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Sunday, January 5, 2025 Issue #7452
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WRESTLE DYNASTY RESULTS

- Here are the results from Wrestle Dynasty which took place earlier today from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The show was co-promoted by NJPW, AEW, ROH, CMLL, and Stardom. PRE-SHOW: Momo Watanabe defeated Willow Nightingale, Persephone, and Athena in a four-way match to win the International Women’s Cup; The Sons of Texas defeated House of Torture to retain the ROH Tag Team titles. PPV: Taiji Ishimori defeated Hechicero, Kosei Fujita, Soberano Jr., Master Wato, Máscara Dorada, Titán, and El Desperado in an eight-man Lucha Gauntlet match; Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata ended in a grappling rules exhibition match ended in a time-limit draw; Mercedes Mone defeated Mina Shirakawa in a winner-takes-all match to become the new RevPro Undisputed British Women's champion; David Finlay defeated Brody King; Shota Umino defeated Claudio Castagnoli; Konosuke Takeshita defeated Tomohiro Ishii to retain the NEVER Openweight title and the AEW International title; The Young Bucks defeated United Empire and Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi) in a three-way tag team match to become the new IWGP Tag Team champions; Yota Tsuji defeated Jack Perry to retain the IWGP Global Heavyweight title; Kenny Omega defeated Gabe Kidd; Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Ricochet to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight title.

MERCEDES MONE WINS MORE GOLD AT WRESTLE DYNASTY

- Mercedes Mone has added more gold to her collection after she defeated Mina Shirakawa at the Wrestle Dynasty pay-per-view earlier today and is now the RevPro Undisputed British Women champion as well. Mone's NJPW Strong Women's title was on the line in this match but the CEO ended up victorious after hitting the Mone Maker. The TBS champion has been delivering some strong matches lately on AEW pay-per-views and can now call herself a triple champion, something which is rarely done in wrestling especially holding three different titles from three different promotions of three different countries. The RevPro Undisputed British Women's title also consists of the Southside Women's Championship, which Mone also carried and is now technically in possession of four titles. It was her life-long dream to wrestle inside the Tokyo Dome and she made her debut there during Wrestle Kingdom 17, coming out to confront the then IWGP Women's champion Kairi. It was her first post-WWE appearance but unfortunately, a broken leg derailed any plans of wrestling inside the historic building for a couple of years. "I've fulfilled my childhood dream, but it's just the beginning," she said after the show. "It's been two years since the NJPW women's division started. AEW, NJPW, and the female wrestlers are all amazing. Today we were able to show a glimpse of our greatness. My new dream has begun again. My current goal is to have a match in the main event at the Tokyo Dome."

THE YOUNG BUCKS REGAIN THE IWGP TAG TEAM TITLES

- The Young Bucks are champions in Japan once again, winning the vacant IWGP Tag Team titles at Wrestle Dynasty in a triple tag match that also included United Empire and Los Ingobernables de Japon. The Bucks won after hitting their Meltzer Driver on Great-O-Khan. It was their first match in Japan since 2019 when the duo joined their friends to start All Elite Wrestling. This is their second stint with the IWGP Tag Team titles after winning them for the first time in June 2018 at the Dominion 6.9 in Osaka. On that day, they beat Evil and Sanada also of Los Ingobernables de Japon. Their first reign lasted 113 days and they lost them to Guerrillas of Destiny, the team of Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa, at the Fighting Spirit Unleashed show in Long Beach, California.

JOJO OFFERMAN DOES RING ANNOUNCING FOR DARK MATCH AT COLLISION

- JoJo Offerman, the widow of former WWE Superstar Bray Wyatt, did ring announcing for a dark match before the start of AEW Collision last night which was held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Offerman did not do announcing during Collision and did not appear on the broadcast. It's unclear at this point if that was a one-time thing or a preview of things to come. She is a former Raw ring announcer herself, having done the job for two years between 2016 and 2018. Offerman was also part of the first season of Total Divas on E!

DYNAMITE TAKES A HIT IN THE VIEWERSHIP IN 2024

- Dynamite in 2024 suffered a hit in its weekly viewership, getting an average of 701,365 viewers, down from the 864,269 average of 2023. Viewership never hit 900,000 once in 52 weeks, as the million viewers remained elusive. The show has not seen a million viewers since February 22, 2023. The most-watched episode of Dynamite came on January 17 with 891,000 viewers tuning in but things went downhill from there, with the show breaking some unwanted records. The October 8 episode has the least-watched record with just 329,000 viewers. This was on a Tuesday and went head-to-head with NXT. AEW lost all three shows that went against NXT in 2024, including when they were in their regular Wednesday slot and NXT moved to Wednesday due to the election. In 18-49, once a strong a demo for Dynamite, the show fell to a 0.23 average in 2024, down 0.06 from the 0.29 average of 2023. Their biggest number also came on January 17 with a 0.33 and their lowest was on October 8 with just a 0.10. This was the second year in a row that Dynamite had a drop in viewers compared to the previous year.

THE ROCK CONFIRMS PRESENCE AT RAW NETFLIX PREMIERE

- The Rock has confirmed that he will be showing up on Raw tomorrow night live from the Intuit Dome in Inglewood for the Netflix premiere. In a post on Instagram, Johnson said that besides having his three daughters, his Samoan High Chief title, High Chief Seiuli, is one of the greatest honor of his life. He said he made a commitment 20 years ago to his Highness High Chief Maleatoa Tunamafili II and to the people of Samoa to carry his Samoan, Polynesian, and Black culture around the world with great respect, pride, kindness, mana, humility, and warrior spirit. The Rock noted that he can't wait to soon return back home to Samoa, but, before that happens, there's a stop that he needs to do. "Until then, I’ll come back home to @WWE tomorrow night as we make history on @Netflix and begin a new and exciting era," The Rock wrote. "Tomorrow night is dedicated to my grandfather, the High Chief Peter Maivia, my grandmother, Lia Maivia and my dad, Rocky “Soulman” Johnson and my ancestors who have ALL paved the way."

INTUIT DOME FULL FOR TOMORROW'S RAW

- Nearly 16,000 fans already have tickets for tomorrow's Raw from the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, ready to witness a new era ushered in on Netflix. The show will be a complete sell out by the time the show starts and this will be one of the most-attended Raws of 2025. The gate is also go to be astronomical considering tickets for this particular Raw sold for a lot of money where even the cheapest ticket was considered highly expensive. The cheapest standard ticket available at the moment is $1,832.50 while the cheapest verified resale ticket is $376.04 which is behind the stage at the very top of the arena.

THE ROCK TO PRESENT AWARD AT TONIGHT'S GOLDEN GLOBES

- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will be one of the presenters at tonight's Golden Globes which will air on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. His Moana 2 movie is a nominee in the Best Animated Motion Picture category. The Golden Globes are in Beverly Hills, just 12 miles away from the Intuit Dome in Inglewood where WWE will kick off a new era and where The Rock said he will be tomorrow night.


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