Daily Update: AEW Dynamite, Vince Steele, Leila Grey
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- Leyla Hirsch announces return to indie wrestling following AEW departure
- Rob Van Dam gives update on in-ring status
- Full card announced for 2025 New Japan Cup Finals
- For subscribers: Bryan Alvarez’s WWE Raw report
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
A ridiculously large issue of the Observer:
- Full coverage of AEW Revolution, business numbers, what mathes showed the most interest, match order, PPV buys, live numbers, what the PPV number means, Dynasty card and more
- WrestleMania update, MSG angle with Reigns, Punk and Rollins, card and interest level of the show.
- New Japan Cup update with notes on every tournament match
- Full UFC 313 coverage, looking at the main event decision wwht comes next, fight of the year candidate and business notes.
- Lex Luger goes into the WWE Hall of Fame and notes about his life and career from the highs to the lows.
- Latest update on the Vince McMahon/Janel Grant lawsuit
- The classic Frank Deford story on the life of Mildred Burke
- We look at “Queen of the Ring,” deciphering what was and wasn’t real about the movie, the facts regarding the career of Burke, the breakup with Billy Wolfe, the characters in the movie and how they were portrayed and Burke’s significance in the history of pro wrestling.
- The most detailed look at the ratings of all the pro wrestling and MMA shows this past week, how they ranked for the week and for the night, competition, how Raw did on Netflix as well as how the other shows did worldwide.
- A look at the all-women’s Friday night show at Arena Mexico.
- More on the Stardom Tam Nakano angle.
- Notes on a week with some of the best matches of the year.
- Notes on Dark Side of the Ring for this coming season.
- New books out on wrestling.
- What pro wrestling legend is Gable Steveson attempting to tie the record of?
- Hodge Trophy candidates
- Forming boxing celebrity back doing pro wrestling.
- Notes on Bruno Sammartino and others with Madison Square Garden longevity.
- Full details on the 16 Carat gold tournament
- WBD news story regarding sports and how this affects wrestling.
- Notes on AEW booing.
- Advance ticket sales for WWE & AEW
- More notes on the 18-49 record low number for Dynamite on a Wednesday.
- More on the Dana White/Nick Khan/Turki Alashikh boxing promotion and who is the person responsible for originally putting them together.
- More on the next WWE & UFC media rights talks.
- Notes on a time slot change for WWE & AEW shows over the next few weeks.
- Idea being discussed for a WWE PPV show.
- Netflix and how much WWE is worth to them and the key change coming.
- Lots of backstage notes.
This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter Back Issue
Tuesday Update
WWE
- John Cena’s full promo from Raw, including an appearance by Cody Rhodes, has been put up on YouTube.
- Tickets for GCW’s WrestleMania 41 week event featuring opening round matches of the WWE ID Championship Tournament will go on sale at 10 am ET this Friday.
- The Usos vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn from WrestleMania 39 has been named by WWE as among the 50 Greatest WrestleMania matches ever at number 30.
- Recent WWE Vault additions include Sycho Sid vs. Bret Hart in a steel cage match from the March 17, 1997 edition of Raw, Hulk Hogan & The Rock vs. Kevin Nash & Scott Hall from the March 18, 2002 edition of Raw, and a compilation of WrestleMania hype videos.
AEW & Other Wrestling
- The National Weather Service in Omaha, where AEW Dynamite will be held this week, has issued a blizzard warning starting at 1 AM Wednesday through 10 PM. They are advising people to stay home.
- AEW is now going with the name ‘Los Titantes del Aire’ for the team of Hologram and Komander. They will take on Dralistico and The Beast Mortos at AEW Collision Slam Dunk Sunday.
- Speedball Mike Bailey’s AEW theme is now available to download.
- Leila Grey announced on social media that she and independent wrestler Luke Kurtis have married.
- Cedric Alexander has been announced for HOG Waging War on May 9, which will be among his first appearances since becoming a free agent.
- Matthew Justice has been announced for MLW’s Battle Riot VII.
- The Good Brothers will take on The Powers of Pain (Warlord & Barbarian) for ASW’s The Bash in Beckley 5 on June 7.
- It was announced that due to an injury, Zilla Fatu has pulled out of his match against Anthony Greene at Limitless Wrestling’s Bissell Brothers Bash on March 21.
- A GoFundMe has been launched for Vince Steele, an independent wrestler who suffered a medical emergency this past weekend during a match.
- GCW is heading to Indianapolis on September 13.
Bryan Rose
Bryan Rose is an editor from California that has been covering professional wrestling for well over a decade. He officially joined F4WOnline as an editor in 2017.