Daily Update: WWE NXT, Roman Reigns, TNA Slammiversary
Daily Update
Latest Headlines
- Toni Storm victory speech set for AEW Dynamite
- WWE Raw on Netflix July 7 episode sees viewership increases
- Goldberg on WWE sendoff: ‘I’m pissed off at the way I went out’
- El Grande Americano announced for Lucha Libre AAA event
- Hangman Page to face Jon Moxley in AEW Dynamite trios match
- WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event ratings down for Goldberg’s retirement match
- WWE partnering with Fanatics for online casino games
- WWE SmackDown ratings up, ranks first on TV in 18-49 demo
Latest Audio
- DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: August 1985
- BVV: TNA Impact with build for Slammiversary
- WOL: Punk vs. Gunther set, SNME vs. All In, more!
- WOR: Roman Reigns returns to WWE RAW, Seth Rollins & Adam Cole updates
Latest YouTube Video
This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- The big weekend,matches, booking,business, favorites and strategies
- The life and times of Cowboy Bob Ellis, one of the great babyfaces of his era. A long career as a star all over the world, defining the wrestling cowboy character, the bulldog headlock, wars with Dick the Bruiser and why he had a long career but his top ten drawing days were only a few years.
- Donald Trump wants a UFC show at the White House on July 4, 2026
- Preview of the G-1 Climax tournament
- The most in depth look at the ratings for all the TV shows, including quarters, competition, people watching together, year over year and week over week comparisons and all the little details you won’t get anywhere else on the shows.
- The Arena Mexico business milestone and comparisons to 2006 and 1991 boom periods and CMLL sells out three shows this past week.
- AAA has one of its big shows of the year this week
- Details over the attempt to trademark a major name as part of a fight between wrestler and promoter
- Stardom star taking a temporary leave
- Dragon Gat’s biggest show of the year
- Tiger Mask retires in 2026
- Notes on Tanahashi Jam
- Updates on Ric Flair and Wendi Richter
- Highest ratings for a woman’s main event in American television history
- Tons of major indie shows coming up
- Maple Leaf Wrestling coverage
- Grandson of legend about to start out
- Kim Wood, the architect of the Brian Pillman storyline, turns 80
- TNA attempts to upgrade its U.S. TV situation
- Ticket sales for upcoming WWE, AEW and TNA shows
- Kenny Omega talks, taking risks, career, match philosophy and future
- Tony Khan talks more stadium shows, Britt Baker, U.S. record gate ad Unified title
- How much is the Khan sports empire worth, the TKO sports empire and where both trank in the world standins
- New contract signings
- AEW quarter two television final numbers and explaining what the numbers mean
- Jim Ross update
- Lots of business updates
- Phil Davis talks attempt to legally change the foundation of MMA to make it like a real sport
- Randy Couture update
- A $25 million tournament announced
- Update on Janel Grant case
- WWE stars in acting roles and a movie that will a top name from both WWE & NJPW
- Wrestlers who get harassed the most in social media
This Week’s Back Issue
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Tuesday Update
WWE
- NXT announced that Evolve Women’s Champion Kali Armstrong will defend her title on tonight’s show against Karmen Petrovic. NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne will open the show.
- Roman Reigns commented on his return on social media: “More receipts to come! Good to be back.”
- New Reigns merchandise now features the term “OTC1.”
- 2K announced that El Grande Americano will be part of the upcoming New Wave Pack, replacing the celebrity guest: “El Grande Americano will replace the New Wave Pack’s celebrity guest. With unique entrance video/music + moveset, he will be automatically entitled to players who own the New Wave Pack, Season Pass, Ringside Pass, Deadman Edition + Bloodline Edition in September.”
- Santos Escobar showed off a new look.
- Lola Vice on social media revealed that Norman Smiley helped produce her AAA debut on Friday.
- Charlotte Flair noted on social media that her 93-year-old grandmother attended Evolution.
- WWE Shop is auctioning off a custom Women’s North American title belt autographed by Sol Ruca.
- Recent additions to the WWE Vault include Kurt Angle and Rey Mysterio watching their SummerSlam 2002 match, Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Mankind vs. Triple H with Jesse Ventura as referee from SummerSlam 1999, A three-hour Rick Rude compilation, and Stephen Amell & Neville vs. Stardust & King Barrett from SummerSlam 2015.
AEW & Other Wrestling
- Sammy Guevara’s vlog covering All In Texas weekend.
- Tay Melo wished Anna Jay a happy birthday on social media.
- AEW is teaming with MAJOR to release a series of Big Rubber Guys figures, with Toni Storm being the first.
- The All In pre-show match pitting Big Boom AJ, Hologram, Tomohiro Ishii, and Kyle O’Reilly taking on The Don Callis Family has been uploaded in full on AEW’s YouTube channel.
- Kamille, who is still under AEW contract, has filed to trademark the term ‘The Cat 5.’
- TNA President Carlos Silva announced that additional tickets have been added for Slammiversary this Sunday at the UBS Arena in Long Island.
- TNA has announced a partnership with Markovic Estates, a wine and spirits company, and will release a Slammiversary Sangria for this weekend’s pay-per-view.
- Zilla Fatu will was presented with a new House of Glory Crown Jewel belt at their HOG Texas event.
- Fightful interviews Victoria Suzuki of Marigold.
