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Thursday, January 23, 2025 Issue #7469
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Live Impact tonight on AXS TV, the first one in a very long time. Should be interesting.


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THE HURT SYNDICATE WIN AEW TAG TEAM TITLES

- Just months after reuniting on AEW television, The Hurt Syndicate are the new AEW Tag Team champions. Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin defeated Private Party last night on Dynamite, with the former WWE champion Lashley spearing Zay for the pinfall victory. This brought to an end Private Party's reign after just 84 days following their win against The Young Bucks on Fright Night Dynamite in October of last year. At that time, Kassidy and Quen brought to a stop The Bucks' 192-day reign. Lashley and Benjamin, along with MVP, only arrived in AEW three months ago.

CHRISTOPHER DANIELS CONFIRMS IN-RING RETIREMENT

- In a post on social media, Christoper Daniels has announced that he has retired from in-ring competition. His last match was the Texas Death match against "Hangman" Adam Page on Collision. "I'm sad that it's over. But so very happy that it had happened," Daniels wrote on X. "Thank you all!" The belief was that Daniels would not be making a return to the ring following his Collision loss to Page but it was never advertised that it would be his last match, something which apparently Daniels did not want to make a big deal out of. The 54-year-old started his pro wrestling career in 1993 and wrestled for the WWF, WCW, ROH, TNA, NJPW, a bunch of independent promotions, and ultimately AEW. His biggest successes came in ROH and TNA, where he is a multi-time champion across many divisions. Daniels joined AEW in 2019 as one of the first signees to the promotion. Apart from an on-screen talent, he also worked for AEW behind the scenes where he occupies the role of Head of Talent Relations.

SECOND MATCH FOR GRAND SLAM: AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCED

- The second match for Grand Slam: Australia was confirmed last night on Dynamite and it will feature Kenny Omega teaming up with Will Ospreay to take on Konosuke Takeshita and Kyle Fletcher. The match came together following last night's episode of Dynamite where Omega and Ospreay had a face-to-face and were forced to team up to fend off The Don Callis Family from an attack. The show is set for February 15 from the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia. It was originally scheduled to be a streaming special but now it will air instead of Collision following the NBA All-Star weekend on TNT and simulcast on Max. The show will air over 17 hours after it originally takes place. The only other match announced so far is Mariah May vs Toni Storm for the AEW Women's title.

COLLISION RATING

- Collision on Saturday night drew 342,000 viewers, up 5,000 viewers from the prior week. The show had a 0.10 rating in 18-49, an increase of 0.01 and it was #12 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. The show had tough competition in the form of UFC prelims on FX and NFL football on ESPN. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

WWE AND UFC LAND MAJOR SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH SPRIBE

- SPRIBE, the software development company behind the viral online gaming sensation Aviator, announced a multi-year sponsorship deal with UFC and WWE. Under the agreement with UFC, the Aviator logo will appear prominently on the Octagon canvas at every UFC event worldwide, accompanied by integrated social media campaigns and premium hospitality experiences. In parallel, WWE will showcase Aviator branding at select marquee events, further amplifying the game's visibility among global audiences. For WWE, the alignment with Aviator represents an opportunity to engage with a rapidly growing audience in the gaming sector. "We're thrilled to expand our partnership with SPRIBE across both UFC and WWE," said Nicholas Smith, Vice President of Global Partnerships for TKO. "Much like UFC and WWE, Aviator is a pioneer in its own industry, reshaping the iGaming landscape with innovative, immersive, and engaging consumer experiences. Together, UFC and WWE provide brands with access to one of the most formidable marketing portfolios in sports, and we're looking forward to working with SPRIBE to design custom integrations within our content that will help them reach millions more consumers around the world." The sponsorship deals include logo placements, exclusive social media activations, and premium hospitality access, with opportunities for future activations, including cross-promotions, content integrations, and co-branded campaigns.

