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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

  • The notes of just how much of the young audience AEW has lost
  • All In at Globe Life Field both realities and perception
  • History of famous promotional wars and how they turned out and why
  • Why the few incumbents that lost did
  • The rise and fall of WCW
  • The finances of AEW
  • The issue with all non-Raw and Smackdown shows in the U.S. market right now not involving AEW
  • History of Saturday Night’s Main Event
  • High water marks for the show in the 80s
  • The Hogan vs. Andre match
  • Why SNME went away and its return and why that didn’t work as well
  • Preview of tomorrow’s show and betting odds
  • AEW Worlds End notes and WWE’s head-to-head show in Orlando
  • Full coverage of NXT Deadline
  • Full coverage of UFC 310
  • Tokyo Sports Awards, including unique things Zack Sabre Jr. has done and the history of all 51 MVP winners since 1974
  • More on the new Global Fight League, which features tons of post-40 UFC champions and major stars, to be debuting soon
  • For those outside the U.S. where the WWE Network moves to Netflix, what non-live shows will Netflix be airing and how little it is as compared to the WWE Network
  • Preview of both Tokyo Dome shows in January
  • The death of Karloff Lagarde Jr.
  • The most detailed look at the ratings of all the U.S. TV shows, comparisons to one year ago, segment-by-segment and rankings for the night and week.
  • What CMLL star trained with the Olympic team only a few years ago
  • Pentagon Jr. update
  • Tag team tournament finals in Japan
  • Top star in Japanese group gets suspended
  • Another top star cutting down his schedule
  • International TV ratings
  • Ticket sales for upcoming WWE & AEW shows
  • Tag team getting a non-wrestling national television show
  • Wrestling legend getting a non-wrestling TV show
  • Notes on the new season of Dark Side of the Ring
  • Willie Mack situation in GCW
  • What wrestler was GCW hoping to get for the Hammerstein Ballroom
  • Tessa Blanchard update
  • Lots of notes about the AEW on sale in Texas
  • Update on Rey Fenix situation
  • Most viewed streaming segments of AEW & WWE this past month
  • Steroids in BJJ
  • MMA Awards
  • Mark Shapiro talks future in WWE, UFC and even boxing ideas*WWE injury updates
  • Lots of notes about WWE shows on A&E in 2025
  • Son of sports legend makes quiet WWE debut
  • Janel Grant case updates
  • Dwayne Johnson movie updates

This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter Back Issue

Thursday Update

WWE

  • WrestleVotes reports that WWE has discussed introducing a Tribal Chief Championship belt for the storyline between Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa. The two are facing off in a Tribal Combat match on Raw’s Netflix premiere on January 6. WrestleVotes tweeted:
    • Sources indicate WWE has discussed introducing a Tribal Chief Championship into the storyline between Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa, similar to the People’s Championship presented to The Rock at WrestleMania earlier this year.
  • As she prepares to return from injury, Charlotte Flair thanked NXT wrestler Lainey Reid for training with her: “Thank you @lainey_wwe for the last few weeks. KEEP AN EYE on this ONE.”
  • While speaking with People, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson discussed how he got in ring shape for his return at WrestleMania 40 this past April:
    • It’s incredibly hard. The training becomes really extensive, and the training camp becomes extensive. So, I went [to] training camp for WrestleMania, which was about an eight- to nine-week training camp. It’s really fast, and fortunately, I was able to get through it all.
  • The Orlando Sentinel interviewed Bayley, who reflected on her experience wrestling in NXT early in her career:
    • It’s the intimacy we had with the crowd there. You couldn’t fake it, couldn’t just cruise by and hope this will look good on TV, whether it was your match or your ring entrance. When you’re making eye-to-eye contact with fans and can hear any conversation, it keeps you honest. It really taught me that if I show what I’m really feeling, you can’t fool anybody. I carry that with me — it really helps me connect with myself through the art of WWE.
  • Dave Bautista and his production company Dogbone Entertainment have signed with talent agency WME.
  • The Sports Media Podcast spoke with WWE executive Chris Legentil for a brief interview.
  • Dominik Mysterio was the guest on this week’s episode of the No Contest Wrestling Podcast.
  • WWE has a Playlist video documenting every title change of 2024.
  • WWE uploaded a Superstar Autographs feature with Cody Rhodes, Rey Mysterio, Sami Zayn, Bayley, and more talking about how they developed their autographs, the strangest things they’ve signed, and autographs in their own collections.

AEW/Other Wrestling

  • Tony Khan told The Five Star Podcast that – after licensing “November Rain” for AEW’s Full Gear hype video – he’s had talks about collaborating with Guns N’ Roses on doing more licensing in the future:
    • I’ve had talks – this is the first time I’ve ever said it out loud, so exclusive stuff here – about maybe doing even more collaborating with Guns N’ Roses in AEW on licensing.
  • AEW shared behind-the-scenes footage of Toni Storm’s “Portrait of a Rockstar” interview from last night’s Dynamite.
  • Chris Jericho was a guest on Busted Open Radio today, promoting his ROH World Championship match against Matt Cardona ahead of Final Battle.
  • Moose has secured the trademark for his wrestling name: “MOOSE HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN Trademarked thanks to @gimmickattorney”
  • USC men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman thanked TNA stars Nic Nemeth and Frankie Kazarian for coming to the team’s game on Wednesday night. TNA is holding its Rebellion pay-per-view at the Galen Center (where USC plays) in Los Angeles in April 2025.
  • Paul Walter Hauser will team with Paul London against The Andersons (Brock Anderson & CW Anderson) in a Texas tornado match on the TV taping portion of MLW’s Kings of Colosseum event. The show is being held in North Richland Hills, Texas on Saturday, January 11.
  • Matt Cardona expressed how proud he is of his wife Chelsea Green for becoming the first-ever WWE Women’s United States Champion.