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Wednesday, January 8, 2025 Issue #7455
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DYNAMITE PREVIEW

- Dynamite is back tonight, a show which will feature the proper return of Kenny Omega. Omega showed up to deliver Okada the Continental title a few weeks ago and then had his first match in over a year at NJPW Wrestle Dynasty last weekend. Matches scheduled for tonight are Buddy Matthews vs Will Ospreay, Mark Briscoe vs Bobby Lashley, Toni Storm vs Kris Statlander vs Willow Nightingale in a three-way match for the #1 spot in the Women's Casino Gauntlet match set for next week, and a men's Casino Gauntlet match with the winner getting a title shot against Jon Moxley at next week's Maximum Carnage Dynamite. The show will air on TBS and also stream live on Max.

FIRST WOMEN'S CASINO GAUNTLET MATCH NEXT WEEK

- The #1 contender for the AEW Women's championship will be decided next Wednesday on Dynamite in a Women's Casino Gauntlet match. The announcement was made by AEW President Tony Khan in a post on social media yesterday. This will be the first-ever women's version of the popular Casino Gauntlet match. The winner of this match will get the title shot at the upcoming Grand Slam: Australia event next month. The Casino Gauntlet concept involves two wrestlers starting off the match and new entrants coming in at intervals like a battle royal, but the winner is decided after whoever scores the first pinfall, rather than over the top rope elimination. Being early in the match is an advantage as participants who are supposed to come in later in the match might not have the opportunity if someone scores a pinfall early. Next week's episode is themed Maximum Carnage.

GIULIA WINS NXT WOMEN'S TITLE

- A new NXT Women's champion was crowned last night at New Year's Evil as Giulia defeated Roxanne Perez for her first gold in WWE. Perez vs Giulia kicked off the first NXT show of 2025 and despite the interference of Cora Jade, Giulia still managed to find a way to get to the finish line, winning the highly-praised match with a northern lights bomb. This ends Perez's 276-day reign as NXT Women's champion, a title show won from Lyra Valkyria at the Stand & Deliver show last April during WrestleMania 40 weekend. This match was Giulia's second for the title, receiving her first one on the premiere episode on CW but it was Perez at that time who ended up victorious. You can check out her victory at .

OBA FEMI WINS NXT TITLE

- There's a new sheriff in NXT town and his name is Oba Femi. The 26-year-old became the NXT champion last night at New Year's Evil, beating titleholder Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe in a triple threat match. The ending came with Femi, in the middle of the ring, about to get sandwiched by Thorpe and Williams who were in opposing corners. Williams went for the Trick Shot while Thorpe swung a chair, only for Femi to move out, throwing Williams into the steel chair, knocking out Thorpe in the process. Femi then followed with a popup powerbomb and a pin to end the match. Femi, and new NXT Women's champion Giulia, then posed together at the top of the stage, signifying a new start for NXT. Femi earned a title shot after winning the Iron Survivor Challenge last month at Deadline. Originally he wasn't part of the match and replaced Thorpe who at the time faked an injury to get out of the match, only to get a title match the following week against Williams. He becomes the first Nigerian-born star to hold the NXT title. You can see his win at .

NIKKI GARCIA SAYS IT FELT GREAT TO BE ACCEPTED AND LOVED AT RAW

- Speaking on The Nikki & Brie Show in a new episode dropped yesterday, Nikki Garcia said that it felt incredible to be accepted and loved at the Raw Netflix premiere this past Monday. Nikki, along with her sister Brie, departed from WWE in 2023 under some rocky circumstances and were not allowed to use the name Bella as it was an intellectual property of WWE. Nikki said that no matter if it's business or family, there's always going to be a rocky road and that's life. "We had that rocky road with WWE,” Nikki said. She admitted that she realized that there were times where she made outbursts out of emotions that probably shouldn't have happened but also there were times where she was hurt and wanted to be heard. “I felt all these emotions because I felt at home and I was so happy to be home," Nikki continued. "And then to be so accepted and loved felt so incredible because things were rocky and then there’s nothing better...there’s no better feeling than going back home." She said that things were mended with WWE and they had great conversations and it felt like a big family reunion. "It was like all is well, we have all made up," she said. Interviewed on the red carpet and asked if we're going to see The Bella Twins back in WWE, Nikki was careful not to reveal anything and she said maybe she's there to scout her competition. Nikki was shown at ringside during the broadcast and listed under her WWE name, receiving a big pop from the crowd. Brie was not at the show, likely because of her association with AEW due to her husband, Bryan Danielson.

COREY GRAVES BACK ON NXT COMMENTARY

- Corey Graves is back where it all started for him: NXT. Graves returned to the brand last night at the New Year's Evil show on CW, joining Vic Joseph and Booker T in a three-man commentary team. Up until last week, Graves was doing Smackdown commentary with Michael Cole but Cole has moved to Raw with Pat McAfee while Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett have moved to Smackdown. Graves was an NXT wrestler before a career-ending injury forced him to take on a new role with the company. He started commentary in 2014 before he moved to the main roster three years later. With NXT now on network television and on Netflix everywhere else in the world, there will be a bigger effort in trying to present the brand as more than just a developmental property.

NXT AT CENTER STAGE PRE-SALE

- The pre-sale for the January 28 episode of NXT which will take place from the famous Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia, is now on using the code WWETIX on Ticketmaster.com. This will not be the first time that NXT will be using the location, a popular one during the WCW days where WCW Saturday Night was taped from 1989 to 1996. NXT taped shows there in early 2018 for their weekly broadcast. Tickets start from $75 and go up to $250 plus taxes and fees. The general public sale starts on Friday at 10AM ET. Center Stage still holds pro wrestling events to this day, with ROH, TNA, MLW, GCW, and others all holding television tapings in the studio which can hold up to 1,000 fans.


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