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Another packed weekend, though not quite as crazy as last week. We're looking for reports on the following.

* Friday night: ROH in Toronto, WWE Raw in Youngstown, OH, WWE C show in Hampton Beach, NH and TNA in Fayetteville, NC
* Saturday: ROH in Detroit, WWE Raw in Wheeling, WWE Smackdown in Poughkeepsie, WWE C show in Cohasset, MA, TNA in Florence, SC, AAA in San Jose
* Sunday: WWE Raw in Altoona, PA, WWE Smackdown in White Plains, WWE C show in Hyannis, MA, AAA in Los Angeles
* Monday: Raw & Saturday Night Main Event taping in Washington, DC, TNA Impact taping in Orlando
* Tuesday: Smackdown/ECW in Hershey, PA, TNA Impact taping in Orlando

We will have live coverage of Elite XC starting at 6:15 p.m. Saturday and we'll be taking our usual poll on Saturday night for the CBS/Showtime combined shows.

Smackdown tonight has:

* Battle Royal with an unlikely winner getting a shot at HHH at SummerSlam
* Michelle McCool vs. Maryse
* Brian Kendrick vs. Shannon Moore
* Festus vs. Edge Geek Curt
* Vladimir Koslov vs. Steve Richards
* The latest in the Edge/Vickie storyline with a major twist

The fallout of Super Saturday is the lead story as we look back at one of the biggest nights in MMA history in North America. We look at the successes and failures in the debut of the Affliction promotion. We've got both UFC and Affliction reaction, a look at the numbers and what the numbers mean, the background of Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski leaving UFC for Affliction. We also have Tom Atencio's thoughts on what UFC running live called them. We've got news on the next Affliction show and probable main event, as well as a secondary main event Atencio said is still under consideration. We also have poll results on both shows.

We also have a look at Affliction live vs. PPV, early PPV numbers, as well as how Affliction is going to have to change for the future. We look at Fedor's future plans, an update on Fedor vs. Randy Couture. We also have a lot more on the Affliction live gate, comparisons to the last time UFC ran the same building.

We also have details on the UFC numbers for the night, how the West Coast going live affected the number, the goals of the show and the whether UFC achieved them. We look at how every match on the UFC show did in the ratings and whether Anderson Silva has become a ratings draw or not.

We also have coverage from both shows including how much the fighters earned on each show. We also have note of a UFC nickname that seems to indicate a collision course with Brock Lesnar.

We also have full coverage of the Great American Bash, including the thought process behind the Michaels-Jericho stoppage, the booking of he key programs, the story behind the Parking lot brawl, business notes on the show, early PPV estimates and match-by-match coverage with star ratings.

We've got an update on Quinton Jackson's situation and more problems he may be facing, including what Jackson had talked about the day before that led to his problems. We also look at what Jackson had heard about Griffin that may have affected his strategy for the fight and it turning out the way it did.

We also have a lot of thoughts on ways to make WWE better stemming from a Matt Randazzo article. We have his thoughts, as well as our own thoughts, and the viability of these changes both working and happening, including the schedule, medical coverage, work style, unionization and retirement benefits. We also look at what we can learn from tragedies to at least try and lower their numbers in the future.

We have notes in the changes planned for WWE programming and why, and whether it will pay of or not. We also look at a long-term plan that has been changed, the future of WWE movies and productions, the next Saturday Night's Main Event and many celebrities scheduled to appear, and more on the CW decision to drop Smackdown.

We also have coverage of the latest Dream event from Japan, including TV ratings, what the ratings mean, and the desperation main event they are planning for the next show that better do big numbers. We also look at what match drew the biggest numbers, why, and what it says. We've got more on the future of Kid Yamamoto, the September Dream show, the tournament, Eddie Alvarez, as well as match-by-match coverage.

We also have notes on WWE's updating its medical staff.

We look at a segment taped at a Smackdown show that didn't air involving Ric Flair, WWE merchandising revenues that go to wrestles, an interesting early note about possible viewing changes of Smackdown since the draft, best selling pro wrestling and MMA DVDs, an update on WWE developmental and the top prospects, how much Kevin Dunn and John Laurinaitis' WWE stock is worth, advertising indicates a possible turn and John Cena training. We also have notes on a wrestler who will be doing a TV guest spot playing the role of a Roller Derby skate, the reaction in WWE to the movie, "Bigger, Stronger, Faster," an arrest at the Great American Bash, a former tag champion who is getting a look at returning and two wrestlers expected to start imminently on television.

