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June 12, 2023 Observer Newsletter: The Iron Sheik passes away, Roman Reigns passes 1,000 days as WWE Universal Champion

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The life and times of the Iron Sheik and Khosrow Vaziri, and how the two men were the same person but altogether different.The short WWF title runThe Sgt. Slaughter feudHis two very different periods as a pop culture celebrityHow the Iron Sheik name and gimmick came aroundFamous Iron Sheik shoot storiesThe first WWF runThe hostage crisis changes his careerDid you know Iron Sheik competed in the predecessor to the G-1 in 1982The feud with Angelo Mosca in CanadaThe last angle with Killer Karl Kox in FloridaGrowing up as an amateur wrestler in IranWhy he left Iran and wound up in MinnesotaHis U.S. amateur wrestling exploitsHis being trained by Verne Gagne and Billy Robinson and altercations that came upWhy Gagne got so much heat when Sheik was injuredThe angle to set up Sheik's WWF tile runHulk Hogan comes to WWFSheik's biggest matches during his biggest singles run with Hogan and SlaughterHis arrest in a feud with Jim DugganHis teaming with SlaughterHis drug issuesThe death of his daughter and what he wanted to do to the man who killed herLongest reigning world champions in pro wrestling historyStories behind the longest title reignsDifferences in how world champions were pickedNew Japan Dominion, as well as build to Forbidden Door and the G-1 Climax tournamentTravel issues relating to getting the BCC into Japan for DominionDominion match-by-match coverageTripleMania newsUFC Saturday coverageThe most detailed look at the ratings for a huge week on television for pro wrestlingWhere Raw, Smackdown and Dynamite rated among everything on cable and network, both sports and entertainmentRatings breakdown, looking at competition for all the showPerhaps the oldest living wrestling promoter passes awayControversial angle in StardomSuperstar Graham funeral notesThe career of Gary AlbrightPro wrestling documentary gets an Emmy nominationThe first-ever pro wrestling closed circuit showTicket sales for the upcoming AEW & WWE showsInternational TV ratings and streaming numbersWhat notable thing happened in ratings internationally this past weekReal WrestleMania attendance and gate figures for 2023 are releasedBiggest gates in AEW historyMerch rankingsDana White talks Tyson Fury vs. Jon JonesMMA show draws 50,000 fans this past weekUpdate on PeacockNotes on the Raw on Twitch showStory behind Smackdown's monster ratingTrends for AEW and WWE ratingsWhat Friday told us about television viewership of AEW and WWE

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Tuesday UpdateWWEThe company congratulated the Denver Nuggets on winning the NBA Championship.WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures on Sunday featuring Roddy Piper memorabilia scored 386,000 viewers with a 0.12 in 18-49, up from the 295,000 for the Goldberg episode. Stone Cold Takes on America meanwhile did 229,000 viewers, with a 0.06 in 18-49.New trademarks by WWE include trademarking the in-ring names of Tegan Nox and Candice LeRae, and the term “NXT Gold Rush”.The company announced that Drew McIntyre will represent the WWE in the Special Olympics.PWInsider reported that Allison Danger had been spotted at the WWE Performance Center on Tuesday as a guest coach.Patch 1.12 for WWE 2K23 is now out.Captain America: Brave New World has been pushed back to July 26, 2024. Seth Rollins will have a role in the movie.Matches and segments added to WWE’s YouTube page today include Triple H vs. Kurt Angle & The Undertaker from the June 13, 2002 edition of SmackDown, Austin Theory squirts Lashley in the face with baby oil from the June 13, 2022 edition of Raw, and Randy Orton vs. Sheamus from WWE Battleground 2015.LA Knight is the subject of this week’s WWE Canvas 2 Canvas.Jakara Jackson met with Dr. Beau Hightower.AEWThis week’s AEW Road to, featuring the AEW World Championship qualifier between Adam Cole and MJF.A look at the mini-games in AEW Fight Forever.Nick Comoroto talked to Fightful about working with ADHD.Other WrestlingShinjiro Otani sent a message of encouragement to Takashi Sugiura ahead of his GHC Championship match on Saturday. Otani has been paralyzed from the neck down after an injury suffered during a match against Sugiura in April of 2022.Howard Stern talked about the passing of The Iron Sheik on his radio show.The Control Center for MLW’s Never Say Never event.Mance Warner vs. George South has been added to GCW’s Now and Forever event on July 14.Bandido, Komander, and Kento Miyahara have been added to GLEAT’s July 1 event at Tokyo Dome City Hall.