While Penta’s recovery from a shoulder injury is on track, his participation at the December 20 AAA Guerra de Titanes show remains up in the air.
Dr. Odiseo from Mexico, who has been providing constant updates on Penta’s recovery via videos on Instagram, said that they have good results on the rehab and they are on the right track but they should not get overconfident.
In one of the latest videos, Dr. Odiseo wrote that everything will work out eventually but was coy on the December 20 return date.
Penta is supposed to reunite the Lucha Bros with his brother to take on Dominik Mysterio and El Grande Americano in a tag team match. It would be the first time since their AEW days that the Lucha Bros tag teamed.
Penta suffered the shoulder injury in a match against Solo Sikoa on Raw during The Last Time Is Now tournament. The match had to be stopped and Sikoa was named the winner.
After publicly thanking John Cena for spending eight hours at her camp this past weekend, Bayley got a glowing review from the GOAT himself.
Responding to her on social media, Cena wrote that Pam, referring to her by her real name, asked him a while ago how she could help the business.
“You have created something that does exactly that. A collaborative environment with the purpose of making everyone in the room better than they were yesterday,” Cena wrote. “Attitude is infectious, the attitude you’ve created allowed me to be better than I was yesterday. Thank you for all you do.”
Cena also thanked the entire group for participating and said it was his honor to be invited into the room.
Bayley set up the training camp for women in Florida where everything was paid for, including flights and accommodation for those who were selected to participate. A bunch of WWE Superstars also came in to help with the seminar.
Former AEW coach, producer, and Head of Talent Relations Sarah Stock went on a full-on attack on her previous employer, citing corruption, negligence, and other things in a series of posts on X.
Stock, who a few months ago had a public fallout with Amanda Huber on social media, wrote that corruption and negligence are “running unchecked” and warned people that “receipts are coming.”
“In the meantime, TALENT AND COMPANY SAFETY CONTINUES TO BE PUT AT RISK, to line the pockets of Kosha and Manzione. Of all the departments to eliminate,” she wrote, referring to AEW Chief Operating Officer Kosha Irby and AEW Director of Performance Psychology Chris Manzione.
She also name-checked Karen Van Bibber, AEW’s Head of People & Culture, the department which she renamed from Human Resources.
“I can’t find Karen’s handle; probably disappeared publicly out of embarrassment for her grand flop of a ‘greatest accomplishment’ in @aew: renaming ‘Human Resources’ to ‘People & Culture’. You go, girl! Earn that paycheck,” she wrote.
Addressing Manzione, Stock wanted clarification of how many mental health-related issues are AEW wrestlers permitted per year before they start getting charged.
“Has Manzione explained yet how the decision was made to replace an extremely qualified, diverse, and beloved team of mental health professionals with a 3rd-party booking app?” Stock added. “Karen From Not-HR places the blame on talent, saying they asked for ‘more accessibility’. That’s the biggest joke of this entire fiasco.”
She also threw Irby under the bus for how AEW took care of the Mexican talent to save money. Stock alleged that AEW flew in Mexican stars on Tuesday for Dynamite and kept them until Sunday when Collision was over and gave them no per diem, no food allowance, and only one day per week at home with their family.
“I was furious when I found out. I addressed the insanity and immorality of that with Kosha, but, ‘Then I’d have to do it for everyone,'” she wrote.
Stock continued her rant against AEW, blasting the company for not having any production meetings and leaving AEW Head of Global Production Mike Mansury trying to figure out a two-hour live production with little to zero information.
She said that Tony Khan spends 45 to 120 minutes with people “who believe their time matters more than everyone else’s,” and specifically mentioned Swerve Strickland, Jon Moxley, Darby Allin, Christian Cage, Chris Jericho, and Adam Copeland.
“Coaches go back to their job w no direction, disgusted at what they’re witnessing. Show starts at 8, cross your fingers,” she wrote, adding that the rest of the roster and staff are even more in the dark by the time 8PM hits.