We've got the full story on the Sandman's arrest and the incident at Lou Albano's birthday party including several eyewitness accounts of what happened.

We also have coverage of several major international shows from the past weekend.

We also have a look at the ratings of every major pro wrestling TV show from the past few weeks, including segment-by-segment so you can see what is adding and losing viewers and who is and isn't hot. We look at the rise of ECW, Matt Morgan as The Beast, the surprising most watched show and it isn't Raw anymore, who is watching Raw these days, how Punk's segments are doing as champion as well as Jericho-Michaels and the Smackdown wedding show.

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Also in the issue:

--Update on CMLL anniversary show ideas

--Who Mistico wants to pattern his career around

--Aguayo Jr. vs. Wagner Jr. feud

--A potential new star in CMLL

--A look back at stars made in the Gran Alternativa tournament in years past

--Notes on TNA wrestlers working in CMLL on this week's big show

--Notes on a new promotion doing a European tour

--Update on AAA build to Verano de Escandalo

--Hustle Grand Prix news including stars like Bob Sapp and Rene Dupree

--All Japan planning major event

--Reality of NOAH's last Budokan Hall show and what it says

--A look at what will likely be, in the ring, the greatest tournament of the year

--New Japan major event with several title matches

--Plans to bring back a major faction later this year

--Tank Abbott returns to pro wrestling

--RVD and an MMA legend wrestling on the same show

--Legendary 80s tag team reunites for the first time in 20 years

--Hall of Famer announces retirement for the end of the year

--Latest major Dragon Gate show

--Notes on the latest attempt to revive one of the classic wrestling companies of the past

--Lance Storm talks retirement and one of his favorite matches

--Interesting drug testing news

--Death of a local legendary sportscaster brings back one of the most famous local wrestling stories of the 60s involving one of the biggest names in history

--A move to preserve the home of a famous wrestler as a historical monument

--Next class of the St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame including the induction of one of the major mainstream media personalities of the 70s who started as a wrestling announcer

--Front office changes in TNA

--Update on the TNA videogame

--Update on the Hard Justice PPV

--Early trending numbers on Griffin-Jackson on PPV and a look at UFC's popularity in the U.S. vs. Canada

--Strongest U.S. UFC markets for per capita interest

--Update on UFC and IFL

--Champion from another promotion signs with UFC

--Randy Couture softens his anti-UFC stance

--Lots of new UFC matches added for upcoming big events

--Two NCAA champions set to debut in September

--Update on Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra

--Two former WWE cup of coffee guys appearing in kickboxing tournament in Hawaii

--Elite XC talking about a TV deal

--Update on Cung Le and Frank Shamrock's fighting plans

--Crazy situation at an MMA show

--Don Frye's return

--Wrestling legend quietly loses his first MMA fight

--Two of last year's best college wrestlers set to make MMA debut

New subscribers ordering 24 or 40 issues have to let us know what major story (ies) of the past 11 years you are most interested in and we'll send the issue with the best coverage of that story. We've got coverage of every major PPV event and world wide spectacular, every major star switching promotions, histories of companies like FMW, Rings and New Japan, retirement and obit issues of every major star who fits into those descriptions over the past 11 years, as well as our biggest issue every year, the annual awards issue, and our most controversial issue of every year, the Hall of Fame issue. Our most requested issues in our history are:

*November 17, 1997 (full details of everything leading to the most famous wrestling match finish of modern times at the Survivor Series plus a history of in-ring double-crosses)

*December 21, 1998 (the complete Vince McMahon-Bret Hart conversation right before the Survivor Series match so you'll know exactly what was said

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*August 1, 1994 (the most detailed coverage anywhere of the Vince McMahon steroid trial, an issue praised in numerous newspaper article and Sex, Lies and Headlocks)

*March 26, 2001 (death of WCW and history of pro wrestling on the Turner networks)

*October 22, 2001 (why the adult audience has left pro wrestling in such great numbers and what needed to have been done to save them)

*July 8, 1991 (Ric Flair leaves WCW as world champion/Zahorian steroid trial)

