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The Latest from the F4W Staff
WWE books Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton II for Chicago house show – Strange circumstances lead to the SummerSlam rematch. Find out the details on whether or not this will end up being a WWE Network special.
Ryback: I walked away from a 3 year, $1.5 million WWE deal – That’s some big money for the Big Guy to leave on the table. Joseph Currier takes you through the 45 minute interview where Ryan Reeves tells all.
Bryan Alvarez talks SummerSlam & TakeOver on The Ross Report – Josh Nason brings you the highlights of our own Bryan Alvarez’s role reversal from his appearance on Jim Ross’ podcast. Among topics, they discussed how JR didn’t care for the Dean Ambrose/Steve Austin podcast.
Finn Balor: ‘The moment I got injured I knew it was serious’ – Finn Balor talks about what he’s experienced since the moment of impact, including video clips from his surgery. “What a rollercoaster week. I woke up the morning of SummerSlam with nothing but positivity & feeling physically better than ever…”
WWE San Angelo & Puebla live results: Bayley vs. Charlotte – Find out which WWE stars are on the winning path and who are in the doldrums.
Mr. Fuji passes away at 82 years old – Don Muraco, Demolition, and Yokozuna were just a few of the wrestlers the great Mr. Fuji managed in his day. Joe Currier brings you more on the passing of Harry Fujiwara.
UFC on FOX 21 overnights down 9% from last month’s summer record – Ace Fontaine breaks down the ratings, and brings you all you need to know about Demian Maia and Carlos Condit as money draws.
JNPO: MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti on UFC 202 leftovers, UFC Vancouver, more 8/26 – Josh Nason breaks down the first two parts of the C.M. Punk documentary. and the free agencies of Donald Cerrone and Rory MacDonald.
TV Line-Up
Raw will be Monday night from the Toyota Center in Houston. This will be the first week with a Smackdown Monday night house show, which takes place in Texarkana, TX. The regular Smackdown crew will be there and John Cena is headlining the show.
Tuesday night will be Smackdown from Dallas. John Cena, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins are all advertised, but Reigns and Rollins are likely to be in dark matches and Cena may be as well.
We’re doing one poll for the weekend: [email protected].
Sunday’s TripleMania show from AAA
We’re looking for reports from these shows: [email protected]
WWE in Texarkana, TX tonight (Smackdown crew headlined by John Cena vs. A.J. Styles, Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler, The Miz vs. Apollo Crews, Kane vs. Bray Wyatt)
Raw tonight in Houston with stuff not on the show like dark matches
WWE in Puebla, Mexico from Saturday
DDT from Sumo Hall Sunday
WWE in Leon on Sunday
Figure Four Weekly: Figure Four Weekly 8/22/2016: Gawker destroyed by Hulk Hogan – While there had been hints that it could happen, it still came as a shock last week that, thanks to the series of events stemming from Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media, the flagship Gawker blog would be shutting down operations a few days later. It all stemmed from the bankruptcy auction for Gawker Media’s assets, where the bidders ended up being Ziff Davis and Unimodia, the subsidiary of Univision that oversees Fusion and its sister sites like The Onion, AV Club, and The Root… Subscribers click here to continue reading.
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Wrestling Observer Newsletter: August 29, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: UFC sale final, Summerslam results and fallout, more – Lorenzo Fertitta, the CEO and person who historically should be remembered as perhaps the most important figure in making MMA into a worldwide sport left the office for the final time on 8/17.
The UFC staff was all told to come for a meeting, and as it turned out, the guest of honor was busy at first and they had to regroup and come back later. Fertitta, 48, took a $2 million investment in 2001 to a $4 billion sale 15 years later. Aside from making a killing in business, he saved a sport that was on its deathbed in the U.S. The sale was officially completed with the money changing hands this past week, a similar letter to the one above was sent to all company employees, and the new era of UFC began with UFC 202… Subscribers click here to continue reading.
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WON BACK ISSUE: July 26, 1999 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Governor Jesse Ventura to referee SummerSlam main event, NSAC to evaluate UFC, tons more – With the official announcement of Jesse Ventura’s participation in SummerSlam as the referee for the main event came the expected debate over his involvement… Subscribers click here to continue reading.
MONDAY NEWS UPDATE
Prior to WWE’s tour of Mexico last weekend, Bo Dallas (real name Taylor Rotunda) was arrested for public intoxication and drunkenness.
Paige VanZant was the 11th most searched for term in the U.S. on Friday (100,000 plus) and 16th most on Sunday (100,000 Plus). Mr. Fuji was No. 19 on Sunday and UFC was No. 6 on Saturday (but that was only 50,000).
Tonight will be the first pure brand house show, a Smackdown show in Texarkana, since the brand split from six weeks ago.
Episode No. 3 of the C.M. Punk four-part documentary airs at 9:30 p.m. tonight. This is built around his training and recovery from shoulder surgery.
