Daily Update: Comcast, Lyra Valkyria, Willow Nightingale
Daily Update
Latest News
- AEW Collision ratings drop with move to TBS, Rampage down
- Las Vegas tourism group approves $5 million to host WWE WrestleMania 41
- Lilian Garcia thanks fans, Triple H after surprise WWE Raw appearance
- WWE’s Charlotte Flair lands role in horror film ‘You Lose, You Die’
- Sami Zayn thinks WWE World title reign may have been more likely in Vince McMahon era
- AJ Styles: ‘I want more boos than Dominik Mysterio’
- Billy Corgan says NWA has signed another TV deal
Latest Audio
- DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: A return to 1980s Southeastern & Continental
- Wrestling Observer Live: Vince McMahon/Janel Grant, King of the Ring, RAW report
- Big Vinny V Show: TNA Impact review with ABC vs. Speedball Mountain
- Wrestling Observer Radio: Death of Bob Bruggers, McMahon’s latest legal filing, RAW report, more
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Some of the highlights in this issue:
- Thoughts on the Cung Le lawsuit settlement, and meaningful changes in business and what this closes the door on in MMA
- Why TKO paid $335 million and considered this as a win
- Why the stock market thought the same
- UFC & WWE financials
- Changes in television and Smackdown plans going forward
- The crazy story of WWE losing more money in this quarter than they made in virtually any year of its existence and multiples of the total losses of AEW since its inception and why there is nothing to worry about
- How the interest on loans for TKO alone is more than WWE ever made until the Austin era
- Complete coverage of WWE Backlash
- The business numbers both good and bad
- Notes from the French crowd
- Next year’s WrestleMania
- A look at the departures of Gable Steveson and Drew Gulak Ric Flair talks heart attack
- Saudi Arabia getting more traction in WWE & UFC business
- New Japan Dontaku coverage
- UFC 301 coverage
- Final Dark Side of the Ring episode on Black Saturday looked at
- Coverage of three other major shows this week
- Next TripleMania show
- Arena Mexico heats up
- Champion Carnival coverage
- International Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Ric Flair incident
- MLW looking at expanding into new markets
- Wrestler song makes U.K. charts
- NBA rights and how this affects AEW
- Chuck Taylor career legit in jeopardy
- Update on Double or Nothing
- Advance ticket sales for AEW & WWE upcoming shows
- Art Jimmerson remembered
- Canelo Alvarez along with WWE, AEW and TNA PPV number updates
- Janel Grant lawsuit update
- More WWE notes from Ronda Rousey
- International TV ratings and streaming numbers
This week’s back issue: January 8, 2007 Observer Newsletter: Vince McMahon & Donald Trump, UFC 66
Tuesday Update
WWE
- WWE has uploaded the full match from Monday’s Raw between Ilja Dragunov and Jey Uso.
- Comcast announced that they are planning to offer a bundle that will include Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+ called StreamSaver. The bundle is expected to debut later this month.
- Bayley and Montez Ford will be the guests on this week’s episode of The Bump.
- An inside look at Lyra Valkyria’s first day as a Raw superstar.
- WWE recently added the I Quit match between John Cena and Batista from Over the Limit 2010.
- Big E & Kofi Kingston will be on Pictionary this week. PWInsider has an exclusive clip.
AEW/Other Wrestling
- Willow Nightingale recently visited The Wrestling Club.
- PWInsider reported that Saraya will be filming an episode of MTV’s Catfish this season.
- Kip Sabian and Claudio Castagnoli will participate in a Warhammer Celebrity Spearhead match at the Arlington Esports Stadium this Thursday.
- QT Marshall is holding a wrestling seminar in Nashville, TN this Friday.
- Jimmy Yang is the latest to enter MLW’s Battle Riot match on June 1.
- Mustafa Ali vs. Alec Price has been added to House of Glory’s Glory of War event on May 25.
- GCW is heading to Lousiville, Kentucky for the first time on July 18. Tickets go on sale this Friday at noon.
- Dune: Part Two, featuring Batista, will stream on Max starting on May 21.
- Jonathan Gresham vs. Shelton Benjamin has been announced for ASE Wrestling on June 22.
- Roderick Strong will face Timothy Thatcher at PDX’s Combat Clash on July 12.
- Eric Young will be on AXS TV’s Top Ten on Tuesday.