Joe Hendry has been finally officially added to the WWE.COM roster page.
Hendry signed a WWE contract last month and is assigned to NXT for the moment. He posted a screenshot on X with his image appearing with the rest of the WWE Superstars.
TNA President Carlos Silva confirmed the news this week on the Ariel Helwani Show, saying that Hendry might return to TNA programming as part of their partnership with NXT.
“Joe is now on the roster at WWE NXT and he’s doing a great job. But that doesn’t mean he won’t also show up at a TNA event,” Silva said. “Those things happen, that’s all part of the partnership. I look forward to seeing where he pops up next, but also who pops up where next, because that’s been part of the appeal of the partnership.”
Asked to confirm if Hendry is on WWE’s books now, Silva replied in the affirmative.
“I’m super happy for Joe. Super happy for WWE. We all kind of worked on it together,” Silva said. “Joe is a great talent and a super good guy.”
AEW President Tony Khan appeared on the Battleground podcast yesterday and claimed that AEW has “really closed the gap in a very meaningful way” compared to WWE in 2025 in a number of key metrics.
Khan did not specify which key metrics they closed the gap with as television ratings and attendance every week have not improved.
“I think AEW is where the best wrestle. I think that we have the best roster of wrestlers in the world today. And we’re putting on consistently awesome shows,” Khan said.
He said that his passion for the business isn’t going anywhere and he dreamt about doing this for over 30 years.
“Now we’ve been doing it for six years in the real world and I don’t ever want to stop with AEW,” Khan continued.
Khan listed the great pay-per-views, great Dynamites, great Collisions, and great partnership with HBO Max as something that separates this year from the rest.
He noted that hopefully in the years to come, they can visit new countries and continue to build AEW where it’s watched all over the world.
“And here in America, I just want to keep doing what we’re doing, because it’s amazing. To have a wrestling promotion that is a challenger company doing the things that we’re doing, some of them are unprecedented and some of them are things that have not been done in over 25 years,” Khan said.
Seth Rollins said that he’s on track in his recovery for his shoulder injury during an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show yesterday.
The former WWE World Heavyweight champion has been out of action since the Raw after Crown Jewel: Perth, where he was kicked out of The Vision. The week after, he relinquished the title due to his injury, an injury he suffered when he went for a coast-to-coast flying headbutt on Cody Rhodes.
“We’re on track. Yeah, I got the brace off, like, last week… middle of last week,” Rollins said, adding it was nice now to walk around like a regular person.
“I’m feeling all right. It’s nice to be able to get around without the brace, I’ll say that. But, yeah, we’re on track. We’re on track,” he continued.
Rollins is targeting a March return to WWE which would put him straight into WrestleMania season.
Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa advanced to the final match of the AEW Women’s Tag Team title tournament after they defeated Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir in the second semi final yesterday on Dynamite.
Storm and Shirakawa got a bit of revenge on the duo after the Blood and Guts match last month, with Shafir and Bayne responsible for beating the living hell out of Shirakawa and Storm having to submit to stop the carnage.
The two will now face Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale in the tournament final where the winners will be crowned the inaugural AEW Women’s Tag Team champions.
The Thanksgiving Day episode of Collision, which aired on a Thursday instead of Saturday to avoid going head-to-head with Survivor Series, drew 285,000 viewers, down 37,000 viewers from the prior week. The show had a 0.06 rating in 18-49, down 0.01 from the previous episode and was #15 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)
It was revealed yesterday on Dynamite that Darby Allin was taken to a hospital after his match against Kevin Knight last week.
Due to hospitalization, the daredevil is currently not cleared to compete, or even travel, and his participation in the Continental Classic tournament remains in limbo.
Further updates on Allin’s condition will be given on Saturday’s episode of Collision. It was not revealed what kind of injury Allin is suffering from but the video showed on the broadcast had him in a hospital bed wearing a neck brace.
Three matches from the Continental Classic took place on Dynamite last night.
Kazuchika Okada defeated Pac in the first match for the Gold League, registering his first three points after losing last week to Kyle Fletcher.
