Daily Update: Masha Slamovich, Tiffany Stratton, Gail Kim
Daily Update
Latest News
- ESPN head says they previously tried to get WWE Raw, SmackDown & archive rights
- Jazmyn Nyx: WWE contract offer ‘wasn’t going to cut it for me financially’
- Update on future of AEW Tailgate brawl pre-shows
- Tony Khan: I have ‘a lot of respect’ for what MJF did at CMLL Aniversario & AEW All Out
- Tiffany Stratton provides injury update after missing NXT Homecoming
- AEW wrestler Anthony Ogogo set for Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport match
- John Cena Sr. says he’s disappointed with handling of son’s WWE heel turn
- Myles Borne congratulates girlfriend Stephanie Vaquer on WWE title win
- AEW Collision ratings down for All Out pre-show
- Report: NXT wrestler leaving WWE after contract expires
Latest Audio
- WOL: Masha Slamovich, Jazmyn, blah NXT, more!
- B&V: Mid-South finale S6:E42 with HBK DEBUT, plus Granny!
- DragonKingKarl: WCW in 1992 was a real mess
- BVV: TNA Impact recap with Nemeths vs. Hardys tag title match
Latest YouTube Video
This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- A look at the build and the importance of Wrestlepalooza and All Out. We look at the shows and the stories behind the shows as well as what to look at as well as comments from ESPN execs on WWE, debuts of new services and other hilarious notes.
- Betting odds for both shows
- WrestleMania in Saudi Arabia, the fallout of the announcement, will AEW counter, should AEW counter, and what affect the going to Saudi Arabia in 2027 has already had for WrestleMania in 2026.
- Terrence Crawford vs. Canelo Alvarez as TKO gets into boxing, what can be improved on judging, real numbers as well as made up numbers and realities the night shows about sports in general
- A look at the CMLL anniversary show and its stories
- Full coverage of Worlds Collide
- Andrade fired by WWE, a look back at his career
- The most detailed look at the ratings for all the wrestling TV shows this past week, including Netflix numbers and what they mean in reality, segment by segment and what we can learn, competition, and much more.
- Brody King & Bandido go to Arena Mexico as AEW tag team champions but it doesn’t go right.
- CMLL has two Arena Mexico crowds of 16,000 over the next week and a third big show as well
- The unique Thursday show.
- CMLL featuring women more prominently next month and Mercedes Mone returns
- Surprise on AAA television this past week
- Actress has just started training to be a pro wrestler after playing the role of one
- All Japan completes Oudou tournament
- NOAH N-1 tournament
- Unique NJPW PPV main event
- US team at the world championships
- FTC investigating Ticketmaster for for price gouging
- Notes on the deaths of Tom Gerbasi and Nacho Barrera
- Former wrestling personality injured in accident
- First black world champion being honored
- Why Conor McGregor pulled out of the race for President of Ireland.
- TKO plans for 2026
- More on Turki Alalshikh
- Death of Ricky Hatton
- Gable Steveson accuses Craig Jones of trying to fix a fight
- Boxer sues over brain injuries
- Paul Levesque talks talent recruitment
- Lots of injury updates
This Week’s Back Issue
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Wednesday Update
WWE
- WWE uploaded the full Oba Femi vs. Trick Williams title vs. title main event from NXT, which ended without a definitive winner as the TNA roster invaded.
- In an interview with Undisputed, Jordynne Grace discussed her WWE goals:
- I feel like I’ve had an entire career already, but now that I’m in WWE, I’m just getting started. I’d love to main event WrestleMania. That’s the ultimate goal for every wrestler.
- I also want to maximize my time in NXT. I want to circle back and finally win the NXT women’s championship, and I want to learn as much as I possibly can from Shawn Michaels.
- NXT wrestler Adriana Rizzo, who is out of action with a torn ACL and meniscus, noted that she is expecting to make her return in spring 2026.
- Booker T & Brad Gilmore spoke with Trick Williams on their Hall of Fame podcast.
- Good Karma Wrestling interviewed Jacy Jayne.
- Going Ringside asked Tiffany Stratton about WrestleMania 43 being held in Saudi Arabia:
- I’m excited. The last time we were there, I believe, we went on this little safari adventure. And I hope we get to do that again because that was super fun. But I think Bianca [Belair] mentioned women are making history over there, and I can’t wait to be a part of that myself. So I’m super excited, and I can’t wait.
- WWE Evolve authority figure Stevie Turner hyped that she will be making a big announcement on tonight’s episode: “I feel like it’s time to shake it up a bit so I’m gonna make a HISTORY MAKING announcement Tonight on #WWEEvolve!”
- A new episode of Undertaker & Michelle McCool’s Six Feet Under podcast premiered today with them reacting to fan comments.
- The Miz was a guest on No-Contest Wrestling.
Other Wrestling
- Metroplex Wrestling (which is based in Texas and run by ROH Women’s World Champion Athena) announced that Masha Slamovich will no longer be appearing at their October 25 event following the domestic violence allegations that have been made against her.
- Kris Statlander vs. Maya World vs. Londyn Dior has been announced for the October 25 Metroplex Wrestling event, which is an all-women’s show titled “Who Runs the World? II”
- Slamovich is also no longer set for Top Talent Wrestling’s show in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada this Sunday (September 28).
- Gail Kim tweeted that, when she was in TNA, she once pitched Scott D’Amore the idea of her facing Mercedes Mone when Mone was still a free agent: “I pitched it once to Scott when she was available but never came to be….”
- Lacey Lane (former WWE wrestler Kayden Carter) is making her ROH debut on this Thursday’s episode, challenging Mina Shirakawa for the interim Women’s TV Championship.
- CMLL wrestler Zandokan Jr. is out of action with a knee injury.
- The TV taping portion of MLW’s Slaughterhouse event in Long Beach, California on October 4 will feature Blue Panther defending the MLW National Openweight Championship against Atlantis and Rugido in a three-way match.
- Jushin Thunder Liger will be doing a meet and greet at West Coast Pro’s How The West Was Won event in San Francisco on November 1.
- So Cal Val interviewed Parker Boudreaux for WrestlingNewsCo.