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\u2014 Bryan and I will be back tonight talking Grande de los Noches, Clash in Italy, Holly Holm, Ray Stevens, Collision, King & Queen of the Ring, Copa Juniors, and assorted other topics with Wrestling Observer Radio.<\/p>\n
\u2014 I\u2019ll save the talk of today\u2019s show for tonight. I will say that if you have not seen the main event from Noche de los Grandes, you should drop everything and do it as quickly as you can. The Grande Kaiser vs. Grande Gable match is a candidate for best match and a probable winner for best feud of 2026. But that is not the big news from the show.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The big news is that WWE is now taking direct aim at CMLL, which should surprise nobody. With CMLL announcing its anniversary show for 9\/18 at Arena Mexico, WWE has now announced a SmackDown on 9\/11, TripleMania on 9\/13 and Raw on 9\/14 all at Arena Ciudad in Mexico City. Mexico City is the No. 1 pro wrestling market in the world by leaps and bounds, but even that is stretching things. TripleMania should sell out and the anniversary show will sell out, and I think Raw will as well. SmackDown I\u2019m not sure about. But just the fact WWE will book TV in Mexico City, and specify it the week before the anniversary show indicates something that eventually was going to happen, but is happening now. The TripleMania show is traditionally in August and was clearly moved back a month because September is anniversary month, but adding the tapings was something more as WWE had been okay with AAA vs. CMLL, but adding WWE to the mix takes things up. I suspect there will be AEW talent on the CMLL shows both of those weekends.<\/p>\n
\u2014 At last night\u2019s show they announced the first night of Triplemania would be in Las Vegas at the Luxor Hotel\u2019s HyperX Arena which, depending on the setup, holds 650 to 1,000. Fans in Monterrey last night were mad because they thought they \u201cdeserved\u201d it. Why you are doing Triplemania in a building that small is a question for sure.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The final three-hour episode of SmackDown for the next several months will be on 6\/26. Many thought it would be this past weekend. But it is another month. The Braun Strowman Everything on the Menu show will be starting at 11 p.m. until July, when it likely moves to 10 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u2014 We\u2019re awaiting more of an update on Octagon Jr., who was injured on last night\u2019s show in a match taped for later. But he was hurt significantly.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Atlantis Jr. was taken off all shows through the end of the month.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Jacob Fatu was injured in Liverpool on Thursday night. On the broadcast they tried to act like that wasn\u2019t the case. It may play into why today\u2019s match wasn\u2019t nearly as good as the first Roman Reigns vs. Fatu match.<\/p>\n
\u2014 We\u2019re looking for your thoughts on Clash in Italy and Grande de los Noches from AAA last night. You can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle for each show as well as a best and worst match of each show to [email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul Levesque before the show claimed something would happen on this show that would change the foundation of WWE. I have no idea what he was talking about.<\/p>\n \u2014 Nice tribute to Dennis Condrey at last night\u2019s Collision show in Huntsville, AL. Condrey was living in Huntsville when he passed away in March. Bobby Eaton grew up in Huntsville. The Midnight Express was the best tag team of its era.<\/p>\n \u2014 For the shows and topics this weekend, here are the Google searches as of earlier today:<\/p>\n Clash in Italy \u2013 52,000 \u2014 Steveson debuted in RAF last night and beat Alexandr Romanov via tech fall in the second round. Colby Covington beat Chris Weidman 5-4 in the semifinal. FOX Nation did stream the show for free live last night. Steveson challenged both Abdulrashid Sadulaev and Amir Hossein Zare to wrestling matches in RAF.<\/p>\n \u2014 With the win, Covington will face Arman Tsarukyan.<\/p>\n \u2014 Merab Dvalishvili suffered a broken nose in his tech fall win over Frankie Edgar. The two bonked heads, causing the broken nose. He had just recovered from a broken nose in training.<\/p>\n \u2014 For WWE on A&E tonight:<\/p>\n 8 p.m. \u2013 WWE Rivals on the feud between The Miz and Daniel Bryan<\/p>\n 9 p.m. \u2013 Seth Rollins vs. Triple H<\/p>\n 10 p.m. \u2013 LFG featuring Mike Derudder (Dorian Von Dux now) vs. Elio LeFleur<\/p>\n 11 p.m. \u2013 WWE Greatest Moments on ladder matches<\/p>\n 11:30 p.m. \u2013 WWE Greatest Moments on Bret Hart<\/p>\n \u2014 Best of the Super Juniors updated standings:<\/p>\n A Block<\/p>\n Titan and Master Wato \u2013 10<\/p>\n Jun Kasai, Nick Wayne, Kosei Fujita, Robbie X and Francesco Akira \u2013 8<\/p>\n Ryusuke Taguchi \u2013 6<\/p>\n Valiente Jr. \u2013 4<\/p>\n Daiki Nagai \u2013 0<\/p>\n B Block<\/p>\n El Desperado \u2013 10<\/p>\n Sho, Yoh, Taiji Ishimori and Robbie Eagles \u2013 8<\/p>\n Daisuke Sasaki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Hyo and Jakob Austin Young \u2013 6<\/p>\n Kushida \u2013 4<\/p>\n \u2014 Dralistico returned to action during the ROH tapings for AEW last night in Huntsville. He teamed with Lee Johnson, Blake Christian and Jay Lethal in a loss to The Outrunners, Dalton Castle and Adam Priest.<\/p>\n \u2014 The MVPW show with Han vs. Holm for the title drew the largest combat sports gate in the history of the El Paso County Coliseum, drawing a sellout of 7,000 fans. Many people believe Holm should have won the title and it was another robbery coming off the poor judging in the Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven heavyweight title fight last week. Holm outlanded Han by a significant margin but two judges gave it 96-94 to Han and one had it 95-95. I\u2019ll probably talk about it either tonight or tomorrow night, but Holm did have a sizable edge in strikes landed.<\/p>\n \u2014 Former NFL star Greg Hardy, who fought in UFC for years after his NFL career ended, missed weight by 25 pounds. Hardy weighed 292 pounds and lost via third-round stoppage.<\/p>\n \u2014 Villano III Jr. beat Zandokan Jr. Friday night at Arena Mexico to win the Copa Juniors. Atlantis Jr. was to face Villano III Jr. but he\u2019s out with an injury. Very good match, many called it the best of the weekend. It wasn\u2019t for experimenting with flashy moves, but that\u2019s not all of pro wrestling. It did have great heat as well.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jushin Liger will be appearing for TMart Promotions at The Gathering from 7\/22 to 7\/26 in Charlotte, NC at the Hilton University Place. Liger will be there on 7\/26.<\/p>\n \u2014 72-year-old Tony Atlas won the ISPW Tri-State Championship in a tag team match last night in Wallington, NJ. Atlas and Joe Clean beat Anthony and Angel Reyez, and if Anthony was pinned he would lose the title. Atlas will defend the title on 7\/23 in Wildwood, NJ.<\/p>\n
Holly Holm vs. Stephanie Han boxing for the world lightweight title \u2013 22,000
UFC in Macau \u2013 40,000
AAA Grande de los Noches \u2013 10,000
Real American Freestyle \u2013 10,000
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship \u2013 5,000<\/p>\n
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