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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

We have one of the most news and business heavy issues of the year:

*All the details of the WWE’s deal with ESPN, what is in the deal, what isn’t, who can watch for free and why that probably won’t be for long, what ESPN Needs for it t make economic sense, as well as break-even for the ESPN UFC PPV deal and when the ESPN deal with WWE starts
*Brock Lesnar returns to WWE, how it happened, why it happened, why it was inevitable because of how TKO management views things, the double talk, comments from loads of people in WWE as well as Janel Grant’s side, exactly what was in the lawsuit that regards Lesnar and other example of TKO decisions which show a pattern
*Full coverage of SummerSlam, business details, the Rollins cash-in, Netflix numbers, attendance numbers and next PPV show
*Notes on UFC and WWE business numbers, what is up and what is down
*Hulk Hogan’s funeral, Brooke Hogan’s claims of info on Hogan’s Moves never talked about before, a ton of Hogan history, Hogan’s heyday in Japan and much more.
*Update on the G-1 Climax tournament
*Forbidden Door and the surprising record it has set and other major notes regarding the show and update n the card
*The most complete look at the ratings for all the wrestling and MMA television shows of the past week, competition, demos, why ratings were up or down, as well as Netflix numbers for Unreal and Raw.
*MJF returns to Arena Mexico and coverage of Friday’s hwo
*Salvador Lutteroth talks his fan base and AEW
*TripleMania updates
*Five Star Grand Prix updates
*Hogan documentaries
*RevPro anniversary shows
*Bloodsport notes
*A change at Discovery that is major and how that affects AEW streaming as well as notes on the current streaming deal
*How much did WBD loss or gain by losing the NBA
*Lots of injury updates
*Notes on Dustin & Cody Rhodes
*Backstage stuff in AEW ande what is and isn’t real
*Who at this point isn’t at Forbidden Door
*Ticket sales for upcoming TNA, AEW and WWE shows over the next few months
*More notes on Zuffa Boxing run by Nick Khan and  Dana White
*Peacock and WWE business
*How much is Dwayne Johnson’s WWE stock worth
*Karrion Kross and Scarlett contract update
*Raw ad rates on Netflix and comparisons to AEW on TBS

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Thursday Update

WWE

  • After reporting in July that WWE has discussed Omos having a run in Lucha Libre AAA, WrestleVotes notes that Omos could potentially make his AAA debut this Saturday at Triplemania.
  • WWE Shop has a Microman shirt on sale ahead of Triplemania, indicating that he is likely returning to AAA.
  • TMZ’s Hulk Hogan documentary averaged 1.004 million viewers on Fox on Tuesday night. In the 18-49 demo, the broadcast drew a 0.13 rating, which ranked ninth among all TV programming in prime time. WWE NXT was tied for second with a 0.17 rating. 
  • Brooke Hogan was spotted getting emotional on a walk in Orlando, Florida earlier this week, with TMZ writing that they were told “Brooke got emotional seeing the sunset … it reminded her of her father, and she was telling her husband how much Hulk would have loved it.”
  • AdWeek notes that DoorDash is set to become a presenting sponsor of WWE Raw on Netflix:
    • Regarding its offerings, the streamer’s ads leader said clients were looking forward to live programming, including WWE Raw, with Netflix partnering with DoorDash as the presenting sponsor for the new season.
  • On Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Sheamus named some of the dream guests he’d like to have on his Celtic Warrior Workouts YouTube show:
    • Roman [Reigns], obviously, would be a huge one. Rock obviously, Stone Cold. I tried to get Stone Cold during Mania, but I guess he just had knee surgery or something like that. But I want to start doing a lot of the legends now as well. I’d love to get Sting on there, or Taker. Taker keeps running away from me. He’s been scared of me his whole career, keeps calling me Stiffy all the time. Triple H, we talked about that. Stephanie McMahon, listen what really works for me if you guys absolutely spam their Twitter handles out of it and tell them you want to see them in Celtic Warrior Workouts, that makes my job so much easier if you guys just go out there, because then it helps me when I go to them and they agree. So spam them guys, spam the hell out of them.
  • Seth Rollins was on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football this morning.
  • The Miz guest hosted The Rich Eisen Show both yesterday and today.
  • The Babyfaces Podcast interviewed Jade Cargill.
  • Logan Paul uploaded a new vlog.

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