The sixth season of the popular Dark Side of the Ring series on Vice will return on March 25.
Season five which aired earlier this year had 10 episodes in total, focusing on Chris Adams, Sensational Sherri, Terry Gordy, Black Saturday, Chris Colt, Sandman, Earthquake, Harley Race, Buff Bagwell, and Brutus Beefcake.
No episode titles have been revealed for the new season yet.
The series made its debut in 2019 and has Evan Husney and Jason Eisener as its executive producers. All of its previous five seasons are streaming on Hulu.
The Winter is Coming episode of Dynamite this week drew 594,000 viewers, up 8,000 viewers from the prior week and makes it the third straight week in a row with viewership less than 600,000. The show had a 0.17 rating in 18-49, the same as last week and was #4 in the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)
Ring of Honor’s pick for the Wrestle Dynasty International Women’s cup will be the ROH Women’s champion Athena.
The qualifying match took place on last night’s ROH episode with a four-way match between Athena, Red Velvet, Billie Starkz, and Leyla Hirsch, with Athena pinning Red Velvet to secure her ticket to Tokyo.
AEW’s pick will be decided tomorrow on Collision with Willow Nightingale taking on Jamie Hayter.
Qualifying matches from CMLL and Stardom are also yet to be held.
All winners will face each other at the Tokyo Dome on January 5 and the winner receives a title shot of their choosing from any of the four participating promotions.
Tickets for the WWE European tour on the road to WrestleMania went officially on sale to the general public this morning and the trend of very expensive ticket prices continued, at least for the TV portion of the tour.
As part of this two-week tour, WWE will have six live television shows, three Raw and three Smackdown, across five different countries.
The Smackdown in Barcelona on March 14 is the cheapest out of all TV shows, with tickets starting from €60 and going all the way up to €450 for ringside.
Raw in Brussels on March 17 has tickets at €127 for the cheapest and €377 to the highest what’s available right now.
Smackdown in Bologna on March 21 has the most expensive starting point, with the cheapest tickets at €345 and the highest so far at €575.
Raw in Glasgow on March 24 starts from £172.95 and all the way up to £897.70 for ringside.
WWE will then tape both Smackdown and Raw in London on March 27 and 31 respectively. Only combo tickets are available and the cheapest are £183.50 and the most expensive shoot up to £1,504 for ringside.
Tickets for the other non-televised shows in Dortmund, Hannover, Belfast, Nottingham, Vienna, and Amsterdam are also on sale.
The main event for the Worlds End pay-per-view was announced last night on Dynamite with a four-way match for the AEW World title.
AEW World champion Jon Moxley will defend his title against Hangman Page, Orange Cassidy, and Jay White and it was the champion who decided to give his challengers a shot at the title.
After the Moxley and Pac vs Cassidy and White tag match ended in chaos, Moxley decided to deliver an early Christmas present backstage by offering to put his title on the line against Page, Cassidy, and White.
Christian Cage, who still holds the contract to cash in any time, then reminded Moxley that at Worlds End he might cash in his prize.
NXT this week with the post-Deadline episode drew 680,000 viewers on The CW, up 87,000 viewers from the prior week. The show had a 0.17 rating, up 0.04 from the last show. This was the best number since October 22 in both viewers and demo rating. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)
Adam Cole will get his chance to get back at MJF at the Worlds End pay-per-view after he defeated Kyle O’Reilly last night on Dynamite in an eliminator match.
Cole and O’Reilly were the last two in the Dynamite Dozen battle royal last week and their one-on-one match last night determined who will go for the Dynamite Diamond Ring.
Former AEW World champion MJF is the only individual to ever hold the Dynamite Diamond Ring since its inception in 2019.
MJF and Cole have been involved in a storyline together since June 2023 but long injuries to Cole derailed everything. Despite being unveiled as the man under the devil’s mask a year ago and the one who cost MJF the title against Samoa Joe, it was Cole who returned as the babyface at WrestleDream.
The six-month stay ordered by the U.S. Department of Justice in the civil case filed by Janel Grant against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and WWE has expired and will now move on after the go ahead from the U.S. Southern District for New York.