*February 8, 1993 (the life and times of Andre the Giant)

*May 13, 2002 (the life story of the most incredible pro wrestling career ever, a look at Lou Thesz, in one of the largest issues of our history)

*January 27, 2003 (part one of the two-part series covering the career and life of The Sheik)

*February 3, 2003 (Part two on The Sheik including thoughts from people who worked with him and where he stands historically)

*March 24, 2003 (history of the WWWF title, inside behind the Sammartino, Backlund and Backlund era)

*April 21, 2003 (history of WWF continues with the expansion nationally, the death of the regional territories and the rise of Hulk Hogan)

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

*June 9, 2003 (Part 1 of history of WWF vs. WCW wars and what many say was the greatest year in U.S. wrestling; plus a look at Fred Blassie)

*June 16, 2003 (Freddie Blassie through the eyes of his biggest rivals and friends)

*July 28, 2003 (Part 2 of the history of the WWF vs. WCW war and the plans to make new superstars in the early 90s, what happened, and the night where the three biggest wrestling companies in the world combined for a joint show and what happened)

*August 25, 2003 (2003 Hall of Fame issue with huge profiles on the controversial career of Shawn Michaels, Chris Benoit as well as historical features on Earl Caddock and Francisco Flores)

*September 22, 2003 (Part 3 of the history of the WWF vs WCW war with the seeds that caused the collapse of the industry in the 90s, Zahorian trial, Gulf War controversy, Flair leaves WCW while holding world title and much more)

*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)

*July 12, 2004 (A look at more on Ric Flair's book and his comments on Bruno Sammartino, Bret Hart and Mick Foley)

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

*August 23, 2004 (2004 Hall of Fame issue and biggest issue of the year with huge profiles on Kazushi Sakuraba, Undertaker, Bob Backlund, Masahiro Chono, Ultimo Dragon, Kurt Angle and Tarzan Lopez

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*October 4, 2004 (the life and times of Big Bossman; as well as details of the life and times of one of the most influential men world wide in pro wrestling history, Jim Barnett)

*November 15, 2004 (the full story of what happened between Kurt Angle and Daniel Puder, plus coverage of the most important week in the history of TNA)

*January 24, 2005 (2004 Awards issue, Rock and WWE part company)

*March 14, 2005 (the 50 biggest money players in the history of WWF and a look at their Hall of Fame)

*May 9, 2005 (the life and times of Chris Candido)

*June 20, 2005 (The full story behind Paul Heyman and the death of ECW, as well as coverage of One Night Stand, Hardcore Homecoming and behind the scenes of both shows)

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*August 24, 2005 (2005 Hall of Fame issue with career profiles of Paul Heyman, HHH and Freebirds plus debut of MMA Hall of Fame)

*September 12, 2005 (History of Mid South Wrestling)

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*April 10, 2006 (Behind the scenes at the 2006 Wrestlemania/Hall of Fame week)

*July 24, 2006 (The History of the Von Erichs and World Class Championship Wrestling

--the most unreal story ever in wrestling)

*September 4, 2006 (The Rise and Fall of Kurt Angle; 2006 Hall of Fame inductions of Eddie Guerrero, Paul Bowser, Masakatsu Funaki, Aja Kong and Hiroshi Hase including tons of wrestling history around the world from the 20s through the 60s, the evolution of working to not working in Japan, and a look at Guerrero in hindsight, double issue $6 or $7 overseas)

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*November 27, 2006 (History of WCW part three, When Bischoff challenged McMahon to fight; Truth and fiction around Bret Hart signing with WCW and why it didn't click)

*December 6, 2006 (details behind Pride's offers to sell promotion and Part four of History of WCW part four, Hogan-Goldberg match and why there was no rematch, WCW loses NBC network deal in 1999 and the real reasons the company fell apart)

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*February 14, 2007 (Life and Times of Bam Bam Bigelow)

*March 5, 2007 (WWE begins plans that will change the business)

*March 12, 2007 (Life and Times of Mike Awesome)

*March 19, 2007 (Life and Times of Ernie Ladd)

*April 4, 2007 (Life and Times of Badnews Allen Coage

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*July 2, 2007 (Part one of the Benoit double murder-suicide)

*July 5, 2007 (Part two of the Benoit double murder-suicide)

*July 10, 2007 (Part three of the Benoit double murder-suicide)

*July 19, 2007 (Part four of the Benoit double murder-suicide)

*July 23, 2007 (Part five of Benoit double murder-suicide)

*July 25, 2007 (Part six of Benoit double murder-suicide)

*August 15, 2007 (The legend of the God of Japanese wrestling and his influence on MMA, Karl Gotch)

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*November 12, 2007 (Life and times of Fabulous Moolah and history of U.S. women's wrestling) .

