Last night on SmackDown, Cody Rhodes returned and an angle was filmed to set up him facing Drew McIntyre at Wrestlepalooza. The updated card is below. (WWE)
- Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Cody Rhodes vs. Drew McIntyre
- Women’s World Championship Match: Iyo Sky vs. Stephanie Vaquer
- John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar
- The Usos vs. Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker
- CM Punk and AJ Lee vs. Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch
Vic Joseph and Booker T did the commentary on SmackDown last night. (WWE)
AEW’s television deal is not expected to be affected by the dissolution of the Warner Bros. and Discover merger from WBD into two separate companies again. (WO)
Scott D’Amore is denying the claim that TNA talent aren’t allowed to work for Maple Leaf Pro: “In fact not only has TNA talent appeared on MLP with the blessing of TNA, but when TNA needed help when last in Canada I connected them to a production house I have a 30 year relationship with. I got my printer to print materials for them AND even through I haven’t rented a ring out in 20 plus years I rented them a ring, guardrails, et cetera when they were in a jam.”
Neither The Rock nor Steve Austin have been approached yet about WrestleMania 43. (FF)
WWE is going to Baltimore, MD on Dec. 26th instead of their usual post-Xmas show at MSG. (WO)
Bo Dallas/Uncle Howdy talks about the potential of Wyatt Sicks: “I’d say the sky is the limit. I’ve taken what has been given to me and built on that. What we have been doing recently has been mind-blowing, so I’m just trying to keep the train rolling. Windham had so many ideas. Just books on top of books of ideas. When we finally got a chance to work together, we had all these ideas we wanted to get done. Ideas where we wanted these characters to go. I don’t know if a lot of people know this, but pretty much everybody in the Wyatt Sicks was handpicked by Windham and had ideas going forward with each individual.”
The 2026 Royal Rumble in Riyadh is now set for January 31st. (WWE)
Jerry Lawler’s latest stroke was “minor” and only affected his right side and partially affected his vision. He’s now at home resting and recovering. Continued best wishes to him!
AEW All Out at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto has sold 10,331 tickets already out of a seating capacity of 14,000 so a legitimate sell out is possible. Wrestlepalooza has sold 10,240 out of 13,000. (WO)