Stock was also critical of QT Marshall, who she said does not have Tony Khan’s back and makes fun of people the minute they walk out of the room. She also said that Sonjay Dutt and Bryan Danielson are complicit to corruption within the company.
Stock departed the company in April 2025 after two years. Prior to joining AEW, Stock was also a coach at the WWE Performance Center but was let go during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Tony D’Angelo has returned to NXT following an absence of around five months.
After the main event finished and Je’Von Evans and new NXT champion Oba Femi had a stare down, the lights went off and a video played of a person walking on a bridge. When the video finished, a spotlight came on in the middle of the ring and D’Angelo was behind Evans.
Evans tried to shake hands with D’Angelo but the former NXT North American champion then chokeslammed Evans and dumped some black paper on him before engaging in a stare down with the champion himself.
D’Angelo last wrestled on TV on the July 15 episode of NXT defeating Stacks and Luca Crusifino in a triple threat match. His exit, in a vignette, was taken from a page out of The Sopranos when he was filmed at his restaurant and someone showed up in front of him before the screen faded to black.
The Continental Classic second week came to a close yesterday on Collision, with three matches from the Blue League taking place.
Orange Cassidy picked up his first three points in the tournament after he beat Roderick Strong, who remains with no points so far and at the bottom of the table in his league.
Mascara Dorada also got his first win and three points when he defeated CMLL Heavyweight champion Claudio Castagnoli while fellow Death Riders member Jon Moxley lost his second match in a row to IWGP Heavyweight champion Konosuke Takeshita. Takeshita moves to six points now, leaving Mox with just three.
The tournament continues next week on Dynamite but no matches have been announced as of yet.
Jack Perry will be replacing Darby Allin in the tournament and will pick up Allin’s points tally – which is a big zero.
John Cena attended Bayley’s wrestling seminar and spent eight hours watching up-and-coming stars perform in the ring and talking with them, just a week before he hangs up his wrestling boots once and for all.
“And as we’re exactly one week away from his last match, John showed up at @flatbackstraining today. Watched 10 women’s matches, and spent 8 hours with us,” she wrote. “LEGIT EIGHT HOURS. No conversation or piece of advice could’ve impacted me the way he did today, by just showing up. Not just for me, but for each person in that room. This meant the world. I’ll always strive to be what John was today. THE GOAT.”
The free multi-day seminar, titled Lodestone, was held at Flatbacks Wrestling School, owned by Tyler Breeze and Shawn Spears and featured guest trainers Charlotte Flair, Bianca Belair, Nattie Neidhart, Lyra Valkyria, and Rhea Ripley.
Cena has visited a few wrestling schools lately associated with WWE, in addition to the WWE Performance Center to share his knowledge.
Bayley was selected to be part of the undercard on John Cena’s retirement night and will be wrestling Sol Ruca in an exhibition match.
A Team TNA vs Team NXT steel cage match has been announced for an episode of Impact in two weeks time.
The match, made by TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella, comes after several NXT wrestlers ran riot at the end of Final Resolution on Friday, with Stacks knocking out his future father-in-law in the middle of the ring.
“Guess what, you got my attention, two weeks from today we’re going to settle this like real men,” a pissed off Marella said in a video posted on social media. “No more running around, no more hiding in the shadows, no more being bitches. We’re going to settle this, Team TNA vs. Team NXT in a steel cage!”
Participants will be announced on Thursday’s episode of Impact on AXS TV.
The match was taped at the El Paso County Coliseum yesterday.
Darby Allin has been taken out of the 2025 Continental Classic tournament due to an unspecified injury.
The announcement was made by Tony Schiavone on Collision last night and taking his place will be Jack Perry.
Allin was shown in hospital on Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite in a neck brace and was said to be unable to compete, with an update regarding his status to be given on Collision.
The daredevil got injured in his opening Continental Classic match against Kevin Knight last week.
This year’s Iron Survivor Challenge winners have come in the form of Kendal Grey and Je’Von Evans and they each booked a ticket for New Year’s Evil where the NXT championships are waiting for them.
