Andrade made a surprise appearance at the House of Glory event yesterday night and confronted HOG champion Charles Mason.
The former WWE Superstar, who is contesting a one-year no-compete clause after he was fired from the company in the Summer, wiped out Mason with a hammerlock DDT and then posed with his title.
Andrade received permission to work a WWC show in Puerto Rico a few weeks ago and won the WWC Universal title. Andrade specifically stated in an interview following that date that WWE cleared him to compete for just that event.
It’s unclear if his HOG appearance was also with WWE’s blessing.
Andrade’s lawyers are currently in negotiations with WWE to free him up from the no-compete.
The Worlds End pay-per-view is currently at just under 7,000 tickets distributed according to @WrestleTix in an arena that holds about 10,000 fans.
The NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, once AEW’s hottest location, is currently configured for 8,000 seats and will be expanded if there’s a strong push for tickets in the final week.
The show will surpass last year’s attendance from Orlando which barely broke 7,000 tickets and the cheapest ticket for this event is at around $37.95 currently which should help move seats. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster.com.
Three AEW stars will be part of the CMLL Dream Match event tonight at Arena Mexico.
The show is headlined by CMLL champion Claudio Castagnoli as he defends against Ultimo Guerrero. Castagnoli won the title from Gran Guerrero on the November 28 in Mexico City.
“Speedball” Mike Bailey is in action against Mascara Dorada for Dorada’s NWA World Historic Welterweight title while Kevin Knight takes on Soberano Jr.
The show will air live on YouTube on the VideosOficialesCMLL account and on Triller TV with English commentary worldwide except Mexico.
In a report on @WrestleVotes Radio, it was said that WWE is working with Netflix for a crossover with Stranger Things, one of the most popular series in the history of the streaming service.
Currently airing its final season, Stranger Things has dominated the weekly Netflix global chart, with millions and millions of views in all corners of the world.
It is not known what kind of crossover there will be between the characters of WWE and Stranger Things. Two years ago, Rhea Ripley did a spoof of the show as a commercial for WrestleMania 39.
The show revolves around a group of young friends set in 1980s Indiana who witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits and while they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.
Bear Bronson won a battle royal last night on Impact to become the new number one contender for the TNA title.
The match, against champion Frankie Kazarian, is set to take place in the coming weeks on Impact.
The 20-man battle royal also featured BDE, Brock Anderson, Cedric Alexander, CW Anderson, Eric Young, Jake Painter, Jake Something, Jesse Funaki, John Skyler, Judas Icarus,d Mance Warner, Moose, Myron Reed, Rich Swann, Ryan Nemeth, The Home Town Man, Travis Williams, Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz.
Bronson is still pretty new to TNA and only recently made his debut for the company on the Countdown to Final Resolution earlier this month.
NXT had 607,000 viewers this week, down 40,000 viewers from the prior week. In 18-49, the show drew a 0.08 rating, down 0.01 from the last show. This week’s show was the last live broadcast of NXT for 2025 as the next two have been taped already. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)
In his first post-retirement interview with WWE champion Cody Rhodes on the What Do You Wanna Talk About? podcast, John Cena described in detail the meaning behind tapping out in his final match against Gunther.
“For the last five minutes, everything I preach about story and drama and having a conversation with the audience…The ones I love are in the front row,” Cena told Cody. “I know my colleagues are watching on the monitor back there. We’re just in a sleeper hold, man. We’re just in a sleeper hold. But we’re having that conversation with the audience.”
The tap out was widely panned by fans and critics and was seen as something that goes against what John Cena has preached for the past 20 years: never give up.
Cena described him tapping out as taking his last breath after struggling, comparing it to somebody passing away and the final moments of their life before they let go.
“So as I essentially take my last breath, I have struggled. If you think of somebody, the natural causes scenario or however we picture loss in our life. All of us have been through it,” Cena continued. “They struggle, they struggle, they struggle, they hang on just long enough to make sure to say goodbye to everybody that’s been meaningful in their lives.”
