Sunday, January 26th, 2025

Last night’s SNME show set a record for the Frost Bank Center. The show drew 15,110 people beating 13,617 for Raw, ECW in 2009.

Could she be returning?

Indi Hartwell gave fans an update on her career:

Braun Strowman had this to say after last night’s assault by Jacob Fatu.

Like everyone I was so anticipating the return of SNME. It was a staple of my teenage years and brings back so many great wrestling memories like the Mega Powers imploding, etc. I have to say though thus far the modern iteration has been a dud in my mind. It is nice to see the show back but there are rarely any memorable or “Wow!” moments so far. Many on social media describe it as a “glorified house show” and they aren’t telling lies. I would go further to say that many house shows are far more interesting than what we have seen on the return of SNME so far. If the WWE is going to make the show “must-see television” they are really going to have to up the ante and truly make it “must-not-miss TV” as moments of real importance actually happen on the show. Here is what our own thought of last night’s show.

Eat, Sleep, Conquer the YEET on WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, January 25th, 2025

Some recent ticket sales data from Wrestle Tix:

WWE Monday Night RAW
Mon • Jan 27, 2025 • 7:30 PM
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA

Available Tickets: 976
Current Setup: 11,475
Tickets Distributed: 10,499

AEW Presents Collision
Sat • Jan 25, 2025 • 7:00 PM
Daily’s Place, Jacksonville, FL

Available Tickets: 550
Current Setup: 3,069
Tickets Distributed: 2,519

AEW Dynamite
Wed Feb 26, 2025 – 4:30 PM
Frontwave Arena, Oceanside CA

Available Tickets: 835
Current Setup: 1,989
Tickets Distributed: 1,154

WWE Royal Rumble
Sat • Feb 01, 2025 • 5:30 PM
Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN

Available Tickets: 1,884
Current Setup: 62,335
Tickets Distributed: 60,451

WWE NXT Live On The CW
Tue • Jan 28, 2025 • 7:30 PM
Center Stage Theater, Atlanta, GA

Available Tickets: 14
Current Setup: 745
Tickets Distributed: 731

AEW presents Dynamite & Collision
Wed • Jan 29, 2025 • 6:00 PM
Von Braun Center Propst Arena, Huntsville, AL

Available Tickets: 426
Current Setup: 2,237
Tickets Distributed: 1,811

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event
Sat • Jan 25, 2025 • 6:30 PM
Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, TX

Available Tickets: 196
Current Setup: 15,273
Tickets Distributed: 15,077

AEW Dynamite
Wed • Feb 05, 2025 • 7:30 PM
Gateway Center Arena, College Park, GA

Available Tickets: 555
Current Setup: 2,147
Tickets Distributed: 1,592

Here is what you will see on SNME tonight:

  • Undisputed WWE Championship contract signing between Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens (Shawn Michaels to moderate)
  • Braun Strowman vs. Jacob Fatu
  • WWE International Championship: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Sheamus
  • WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Gunther (c) vs. Jey Uso
  • WWE Women’s World Championship: Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax

Omos had a big announcement to make:

In case you missed Smackdown last night both The Miz and Damian Priest have been moved to the blue brand.

An announcement from Charlotte Flair:

Here is what you will see on Collision tonight:

AEW TNT Champion Daniel Garcia & 2Point0 vs. Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong.

AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Katsuyori Shibata.

Queen Aminata vs. Deonna Purrazzo vs. Serena Deeb vs. Yuka Sakazaki – Winner challenges TBS Champion Mercedes Mone on Dynamite.

The Gates of Agony vs. Buddy Murphy and Brody King.

Big Bill vs. Will Hobbs – Parking Lot Brawl

Samoa Joe vs. Nick Wayne.

MLW is airing Reloaded on their YouTube channel tonight at 10:00 PM. The line-up is:

Scheduled for tonight’s MLW Reloaded tonight on the MLW YouTube channel at 10 PM Eastern:

MLW Champion Matt Riddle to appear.

MLW Middleweight Champion Místico vs. Bárbaro Cavernario – Best of Three Falls.

Tom Lawlor vs. Minoru Suzuki.

Persephone vs. Alejandra Quintanilla.

Texas Tornado Match: The Andersons vs. Paul London & Paul Walter Hauser.

Bobby Fish vs. Ariel Dominguez.

Dark Panther vs. Okumura.

Donovan Dijak & Saint Laurent to appear.

Friday, January 24th, 2025

AEW Dynamite ratings:

This week: 655,000 overnight viewers and 0.19 in the key demos.

Last week: 679,000 overnight viewers and 0.18 in the key demos.

MB Financial Group has bought the former WWE HQ for $3.75 million.

Pretty Deadly spoke to KXAN before Smackdown tonight. Elton Prince had this to say about The Motor City Machine Guns. “Well, you know, it’s very upsetting when you spend a long time trying to climb the ranks of something, and then in come these new guys who have been there two seconds, and they want to just take, take, take, take, take, yeah, and I won’t stand for it,” Prince said.

For all you horror fans Slam’s John Powell has his take on Wolf Man here:

Wolf Man has no bite

 

Pretty Deadly’s workout is also featured in Muscle and Fitness.

Dragon Lee’s family just got a little bigger.

Here is what you will see on Smackdown tonight:

LA Knight vs. Tama Tonga

“Motor City Machine Guns” Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin vs. “Pretty Deadly” Elton Prince and Kit Wilson

Want to know what’s new to stream this weekend? Slam’s John Powell has your calendar here.

What’s New To Stream This Weekend January 25 to 26

The WWE is working on making the return of Nikki Bella a reality.

