The Usos are once again on the top of the mountain of the tag team division on Raw as the brothers became the new WWE World Tag Team champions after they beat AJ Styles and Dragon Lee on last night’s broadcast.
The win came after Jimmy and Jey delivered their 1D finisher on Dragon Lee for the pinfall victory. This is the ninth time that The Usos have held tag team titles in WWE, making them one of the most decorated tag teams in the history of pro wrestling.
The two also hold the record for most days with the tag team titles, an astonishing 622 days, a reign which came to an end at WrestleMania 39 at the hands of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.
The Usos reunited as a tag team last month after Jey suffered some losses as a singles competitor.
WWE Vice President of Global Talent Development, William Regal, wrote a long post on social media telling wrestlers to avoid doing spots where they land on their neck.
Regal wrote that he usually stays off social media but he was alerted to something which alarmed him, and while not mentioning anyone, guesses are that it comes following the video of Kyle Fletcher getting dumped on his neck by Jon Moxley at Worlds End.
The former on-screen NXT General Manager recounted how he broke his neck twice, once in the ring and once in a car wreck, and that is also after he was properly thought how to bridge and not land on the top of his head.
“Stop it now if you want a decent quality of life after wrestling because that part of your life will be over before you know it and wrestling done right is hard enough but broken necks or death are not something you should think is tough or cool,” Regal wrote. “It’s idiotic thinking.”
Several wrestlers who have neck issues re-posted Regal’s full message, agreeing with him, but knowing full well that their peers will probably not listen at all.
WWE returns with live television tonight with Monday Night Raw streaming worldwide on Netflix starting at 8PM ET. It’s the final live WWE broadcast of 2025 as NXT tomorrow is also taped.
Two title matches have been announced for the show, including Stephanie Vaquer defending the WWE Women’s World title against Nikki Bella and Raquel Rodriguez in a three-way and the team of AJ Styles and Dragon Lee defend the WWE World Tag Team titles against The Usos.
Plus, Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio battles Austin Theory and The Vision kicks off the broadcast.
The Kia Center in Orlando, Florida hosts the show and tickets remain available at Ticketmaster.com starting from $56.70.
Saraya reflected on the eight-year anniversary from that night in Uniondale, New York when they told her that her in-ring career was done following another neck injury.
The former champ was on the receiving end of a kick to the back from the then Sasha Banks, leaving her motionless in the ring. The match was stopped and Saraya, who had just returned from neck surgery after 17 months out, was told that it was a wrap on her wrestling days.
“8 years yesterday from when I thought my career was over during a Uniondale house show. What a ride it’s been since,” the Brit wrote in a social media post.
“Grateful for my health, family, friends and fans. You truly keep me going! My noodle neck is as strong as ever haha. Can’t wait for what 2026 has in store,” she added.
The WWE medical team never wanted to clear her and after a stint as General Manager of Smackdown, her contract was not renewed and left the promotion after 11 years.
Saraya joined AEW in September 2022 and made her in-ring return at Full Gear two months later, defeating Britt Baker. In March of this year, Saraya announced that she was departing AEW.
In an interview published yesterday by Mostly Sports with Brandon Walker, new AEW champion MJF spoke of his admiration for John Cena and said that if there was a different world, a match between the two would have absolutely happened.
“Unfortunately, it’s not this one,” MJF said.
The two crossed paths before, mainly in Hollywood, and MJF described Cena as an incredible guy who also watches their product.
“He’s seen my stuff. He was very complimentary. Obviously, I’m super complimentary to him,” he continued.
MJF added that before CM Punk, his favorite wrestler growing up as a kid was Cena and had his fathead on the wall in his room.
“So, I’d wake up, salute the OG, and then get ready for school,” he said.
WWE Superstar Nikki Bella will serve as Grand Marshal for the 53rd annual Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Parade presented by Lerner & Rowe, taking place Saturday, January 3, 2026, at 10AM in Central Phoenix.
The Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Parade Grand Marshal honors an individual or group whose actions align with the Fiesta Sports Foundation’s commitment to driving economic growth, championing charitable causes and executing innovative experiences.
“Nikki Bella embodies strength, resilience, entertainment and heart – all qualities that resonate deeply with our community and with what this parade represents,” said Fiesta Sports Foundation Executive Director & CEO Erik Moses. “Her Arizona upbringing and extraordinary career make her an inspiring choice to lead this year’s celebration, and we look forward to welcoming fans as she brings her superstar energy to Central Phoenix.”
“Being named Grand Marshal of the Fiesta Bowl Parade is such an incredible honor – and being able to celebrate with the state that helped shape who I am makes it even more special,” Bella said. “I am so excited to join everyone in Arizona to create lifelong memories at the Parade and into the CFP Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl festivities.”
Bella joins a list of previous Fiesta Bowl Parade grand marshals including Charles Barkley, Jerry Colangelo, Alice Cooper, Richard Jefferson, Randy Johnson, Al McCoy, Jake Plummer, Anthony Robles, Kerri Strug, Diana Taurasi and more.
“Nikki’s rise from Scottsdale to the global stage is a powerful inspiration for women everywhere and we are thrilled to have such a proud Arizonan leading our Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Parade presented by Lerner & Rowe,” said Fiesta Sports Foundation Board Chair Judy Bernas. “This year’s Fiesta Bowl Parade is one of our most vibrant celebrations yet, bringing the best of Arizona to life for fans lining the streets and those watching from home.”
Ted DiBiase Jr., the former WWE Superstar and son of WWE Hall of Famer “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, will be standing trial next week in The Mississippi Southern District Court.
The trial stems from DiBiase Jr.’s arrest back in April 2023 after he was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to commit theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, six counts of wire fraud, two counts of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, and four counts of money laundering.
The long rap sheet comes after DiBiase Jr. and his co-conspirators allegedly obtained federal funds from The Emergency Food Assistance Program and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs fraudulently and used the money for their own use.
There’s bad news for DiBiase Jr. if convicted, as there are many years of prison for each count he’s facing, including hefty fines amounting to $250,000 each.
Worst case scenario, the 43-year-old could spend a maximum 45 years in prison and pay $1,000,000 in fines.
Former Daily Mail and TalkSPORT reporter Alex McCarthy is reporting that Chris Jericho’s contract will expire at Midnight on December 31 and is ready to return to WWE.
The former AEW champion, who has been with the promotion since its inception, has never shot down returning to WWE in interviews lately even though AEW President Tony Khan has stated multiple times that he would love to have Jericho return to AEW.
Jericho has not wrestled or featured on AEW television since the Dynasty pay-per-view on April 6 where he lost the ROH World title to Bandido.
His last match with WWE dates back to 2018 and The Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia.
Rumors are that Jericho might even show up on the Netflix one year anniversary episode on January 5 from Brooklyn, New York which is also the crossover event with Stranger Things.
Saraya made her first appearance at an indie event in 14 years yesterday at the Insane Wrestling Revolution Season’s Beatings Fest in Monroe, Michigan.
The former AEW Women’s champion has not wrestled since departing AEW in October of last year and came out to her old WWE theme song Stars in the Night.
“I forgot how fun indies are! Minus my dad’s shows it’s been 14 years since my last one,” she wrote on social media afterward. “Was supposed to be a one off but man what a blast, might have to do more.”
Saraya thanked the promotion for having her and the fans for packing the place and being “loud af.”
Saraya (Paige) making an appearance at Insane Wrestling Revolution tonight with her “Stars in the Night” entrance music.@Sarayapic.twitter.com/oblV29QWb9
A fan at a WWE live event in Tampa yesterday tried to get AJ Styles to sign the AEW World title, but Styles respectfully denied the request.
In a video making the rounds online, Styles is seen signing stuff for fans after his match and then he’s handed out the AEW World title.