Grey won the match after scoring three points, with the last decisive point coming after hitting the Shades of Grey on Lola Vice. The clock had just three seconds left after the pinfall count, ensuring no one else was able to match her. All the other competitors – Sol Ruca, Lola Vice, Kelani Jordan, and Jordynne Grace – got two points each.
The men’s match main evented the show and Je’Von Evans won with two points while the rest of his opponents – Joe Hendry, Leon Slater, Dion Lennox, and Myles Borne – all had one. Evans pinned Borne in the final sequence of the fast and furious match and just like Grey, he left the clock with just three seconds after his victory.
Grey will now face Jacy Jayne for the NXT Women’s title while Evans will face new champ Oba Femi for the NXT title.
There’s a new ruler in town for NXT as the often-impressive Nigerian star regained the NXT title from Ricky Saints last night at Deadline.
Femi won the match after hitting a couple of powerbombs, ending Saints’ 70-day reign as champion.
This is Femi’s second run with the title, with his first one lasting 263 days after he won it at New Year’s Evil this past January. Femi lost the belt to Saints at the No Mercy premium live event at the end of September.
With this win, Femi has now secured his match against WWE champion Cody Rhodes on Saturday Night’s Main Event next weekend.
Here are the results from the NXT Deadline 2025 premium live event which took place from the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas.
Oba Femi defeated Ricky Saints to become the new NXT champion; Kendal Grey defeated Lola Vice, Sol Ruca, Kelani Jordan, and Jordynne Grace in the women’s Iron Survivor Challenge match; Ethan Page defeated Mr. Igauna to retain the NXT North American title; Izzi Dame defeated Tatum Paxley; Je’Von Evans defeated Joe Hendry, Myles Borne, Deon Lennox, and Leon Slater in the men’s Iron Survivor Challenge match.
Collision rolls into Columbus, Ohio tonight where the Continental Classic tournament continues with three matches from the Blue League.
Scheduled for tonight in the C2 are Jon Moxley vs Konosuke Takeshita, Orange Cassidy vs Roderick Strong, and Claudio Castagnoli vs Mascara Dorada. Also, Mercedes Mone takes on Leika Grey for TBS title.
Plus, Swerve Strickland appears and Tony Schiavone conducts a sit-down interview with Timeless Love Bombs and Babes of Wrath ahead of their AEW Women’s Tag Team title final match.
John Cena admitted that his 80-year-old dad said some “f*cked up shit” when he went on interviews criticizing the fact that either LA Knight or Gunther were going to be his final opponent.
Cena Sr. said that Kurt Angle, Edge, or Chris Jericho would have been the more ideal candidates and wasn’t thrilled with the two choices remaining. Gunther ended up winning the tournament last night so he will get to retire Cena.
“Man, there’s some shit he’ll say that is all f*cked up,” Cena said on the Joe Rogan Experience. “He said some shit yesterday…I want to call my dad and be like, ‘What the f*ck are you doing?’”
Cena said he opted not to do that because that’s what his dad does as a wrestling fan and that’s the dad that he loves.
The former champion also revealed that he recently mended his relationship with his father.
“I just wanted him to be something else. I always wanted that motherf*cker to change. I wanted him to be something else. And finally, I got out of my own way,” Cena said.
Vincent and Dutch, collectively known as The Righteous, made their TNA debut last night at Final Resolution and confronted The Hardys after the TNA Tag Team champions retained their gold against NXT’s High Ryze.
The two have previously worked for Ring of Honor as well as AEW and were released from their contracts in May of this year at their request. At one point there was also interest from WWE but that did not work out.
It’s unclear if the two have signed TNA deals but being trusted into the spotlight with The Hardys and the tag team title picture would suggest that this was not just a one off.
