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Saturday, January 4, 2025 Issue #7451
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//->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR

That Tiffany Stratton cash-in was awesome. They have teased it for so long and I'm glad they finally pulled the trigger on it. She's a big star and deserves that title. Go Tiff!

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WRESTLE DYNASTY LIVE TONIGHT ON PPV

- Live from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, New Japan Pro-Wrestling presents Wrestle Dynasty 2024 on pay-per-view. The event is co-promoted by NJPW, All Elite Wrestling, Stardom, Ring of Honor, and CMLL. The full card is as follows: PPV: Zack Sabre Jr vs Ricochet for the IWGP World Heavyweight title; Konosuke Takeshita vs Tomohiro Ishii for the NEVER Openweight title and the AEW International title; Yota Tsuji vs Jack Perry for the IWGP Global Heavyweight title; United Empire vs The Young Bucks vs Los Ingobernables de Japon for the vacant IWGP Tag Team titles; Mercedes Mone vs Mina Shirakawa in a winner-Takes-all match for the NJPW Strong Women's title and the RevPro Undisputed British Women's title; David Finlay vs Brody King; Kenny Omega vs Gabe Kidd; Shota Umino vs Claudio Castagnoli; Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata; and an eight-man Lucha Gauntlet match featuring four from NJPW and four from CMLL. PRE-SHOW: Willow Nightingale (AEW) vs Persephone (CMLL) vs Athena (ROH) vs Momo Watanabe (Stardom) for the International Women’s Cup in a four-way match; The Sons of Texas vs House of Torture for the ROH Tag Team titles. The show will air at 10PM ET in the United States and will stream live on NJPW World or else via pay-per-view on Triller TV for $19.99 or $14.99 with an AEW Plus subscription.

OMEGA RETURNS TO THE RING TONIGHT AFTER 396 DAYS

- It has been a long journey but Kenny Omega is finally returning to the ring 396 days after his last one live tonight during Wrestle Dynasty in Tokyo. The former AEW champion had his last match against Ethan Page on the December 5, 2023 episode of Collision and then went on the injured list following a severe bout with diverticulitis. Omega underwent diverticulitis surgery in late May of last year in New York and was lucky that complications prior to surgery were not fatal. The Cleaner made his presence felt on Dynamite last week, his first AEW televised appearance since he was taken out by The Elite in early May on Dynamite. Tonight, he faces NJPW's Gabe Kidd and Omega has already announced that there will be a new presentation for him at the Tokyo Dome. "I'm debuting a new entrance at the Tokyo Dome," Omega said on X. "A new song created by the amazing Final Fantasy 14 & 16 composer Masayoshi Soken, with vocals by Jason Miller and a special voice by the legendary Nobuo Uematsu."

DYNAMITE RATING

- The Fight for the Fallen episode of Dynamite on New Year's Day drew 588,000 viewers, up 14,000 viewers from the previous week. The number does not represent the viewers who also watched on Max. The show had tough competition in the form of the last part of the Rose Bowl and its post-game show, with the post-game show drawing over 6.5 million viewers on its own. In 18-49, Dynamite had a 0.16 rating, down 0.02 from last week and was #6 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

AEW DONATES $100,000 TO ORGANIZATIONS IN ASHEVILLE, NC

- All Elite Wrestling donated $100,000 this week to organizations on the frontlines of the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in Asheville, North Carolina. The company held Fight For The Fallen in the city to raise money to help those in need after the disastrous hurricane swept to city a few months ago. In addition to the donation, AEW hosted many of the staff, families, and first responders who are providing resources locally. The area is home to Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler of FTR and their friend and fellow AEW star Cope.

TIFFANY STRATTON CASHES IN HER MITB BRIEFCASE

- Tiffany Stratton finally cashed in her Money In The Bank briefcase last night on Smackdown and became the new WWE Women's champion. Stratton helped Nia Jax defeat Naomi to retain her title after clocking the Tag Team champion with her briefcase, allowing Jax to hit her Annihilator finisher. After the match, Jax went to attack Bianca Belair who entered the ring to check on Naomi and that's when all hell broke loose. Jax went for a second Annihilator on Belair but Stratton decked her from behind with the briefcase as the crowd went crazy. She then got rid of Candice LeRea and stood at ringside as Belair hit an impressive KOD on Jax. Stratton dragged Belair out of the ring and threw her over the announce table and then handed in her briefcase. Stratton went in the ring and waited for Lilian Garcia to officially make the announcement and then hit the Prettiest Moonsault Ever on Jax and the referee counted to three. The crowd went absolutely ballistic as Stratton celebrated in the ring, on the announcers table, and then fireworks capped off the beautiful moment with Stratton holding up her title on the stage. You can see the ending at .

PAUL HEYMAN TO PRESENT ULA FALA TO TRIBAL COMBAT MATCH WINNER

- Paul Heyman will have an important role this Monday at the Tribal Combat match and will present the winner, and the ultimate Tribal Chief, with the Ula Fala necklace. The demand was made yesterday by Solo Sikoa last night on Smackdown, who said Heyman must present the Ula Fala necklace to the winner and whoever loses the match must acknowledge the winner as their Tribal Chief. Heyman, on behalf of Roman Reigns, accepted the stipulation and then Solo said that once he defeats Reigns, Heyman will be his Wiseman forever. Sikoa took ownership of the necklace after Reigns lost the WWE title at WrestleMania 40 and disappeared from television until he made his eventual return at SummerSlam. Sikoa vs Reigns in the Tribal Combat match will be one of the headline matches which will be part of the Raw on Netflix debut.

REPORT: ROYAL RUMBLE 2026 GOING TO SAUDI ARABIA

- PWInsider.com is reporting in an exclusive story that the 2026 Royal Rumble will be taking place from Saudi Arabia and an official announcement could come as early as Monday. Last year, Saudi Arabia’s Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, Turki Alsheikh, told Ariel Helwani in an interview that the Kingdom is trying to sweeten their deal with WWE by bringing either the Royal Rumble or WrestleMania in 2026 or 2027. Saudi already pays WWE around $50 million per show and the company has a 10-year deal with two shows per year. PWInsider adds that the decision is locked in and the Saudi show will be the first one on the road to WrestleMania 42 next year. This would be the first Royal Rumble outside the United States since it started as a pay-per-view back in 1988. Riyadh is also the first location where WWE has a permanent physical attraction titled WWE Experience, a location where meet and greets as well as other events could be held during Rumble weekend. Saudi Arabia recently was announced as the host of the lucrative 2034 FIFA World Cup, with all matches taking place in the country.

DWAYNE JOHNSON RECEIVES 96,557 TKO SHARES

- In new documentation filed yesterday with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission it was revealed that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson received 96,557 TKO shares which were part of his agreement to return to WWE/TKO. The 96,557 shares have a value of $14,058,699 after yesterday's closing of $145.60. Johnson is now in possession of a total of 289,673 TKO shares with an overall value of $42,176,388. As part of returning to the company, Johnson was also awarded full ownership of The Rock intellectual property which up until last year WWE was an owner of.

KAIRI SANE OUT WITH ARM INJURY

- Damage CTRL member Kairi Sane revealed in a post on social media that she's currently suffering from an arm injury. Sane posted a photo from a hospital seemingly out of surgery with her right arm wrapped in a cast and in a sling. "I'll get an arm of iron..." She wrote as the caption. The Pirate Princess last wrestled in early December and was taken out of the Women's Intercontinental title tournament after an attack by Pure Fusion Collective. She was eventually replaced by her tag team partner Iyo Sky.


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