Asking if the camera was rolling, the fan said yes, and it was for his brother.
“Are you video taping? Turn that around,” Styles said to address the camera. “Nick, Matt, I love ya, I can’t sign this though,” he continued, referring to The Young Bucks as he handed back the belt .
Styles move on to the next person and the fan asked again, but the security behind Styles gave him the look and told him to stop.
THIS FAN GAVE AJ STYLES AN AEW CHAMPIONSHIP TO SIGN AFTER HIS MATCH
Two title matches were announced for the New Year’s Eve episode of Dynamite, marketed as New Year’s Smash, which will take place live from Omaha, Nebraska.
AEW National champion Ricochet will defend his title against Jack Perry after the two were involved in an eight-man tag match during Zero Hour yesterday and Perry’s team defeated Ricochet’s team.
Also, fresh off another loss, Mercedes Mone looks to get revenge and maybe a W as she takes on Willow Nightingale with the TBS title up for grabs. Mone was pinned by Nightingale at Worlds End, ending her hopes of adding the AEW Women’s Tag Team titles to her collection.
New AEW World champion MJF will also make an appearance on the show.
Tickets for this Dynamite are not selling particularly well mainly because it falls on New Year’s Eve and they’re available at evenue.net.
Liv Morgan wrestled her first match in six months last night during a non-televised live event in Tampa, Florida.
Morgan defeated Lyra Valkyria on the show, returning to winning ways after a shoulder injury kept her out of the ring for the second half of 2025.
The former champion injured her shoulder during a match on Raw against Kairi Sane, a match which had to be stopped by the ringside doctor. Morgan was one half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team champions at the time with Raquel Rodriguez and was then replaced by Roxanne Perez.
The Continental Classic 2025 tournament came to a close last night at Worlds End with the final three matches taking place on the pay-per-view.
Kazuchika Okada defeated IWGP champion Konosuke Takeshita in the first semi final match and then Jon Moxley defeated Kyle Fletcher in the other semi final.
After the two went long – 17 and 22 minutes respectively – they were allowed some time to recover before the final match took place before the main event.
In the final, Death Riders member Moxley defeated the reigning Continental champion Okada to win the tournament and the title in the process after another 20-minute match.
Following the match, the usually-heel Moxley delivered what was a babyface promo in the middle of the ring, saying that this title was for everyone who was in the tournament and for all the fans who supported AEW.
MJF did what he promised he would do, joining only an elite – pun intended – group of wrestling stars who became a two-time world champ under the age of 30.
At Worlds End last night, MJF defeated champ Samoa Joe, Adam Page, and Swerve Strickland to regain the title almost two years after losing it to Samoa Joe on the same pay-per-view. MJF pinned Joe after Joe was hit by two Buckshot lariats by Page, who was then kicked in the nuts by MJF and delivered the Heat Seeker on the champion to get the win.
MJF’s first run was very successful, lasting a total of 406 days.
He inserted himself in what was a three-way match after he returned to cash in his Casino Gauntlet contract which he won at All In: Texas.
MJF celebrated his win on X, describing himself as a generational talent and the young goat. “Tell everyone else to keep up,” he wrote, adding, “Cry to your momma!”
On Christmas Day, he wrote, “They don’t hand out greatness, they document it. After Worlds End, I join a list of only 9 men to be world champion twice before 30,” listing the names Lou Thesz, Rikidōzan, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada, Yokozuna, The Rock, Brock Lesnar, Randy Orton, and John Cena.
Here are the results from last night’s Worlds End pay-per-view which took place live from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
ZERO HOUR: Julie Hart and Skye Blue defeated Hyan and Maya World; Eddie Kingston defeated Zack Gibson; Mascara Dorada and Bandido defeated Rocky Romero and Mark Davis; Jurassic Express and JetSpeed defeated Josh Alexander and The Demand in an eight-man tag match.
