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Match of the week and performer of the weekA look at AEW's changes coming up that will be announced over the next week with the debut of Collision, as well as a business analysis of rights fees as compared to WWE, different scenarios and different things that could be part of the new deal.Full coverage of Backlash, including the booking, the show, Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia, Roman Reigns, business notes on the show, interest levels for the different events in a giant weekend of sports, PPV numbers, crossover between WWE and Alvarez fight, and the paradox of government money bringing WWE to cities and how that affects future hows in San Juan.A full look at the AEW event at Wembley Stadium. We look at ticket sales, records, scalpers, the biggest shows ever in Europe, the biggest non-WWE shows in history, how viable is it regarding the all-time paid attendance records, and the three shows it has to beat, U.K. attendance records, differences in AEW & WWE ticket sale patterns, possible attractions for the show as well as opponents for he biggest matches and other London shows that weekend.Full coverage of UFC 288, main event decision, what's next for the top stars, business notes and match-by-match coverage.A look at Dragon Gate's Dead or Alive showA look at the longest lasting U.K. headliners and Hall of Fame commentsThe most detailed look at the ratings from the past week, with weekly placings, competition, and comparisons to one year ago, a well as how segments didWrestler goes for world title in two very different groups over a few week periodKonnan talks AAA U.S. TV negotiationsThe politics behind the upcoming champion vs. champion matchChampion Carnival finalsHow many tickets has Mercedes Mone moved for her next showEarly notes on All Together NowBest of Super Juniors shows for this weekThe most famous feud in Canadian football history, Angelo Mosca vs. Joe Kapp, and a detailed rundownFormer TNA & WWE star retiresDouble or Nothing updateAEW booking team detailedCrazy AEW PPV statUpcoming ticket sales to WWE & AEW showsInternational TV numbers and streaming numbersAftermath of Omega vs. MoxleyRetired wrestler mentions being open to work Wembley Stadium as a farewellNotes on the upcoming ROH showsUFC business updatesLots of new UFC fightsMMA legend talks retirementPFL hit with rash of suspensionsPat McAfee negotiationsTop merchandise sellers
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Tuesday UpdateWWEInterviews from last night’s Raw Talk, including Shinsuke Nakamura and The Judgment Day, The Way, and Imperium.On last night’s Raw, Finn Balor was seen in the background as JD McDonagh walked off following an interview.PWInsider reported due to their upcoming travel to Saudi Arabia, the May 26 edition of SmackDown will be taped this Friday.A new WWE 2K23 update has added Candice LeRae and Mia Yim as playable characters. Dana Brooke’s music has also been updated, along with other stability and bug fixes.Montez Ford and Bianca Belair were with Pat McAfee at the Disney upfront presentation on Tuesday.Big E talks about his mental health story.A John Cena promotional video for Fast X.Matches added to WWE’s YouTube today include Goldberg vs. Saturn from WCW Slamboree 1998, Edge vs. Kane from the May 16, 2005 edition of Raw, and Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns from WrestleMania 38.AEWThis week's AEW Road to Austin, which focuses on Chris Jericho vs. Roderick Strong, Jay White vs. Ricky Starks, and more.FTR discuss their upcoming match against Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett.The Xbox achievement list for the upcoming AEW Fight Forever video game has been leaked. These contain spoilers for the upcoming game, which still doesn’t have a release date.The company announced that World Championship replica belts are back in stock.A number of AEW-related trademarks were filed on May 11. AEW trademarked the term “Double Jeopardy”, Jay Lethal trademarked the term “Black Machismo”, and Ricky Starks filed a trademark for that name.Other WrestlingTMZ has picked up the story on Superstar Billy Graham being placed on life support.Deadline reported that Batista will star and executive produce a new Lionsgate action comedy called “The Killer’s Game”. “Based on Jay Bonansinga’s same-name novel, The Killer’s Game follows veteran assassin Joe Flood (Bautista), who is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and authorizes a kill on himself to avoid the pain that is destined to follow. After ordering the kill, he finds out that he was misdiagnosed and must then fend off the army of former colleagues trying to kill him,” the report said.Atsushi Onita has been released from the hospital after suffering an abdominal aortic aneurysm.Sareee, who has recently left WWE, had her first match since August 2022 on Tuesday, losing to Chihiro Hashimoto.The WrestleQuest video game has been delayed to this summer after originally announcing a May release window.Impact has uploaded their entire Turning Point event from 2009.Masha Slamovich will defend the GCW World Championship in a six-way match against Lufisto, Shazza McKenzie, Allie Katch, Maki Itoh, and Allysin Kay on GCW’s The Way I Am event on May 20 in Detroit.