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Originally Posted by Observer
We have an update Ric Flair. Flair is doing significantly better than he was earlier in the week, but he is still in critical condition. He was given an external pacemaker and his heart is beating at normal levels and getting stronger. He is still battling an infection and on kidney dialysis. This is going to be a very slow process.
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Originally Posted by Sports Illustrated
Per a source close to the family, Flair did not undergo heart surgery nor did he suffer a heart attack. Upon medical attention, what was thought to be an intestinal blockage wound up requiring part of his bowel be removed.
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Some more details regarding Flair's current condition from Sports Illustrated. https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/201...r-heath-update
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Originally Posted by Observer
Immediately after SummerSlam, the WWE Network will air a preview special for the Mae Young tournament, which starts on 8/28.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Former WWE Intercontinental and Tag Team champion Shelton Benjamin has signed a deal to officially return to WWE, PWInsider.com has learned.
WWE planned to sign Benjamin last summer as part of their brand split and even ran videos promoting his return to the company, only to learn the 42-year old had a torn rotator cuff during the standard pre-signing medical testing. Benjamin underwent surgery to repair the injury while WWE quietly stopped running the videos ...
There is no word when Benjamin will return to TV or what brand he will be assigned to as of this writing, but one WWE source stated it would be "soon."
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Originally Posted by Observer
Topps and WWE are partnering for Connor's Cure. They are making a special autographed card with Stephanie McMahon and HHH offered on Topps.com exclusively along with some Great Moments in SummerSlam history cards with proceeds going to Connor's Cure. The card will be available Monday.
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Originally Posted by Observer
GFW announced Latin Night on Tuesday at Universal on the final day of this week's TV tapings, which started today. It will be a joint promotion between GFW and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando. They are pushing that GFW features a number of Latin stars including LAX, Garza Jr., Laredo Kid, El Hijo del Fantasma and Drago.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Another match has been added to the SummerSlam pre-show.
It was announced in a video today that The Hardys would again team up with Jason Jordan against The Miz, Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas on Sunday. The New Day defending their SmackDown tag titles against The Usos is currently listed for the pre-show as well, along with Neville getting his rematch against Akira Tozawa for the Cruiserweight Championship.
The Hardys & Jordan vs. The Miztourage is also a rematch from this week's episode of Raw. The faces won that first meeting after it was turned into a six-man tag when The Miz got disqualified in a singles match against Jordan due to Axel and Dallas' interference.
The addition of the six-man tag brings the SummerSlam lineup up to 13 matches.
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Link to the announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcxP_KZM1X4
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Originally Posted by Observer
While appearing on the "From the Top Rope" podcast alongside her sister, Brie Bella gave one of the strongest indications yet that Daniel Bryan will eventually end up wrestling again -- whether it's in a WWE ring or somewhere else.
Brie said about Bryan possibly coming back: "I told Bryan, ‘You do have a daughter, so always remember that. But if the doctors finally give you the green light,’ I say, ‘Go. Like this is your dream and passion. You have one life to live and I will never hold you back -- because I love to wrestle, and I would hate if someone told me you can’t do it."
"And if WWE doesn’t allow it, then I said, ‘Go somewhere else. It’s all on you,'" She added. "Obviously he would love to be able to get back in that WWE ring, but I know for a fact my husband is going to find his way back to the ring. Like, he honestly is.”
Brie also noted that Bryan has been going to doctors and undergoing testing since retiring. She said that he found Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and has undergone about 40 treatments across the country. Dave Meltzer wrote in this week's edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Bryan would have likely first looked into those around WrestleMania week.
Regardless of being cleared by outside doctors, Bryan would need WWE's Dr. Joseph Maroon to reverse his decision if he is to wrestle for the company again.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Jim Cornette returned to Global Force Wrestling at tonight's TV taping for Destination X, which will air later tonight on Pop.
Cornette had worked for the company as an on screen authority figure and as a producer behind the scenes before being let go by Dixie Carter during a time period where she was purging anyone close to Jeff Jarrett.
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Originally Posted by PWI
As of midnight this morning, Asuka surpassed Rockin' Robin's long-standing record of 502 days as WWF Women's Champion. This means that Asuka is now not only the longest-reigning women's champion of any of that title's incarnations, but she has also now become the longest-reigning champion in WWE history period, other than the years-long title reigns achieved by Bruno Sammartino, Bob Backlund, Pedro Morales, and Hulk Hogan in the pre-national expansion days, none of which are likely to ever be surpassed.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Goldberg tweeted the following to Asuka on her 500 day title reign as NXT Women's Champion: "Congratulations and good luck to @WWEAsuka on her incredible streak as @WWENXT Women's Champion. We'll be watching. #WhosNext #NXTTakeOver #shesnext"
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
The WWE NXT "From Secret to Sensation" DVD and Blu-ray will be released on November 14th, according to WrestlingDVDNetwork.com. Below is the synopsis:
WWE: NXT – From Secret to Sensation on DVD, Blu-ray & Giftset 11/14/17!
In recent years, NXT has emerged as an incredible box office draw for WWE with sold out live network specials from Brooklyn to Dallas to the United Kingdom! But things weren't always this way: watch WWE's "developmental" system churn out future Hall of Fame superstars and grow from its underwhelming infancy in Louisville through 2017!
A countdown of the greatest NXT superstars of all-time, featuring brand new exclusive interviews with all the major stars (current & former) that helped make NXT into a unique and popular brand.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero announced on social media that he is leaving GFW.
Dinero worked for TNA as a wrestler from 2009-2013. He returned to the company in 2015 as a color commentator using the name, Da Pope. He returned to action on the April 5th episode of Impact Wrestling, losing to Lashley in a street fight
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Originally Posted by Observer
Another thing we’ve heard is that they were at least looking into, if not doing, a live music-accompanied entrance for Aleister Black for his match with Hideo Itami, like they’ve done in the past for Bobby Roode and Shinsuke Nakamura. Code Orange, the band that does the events theme song and Brendan Garrone, of the group Incendiary, playing him to the ring. Incendiary is big on the New York scene so this should be great if it does happen..
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Originally Posted by Observer
HHH did a media call and talked about the Mae Young tournament. He said that the binge release, where four or five episodes will be released on 8/28 and the rest on 9/4 was an experiment. He said that the viewership for the Cruiserweight tournament faded in the later weeks of the tournament so this was an experiment to see what would happen if everything was released over a two week period instead of a ten week period. He also said it hadn’t been determined exactly what the situation would be on 9/12 regarding whether it would just be one match, or a one-hour show with other matches leading to the championship match, or what the situation would be regarding 205 Live that week
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Link with more highlights: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...eing-released/
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Originally Posted by Observer
Zayn is raising money for Syria, a cause called “Sami for Syria” to raise money for a mobile clinic. They’ve hit their original goal of raising $48,000. He said that from 8/14 through 8/20, he will match every dollar donated up to $10,000
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Originally Posted by Observer
As far as the U.K. ratings are concerned, the most up-to-date numbers we have are for 7/31 and 8/1, where Raw did 29,000 viewers and Smackdown the next night did 19,000 viewers. This is for the live showings which start at 1 a.m
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Some perspective on how RAW and Smackdown have been doing in the UK. They were in the 100k weekly range only a few years ago.
Some other sheet news includes:
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