Daily Update: Raw notes, MLW on Reelz, Bron Breakker

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In this week’s issue
*Complete Royal Rumble coverage
*Match and performer of the week
*Highlights of the Rumble
*The story of the Reigns-Zayn angle
*Why Reigns vs. Zayn won’t be happening at WrestleMania
*Records set at Royal Rumble
*How many people watched Royal Rumble on Peacock
*The 15 largest gates in pro wrestling history
*PPV crossover with Full Gear and Survivor Series
*Elimination Chamber update
*Wrestlemania update
*Return of Pat McAfee
*WrestleMania sponsorship
*Nick Khan talks WWE sale
*Khan talks about the next rights deals
*More on the Vince McMahon investigation and how much it cost WWE so far
*WWE business numbers for 2022
*A look at the career of Fedor Emelianenko as he has his retirement fight
*What pro wrestler brought Fedor into prominence
*What former pro wrestling promotion did he first become a star in
*A look at hs glory days in Pride
*Who is the best heavyweight ever
*The life and times of Lanny Poffo
*His career high points
*Winning the world tag team title at the age of 20
*Feuding with his brother
*The big name historically Randy Savage was to feud with that never happened
*The funeral of Jay Briscoe
*Another new lawsuit filed trying to get Vince McMahon out of power
*Legendary enhancement wrestler Kenny Jay passes away and the night he had a match with Muhammad Ali
*Why he never became a bigger star
*The story behind his match with Ali
*2022 Wrestling Observer Awards allot
*The most detailed look at the television ratings over the past week
*International TV ratings for AEW and WWE
*Streaming ratings for AEW & WWE
*Ticket sales for upcoming shows
*One of the oldest titles in history defended on Jericho cruise
*Keiji Muto struggles through retirement matches
*New Japan changes with New Japan Strong
*Mercedes Mone talks her new Japan debut
*Hiroshi Hase in controversy over doing a wrestling match last month
*Why Kota Ibushi did Bloodsport
*Thought on AEW doing house shows
*Difference between AEW and WWE fans
*Thoughts on MJF vs. Takeshita
*New A&E wrestling schedule

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Tuesday Update

WWE

  • A match between Mustafa Ali and Bronson Reed was set up for next week’s Raw in a digital exclusive aired following Raw.
  • Indi Hartwell and The Creed Brothers worked matches during the Main Event tapings held prior to Raw.
  • The Rock provided an update on his mother, Ata Johnshon, to Entertainment Weekly, saying she is “pretty good” following a car accident last week.
  • Sports Illustrated has an article on Bron Breakker following Vengeance Day this past weekend. Regarding Carmelo Hayes: “It’s time. I have a lot of respect for Carmelo Hayes, and this has been a long time coming. It’s time to settle the debate on who is the best.”
  • The Detroit News has a comment from Sami Zayn talking about WWE holding SummerSlam this year at Ford Field. “This is a big deal that we’re coming, and that it’s in Ford Field. I think it’s going to be extremely exciting. SummerSlam on its own is already a pretty big deal. And then when you add in Detroit and you add a stadium component to it, all of a sudden it becomes a really big deal. And then everybody gets more excited about it, and that sort of circular pattern goes from fans to performers back to the fans. So there becomes this heightened energy the closer you come to it.”
  • WWE 2K23 announced that The Bella Twins, Kurt Angle, Queen Zelina, Cody Rhodes, and Molly Holly have been added to this year’s game.
  • WWE Music has added Fallon Henley’s theme on YouTube.
  • Full matches added to WWE’s YouTube today include John Cena vs. Seth Rollins from the December 14, 2014 edition of Raw and Pat McAfee vs. Happy Corbin from SummerSlam 2022.

AEW

Other Wrestling

  • Court Bauer has written a letter to fans ahead of tonight’s MLW debut on Reelz.
  • The cold open for tonight’s debut.
  • Bauer spoke to Deadline ahead of tonight’s debut. Regarding MLW suing WWE, he said: “There are several things that have come up that have disrupted our business in terms of talent and tampering with contracts. Overall it’s just the suppression of the growth of our business that we looked at. So, this wasn’t just tampering with one deal, one piece of talent. It’s the totality. If you look at the 40-year history and the practices of WWE going back to the eighties … the problems start to emerge. They have an immense market share. They will do what they do to make sure that that’s not softened.”
  • StarTribune in Minnesota has a profile on Kenny Jay, a former AWA wrestler who recently passed away.
  • NJPW of America has announced NJPW Academy, which will offer biweekly classes for both beginner and advanced wrestlers. Bateman and The DKC will coach the beginners, while Fred Rosser and KUSHIDA will coach the advanced classes.
  • Fightful is reporting that Mercedes Mone will appear at Planet Comicon in Kansas City, Missouri on March 17-19.
  • Matt Cardona on Twitter noted that he had attempted to trademark ‘Zack Ryder’, but was denied.
  • On the Windy City Slam podcast, Dirty Dango (Fandango) said he had signed a one-year deal with Impact Wrestling.
  • The former Mandy Rose was a guest on The Sessions with Renee Paquette.