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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

*Coverage of the Tokyo Dome show

*How did the show accomplish what should have been its key goals

*Thoughts on Aaron Wolf

*Business notes on the show

*Yota Tsuji and the title name change

*The end of the Bullet Club

*Shinsuke Nakamura and his thoughts

*Angle with Will Ospreay

*Records that Tanahashi set during his career

*Tanahashi’s background

*Notes on his last IWGP title win that wasn’t supposed to happen

*The unique way he became a mainstream figure in a news story

*How his career exploded from there

*How Tanahashi differed from prior IWGP champions and how that changed who could hold that title

*The Tanahashi era that turned around New Japan

*A look at his record setting 13 Tokyo Dome career main events

*Various title wins and career awards

*2025 Business Year in Review

*A look at all the shows that drew 15,000 fans

*Biggest individual draws of the year

*Crowds of 15,000 or more by promotion  and how the main companies did

*How UFC PPV gates wer

*The biggest pro wrestling drawing card every year from 1916 to 2025

*What wrestlers were No. 1 for the year the most years in their career

*The 50 biggest arena draws  in pro wrestling history based on the standards of their era

*New Year Dash coverage

*The year in matches, who had the most great matches in 2025, most over the course of a career, top ten arenas of all-time and new records set in 2025 by a promotion for a year as well as for a city

*A look at the life of Johnny Legend, a cult celebrity wrestling fan, his work with Freddie Blassie and Andy Kaufman, and his promotion, Incredibly Strange Wrestling.

*The most detailed look at the ratings of the pro wrestling TV shows and details regarding who watches

*Advanced ticket sales for WWE, AEW and TNA events

*AEW stars headed to CMLL next week

*Another Arena Mexico sellout

*Legendary pro wrestling promoter turns 101

*Old living wrestling personalities

*Ted DiBiase files lawsuit

*The Ted DiBiase Jr. case

*A look at the career of Bob Boyer/Bobby Bold Eagle, who wrestled from 1955 to 1987

*Documentary planned on 80s tag team

*Notes on WrestleMania week shows

*Update on the WBD sale

*Former UFC champion goes for boxing world title

*Update on the home for WWE’s library

*Plans for TV shows this month

*How much Dwayne Johnson has made from the WWE contract he signed two years ago

*Those added to WWE, those leaving, those injured and those they are interested in

*How the Holiday week house shows did

*Why WWE’s weekly  audience on Netflix should go up close to 12 percent over the next three months.

This Week’s Back Issue

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Tuesday Update

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WWE

  • WWE has more footage of Drew McIntyre celebrating his title win in Glasgow over the weekend.
  • New Sol Ruca merchandise is out.
  • Becky Lynch on social media: “One year ago, the women’s Intercontinental championship was won by LOSER LYRA! Big whoop!! Now, because I’M holding the gold, people say this title means more than ANY OTHER CHAMPIONSHIP in the world of pro wrestling! Instead of THANKING ME, the media continues to spread LIES! Instead of PRAISING me, PETTY Pearce tries to stack the deck against me! However, when you’re THE MAN like me, you take on all challenges and prove to these SCUMBAG haters that you’re the best for a reason! As my gift to you, ENJOY this picture of me in my garden that I PLANTED MYSELF – BTB THE GREATEST INTERCONTINENTAL (Intergalactic) CHAMPION EVER!”
  • Laredo Kid shared his feelings on the second AAA La Parka, who passed away six years ago on January 11: “Today marks 6 years since you left us, my mentor. Thank you for opening your home to me, for believing in me when I was just starting, and for supporting me without expecting anything in return. You were a mentor, a true friend, and family. La Parka, you will never be forgotten.”
  • Recent WWE Vault additions include R-Truth confronting Brock Lesnar from the January 13, 2020 edition of Raw, a WWC match between Luna Vachon and Madusa from 1993, a compilation of wrestlers doing bench presses, and Asuka & Charlotte Flair vs. Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler from the Royal Rumble 2021 kickoff.

AEW & Other Wrestling

  • The latest “team building exercise” between Anthony Bowens and Max Caster.
  • HBO Max is now available in Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Israel, and Greece. The UK and Ireland will get the service at the end of March.
  • The lineup for next Monday’s CMLL show in Arena Puebla, which will see Bandido taking on Angel de Oro and GOA vs. Volador Jr. & Hechicero.
  • Okumura has been added to the MLW Battle Riot.
  • Fred Rosser reflected on his own tryout in wake of WWE holding tryouts this week in Orlando: “I hate to sound like an old timer, but I can’t stress enough how fortunate today’s men and women are to have opportunities with @WWE. Back in my day, I paid $1,000 for a four-day tryout, beat out 75 men and women from all over the world, and earned my WWE contract May 4th 2009. Make the most of it, and good luck to you all  @WWEID @WWERecruit #blockthehate”
  • Jetspeed vs. Janelasus (Joey Janela & Megan Bayne) has been announced for Superpower Slam on February 1.
  • Gangrel vs. Matt Tremont has been signed for Hybrid Wrestling on April 16.
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Bryan Rose
Bryan Rose

Bryan Rose is an editor from California that has been covering professional wrestling for well over a decade. He officially joined F4WOnline as an editor in 2017.