Daily Update: CM Punk title win fallout, AEW & NJPW ticket discounts
Daily Update
Latest News
- Nikki Blackheart confirms new WWE NXT name
- Dave Meltzer’s weekly insights on WWE Raw & AEW Dynamite ratings for subscribers
- The Rock books ‘Free Byrd’ movie role
- WWE Raw on Netflix viewership update for Night of Champions fallout show
- NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo, wife Isabella welcome first child
- VIDEO: Sami Zayn cuts heated promo after WWE title loss
- AEW star takes subtle dig at CM Punk’s Undisputed WWE Title victory
- ‘Watch AEW’ channel added to new streaming service
- WWE makes CM Punk announcement ahead of SmackDown
- Bronson Reed responds to The Vision’s win and Maxxine Dupri alliance on WWE Raw
- The Great Khali discusses transition from feared WWE giant to comedy act
- AEW partnering with Twitch for exclusive Beach Break pre-show
- Jack Perry AEW contract update | Exclusive
Latest Audio
- WOL: Punk beats Sami, fridge analysis, Dawkins’ balls, more!
- WOR: Punk wins WWE Title, SummerSlam, G-1 and UFC this weekend, more!
Latest YouTube Video
This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- July 6, 2026 Observer Newsletter: AEW Forbidden Door, WWE Night of Champions & TNA Slammiversary reviews & ratings
Among the topics covered:
- Looking at the news that came out this past week regarding the WWE’s deal with Ari Emanuel, including Stephanie McMahon’s reaction, more background of the court case recently settled, more messages from Vince McMahon regarding the time frame and examining what what and wasn’t real about what people were told about the Endeavor deal
- Sami Zayn wins WWE title and what does it mean in the big picture
- Major SummerSlam plans
- Oba Fami direction looked at
- Ticket sales for next three WWE major events
- Notes on Netflix viewership of Night of Champions and full card results and news from the show
- Best matches ever held in San Jose
- Early PPV feedback and poll results
- Busienss numbers for Forbidden Door
- Story of the show and matches
- WWE’s latest counterprogramming of AEW
- How the counterprogramming drew this past week
- How much of the media was fooled by UFC’s release of White House numbers
- The life and times of Joe Doering, and the bad hand he was dealt
- Full coverage of NXT Great American Bash and how each individual match drew
- The sports background of Kendal Grey
- Full coverage of TNA Slammiversary
- The most detailed look at the ratings for pro wrestling shows over the past week
- International news story on Super Viernes at Arena Mexico
- Early Grand Prix notes
- Record broken and another one breaking and a third one the show
- CMLL coverage from the past week
- Changes in the Stardom audience and new attempts at growth
- A look at New Japan’s show on Monday
- Ken Patera injured and background
- Antoino Inoki in the U.S. story
- Indie wrestler marries reality TV star
- AJ Ferrari is a mess
- What TV show in the 70s made Vince McMahon father blow a gasket at Mike LeBell
- New pro wrestling doc coming out
- Bandido heading to Europe this week
- Notes on Eric Young leaving TNA
- More on AEW’s situation with the WBD sale to Paramount/Skydance
- Will Ospreay promotes Forbidden Door
- Fighter gains 41 pounds in two weeks
- CM PUnk returning soon
- House of Reps member wants Linda McMahon impeached
- Thoughts on Big Bill heading to WWE
- WWE ID controversy
This Week’s Back Issue
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Tuesday Update
WWE
- Triple H and CM Punk posed for a photo following WWE Raw.
- Some stars on social media shared their thoughts on yesterday’s title switch on Raw, with Becky Lynch writing: “SAMI WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
- Meanwhile, KENTA wrote: “I hate seeing this.”
- New CM Punk merch is out following his return.
- The company is teaming with Joe Hand Promotions to offer SummerSlam to bars and restaurants across the country.
- Drew McIntyre on social media shared pictures of himself and Sheamus following the news that the latter is set to leave WWE.
- WWEShop is offering a $699 nWo replica championship commemorating the 30-year anniversary of Hulk Hogan’s heel turn at WCW Bash at the Beach 1996. They write: Thirty years ago, a hostile takeover in black and white changed the world of sports entertainment forever. This championship is more than a collectible; it is a declaration that the New World Order is for life. Make this a part of your collection and own a piece of the revolution that defined an era.
- Recent WWE Vault additions include Hulk Hogan vs. Earthquake from SummerSlam 1990, The Hart Foundation vs. Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust, and The Legion of Doom from In Your House: Canadian Stampede, and a trilogy of matches between Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage at Madison Square Garden.
AEW & Other Wrestling
- Ticketmaster in the UK is holding a flash sale for 50% off AEW All In tickets. Use code SUMMER26. The offer runs through July 14.
- NJPW is also offering discounts for the opening night of the G1 Climax 36 tournament this weekend in Chicago. Use the code G1CHICAGO.
- PWInsider spoke to Dark Side of the Ring creator and producer Evan Husney ahead of the season seven premiere tonight on Vice.
- Jeff Jarrett was on Good Day NY to talk about the premiere, which will start with the first two parts of a three-part documentary on TNA.
- Mad Dog Connelly has dates open.
- Effy’s promo ahead of his match against Fred Rosser at PRODUCE: Volume 2 on July 16.
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.