He said that on that Saturday, he had many vulnerable, meaningful conversations with a lot of people and he connected with everybody he loves.
“Physically, I feel great. I think it’s time to take that last breath. And that’s that…I hate to keep going back morbidly to obituaries, but this person died peacefully,” he said. “And knowing that like, man, we are in a good place. We’re going to be great going forward. The bottom of the T-shirt says, ‘I gave everything, thank you for everything.’ And that one moment…that was that, going peacefully.”
The 17-time world champion also added that Saturday far exceeded everything he envisioned and discussed how he had a final toast with the whole WWE locker room before the show to thank them for everything they have done leading up to the day.
Former WWE commentator Todd Grisham sat down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood, California to discuss how he got the job with WWE, being hazed by members of the locker room during the start of his career, bizarre advice from Kevin Dunn, why he made Vince McMahon furious, his infamous announcement of Christian’s return, getting slapped by Mickie James, his thoughts on Logan Paul and Jake Paul, and more!
On being yelled at by Vince McMahon:
“Vince McMahon went insane on me one time because I said that John Morrison, who was a heel at the time, loved poetry. Normally, I wouldn’t say that, but there was a new WWE magazine. They just transformed it from being like a results-based boring magazine, like ‘Last week, Eddie Guerrero beat JBL by pinfall…’ Here’s the description, to more of a Maxim-style lifestyle magazine. Get to know the superstars better. So they’re like, anytime you can incorporate stuff from the magazine, do it. It helps sell the magazine. It helps tell their story. It syncs everything up, great. So they did a whole thing on John Morrison; his finisher was called Starship Pain. So he wrote a poem called Starship Pain. So he’s in the ring and I go, ‘John Morrison, Starship Pain, he’s a big fan of poetry, and wrote a poem about the finisher Starship Pain.’ Vince goes insane in my ear. ‘Did you just say that our number one heel is an effing poet, you stupid F! What the f*ck! Shut up. Just shut up. Don’t say anything else! Jim Ross, you call the rest of this fight. I don’t wanna hear another effing word out of you!’ So literally, the match starts and I don’t say a single word for like five minutes, and then the match ends, and we gotta do a promo going to the next fight, and he goes, ‘Okay, you can talk now.’ I’m like, ‘Coming up next, Shelton Benjamin goes one-on-one with The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels.’ But he was so angry at me over that.”
On possibly being lined up to replace JR:
“So eventually they said ‘All right, here’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to give you the keys to Raw. You’re going to be the face. You’re going to call Raw. JR, we’re retiring him.’ He had a retirement tour, or something similar to that, where he was going to retire after WrestleMania. He’s going to call the WrestleMania match, and that was it. But the receptions he was getting in all these buildings, and eventually they’re like we can’t take him off the air. He’s too big. Even though Vince tried to squash it. Vince hated Jim Ross for whatever reason. He fired him 10 times. One show, I don’t remember where it was. It was in Oklahoma, in front of his home crowd. So the show ended and they were gonna have Jim Ross speak to the crowd. Thank you very much. Blah, blah, blah. So Jim Ross is in the ring, and Vince tells me grab a mic and go down there, and he gave me some questions. I go down there. ‘Sorry to interrupt you, JR, in front of the crowd, but how does it feel to be getting released by WWE and fired by Vince because he just doesn’t think you’re that good…’ and all these antagonizing things. The number one rule, you probably know this when you’re an interviewer, is to never give up the mic. Boxing, UFC, they take the mic. You’re out of control. So you sit there no matter what. But at that point, Jim Ross looked at me and goes, ‘Could I please have the microphone?’ And I’m thinking, Vince is gonna kill me if I give him the mic. But I was like, I just handed him the mic. I was like, I’m not gonna do it, and I’ll take the abuse. And JR went and said, ‘I know those weren’t your questions. Those were his.’ And so anyway, long story short, they don’t fire JR. Maybe that’s when they put me on ECW, I don’t remember, but we’re gonna give you this show. Well, you’re the guy in waiting until Jim Ross is done.”