*December 31, 2007 (History of Ric Flair and the heyday of wrestling at the Greensboro Coliseum)

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*March 17, 2008 (Life and times of Johnny Weaver)

*March 24, 2008 (Life and times of Gary Hart)

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We now have available personally autographed copies of Tributes II, our latest book, as well as a DVD that comes with it talking more about the subjects in the book. The book covers the life stories of Lou Thesz, Wahoo McDaniel, Elizabeth, Fred Blassie, Road Warrior Hawk, Andre the Giant, Curt Hennig, Johnny Valentine, Davey Boy Smith, Terry Gordy, Owen Hart, Stu Hart, Gorilla Monsoon, The Sheik and Tim Woods. To get all of those biographies as back issues of the Observer would be a $60 value today. This is a collection of some of the best Observer articles of the past several years in a hardcover, full-color format that is 239 pages. There is also a foreword by Bret Hart. The book price is $12.95 plus $3.50 for shipping costs in the U.S., $10 for shipping costs to Canada and $12 for shipping costs outside North America. You can order the book the same way you order the newsletter.

-- Bout sheet for tomorrow night's EliteXC show on CBS from Stockton, CA. I'm not hearing much of a buzz for this show, especially compared to the first one. I'm interested in any feedback as to why at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Are you as into this as last time? Why or why not? What are you hearing from friends?

1. Undercard: Brandon Tarn vs. Drew Montgomery
2. Undercard: Mike Cook vs. Carl Seumantafa
3. SHOWTIME: Wilson Reis vs. Bryan Caraway
4. SHOWTIME: Rafael Feijao vs. Travais Galbraith
5. SHOWTIME: EXC World Title - Antonio Big Foot Silva vs. Justin Eilers
6. Transition Bout: Jeromy Freitag vs. Anthony Ruiz
7. CBS: Shayna Baszler vs. Cristiane Cyborg (yes, that's how she's being billed)
8. CBS: EliteXC Welterweight Title - Jake Shields vs. Nick Thompson
9. CBS: Nick Diaz vs. Thomas Wildman Denny
10. Swing bout: David Tarzan Douglas vs. Marlon Mathias
11. CBS: EliteXC Middleweight Title - Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith

God bless those guys, but if anyone thinks Lawler vs. Scott Smith is going to do a rating anywhere near what Kimbo Slice and James Thompson did, think again.

-- Dana White is expected to officially announce tomorrow that UFC 89, headlined by Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben, will air for free on Spike TV. Show takes place October 18th from the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.

-- Brian Teigland, the Memphis meteorlogist who sometimes appeared with Corey Maclin on the Memphis Wrestling programs, passed away this morning at the age of 53. More info is up here. Very sad story. Thanks to Tim Cousar.

-- ROH line-up for tonight in Toronto:

1. ROH Title: Nigel McGuinness vs. Kevin Steen
2. Non-title, no-DQ: Age of the Fall vs. Austin Aries & Jay Briscoe
3. Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli
4. Roderick Strong vs. Naomichi Marufuji
5. Erick Stevens vs. Go Shiozaki
6. Chris Hero vs. Ruckus
7. Sara Del Rey vs. Jennifer Blake
8. Delirious vs. Kenny Omega

Lance Storm will also be appearing at the show signing autographs.

-- Speaking of Storm, if you missed his appearance on yesterday's Figure Four Daily you should check it out, especially the story about the CONGA LINE he did with Gene Kiniski and a young Chris Jericho. A fabulous tale. We also posted a brand new Bryan & Vinny Show for members with a look at ECW and TNA; a new Karl Stern Show looking at the history of pro-wrestling; and a new Tough Talk MMA show with an interview with Relentless Paul Taylor. A big week for audio, as Wednesday we also had a Figure Four Daily with Al Barone and Spirit Squad member Mikey, and also the new Wrestling Observer Radio.

