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We're looking for reports on tonight's Dragon Gate USA show in Taylor, MI, tonight's Raw house show in Lexington, KY (John Cena vs. Big Show cage match, Kofi Kingston & R-Truth defend tag titles against Hunico & Camacho and Prime Time Players, The Miz vs. Zack Ryder for the IC title, Santino Marella vs. William Regal for the U.S. title, Layla vs. Beth Phoenix for the Divas title), tonight's Smackdown show in Johnson City, TN, tonight's TNA show in Washington, PA at the Consol Energy Park (Battle Royal for title shot, Miss Tessmacher vs. Madison Rayne for Knockouts title, Kurt Angle vs. Magnus Bound for Glory series, A.J. Styles vs. RVD Bound for Glory Series, Devon vs. Bobby Roode and Christopher Daniels & Kazarian vs. Jeff Hardy & RVD for tag titles plus Austin Aries defends against the Battle Royal winner), tonight's Invicta show from Kansas City and last night's WWE Raw house show in Charleston, WV at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Tonight's Dragon Gate USA iPPV show from Taylor, MI:

-Johnny Gargano vs. Akira Tozawa for the Open the Freedom Gate title

-Cima & AR Fox vs. El Generico & Samuray del Sol

-Rich Swann vs. Chuck Taylor

-Yamato vs. Ricochet

-Super Smash Brothers vs. The Scene

-Jon Davis vs. Jake Manning

-Arik Cannon & Pinkie Sanchez vs. N8 Mattson & the best wrestler from today's tryout

Tonight also has the Invicta Fighting Championships, an all-women's MMA show from Kansas City streaming free:

-Sara McMann (5-0) vs. Shayna Baszler (14-6)

-Hitomi Akano (18-9) vs. Alexis Davis (11-5)

-Liz Carmouche (6-2) vs. Kaitlyn Young (7-5-1)

-Sara D'Alelio (5-2) vs. Vanessa Porto (14-4)

-Ayaka Hamasaki (7-0, Jewels champion) vs. Lacey Schuckman (7-4)

-Barb Honchak (5-2) vs. Bethany Marshall (4-0)

-Julia Budd (2-2) vs. Elina Nilsson (2-2)

-Carla Esparza (6-2) vs. Sarah Schneider (6-5)

There will be 14 matches in all starting at 7 p.m. Eastern and 4 p.m. Pacific.

ROH TV tonight on Sinclair:

-Rhino vs. Rocko

-Tomasso Ciampa vs. Mike Sydal

-Roderick Strong vs. Adam Cole for TV title 

There will be another Dragon Gate USA iPPV on Sunday at 8 p.m. from Chicago:

- Cima & AR Fox vs. Ricochet & Rich Swann for the vacant Open the United Gate tag title
- El Generico vs. Akira Tozawa
- Johnny Gargano vs. Chuck Taylor I Quit match
- Jon Davis vs. Yamato (Davis says he will retire if he loses)
- Arik Cannon & Pinkie Sanchez vs. Super Smash Brothers
- The Scene vs. Zero Gravity
- Samuray del Sol vs. Shane Hollister
- Masada vs. Jake Manning

Ultimate Fighter Brazil airs at 7 p.m. tonight on Fuel, followed by Best of Pride at 8 p.m. and UFC 141 (Lesnar vs. Overeem) at 10 p.m., and the prelims from the Calgary show last Saturday are at 1 a.m.

Sunday also has Raw in Louisville, Smackdown in Pikeville, KY and TNA in Akron, OH at the Civic Theater (Battle Royal, Tessmacher vs. Rayne, Mr. Anderson vs. Magnus Bound for Glory series, Devon vs. Roode, Daniels & Kazarian vs. Angle & Styles).

The three-hour Raw will be live from Cincinnati's U.S. Bank Arena on Monday. Smackdown will be taped Tuesday at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.


We've got a special history of Monday Night Raw and a look back at the longest lasting wrestling shows in U.S. television history as the main focus of two issues of the Observer on the site this week.  If you are a print subscriber, the two issues are combined into a double issue.

We look back at the 1,000th Raw, including the highlights, what things are building to, the usage of wrestlers from the past, what the ratings pattern said about what people were most into, as well as how the various demographics related to different segments and personalities on the show.

 

        We look at the people on the show, as well as what happened to others who were either at the arena or talked about at one point regarding being there.  We look at the C.M. Punk heel turn, what people expect for SummerSlam, Royal Rumble and WrestleMania as well as full coverage of the show.

