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Ryan Reeves’ (Ryback<\/em>) contract with WWE expires\u00a0on Monday\u00a0and he wished them well on their future endeavors.\u00a0Months ago, Reeves and Vince McMahon in negotiations it was made clear for a number of reasons that they weren’t going to be able to come to terms, so McMahon decided to no longer use him and allow his contract to expire.\u00a0Reeves is looking for bookings at\u00a0bookthebigguy@yahoo.com.\u00a0He’s also going to do a nutritional supplement line and a motivational book among other projects.\u00a0He’s going to be publicly starting on everything this week.<\/p>\n The Dan Severn interview that we talked about in yesterday’s update will be on the site today.<\/p>\n If you have any trouble accessing member content this should be helpful<\/p>\n The\u00a0Round-Up:<\/p>\n Conor McGregor slams professional wrestlers, praises the McMahons and The Rock We’re looking for reports on\u00a0tonight’s\u00a0NXT show in Pensacola, FL to\u00a0newstips@wrestlingobserver.com.<\/p>\n We’ll be doing a poll this weekend on the G-1 Climax show in Osaka at the Edion Arena which starts at\u00a04 a.m.\u00a0tomorrow\u00a0morning Eastern and\u00a01 a.m.\u00a0tonight\u00a0Pacific time with thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to dave@wrestlingobserver.com.<\/p>\n NEW JAPAN WORLD PRO WRESTLING RETURNS THREE HOUR SHOW STARTING AT 9 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON AXS TV<\/p>\n Togi Makabe vs. Tomohiro Ishii for Never Open weight title TONIGHT’S\u00a0G-1 CLIMAX SHOW AT\u00a04 A.M.\u00a0EASTERN TIME FROM OSAKA EDION ARENA ON NEW JAPAN WORLD<\/p>\n Tiger Mask & Jushin Liger vs. Captain New Japan & Ryusuke Taguchi The last two matches should be something.<\/em><\/p>\n We’re looking for reports\u00a0on Saturday\u00a0from the WWE house show in Stockton (Dean Ambrose vs. A.J. Styles for WWE title, Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins, Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt, New Day vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson for tag team title, The Miz vs. Darren Young for IC title, Sami Zayn vs. Alberto Del Rio, Cesaro vs. Sheamus)\u00a0and the NXT shows in New Orleans and Largo, FL to\u00a0newstips@wrestlingobserver.com.<\/p>\n UFC\u00a0ON SATURDAY\u00a0FROM SALT LAKE CITY<\/p>\n Fight\u00a0Pass at\u00a07 p.m.\u00a0Eastern time<\/p>\n Chase Sherman (8-1) vs. Justin Ledet (6-0) FS 1 at\u00a08 p.m.\u00a0Eastern time<\/p>\n Horacio Gutierrez (2-2) vs. Teruto Ishihara (6-1-1) G-1 CLIMAX AT\u00a03 A.M.\u00a0EASTERN TIME (midnight\u00a0Pacific time) LATE\u00a0SATURDAY \/ EARLY\u00a0SUNDAY\u00a0FROM ACT CITY HAMAMATSU ON NEW JAPAN WORLD<\/p>\n Kushida & Ryusuke Taguchi & David Finlay vs. Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask & Captain New Japan Sunday\u00a0has a WWE house show in Fresno (Dean Ambrose vs. A.J. Style for WWE title, Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins, Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt, New Day vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson for tag titles, The Miz vs. Darren Young for IC title, Sami Zayn vs. Alberto Del Rio, Cesaro vs. Sheamus).<\/p>\n G-1 CLIMAX AT\u00a05:30 A.M.\u00a0EASTERN TIME\u00a0MONDAY\u00a0FROM THE YOKOHAMA CULTURAL GYM<\/p>\n David Finlay vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima Monday\u00a0has WWE Raw from the Honda Center in Anaheim.\u00a0No Brock Lesnar or Paul Heyman scheduled on the show.\u00a0Daniel Bryan will be appearing on the show.<\/p>\n Tuesday\u00a0has Smackdown in Bakersfield.\u00a0Neither John Cena nor A.J. Styles are scheduled for this show because they leaving\u00a0Monday\u00a0night after Raw for a house show in Auckland, New Zealand, starting a four-show Australia & New Zealand tour.\u00a0Rhyno vs. Heath Slater is scheduled for this show.<\/p>\n G-1 CLIMAX AT\u00a05:30 A.M.