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This Week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• April 22, 2024 Observer Newsletter: Vince McMahon’s future, Marigold & WWE, AEW Dynasty preview

The new issue of the Observer is up on the site now

• What is the future of Vince McMahon and will he try to get back into wrestling after selling his TKO stock
• Lots of aspects of the story to talk about
• How much of the current success is Vince responsible vs. Paul Levesque responsible
• The story behind the WrestleMania 39 finish
• How many people watched WrestleMania streaming and on PPV and how that compares to other weekly television shows
• The story behind Rossy Ogawa's Marigold promotion, the roster, the WWE connection and more
• Full story of UFC 300, one of the biggest nights in UFC history and the business notes on the show along with what is next for the star fighters
• AEW Dynasty, previewing the show and what to look for on the show and why from a business standpoint this is so important
• Hall of Famer gets major accusations against him on a national news show
• Rhea Ripley injury update
• Full coverage of Windy City Riot
• Forbes valuation of combat sports entities and my thoughts regarding them
• A look back at the Silva-Sonnen fight that was announced for the UFC Hall of Fame and back story
• Sue Aitchison, the former Warrior Award winner and her work behind the scenes in WWE
• The most detailed look at the ratings for all the national shows, comparisons with last year and nightly and weekly placings
• Next Stardom PPV show
• Champion Carnival opens
• Who is now Vice President of two different wrestling promotions
• Bloodsport in Japan
• The life and career of Tony Jones
• Updated PPV numbers from AEW & TNA
• International TV ratings
• Lots of comments from Tony Khan
• More on the Nyla Rose situation in Oklahoma
• More on WrestleMania 41
• Drew Gulak update
• Most watched videos from WrestleMania

This Week's Retro Observer Newsletter

• December 25, 2006 Observer Newsletter: WWE Armageddon, UFC Ultimate Fight Night

Monday Update

--Bryan and I will be back tonight with Wrestling Observer Radio, talking Raw, Bill Goldberg, Von Wagner and the rest of the news. If you've got questions, we should have time for them tonight and you can send to mailbag@wrestlingobserver.com

--We're looking for reports from Raw tonight in Columbus, OH, with the Main Event results and any off-the-air news. We're still looking for reports from Birmingham and Cardiff on he European tour as well to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

--Raw had just under 9,000 tickets out earlier today so this isn't going to be sold out. Montreal wasn't sold out last week either so the streak has been broken, but the streak of strong crowds continues. There will be a Battle Royal to crown a world's women's champion, the belt Rhea Ripley vacated, plus Miz & R-Truthy defend the tag titles against DIY and Ricochet & Andrade vs. Dominik Mysterio & JD McDonagh.

--Due to the NHL playoffs, Raw tonight and Smackdown Friday will air on OLN and not the usual Sportsnet in Canada.

--Raw has tough competition tonight with three NBA playoff games. Orlando vs Cleveland is at 7 p.m. Eastern on NBA TV, Philadelphia vs. New York Knicks is at 7:30 p.m. on TNT and TruTV and Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver is at 10 p.m. on TNT and TruTV. TNT and Tru have single games tomorrow going against NXT and Wednesday against AEW. There are also NHL playoffs with Boston vs. Toronto at 7 on ESPN, Carolina vs .New York Islanders at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN 2, Las Vegas vs. Dallas at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN and Edmonton vs. Los Angeles at 10 p.m. on ESPN 2.

--We're looking for your thoughts on AEW Dynasty and TNA Rebellion, thumbs up, down or middle, along with a best and worst match for each show to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

--Smackdown on Friday against more competition than usual did 2,333,000 viewers and a 0.63 in 18-49.

--The most expensive tickets for the Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler fight on 6/29 at the T Mobile Arena are priced at $12,000, which includes in venue hospitality, a post weigh-in reception and VIP entrance. There are also seats at $11,500. With those prices, this will be one of if not the biggest gate in UFC history.

--Lots of Raw talent will be at Smackdown on Friday and Smackdown talent on Raw next week for the draft. The talent for the most part doesn't know if they'll be moved to another brand ahead of time. The top talent may know but for most it is kept a secret until the announcement is made. Baron Corbin will be at both shows so there's a strong chance he'll wind up back on one of the main rosters

--MLW announced an 8/29 show at the Melrose Ballroom in Long Island City, NY.

--The PFL announced the next show in its European tournament will be on 6/8 in Newcastle. It features the debut of women's boxing champion Savannah Marshall. The European tournament is like a European developmental league with tournaments with $100,000 first prizes to the winner.

--The MLW tag team titles are vacant due to an angle shot where Tom Lawlor, who held the titles with Davey Boy Smith Jr., was injured in a television angle that aired over the weekend. There will be a match for the vacant titles on the 5/11 show in Chicago.

--Aero Star debuts for House of Glory Wrestling on 5/5 at the NYC Arena in New York.

--The PFL announced the signing of Cedric Doumbe, who will fight on the 5/17 Bellator show in Paris, France. That show airs on MAX in the U.S. and DAZN in the U.K. and France with Doumbe vs. Derek Anderson ad a main event of Patchy Mix defending the bantamweight title against Magomed Magomedov

---CSW on Friday night in Franklin Park, IL had a main event where Kyle Fletcher wrestled against girlfriend Skye Blue will Will Ospeay as referee (thanks to Stanely Joseph).