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WWE Hall of Famer Fred Ottman (Tugboat and Typhoon) has been admitted to hospital and posted about his condition on his Facebook page.
“Unfortunately, everybody, due to things beyond my control, I was put into the hospital here, and this evening I got admitted after I was taken to the emergency room. But I will not be able to be there, guys. I want to apologize, and I’ll get together with the promoters that was bringing me in after I see what’s going on here with the doctors. “But I love you all. Keep me in your thoughts and prayers, and hopefully I’ll be seeing you soon. Bye.”
It is not clear why Ottman has been admitted to hospital or what his current condition is.
Ottman was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2025 as part of The Natural Disasters alongside his late tag-team partner Earthquake (John Tenta).
Speaking to Compas On The Beat, Dominik Mysterio spoke about how surprised he has been that his sister is pursuing a path in wrestling like he has.
“Technically she is still my sister but I don’t know, she’s going to have her opportunity. I never thought she would get in the business because she’s the smart one. She’s got her degree and everything. So she came in and she’s down at the PC doing her thing. Only thing I can say is there’s two Mysterios out there, pick the right one. You’ve seen how this goes. You’ve got two options to pick from.”
Appearing as the first guest ever on WWE’s new Ahora Spanish-language podcast, El Hijo del Vikingo gave an update on his injury recovery which is expected to keep him out of action for nine months.
“I’m doing very well. I am still young, and my recovery is going very well. The doctors have been impressed with my progress; I’ve started walking sooner than expected. Of course, still going step-by-step. They told (me) I’m doing well, but I shouldn’t rush things. Sometimes it’s stressful being at home after being on the road for so long. On the other hand, I’m with my kids and my wife, so I have been enjoying more time with them.”
Vikingo had surgery for his torn ACL.
Last week’s episode of WWE SmackDown drew 1,300,000 viewers on USA Network. The previous week the number was 1,124,000 viewers. It had a 0.29 rating in the key demos up from the prior week’s 0.23 rating.
The WWE was in Bogota, Columbia, last night. Here are the results:
WWE Intercontinental Championship: Chad Gable (c) def. Ethan Page, Penta and Dragon Lee
Joe Hendry def. JD McDonagh
IYO SKY defeated Bayley
WWE World Tag Team Championships: The Vision (Bron Breakker & Austin Theory) (c) def. Alpha Academy (Otis & Akira Tozawa)
The Vision continue to attack. Oba Femi makes the save.
Je’Von Evans def. Big Cass
Stephanie Vaquer & Sol Ruca def. Judgment Day (Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez)
Judgment Day attacks after the match. Becky Lynch makes the save.
Due to Crown Jewel, the WWE will be taping that week’s Smackdown along with the November 2nd edition of Raw at the same show.
NXT scored 768,000 overnight viewers this week and 0.17 in the key demos.
Collision scored 349,000 viewers and 0.06 in the key demos.
A special message from Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling:
“Hello everyone! It’s Jushin Thunder Liger! I will be serving as a special referee for Tokyo Women’s Pro Wrestling on October 3rd in Ota Ward [WRESTLE PRINCESSⅦ!] If you do, I will judge you strictly! Also, I can’t help but feel the fate of this tournament as it coincidentally features an illustration of the tournament by Go Nagai, who is also the creator of Liger. I will judge you firmly in Liger’s name!”
