Daily Update: WWE NXT notes, Renee Paquette, GCW
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The highlights of the issue:
- The WrestleMania direction
- First WWE show on Netflix
- John Cena, The Rock, Undertaker and more and what things on the show garnered the most interest
- Businessnotes on the show
- Positives, negatives and goals of the show
- How the show did on Netflix and deciphering what the different numbers mean
- How advertising works comparing television vs. streaming
- Hulk Hogan reaction
- Changes on the show
- Run time change
- TKO looking at getting into the boxing business with Saudi Arabia
- Kenny Omega returns for the Tokyo Dome show
- In depth on New Japan business concerns and Bushiroad CEO Takaaki Kidani speaks on a number of issues
- The business of the two Dome shows
- Takaaki Kidani talks about his thoughts about a future WrestleDynasty show
- Zack Sabre Jr. does something unprecedented and a list of all non-Japanese who have won an NJPW Tokyo Dome main event
- The Chris Charlton story in depth
- Did the injury to Douki change the finish?
- Where do Young Bucks rank among most world tag team title reigns in history
- A look at the career of the late Rick “Hangman” Harris/Black Bart
- Who had the most four star matches of 2024 and the most in history
- Who has the most of the top 250 matches of all-time on Cagematch
- Explaining how ratings are changing and how to reevaulate numbers
- How many homes have access to the different services
- Quality of watching on MAX vs. TBS
- Tourist board putting on a major international show
- Another big business week for CMLL
- New Year’s Dash notes
- Notes on the next major New Japan shows
- New Japan bodybuilding contest
- The death of Gilbert Cesca, one of the best technical wrestlers that you never heard of
- Germany has a prime time major celebrity wrestling show featuring Claudio Castagnoli
- Malakai Black news
- Ticket advances for WWE & AEw shows
- Streaming numbers and International TV ratings
- How did TNA debut on SportsNet in Canada
- GFL announces lots of women stars’
- Paul Levesque talks planning WrestleMania and The Rock
- Update on Bill Goldberg
- Nick Khan and Dwayne Johnson stock transactions this week
- How much does WWE help the USA Network
This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter Back Issue
Wednesday Update
WWE
- WWE uploaded full video of the segment where Bayley confronted Roxanne Perez on NXT last night.
- Charlotte Flair was backstage at NXT and posted a photo with Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson.
- Mickie James was also at the Performance Center last night. Karmen Petrovic shared pictures of her and James together.
- After she was shown in the crowd during NXT, WWE posted a video of TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich interacting backstage with Shawn Michaels.
- Slamovich said: “Thank you for having me. I said that I was going to bring this title around the world and find the best people to defend it [against], and so far I like what I see.”
- Michaels responded: “Just know we’re only a phone call away, alright? Congratulations and good luck.”
- Bayley Humphrey, a former acrobat/tumbler for Baylor University who joined WWE after being part of the NIL program, debuted last night in a match taped for the upcoming A&E series WWE LFG (Legends & Future Greats).
- In response to Bad Bunny saying he wants to wrestle one more WWE match, Logan Paul commented: “Then get in the ring with me”
- WWE filed a new trademark for the term “Cenation” for merchandising purposes on January 14.
- WWE has a behind-the-scenes video from Raw’s Netflix premiere.
- On Pod Meets World, Danielle Fishel and Will Friedle of Boy Meets World fame discussed attending the first Raw on Netflix.
- Sonya Deville was a guest on the Trading Secrets podcast.
AEW/Other Wrestling
- During an interview with Cincy 360, Renee Paquette was asked if she’s interested in doing commentary again at some point:
- You know, sometimes I think about it. There’s aspects of it that I miss. And obviously this is a far different circumstance with AEW versus what I had done previously. So I think about it sometimes. I mean, I love getting to do the interviews. I love getting to do some more of the longform interviews or some of those really exclusive sit-down things. I love getting to do those. But, yeah, every now and then when I’m listening I’m like – I kind of get a little bit of the itch. A little bit. So we’ll see.
- MVP cut a promo ahead of his AEW debut match on Dynamite tonight. MVP, Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin are facing Private Party & Mark Briscoe in a six-man tag.
- MVP tweeted today: “The story going around that a knee injury kept me out of the ring was never true. I injured my knee back during the pandemic. I exacerbated that injury by continuing to wrestle on it, injured, for NINE MONTHS. But I healed and transitioned to a new role. One I enjoy.”
- With her first tour of Japan now over, Athena will give an “exclusive world tour update” on ROH TV this Thursday.
- Rina Yamashita has been added to the DLC (Doors, Ladders & Chairs) match for the vacant Ultraviolent Championship at GCW’s Hammerstein Ballroom event this Sunday. It will now be a seven-way bout with Yamashita, Matt Tremont, Brandon Kirk, Matthew Justice, Drew Parker, John Wayne Murdoch, and Dr. Redacted.
- Indie veteran Nate Webb will make a major announcement regarding his career and future at GCW’s show in Indianapolis on Friday, January 31.
- Deadlock Pro announced that, due to a medical issue, Trish Adora will not be competing at their show in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey this Friday. Queen Aminata is replacing Adora against Kylie Rae.