In June, the DOJ asked Grant’s legal team to pause their fight to pursue their own federal criminal investigation against Vince McMahon and this investigation will continue parallel to the civil case.
Janel Grant’s attorney, Ann Callis, said in a statement that they are pleased that prosecutors for the Southern District of New York have concluded that they can continue their criminal investigation while they bring forward new evidence in their civil case about the sexual exploitation carried out by Janel Grant’s abusers.
“For the last six months, Ms. Grant has patiently waited to hold Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and WWE accountable for the sex trafficking and abuse she endured at the company on a near daily basis. Her wait is over, and we now look forward to sharing Ms. Grant’s story,” Callis said.
In a separate statement, Vince McMahon’s attorney Jessica Rosenberg replied to Callis’ statement, writing, “Ms. Grant’s representative’s self-serving statement is, as usual, factually incorrect and intellectually dishonest.”
The Continental Classic tournament continued on Dynamite last night with two gold league matches taking place.
Will Ospreay defeated Claudio Castagnoli to earn three points, sending him to six and giving Castagnoli his first loss in the tournament.
In the other match, Ricochet also got a win and three points over Brody King, sending Ricochet to six points and sharing the top of the table with Ospreay and Castagnoli.
Blue league matches for this weekend include Continental champion Kazuchika Okada vs The Beast Mortos and Kyle Fletcher vs Mark Briscoe. Fletcher remains the only man undefeated with three wins out of three.
The Winged Eagle WWE championship is returning for one night only at Saturday Night’s Main Event this weekend.
A video on social media showed Triple H talking to Cody Rhodes, gifting him a large Pelican case.
“We keep talking about Saturday Night’s Main Event. You know, the whole theme of that thing is going to be retro,” Triple H told Cody. “Jesse Ventura’s going to be there. Long Island, New York, Nassau Coliseum. With that in mind, got something for you. Understand this…one night only, alright?”
Cody agrees and Triple H taps on the case. Cody opens it up and a golden glow comes out of it as Cody smiles, closes it, and walks away with it.
The much-beloved title was used between 1988 and 1998 and is considered to be the most popular WWE title design in the history of the company.
Cody has in the past tried to bring it back and warned fans not to get mad at him if it does not happen.
Saturday Night’s Main Event is set to be a retro presentation, without the use of many lights and video screens.
Former AEW Women’s champion Toni Storm made a surprise return last night on the Winter Is Coming edition of Dynamite, minus her Timeless gimmick, reverting to her original character.
After Mariah May successfully defended the AEW Women’s title against her former friend Mina Shirakawa in the main event of Dynamite, Toni Storm’s music hit the speakers to a massive ovation from the fans.
Storm walked out to the top of the stage as Thunder Rosa held up a “WTF!” Sign at ringside.
“It’s Toni Storm! I can’t believe what I’m seeing,” screamed Toni Schiavone on commentary as Storm removed her sunglasses and surveyed the arena. Storm looked emotional while May looked absolutely disgusted in the ring, looking at her other former friend.
Storm was last seen at AEW All In in Wembley Stadium, losing her title to Mariah May. She had been using the Timeless gimmick since October of last year.
AEW’s annual tradition of Winter Is Coming returns tonight live on TBS from the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri where a healthy crowd of over 4,000 are expected.
Five matches are set to take place including Adam Cole vs Kyle O’Reilly with the winner facing MJF for the Dynamite Diamond ring at Worlds End, Mariah May defends her AEW Women’s title against Mina Shirakawa, AEW World champion Jon Moxley teams up with Pac to take on Jay White and Orange Cassidy, and two Continental Classic matches from the gold league featuring Ricochet vs Brody King and Claudio Castagnoli vs Will Ospreay.
A Winter Is Coming Rampage will be taped immediately following the conclusion of Dynamite and a Winter Is Coming Dynamite will be taped tomorrow night from the Chaifetz Arena in St Louis, Missouri.
CTInsider.com is reporting that WWE has managed to sell its former production studios located on Hamilton Avenue in Stamford to Developer V20 Group who intends to convert the site into a high-end warehouse for distribution or other uses.
The total value for the location plus two adjacent lands were approximately $7.5 million.