Live tonight from the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas, WWE presents NXT Deadline 2025 airing on Peacock in the United States and Netflix internationally. The full card is as follows:
Ricky Saints vs Oba Femi for the NXT title; Je’Von Evans vs Leon Slater vs Joe Hendry vs Dion Lennox vs Myles Borne in the men’s Iron Survivor Challenge; Sol Ruca vs Lola Vice vs Kelani Jordan vs Jordynne Grace vs Kendal Grey in the women’s Iron Survivor Challenge; Ethan Page vs Mr. Iguana for the NXT North American title; and Tatum Paxley vs Izzi Dame.
How to watch
The Countdown to Deadline will kick off at 6PM ET and airs live on WWE’s social media properties as well as on the ESPN app while the premium live event starts at 7PM ET. A subscription to Peacock is required to watch in the United States and a subscription to Netflix is also required to watch it if you’re everywhere else.
Mercedes Mone, now with 12 titles after losing the ROH Women’s TV title to Red Velvet, will be defending the RevPro Undisputed British Women’s title for the first time since she won it on December 14 at the RevPro Uprising 2025 event.
Her opponent will be Rhio and the match will take place in Cardiff, Wales, just 24 hours after Collision takes place in the same city. The show will be held at the Vale Arena and has a 1PM start time.
Mone won the title in a winner-takes-all match at the Wrestle Dynasty pay-per-view in January 2025, with her reign now extending to 333 days and counting.
Speaking on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, John Cena said that after he retires, no one will “give a f*ck” about him as fans will quickly move on.
“That is real facts. I will be forgotten. That is not a plea to sympathy of like always remember me,” Cena said.
“By the Royal Rumble, the road to WrestleMania, nobody gives a f*ck because they’re focusing on what the show is. That’s like three weeks after I retire. Three weeks after I retire, nobody’s going to give a f*ck,” he continued.
In an other interview with Bill Simmons, Cena discussed why he opted to retire now, explaining that he would have liked to keep going, but his body is not allowing him to do that at his age.
“I’m a step slower. I promised myself and the fanbase when I started before I won that first championship, when I am a step slower, I’m out,” Cena told Simmons, refuting the idea that he’s going out on “his own terms.”
“That’s bullshit. I want to do it forever,” Cena said.
All the WWE video library with the exception of some NXT premium live events and Smackdown episodes will be leaving Peacock on December 30. A label with the countdown on when the videos will expire can be seen on the WWE tab on the streaming app.
The WWE library, or WWE Network as it was known back then, moved to Peacock in 2021 for five-years in a deal worth $1 billion. It also included the live broadcast of WWE premium live events which eventually moved to ESPN in September of this year.
WWE has been uploading several of their content on the Vault YouTube channels but it’s believed that the whole library will be shopped around for another massive deal, with both ESPN and Netflix interested in the acquisition.
NXT will remain on Peacock until March 2026 and will be then shopped around as a separate deal once it expires. When that deal is gone too, Smackdown episodes and Saturday Night’s Main Event will be the only WWE programming remaining on Peacock. Smackdown remains there because it airs on USA Network.
Red Velvet had the biggest win of her career last night at the ROH Final Battle event, beating Mercedes Mone to regain the ROH Women’s TV title with a clean pinfall.
The win ends Mone’s 49-day reign with the title, 32 of which were as the interim champion. She unified the belts on the November 19 episode of Collision from Boston.
Velvet was the second ROH Women’s TV champion and kept it for 481 days. She unfortunately suffered an injury and an interim champ had to be crowned at the Supercard of Honor in July, a title which Mina Shirakawa won.
Mone is now down to 12 title belts after she failed to win the AEW Women’s title at the Full Gear pay-per-view last month.
This was only Mone’s third loss since joining AEW.
Two matches for the next Saturday Night’s Main Event which will feature John Cena’s final match were announced on Smackdown last night.
WWE champion Cody Rhodes will be in action and will be facing whomever the NXT champion will be after tonight. The options will be either the reigning champion Ricky Saints or his challenger at Deadline and former champion himself Oba Femi.
The other match announced is Bayley facing former NXT Women’s North American champion Sol Ruca. One more match is expected to be added to the card.