NXT TAG TEAM TITLES DEFENDED ON LIVE IMPACT TONIGHT

- It's going to be a rare live Impact tonight from San Antonio, Texas, and the first one in a very long time as TNA Wrestling presents its fallout from Genesis. Brand new TNA champion Joe Hendry will be in the house and so will Josh Alexander, who quit the company on Sunday night following his loss to Mike Santana. Tessa Blanchard will also have a mic after she despatched Jordynne Grace out of TNA. Plus, the NXT Tag Team titles will be on the line as Fraxiom defend their titles against The Rascalz, Masha Slamovich teams up with Spitfire to take on Rosemary and Heather and Ash By Elegance, and Moose and JDC battle the TNA Tag Team champions The Hardys. The live Impact airs on AXS TV starting at 8PM ET.

TNA TO HOLD LIVE IMPACT AT FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY

- TNA Wrestling announced that it will be holding a live episode of Impact on Thursday, February 20 from Full Sail University at Winter Park, Florida. A second set of tapings will be held the following night as well. Full Sail University is the former home of NXT, a location where NXT taped eight years worth of programming before it moved to the WWE Performance Center. Tickets go on sale to the general public tomorrow at Eventbrite.com with tickets priced at $32, $52, $77, and $152 plus taxes and fees. TNA will hold a live episode of Impact tonight as well from the Boeing Center At Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. An NXT presence will be there tonight on Impact and highly likely for the Full Sail episode as well.

NETFLIX CO-CEO FULL OF PRAISE FOR WWE

- Speaking during the Netflix Q4 2024 earnings call, co-CEO Ted Sarandos was full of praise for WWE and the great start Raw had on their streaming service, adding that the company will help to grow WWE's popularity outside the United States. Sarandos said that the day after Raw airs live, they see about a 25% jump in viewership coming from countries outside North America. Raw airs in the very early hours of the morning for European countries and later in the morning as you move to time zones in the east. “All these years that WWE has been on television, very successful," Sarandos told investors. "Good example about the kind of X factor that is Netflix, we did a press day to kind of introduce the press to the sport because the press didn’t pay much attention to it — to the sport until it got to Netflix. So they basically — we had a huge attendance of reporters from all over the world who were learning what this game, what this is about. So to me, I think that’s the first step of the X factor that is Netflix for that sport, and people will see that applied." He also compared the strategy they are using with WWE to that they used for Formula 1 with the Drive to Survive series which catapulted F1's popularity in America. "So I feel like we have the ability to do that with WWE. We give a bigger audience for it in the U.S. and blow it up outside of the U.S.," he continued. "We also like it because for a sport, it also has a 40-person writer room. So it’s much closer to our core wheelhouse of creating and storytelling." Netflix also announced a price hike to their service in the United States after reporting nearly 19 million new subscribers to the service. This was the largest subscription jump ever during a three-month period and sends the total of worldwide subscribers to over 300 million. The new prices are $7.99 per month with ads for the standard account, ad-free subscriptions are $17.99, and the premium plan with 4K is $24.99.

SATURDAY NIGHT'S MAIN EVENT AIRING ON YOUTUBE AGAIN FOR INTERNATIONAL VIEWERS

- This weekend's Saturday Night's Main Event will be once again airing on YouTube for viewers outside the United States. In the U.S., it will air on NBC with a live simulcast on Peacock starting at 8PM ET. Last month's SNME also aired on YouTube but there were some rumors that Saturday's show would be airing on Netflix for international viewers. There is currently no entry for a Saturday Night's Main Event broadcast in the WWE: Live & Upcoming section and not even last month's episode is even featured on Netflix at the moment for on-demand viewing.

NXT RATING

- NXT this week drew 812,000 viewers, up 33,000 viewers from the previous broadcast and the best number since October 8, 2024 so far. The show had a 0.22 rating in 18-49, up 0.05 from the prior week and also the best in three months. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)


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