PPV: Kazuchika Okada defeated Konosuke Takeshita in the Continental Classic semi final; Jon Moxley defeated Kyle Fletcher in the Continental Classic semi final; FTR defeated Bang Bang Gang to retain the AEW Tag Team titles; Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron defeated Mercedes Mone and Athena to retain the AEW Women’s Tag Team titles; Darby Allin defeated Gabe Kidd; Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, and Toni Storm defeated Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia, and Marina Shafir in a Mixed Nuts Mayhem match; Kris Statlander defeated Jamie Hayter to retain the AEW Women’s title; Jon Moxley defeated Kazuchika Okada in the Continental Classic final to win the AEW Continental title; MJF defeated Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland, and “Hangman” Adam Page to become the new AEW World champion.
AEW star Buddy Matthews revealed that he still has nerve issues which is causing numbness in his leg, with recovery taking much longer than anticipated.
Responding to a fan on Instagram who asked how recovery is going, the former AEW Trios champion wrote, “It’s been a long process! Still having nerve issues with a lot of numbness! But accepted that it’s gonna take time.”
The Australian added that he can only controls what he can but he thought he would have returned to the ring by now.
Matthews has been out of action since mid-February after suffering an ankle injury during his entrance at AEW Grand Slam: Australia. He still had the match against Kazuchika Okada on that night.
Live tonight from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, AEW presents Worlds End 2025 on pay-per-view. The full card is as follows:
PPV: Samoa Joe vs Swerve Strickland vs “Hangman” Adam Page vs MJF in a four-way match for the AEW World title; Kris Statlander vs Jamie Hayter for the AEW Women’s title; FTR vs Bang Bang Gang in a Chicago Street Fight for the AEW Tag Team titles; Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale vs Mercedes Mone and Athena for the AEW Women’s Tag Team titles; Kazuchika Okada vs Konosuke Takeshita in the Continental Classic semi final; Kyle Fletcher vs Jon Moxley in the Continental Classic semi final; the final of the Continental Classic 2025 tournament; Darby Allin vs Gabe Kidd; Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia, Wheeler Yuta, and Marina Shafir vs Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, and Toni Storm in a Mixed Nuts Mayhem match.
ZERO HOUR: Julia Hart and Skye Blue vs Hyan and Maya World; Eddie Kingston vs Zack Gibson.
How to watch
The Zero Hour show will start at 7PM ET and airs live on AEW’s social media properties.
Worlds End on pay-per-view kicks off an hour later at 8PM ET and is available via HBO Max for $39.99 for subscribers in the United States as well as on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, and PPV.COM for $49.99. For international subscribers, TrillerTV will air the show for $24.99 or $19.99 if you have an AEW Plus subscription.
PostWrestling.com is reporting that the Backlash premium live event is internally marked to take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico with a tentative date of Saturday, May 9, 2026.
If this ends up happening, it will be the second time that WWE hosts Backlash in Puerto Rico following a very highly successful PLE in 2023.
That year, Smackdown on the eve of Backlash also took place from the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, with 14,000 and 15,000 fans attending the shows respectively.
The event had the participation of Grammy Award winner and megastar Bad Bunny wrestle Damian Priest in a San Juan Street Fight. That match saw the return of Savio Vega and Carlito, receiving massive pops from the crowd.
Bad Bunny is headlining the Super Bowl LX halftime show in early February and remains a part of the WWE family.
The main event of the first three-hour Smackdown of 2026 next week will be an ambulance match featuring Damian Priest vs Aleister Black.
The seemingly never-ending feud have been going on for over four months but it looks like it will climax at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo.
Smackdown will kick off the new year with an extra hour for the foreseeable future and with Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett on the commentary table instead of Corey Graves and Michael Cole.
Two other matches for next week’s show were also advertised, with Jade Cargill vs Michin in a non-title match and an eight-woman tag match with Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair, Iyo Sky, and Rhea Ripley vs Asuka, Kairi Sane, Nia Jax, and Lash Legend.
