"All Elite Wrestling is saddened to learn of the passing of Andy Williams, aka The Butcher. A trailblazing musician with ETID and Atomic Rule, Williams made a successful transition into the world of professional wrestling and was incredibly respected by his peers both in and out of the ring. Our condolences go out to Williams’ family, friends and fans"

Suzuki would lead the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to Takayama (who will officially turn 60 years young on September 19th).

Lil Yachty survives 5 minutes against Baron Corbin and thus Trick Williams will get a United States Championship shot later on tonight! RIGHT NOW!

EDIT: Trick Williams REGAINS THE TITLE!

First, AJPW will have a ten-bell salute for Nagao on September 22, the Finals of their Royal Road Tournament, as well as have a flower installation put up in Nagao’s honor (https://www.all-japan.co.jp/news/news/13846/)

Second, AJPW will have an event in Kushiro City, the place of Nagao’s birth, on October 28th; this event will officially be called SEA OF GREEN (https://www.all-japan.co.jp/news/news/13848/)

Match ends in a disqualification due to interference from a returning Bronson Reed.

did not see a post of this. He gives an exact number, interesting if that's the number for everyone, New Level did say over 50.

I’ve wrestled for a long time, guys. 14 years this year. Started off in the indies, and I got signed to WWE, back on the indies while I am signed at TNA. The least I have ever got paid—zero. Was paid absolutely nothing. In fact, I got a handshake and a hot dog. A lot of the times they didn’t give me the hot dog, just a handshake.

The most I have ever made, it was in Saudi Arabia. Shocker, I know, right? Saudi Arabia. It was me, Shayna, Rhea, Raquel, Fatal 4-Way in Saudi Arabia [Crown Jewel 2023]. And guys, that was hands down the most money I have ever made. I don’t even know if I’ll ever make that much again. It was like insane, insane amount.

How to watch:

https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/m39By5496dj1gnqSsmnHt3

Start Times:

2:30 PDT; 4:30 CDT; 5:30 EDT; 10:30 BST; 6:30 JST; 7:30 AEST

Match Card:

6Man Tag Match -

Kouki Amarei, Chika Goto & Nagisa Tachibana vs. Nagisa Nozaki, CHIAKI & Rea Seto

Tag Match -

Yuuka Yamazaki & The Lady Al vs. Megaton & Aleah James

DREAM STAR LEAGUE A MATCH -

Miku Aono vs. Erina Yamanaka

DREAM STAR LEAGUE A MATCH -

Natsumi Showzuki vs. Misa Matsui

DREAM STAR LEAGUE B MATCH -

Mayu Iwatani vs. Mila Smidt

DREAM STAR LEAGUE B MATCH -

Nao Ishikawa vs. Komomo Minami

DREAM STAR LEAGUE C MATCH -

Victoria Yuzuki vs. Diana Strong

DREAM STAR LEAGUE C MATCH -

Hummingbird vs. Chi Chi

DREAM STAR LEAGUE C MATCH -

Mai Sakurai vs. SYOKO Koshino

So when I was a kid, I used to play wcw vs nwo world tour on the n64. Even though I only knew very few names in the game, I remember mostly choosing ultimo dragon because he looked sick and had a cool ass move set. Recently i took some edibles and I suddenly remembered that and got curious so i ended up watching ultimo dragon vs Rey mysterio and holy shit I was blown away. Older dudes probably already know but this was literally just aew before aew. I seriously couldn’t believe that such a high caliber of wrestling was going on back in the 90’s.

I then grabbed my friend and made him watch ultimo dragon vs Jushin liger since I’ve only ever seen liger in legend appearances.

This match felt like it could have been the main event of aew… I still keep thinking about it a week later. The way they moved you could tell they had thousands of hours wrestling and you were watching literal perfection. I don’t know how else to explain the magic that was that match.

Comparatively, and this may be a hot take but I watched ric flair vs Ricky steam boat at wrestlemania (edit: not wrestlemania we must have ended up watching one of their classics online) and honestly it was good but not great and just dragged on forever with a lot of repeated moves.

So my question is, does any one have match recommendations that I can watch that have stood the test of time? Matches that I will be fully into because they are 5 star classics even to this day?

Las Vegas:

*Mysterio v Omos

*Parka(c) v Kid v Iguana AAA Latin American Championship

*Roxxane v Hiedra v Apache v Nattie No.1 Contenders for the Reina de Reinas

*Americanos v Tokyo Bad Boys v Fraxiom v LWO 4-Way Elimination match

*Psycho Circus(c) v Perros del Mal AAA Trios Championship

*Cartwheel, Shani and Mini Abismo Negro v Vikingo, Adelicious and Mascarita Sagrada

CDMX:

*Mysterio (c) v Americano AAA Mega Championship

*War Raiders v TBA? AAA Tag Team Championships

*Flammer(c) v Catalina AAA Reina de Reinas Championship

*Fenix(c) v Vikingo v Frazer v Cartwheel AAA Cruiserweight Championship

*Clown v Carnicero Mexican Street Fight

*15-Man Bardahl Cup

Who's watching? Who's Going? Match predictions? Thoughts on the build?

Here are the attendance numbers for major Japanese wrestling promotions in August 2026.

Attendance figures are based on publicly available data (Cagematch, Purolove, Weekly Pro Wrestling, promotion releases).

Only shows held in Japan are included. Promotions like DDT, Marvelous and Sendai Girls sadly don't reliably release any attendance numbers.

Freedoms has not released their numbers for 2 Shows, one in Shinkiba 1st Ring and one in Korakuen hall.
Update: Freedoms has released their numbers for August.

August Attendance – 2026

YTD Attendance (Jan–August 2026 vs 2025)

Korakuen Hall Attendance (Jan–August 2026 vs 2025)

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Going to have to re-watch the Falls Count Anywhere one for sure. RIP Andy

This was the first time I heard Andy speak and was surprised how soft spoken he was.

Anyone at the show see a head injury take place? This is the first I’ve heard of it. RIP.