Andrade has left WWE and his profile has been moved to the alumni section. The decision was apparently not a mutual one and more details are still to come. (FF) He had only just come back at the 2024 Royal Rumble so his second run with the company wasn’t even a full two years. He still accomplished more in WWE than he did in AEW though. In his first WWE run he was both NXT champion and US champion. I can’t remember a single title he held in All Elite. Of course his accomplishments in CMLL as La Sombra dwarf anything he did in either promotion so there you go.
Here’s a new video from Asuka.
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)
Maria Kanellis was just treated for type 0 skin cancer. Best wishes to her!
Here are GCW Evil Deeds results. (CMN)
- Six Way Scramble Match: KJ Orso beat Brayden Toon and Chase Burnett and Gary Jay and Jeffrey John and Tre Lamar
- Mance Warner defeated Beastman
- Megan Bayne defeated Shotzi Blackheart
- 1 Called Manders beat Dominic Garrini
- Tag Team Death Match: The Cogar Brothers (Atticus Cogar & Otis Cogar) (w/ Christian Napier) beat Bobby Beverly & Matt Tremont
- Death Match: Dr. Redacted beat Crazy King
- Four Way Tag Team Match: Effy & Gringo Loco defeated Bang And Matthews (August Matthews & Davey Bang) and Boisterous Behavior (Leon Slater & Man Like DeReiss) and Joey Janela & Marcus Mathers
- GCW Tag Team Title / JCW Tag Team Title Riddle box Match: The Brothers of Funstruction (Ruffo the Clown & Yabo the Clown) beat YDNP (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver) (c)
- Tag Team Death Match: The Rejects (John Wayne Murdoch & Reed Bentley) defeated The Pillars (Malcolm Monroe III & Tommy Vendetta)
Here are the latest Road to Destruction results. (NJPW)
- Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay ended in a 10-minute Time Limit Draw.
- Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) & Tiger Mask beat Katsuya Murashima, Masatora Yasuda & Shoma Kato
- Oleg Boltin, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura beat House Of Torture (Dick Togo, Don Fale & EVIL)
- The Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Gedo & Taiji Ishimori) defeated Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji
- The Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors, OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) defeated Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Tomohiro Ishii
- The House Of Torture (DOUKI, Ren Narita, SANADA, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) defeated TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.)
- NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match: Master Wato, Toru Yano & YOH (c) defeated El Desperado, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi to retain the titles.
WWE is building a new “bigger and better” Performance Center in Orlando.
Here’s the card for Collision tonight. (AEW)
- $500,000 Match: Jamie Hayter, Tay Melo, Anna Jay, Kris Statlander & Harley Cameron vs. Megan Bayne, Penelope Ford & Triangle of Madness
- AEW Unified Championship Tournament Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Oku
- AEW Unified Championship Tournament Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Anthony Bowens
- FTR vs. Adam Priest & Tommy Billington
- Mark Briscoe chooses stipulation for match with MJF at AEW All Out
- Jon Moxley & Daniel Garcia vs. Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong
- MJF will appear
Xavier Woods had a lymphoma removed from the back of his head. Best wishes to him!
There were two dark matches after SmackDown last night. (PWI)
- Jacob Fatu def. Rusev
- LA Knight def. Bron Breakker
Here are NXT house show results from Fort Pierce. (WBS)
- Trick Williams def. Shiloh Hill
- Karmen Petrovic def. Sirena Linton
- Charlie Dempsey def. Brooks Jensen
- Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe battled OTM to a no contest
- Ridge Holland def. Dante Chen
- Tatum Paxley def. Kendal Grey
- Jaida Parker def. Dani Sekelsky
- Sol Ruca & Zaria def. Fallon Henley & Jazmyn Nyx
- Oba Femi def. Shawn Spears
