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*More on the death of Hulk Hogan
*The ugliness of the aftermath of the death
*An article talking about the aftermath of the death
*Those close to him talk about his death
*Those not remotely close to him get harassed about his death
*Documentaries coming on Hogan
*A look at the biggest names in history when it comes to drawing and how Hogan compares with them domestically and internationally
*Hogan’s WWF peak
*WWF business under Hogan and Austin
*Hogan’s live show magic
*The Andre match on NBC
*Gorgeous George, The Rock, Sammartino, Londos, Rikidozan and Santo
*Wrestling in the U.S. pre-Hogan and the myths that have been created
*Hogan vs. Londos
*Hogan’s family talks
*SummerSlam story and interest levels
*WWE, AAA and CMLL in Mexico this past week
*Lots on WWE’s plans for AAA
*TripleMania thoughts
*Alberto, Dominik, Vikingo and Grende Americano in Mexico
*A classic match at Arena Mexico with Neon vs. Mascara Dorada
*Update on the G-1 Climax tournament
*The life and times of Gerry Morrow, a Canadian wrestling journeyman who is one of the most underrated inflential wrestler of the st 40 years with comments by those he inflenced
*Conor McGregor’s appeal of the sexual assault civil cse
*The most detailed look at the ratings for  all the TV wrestling shows
*MJF to Arena Mexico
*Five Star Grand Prix opens up
*The Hogan vs. Andre match that never happened
*Santo and Fuerza Guerrera retirement show notes
*The first major ethnic draw in the U.S.
*TNA looking for new TV deal
*Will Ospreay update
*Forbidden Door update
*Details of the WBD split
*Tony Khan has already made belts for a new title
*Tag team tournament AEW update
*TKO Boxing notes
*Update on ringboys lawsuit against the McMahons and WWE
*Vince McMahon auto accident details
*Levesque and Trump
*Thoughts on WWE Unreal
*An original Mania show
*Cody Rhodes on Bill Simmons
*Lots of notes on the WWE tryouts this week

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— Bryan and I will be back tonight covering SummerSlam night two, more from night one, G-1 and more. Our night one show is up right now as is my weekend show with Garrett Gonzales with lots of talk on all the current news, Hulk Hogan questions and more.

— ESPN’s new streaming service that will carry all of ESPN programming launches this fall, with no date announced for the launch. It will contain all of the ESPN Networks and cost $29.99 per month.

— On paper tonight’s show is much stronger than last night’s with the women’s three-way and TLC match. We have a preview of this in the issue discussing finishes and such:

  • Dominik Mysterio vs. AJ Styles for the IC title
  • Wyatt Sicks (Joe Gacy & Dexter Lumis) vs. DIY vs. Motor City Machine Guns vs. Street Profita vs. Fraxion vs. Andrade & Rey Fenix in a TLC match for the WWE tag titles
  • Becky Lynch vs. Lyra Valkyira for the IC title no DQ no count out – If Valkyria loses she can never challenge for the title as long as Lynch is champion
  • Solo Sikoa vs. Jacob Fatu in a cage match for the U.S. title
  • Naomi vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Iyo Sky for the world women’s title
  • John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes for the world title in a street fight

Most fans based on polls think the Cena face turn was fake. Don’t know but it came across very weak.Supposedly the finish of the show will have another big surprise.  

— We’re looking for your thoughts on both nights of SummerSlam, thumbs up down or middle, best and worst match for each show to [email protected]

— We’re also looking for dark match results from Friday’s Smackdown tapings in Newark, NJ to [email protected]

— Mistico beat Mascara Dorada and Bandido on Friday night in Tijuana before a sellout crowd to win the Lucka (correct spelling of the promotion) Libre heavyweight championship when Bandido tapped out to the Mistica.

— SummerSlam did 600,000 Google searches as of this morning which is very high for a WWE event. The UFC show yesterday on ESPN did only 60,000.

— Zero-1 today did a match at Shin-kiba with mask vs. leaving Zero1 with Hayabusa vs. Masato Tanaka. It ended up in a 30:00 draw.

— Colby Corino went to the hospital Thursday and needed emergency surgery on his neck and back. Best wishes to him.

— The Zennichi Jr. tournament ended today with Atsuki Aoyagi over Rising Hayato in a match I was told was great. All Japan drew more today at Ota Ward Gym than Stardom did for its first night of the Five Star Grand Prix and more than the first night of G-1 in that building.

— Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport from yesterday in Rutherford, NJ:

  • Matt Mako b Ray Jaz
  • Janai Kai b Jordan Bade via decision
  • Simon Gotch b Nick Comoroto
  • Charlie Dempsey b Dominic Garrini
  • Royce Isaacs b Ivar
  • Timothy Thatcher b Slade-DQ
  • Erik’b Manders
  • Pete Dunne b Jonathan Gresham
  • Nattie Neidhart b Masha Slamovich – this  was very intense.  Real good stuff.

— Boca Raton Wrestling on 8/31 in Mizner Park in Boca Raton, FL saw Ricky Morton vs. Seve Maclin for the BRCA title, Ash by Elegance vs. Mila Moore for the women’s title, Jonny Fairplay vs. Alan Martinez, Monster Fulton vs. Noah Kekoa falls count anywhere plus Enzo, James Ellsworth, Moose, Matt Taven and Bull James.

— Bully Ray defends the Crown Jewel title against Zilla Fatu on 9/4 in Philadelphia at Trinity on 22nd.  Shotzi Blackheart, Lio Rush and Action Andretti are on the show.

— BOOM! Pro Wrestling in Vancouver, BC did their 40th straight sellout on 7/26, running that show at the larger 800 seat Commodore Ballroom with Casey Ferreira over Brady Malibu for the Vancouver City title.  Next show is 9/27.

— WWE has filed to trademark “The Vision,” which may be a new faction.

— Masa Kitamiya joined Team 2000X on today’s NOAH show as The Chairman.

— At The Gathering in Charlotte, NC last night as part of the convention there:

  • Ten bell salute for Hulk Hogan led by Ken RDQ
  • Bam Bam Bundy b Aubrey Wright
  • Boswroth b Andrew Anderson
  • Kerry Morton b Psycho Boy Fodder
  • Caleb Konley b  Mike Jackson
  • Court Montgomery b CW Anderson
  • Bosworth b Bam Bam Bundy
  • Samantha Star won four-way for the women’s title over Ella Envy. Rachael Ellering and Savannah Evans
  • Count Montgomery b Bosworth
  • Caleb Konley b Kerry Morton
  • Court Montgomery b Caleb Konley to the win the TMart title in the tournament finalesnick
  • Kerry Morton b Brock Anderson-COR (Brock managed by Arn Anderson)
  • Psycho Boy Fodder (managed by Jim Mitchell) b Lodi
  • Mike Jackson (75 years old) b George South
  • CW Anderson b John Skyler
  • Court Montgomery b Mr. Hughes