WOR: History of the Von Erichs, Roman Reigns, Raw preview, WWE PPV changes, more!

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back tonight with tons to talk about including a history of the Von Erich’s on the 25th anniversary of Kerry’s death, Roman Reigns potential issues this week, New Japan in Australia, RAW preview, changes to WWE’s PPV schedule, UFC from Sunday night, mailbag and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

Dave starts the show talking about Richard Rodriguez, a drug distributor currently in jail who has claimed he will release information that might implicate Roman Reigns as one of his clients. It remains to be seen if this will come into fruition. They then run down Raw, and Dave talks about dual brand pay per views now going monthly.

New Japan ran shows in Australia this weekend, including Adelaide. Dave goes over notes regarding the shows, including merchandise sales, who was over, and what was going on with the Bullet Club.

Kerry Von Erich died twenty five years ago yesterday. Dave talks about Kerry, his family and their history. Dave then runs down the latest UFC Fight Night, a card with not a lot of big names but a ton of first round finishes. Cowboy Cerrone and Yancy Medeiros headlined.

Mailbag questions include ranking Okada as an all time great worker, people who have kicked out of the Superfly Splash, if UFC will ever go public, if business would have been better with Ted DiBiase coming out of WrestleMania IV as champion, why UFC ran on a Sunday and more.

Timestamps:

Roman Reigns/Richard Rodriguez: Start – 4:37

Raw rundown, the end of single brand shows: 4:37 – 12:04

New Japan Australia tour: 12:04 – 18:55

Kerry von Erich: 18:55 – 46:11

UFC Fight Night: 46:11 – 1:00:14

Mailbag: 1:00:14 – end

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