Daily Update: Danny Bonaduce, WWE SmackDown, AEW Rampage

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WWE SmackDown live results: Roman Reigns celebrates 1000 days as championSeth Rollins vs. Damian Priest set for WWE RawAEW Double or Nothing estimated to finish in 130,000-135,000 PPV buy rangeDiamond Mine vs. Schism six-person tag match announced for WWE NXTMatt Jackson obtained special license for AEW Double or Nothing spot

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Wrestling Observer Radio: Evan Husney talks season four of Dark Side of the RingWrestling Observer Live: WOL moving behind paywall, tons of news, Dominion, more!Mat Men: CM Punk is back in AEWWrestling Weekly: Seth & StatlanderFight Game: The fallout from AEW Double or Nothing & WWE Night of ChampionsBryan & Vinny Show: AEW Dynamite and NXT fallout shows from Double or Nothing and Battleground

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This Week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter:

June 5, 2023 Observer Newsletter: AEW Double or Nothing & WWE Night of Champions recaps

In this issue:

Match of the week and performer of the weekFull Double or Nothing coverageAll the business notes on the showHow the show did on PPV and in theatersTony Khan's goals for CollisionMore on the new AEW TV deal with WBDWhere All In 2023 stands on the biggest crowds and gates in wrestling historyTony Khan talks Bill GoldbergBryan Danielson talks AEW creativeMatt Jackson on coming back so quickly from a muscle tear, the stunts in the match, how preparation was less than last year and whyThe latest Bloodline sagaBusiness notes on Night of Champions and how AEW/WWE crossover viewership changed this past weekend from the pastHow comparisons of big event interest changed greatlyBest of the Super Juniors finals, Dominion and All Together Now, a look at the big events in JapanNXT Battleground coverageOne of the longest lasting wrestling promoters who ever lived, Brian Dixon, passes away at 74Stardom has World & Wonder of Stardom champions face off on PPV show and where this leadsTwo future stars leave two different promotions this past weekWill Ospreay talks futureNew Japan President Takami Ohbari talks the state of the business, how close the company was to being in real trouble, and how they've had to change the businessBilly Graham funeral notesBobo Brazil day and a look at the iconic figureAdvance ticket sales for all upcoming WWE and AEW showsStreaming and international TV numbersRecords at stake in UFC fights this weekInternational promotion looking at crowd of 50,000 for a show tomorrowWWE's arguments to get MLW lawsuit dismissedInjury updatesWWE market valueTwo people under WWE deals are one week away from competing for a sports world championship shotMerch updates

This Week's Retro Observer Newsletter:

April 10, 2006 Observer Newsletter: WWE WrestleMania 22 recap, Victor Quinones passes away

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Friday Update

Garrett and I did a show today with Evan Husney of Dark Side of the Ring talking the current season, Marty Jannetty, Magnum T.A., Chris Candido, Adrian Adonis, Abdullah the Butcher and others plus we talked some of the business news of the past week. Bryan and I will be back Sunday after Dominion.

Charts for the ratings haven't been updated past Monday so we don't know more than what is in the current issue on the Tuesday and Wednesday ratings. We do know that Dynamite was in second place on cable behind Vanderpump on Wednesday and the breakdowns are in the issue as to what is up and down.

Smackdown is in Wilkes-Barre, PA tonight and is sold out with about 9,000 fans. This show has been sold out for weeks. The show is built around Roman Reigns' 1,000th day as Universal champion. There are also MITB qualifying matches with Zelina Vega vs. Lacey Evans and LA Knight vs. Montez Ford. We're looking for reports from the show, with the dark matches and anything off television to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

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Rampage is at 10 p.m. Eastern on TNT, back in its regular time slot. We were told the El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Dralistico vs. Komander AAA title match was great, and that Zack Sabre vs. Action Andretti for the New Japan World TV title was good as well. The show also has Willow Nightingale vs. Emi Sakura for the New Japan Strong women's title and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Lee Moriarty for the ROH Pure title.

Seth Rollins will have a World title match against Damian Priest on Raw Monday.

