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Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Issue #7486
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//->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR

I was expecting Ricky Starks to show up eventually on WWE TV…but damn, not that fast! LOL


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//->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE
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RICKY STARKS MAKES SURPRISE NXT DEBUT

- WWE and Ricky Starks did not waste time to get into business as just 24 hours after he was officially released, Starks showed up unannounced on NXT. The former AEW star made his presence felt before the main event got underway and received a big pop from the WWE Performance Center crowd. "It's obvious you know who I am," Starks said as the crowd chanted his name. "If NXT is the future of professional wrestling, well guess what, you need an absolute superstar of the future," he continued. "If this is the hottest brand, you need the hottest free agent right now baby!" Starks warned the crowd not to let the handsome face and expensive fragrance fool them because he was there to turn the place upside down. "And everyone’s been begging the question, when will the revolution be televised again?,” Starks said. “I’m here, ain’t I?" He then his did usual pose among the crowd as they cheered even more for him. What's interesting is that nowhere online and not even last night on television he was referred to as Ricky Starks by WWE. You can see his arrival at .

WRESTLEMANIA WEEK EVENT TICKETS OUT ON PRE-SALE

- Tickets for the WrestleMania Week events went on pre-sale today at AXS.COM. Combo tickets are available using the pre-sale code WWEVIP from the WWE Presale option and the cheapest available are $196.50 plus taxes and fees, which add up around another $100 to your bill. The most expensive $1,816.50 and it adds another $165 in taxes and fees. Single tickets for all three events are available through the AXS Premium offer and require no passcode. The cheapest tickets are $128.25 each for Raw and Smackdown and $47.92 for Smackdown, with these prices also excluding taxes and fees. The whole T-Mobile Arena will be open for seats. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 14 at 10AM PST on AXS.COM.

RICKY STARKS PULLED FROM SATURDAY INDIE SHOW

- Ricky Starks has been pulled from an indie wrestling event on Saturday night following his arrival on NXT last night. NXT has the Vengeance Day premium live event on Saturday so it's highly likely that Starks will be in attendance for that. "Due to circumstances beyond our control, Ricky Starks will not be in attendance on Saturday, February 15th at the Tannery Row Ale House," Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling announced via post on social media. Starks made his NXT debut last night, coming out just before the main event to a shocked WWE PC audience. Starks had received his release from AEW just 24 hours before.

CORA JADE ADDED TO NXT WOMEN'S TITLE MATCH

- The triple threat match for the NXT Women's title at Vengeance Day has now been turned into a fatal four-way match with the addition of Cora Jade to the mix. Jade defeated Bayley yesterday on NXT and her win earned her a spot on the match as announced by NXT General Manager Ava. Jade and Bayley will join Roxanne Perez and NXT Women's champion Giulia in the match. Speaking of Perez, she did provide some assistance to Jade last night during the show, coming out to distract Bayley in Bayley's former NXT gimmick as the hugger.

JULIUS CREED JOINS DANIEL CORMIER'S COACHING TEAM ON THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER

- WWE Superstar Julius Creed has been announced as one of the coaches helping Daniel Cormier in the new season of The Ultimate Fighter. The former NCAA All-American wrestler joins Cormier's six-person backroom staff which also includes Bob Cook, Rosendo Sanchez, Michael Chiesa, Tiago Beowulf, and John Wood. The new season of The Ultimate Fighter starts on May 27 exclusively on ESPN+. Chael Sonnen will be coaching the other team.

RAW VIEWS FOR LAST WEEK

- For the first time since moving to Netflix, Raw viewership saw an uptick in views, with the post-Royal Rumble episode on February 3 having 3,100,000 global views, up from the prior week's 2,900,000. Netflix listed a total of 6,100,000 hours viewed, which was 500,000 less than the prior week. The number was enough to put Raw #7 globally on the chart for the week and the show was in the top 10 in Bolivia, Canada, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States, and United Kingdom.

DYNAMITE PREVIEW

- Dynamite tonight was taped yesterday due to the AEW crew heading over to Australia for this weekend's Grand Slam broadcast. A total of seven matches were recorded for the broadcast which airs at 8PM ET on TBS and Max. Two title matches will headline the show, with The Death Riders defending the AEW Trios titles against The Undisputed Kingdom while AEW Tag Team champions The Hurt Syndicate defend against The Gunns. Also taking place are Dustin Rhodes vs MJF, Adam Page vs Max Caster, Penelope Ford vs Kris Statlander, Megan Bayne vs Maya World, and another trios match with Hook, Katsuyori Shibata, and Samoa Joe vs Aaron Solo, Jon Cruz and Rosario Grillo.

COLLISION RATING

- Collision last weekend recovered from the prior week in the viewership, with the show getting 387,000 viewers, up 190,000 from the prior week's record low. That was the best number since December 21. The show had a 0.10 rating in 18-49, up 0.06 and was #6 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)


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