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Monday Update

Bryan and I will be back tonight talking about all of the day’s news.  And there is quite a bit.  Our coverage of The three big weekend shows went up late Saturday night and my week in review show with Garrett Gonzlaes was up on Friday.  

Kevin Nash on his podcast Kliq This, revealed that a test on his heart showed a small amount of scar tissue from the past which could have indicated a minor undiagnosed issue from the past, perhaps 20 years ago.  He will be undergoing a procedure shortly to counteract a bit  of an irregular heartbeat.  Best of luck to him on the procedure.

Smackdown on Friday did 1.34 million viewers and an 0.37 in 18-49, similar to the week before.  It was first on cable, went against college football on  FOX and ESPN, WNBA playoffs and strong news numbers.

Raw tonight starts at 7 p.m. as part of the experiment with WWE and Netflix to see what is the best start time for the show.  We’ll get an idea tomorrow when the ratings for the first week of the experiment come out.  They are in Evansville, IN, and had 5,975 tickets out as of today.  This was the show some were pointing to with the idea WWE was starting to fall, but it’s one show and a few had weaker than usual advances, but in the end, this ended up fine.  Cody Rhodes will be on the show to build his match upcoming with Seth Rollins in Perth, Australia.  Stephanie Vaquer will appear as champion.  It gets a one hour jump on the Detroit vs. Baltimore NFL game, which starts at 8:15 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN 2.

We are looking for reports on this show from a live perspective, especially the matches not on television to dave@wrestlingobserver.com, with finishes and notes.

We are doing weekend polls on CMLL Anniversary 92, AEW All Out and WWE Wrestlepalooza.  You can leave a thumbs up,thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match for each show  to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

We’re also looking for your thoughts on the best show of the weekend IF you saw all three, and the best match.

Allegiant Stadium is charging $52,500 for owner’s suites, $26,500 for Club Suites, $38,000 for regular suites and $29,000 for corner suites for WrestleMania.

All Japan tomorrow has Jun Saito vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown, Atsuke Aoyagi vs. Musashi for the jr. title and Yuma Anzai returns.

A correction from yesterday’s update.  On last night’s show in Golden, CO, Bandido wrestled Mortos,  not Mistico.

During a state Congress celebration for National Wrestling Day (a holiday in Mexico on 9/21 every year), Mistico was honored along with other talent.

Masa Kitamihya vs. Jack Morris is the final match tomorrow in the N-1 tournament.  Morris beat Galeno to win the B block yesterday in Utsunomiya.   Kitamiya beat  Kazuyuki Fujita to win the A block.to win the A block.

Donald Trump chose Dana White to sit next to him at the Charlie Kirk funeral celebration yesterday.

Smashing Machine is playing at selected IMAX theaters tonight at 7 p.m. It’s a one-night preview.

Satoshi Kojima vs. Bishop Dyer was announced for the 10/4 MLW show in  Long Beach.

TNA has a Victory  Road show from Edmonton on Friday  on TNA with  Steve Maclin vs.  FrankieKazarian for the International title, Ash By Elegance vs. Masha Slamovich for the Knockouts title with Indi Hartwell as referee and Leon Slater vs. Myron Reed for the X title.  If there is a TNA title match, it would come out of tomorrow night’s Oba Femi vs. Trick Williams NXT and TNA title match which seems to be to kick off a promotional feud between NXT and TNA.

Also tomorrow is Lexis King vs. Myles Borne in a lights out match and Lainey Reed vs. Candice LeRae in a 3:00 time limit match with the winner facing Sol Ruca for the Speed title on Saturday night.

Pro Wrestling Symphony on 10/5 in EAst Nashville, streaming live on IWTV at 2 p.m. with JadenNewman & Jamesen Shook defending the tIWTV tag titles against Colby Cartrer & Thom Latimer.

Birthdays today include Johnny Valentine, Ole Anderson and Mike Graham.  Bob Sapp turns 51 and Nick Gage turns 45..  Ray Traylor passed away 21 years ago today, Gene Stanlee passed away 20 years ago today and Road Warrior Animal passed away five years ago today. (thanks to Tony Richards).

The taped MLW Fury Road airs on Saturday on YouTube with Mads Krule Krugger vs. Bishop Dyer, Austin Aries vs.  Kushida in the Opear Cup,Titan vs. Volador Jr. in the Op9era Cup, Paul London vs. Okumura in the Opera Cup Shotzi Blackheart vs. Ajeandra Quintanilla, Atlantis & Blue Panther & Diego Hill vs. Zandokan Jr. & Difunto & Barboza and Kojima vs.  Mr. Thomas.