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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

The new issue of the  Wrestling Observer Newsletter is up on the site:

  • Updates on Crown Jewel and WrestleDream, interest level, lineups and what could be added
  • Notes on Tuesday’s AEW/NXT head-to-head battle
  • Odds regarding upcoming big matches
  • Tokyo Dome ticket sales and notes from Hiroshi Tanahashi and Aaron Wolf
  • NXT No Mercy coverage
  • New Japan Destruction in Kobe notes
  • CMLL Noche de Campeones notes
  • Fuerza Guerrera retires with a look back at his career
  • Television ratings are crazy this week and what is the change
  • One of the most impressive attendance streaks in history has ended
  • CMLL’s focus on women’s wrestling in October
  • Tessa Blanchard back in CMLL
  • AAA goes head-to-head with CMLL featuring AEW and WWE stars on each show
  • Saya Kamitani becomes double champion
  • Go Shiozaki leaves NOAH
  • King of Pro Wrestling show finalized
  • Mistico vs. Bandido singles match this past week
  • Bret Hart talks his career and we look back at what he said
  • New wrestling documentaries
  • European star may have cost himself his career with full details as to what happened
  • MLW makes comment on WWE business on its TV show
  • Upcoming TNA TV news
  • Thoughts on Andrade’s return to AEW and what happened
  • History of pro wrestling on the SuperStation
  • Zuffa Boxing TV deal and notes on the promotion
  • Dana White on 60 Minutes coverage
  • How UFC went from almost dying to a $15 billion business, the moves it made and how Vince McMahon killed one of its biggest TV deals
  • What happened with Wanderlei Silva’s boxing match after it was over
  • Notes on stockholder lawsuit against TKO
  • WWE top star to take time off for major movie role
  • WWE headed to Japan for big shows
  • Injury updates
  • Updates on Edris Enofe and Jazmyn Nyx leaving the company

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Thursday Update

WWE

  • Paradigm Talent Agency has signed NXT wrestler Kelani Jordan and WWE LFG season winner Shiloh Hill as clients. Other WWE talent represented by Paradigm include CM Punk, Drew McIntyre, Damian Priest, Sheamus, Rusev, Montez Ford, Natalya Neidhart, Liv Morgan, Tiffany Stratton, Jade Cargill, Alexa Bliss, and Blake Monroe.
  • PWInsider reports that Jazz and Ace Steel are guest coaching at the WWE Performance Center this week.
  • Cody Rhodes posted his WWE schedule for October:
    • October 10: SmackDown in Perth, Australia
    • October 11: Crown Jewel in Perth, Australia
    • October 17: SmackDown in San Jose, California
    • October 24: SmackDown in Tempe, Arizona
    • October 31: SmackDown in Salt Lake City, Utah
  • To promote Crown Jewel, Rhodes briefly appeared on ESPN First Take.
  • Bronson Reed told The West Australian that, despite getting hurt, he would still try the spot again where he was injured at Survivor Series 2024 hitting a Tsunami off the War Games cage through a table:
    • I feel like we’re sort of in that business where we have to take those risks.
    • That’s sort of what we do. But it’s calculated risks. I was not scared jumping off the top of that cage. I didn’t expect what was going to happen. But in a heartbeat, I’d do again. I just think I could nail it again and not hurt myself, hopefully.
    • In the moment, I had known that I had injured myself but I didn’t know to what severity. I actually stood up, walked out and went backstage. So, the doctors backstage didn’t think I had broken anything because I was walking around.
    • Then about an hour later, the pain set in, and I couldn’t stand up. And I was like, okay, something, something’s gone wrong here.
    • My leg was not allowed to be weight bearing for two-and-a-half months. I had to build up all the muscles in my leg again. I had to learn how to walk again on my right leg, and then run, and then jump, and then everything that we do in the ring as well.
    • So in the back of my mind, it was a little scary wondering ‘will I be able to get back to where I was or exceed where I was?’ Thankfully, I put in the hard work rehabbing, and now I’m better than ever.
  • Stephanie Vaquer, Grayson Waller, Nathan Frazer, and Axiom visited Perth Children’s Hospital while in Australia for Crown Jewel.
  • Nick Hogan made an Instagram post remembering his late father:
    • Just thinking about you Big Dog. I miss you. 
    • I know it doesn’t make sense to post this on insta because he can’t see it but I wanted to share some photos that mean a lot to me.
    • I’d do anything to call my dad and just say hi.
  • Vince McMahon is scheduled for a court hearing in Stamford, Connecticut next Thursday (October 16) stemming from the July car accident where he was issued a misdemeanor summons for reckless driving and following too closely.
  • The Wrestling Classic has an interview with Kevin Nash.
  • To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, WWE and AAA luchadors participated in a video where they blind ranked lucha masks.
  • Today would have been Eddie Guerrero’s 58th birthday. Rey Mysterio and CM Punk are among those who took a moment to remember him on social media.

Other Wrestling

  • Bobby Horne – formerly known as Mo in the WWF stable Men on a Mission – is currently hospitalized with a blood infection and pneumonia:
    • Please keep Bobby “Sir Mo” Horne in your prayers.
    • He’s battling a severe blood infection & pneumonia and remains in the ICU. His wife Denise Jones is with him and they need all the love & strength the wrestling world can send.
  • On SiriusXM’s Off The Ropes with Jonathan Coachman & Nic Nemeth, TNA President Carlos Silva discussed how TNA can help younger talent get to WWE:
    • TNA is an interesting platform because we can bring and provide a new platform for legends that have already been in the game for 10 and 15 years-plus. But then we can also help to bring on the young talent. Look, is that talent at times gonna leave? Is that talent gonna wanna go to WWE if they’re younger talent? They are and I’ve said it and I’ve said it in our — Nic knows this, I will be the person that will help them as well, if that’s the path that is great. I also know that they’re gonna continue to support TNA and maybe come back to TNA some day, to continue creating this engine, and that’s how we’re gonna continue to operate.
  • Lio Rush vs. Mascara Dorada is set to take place at show two of Fantastica Mania UK on October 18. The show is being presented by RevPro and CMLL.
  • Indie promotion Warrior Wrestling announced that it will return with a Resurrection event in Chicago on December 5.
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Joseph Currier
Joseph Currier

Joseph Currier is the lead editor of F4WOnline.com, directing daily news coverage and writing articles on professional wrestling. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, obtaining a journalism degree in 2016. Joseph joined F4W during his time at UMass and has now been writing about the industry for nearly a decade.

In addition to his work with F4W, Joseph has previously contributed to Sports Illustrated's wrestling coverage. He lives in Massachusetts and is a diehard fan of the Boston sports teams and Liverpool Football Club.