\u00a0EASTERN TIME\u00a0ON WEDNESDAY\u00a0FROM THE YAMAGATA SPORTS CENTER<\/p>\n Ryusuke Taguchi vs. David Finlay Figure Four Weekly:\u00a0Figure Four Weekly 8\/3\/2016: Latest developments in wrestling related lawsuits\u00a0–\u00a0If it wasn’t clear before that the Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker lawsuit is a whole lot bigger than Hulk Hogan or even Gawker, the events of the last few weeks have made it more obvious than ever before. Of course, the revelation two months ago that billionaire Peter Thiel had been funding Hogan’s lawsuit (and others against Gawker) was a game changer, but the effects of Thiel’s influence weren’t as obvious… Subscribers click here to continue reading.<\/p>\n F4W YouTube\u00a0Page: Tons\u00a0of clips and\u00a0full free audio shows that you can tell your friends about, and much more to come! Make sure you\u00a0subscribe today!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wrestling Observer Newsletter:\u00a0August 8, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: WWE financial report, MMA rules change, UFC 201\u00a0–\u00a0There really wasn’t a lot of big news coming out of the second quarter WWE conference call.<\/p>\n Even though the idea of barely making a profit in the quarter of WrestleMania would have been disastrous most years, this year it was stated well in advance that due to the time frame of programming costs, this quarter would probably break even.<\/p>\n WWE pushed that it was the most revenue ever generated in a quarter, but with the fallout of WrestleMania and the new free subscribers from the prior quarter, that was inevitable. Some of them stayed with the service, some may have forgotten to cancel the service, and there are also the contractual increases in television revenue. Plus there was the Mania event revenue…\u00a0Subscribers click here to continue reading.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Order the print Wrestling\u00a0Observer right now and get it delivered\u00a0via mail, by sending your name, address, Visa or Master Card number and an expiration date to\u00a0Dave Meltzer, or by using\u00a0Paypal\u00a0directing funds to Dave@WrestlingObserver.com.\u00a0 If you\u00a0are a new subscriber ordering 24 or more issues, you can choose one free classic issue<\/u>,\u00a0or\u00a0two free classic issues<\/u> with a 40-issue subscription.<\/p>\n Wrestling Observer Newsletter\u00a0BACK ISSUE:\u00a0June 28, 1999 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Reaction to WWF contracted Sable appearing on WCW TV, more on Hart\/WWF lawsuit\u00a0–\u00a0After a week, it is even less clear what WCW hoped to accomplish when putting Rena Mero on Nitro on 6\/14…\u00a0Subscribers click here to continue reading.<\/p>\n FRIDAY NEWS\u00a0UPDATE<\/u><\/p>\n <\/u><\/p>\n Sasha Banks<\/em> and her longtime boyfriend Sarath Ton, who wrestles as Kid Mikaze were married last night.\u00a0Congrats to the couple.\u00a0<\/p>\n There are a killer series of matches on the three-hour edition of World Pro Wrestling returns on AXS TV since there is no MMA show.\u00a0This will also help them get closer to “real time” with the shows.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Friday\u00a0night Arena Mexico show will not be airing\u00a0tonight\u00a0on Claro Sports due to the Olympics.\u00a0It won’t return until 8\/26.<\/p>\n Melvin Guillard tested positive for a non-PED in his recent fight in Mulvane, KS for Bellator.\u00a0The Kansas commission has suspended him for one year and fined him $10,000.<\/p>\n WWE<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Raw\u00a0on Monday\u00a0night is not sold out, but it is expected to either be sold out or come close.\u00a0Daniel Bryan<\/em> will be appearing on the show as a special guest of Mick Foley. 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\nJack Gallagher opens up on his road to the WWE Cruiserweight Classic
\nCris Cyborg to headline UFC show for the first time\u00a0