We also have a history of Raw, the transition from syndicated television to cable television, promotions paying to get on the air, stations paying promotions, how wrestling changed in the 80s, what killed the territories that people never talk about, the real longest running weekly episodic television shows in U.S. history, the Monday Night Wars, how viewership of wrestling has changed since the Monday Night Wars, how the aim of wrestling has changed, how Raw and Nitro differed from wrestling show of the past, what killed Nitro, Raw ratings history, the voices of Raw, who Vince McMahon tried to get to host Raw and the story behind it.

We also look at the longest running wrestling shows in history and the people most associated with them.  We look at the histories of those shows.  We also have a lot of stats for the history of Raw, including who had the most matches, won the most matches, ratings and what cities have played host the most times.

We also have full coverage of UFC 149, what went wrong, why fans turned on the show, the future of Urijah Faber as well as the bantamweight and middleweight divisions, along with a look at controversial judging and close decisions.  We also have our usual match-by-match coverage and fan reaction to the show.

We also have a look at three major shows over the past week in Japan, as Pro Wrestling NOAH had its big summer show featuring Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels and Magnus, New Japan had its big event of the month with multiple championship matches, while Dragon Gate had its big event of the year.

We also look at Vince McMahon comments on ratings, WCW and UFC.  We've got more on Steve Austin, notes on Vince McMahon's 2010 tax returns, how much income he made, how much he paid in taxes and more.  We've got an update on the Linda McMahon campaign for senate, and reactions to her recent debate.  We also look at her policy on tax cutting.

We've got more on another lawsuit filed against WWE, a look back at Terry Gordy on the anniversary of his death, the WWE 2013 PPV schedule, update on Kharma, developmental and an update on the TV situation, Raw going three hours, HHH talks reality TV, why David Otunga has been missing from TV, new people and names in developmental, Ziggler talks his future, how many people watch Raw on DVR's, notes on newcomers to the road for WWE, as well as the business notes for the past week as well as rundowns of all the WWE house shows.

We also have a note on yet another former Olympian who became a pro wrestling world champion, as well as a look at Tito Ortiz's career, his retirement and the UFC Hall of Fame.

Both issues are up on the site today if you are a web site member.  We also have a new back issue on the site from 1995 just put up.

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         We also have a look at the ratings of all the major shows and complete details on how every segment of Raw this past week did.  We look at what segments gained and lost viewers 

 

        We also have results from all the major league arena events over the past week as well as a look at all the major television shows.
 
Also in this week's issue:

 

--More on Pac leaving Dragon Gate and the tournament to crown the vacant trios champion

 

--Update on All Japan's junior heavyweight tournament

 

--Next major matches for NOAH

 

--Early notes on NOAH's annual junior heavyweight tag team tournament and where ROH competitors fit in

 

--New Japan vs. WWE big shows in a few weeks

 

--Notes on a new promotion that will likely make waves on the indie level

 

--Notes on the life of the late Goldie Rogers, a longtime Canadian star

 

--Notes on the next ROH iPPV

 

--Davey Richards/ROH update

 

--More on Hulk Hogan doing an indie show

 

--Why there are new issues in TNA and what changes are attempting to be made with what contracts

 

--A scoreboard regarding TNA talent, who is going and what will be very interesting to watch play out

 

--Identity of Aces and 8s

 

--Bound for Glory series update

 

--TNA house show notes     

 

--Strikeforce ratings

 

--A change at FOX

 

--The arguments regarding a bill in Congress that would affect UFC, WWE and Bellator

 

--Doctor who treated UFC star being investigated by board

 

--UFC and social media

 

--Lots of new UFC matches

 

--More on the situation with Strikeforce contracts

 

--New reality TV show on small station set to debut in August  

 

--5,000 seat arena sells out two straight weeks

 

--Build for TripleMania

 

--Indie promotion books the biggest show in its history in a 16,000-seat arena

 

--Hall of Famer hospitalized trying to do too much after surgery

 

--Update on Bellator

 

--Notes on international MMA

 

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--Yes, there is a FOX UFC special tomorrow (check your local listings) -- a Countdown show for the Saturday live show focusing on Shogun Rua, Brandon Vera, Lyoto Machida and Ryan Bader.  I don't know when it airs in various markets but in most West Coast markets, it's running 11 a.m. to Noon, and I'm guessing that's the national time. This is one of the best kept secrets in sports.

