Daily Update: WWE Raw fallout, AEW Fight Forever, MLW & CMLL
Daily Update
Latest News
- Swerve Strickland vs. Killswitch announced for AEW Dynamite
- WWE announces Bron Breakker storyline update
- AEW denies disappointment with first WBD TV rights renewal offer
- Becky Lynch’s WWE contract expiring, expected to take time off
- Injury update on Darby Allin following AEW Anarchy in the Arena match
Latest Audio
- Wrestling Observer Live: AEW TV deal notes, Copeland injury, more belts, RAW
- Wrestling Observer Radio: AEW injury updates, RAW report, how strong are WWE stars?
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is up on the site today:
- A feature on the first five years of AEW and its future.
- A look at both the successes and as well as things not as successful
- A look at the past, present and future
- Why this year will be the telling point for the success of the company or not
- What was guaranteed when AEW started
- AEW’s business and the perceptions
- Looking at the value of the promotion
- History of wrestling wars and how they went down
- How AEW can take financial advantage of WWE’s move to Netflix
- The decline of the 18-34 male audience
- A look in depth at the last several weeks of AEW, NBA, NHL and cable in general
- WWE expands SummerSlam to two dates
- El Hijo del Santo talks retirement plans
- Looking at King & Queen of the Ring and Double or Nothing and challenges for both companies coming off the previous big shows
- A look at the debut of Marigold, already the No. 2 women’s promotion in the world, what hit and what didn’t hit
- The life and times of John “Bad Bones” Klinger, a European independent star who passed away this past week
- The most detailed look at the weekly television ratings, comparisons with other shows, age breakdowns, weekly placings and more
- Fantastica Mania in the U.S., U.K. and Mexico notes
- Stardom PPV coverage
- NOAH has the match of the week
- Why New Japan changed the Dominion main event
- All Together Now coverage
- Best of the Super Juniors coverage’
- Rematch of a match last year that got worldwide mainstream publicity
- Updated WWE, AEW, TNA and boxing PPV notes including how many wrestling fans buy boxing PPVs
- A look at what going live vs. tape means as far as wrestling ratings
- One of the NFL’s all-time greats who was nearly became a German heel wrestler
- Funeral of Tony Jones
- Lots of notes on the final nail in the coffin of WCW and the questions still not fully answered
- Lots of injury updates
- WBD business and AEW negotiations
- Advanced ticket sales for upcoming AEW & WWE shows
- International TV ratings and streaming numbers
- Lots more on payouts for UFC fighters after lawsuit settlement
- PFL fires one of its best-known fighters for speaking out
- Mark Shapiro talks the future of WWE & UFC business
- Injury rates in WWE and AEW
- SummerSlam and All In advances
- Notes on NXT Battleground
- Top WWE star sues famous boxing star
This week’s Wresting Observer Newsletter back issue
Tuesday Update
WWE
- The steel cage match for the Women’s World Championship between Liv Morgan and Becky Lynch on Raw is now up in its entirety on YouTube.
- Becky Lynch wrote ‘To be continued’ on X following her loss.
- Dominik Mysterio reacted to Liv Morgan kissing him at the very end of Raw.
- Cody Rhodes has put up his schedule for June.
- The Rock announced that a new trailer for Moana 2 would be dropping on Wednesday.
- PWInsider reported that The Steiner Brothers will have their own episode of A&E’s WWE Legends Biography what will air in June.
- MSG announced that Damian Priest will defend the World Heavyweight title against Jey Uso at WWE’s next show in the arena on June 28.
- A&E has uploaded the Biography episode focusing on Goldberg.
- Sexxy Red is excited for Tuesday’s NXT.
- WWE is celebrating one year of The Meta-Four with a video of their best moments.
AEW & Other Wrestling
- Mikey Ruckus on X paid tribute to Susie Monk Johnson, who sang Toni Storm’s original AEW, following her passing: “I am saddened to learn that Susie Monk Johnson (aka Suzie Mojo), singer on Toni Storm’s Theme “Watch What’s Next”, has passed away. Humble & kind, she was a local musician from my area. She leaves behind a husband & 2 daughters. My heartfelt condolences.”
- AEW Fight Forever will be free for PlayStation Plus subscribers starting June 4.
- After Adam Copeland announced he had fractured his tibia in his barbed wire steel cage match at Double or Nothing, Brody King responded on X.
- PWInsider reports that Heels, the pro wrestling drama that aired on Starz, will premiere on Netflix July 29.
- This week’s episode of TNA Xplosion.
- Danhausen will return to GCW on June 14 in Denver and July 19 in St. Louis.
- MLW & CMLL are joining together to release a limited edition collection of merchandise featuring CMLL branding that is now on MLWShop.com.
- Ikuro Kwon joins MLW’s Battle Riot VI for this Saturday.