Daily Update: Rhea Ripley, WWE 2K24, Kenny Omega
Daily Update
Latest News
- AEW Rampage ratings drop with earlier start time
- Shotzi suffered torn ACL at WWE NXT taping
- Booker T ‘about one week’ away from WWE NXT return
- Kevin Nash says WWE won’t allow him to attend Sting’s final match
- Ace Steel ‘loving the atmosphere’ in TNA Wrestling
Latest Audio
- DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The life & times of Blackjack Mulligan
- Wrestling Observer Live: Paul Roma on Vince McMahon notes, AEW attendance issues, RAW
- Wrestling Observer Radio: Steve McMichael, Oku vs. Ospreay, RAW with Mania and Chamber build
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
We have another huge issue of the Observer with major stories looking back on the Ashley Massaro situation and how it has become major news this past week, the build to WrestleMania, New Japan changes losing Okada and Ospreay and much more.
- A new statement by Ashley Massaro released by her former lawyer
- Massaro’s best friend goes on television to weigh in on what she was told
- What WWE said at the time and how they handled it with the media
- What John Laurinaitis through his lawyer has said
- A doctor who treated Massaro at the time confirms the story
- Massaro’s original depositions on McMahon and her alleged rape by someone posing as a military doctor
- Bret Hart talks the allegations against Vince McMahon
- More people in the industry comment on the story
- The background of how we go to where we are for WrestleMania involving Nick Khan, Ari Emanuel, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Levesque and the key decisions made and changed along the way
- Updates on WWE Elimination Chamber and AEW Revolution
- Why New Japan’s New Beginning in Osaka was such a noteworthy show and talk about the Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. match and the controversial cage match
- A look at the upcoming New Japan schedule
- The story behind Billy Jack Haynes and his arrest, his one-time best friend and his wife who died of a gunshot wound
- A look at Haynes’ wrestling career
- More on the changes in TNA, not just Scott D’Amore but also Ed Nordholm, why it happened and the timeline of it happening
- What happened at the call when Leonard Asper told talent about D’Amore being gone
- Notes on the letter sent by talent to Asper
- NTV 70th anniversary pro wrestling special and what was featured
- The most detailed look at the ratings for all the pro wrestling shows, demo numbers, segment-by-segment and weekly rankings
- The story behind the BCC heading to Mexico and Blue Panther being in the match
- Will Ospreay statement on leaving NJPW
- Matt Riddle talks starting in NJPW
- Early FantasticaMania notes
- Grandson of Brian Pillman gets awarded
- The Angelo Mosca secret
- A promotional merger announced
- Latest rights fees story and how it may affect UFC & AEW
- Tony Khan talks AEW future
- More on Kazuchika Okada
- Lots of injury updates
- Upcoming ticket sales to WWE & AEW events
- International TV numbers and streaming numbers
- Crazy thing Dana White did on a podcast this week
- Preview of this week’s UFC show
- WWE deal with X
- Steve Austin talks about the potential of him doing another match
- Drew McIntyre update
- Seth Rollins talks MMA fighters in pro wrestling
- Bruce Prichard injury update
This Week’s Retro Observer Newsletter
Tuesday Update
WWE
- The full match between Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes from Monday’s Raw is now online.
- The company confirmed the start times for Elimination Chamber this weekend in Australia.
- ABC News in Australia has a story on Rhea Ripley and Grayson Waller returning to the country.
- Ripley spoke to Fox News about the upcoming premium live event. She and Oba Femi will be guests on this week’s episode of The Bump.
- WWE 2K announced that Carmelo Hayes, Roxanne Perez, Trick Williams, Cora Jade, Thea Hail, Channing ‘Stacks’ Lorenzo, Fallon Henley, and Wolfgang will be in WWE 2K24.
- Cleveland Scene has an article on WWE getting a $1.6 million TV production tax credit from Ohio amid speculation that this year’s SummerSlam may be held in the state.
- The company has uploaded two hours of Roman Reigns title defenses.
AEW & Other Wrestling
- A court date for Cash Wheeler’s aggravated assault with a firearm charge has been set for May 20, with a pre-trial hearing set for May 7.
- Rob Van Dam unboxed a new singlet he’ll debut for his upcoming match on Dynamite this Wednesday.
- Sammy Guevara’s latest vlog.
- Kenny Omega talked to GameSpot about Like a Dragon and its influence on him, including the Like a Dragon street fight held recently on AEW television.
- Eddie Kingston comments on the 20th anniversary of AAW.
- Mark Henry will be doing a standup show at Kowloon’s in Saugus, MA on March 12.
- Kosei Fujita of NJPW announced he’s undergoing nasal surgery to deal with his chronic empyema and rhinitis.
- Gabe Kidd on X: “DOWN BUT NEVER OUT‼️ I’LL BE BACK BEATING UP YOUR FAVORITES IN NO TIME. AND I GOT A SPECIAL BEATING INCOMING JUST FOR THAT RAT SHINGO TAKAGI, SEE YOU SOON BOY.”
- Wrestling Revolver has added the entire match between Speedball Mike Bailey and Elijah (former WWE star Elias).
- Mustafa Ali will make his Deadlock Pro Wrestling debut on March 10 against BK Westbrook.
- This week’s episode of TNA Xplosion.
- Tickets for GCW’s debut in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 21 go on sale this Friday.