The other Gold League match had Kyle Fletcher vs Kevin Knight, with Fletcher winning and advancing to six points, leading the table.
In the Blue League, Claudio Castagnoli defeated fellow Death Riders member Jon Moxley to move to six points and also leading the table.
The tournament continues this Saturday on Collision with Orange Cassidy vs Roderick Strong, Claudio Castagnoli vs Mascara Dorada, and Jon Moxley vs Konosuke Takeshita in three Blue League matches.
Tonight’s Dynamite will feature the continuation of the Continental Classic with three more matches from the tournament taking place.
From the Blue League, Death Riders members Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli face each other while two matches from the Gold League will see Kazuchika Okada vs Pac and Kyle Fletcher vs Kevin Knight.
Plus, the AEW Women’s Tag Team title tournament semi final between Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa vs Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir and a face-to-face segment is also on the show between Samoa Joe and Eddie Kingston.
TNA President Carlos Silva said that while WWE helped in getting TNA a new television deal through their partnership with NXT, the company was not actively involved in negotiations with AMC.
Silva, speaking to The Takedown on Sports Illustrated, said that TNA did the negotiations with AMC along with Creative Artists Agency who handled all the technical details.
“No, we did all the negotiations ourselves with me leading the charge on the TNA side, and then Creative Artists Agency leading the charge as our representative and our partner on the deal,” he said.
Silva noted that WWE are very important partners to them and they were in the loop throughout the whole process and knew what was coming before anyone else did.
“But no, they’ve got their own deals. They’re very busy with their deals. So they let us go out and cut a deal and get on a major network. And I think they’re happy for us. And we were happy with the way it went,” he continued.
Financial terms or length of the new deal were not revealed.
New AEW National champion Ricochet will be making his first title defense at the upcoming ROH Final Battle streaming special this Friday night.
Ricochet, who won the title in a Casino Gauntlet match at Full Gear last month, will be defending his belt against former ROH World champion Dalton Castle.
It is one of eight, currently, matches on the Final Battle card which will also feature Mercedes Mone’s debut for ROH, defending her ROH Women’s TV title.
The show takes place on December 5 live from Cleveland, Ohio and airs on WatchROH.com.
CJ Perry sat down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood, California to discuss the launch of her new podcast “Identity Crisis”, taking time away from wrestling, her husband Rusev and his return to WWE, how the Lana character was pitched to her, being part of a hilarious moment with Nia Jax, being involved in multiple romantic storylines, and more!
On signing a WWE Legends deal:
“I’m still processing it. It’s funny, because I would say it’s been kind of controversial. One of the biggest things that I had on my podcast last week was announcing that I’m a WWE legend, and you thought I stole their Christmas presents or something, people were so mad. People were like, it’s a stretch, and they’re fighting, and then other fans are coming in and defending me. So I just want to acknowledge I understand, I was that shocked too. I absolutely understand that there’s a huge difference between the character Lana and Randy Savage on the legend scale. I get it, but this is what WWE calls their contracts, being a full WWE superstar. My agent called me. I was crying. I was shocked. Yeah, they gave Miro a contract, and they gave me the WWE legend contract at the same time.”
On her WWE release:
“I was shocked. I was on television and in big, big storylines the whole time. Had a great relationship with Bruce and Vince, everyone. I was devastated. But now looking back, I’m thankful, because that’s life, and sometimes our hardest moments is our moments that teach us. Now looking back, I realize, not in a mean way, but nothing’s guaranteed in life. We can’t compare ourselves to other people, because we all have a different journey. And also, we don’t live forever, so everything has to come to an end, so let’s focus on all the great things I was able to have, versus it may be finishing too soon.”
On how the Lana character was pitched:
“So Lana in NXT would come to promo class with Dusty Rhodes with at least five different characters and promos, not even kidding, with boards of storylines. I don’t know if you ever saw GLOW, when I watched it, I was like, I think she took my real life story, because that’s what I was doing. And Dusty loved it. Because, I don’t know about everyone else, everyone else was like, ‘You’re doing the most.’ But was just working hard and Dusty loved it. He’s like, ‘You’re going to have a very long career in this business.’ Because I was always like, ‘Oh, you don’t like this idea. What about these other five?’ And so me and Rusev started working. One of the five ideas I was working on was me and Rusev, but we were doing more comedy, and he was the Bulgarian trying to un-brainwash me. I was the Russian that became Americanized, and he wanted to un-brainwash me, and it was very comedy and fun.”