WWE / Professional Wrestling
Adam Cole vs. Will Ospreay at the Destruction in Hiroshima PPV show is now an ROH championship match.
Rolling Stone just kills Hulk Hogan in this article.
You can watch Impact in HD if you have Comcast by going to the Pop TV on Demand section and looking over the shows. (thanks to Jon Southerland)
Sami Zayn promoted the upcoming WWE event in Manila, The Philippines.
This means nothing other than people got some signals crossed, but the Tivo listing for next week’s Smackdown show as of yesterday listed “Chris Jericho offers further explanation for his attack on his Y2AJ partner A.J. Styles.” (thanks to Jason Parker)
Here is your weekly WWE quiz.
UFC / MMA
The World Series of Fighting announced Ramsey Nijem, a former UFC fighter, has signed with the promoting. Nijem came from the Ultimate Fighter and fought ten times in UFC.
A fan who purchased tickets to UFC 200, Sean Slattery, filed a lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court against Jon Jones and First Round Management claiming concealment, negligent misrepresentation and negligence related to Jones’ removal from the show. Slattery claimed he was robbed and defrauded of the value of the ticket when Jones was pulled from the show for testing positive. This will go nowhere because Slattery had the right to ask for a ticket refund and chose not to.
ONE from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will be airing live on Friday starting 8:30 a.m. Eastern time on The Fight Network. They will also be airing Lion Fight 31 from Mashantucket, CT on Friday night at 10 p.m. Eastern. AXS will also air LionFights.
Saturday’s UFC show on Fight Pass will have its main card in Canada on The Fight Netweork starting at 3 p.m. Eastern time.
MISCELLANEOUS
A story on the New York State Athletic commission rep who shut down an intergender match even though it wasn’t against state laws is here.
A story on Leo Burke returning to the Maritimes here.
The Dudleys have been added to the 11/20 ICW show in Glasgow, Scotland at the SSE Hydro.
Global Force Wrestling will partner with the Tennessee State Fair in Nashville to run shows from 9/9 to 9/18 at the Fairgrounds
Scottish Wrestling Entertainment from Saturday in Dundee, Scotland: Steven Air Myales won over Kenny Kyd, JD Wilde and Lou King Sharpe, Colt Cabana b Glen Dunbarr, Sara-Marie Taylor b Kristy Love, Felix Fortune b Ian Ambrose, Euan G. Mackie b Stallyon to win the SWE title, Chris James & Darren Blair & Scotty Ricco b Chaz Phoenix & Lix Tetrax & Braveheart, Drew Galloway won no DQ four-way over Joe Hendry, Ethan Carter III and Jack Jester (thanks to Andrew Milne)
Pro Wrestling Resurgence from Saturday night in Swansea, IL: Matt Kenway b Kody Krash, Tyler Colton b Aaron Solow, Everett Connors won four-way over Mike Outlaw, Jojo Bravo and Jason Roberts, Kevin Lee Davidson b Ricky Starks, Alexandre Rudolph & Frank Wyatt & Jake Parnell DCOR Gary Jay & Evan Gelistico & Pierre Abernathy, Danny Adams & Paco Gonzalez b Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett, Michael Elgin b Brandon Espinosa (thanks to Patrick Brandmeyer)
Beer City Bruiser vs. Joey Vendetta has been added to the CWE show on 9/22 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Bruiser will be a headliner on a ten-daytour of Saskatchewan and Alberta.
IWA Mid South tomorow night in Clarksville, IN at Jammerz with Matt Cage vs. JJ Garrett for the IWA title, Michael Elgin vs. Kongo Kong, B.J. Whitmer vs. Jonathan Wolf, Matt Tremont vs. Shigehiro Irie and more. They are running every Thursday at Jammerz starting 9/8.
IWA Mid South also announced the Hybrid Cup on 9/24 at the Pride Bar in New Albany, IN which is an eight man tournament. Semifinals will be knockout or tap out rules and finals will be a no rope bared wire match.
IWA Mid South on 10/6 in Clarksville, IN at Jammerz has its 20th anniversary show with Dutch Mantell, Sami Callihan, Chris Hero, Doug Gilbert, Tommy Rich, Colt Cabana, Dave Prazak, Zack Gowen and more.
IWA Mid South on 11/5 in Jeffersonville, IN at the Arena has a 16 man Ted Petty Invitational tournament with Matt Cage, Rickey Shane Page, Joey Janela and Chris Hero.
All Star Wrestling on 9/16 in Garibaldi Highlands, BC at Totem Hall with Adam Ryder vs. Mr. India.
Johnny Kashmere returns to wrestling on 10/22 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia for The Acid Cup, to honor the late Trent Acid, his longtime tag team partner.
Daily Pro Wrestling History (08/29): SummerSlam 1992 at Wembley Stadium
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