 

--Today is the fifth anniversary of the death of the Japanese God of pro wrestling, Charles "Karl Gotch" Istaz at the age of 82.  He was reputed to be one of the toughest men alive during his heyday and was one of the strongest influences on the Japanese pro wrestling scene after his heyday.  Antonio Inoki vs. Karl Gotch was also the main event of the first ever New Japan Pro Wrestling show in 1972, and I believe Gotch beat Inoki several times clean at a time when Inoki would lose to nobody else.

 

--Today is also the 30th anniversary of when Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufman did their angle on the David Letterman show.  This was not the original angle in Memphis, but after that angle and built the returns where Lawler slapped Kaufman in the face on live television.  This has made some lists of the greatest moments in television history. (thanks to Brian Henke)

 

--WWE will be releasing a Brock Lesnar DVD and Blu Ray on 10/30.     

 

--Tickets went on sale today for Raw on 10/22 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ, the first time in two years Raw will be held in the building. 

 

--The WWE YouTube channel ranked No. 4 among YouTube channels this past week with 4,118,065 total views, way up from usual likely due to the 1,000th Raw leading to a lot of publicity. Warner Sound, SourceFed and ENTV were the top three.  

 

--ROH has announced six of the eight teams in its tag team title tournament that starts a week from tonight in Baltimore:  Mark & Jay Briscoe, The Young Bucks, Ruckus & Jeez, Guardians of Truth, Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander and Lance & Harlem Bravado. 

 

--Yahoo Sports had a poll on what sports American think should be added to the Olympics:

Baseball 32%

MMA 25%

Softball 24%

Lacrosse 19%

Field Hockey 15%

 

--For tonight's Invicta show, the winners of the two main events (Sara McMann vs. Shayna Baszler and Alexis Davis vs. Hitomi Akano) will face off in October to create the company's first 135 pound champion. 

 

Greg Valentine 33.7%

Baron Von Raschke 11.4%

Les Thatcher 10.9%

George Steele 10.0%

Tiger Jeet Singh 10.0%

Jimmy Valiant 8.4%

Nikolai Volkoff 7.8%

Sailor Art Thomas 2.8%

Waldo Von Erich 1.9%

Dick Steinborn 1.4%

Les Thornton 1.4%

Tarzan Tyler 0.3%

 

Excellent 4.3%

Good 21.7%

Average 34.8%

Fair 8.7%

Poor 30.4%
***82.0% of those responding didn't see the show

 

Excellent 22.8%

Good 48.5%

Average 15.2%

Fair 4.1%

Poor 9.4%
***26.9% of those responding didn't see the show

 

--Pro Wrestling Revolution is running tonight at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds with Blue Demon Jr. vs. Oliver John and Lady Apache vs. La Diabolica as headliners.  They are one of the best drawing and least publicized indie groups in the country and have topped 1,000 fans for shows when using some of the bigger names. 

 

--Traditional Championship Wrestling ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) is looking for contact information on Cherry, the former manager of Deuce & Domino in WWE.

 

--IWRG from Thursday night at Arena Naucalpan:  Infierno Kid b Galaxy, Centrvision & Charly Madrid b Imposible & Matrix Jr., Alan Extreme & Black Terry & Bombero Infernal b Danny Casas & Dr. Cerebro & Micke Segura, Los Oficiales b Comando Elite to win the Mexican state trios title, Fuerza Guerrera & Pirata Morgan & El Hijo del Pirata Morgan b Damian 666 & Head Hunter I & Pete Powers-DQ  (thanks to Kris Zellner)

 

--Big Time Wrestling from last night in Newark, CA:  Victor Sterling b Aaron Solo, Tony Vargas & Syn b L'Emperor & Chico Navarrro, Davina Rose b K.C. Spinelli, Kimo b Daivari-DQ  (not that Kimo but that Daivari) for the cruiserweight title, Chavo Guerrero Jr. b Ryan Von Kool, Shane Kody & Jason Styles b Ballard Brothers  & Aaron Solo.  They announced a show in September headlined by John Morrison and teased the idea of the Ultimate Warrior coming. (thanks to Derek Sousa)

 

--Tickets for the 10/6 ROH show at the Rahway, NJ Rec Center are on sale now.

--Joey Styles narrated a New York Yankees 'Pinstripes Plays of the Week' segment. (thanks to Jonathan  D'Antoni) 

 

--Savio Vega, Eric Escobar and Jimmy Wang Yang will be wrestling for PRWA on Sunday in Cheneiz, Puerto Rico at the Convention Center at 3 p.m.  All seats are $5.