Daily Update: Netflix & WBD, Jake Doyle, Maple Leaf Pro
Daily Update
Latest News
- TNA Impact AMC premiere ratings revealed
- Maria Kanellis, Mike Bennett announce birth of third child
- Seth Rollins explains why he hates WWE ladder matches, Royal Rumbles
- WWE Raw January 12 episode misses Netflix global top ten, quarterly earnings news
- MJF takes shot at WWE over not pushing young talent
- Naomi addresses she & Sasha Banks’ 2022 walkout on ‘WWE: Unreal’
- ‘WWE: Unreal’ delves into R-Truth re-signing, return & creative disagreements
Latest Audio
- WOL: Reality of WWE Unreal, Je’Von and Bryan head injuries, RAW
- WOR: AJ’s career, RAW report, Trey Miguel, Je’Von Evans
Latest YouTube Video
This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- January 19, 2026 Observer Newsletter: WrestleMania 42 card changes, WWE & AEW roster movement, CMLL vs. AAA weekend
*The changes in the WrestleMania plans, the Drew McIntyre title win, Roman Reigns return and the whys.
*WWE getting Will Hobbs while AEW signs a slew of new talent as well. A look at each case-by-case.
*Notes on the big weekend coming to Mexico City
*Kayla Harrison injury and what is the future for the biggest women’s fight in years
*Win-loss records and total bouts for all top WWE/NXT talent in 2025
*WWE Iron Man winner from 1984-2025
*What cutting back on the schedule has taught us about injuries
*Who gets protected in booking and who doesn’t
*The problem with the current schedule and development of young talent
*A star who has been around through various eras talks timing and injuries and best schedule
*A look at TNA’s debut on AMC, what went right and wrong
*When did wrestling start being a work. Studying of history shows it’s a lot earlier than you would think
*Odds for WWE matches upcoming
*The most detailed look at the ratings of all the pro wrestling shows this past week, as well as comparisons with the past and a look at the level of declines and why
*What wrestler has already main evented 12 sold out shows in 2026
*One woman wrestler announces retirement and another retires
*Kazuchika Okada in Japan
*Most watched New Japan World matches of 2025
*Ted DiBiase Jr. on trial
*Death of Rick Link, from fan clubs to main events
*Jesse Ventura speaks about the current political environment
*The greatest wrestler in the world signs with Eric Bischoff’s promotionT
*Tons of major independent shows coming
*AEW gets TV in new market
*Ticket sales for upcoming WWE, AEW and TNA events
*Most viewed YouTube videos from AEW and WWE
*Tag team returning to AEW
*Dana White shuts down talk of major match
*A new lawsuit filed against WWE
*Notes on the recent WWE tryout
*Notes on all the WWE arena shows this past week.
This Week’s Back Issue
- April 14, 2008 Observer Newsletter: Affliction MMA makes a big move, Hackenschmidt vs. Gotch turns 100
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Tuesday Update
WWE
- WWE is advertising Hoosiers Legacy title belts following the University of Indiana’s win on Monday.
- VGA, an interactive enterainment company in Australia has announced a multi-year partnership with WWE.
- Recent WWE Vault additions include Test’s first entrance video, a compilation of every entrant in the 2000 Royal Rumble, Kurt Angle vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin from the January 8, 2001 episode of Raw, a compilation of ‘must-see matches’ under five minutes, and Goldberg vs. Scott Steiner vs. Test from the January 19, 2004 episode of Raw.
- Over on WWE’s WCW channel, they have added Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair & The Giant from Clash of the Champions XXXII, the May 31, 1999 edition of WCW Nitro featuring Sting vs. Rick Steiner, and Clash of the Champions 18 featuring Steve Austin & Rick Rude vs. Sting & Ricky Steamboat.
AEW & Other Wrestling
- Netflix has changed their bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, amending it to an all-cash transaction.
- While promoting a match against Danhausen for February 20 in Michigan, Jake Doyle wrote on social media that he has two more shows left as Jake Something.
- Maple Leaf Pro announced that they have signed a broadcast partnership with Fight Nation. Starting in February, their events will be broadcast on the channel.
- Flip Gordon returns to action this Friday for CMLL.
- 2 Cold Scorpio’s trial for first degree assault and armed criminal action is slated to start on January 26.
- PWInsider is reporting that the former Muhammad Hassan, Mark Copani, is writing a book that is slated for release in October.
- GCW announced that El Phantasmo will be making his debut in February.
- Jonathan Gresham will face Adam Priest in the first round of the Jersey J-Cup.
- TNA has revealed on-sale pre-sale plans for upcoming events in Nashville, Atlanta, and New Orleans. General sale starts this coming Monday, January 26.
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.