Becky Lynch defeated Maxxine Dupri to regain the Women’s Intercontinental Title on Raw. (WWE)
She’s not the only one as Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY defeated the Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) for the Women’s Tag Team Titles on Raw. (WWE)
The New Year’s Smash episode of Dynamite did a 0.07 18-49 and 398,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
WWE knew Tommaso Ciampa was not going to renew his contract five weeks ago. (WO)
WCWA owner Nathaniel Tatha-Nanandji filed a lawsuit in Arkansas against WWE, TKO, 2K Sports, 2K Games, and Take-Two Interactive over a copyright infringement issue. He alleges that “Tier 1 Audiovisual Sequence” was ripped off by WWE for The Bloodline in the WWE 2K game series. (wInc)
Last week’s NXT did a 0.07 18-49 and 604,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
Matt Taven, Mercedes Martinez and Alex Abrahantes are all no longer with AEW/ROH. (FF)
CM Punk defeated Bron Breakker on Raw to retain the World Heavyweight Title. (WWE)
Despite taking a bad bump during the match Breakker was medically cleared backstage. (WO)
Eminem x Juice WRLD’s “Godzilla” is the new theme song of Raw. (WWE)
Je’Von Evans joined the Raw roster and was later confronted by Los Americanos. (WWE)
No one in WWE was expecting Chris Jericho to be at last night’s show. (PWI)
Confirming his already stated desire to go on an excursion, New Japan announced an “indefinite leave of absence” for SANADA.
Joe Hendry is officially booked for TNA Genesis.
Yota Tsuji has reinstated the IWGP Heavyweight Championship: “As I said before, the Tokyo Dome, when I won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, I had always planned to split the title back into its constituent parts; the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships.” He’s now carrying what is referred to as the classic “V4” version of IWGP’s top title.
Following the end of their library hosting partnership with Peacock, Netflix is now the official home of the WWE library in the United States.
Here’s the lineup for NXT tonight. (WWE)
- NXT Championship Match: Oba Femi vs. Leon Slater
- NXT Women’s Championship Match: Jacy Jayne vs. Kendal Grey
- NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Thea Hail vs. Blake Monroe
- Tatum Paxley vs. Izzi Dame