We're looking for reports on these other weekend shows:

AEW tonight in Tupelo, MSAEW tomorrow night in Huntsvlle, ALWWE house show tomorrow night in White Plains, NYWWE house show Sunday night in Manchester, NHWe're looking for results, finishes and other highlights to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

The Tupelo card has Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin vs. Big Bill & Lee Moriarty Toni Storm defends the women's title against Skye Blue, Kris Statlander defends the TBS title against Anna Jay and Daniel Garcia vs. Dax Harwood.

Our only weekend poll will be for the New Japan Dominion show on Sunday from Osaka Jo Hall. The show starts at 3 a.m. Eastern late Saturday night or midnight Pacific with Sanada vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP title plus Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer for a shot at Kenny Omega's U.S. title and Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli (NJPW debut & Shota Umino for the trios titles. It's a loaded show and one of the biggest New Japan shows of the year.

Drew McIntyre became an official U.S. citizen this past week.

Tomorrow's UFC show will start at 6 p.m. on ESPN+ and then at 9 p.m. it will air on ESPN:

Phillipe Lins (205.5) vs. Maxim Grishin (205)Da'mon Blackshear (136) vs. Luan Lacerda (136)Elise Reed (115) vs. Jinh Yu Frey (116)Jamie Mullarkey (156) vs. Muhammad Naimov (155.5)John Castaneda (136) vs. Muin Garufov (136)Andrei Arlovski (245) vs. Don'Tale Mayes (262.5)Daniel Santos (135.5) vs. Johnny Munoz (136)

ESPN fights:

Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos (171) vs. Abubakar Nurmagomedov (170)Karine Silva (125.5) vs. Ketlen Souza (124.5)Tim Elliott (126) vs. Victor Altamirano (124.5)Jim Miller (155.5) vs. Jesse Butler (154.5)Alex Caceres (145) vs. Daniel Pineda (145.5)Kai Kara-France (125.5) vs. Amir Albazi (126)Butler replaces Jared Gordon against Miller as Miller goes for the UFC all-time win record. No reason was given for Gordon pulling out.

Chris Daukaus is out of next Saturday's UFC 289 fight with Khalil Rountree. The pulling out was said to not be due to injury and the match is expected to be held at a later date.

Danny Bonaduce, who did some pro wrestling in WCW celebrity matches and was a fan as a kid in the early 70s, will be undergoing brain surgery due to neurological issues he's been dealing with for the past year that have forced him to take time off from his radio show. In a trivia note, on The Partridge Family TV show where Bonaduce was a star, the kid who played his best friend, Punky Lazar, was a longtime reader and wrestling magazine photographer, the late Gary Dubin.

Other Notes

BetOnline has made Nick Aldis the -135 favorite to win the 8-4-1 match for a sot at the Impact title on the Against All Odds show. Steve Maclin is listed at -800 to retain over Alex Shelley, while Chris Sabin is -500 to win the X title from Trey Miguel.

AIW on 6/17 in Youngstown, OH at Westside Bowl features Carlito and 6/23 in Cleveland at the Temple Live Asylum Room features an appearance by D-Von Dudley. 7/15 in Akron, OH at the Tadmoor Shrine features an appearance by Eric Bischoff.

MCW on 6/24 at the RJ Meyer Arena in Joppa, MD.

ISPW tonight in Butler, NJ at the St. Anthony of PaduaGym with Tommy Dreamer vs. Ray Calitri and Crowbar vs. Rick Recon.

Stardom had a New Blood show today in Shinagawa in Tokyo: Mirai & Ami Sohrei b Hanako & Aya Sakura, Saya Iida & Hanan b Ruaka &* Kohaku, Ram Kaichow & Maika Ozaki b Waka Tsukiyama & Sexy Dynamite Princess (Mariah May), Nanae Takahashi b Mai Sakurai, AZM b Miyu Amasaki, Starlight Kid & Karma b Tomoka Inaba & Asuza Inaba to keep the New Blood tag titles, Rina b Lady C to keep the Future of Stardom title. The next New Blood shows will be 8/18 and 9/29. Tsukiyama challenged Rina for the next Future title match.