Zaria had this update for fans who wonder where she went in NXT:

Max Caster’s new album is available here.

Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

Today is January 23rd. Or written another way, 1-23.
On that note, check out the origin of the 1-2-3 Kid.

Former TNA star Crazzy Steve wrestled in a dark match at last night’s AEW Dynamite show. He lost to Serpentico. In related news, Serpentico apparently is still part of AEW.
NXT ratings:
This week: 812,000 overnight viewers and 0.22 in the key demos.
Last week: 779,000 overnight viewers and 0.17 in the key demos.
Some news from TNA:

TNA iMPACT! will be LIVE from Full Sail University in Orlando, FL on Thursday, February 20, followed by TNA iMPACT! TV Tapings on Friday, February 21. Tickets for both events are ON-SALE NOW at TNAWrestling.com.

AEW seemed to confirm on Dynamite last night that Malakai Black’s has left the promotion. Julia Hart, Brody King and Buddy Matthews were together in a segment without him stating that the voice who has been guiding them has gone “silent”. The trio will now operate with “no rules, no leaders, no gods and no masters.”

For WWE fans in Canada and other places in the world where Raw, Smackdown and NXT are all now being aired on Netflix, the cost of all those weekly shows has gone up. Netflix is increasing their prices to:

Standard plan without ads: $17.99 a month

Premium plan: $24.99 a month

Basic plan: $7.99 a month

Investing.com is reporting that: “World Wrestling Entertainment stock has pinned down an all-time high, climbing to an impressive $149.63. The entertainment giant, now commanding a market capitalization of $24.42 billion, has demonstrated remarkable revenue growth of 108.3% over the last twelve months.”

Frankie Kazarian has resigned with TNA.

Trick Williams could be on his way to the main roster.
SPRIBE, a developer of iGaming products & casino games has inked a multi-year partnership agreement with UFC and WWE.

Word is that the return of Alexa Bliss to WWE has been suspended indefinitely. Seemingly, there are some contract issues involved.

If AEW’s “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels is truly done in the ring — and who knows, since it’s pro wrestling — it’s worth re-reading his speech from the 2015 Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion, where he received a Men’s Wrestling Award, and poured his heart out, ending with “I hope I continue to earn your respect every time I walk into a ring.”

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025

Happy birthday to the legendary Tully Blanchard. He turns 4!  Actually, 71.

Rita Chatterton, the first female referee in WWE – and one of the women who has made sexual assault allegations against Vince McMahon – turns 68.

Today is January 22nd.  Or written another way, 22-1.  On that note, here are some times where people were outnumbered two to one:

 

TNA is heading to NXT’s Full Sail University site:

 

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In an Instagram post, Tegan Nox  had this to say:

 

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Speaking to Rapzilla, Lilian Garcia has detailed how she reshaped her faith.

Word is that Jordynne Grace was at the WWE Performance Center yesterday and will be in the Royal Rumble. It should also be noted that Jade Cargill was also seen training at the PC.

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos spoke to Deadline and had this to say about the WWE’s debut. “We’re really thrilled with the viewing. We’re thrilled with everything about it” — and lauding WWE success on the streamer.

“We hope to build the audience for the league. We also saw that in non-live viewing, so in the day after the live event, our viewing grew by 25%, mostly outside of U.S. time zones. So, this is new viewing in U.K. and Canada, Mexico, Australia, Brazil is a particularly big market.”

AEW had this announcement today:

All Elite Wrestling today announced its spring schedule for 2025, highlighted by AEW’s pay-per-view debut in Philadelphia for AEW Dynasty at Liacouras Center on Sunday, April 6, the first-ever AEW Collision at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif. on Saturday, March 1 and AEW’s return to the Twin Cities for AEW Dynamite at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, Minn. on Wednesday, March 26.

The schedule includes (dates and locations subject to change):

Saturday, March 1: AEW Collision – Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif.

Saturday, March 15: AEW Collision – The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas

Wednesday, March 19: AEW Dynamite and special taping of AEW Collision – Liberty First Credit Union Arena in Omaha, Neb.

Wednesday, March 26: AEW Dynamite – Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, Minn.

Saturday, March 29: AEW Collision – UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee

Wednesday, April 2: AEW Dynamite and special taping of AEW Collision – Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Ill.

Sunday, April 6: AEW Dynasty – Liacouras Center in Philadelphia

Wednesday, April 9: AEW Dynamite – Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Baltimore.

Additional live event dates will be announced in the near future.  General on sale tickets for AEW Dynasty in Philadelphia will be available Monday, February 3 at 10 a.m. ET via AEWTix.com and Ticketmaster.com. On sale information for the remainder of the AEW spring schedule will be announced soon.  Fans interested in exclusive pre-sale opportunities can register to become an AEW Insider by visiting allelitewrestling.com/aew-insider.  For the latest information, please visit AllEliteWrestling.com.

Here is what you will see on Dynamite tonight:

Adam “Cope” Copeland vs. Pac.

AEW Tag Team Champions Private Party vs. Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin.

Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega go face to face.

Jamie Hayter vs. Julia Hart.

Samoa Joe vs. Nick Wayne.

AR Fox vs. Swerve Strickland.

Smackdown ratings:

This week: 1,403,000 overnight viewers and 0.42 in the key demos.

Last week: 1,436,000 overnight viewers and 0.40 in the key demos.

Raw on Netflix ratings:

This week: 3,700,000 views and 8,200,000 hours viewed.

Last week: 5,900,000 views and 17,700,000 hours viewed.