Daily Update: Paramount-WBD merger lawsuit, Paul Heyman, Trey Miguel
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Latest News
- Keith Lee update amid long AEW absence
- CM Punk return episode of WWE Raw does best viewership in six weeks
- Tiffany Stratton praises ‘drama-free’ WWE women’s locker room
- Buddy Matthews hints at being cleared for AEW return
- Will Ospreay ‘real passionate’ about helping women’s wrestling in non-AEW role
- CM Punk in AEW: Part 5 – The MJF feud begins in late 2021 | Column
- Chris Jericho wants career to be remembered ‘like a great rock and roll band’
- Mia Yim confirms divorce from Keith Lee
- Sammy Guevara addresses infrequent AEW TV appearances
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- WOL: Keith Lee, house show injuries, RAW report, AEW and WWE ticket sales
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- July 13, 2026 Observer Newsletter: Kenny Omega & CM Punk win World titles, Conor McGregor returns to UFC, Tiger Mask retires
Among the topics covered:
- How with CM Punk and Kenny Omega title wins affect upcoming shows
- A look at big shows with WWE & AEW with very little announced and only a few weeks to go
- Updates on ticket sales to SummerSlam, All In, Redemption and more
- The story of Conor McGregor, going through the drug testing issues, an amazing thing that seemed to come up, double and triple standards, the sexual assault cases and UFC covering up so much of his news. We go through a lot of fairness issues in UFC that others may not fully understand or won’t touch
- We look at tomorrow’s UFC show
- Sheamus leaves WWE, a look back at his run and where he goes next
- Tiger Mask IV retires, and it’s all about the original Tiger Mask and the golden age
- Notes on the ceremony
- Dark Side of the Ring and TNA history, a look back and what was and wasn’t overed from the start of the promotion and the twists and turns
- Tomoaki Honma announces retirement
- The most complete look at the TV ratings for all the wrestling, boxing and MMA shows, details about who watched, the World Cup kills wrestling and more.
- Wrestler leves promotion after 33 years
- This week’s CMLL records being broken
- Is CMLL overextending itself with the number of live events
- World Grand Prix lineups
- Vikingo update
- AAA YouTube numbers
- G-1 Climax first day notes
- Notes on New Japan’s big show of the week in Japan
- Ticket sales for all the major pro wrestling events in the U.S. for the next two months
- Most watched YouTube segments for WWE and AEW
- Notes from recent wrestler interviews
- More notes from depositions reveal what the Board of Directors knew about Vince McMahon and Janel Grant long before the lawsuit was filed
- Dwayne Johnson plays character based on his grandfather
This Week’s Back Issue
- July 13, 2026 Observer Newsletter: Kenny Omega & CM Punk win World titles, Conor McGregor returns to UFC, Tiger Mask retires
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Tuesday Update
WWE
- Jey Uso will face Jimmy Uso in a Call of Duty game during Fanatics Fest.
- Paul Heyman has co-launched a new video podcast venture called Podrophenia with radio host Elvis Duran.
- Damian Priest will be part of WWE Night at TD Ballpark on July 28. They will be welcomed by the Somerset Patriots, the New York Yankees’ Double-A affiliate.
- WWE has uploaded Keanu Carver’s theme to YouTube.
- WWE ID talent has been announced for the upcoming Reality of Wrestling ID Showcase on August 7.
- Bron Breakker reps his cousin Brock Rechsteiner’s jersey for the New Orleans Saints.
- Seth Rollins will be featured on the new season of ESPN’s ‘My Wish.’
- Recent WWE Vault additions include a compilation of found CM Punk footage, Braun Strowman vs. Bray Wyatt in a Falls Count Anywhere match from SummerSlam 2020, Chris Jericho vs. Batista from Vengeance 2004, and a compilation of WWE matches at Madison Square Garden from 1986.
AEW & Other Wrestling
- A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for 10 am PT on Friday over an emergency request from 12 states that seek to block the Paramount/WBD merger. The states are looking to file a TRO preventing the merger from going through.
- The presale code for ROH’s Death Before Dishonor event on August 21 is INS6ROH.
- Kevin Knight and Mara Sade stopped by Nubian Bookstore in Atlanta.
- Trey Miguel shared a letter from his doctor on social media clearing him for an in-ring return.
- Leon Slater & Ricky Sosa will face The System on the July 30 Impact tapings.
- Slater will face Michael Oku for the Undisputed British Heavyweight title at RevPro’s Summer Sizzler event on July 18.
- Sean Ross Sapp talked to Bobby Steveson (Damon Kemp in WWE) about life following his departure.
- Stu Grayson will face Jonathan Gresham in a Interim Canadian Championship match on the debut episode of MLP Mayhem on July 15.
Bryan Rose
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.