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THE ROUND-UP
The Latest from the F4W Staff
NEWS
UFC 218 live results: Max Holloway vs. Jose Aldo II
Sasha Banks vs. Paige advertised for Monday’s WWE Raw
WWE NXT listed on USA Network schedule for December 13
Makoto ‘Don’ Arakawa passes away at 71 years old
VIDEO: HBO releases first trailer for Andre The Giant documentary
WWE announces three more title matches for Clash of Champions
UFC TUF 26 Finale live results: A new champion is crowned
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WOR: Pat Laprade talks Andre the Giant, Montreal Screwjob, tons more! 12/2
WOL: Keith Lee interview plus news and tons more! 12/1
B&V&G: Granny, NXT, THURSDAY NIGHT POTPOURRI! 12/1
We’re looking for reports from WWE Raw in Salt Lake City, UT, Smackdown in Merida, Mexico, and NXT in Bel Air, MD and St. Petersburg, FL to newstips@wrestlingobserver.com.
NEW JAPAN TAG TEAM TOURNAMENT FROM OSAKA ON NEW JAPAN WORLD (taped airing)
David Finlay & Katsuya Kitamura vs. Baretta & Chucky T
Togi Makabe & Henare vs. Michael Elgin & Jeff Cobb
Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
War Machine vs. Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii
UFC 218 FROM THE LITTLE CAESAR’S ARENA IN DETROIT
Fight Pass at 6:15 p.m. Eastern
Angela Magana vs. Amanda Bobby Cooper
Allen Crowder vs. Justin Willis
Jeremy Kimball vs. Dominick Reyes
Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Sabah Homasi
FS1 at 8 p.m. Eastern
Felice Herrig vs. Cortney Casey
Drakkar Klose vs. David Teymur
Yancy Medeiros vs. Alex Oliveira
Paul Felder vs. Charles Oliveira
PPV at 10 p.m. Eastern
Tecia Torres vs. Michelle Waterson
Justin Gaethje vs. Eddie Alvarez
Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis
Alistair Overeem vs. Francis Ngannou
Max Holloway vs. Jose Aldo for the featherweight title
Sunday has WWE Raw in Anaheim at the Honda Center and Smackdown at Arena Monterrey in Mexico.
NEW JAPAN TAG TEAM TOURNAMENT SUNDAY IN KOCHI ON NEW JAPAN WORLD
Juice Robinson & Sami Callihan vs. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Evil & Sanada
Raw will be Monday night from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. There will be a tag title match with Cesaro & Sheamus defending against Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose, as well as a four-way with Cedric Alexander vs. Mustafa Ali vs. Drew Gulak vs. Tony Nese with the winner facing Rich Swann on 12/11 for a title shot at Enzo Amore.
NEW JAPAN TAG TEAM TOURNAMENT TUESDAY IN OITA ON NEW JAPAN WORLD
Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Baretta & Chucky T
Michael Elgin & Jeff Cobb vs. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
Tuesday has two WWE show in San Diego. There will be the joint-branded Tribute to the Troops taping at the Naval Base at 10 a.m., followed by the Smackdown / 205 Live show from the Valley View Casino Arena.
NEW JAPAN TAG TAM TOURNAMENT WEDNESDAY IN NAGASAKI ON NEW JAPAN WORLD
Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi
FIGURE FOUR WEEKLY: Figure Four Weekly 11/27/2017: Four who should be next on the WWE main roster
When WWE decides to call up wrestlers from NXT, they usually tend to be painfully drawn out or total surprises. The arrivals of Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan on the main roster last week was more the latter. Of the five, only Riot (who was formerly known as Heidi Lovelace before signing with WWE) had wrestled a match on a TakeOver special. The other four had yet to even have full runs on NXT television aside from sporadic appearances.
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WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER: December 4, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: AJ Styles, Minoru Suzuki and more enter the Hall of Fame
What is usually the most talked about issue of the year, the Hall of Fame double issue is out with biographies of the five new entrants, why they were so important historically, as well as a breakdown of the voting in not just total votes, but broken down among those in the industry, reporters and historians.