On “It’s Christian”:
“Christian was one of my better friends at WWE. We’d hang out in catering all the time and talk. He was the most, I mean, I think even most Superstars or wrestlers will tell you that you got to be a little bit insane to be a wrestler. He was the most normal person backstage, and Shane Helms, The Hurricane and Edge, those were kind of the guys I would hang out with. And Christian we would play this game called Words with Friends, which is like an app back and forth. So he left WWE to go to TNA for a while. We’d still hang out and text and talk, and he was coming back. So I was excited all day long. Yeah, that’s great. Here’s the match, was talking to him about his match, and I’m thinking, I gotta nail this when he comes out. I had something to say. I’m standing in Gorilla about to walk out, and Vince had glasses on his nose, and he did one of these [come here gestures]. I’m like, Okay, I walk over. He’s just said to me, ‘When Christian walks out, I want you to just say “It’s Christian”, and that’s it. Understand?’ I’m like, Yes sir. And I’m thinking, Oh my god. So that’s how I did it. But I felt like, How do I do it? So I almost did it, in my brain, like I couldn’t believe it. I was stunned silence, like, ‘It’s Christian. How can this possibly be?’ So that’s how I tried to do it. And, man, that’s probably the most criticism I get from fans. Like, ‘Why does Todd hate Christian? Why did he do that? He ruined it.’ But Vince just did not like Christian. I think he thought he liked big guys, and he thought Christian just didn’t look the part. But he was such a good in-ring performer. I mean, has he ever had a bad match?”
OVO, the brand co-founded by Drake, announced a partnership with WWE for merchandise, adding WWE to their ever-growing list of collaborations which also includes NBA, NFL, Marvel, and others.
“OVO x WWE Collection. Built from the moves that made history,” the Instagram post read, adding the release date of December 19, 2025.
The OVO clothing will include Bret Hart, Steve Austin, The Undertaker, The Iron Sheik and many others.
Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch both gave their thoughts on the finish of John Cena’s final match while speaking to Ross Tucker on the Football Podcast.
Rollins said that he had many mixed feelings about it because Cena is one of the greatest of all time.
“His whole thing is ‘never give up.’ People were all over him for giving up, for tapping out, but it didn’t feel like he was giving it up,” Rollins said. “It felt like he was fading off into the sunset.”
Lynch said that while Cena smiled, she cried. Both were backstage at the Capital One Arena to witness the match.
“He had done his job, he was happy to do it, and he was handing the ball off. That’s how I felt about it,” Rollins continued. “I might be in the minority on that.”
He added that Cena smiled before he tapped out and there was something poetic about it.
“I love John. It’s hard for me to second-guess anything he does,” Rollins said.
Raquel Rodriguez will be out of action for a short time after she was placed in concussion protocol by the WWE medical team.
Rodriguez was driven into the steel steps head first by Nikki Bella on Raw after she interfered in her match against Stephanie Vaquer. That resulted in Rodriguez having a huge bump on her head the size of a golf ball.
Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline.com said that Raquel does not necessarily have a concussion but it’s a precautionary measure to make sure everything is okay before she takes any more bumps.
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John Cena will be a guest on the What Do You Wanna Talk About? podcast with Cody Rhodes this week, in an episode which is set to be released later today.
The interview was filmed after John Cena’s final match against Gunther and judging by the photo Rhodes posted to promote the interview, it was held at the Nightmare Factory in McDonough, Georgia.
Staying true to his word that he would not wear the jorts again, Cena was decked in a three-piece suit, with red trousers, tie, and socks, white shirt, and a checked jacket and vest.
Cena’s final match was widely criticized by fans for the way it ended, with Cena “giving up” by tapping out to Gunther’s rear naked choke hold.
The leader of the Cenation is now under a five-year contract with WWE where he will be assuming the role of an ambassador for the company and he also hopes to do some coaching as well.
The inaugural AEW Women’s Tag Team champions Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron will be defending their titles at the Worlds End pay-per-view next week.
Their opponents will be TBS champion Mercedes Mone, with her 12 titles, and ROH Women’s champion Athena, who were eliminated in the first round of the tournament to crown the new champions.
