Daily Update: Reigns-Mysterio, weekend lineup, PFL

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Latest News:

UFC 263 brings in 600,000 PPV worldwide PPV buys   
MLW opts out of DAZN deal, Azteca Underground update 
Cody & Brandi Rhodes welcome birth of baby girl  
WWE files trademark for Piper Niven’s possible new in-ring name  
Omega vs. Callihan set for Impact Slammiversary, Callis fired as VP  
Tag Team title match part of next week’s Impact Wrestling lineup   
Reigns vs. Mysterio Hell in a Cell match moved to WWE SmackDown  

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WON NEWSLETTER: June 21, 2021 Observer Newsletter: WWE SummerSlam & Hell in a Cell notes, NXT TakeOver: In Your House review

Updates on the WWE PPV shows heads up the new issue of the Observer, including proposed main events, ticket sales and the reason for the Hell in a Cell change.

Also in this issue:

Update on the health situation of Antonio Inoki.

Another Saudi Arabia lawsuit, the details in the suit and the two possible endings including comments from Jerry McDevitt.

Updated ticket sales for all the WWE shows through early September, demand and comparisons with AEW, plus why WWE books NBA buildings and blocks off most of the building while AEW runs smaller buildings.

Dwayne Johnson talking the presidency, Edge creative, Brock Lesnar in WWE, new WWE hires, house show changes, Ronda Rousey update, international AEW & WWE ratings, what WWE is looking for in tryout camps going forward, ESPY Award, Titus O’Neil, John Cena movie, vaccines in WWE, Andre the Giant history, WWE injuries, WWE new names, plus the most-watched videos of the past week and WWE market value.

The decision by New Japan Pro Wrestling to run three Domed stadium shows in the upcoming months and how the Saitama dates preclude them from their biggest named American stars, plus the attempt to run so many major shows on successive dates in July.

Full coverage of UFC 263, with poll results, match-by-match rundowns, and the future direction of the top fighters on the show.

Full coverage for NXT Takeover, including poll results, star ratings, direction after Takeover, the next two major dates for the promotion, as well as interest level in the show.

An update on Don West, the former TNA announcer, as he battles brain cancer.

The Federacion promotion, the latest company to try and make it as a major group in Mexico, what went wrong, and the history of new attempts to go national in that country.

Stardom Cinderella tournament finals and the main event that has gotten so much talk, Utami Hayashshita vs Syuri, with the background on the two, plus coverage of storylines and direction, match-by-match with star ratings.

More into detail on the ratings than any other source, how many different viewers the shows had, breakdown of who watches the shows and how they watch, DVR numbers and how long the average fan watches.

Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week

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FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE

We’ve got a busy weekend. Garrett Gonzales and I will be doing today’s show before Smackdown and AEW, so we will cover those shows tomorrow night, plus Sunday is Hell in a Cell.

It would appear that SummerSlam has about 33,000 tickets out as of early afternoon.

Smackdown tonight at 8 p.m. lists Roman Reigns vs. Rey Mysterio in a Universal title Hell in a Cell match, Apollo Crews & Commander Azeez vs. Kevin Owens & Big E, Otis vs. Angelo Dawkins, and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Baron Corbin for the crown.

The Mysterio vs. Reigns match tonight is rescheduling the PPV match. It’s just a decision they made. We are told that Reigns is not wrestling on the PPV so this is not an angle to build a rematch. The Mysterios are also not wrestling the Usos on Sunday either. The match and finish planned for Sunday moved up two days.

AEW tonight at 10 p.m. on TNT:

Jim Ross interviews Andrade
Julia Hart vs. Penelope Ford
Orange Cassidy vs. Cezar Bononi
Brock Anderson & Cody Rhodes vs. QT Marshall & Aaron Solow
Darby Allin vs. Ethan Page & Scorpio Sky handicap match
Jake Hager vs. Wardlow MMA cage match

CMLL has a free show on YouTube tomorrow at 7 p.m. Eastern time from Arena Mexico featuring Cuatrero & Forastero & Sanson defending the trios titles against Mistico & Caristico & Volador Jr. This was originally to combat the Federacion show that ended up canceled, but they are still going through with the show.  This will also stream on Twitch.