Were you guys dating at the time?
“No, no, we were just friends. He would come over and we would shoot a bunch of promos, and I guess that’s how we became close. Then the next thing I know, Dusty said to me, ‘We only want you to do one promo. We want it to be serious and see what it looks like.’ I did it, and then the next thing you know, Miro was like, let’s do something serious. And then we were put together. We did one serious promo. He’s like, ‘Let’s not do comedy, let’s do serious.’ And then next day, I was on NXT with him. I was just serious without an accent. And then Hunter pulled me aside. He’s like, ‘I want you to only talk Russian. Let’s start this and we’ll see how far [it goes.] And then it was just an evolution. Triple H was very hands-on. He’s a genius. And he was like, ‘Okay, let’s try a different hair, a different suit or something.’ So that’s how the suit and the bun came about.”
On the negative reaction to the Russia storyline:
“It was insane. People booing you, in comments, people telling you to go back to Mother Russia, it was crazy. I think I did notice a lot of hate. Partly the reason why I don’t post my family on social media too much is because I would post it like my little nephew, and people would just come for the child, like, ‘Move back the Russia, you stupid child.’ I was like, Oh my God, that’s so inappropriate right now. So you know, I have to just remember I’m that character. It’s kind of like Game of Thrones. Everyone hated the king or Cersei, right? And people see us as that character. They don’t see me as CJ with my little nephew. They see me as the evil Lana who’s being mean to their children in America. So we’re going to be mean back.”
On getting put through the announce table every week:
“I was just the biggest heel at the moment in the business because of the Bobby Lashley story. I was teaming up with Nattie, and we were heels. Vince wanted to have his new schtick for Nia that she was going to put someone through commentary every single week, and he was going to turn her into a massive babyface. So I was like, ‘I want to go. I’ve always wanted to go through a table. It’s my dream.’ That was told to Vince, and Vince thought that was so hysterical that I ever dreamed of going through a table. He thought it made the most sense if they were trying to make her as a babyface, to put the person that was hated the most through the table. Because everyone, Liv wanted to go through it, a whole bunch of other girls were like, ‘No, me, me!’ So she put me through [the table], and it was the same day that Miro had an AEW interview on a podcast, and it was just something with his interview and me doing that at the same time that the fans assumed I was being disciplined because of Rusev, but it wasn’t that way at all. It just really worked into my favor that the fans really had my back like that. One second they hate me and like that, they turn. God, I love our fan base. You guys are the best. So then the following week, I think originally, the plan was to put another girl through the table. And Vince was like, ‘No, I want to try again Lana.’ And then by the third week, I had become a full-blown babyface online. And it was so much heat for Nia and Shayna, he was like, I think this is going to make them a bigger heel and you have bigger babyface. So let’s run with it and see where it goes. So that’s what happened.”
The world of crypto casinos continues to grow, offering new ways to play and win with digital currency. Yet not every operator treats players fairly or manages funds responsibly. A trusted crypto casino operator stands out by proving its fairness, transparency, and commitment to secure gaming.
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The Survivor Series premium live event made it to the top 10 chart in 14 different countries on Netflix. The show, just like Raw this week, was not in the global top 10 and no WWE PLE has ever done that except the Royal Rumble this year.
The countries which Survivor Series made it in their top 10 are Bahrain, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and Tobago, and United Kingdom.
The show did not air on Netflix in the United States as the broadcast partner for WWE PLEs in the U.S. is ESPN.
WWE has crossed the 16,000 tickets distributed for the Saturday Night’s Main Event on December 13 featuring John Cena’s final match.
The company moved around 1,000 tickets more in the past week according to @WrestleTix, sending the total so far to 16,483. The Capital One Arena, which can hold 19,000 seats, is currently configured for 17,200.