The studios featured 33,000 square feet of space on the ground floor on a three acre lot and the adjacent properties had an additional four acres.
WWE has moved all of its operations to their new state-of-the-art headquarters at Washington Blvd.
Their previous HQ, known as Titan Towers, is still for sale.
Fenix has deleted all his comments related to the “inhumane treatment” saga on X, with the only trace of what was said being a December 7 post which reads, “I will have my chance to speak the truth.”
On December 8, Fenix posted a controversial message which read, “No one stays in a place where they received inhumane treatment,” a comment which sparked several debates and discussions.
The following day, he alluded that AEW ignored him for months when he needed a doctor and added that due to contractual issues he can’t speak now, but he will have his time.
All those comments and replies were deleted, suggesting that the two sides have at least talked since then.
Fenix had his contract extended by several months by Tony Khan to make up for his time injured, preventing him from entering free agency and possibly joining his brother Penta in WWE.
He last wrestled on the July 27 episode of Rampage.
It was a bad night for Raw this week with the show doing an average of 1,385,000 viewers, down a whopping 324,000 viewers from the prior week. The NFL game was simulcast on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 and drew 18.6 million viewers.
Raw started with 1,385,000 viewers in the first hour and then increased slightly to 1,386,000 viewers in the second hour. This was the least-watched Raw since September 23 and the second least-watched of 2024.
The show had a 0.43 rating in 18-49, down also a big 0.11 from the previous week. It was #3 on the top 50 cable chart for the night and beat everything else apart from NFL. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)
WWE has started filming footage for the upcoming LFG reality/competition series on A&E, with tapings being held prior to NXT last night at the WWE Performance Center.
Elijah Holyfield, the son of former boxing champion Evander Holyfield, was featured in the taping, which had the LFG logo up on screens. Holyfield is a former Cincinnati Bengals NFL player and signed with the company last month. He wrestled Anthony Luke during the taping.
LFG will have The Undertaker, Booker T, Bubba Ray Dudley, and Mickie James appearing as coaches throughout the series, with Triple H and Shawn Michaels also part of the show.
It will offer a behind-the-scenes look of what it takes to become a WWE Superstar, similar to what they did with the Breaking Ground series which aired on WWE Network.
Bronson Reed is undergoing surgery to repair the broken foot he suffered at the Survivor Series: WarGames match today in Birmingham, Alabama.
Reed’s surgery will happen at the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, the go-to medical facility for WWE Superstars for such injuries.
He suffered the injury when he leaped off the top of the cage for a tsunami splash on Roman Reigns but Reigns was saved by CM Punk, sending Reed crashing through a table. Unfortunately for him, he landed on his ankle first, shattering it.
The Australian star is expected to be out of action for several months and will miss WrestleMania in the process.
The NXT New Year’s Evil episode on The CW will be taking place from Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California.
Set for January 7 the day after Raw makes its debut on Netflix, New Year’s Evil will be a loaded show with the top two matches already announced: Trick Williams vs Oba Femi for the NXT title and Roxanne Perez vs Giulia for the NXT Women’s title.
The Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall is located on W Jefferson Blvd in downtown Los Angeles next to the University of Southern California. It’s a popular location for concerts and awards ceremony events, with the hall holding upwards of 6,000 spectators.
Tickets will go on pre-sale on Tuesday, December 17 at 10AM PT and a general public on-sale follows the following day also at the same time. Those interested can register for the pre-sale at https://www.wwe.com/nye-2025-presale-registration.
Collision last Saturday, back in its usual time slot on TNT, drew 278,000 viewers, up 134,000 viewers from the prior week’s record low. The show did a 0.07 rating in 18-49, up 0.04 from the previous week and was #8 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)
Shotzi made her return to WWE television last night on NXT, aligning herself with Gigi Dolin and Tatum Paxley.
Her return came after Dolin and Paxley were being attacked by the trio of Jazmyn Nyx, Jacy Jayne, and NXT Women’s North American champion Fallon Henley, with Shotzi coming out to even the numbers.
Shotzi was injured in February, tearing her ACL during an NXT episode, and has been out of action ever since. While away from the company, Shotzi also took care of a back injury by traveling to Mexico to get stem cell treatment.
