Daily Update: CM Punk, AJ Lee, Shinjuku FACE
Daily Update
Latest News
- UFC Fight Night Predictions Emmett vs Vallejos
- For subscribers: Dave Meltzer analyzes recent WWE Raw on Netflix ratings
- Lucha Libre AAA wrestler released after fan incident
- Ronda Rousey criticizes TKO leadership: ‘The UFC is one of the worst places to go’
- F4WOnline 2026 Las Vegas Convention – April 17th~!
- Swerve Strickland says AEW pays better than WWE ‘by far’
- WWE Raw remains in Netflix global top 10 with increase in viewership
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- March 9, 2026 Observer Newsletter: More on AEW’s potential future with Paramount, WWE Elimination Chamber review & ratings
- More on the Paramount purchase of WBD and details of when it goes through, if it goes through and details on how it helps or hurts UFC, AEW and Zuffa Boxing as well as a cost efficiency look at the three properties for 2027 if plans go through as stated.
- The road to WrestleMania and why Paul Levesque is in a position where it’s impossible for him to do the job people want and impossible for him to fail, business notes on the show, and a look at the Elimination Chamber show, how it did on Netflix, the good and the bad.
- Preview and updates on AEW Revolution and interest level
- Odds on upcoming wrestling matches
- Coverage of the New Japan New Beginning USA show in Trenton with two title changes
- A look at the Demolition tag team as they go into the WWE Hall of Fame
- The most detailed look at the ratings of all the pro wrestling TV shows, including demos, competition and comparisons with last year.
- Johnny TV in the most heated match so far this year with Angel de Oro
- Why AAA television is so entertaining
- Stardom Cinderella tournament notes
- Brothers face off in NOAH jr. tag tournament final
- New Japan Cup first two days
- Final night of Fantastica Mania notes
- Jeff Jarrett documentary
- Wrestler out of prison starts working on indices this week
- Real American Freestyle angle
- Update of the robbery of the Canadian promotion and the Davey Boy Smith Jr. Hall of Fame ring
- John Laurinaitis wants back in to wrestling
- 16 Carat Gold weekend in Germany
- Pro Wrestling Eve has biggest show of its history this week
- Brodie Lee Jr. first singles match date
- Steph De Lander talks why she and Mance Warner quit TNA
- Notes on David Finlay signing with AEW
- ROH first TV tapings in a studio
- UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight title updates
- Lots of new UFC fights
- Updates on WWE front office news and changes
- The story behind leaking fast nationals
- WWE accused of deleting key information in a lawsuit
- More notes on the WWE deal with Endeavor and how it went down
- Janel Grant speaks in favor of changing Connecticut law on NDAs
- Bianca Belair update
- WWE sends out unchecked email to network subscribers causing a panic
- Next WWE media deal to be made
- WWE injury updates
- Nick Khan sells millions in TKO stock
This Week’s Back Issue
- May 19, 2008 Observer Newsletter: TNA Sacrifice disappoints, Penny Banner passes away, EliteXC & DREAM team up
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Tuesday Update
WWE
- Funeral services for longtime WWE director Kerwin Silfies will be held this Thursday in Sarasota, Florida. His obituary can be found here with further details.
- CM Punk re-creates his pipe bomb promo in a WWE 2K26 promotional video.
- AJ Lee on facing Bayley next week: “Been waiting for this one since 2015.”
- Becky Lynch, meanwhile: “Can you believe that next week on RAW we are getting ABSOLUTE JOKE vs BASIC BAYLEY for MY INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE?!? Some are saying it could be the WORST MATCH IN THE HISTORY OF RAW!!! WHAT has the WWE become?!? Lawyers are working OVERTIME to stop this ILLEGAL match from happening!!! (THANKS BULLDOG) After all, it wouldn’t be the FIRST time I take a BIG MATCH away from Bayley.”
- On their YouTube channel, WWE is counting down the 42 Greatest WrestleMania Moments. Today’s upload is Hulk Hogan & Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff in the main event of the first WrestleMania.
- Recent content from the WWE Vault includes the Intercontinental title ladder match from WrestleMania 32, a 1990 dark match featuring Demolition taking on The Rockers, Doink the Clown vs. Crush from WrestleMania IX, and a fatal four-way dark match featuring Steve Austin, The Undertaker, The Rock, and Kane from the November 29, 1998 Sunday Night Heat taping.
- AAA on their channel uploaded the Rey de Reyes finals from 2016 in full, which saw Penta face off against La Parka and Villano IV.
- WWE is celebrating 3:16 Day with a sale on WWE.com.
AEW & Other Wrestling
- Renee Paquette will talk to Jon Moxley on AEW Closeup, which will premiere at 7 pm ET on Tuesday.
- The University of Houston has a profile on alumnus Hyaneyoung Olvera, aka Hyan, on her success in pro wrestling.
- Will Ospreay has a thread on social media reflecting on the success of EVE’s recent Wrestle Queendom 8 event.
- This week’s TNA Xplosion featuring Victoria Crawford & Mila Moore vs. Myla Grace and Harley Hudson.
- Shinjuku FACE, a frequent destination for Japanese promotions in Tokyo, is closing in September after being in operation for 21 years.
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.