That number will obviously expand if there’s even more demand in the upcoming two weeks.
Ticket prices remain pretty high, with the cheapest available via Ticketmaster.com at $262.25 plus fees.
This will be WWE’s highest-grossing Saturday Night’s Main Event and for any WWE show at the Capital One Arena in Washington.
AEW yesterday announced a formal partnership with BLCKSMTH Apparel, a UK-based wrestling merchandise brand following the success of their initial collaboration at Forbidden Door this past August.
Building on the success of their first collaboration, the two companies have now signed a licensing agreement to produce officially-licensed apparel featuring AEW’s talent.
The first AEW x BLCKSMTH collection will feature Willow Nightingale, Darby Allin, Kenny Omega, and Swerve Strickland football jerseys. They will be available to purchase online shortly via blcksmth.co.uk.
For the first time since it started on Netflix, Raw did not chart in the global top 10 as the new episodes of Stranger Things took over the Netflix chart.
The last-placed show on the chart drew 4,000,000 global views, which is way more than what Raw does every week. Last week’s Raw had 3,100,000 for the John Cena at MSG episode.
In local charts, Raw only placed in the top 10 in five different countries: Bolivia, India Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago, and United States.
With Raw falling out of the top 10, its number won’t be known until January when Netflix releases all the viewing numbers of every single show they have for the prior six months.
Raw had an impressive streak going on, placing itself in the top 10 global chart ever since the January 6 episode.
Appearing on the Tim Weisberg Show to promote one of his music gigs, former AEW World champion Chris Jericho said that he will be wrestling in 2026 “somewhere” when asked about his status.
Jericho told Weisberg he’s not done yet when it comes to his wrestling career but he’s still figuring out everything.
“We’ll see where I end up,” Jericho said. “But I’m pretty sure you’ll see me in 2026 in a wrestling ring somewhere.”
Jericho, 55, has not wrestled or appeared on AEW television since April. His contract is reportedly up at the end of this year and all indications are that he is leaving AEW after a six-year stint.
The Thanksgiving Eve episode of Dynamite which served as the Full Gear fallout episode drew 512,000 viewers, up 21,000 viewers from the prior week. The show had a 0.10 rating in 18-49, the same number as the previous episode and ranked #6 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)
TNA Impact will be officially known as Thursday Night Impact once it moves to AMC in January 2026.
This is similar to WWE’s naming of shows by including the day it airs, like Monday Night Raw and Friday Night Smackdown.
The show is also moving to an hour later when it comes to start time and will air starting at 9PM ET until 11PM ET. All of WWE’s and AEW’s shows start at 8PM ET.
Thursday Night Impact will also air on AMC+, the streaming service of AMC Networks, although it’s not known if it will be live similar to what HBO Max does with AEW programming or if it will air later. The TNA library does not look part of the deal and will remain on TNA+ at the moment.
The length of the agreement is not known and no official financial details were published.
In an emotional post on Instagram, WWE World Heavyweight champion CM Punk announced that his dog Larry has passed away.
Punk and his wife AJ Lee rescued Larry from PAWS Chicago in February 2015 after the dog had a rough time getting adopted.
“The grief we carry is the price we pay for unconditional love. Our little Larry crossed the rainbow bridge, wrapped tightly in our arms. He was safe and happy. Surrounded by love,” Punk wrote.
“I could never in one million years find the words to properly express how much we loved him nor how much joy brought us. Nothing I write, no pictures I post would do him justice,” he continued. “He lived a long amazing life. He watched sunsets, he chased skate boards. He made everywhere we went with him home. What a privilege to be so heart broken and devastated for having experienced such a bond. I wouldn’t change anything.”
Punk said that their boy is now at rest and while the house is quiet, they still hear the jingle of his necklace and the taps of his feet on the hardwood floors.
“He will always be near. We will always feel him. Our hearts are broken. Until we see you again, sweetest Bobo. We love you. Forever,” he concluded.
Punk did not appear on Raw yesterday and was announced as unable to compete following WarGames.