The match was set up after Mone pinned Nightingale during an eight-woman tag match on Dynamite yesterday.
This is the sixth match on the card so far, with many more yet to be added.
Three matches took place on the three-hour Dynamite and Collision Holiday Bash episode last night in Manchester, England.
Former AEW World champion Jon Moxley defeated Roderick Strong in the Blue League in the opening match of the broadcast. Moxley now moves to six points while Strong remains with nothing.
Fellow Death Riders member Pac then beat Kyle Fletcher in the Gold League. Pac now moves to six points, level with Fletcher, Bailey, and Okada in the group.
And in the last Continental Classic tournament match of the night, Orange Cassidy defeated Mascara Dorada in the Blue League. Cassidy now has six points and Dorada stays with three.
MJF returned to AEW on last night’s episode of Dynamite from Manchester, England, and quickly inserted himself into the AEW World title match at Worlds End.
MJF cooked Adam Page, Swerve Strickland, and Samoa Joe on the mic in his first in-ring promo after he interrupted all three. MJF was able to get added to the match as he is cashing in his Casino Gauntlet contract.
He hated everyone equally, although he did put in some extra shots for Strickland, who he compared to P Diddy and for his dismal run in WWE.
The former AEW champion has not been seen on AEW television for three months as he was busy filming a movie. He last wrestled at All Out, losing to Mark Briscoe.
Penta will not be cleared in time to participate in the upcoming AAA Guerra de Titanes show this weekend.
He was supposed to tag team with his brother Rey Fenix to reunite The Lucha Bros against Dominik Mysterio and El Grande Americano, but that reunion will have to wait some more before it happens under the WWE/AAA banner.
Replacing Penta in the match will be WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio.
Penta was injured during The Last Time Is Now tournament match against Solo Sikoa, injuring his shoulder when he went for a hurricanrana from the barricade.
Guerra de Titanes takes place this Saturday live from Arena Guadalajara and streaming live on the AAA and WWE YouTube channels.
AEW will have a three-hour Holiday Bash episode of Dynamite and Collision tonight back-to-back, with over 10,000 fans at the Co-op Live in Manchester, England. The show airs on tape delay starting at 8PM ET on TBS and HBO Max.
A total of seven matches have been announced so far for the two shows including the return of the Dynamite Diamond Battle Royal which MJF has won every single time.
Also, Mercedes Mone, Athena, Marina Shafir, and Megan Bayne take on Willow Nightingale, Harley Cameron, “Timeless” Toni Storm, and Mina Shirakawa in an eight-woman tag match, FTR defend the AEW Tag Team titles against Bang Bang Gang, and Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks battle Kazuchika Okada, Konosuke Takeshita, and Hechicero.
Plus, the Continental Classic tournament continues with Mascara Dorada vs Orange Cassidy and Jon Moxley vs Roderick Strong from the Blue League and Kyle Fletcher vs PAC from the Gold League.
In his first interview since retiring John Cena, Gunther told TMZ’s Inside The Ring that it felt really good retiring Cena and he’s coming up for his 20th anniversary as a wrestler and can say that these 20 years were all a work to make John Cena tap out!
Gunther said that he could feel the tense atmosphere all day, even backstage as for some it was as big as WrestleMania that night.
The Austrian star mentioned how he had to be escorted to his tour bus which was parked outside the Capital One Arena and he could feel the anger from fans who clearly wanted to see John win and get that feel good moment.
“You don’t always get what you want,” Gunther said, adding that he wanted to embrace the heat and felt good “walking through the anger” following the show being followed by fans.
Gunther described his win against Cena as the biggest and most meaningful of his career, and definitely the one with the biggest reaction afterward.
“It’s hard to compare it to anything else,” Gunther said, noting that Cena is a legendary figure in WWE and also outside the ring.
He said this win is enough to brag about it for the rest of his career and told fans to suck it up.
Asked what message he can give to fans to offer a “peace of mind,” Gunther replied, “Stop crying. It’s okay, life goes on!”
