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Latest News:
Two more matches announced for tonight’s AEW Dynamite
Despite CM Punk, WWE Backstage declines in viewership
Tom Lawlor vs. Ross Von Erich set for MLW Zero Hour tapings
WWE reveals premiere date for Miz & Mrs. season two
Two more matches official for Impact Hard to Kill PPV
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Viking Raiders to issue Tag Team title open challenge at WWE TLC
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F4W NEWSLETTER: Figure Four Weekly: Harper, Sin Cara & The Ascension get WWE releases Joseph Currier looks at WWE’s latest departures.
WWE took a step forward this past weekend by resolving their situations with a few wrestlers who wanted out of the company.
In quick succession on Sunday, WWE announced that Luke Harper, Sin Cara, and The Ascension had been released: “WWE has come to terms on the releases of Jonathan Huber (Luke Harper), Sin Cara, and Ryan Parmeter (Konnor) and Eric Thompson (Viktor) of The Ascension. WWE wishes them all the best in their future endeavors.”
Harper’s release saga was nearly eight months long. He went public with his request via a statement he posted online on April 16. He spent the next five months off of television before then returning in a pretty significant angle at Clash of Champions, helping Erick Rowan defeat Roman Reigns in their no disqualification match.
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WON NEWSLETTER: December 16, 2019 Observer Newsletter: TLC card mystery, Kelly Klein/ROH issues, more
A look at plans as they are for the WWE’s TLC PPV is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We look at what was on the boards this week for the card, ways it may change, why zero matches had been announced nine days before the show and Vince McMahon’s philosophy regarding PPV shows these days. The new issue also covers:
Issues with ROH, from its concussion policy, to its relationship with New Japan, with comments from both Joe Koff and Harold Meij. We look at the claims regarding a concussion policy, why ROH cut off negotiations with women’s champion Kelly Klein after first offering her more than double of her prior contract and more.
The economics of WWE, PPV vs Network and which would have been better, Orlando wants big shows, Ciampa says he’d rather retire than move to the main roster, why he said it, changes with WWE Network, TV ratings in Canada and Germany, new WWE fire, WWE in sports survey, NXT the next two weeks, Raw announcing, Carmella tarts new business, stock value, most-watched shows on WWE Network, as well as a rundown of all the weekend arena dates.
New Japan tag team tournament matches of the past week.
AAA’s TripleMania Regia, the big angle shot, the usage of rival CMLL’s old heel stable, plus the return of Kenny Omega, as well as hopes to use more AEW talent on major shows coming up. We also have match-by-match coverage.
History of Starrcade, how it started, the roles of key people like Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, Harley Race and Dory Funk Jr. We look at every main event in Starrcade history, and how Vince McMahon tried and failed to sabotage the first show, but succeeded in sabotaging the fifth show. We look at how Starrcade came to be, the match in 1983 that created the first Starrcade, the Flair vs. Race program and how it was built, the Roddy Piper vs. Greg Valentine angle, what killed wrestling on Thanksgiving, plus a rundown of Sunday’s show in Atlanta.
Preview of Tito Ortiz vs. Alberto El Patron, how Combate Americas came into this world, Campbell McLaren’s role in the birth of MMA, how Alberto got into pro wrestling, his MMA career before WWE, why he was not allowed to fight on the Los Angeles Coliseum show and the realities of this fight as a PPV from a business standpoint.
Full coverage of all the WWE and AEW television shows from the past week.
In-depth looks at the ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.
Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week.
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WEDNESDAY NEWS UPDATE
WWE
WWE is advertising that Roman Reigns will be “unchained” on SmackDown after being humiliated by Baron Corbin last week: “Roman Reigns was left battered, covered in dog food and tied to the ring post at the hands of King Corbin and Dolph Ziggler at the end of last week’s SmackDown. Now The Big Dog is ready to be unchained. Despite defeating The Showoff in the ring, a post-match attack from Corbin and his minions was too much for Reigns to overcome. Corbin made good on his promise to humiliate his rival, but has he now pushed Reigns to an even more dangerous place? Will The Big Dog bite back before the WWE TLC showdown with Corbin? Catch Friday Night SmackDown at 8/7 C on FOX.”
TV Insider, Bleacher Report, and Sports Illustrated interviewed Dakota Kai ahead of tonight’s NXT.
WWE posted video of an angle yesterday where — after losing to him on NXT last week — Cameron Grimes attacked Kushida at the Performance Center.
John Morrison made an in-studio appearance on today’s episode of WWE’s The Bump.
Raw and SmackDown ranked in the top 10 of Nielsen’s most social TV shows of 2019, with Raw finishing second, Friday Night SmackDown finishing third, and SmackDown Live (when the show was on USA Network) being ranked sixth.
Becky Lynch ranked sixth and Ronda Rousey ranked eighth in Twitter’s Top Female Athletes of 2019.
The Usos, Naomi, and The New Day will be guests stars on season 14 of Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘N Out.
Today is Rey Mysterio’s 45th birthday.
Corey Graves’ After the Bell podcast will be released on Thursdays starting this week. Charlotte Flair, Paige, and The Street Profits will appear on tomorrow’s episode.
Asuka was the guest on the latest episode of First We Feast’s Gochi Gang.
On Twitter, Randy Orton suggested Ken Shamrock as someone who should be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Finn Balor looked back at his match against AJ Styles from TLC 2017.
Pro Wrestling
Bea Priestley vs. Kris Statlander, Private Party vs. SCU (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian), and PAC, Jack Evans & Angelico vs. Orange Cassidy & Best Friends have been announced for tonight’s AEW Dark tapings. The show will air on YouTube next Tuesday.
Vickie Guerrero made an appearance as a guest commentator on the AEW Dark tapings tonight.
Chris Van Vliet has an interview with Santana & Ortiz.
Brandi Rhodes will deliver a keynote address at next month’s National Association of Television Program Executives conference.
The NWA uploaded a 10 Pounds of Gold episode about Nick Aldis and James Storm’s title match at this Saturday’s Into the Fire PPV.
MMA
The UFC uploaded episode three of Embedded for UFC 245.
Dana White told BT Sport that “If Conor can get through Cowboy and Khabib can get through Tony, then we’d be looking at a rematch with Conor and Khabib down the line here pretty soon.”
Sergio Pettis will make his Bellator debut against Alfred Khashakyan at Bellator 238 on January 25.
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