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Tuesday Update
WWE
- The full match from Raw that saw The War Raiders defeat Finn Balor & JD McDonagh for the World Tag Team titles is now up on WWE’s YouTube account.
- Charles Robinson’s ref cam during the Liv Morgan/IYO SKY match from Saturday Night’s Main Event.
- Chelsea Green on X: “Now that I am your longest reigning @wwe US champ, I am officially inviting @iamcardib to challenge me.”
- Kofi Kingston on X following the angle on Raw that saw Rey Mysterio kick The New Day out of the locker room: ”I’m seeing that many people were very upset that we didn’t get to come out & address the crowd last night on #WWERaw as advertised. Blame “locker room leader” @reymysterio. Since he denied us a place to change into our work clothes, we could not work. So we went home. Thanks Rey.”
- Lyra Valkyria and Tatum Paxley did a skit ahead of Valkyria’s match against Debbie Keitel at OTT on December 21.
- WWE stars attempt to do Netflix’s opening sound.
- WWE ID prospect Cappuccino Jones will take on Vinny Pacifico on January 11 for WrestleRave.
- Recent additions to WWE’s YouTube vault include Tito Santana introducing a match between himself and The Undertaker in Barcelona in October of 1991, Mankind vs. The Rock in a ladder match for the WWE title from the February 15, 1999 edition of Raw, a spotlight deep dive into the WWE career of Luke Harper, and the full segment from the June 2, 2014 edition of Raw that saw Seth Rollins turn against The Shield.
AEW/Other Wrestling
- Ahead of his match against Ricochet at AEW Collision this weekend, Will Ospreay wrote on X: “Gentlemen’s agreement. If there is one minute before the time elapses. You & me stand in the middle of the ring and throw bombs till one of us drops. Holloway style. Stand & Bang. I ain’t drawing with you again.”
- Darby Allin did an elbow drop through a table at a Nitro Circus event on Monday.
- Backstage comments featuring Jack Perry and The Young Bucks following NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed.
- Our own Tom Lawlor is set to take on Minoru Suzuki as part of the beIN Sports taping portion of MLW Kings of Colosseum on January 11.
- Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa are establishing a new promotion called Pro Wrestling Evolution. Their first show will take place on January 29 at Shinjuku FACE.
- TNA has released a new Chris Bey shirt, with all proceeds going to Bey.
- Mance Warner will defend the GCW World title against Super Crazy at their January 11 event.