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• WWE NXT announces new TV deal with The CW
• Will Ospreay: AEW All In was the 'coolest thing I've ever done'
• Jon Moxley tag match announced for Wrestling Revolver Unreal
• WWE Raw number one contender's match had botched finish
• NJPW's Rocky Romero hopes to speak with Mercedes Mone 'maybe soon-ish'
• AEW Collision ratings down on same day as WWE Crown Jewel
• WWE interested in Giulia, no tryout planned
• WWE Raw video highlights: Ready for WarGames
• Men's WarGames match announced for WWE Survivor Series
• Intercontinental title match official for WWE Survivor Series
• Women's World title match set for WWE Survivor Series
• Creed Brothers & Ivy Nile called up to WWE Raw roster
• Alpha Academy to support Akira Tozawa on WWE NXT
• Sting & Darby Allin vs. The Outrunners added to AEW Dynamite
• WWE Raw live results: Crown Jewel fallout

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This Week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• November 6 Observer Newsletter: WWE Crown Jewel preview, Cung Le/UFC lawsuit

The new issue of the Observer is up on the site right now covering these stories:

• Match and performer of the week
• Preview of Crown Jewel, favorites and directions
• Preview of Full Gear, directions, business and more
• Update on perhaps the most important business story this year and its ramifications as the Cung Le lawsuit against UFC is headed for trial next year. We talk about the trial, what it means to UFC, WWE and the MLW lawsuit against WWE. We also have notes from discovery on the actual pay that Conor McGregor, Georges St-Pierre, CM Punk, Ronda Rousey and Jon Jones got for their biggest career fights.
• Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou, the story behind coming one round short of one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. We look at what happened, how this fight was a prelude of the change of the business of major events and why, how the PPV did and why it doesn't really matter, the celebrities and what happens next.
• We preview the 2023 Hall of Fame with research on the wrestlers with the best matches throughout their careers, best tag matches, annual MVP, Most Outstanding, Best Draws and best tag team votes involving candidates on the ballot or in the Hall of Fame and who comes across well in this.
• A look at the Vladimir the Superfan documentary
• The most detailed look at the TV ratings from the past week, numbers, competition, gains and losses over the last year, placings and segment-by-segment.
• Women's Grand Prix show draws big crowd
• Injuries plaguing Stardom
• Stardom PPV and tag tourney coverage
• Big match this weekend in All Japan
• A tag match this past week that you should see
• Nakajima's NOAH farewell
• New Japan U.S. house show notes
• Update on a women's dream match that was planned but now is uncertain and why
• New Japan Super Juniors tag team tournament news
• Ronda Rousey working indies against AEW stars
• Talks of two pro wrestlers and fights with Jake Paul
• CM Punk talks unionization of wrestlers
• New documentary coming out in two weeks
• Jon Moxley returns from concussion
• Jon Moxley talks concussion protocols
• Impact signs two U.K. wrestlers
• Impact U.K tour
• Bryan Danielson injury details
• Notes on Ric Flair's two new deals with AEW
• Talks on Omega vs. MJF
• More on the CMLL/AEW deal
• Ticket advances for WWE & AEW shows
• International TV ratings and top streaming numbers
• Merch sales
• Derrick Lewis arrest
• UFC pay
• This weekend's UFC show
• Why FOX didn't bid to keep Smackdown
• Raw's live show growth
• Fastlane actual gate numbers
• What record did WWE claim that doesn't look to be accurate
• Lots of injury updates
• Reviews of al the major WWE house shows
• WWE signs a three-time national college wrestling women's champion

This Week's Retro Observer Newsletter

• August 21, 2006 Observer Newsletter: WON Hall of Fame, Brock Lesnar

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Tuesday Update

WWE

• Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, and Montez Ford will be guests on Wednesday’s The Bump.
• Gene Snitsky made a cameo appearance on one of WWE’s social media videos, meeting Chelsea Green.
• Jade Cargill on X wrote about her current status: “Whyyyy wrestle when my BIG check clears every week baby”.
• Matches taped for Main Event this week include Indus Sher vs. Noam Dar and Oro Mensah and Ludvig Kaiser vs. Apollo Crews.
• Mia Yim on X wrote: “It’s been one whole year since my return. Blessed and thankful for this past year and for my OC Brothers & Uncle. I love the #MiaMilitia and I’m READY to keep on being #TheEqualizer of @wwe LET’S GET TO WORK.”
• Wipeout, which is hosted by John Cena and Nicole Byer, will premiere Tuesday on TBS.
• Full matches added to WWE’s YouTube today include the Chicago Street Fight between Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, from NXT TakeOver: Chicago II, Mankind vs. Carlito from Taboo Tuesday 2005, and Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn from Survivor Series 2020.

AEW & Other Wrestling

• Terrifier 2, which stars Chris Jericho, will be re-released in theaters on November 8.
• WGNO has a story on Herman and Yvonne Clayton of New Orleans, who raised independent wrestler Luke Hawx and opened up their home to be an address for Boys Town Louisiana.
• Former WWE announcer Jonathan Coachman talked to Chris Van Vliet, who explained why he has no interest in a WWE return. “I went back to WWE in 2017 and kind of instantly knew this isn’t where I need to be, where I want to be....the people I worked with on the shows, I don’t know what it was, but didn’t want me to be there.”
• Coachman also brought up that he had been ghosted when asked about an XFL check that had bounced, as he was doing pre-show coverage for the company at the time. “It wasn’t the money, it was the process,” he said. “I had literally done everything that I had been asked to do. And this is how you’re going to treat me? And literally, they didn’t care.“
• The Grizzled Young Veterans will make their House of Glory debut at The Darkest Hour event on December 1.
• MLW’s Salina de la Renta co-stars in a movie titled Cop vs. Killer, which is now available to purchase on Amazon Prime.
• Former ECW star Francine has launched her podcast, with her first guest being Bully Ray.
• Dean Muhtadi, the former Mojo Rawley, will appear on HGTV’s House Hunters on November 7 at 10 pm ET.
• Chris Danger prepares for his in-ring debut at Sunday’s Deadlock Pro Wrestling show.