kenny Florian (155)
2. Anderson Silva (205) vs. Forrest Griffin (205)
3. Ricardo Almeida (185) vs. Kendall Grove (185.5)
4. Kurt Pellegrino (154.5) vs. Josh Neer (155.5)
5. Amir Sadollah (166.5) vs. Johny Hendricks (171)
6. Aaron Riley (154) vs. Shane Nelson (156)
7. Tamdan McCrory (170) vs. John Howard (169.5)
8. Alessio Sakara (185.5) vs. Thales Leites (185)
9. Matt Riddle (170) vs. Dan Cramer (169.5)
10. George Sotiropoulos (155) vs. George Roop (154)
11. Jesse Lennox (171) vs. Danillo Villefort (170.25)

-- SHO2, one of the secondary Showtime channels, will be doing a five-day build for Gina Carano vs. Mrs. Cyborg starting Monday and airing every night at 10 PM ET/PT. Gina will be hosting the series, which will look at fights from both women's careers. They'll be airing not only Carano and Cyborg fights but also others, including Frank Shamrock vs. Nick Diaz on Friday night.

-- Mr. Cyborg, the less famous husband of Saturday's main eventer, faces Tim Kennedy at the Strikeforce Challengers show in Oklahoma City on September 25th.

-- Jakks Pacific and Round 5 signed an agreement today. "The agreement will allow both companies access to the biggest MMA fighters in order to manufacture, market and distribute action figures and related products under the UFC umbrella. As a result, both companies now have access to a significantly larger MMA talent pool, including Randy Couture, Andrei Arlovski, Matt Hughes, Clay Guida, Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin, Brock Lesnar, BJ Penn and other top MMA fighters."

-- Dragon Gate USA announced that Brian Kendrick has signed for the September 6th show at the Chicago Theatre. They'll announce an opponent for him next week.

-- Impact had 25:24 of wrestling last night for those of you keeping track.

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-- Best wishes to our good friend Buddy Wayne, who suffered a serious concussion on Wednesday and ended up with a double whammy as he got a viral infection at the same time. He's doing better today.

-- Article here about this weekend's NWA Legend's Convention.

-- Midway's San Diego Studio, which was in charge of the TNA video game, is being sold to THQ for $200,000. However, the deal does not include the TNA game.

-- Norm Connors, who is retiring from promoting at the end of the year, has a blog up here detailing many of his memories.

-- MMA and UFC in the Wall Street Journal.

-- Philly.com has MMA stories here and here.

-- WWE stock was up nearly a dollar today, but the entire market as a whole was up as well.

-- For those who heard the Strikeforce/M-1 conference call yesterday, they've got another one scheduled for Monday hyping up the Gina Carano/Cris Cyborg fight. We'll have the audio up on the site shortly thereafter. Turn your car alarms off before calling in.

-- Speaking of M-1, on tonight's HDNet show (starting at 8 PM) they'll air a fight between Ian Butlin and Maktar Gueye which features a 9-second knockout.

-- TNA's house show on October 23rd, 2009 has been moved to the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The event was originally going to be held at the Civic Center in Hammond, Indiana. Thanks to Devin Cutting.

-- Yes, Kristal M is Lashley's wife, the former Kristal Marshall in WWE.

-- For those in the Seattle area, King of the Cage is heading to Everett this coming Friday the 15th at the Comcast Arena. I saw commercials for it last night on TNA and suspect they'll do the same thing on Raw, plus they've already put up fliers and posters at the jiu jitsu school I work out at. Anyway, the point is when TNA was coming to Kent earlier this year they not only didn't air any localized commercials on, say, Raw, but they didn't plug it on their own TV show and I heard of one single poster that someone saw about 1,000 feet from the building. And it was seen after the show as we were going to eat.

-- Who do you think is more honest
Dana White 63.7%
Vadim Finkelchtein 2.9%
Neither are honest, about the same 28.8%
Both are honest, about the same 4.6%

Sucks to be Vadim

Did UFC make the right business decision regarding Fedor Emelianenko?
Yes, they gave him a fair offer and he turned it down 85.2%
No, they should have agreed to make M-1 50% partners on shows with Fedor 9.3%
No, they should have offered more money than they did 5.4%

Which show do you expect to do the biggest PPV business this month?
UFC 101 59.6%
UFC 102 24.9%
SummerSlam 15.5%

-- On Saturday, September 12, Border City Wrestling returns with AFTERSHOCK, at the Royal Canadian Legion (12326 Lanoue Street) in Tecumseh, Ontario

-- Correct Matt Riviera link from yesterday is here

-- Inter Species Wrestling presents The Worst That Could Happen on Saturday, August 8th, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1831 Main Street, East Hartford, Connecticut. Doors open at 7:30PM, Bell rings at 8:00PM. Tickets are $15.00. Card and times subject to change.

-- Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's Guerre Sans Frontières takes place Friday, September 4, 2009, at 8:00 PM at American Legion Post #308 in Reseda, CA. American Legion Post #308 is located at 7338 Canby Ave., Reseda, CA 91335. Front Row tickets are $25, and General Admission tickets are $20. Tickets are available for purchase online at the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Event Tickets page. Any remaining and will be available at the door. For more information, please visit http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com. Video recording devices are not permitted. Card subject to change.

-- WWA Extreme Warfare 3 on Saturday August 22, 2009 at 6:00pm, WWA WAREHOUSE, 200 N. Lincoln, Amarillo, Texas with Jerry Lynn vs. Raven.

-- San Antonio Ed has Bryan's Friend Craig and Brandon Oliver on his show tonight here.