Daily Update: Karrion Kross, Mick Foley, Osamu Nishimura

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- TNA star Chris Bey issues statement following neck surgery
- Report: Vince McMahon preparing to launch entertainment company
- UFC’s Jon Jones reaches agreement to have two March misdemeanor charges dismissed
- AEW Collision ratings down against World Series game two
- Bobby Lashley: AEW & Tony Khan allow legends to continue their careers
- Costco Guy AJ ‘very grateful’ for AEW opportunity
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Among the highlights of this issue:
- The Cung Le lawsuit settlement was approved, what caused Judge Boulware to do so, winners or losers, who is getting what, looking at the prior settlements that were turned down and the case itself.
- TKO and Endeavor make a deal to give UFC & WWE new sister companies and what that all entails
- The most detailed look at the Ring Boys scandal that broke in 1992 and quickly went away, and the lawsuit filed this week with all the details, including why being wrestling helped save WWE from untold bad publicity at the time. We look at the details of a very lengthy suit and what it all means.
- 2024 Hall of Fame analysis by two researchers looks at what modern candidates are the strongest and weakest in different ways
- Maple Leaf Wrestling debuts with two incredible main events.
- The most detailed look at the TV ratings from the past week, nightly and weekly placings, segment-by-segment, comparisons with the prior year and competition
- Continuation of CMLL’s women’s wrestling month.
- American star from a major family says he’ll be the first to win the Triple Crown.
- Royal Quest notes.
- MMA star defends pro wrestling world title twice on same show this past week.
- New movie on 90s star
- Looking at AEW Full Gear
- AEW booking issues
- WrestleDream and Bad Blood PPV numbers update
- Injury updates
- Advanced ticket sales for upcoming WWE & AEW events
- Streaming and International TV numbers
- Fighter still hospitalized after five weeks due to weight cutting issues
- PFL PPV rundown and business
- WrestleMania and tickets’
- Saturday Night’s Main Event thoughts
- World Series and wrestling
- WWE star has surgery to help eye issues
- Raw & Smackdown 2025 updates
- Samantha Irvine leaves WWE and details
- Vince McMahon media pieces looked at
- Clown show discussing McMahon
- TV rundowns
This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter Back Issue
Tuesday Update

WWE
- The full match between Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio from Monday’s Raw is now available.
- Karrion Kross reacts to a follow-up angle on social media that saw The Miz being kidnapped by Uncle Howdy.
- Randy Orton will be on Sheamus’ Celtic Warrior Workouts this Wednesday.
- Triple H responded to Big Daddy Marc appearing on Friday’s SmackDown singing his theme song: “If you know, you know. Awesome to have @BigDaddyMarc40 join us at #SmackDown this past Friday.”
- Batista is joining the new alien invasion comedy film ‘Alpha Gang’.
- Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, and other stars participate in a What’s in the Box game ahead of Halloween.
- WWE Vault has added The Rock & Mankind vs. Undertaker & Big Show in a World Tag Team title match from a 1999 edition of SmackDown.
- Other recent content from WWE Vault includes every Dungeon of Doom vignette and Dusty Rhodes’ infamous ‘Hard Times’ promo from 1985.
AEW/Other Wrestling
- This week’s Sammy Guevara vlog.
- MJF on the upcoming Big Boom AJ vs. QT Marshall match at AEW Full Gear: “This means something to me, man.”
- A new Yuka Sakazaki t-shirt is now available on ShopAEW.com.
- Donovan Dijak vs. Kevin Knight has been announced for the November 9 MLW tapings.
- Mick Foley appeared on CNN Monday endorsing Kamala Harris for president and responded to Hulk Hogan and The Undertaker recently showing support for Donald Trump.
- West Coast Pro, Deadlock Pro Wrestling, and Prestige Pro Wrestling are teaming together in Las Vegas for WrestleMania weekend.
- Osamu Nishimura has undergone successful craniotomy surgery. He is currently battling stage 4 esophageal cancer.