Daily Update: Danhausen, The Rock, Callum Newman
Daily Update
Latest News
- TNA Impact viewers, 18-49 demo down from prior week
- WWE Raw on Netflix global views rebound from record low
- WWE Evolve wrestler departs company
- Bryan Alvarez’s WWE Raw report for subscribers
- Simone Johnson addresses her WWE departure and future
- Tessa Blanchard granted release from TNA Wrestling
- Tasha Steelz explains decision to re-sign with TNA
- TNA Wrestling re-signs former Knockouts World Champion
- FBI says it stopped ‘planned attacks’ on UFC White House event
- Will Ospreay responds to debate on NJPW direction & AEW partnership
Latest Audio
- WOL: King of the Ring, RAW, Liv’s stalker, FBI and the UFC show
- WOR: Dominion, G-1 tournament, King of the Ring, RAW, UFC fallout
Latest YouTube Video
This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- June 15, 2026 Observer Newsletter: Major Janel Grant & WWE shareholder lawsuit developments, UFC descends upon the White House
Among the topics covered:
- The story behind the settlement of the shareholders lawsuit against Vince McMahon and the WWE Board
- Janel Grant’s lawyers agree to go to arbitration in lawsuit against WWE and McMahon
- The whys behind all of this happening
- What we have learned in these cases about WWE’s deal with Ari Emanuel
- Arguments in wrestling that Paul Levesque was not responsible for the boom period
- The reversal of the WWE decline and stopping the AEW ascent
- The first time Dynamite beat Raw in total viewers during the same week not even including MAX numbers
- The McMahon fake resignation story
- The content of the letters from a still unknown person that led to the end of McMahon in WWE and Endeavor taking over
- Grant comments on the letters
- What the letters seem to indicate
- Nick Khan talks about his thoughts when the company got those letters
- Michelle McKenna talks who should thought contacted the Wall Street Journal while others say differently
- Frank Riddick talks his reaction to the letters
- The time frame and ramification of the sale
- McMahon’s side responds to the settlement
- Why Nick Khan’s reputation was hurt based on evidence
- Why the judge was likely to side against McMahon
- A look at the politics of UFC at the White House.
- Realities of White House show vs. Rousey/Carano
- Biggest UFC number to date on Paramount
- Insanity of comparison with the Super Bowl audience
- A look at the show itself
- The court fight to try and get the show stopped
- New York Times story on Conor McGregor’s alleged PED usage and how that led to the downfall of UFC drug testing with USADA
- A look at the big shows in two weeks, Night of Champions, Forbidden Door, Great American Bash and Slammiversary, with lineups, and business notes
- The most detailed look at the ratings and there was a ton of news between record low for Raw and high mark for Collision
- Ticket notes for the big shows in August and September in Mexico City
- Mistico returns and Komander week in CMLL
- Big shows coming up with CMLL
- AAA TripleMania notes
- Notes on NJPW Dominion and end of the Super Juniors tournament
- Another gold medalist signs with RAF
- Advance ticket sales for WWE an dAEW shows
- Movie being prepared for UK wrestling star of the past
- New promotional concept for pro wrestling being tired with some big names involved
- Update on new AEW streaming ventures and MyAEW
- Dustin Rhodes talks about his return
- Omega talks anniversary of legendary match
- Carano vs. Rousey hits more high-water marks
- Why big WWE shows changed dates
- What is next for Punk
- WWE star being talked of for doing shoot bouts
- Rey Mystrerio talks daughter becoming a wrestler
This Week’s Back Issue
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Tuesday Update
WWE
- In a digital exclusive, Danhausen rejected Dominik Mysterio’s attempts to get Oba Femi cursed prior to their Raw match.
- Bayley and Lyra Valkyria in another digital exclusive talk about their Women’s Tag Team title match that will take place on next week’s Raw.
- Members of the New York Knicks basketball team including Jalen Brunson and Karl Towns briefly discussed Danhausen’s influence on their win.
- WMAR 2 in Baltimore has a story of a mom’s viral TikTok video getting The Rock’s attention, who ended up inviting her family to the premiere of the live-action Moana movie.
- Jelly Roll and wife Bunnie XO have filed for divorce, according to TMZ.
- WWE Vault content from the last couple of days has The Rock meeting Brock Lesnar in an off-air moment from the June 17, 2002 episode of Raw, Hulk Hogan vs. Kurt Angle from the 2002 King of the Ring, Mark Henry vs. Rusev from Night of Champions 2014, and the entire 1996 King of the Ring tournament.
AEW & Other Wrestling
- A special episode of Ring of Honor airs tonight at 8 pm ET.
- Ahead of her match against Mercedes Mone on Dynamite, Hazuki wrote on social media: “Tournament semi-finals. This is my third match against Mone, and I’ve never managed to beat her. I’m going to win here and advance to the finals!! World-class Hazuki is still unstoppable!”
- Hangman Page has resurfaced on social media after his loss at AEW Revolution.
- A Kickstarter has launched for a new horror short called ‘The Stutterer.’ Ace Austin and Red Velvet are listed as cast members.
- This week’s Sammy Guevara vlog.
- TNA is partnering with K&M All Star Sports and Romo Performance, with the partnerships officially starting at Slammiversary on June 28.
- Callum Newman confirmed his shoulder injury in a social media post, writing: “Shoulder is f***** thanks yota. Top tier reporting. I won’t disclose my injury just that it’s f*****. Make way, kiss the crown and leave me alone.”
- Jimmy Rave will be inducted into the Scenic City Hall of Fame on July 18.
- Chaz Warrington, aka Headbanger Mosh, has released an autobiography detailing his thyroid cancer diagnosis.
- Braun Strowman tries out Yankees Stadium food.
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.