\nDragon Lee to make ROH debut
\nNXT & CWC video highlights: Itami returns, Roode debuts, Gargano and Ciampa face off\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nKazushi Sakuraba & Shinsuke Nakamura & Toru Yano vs. Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows & Bad Luck Fale
\nHiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito for the Tokyo Dome title shot
\nKenny Omega vs. Matt Sydal for IWGP jr. title
\nA.J. Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada for IWGP heavyweight title<\/p>\n
\nSatoshi Kojima & Kushida & Juice Robinson vs. Tetsuya Naito & Evil & Bushi
\nYuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Kenny Omega & Yujiro Takahashi
\nMichael Elgin & Katsuyori Shibata & David Finlay & Tomoaki Honma vs. Toru Yano & Yoshi-Hashi & Gedo & Katsuhiko Nakajima
\nSeiya Sanada vs Tama Tonga
\nTogi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale
\nHiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hirooki Goto
\nKazuchika Okada vs Tomohiro Ishii
\nHiroshi Tanahashi vs. Naomichi Marufuji<\/p>\n
\nTatsuya Kawajiri (35-9-2) vs. Cub Swanson (22-7)<\/p>\n
\nJason Ovelli (11-1-1) vs. David Teymur (4-1)
\nViktor Pesta (10-2) vs. Marcin Tybura (13-2)
\nCourt McGee (17-5) vs. Dominique Steele (14-7)
\nMaryna Moroz (7-1) vs. Danielle Taylor (7-1)
\nJoseph Gigliotti (7-0) vs. Trevor Smith (13-6)
\nZak Cummings (19-4) vs Santiago Ponzinibbio (22-3)
\nChris Camozzi (24-10) vs. Thales Leites (25-6)
\nDennis Bermudez (15-5) vs. Rony Jason (14-5)
\nYair Rodriguez (8-1) vs. Alex Caceras (12-8)<\/p>\n
\nTomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto vs. Seiya Sanada & Bushi
\nHiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe & Juice Robinson vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi
\nKazuchika Okada & Gedo & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi
\nMichael Elgin vs. Toru Yano
\nKatsuyori Shibata vs. Yoshi-Hashi
\nTomoaki Honma vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
\nYuji Nagata vs. Kenny Omega
\nTetsuya Naito vs. Evil<\/p>\n
\nSatoshi Kojima & Captain New Japan vs. Kenny Omega & Yujiro Takahashi
\nToru Yano & Yoshi-Hashi & Gedo vs. Tetsuya Naito & Evil & Bushi
\nKatsuyori Shibata & Michael Elgin & Kushida & Ryusuke Taguchi & Juice Robinson vs. Yuji Nagata & Tomoaki Honma & Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask
\nNaomichi Marufuji vs. Tama Tonga
\nTomohiro Ishii vs. Seiya Sanada
\nHiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
\nKazuchika Okada vs. Bad Luck Fale
\nTogi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto<\/p>\n
\nSatoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi & Juice Robinson vs. Bad Luck\u00a0Fale & Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi
\nHiroyoshi Tenzan & Captain New Japan vs. Bushi & Seiya Sanada
\nHiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe & Kushida & Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto & Gedo & Naomichi Marufuji
\nKatsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kenny Omega
\nToru Yano vs. Evil
\nYoshi-Hashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
\nKatsuyori Shibata vs. Yuji Nagata
\nTomoaki Honma vs. Michael Elgin<\/p>\n
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\nThe weekend house shows will again have both Raw & Smackdown talent, as will the house shows during the week in Australia and New Zealand.
\nTommy Dreamer confirmed he was offered a WWE contract and was at one point scheduled to be involved as a secret person drafted, but said he’s got commitments to his own company (they didn’t want him continuing the promotion) so couldn’t sign the deal.\u00a0He did say he was open to do dates with the company, but not sign a regular deal.\u00a0He was on the Busted Open show this week and said he’s not sure if it’s the right decision, but he doesn’t want to give up on his dream\u00a0to run a company.
