Daily Update: WWE Raw Netflix premiere fallout, X-Pac, The Rock
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Latest News
- Nikki Bella: ‘WWE is home,’ comments on potential return
- Two new matches added to AEW Dynamite
- Jake Roberts ‘doing a little bit better’ after hospitalization for pneumonia last week
- AEW Collision ratings down, ranks third on cable
- Two matches announced for AEW Dynamite
- AEW announces first-ever women’s Casino Gauntlet Match
- WWE reveals date and location for NXT Vengeance Day 2025
- El Phantasmo vs. Jeff Cobb NJPW TV title match set for Battle in the Valley
Latest Audio
- WOL: Bryan & Lance Storm talk fallout from WWE Raw on Netflix debut
- DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The WON HOF case for Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson
- WOR: WWE on Netflix debut review, Tokyo Dome fallout, The Rock
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- The end of Raw on cable television and a look back at the show, Prime Time Wrestling, where it stands among the longest running wrestling shows on television, what to expect from the Netflix audience, the first show, how much WWE was getting for Raw at its ratings peak plus the year that USA nearly canceled Raw.
- 2024 live attendance numbers for WWE and AEW and comparisons with this past year and historical.
- Full coverage of Worlds End, including historical notes on aspects of the show, questions on the show, the decision to cut back on matches and what was left on the cutting floor, the best multiple match days in history, best openers in history, returns, PPV numbers and other business notes.
- A look at both Tokyo Dome shows
- A look at the career of Sweet Daddy Siki
- President Jimmy Carter and he and his family’s connections with pro wrestling and Jim Barnett
- Pro Wrestling NOAH Budokan Hall coverage and attempt to make a superstar in one night
- Stardom’s big year-end show with one of the best women’s bouts of the year
- Janel Grant’s attorneys looking at rewriting the lawsuit against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis and WWE and the key reason why
- 2024 Observer Awards ballot, detailed descriptions of the categories, the criteria and who placed top three in each category last year
- Notes from the funeral of Rey Misterio Sr.
- The most detailed look at the ratings from the past week
- International TV ratings
- Advanced ticket sales for all the major upcoming U.S. events including All In Texas, WrestleMania, Royal Rumble and more
- CMLL huge business week
- What promotion is spending January rematching the best matches as voted by fans for 2024
- Major Japanese title changes as the year ends and starts
- Two major companies losing U.S. TV this week and details of what happened
- Shooting at independent wrestling arena
- Deaths of two British stars of the ITV era, Tally Ho Kaye and their version of Blackjack Mulligan
- Lots of notes on discussion points of Tony Khan’s press conferences this past week
- What AEW idea got bounced because NXT did it first
- Debut of Sakuraba’s son
- Updates on WrestleMania
- Updates of archival content on Netflix internationally and MAX in the U.S.
- New WWE TV or streaming show being talked about
- Survivor Series PPV number makes significant change and why
- Notes on the must-read Inside the Ropes story on the late Axl Rotten’s days backstage regarding WWE and Mel Phillips
- New WWE business deal
- Full coverage of WWE holiday tour and how it compared with those the past few years
This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter Back Issue
Tuesday Update
WWE
- WWE has a video of their Monday Night Raw 2024 Year in Review.
- Drew McIntyre following Jey Uso and Travis Scott’s entrance last night: “I had a contact high.”
- Denise Salcedo talked to Kayden Carter & Katana Chance, Ludwig Kaiser & Tiffany Stratton, X-Pac, the War Raiders, and Lyra Valkyria & Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre on the Raw Netflix premiere red carpet.
- In his interview with Denise, X-Pac revealed he had suffered from diverticulitis earlier last year, saying he was in the hospital for eight days and lost 30 pounds. “I’m doing great now, but I had a rough time,” he said.
- X-Pac also brought up that he was in communication with Kenny Omega during his battle: “He helped me with it. Yeah, I was in the hospital texting with him and he’s telling me what’s going on and what I should expect and everything.”
- Pat McAfee did a skit on his talk show poking fun at Hulk Hogan getting booed during his segment on Raw last night.
- ‘Boy Meets World’ stars Danielle Fishel and Will Friedle snub The New Day.
- A first look at Bayley in WWE 2K25.
- The Rock’s first licensed autograph cards since 1998 will be available in packs of 2025 Topps Chrome WWE.
- John Cena is a part of McDonald’s new McValue Menu advertising campaign.
- Recent additions to the WWE Vault include the February 6, 1989 edition of Prime Time Wrestling, Kurt Angle vs. Mark Henry from Royal Rumble 2006, rare artifacts found in the WWE Warehouse, and Triple H’s return from injury in Madison Square Garden from the January 7, 2002 episode of Raw.
AEW/Other Wrestling
- AEW posted another video highlighting Toni Storm “getting more comfortable” in the company.
- Sammy Guevara’s Wrestle Dynasty vlog.
- New Japan confirmed on their website that Konosuke Takeshita will represent them moving forward along with DDT and AEW.
- Stardom has announced new rules for their High-Speed Championship moving forward.
- Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced that they will continue to allow video recording at events in January & February. Videos under one minute can be posted on X, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
- TNA is asking fans to fill out a survey on the company and the wrestling industry as a whole.
- CMLL’s Persephone will take on Alejandra Quintanilla in the beIN Sports tv taping portion of MLW’s Kings of Colosseum on January 11.
- GCW has announced their Up All Night event for January 31. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 am ET.