Among the stories covered include the birth of major league pro wrestling in Japan and how it got so big so quickly including the booking behind it, the heyday of pro wrestling in Australia, as well as both the East and West Coast scene in the 60s and 70s. Plus, look at next year’s ballot.
This issue contains a feature on the history of Starrcade, how it started, its successes and failures over the years, including how Starrcade led to the growth of Crockett Promotions as well as the ending of the company. Look at the role Vince McMahon played in the killing of Crockett Promotions, the transition to Turner Broadcasting, the decisions that killed Starrcade as a major event, the rebirth of Starrcade, the Hogan vs. Sting and Goldberg vs. Nash matches and the tradition of Thanksgiving in Greensboro.
Read the full coverage of what led to the first Starrcade, what famous Starrcade matches were never supposed to happen, how tragedies and backstage brawls changed plans, how Starrcade led to the departure of Dusty Rhodes as booker of WCW and the role of Ric Flair.
There is also a feature on the career of Jim Cornette as a manger, including how he got into wrestling, how dominant he was as the best manager in his heyday, his biggest successes, the high point of Mid South Wrestling and Crockett Promotions, the economics of why SMW didn’t work and how wrestling changed in the 90s and why it is so different today, and why the reality is that ECW, SMW and JCP all went down for the same reason.
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WON BACK ISSUE: November 13, 2000 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: WWF not buying WCW, ECW November to Remember review
With the WCW crew enroute to Europe for a one-week tour, the questions about the future of the company remain. With little substantial information available, much of the talk going around consists of rumors, but it is clear the two possibilities remain–the company will either be purchased by a group headed by Eric Bischoff, or have its expenses cut to as much bare bones as possible and remain part of Turner Broadcasting.
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SATURDAY NEWS UPDATE
WWE
A new series called “Straight to the Source” will debut on the WWE Network on Monday. This episode features a taped conversation with Corey Graves interviewing Roman Reigns and is listed as airing in a half-hour time slot. WWE posted a sneak peek of the show.
John Cena will be one of the guests on Wednesday’s episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Matt Hardy put out a video continuing to tease the return of his “Broken” (or “Woken”) character.
Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan, Mandy Rose, and Sonya Deville discussed being called up to the main roster in an article for ESPN.
The Usos, The New Day, and Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable cut promos about their triple threat tag title match at Clash of Champions.
Edge and Christian spoke to Dolph Ziggler for this week’s episode of their podcast.
In a piece for the Players’ Tribune, Diamond Dallas Page wrote a letter to his younger self.
The Rock tweeted that Vince McMahon is still one of his greatest mentors and trusted advisors.
The first portion of the implosion of the Pontiac Silverdome is set to begin tomorrow.
Pro Wrestling
Inevitably, ratings for Impact were up big this week coming off last Thursday’s Thanksgiving show. The show averaged 255,000 viewers after doing 169,000 and 272,000 the previous two weeks.
In an (at least mostly in-character) interview, Tetsuya Naito responded to Kenny Omega and said Omega vs. Chris Jericho is the semi-main event instead of the co-main event of the Tokyo Dome show.
PCW Ultra announced The Great Muta for their show in Wilmington, California on January 19th.
David Bixenspan wrote about the demise of Floslam in his latest article for Deadspin.
Billy Corgan discussed Tim Storm’s match against Jocephus for Championship Wrestling from Hollywood.
UFC/MMA
Georges St-Pierre put out a statement on his health, saying he’s dealing with ulcerative colitis. Dana White commented on the issue last night and noted that GSP will be “out for a minute.”
Tyron Woodley claimed he’s considering moving up to middleweight to chase a matchup with GSP.
The UFC released the fifth and sixth episodes of Embedded prior to tonight’s UFC 218 PPV.
Eddie Alvarez said he plans to brawl with Justin Gaethje in their fight tonight despite the advice he’s been given.
Michelle Waterson is focused on fighting despite the projects she’s been involved with in the entertainment industry.
Today in Professional Wrestling History: Kyle O’Reilly wins ROH World title at Final Battle 2016
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