Daily Update: Kevin Owens, Becky Lynch, WWE NXT notes
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Among the topics covered:
- Full coverage of Survivor Series, the show, the business (one record and one surprise) and the future direction.
- Why the ring boys lawsuit has been put on hold, why it probably had to be that way and the key question that will decide it.
- A look at Ryan Nemeth’s complaints about AEW and what was going on at the time.
- A look at NXT Deadline, ROH Final Battle and AEW Worlds End with matches, directions and business numbers.
- The most detailed look at the ratings for all the TV shows this past week, with a series of scary bad numbers that people don’t know about and others that they do, and what it stays about television
- Mistico vs. Hechicero, a unique Arena Mexico main event that worked, what it was and why
- More on AEW stars going to Arena Mexico.
- Updates on Konnan and El Hijo del Vikingo.
- Stardom tag team tournament coverage
- King of Gate tournament coverage
- All Japan tag team tournament coverage
- NOAH sets up its 1/1 show
- New Japan tag team tournament update
- Best U.S. amateur wrestlers that have gone into pro wrestling
- Notes on Jim Londos ahead of his biography release
- TNA looking big when it comes to shows next year
- Turning Point coverage
- AEW upcoming show notes
- Next major rights negotiations going on in 2025
- Conor McGregor liable for more money in latest case, plus more backlash against him
- January UFC card announced
- Two of PFL/Bellator’s champions ask for their release
- 2024 PFL tournament of champions
- More on the MMA death in Alberta
- Giant numbers for boxing match upcoming
- Major changes for Raw & SmackDown in 2025
- Dwayne Johnson has huge success outside of wrestling
- What percentage of UFC, AEW and WWE revenue comes from television
- International TV ratings
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Wednesday Update
WWE
- While speaking with Collider, Kevin Owens discussed the goals he still has left for his career:
- I’d love to be World Champion again. I’d love to main event WrestleMania night two, since I’ve done night one already. I’d love to have a match with Rey Mysterio. But if my career ends tomorrow, I’d still be happy with what I’ve done.
- Owens told The Takedown that he’s hoping he and Finn Balor both win gold at Saturday Night’s Main Event:
- If you’re asking me what my perfect scenario would be for Saturday night. I want to see Finn Balor win the World Heavyweight Championship. I want to win the WWE title. Just on a personal level for both of us, we’ve been friends since the moment we got to WWE together at the same time. [We’ve gotten] very close. I really do consider him like a brother. I would just love to share that with him.
- WWE produced a 43-minute Retrospective video with Owens looking back at some of his best moments.
- The full Giulia & Kelani Jordan vs. Roxanne Perez & Cora Jade main event from NXT last night can be watched here.
- At the end of the NXT episode, there was an angle where Eddy Thorpe revealed that he faked being attacked last week so he could get a title shot without having to go through the Iron Survivor Challenge. He’s facing Trick Williams for the title on NXT next Tuesday.
- Trick Williams was a guest on Busted Open Radio After Dark.
- Ryan Leaf – the second pick in the 1998 NFL Draft – appeared on NXT last night, taking part in a backstage segment with Lexis King. Leaf is now a college football broadcaster on The CW Network and a mental health advocate.
- Becky Lynch partnered with Magic: The Gathering for a YouTube video where she played Magic for the first time with actor Xolo Mariduena.
- Liv Morgan celebrated reaching 200 days as Women’s World Champion: “200 days as the greatest Women’s World Champion of all time. You’re welcome”
- Going Ringside asked Bayley who her dream opponent would be for WrestleMania 41:
- I would like to probably work with someone in NXT. Roxanne [Perez], because she’s killing it as the NXT Women’s Champion. She’s so smooth. And I’m selfish, you know, I know everybody wants to work with her, but I’m selfish, so I want to get her first Mania match. I think that would be really special. And we’re really tight friends, so I would love that.
- Corey Graves reflected on today being the 10th anniversary of his retirement as an in-ring competitor and his debut as a commentator: “10 years. I still miss it every day. There was no ‘backup plan.’ Not bad for an audible. Thanks to everyone for taking the ride with me. @WWE”
- Grayson Waller joined Sheamus on the latest episode of Celtic Warrior Workouts.
- WWE wished Rey Mysterio a happy 50th birthday.
AEW/Other Wrestling
- Rey Fenix has deleted the tweets where he alluded to receiving “inhumane” treatment from AEW. One post from December 7 still remains where Fenix wrote that he “will have my chance to speak the truth.”
- Renee Paquette interviewed Mariah May on the latest edition of AEW Close Up.
- AEW recapped week two of the Continental Classic.
- Matt Cardona vs. Super Crazy has been announced for GCW’s Take Kare show in Seattle on Saturday, December 28.
- A title vs. hair match will take place at MLW Kings of Colosseum on Saturday, January 11 with Janai Kai defending the Women’s Featherweight Championship against Delmi Exo. The show is being held in North Richland Hills, Texas.
Joseph Currier
Joseph Currier is the lead editor of F4WOnline.com, directing daily news coverage and writing articles on professional wrestling. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, obtaining a journalism degree in 2016. Joseph joined F4W during his time at UMass and has now been writing about the industry for nearly a decade.
In addition to his work with F4W, Joseph has previously contributed to Sports Illustrated's wrestling coverage. He lives in Massachusetts and is a diehard fan of the Boston sports teams and Liverpool Football Club.