\nThe animated Disney movie “Moana” which stars The Rock as the voice of one of the leads will be sneak previewed\u00a0Sunday\u00a0night during the coverage of the Olympics on NBC.
\nLoot Crate, a fan-based commerce and community platform and WWE announced WWE Slam Crate, a bimonthly mystery subscription to deliver products.\u00a0Each crate will contain WWE apparel and other WWE collectibles that can’t be found anywhere else.\u00a0The first month’s theme will be “The First” to celebrate various firsts in WWE history.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nHere is a\u00a0story on Chad Gable from the last Olympics to WWE.
\nHere is a\u00a0story on Kevin Owens as the next big WWE star.<\/p>\n
\nFour more fights were announced today for\u00a0the Sept 24th\u00a0show from Brazil, headlined by Cris Cyborg.\u00a0Shinsho Anzai (9-2) goes up against Luan Chagas (14-1-1) in a welterweight bout. In another 170 lb fight Vicente Luque (9-5-1) takes on Hector Urbina (17-9-1). Michel Prazeres (20-2), who just won a fight a couple weeks back, will fight fellow lightweight Gilbert Burns (11-1) in a key lightweight bout and in another 155 lb clash, unbeaten Gregor Gillespie (7-0) will make his UFC debut against another unbeaten fighter in Joaquim Silva (9-0).
\nIan McCall (13-5-1), who had his UFC 201 fight scrapped at the last minute, will now face Ray Borg (9-2) in a flyweight fight at UFC 203.
\nCombate Americas on 8\/11 will air live on UFC Fight Pass with a ten fight show at The Exchange in Los Angeles.\u00a0John Castaneda (10-2) vs. Angel Cruz (5-2) in a featherweight\u00a0bout is the main event while former UFC fighter Danny Martinez will face Benjamin Vinson in a flyweight bout.\u00a0A fight scheduled with former UFC fighter Lisa Ellis vs. Kyra Batara is out due to a hamstring injury suffered by Batara.
\nThere will also be a Titan\u00a0Fighting championships show on Fight Pass\u00a0tonight\u00a0at\u00a07 p.m.\u00a0Eastern time headlined by Gesias Cavalcante vs. Freddy Assuncao for the lightweight title from the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, FL.
\nOne champions Shinya\u00a0Aoki and\u00a0Angela Lee along with BJJ standout Michelle Nicolini will all be competing in a grappling tournament promoted by the ONE promotion on 8\/13 in Macao, China between\u00a010 a.m. and 4 p.m.\u00a0that will take place before the Heroes of the World iPPV show at the The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena.\u00a0Nicolini is a member of the IBJJF Hall of Fame.\u00a0There will be $50,000 in cash prizes in the grappling tournament which will have a beginners, advanced and elite division with men above and below 165 pounds and women above and below 143 pounds.\u00a0the elite division winners will get $5,000\u00a0with $1,500 for second place and $800 for third place.\u00a0There are also prizes in the other divisions.<\/p>\n
\nNWX \u00a0on 8\/21 in St. Catharines, ONT at 20 Hartzel Rd.
\nSmash Wrestling on 9\/16 in Oshawa, ONT and 9\/17 and 9\/18 in Toronto with Mark Andrews, El Ligero, The London Riots, Zack Sabre Jr. and Tyson Dux.\u00a0Cody Rhodes will appear for the group on 10\/23 against Dux.
\nTracy Williams & Fred Yehi vs. Jigsaw & Peter Kaasa has been added to the 8\/19 Evolve show at the MCW Arena in Joppa, MD.\u00a0The show is headlined by Timothy Thatcher vs. Matt Riddle plus Cody Rhodes vs. Zack Sabre Jr.\u00a0\u00a0
\nNWA Mid South Wrestling on 9\/3 in Dyresburg,\u00a0TN at the Herb Welch Wrestle Plex with Matt Riviera vs. Bobby Fulton plus National champion Greg Anthony vs IWGP IC champion Michael Elgin in a double title match.<\/p>\n
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