Daily Update: Triple H, Charlotte Flair, Mustafa Ali
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- Logan & Jake Paul to star in reality show on Max
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- Stephanie McMahon to host WWE interview show for ESPN+
- Seth Rollins has sports media ambitions after WWE career
- Dark Side of the Ring reveals episode topics for season six
- WWE 2K mobile game to be released by Netflix Games
- Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling announces Toronto debut at historic venue
- Danhausen believes his marketability should ‘translate into television time’
- Powerhouse Hobbs has legitimate injury, planned AEW Collision match postponed
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- January 27, 2025 Observer Newsletter: AEW inconsistency issues, WWE SNME preview, TNA Genesis & GCW reviews
Among the topics covered:
- What are the issues with AEW and what can be done to fix some of them easily
- A look at Wednesday’s show and the different issues regarding the big picture
- Why WWE doesn’t get hurt when it does the same things listed as mistakes when AEW does them
- Where AEW actually stands in television
- Preview of Saturday Night’s Main Event, Royal Rumble and business notes
- UFC 311 coverage of the show changed at the last minute
- A look at TNA’s Genesis PPV, its relationship with WWE and its first live TV shoot
- Game Changer Wrestling returns to the Hammerstein
- What happened with PCO and why
- 2024 Awards ballot
- The most detailed look at the ratings over the past week including Raw on Netflix
- New CMLL marketing gimmick
- Stardom comes up with new booking concept and debuts it this past week
- Dragon Gate comes to the U.S.
- Japanese promotions try to present united front
- Notes on first live TNA TV show in eight years
- Britt Baker update
- Ricky Starks update
- Grand Slam Australia update
- Notes on new AEW dates
- Major issue long-term for AEW younger talents
- Advanced ticket sales for upcoming WWE & AEW shows
- International TV ratings and streaming numbers
- More on Dana White and boxing
- Chris Weidman retires
- Craig Piligian announced for UFC Hall of Fame
- One of the most popular fighters from 15 year ago cut by UFC
- Lots more on WrestleMania
- Corey Graves update
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Thursday Update
WWE
- WWE uploaded a vlog with The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels surprising Paul “Triple H” Levesque with the news of his WWE Hall of Fame induction.
- Levesque tweeted:
- Been trying to come up with a way to say ‘Thank You’ for the immense honor announced yesterday.
- I have had the incredible pleasure of a 30+ year [career] of creating memories and moments…meeting life-long friends (which I’m rethinking both @Undertaker & @ShawnMichaels right now) and of course, the most incredible wife and mother @StephMcMahon.
- …and the opportunity to entertain the best fans in the world.
- Thank you to everyone who has reached out, I appreciate the kind words and well-wishes.
- WWE Shop has released a new “Top Girl” T-shirt for Charlotte Flair ahead of her return at the Royal Rumble this Saturday.
- WrestleVotes reported about Charlotte:
- With Charlotte Flair set to return this weekend, a source says her presentation will fully embrace her Flair family legacy with a ‘Top Girl’ attitude and ‘flare’ to her character. There’s also talk of championship gold coming her way sooner rather than later.
- Goldberg said on his CarCast podcast that he’ll be undergoing stem cell therapy as part of the preparation for his retirement match that’s happening in WWE later this year. Neither a date nor an opponent for the match have been announced yet.
- WWE uploaded a 29-minute interview with Jackie Redmond speaking with CM Punk ahead of the Royal Rumble.
- Punk and Rhea Ripley represented WWE at a Netflix 2025 preview event that also featured Tina Fey, John Mulaney, Ben Affleck, and Matt & Ross Duffer.
- Redmond posted a video asking WWE wrestlers which surprise entrants they would like to see in the Royal Rumble.
- Nia Jax appeared on this week’s edition of No-Contest Wrestling.
- Paul Heyman was a guest on Sports Media with Richard Deitsch.
- Undisputed and the New York Post also have interviews with Heyman.
- Rapper Killer Mike tweeted that attending NXT in Atlanta this week felt like going to an old NWA show.
- Entertainment Tonight did a brief segment covering the injury JD McDonagh suffered on Raw this week.
- Liv Morgan, Bayley, Nia Jax, Bianca Belair, and more rewatched the 2024 women’s Royal Rumble match for a WWE Playback video.
- Belair and Montez Ford attended last night’s Indiana Pacers game for WWE Night.
Other Wrestling
- With 90 days having passed since she was released from her WWE contract, Nixon Newell (the former Tegan Nox) posted that she is now officially a free agent. She is taking bookings at [email protected]. Indi Hartwell is also now entering free agency after being released on the same day as Newell. Hartwell’s first post-WWE appearance will be at WrestleCon’s convention in Indianapolis this Saturday.
- Mustafa Ali, who has signed with TNA Wrestling, told The Takedown he fully believes that he could be the face of a company:
- I fully believe that Mustafa Ali could be the face of a company, could be the World Champion of a company. You could sit me down with any sponsor, with any publication, with any TV show. And I dress like a star. I’m in the best shape of my life. I’m mentally, physically healthy. You’re not going to hear anything bad about me in the news. I’m not getting arrested. I’m not failing a drug test. I’m the epitome of a professional.
- Penelope Ford was the guest on AEW Unrestricted this week.
- Ricky Starks is facing Aaron Solo for Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling in Buford, Georgia on Saturday, February 15.
- ESPN published a feature story on The Wrestling Club, which is led by English teacher Victor Taylor Perry at KIPP AMP Middle School in Brooklyn.
- Ring The Belle has an interview with Gisele Shaw.
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.