Daily Update: NXT opening video, Bloodsport, Mercedes Mone
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Latest News
- Jacob Fatu resolved payment issue with non-profit organization in June
- AEW Collision viewership up, 18-49 demo rating steady
- El Hijo Del Vikingo pulled from AAA Guerra de Titanes, replacement announced
- WWE ID recruit to be revealed at Reality of Wrestling event
- WWE to celebrate New Day’s 10th anniversary with special Raw episode
- Ricochet felt like he was ‘starting over’ in WWE, signing with AEW ‘felt right’
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Updates on Chris Bey and El Hijo del Vikingo
- Preview of Crown Jewel
- Lots of notes on 2025 WrestleMania
- WWE tie-in with some wrestling schools and what does it mean
- Changes in TKO as a company
- More on Samantha Irvin leaving WWE
- Sports star ways he wants to do pro wrestling after he retires
- Preview of Full Gear
- Crown Jewel favorites
- Updated Bad Blood and WrestleDream PPV numbers and the most shocking thing about the Bad Blood number.
- Why the ringboys lawsuit was filed in Baltimore this year
- A star from the 80s and 90s talks about the ring boys lawsuit
- NXT Halloween Havoc coverage
- UFC 308 coverage, fighter of he year thoughts, what’s next for the winners
- Previewing Wednesday’s AEW & NXT going head-to-head, what are the key things to look out for
- TNA Bound for Glory coverage
- The weekly placing of the pro wrestling shows on cable
- Competition, demos, where NXT was way down this week and where AEW is right now
- Looking at how the segments did for the major shows
- The longest reigning world champion of a major promotion of the modern era gives up his title
- Women’s Grand Prix tournament
- New Japan Super Junior tag tournament notes
- Fantastica Mania 2025 notes
- Kota Ibushi issues with DDT
- Two pro wrestlers and MMA star entering amateur wrestling Hall of Fame
- Anthony Robles movie out soon
- TNA TV tapings notes
- What interview actually secretly had the biggest AEW news in it
- More on Young Bucks taking time off and dropping the titles
- Jericho tries to get Hall of Famer to come out of retirement
- Kenny Omega talking about a return
- Ticket sales for upcoming WWE & AEW shows
- International TV ratings Netflix ratings notes, streaming numbers
- Merch numbers
- Dana White wants to do rankings a new way
- Former UFC champion retires at the end of this year and turns down January fight
This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter Back Issue
Tuesday Update
WWE
- WWE shared the ECW-inspired opening video that will air on tomorrow night’s NXT, which is taking place from the former ECW Arena in Philadelphia.
- NXT commentator Vic Joseph expressed his excitement for tomorrow’s show: “The first historic wrestling venue I ever worked at [as an indie broadcaster] was the @2300Arena it holds a special [place] in my heart – EXTREME-ly excited for #WWENXT tomorrow night on @TheCW!”
- Bo Dallas told Collider that he feels like he’s keeping Bray Wyatt’s spirit alive with the Wyatt Sicks:
- It’s been an absolutely insane year. Me and Windham had big plans when we got together, and we had a lot we were going to do. I thought that was all taken away, but through a lot of sequence of events, it’s like he’s still here with me. I always have something on that’s directly his, whether it’s his shoes, a pair of his socks, a glove—like he’s with me in every bit of this. I couldn’t do this if it wasn’t something I knew he would love. And I’m loving it too—it’s keeping him alive in my heart, in my life.
- At the end of his latest vlog, Johnny Gargano paid tribute to Indi Hartwell following her WWE release, writing: “You’ll always be family. We [heart] you, Indi Wrestling.”
- Casual Conversations with The Classic interviewed Damian Priest, who said he would love it if WWE allowed him and Rhea Ripley to team together and go after Tag Team gold:
- That would be a game-changer for sure, if we were allowed to do that. For Rhea and I to win titles together? That would be very meaningful. We’ve talked about it. At the least, maybe they should bring back the Mixed Match Challenge thing and create a title for it.
- While speaking with LandonBuford.com, Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton teased that he might be in attendance for Royal Rumble 2025 in Indianapolis: “We do play that day. We might see it. I can’t tell you everything… Yeah, you might see me at the Rumble.”
- NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez turns 23 years old today.
- Seth Rollins was a guest on The Pivot Podcast.
- Omos was interviewed on The Undertaker’s Six Feet Under podcast.
- With a new introduction from Steve Blackman, WWE Vault uploaded Blackman vs. Shane McMahon from SummerSlam 2000.
AEW/Other Wrestling
- In an interview with the Battleground Podcast, Mercedes Mone said she thinks there is enough talent in the AEW women’s division if the promotion ever wanted to have a weekly all-women’s show:
- Wow, a weekly show, absolutely. I mean, we have the talent, so why not? All Elite Women’s Wrestling – there you go. We have the best women’s wrestling. From Willow, Mariah May, Toni Storm, Serena Deeb, Kris Statlander, Kamille – there is definitely an opportunity to have an all-women’s show every single week. So I don’t see why not.
- Tokyo Sports spoke with Kenny Omega.
- Isiah Kassidy uploaded a vlog recapping his summer and Private Party’s AEW Tag Team title win.
- Masha Slamovich vs. Lei Ying Lee (former WWE wrestler Xia Li) has been announced for Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XII in Jersey City, New Jersey on Sunday, November 24.
- The Andersons (Brock Anderson & CW Anderson) will be in action on the TV taping portion of MLW’s event in Cicero, Illinois this Saturday. Their opponents have not been announced.
- Marko Stunt – who has announced his retirement from in-ring competition – was a guest on Love Wrestling.
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.