Daily Update: Netflix price increases, Roman Reigns, WWE NXT
Daily Update
Latest News
- MJF vs. Nic Nemeth announced for indie show
- Updated WWE SmackDown preview for March 27
- The Rock to be honored as Disney Legend
- MJF to Nic Nemeth: ‘You know where to find me’
- Report: Madison Square Garden to host upcoming WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event
- Andrade El Idolo addresses WWE wrestler using his signature move
- Report: WWE optimistic Chelsea Green could be cleared ‘sooner than later’
- Netflix executive teases more WWE crossovers
- Skye Blue says she ‘would love to step up’ during Toni Storm’s AEW absence
- Former WWE LFG wrestler lands role in Banana Ball
- ‘Kill Tony: WrestleMania’ special to air on Netflix
Latest Audio
- WOL: Kyle Fletcher’s bad day, Ospreay’s Wembley opponent, Dynamite
- WOR: Rousey, Dynamite and NXT, Ali Act, and more!
- AD: Damion Moore talks West Memphis Three, Satanic Panic, Bigfoot, more!
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- March 23, 2026 Observer Newsletter: AEW Revolution review & ratings, WrestleMania card updates, Tony Khan’s WWE bid
Among the topics covered:
- Full coverage of AEW Revolution, keys to the show, the returns and surprises, poll results and other business notes, thoughts on the matches
- Notes on Tony Khan’s attempt to buy WWE in 2023 that came out this week
- Updates on WrestleMania with confirmed matches, matches not announced but are on the schedule, the 31.6% off ticket sale, comparisons of demand for tickets with last year, potential matches and more on how matches were changed, as well as Steve Austin talks
- AAA Rey de Reyes update, a look at the promotion and how it differs from WWE and CMLL and what comes next
- A look at what happened in the ring when referee Dallas Edwards suffered a medical emergency in the ring during a match and the response issues
- The most detailed look at the ratings for all the major television and streaming shows of WWE, AEW and TNA, demos, comparisons, competition numbers and placings
- Claudio Castagnoli draws his first Arena Mexico sellout as CMLL world champion
- Notes on the other major shows of the week in Mexico
- Stardom Cinderella tournament finals and the top matches for the company’s biggest show of the year
- Champion Carnival blocks
- New Japan Cup notes
- Manami Toyuota and never going to WWE and would it have mattered
- Sareee talks her WWE stint
- Kendo Kashin on Tadao Yasuda
- 45th anniversary of the Tiger Mask debut and the best woman wrestler in the world at that time is still holding a championship today
- NCAA wrestling tournament notes
- Ted DiBiase Jr. trial notes
- Ticket sales for upcoming WWE, AEW, TNA, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Rousey vs. Carano and more shows
- Mistico sells out San Jose three weeks in advance and thoughts on the show
- Former WWE champion in boxing match
- Ricochet, Gates of Agony and Mercedes Mone in Europe
- TNA new business deal
- Ricochet Twitter controversy
- Former AEW and WWE champion appears this weekend on one of the most-watched TV shows
- AEW contract notes
- Zuffa makes choice not to accept a commission regulation and will do it themselves
- Gina Carano talks about how UFC tried to stop the Carano vs. Cyborg fight from happening
- WWE in Saudi Arabia thoughts
- WWE’s deal with Front Office Sports and some thoughts
- Davey Coates, WWE tour manager, passed away
This Week’s Back Issue
- June 2, 2008 Observer Newsletter: Mark Coleman out of Brock Lesnar UFC fight, WWE Q1 business notes, Frank Shamrock feature
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Thursday Update
WWE
- Roman Reigns is appearing on “The Tonight Show” tonight, with Chris Pratt & Charlie Day and Ariana DeBose set to be the other guest. BTS are the musical act.
- Netflix, the broadcast home of WWE Raw, has raised its prices on all three tiers in the United States:
- The ad-supported tier is now $8.99 per month (previously $7.99)
- The standard plan without ads is now $19.99 per month (previously $17.99)
- The premium plan with ultra HD is now $26.99 (previously $24.99)
- The June 9 episode of WWE NXT will take place on the road from the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts. Tickets are going on sale this Friday.
- NXT referee Adrian Butler (Darryl Sharma) thanked Ricky Morton for spending time with the refs while guest coaching at the Performance Center this week:
- Thank you @RealRickyMorton for coming back for a great week with us. Thanks for the amazingly kind words and spending time with the #WWENXT referees!
- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has wrapped up production on the third and final movie in his “Jumanji” franchise, which is set to be released in theaters this Christmas.
- WWE ID wrestler Cappuccino Jones told Opinion City Podcasts that Sean “X-Pac” Waltman and Booker T have been two of his wrestling mentors:
- Let’s be talking about Sean Waltman, X-Pac. He’s like one of my biggest mentors. I’ve learned so much from him. Really, he’s someone who really has taught me to just be myself, be an artist. You know, I’m an artist at heart, I think we all are. Wrestling’s an art form at the end of the day. He’s really good about reminding me that it’s – just be yourself, just be loose out there.
- Booker T as well. I wrestle at Reality of Wrestling quite often. I’ve had so many matches there. And Booker T has so many good – he’s really good at the details. All these guys, Booker T, X-Pac – it’s no accident that they were stars for their whole careers.
- While promoting tomorrow’s SmackDown, Chelsea Green visited the Pittsburgh Steelers’ facility and met up with players Cam Heyward and Joey Porter Jr.
- WWE Vault uploaded a full Madison Square Garden house show from March 19, 1990 featuring Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect, Bret Hart vs. Rick Martel, and more.
Other Wrestling
- Referee Aubrey Edwards made an Instagram post reacting to the end of AEW’s Unrestricted podcast:
- Today we released the last episode of the AEW Unrestricted podcast. I’ve been crying on and off about it for a few weeks, but I’m smiling listening to it this morning. It’s incredibly bittersweet, as I’m not going anywhere – this is just an end to one of the few projects I work on at AEW. Now I get those precious few hours back every week to put into being the best referee I can be.
- On this episode I tell the story of how I accidentally became a podcast host for 7 years. It’s never something I expected, but I’m thankful for [Tony Schiavone] for picking me to be his cohost.
- Thank you to [Alex Abrahantes] for filling in sooooooo many times at the last minute when Schiavone’s plate was overflowing.
- Thank you to [Will Washington] for becoming the second full time host when Tony’s plate got too full. You’ve become one of my closest friends in the process.
- Thank you to our wonderful producer Stacie. She was behind the scenes, involved in all 316 episodes. This podcast would not have happened without the glue and magic that was Stacie.
- Thanks of course to @aew and @tonyrkhan for giving us a platform to tell stories.
- Thank YOU so much for listening to AEW Unrestricted
- Wardlow will be going by the name “Fang” in Amazon Prime Video’s “American Gladiators” revival.
- Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows appeared on a new episode of TMZ’s Inside the Ring podcast.
- ECW legend Shane Douglas was interviewed by Going Ringside.
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.