-- An update on something reported last week, Steve Corino is claiming that he is not booking WWC, though he will continue to be working dates there. He has commentary on it up at his website.

-- TNA runs London, Ontario, Canada on September 13th with all the major stars.

-- Taped for Impact Monday will be Beer Money vs. Christian Cage & Rhino, another Karen's Angle segment with Kaz where hopefully they will actually clarify what company they're talking about when they bury it, Petey Williams vs. Consequences Creed, Taylor Wilde & Gail Kim vs. Beautiful People, Matt Morgan doing another Goldberg squash, and Curry Man & Shark Boy & Jay Lethal vs. Johnny Devine & Rock & Rave Infection.

-- If you have Time Warner on Demand, you can view the following TNA matches for free: TNA Hard Justice 2007 with Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle where the winner got all the belts; Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage vs. Andre the Giant & Ted DiBiase; Bret Hart vs. Curt Hennig; HBK vs. Razor Ramon from SummerSlam; and John Cena vs. Edge, also from SummerSlam. Thanks to Suju Abraham.

-- JR's latest blog is up here.

-- Alex Marvez has a story on Mike Whitehead and weight-cutting here

-- Alex also has a story about Downtown Bruno up here.

-- There is a story on Brock Lesnar and his training up here.

-- There are pictures here of Anthony Johnson after his eye surgery this week. Johnson was poked in the eye repeatedly during his fight with Kevin Burns this past Saturday night, and will be contesting his loss.

-- Poll on which show are you most looking forward to seeing? UFC on PPV 8-9 St. Pierre vs. Fitch, Lesnar vs. Herring 40.3%
WWE SummerSlam 8-17 Undertaker vs. Edge 28.2%
Affliction on PPV 10-11 Fedor vs. Arlovski 15%
ROH on PPV 8-1 6.9%
TNA on PPV 8-10 Joe vs. Booker Cage weapons match 4.7%
Elite XC on CBS 7-26 4%
WEC on Versus 8-3 Stann vs. Cantwell 0.9%

WOW that looks bad for EliteXC.

-- Brooke Hogan has been asked to pose for Playboy, and according to her publicist she has not said no. I hope Nick is out in time so him and Hulk can go around Tampa and buy up all the magazines.

-- Tons of new interviews up at MMArated.com. Nick Diaz is up here, Scott Smith is up here, and Thomas Denny is up here.

-- CMLL on FSN Sunday at 9:00 PM has a new episode with Mascarita Dorada vs. Pequeno Damian 666. Thanks to Jeff Sheridan.

-- Balls Mahoney appears at Pro Wrestling Unplugged this Saturday night at the Boyle's World Gym in Northeast Philadelphia. Sandman, who just got out of jail ($10,000 bond and had to give up his passport), will reportedly be facing Jake Roberts in a match that I am not making up. More info at wrestlereality.com.

-- An unedited look at the Sandman incident is available here.

-- Tito Ortiz helping blood drive

-- Due to South Texas being declared a disaster zone by George Bush, all NWA Texas events will have to be rescheduled. Additional news and information can be found at nwawrestling.com.

-- Coastal Championship Wrestling has a show this Saturday at the Gymnasium in Coral Springs, Fl headlined by The Warlord and Phi Delta Slam.

-- National Wrestling Superstars on July 24th in Seaside Heights, NJ saw Ryan Blackheart beat Vicious Vinny, Nikko the Winged Monkey Man beat Bobby Firehawk and Great Garafolo in a three-way, Inbread Hillbillies beat JD Smooth & Nicky Oceans, Princess Jana NC Roxxie Cotton with former WCW diva Gorgeous George as referee, Corvis Fear DRAW Myke Quest, and Al Snow beat Danny Demanto. They're back tonight at 7:45 PM in the Middletown, NJ VFW Hall, Saturday night in Long Branch, NJ at the Italian-American Memorial Association, and Sunday afternoon at Christiana, DE Fire Company Memorial Hall. More info at nwswrestling.com.

-- LWO returns to NJ tomorrow with the Liberty Cup Tournament. Show takes place at the Elmwood Park American Legion. Doors open at 5 and bell time is 8. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for kids 12 and under. More info at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it {plug}