Regarding the issues with TSN and AEW in Canada, TSN’s online schedule listed AEW but the TV on-screen guide listed other programs the last two weeks and were never corrected. This week they also listed another program but it was corrected on Thursday afternoon. (thanks to Jeff Zinger)

If you watched last night’s PFL robbery where Gleison Tibau, who most feel didn’t win a round, won a split decision somehow, judges Cardo Uro and Dave Tirelli gave him rounds one and three. Eric Colon, the third judge, gave Tibau round three as well. On the show, they have a computer score, a fan score, and scores by Kenny Florian and Randy Couture and all gave MacDonald all three rounds. He was visibly stunned and the announcers said that was no way you could justify that result.

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UFC tomorrow on ESPN 2 and ESPN+ starting at 4 p.m. Eastern

Casey O’Neill (125.5) vs. Lara Procopio (126)
Joaquim Silva (154.5) vs.  Ricky Glenn (156)
Josh Parsiian (266) vs. Roque Martienz (249)
Khaos Williams (169) vs. Matthew Semelsberger (170)
Kanako Murata (114.5) vs. Virna Jandiroba (115)
Aleksa Camur (204.5) vs. Nico Negumereanu (205.5)
Matt Brown (170.5) vs. Dhiego Lima (171)
Wellington Turman (185.5) vs. Bruno Silva (186)
Julian Erosa (145.5) vs.  Seungwoo Choi (146)
Marlon Vera (136) vs. Davey Grant (135.5)
Aleksei Oleinik (228) vs. Serhei Spivac (242)
Chan Sung Jung (146) vs. Dan Ige (146)

Glenn Jacobs on why he believes armed law enforcement personnel need to be at public schools.

The Los Angeles Times looks at Tito Ortiz in his brief run as a politician.

Hell in a Cell odds for the four matches still on the show from www.BetOnline.ag:

Bobby Lashley -350 vs. Drew McIntyre +225
Rhea Ripley -400 vs. Charlotte Flair +250
Bianca Belair -2500 vs. Bayley +750
Alexa Bliss -1000 vs. Shayna Baszler +525
Sportsbetting.ag also lists Victor Belfort as a -140 favorite against Oscar de la Hoya.

New Japan Strong at 10 p.m. tonight:

Josh Alexander vs. Alex Coughlin
Adrian Quest & Fred Rosser vs. Barrett Brown & Bateman
Satoshi Kojima vs. JR Kratos

There will be a wrestling team on an episode of Celebrity Family Feud. The team will be David Arquette, Dalton Castle, Jungle Boy, Peter Avalon, and RJ City.

WWE
NXT UK wrestlers tour London. (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)
AEW
GQ Magazine has a story on new father Cody Rhodes.
OTHER NOTES
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. missed weight today for his boxing match in Guadalajara against Anderson Silva. He weighed 184.4 pounds in a fight contracted at 182. Chavez must forfeit $100,000 to Silva. Chavez had a great explanation. He thought he was fighting at 185 since Slva always fights at 185. Well, he does, but the idea that a guy doesn’t know the weight he’s contracted to make is not plausible.
Kevin Eck’s weekly look at the ROH news.
TMart Promotions convention in Charlotte at the Hilton University Place 7/22 to 7/25 announced Jackie McAuley, who was a close friend of Andre the Giant, will be coming and bringing Andre memorabilia. She and her then-husband, former referee Frenchy Bernard, lived with Andre, cooked for him, and helped take care of his property.
The PFL announced a multi-year deal with Upper Deck for collectibles and trading cards.
559 Fights tomorrow night live at Visalia, CA’s Valley Strong Ballpark. Gabby Lopez (5-0) faces Valerie Thurs (3-4) for the 559 women’s strawweight title and Mark Hernandez (2-2-1) vs. Sal Bruno (2-2-2) for the interim featherweight title.
LFA has announced a 7/16 and 7/18 show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Upper Arena.  Both shows air live on UFC Fight Pass.
Brady Roberts, who wrestled as Brady Malibu, has a podcast called Escaping Denver which is the No. 1 fiction podcast on Apple and was featured in the Denver News.
NFC on 6/25 in Buford, GA at Tannery Row.

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