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Thursday, February 27, 2025 Issue #7500
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Okay, here we go.

Over the past several years, and even decades now, people have changed the way they consumed news, from print, to e-mail, to websites, to user-generated forums, to social media and everything in between. Choice is certainly not an issue, but some formats have been dead in the water more than others.

The format that you're reading this particular newsletter on is certainly one that fits in the "dead in the water" category. It's outdated, it's ugly. No one waits for a particular time to read the day's, or previous day's news. Everyone gets real-time news on their mobile devices, watches, and social media feeds nowadays. What you read in the newsletter is usually published several hours before, and sometimes over a day before. Chances are, most of you won't even read this either.

That alone, in times we live in, makes the newsletter, well, somewhat irrelevant. Irrelevant in the sense that by the time this hits your mailbox, you've already probably read everything either on our website or most likely, somewhere else. I say most likely somewhere else because that's the reality of it. 99% of the time, I'm either at work or asleep when breaking news happens and that's partly because of the time difference of where I live. News travels fast, especially on social media. You switch on Facebook or X and boom, everything is there for you on one feed without the need of going to different websites.

With that said, I have decided to reach the very difficult decision that this newsletter, in its current format, has to stop. It wasn't easy, it's a decision that has been weighing on my mind for years. I was close on pulling the plug several times over the past few years, but it's really hard stopping something that you've been doing for 28 years and five months.

Yes, 28 years. Those who have been here long enough know we started back in September 1996. It started as a weekly, then bi-weekly, and then transitioned to daily during the Monday Night Wars era. 7,500 issues sent to thousands of subscribers. It's something I am very proud of, but I'm also realistic, and know that subscribers went down, engagement with readers went down and sometimes you just have to take the unfortunate decision.

Moving from Yahoo Groups to the current provider killed thousands of subs and then you have what I explained above: people changed the way they consume news. I've sent this newsletter from all corners of the globe, from different countries in Europe, North America, Asia, from the cold temperatures of Alaska to the hot and humidity of Hong Kong and Thailand, from cruise ships in the middle of the ocean, to 40,000 feet in the air on planes. Every time I hit "send" from a different location it's like ticking another box on an imaginary sheet.

This does not mean Wrestling-Online.com is ending, at least not for now. We will concentrate on bringing news every day through our website, our social media channels on Facebook (www.facebook.com/wrestlingonline), X (www.x.com/wrestlingonline), and Threads (), and of course on your iPhone and Android devices through our two free apps available on the App Store and Google Play Store. Our Facebook page has over 70,000 followers and continues to increase every month and it's a great way to interact with readers. A lot of different opinions for sure, but that's what makes it great...and a pain in the ass sometimes LOL!

This is certainly not a goodbye. I will still be using this list for breaking news and maybe announcing new stuff for those interested. For those who are not interested, you can unsubscribe by clicking on this link: mailto:[email protected]. And, I can still be reached every day at editor@... so feel free to reach out any time.

If you want to receive instant notifications of our news stories whenever they're posted, you can subscribe to our Instant News Alert service at . Once you confirm your account you can then change the frequency of the e-mails, like instant, daily recap, weekly, or whatever through the WordPress account.

I did not want to prolong this, so this issue, #7500, is the last one you'll get. It's also a "cool" round number. I feel like if I had announced this weeks before and there was a countdown, it would have been more tough for me. Like I said, it wasn't an easy decision but one I had to take.

It's been my pleasure and my honor to be allowed into your mailbox almost every single day. I don't take anything for granted in life and I'm proud of what I have built over the past 28 years. Getting here obviously took a lot of help, including the work of a lot of writers who along the years, someway, somehow, contributed to this newsletter with their words. Just like I never charged a single cent for this newsletter, they never asked for any money for their contributions either.

And last and certainly not least, thank you to all our readers, for keeping this going for so long. It would not have been possible without you. I know there are many of you who have been with us for over 20 years, and that's impressive.

Okay, I think I had enough to say for now. On with the news for the last time here, and hopefully, I'll see you on our social media.

THANK YOU.


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NUMBER 1 CONTENDER'S MATCH FOR AEW WORLD TITLE AT REVOLUTION

- The new number one contender for the AEW World title will be determined at Revolution with a new match on the card. Announced last night, Swerve Strickland will be taking on Ricochet in their second one-on-one in an AEW ring, but this time, the stakes are even higher. Ricochet has a win over Strickland from their first encounter in February. The AEW World title match at Revolution will feature Jon Moxley defending against Cope.

TAKESHITA VS OMEGA OFFICIAL FOR REVOLUTION

- The AEW International title match at Revolution was confirmed last night on Dynamite after Konosuke Takeshita successfully defended his title against Orange Cassidy in the main event of the show. Kenny Omega will now get to take on the champion in the last of the International Championship Series which started at the Dynamite in Phoenix two weeks ago between Cassidy and Roderick Strong. Cassidy got his title shot after he beat Strong in the main event of that Dynamite. Takeshita has been champion for 138 days, winning it from Will Ospreay at the WrestleDream pay-per-view last October. This match is the seventh on the card at Revolution so far.

NO CHANGES TO AEW ON MAX

- AEW will not see any change on Max after the streaming service announced that it is eliminating live sports from their ad tier. Warner Bros. Discovery announced yesterday that their $10 paywall plan for B/R Sports is not moving forward while sports and news from CNN will be going away from the ad tier starting March 30 and be made available only on the ad-free, more expensive tier. In all news articles from major outlets, AEW was not even mentioned as live weekly content but in a separate e-mail answering questions about AEW, Max said that the change does not affect AEW and both Dynamite and Collision will continue to be made available on all tiers of the streaming service. AEW started simulcasting on Max in early January, with nearly all of its video library made available on-demand on the service sometime this year.

TKO ANNOUNCES Q4 2024 AND FY 2024 FINANCIAL RESULTS

- TKO Group Holdings, Inc. announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024. “TKO delivered record financial performance in 2024 at both UFC and WWE, reflecting the strength of our IP, the dynamic audiences we serve, and the industry-best team of people we’ve assembled,” said Ariel Emanuel, Executive Chair and CEO of TKO. “In the year ahead, we will be focused on securing long-term U.S. domestic media rights agreements for UFC as well as WWE’s Premium Live Events; integrating IMG, On Location and Professional Bull Riders into our portfolio; creating even more compelling live events; and executing our robust capital return program for shareholders.” The full press release can be found at .

WWE TO HOLD THREE SAUDI PLE'S IN 2026, BUT ONE IN 2025

- TKO Chief Financial Officer Andrew Schleimer revealed yesterday during the TKO earnings call with investors that WWE will be having three premium live events in Saudi Arabia in 2026. The plan for three events next year will differ from this year, with only one Saudi premium live event set on the 2025 calendar, with Schleimer saying that it will have a hit of approximately $55 million in company revenue. WWE has already announced that next year's Royal Rumble will take place from Riyadh, the first time that the Rumble will happen outside North America. During the same conference call, TKO Chief Operating Officer Mark Shapiro said that the company is also close in negotiations with the Kingdom to launch a boxing league where TKO would operate and promote but it would be owned by Saudi Arabia.

NXT RATING

- NXT this week drew 799,000 viewers, up 110,000 viewers from last week's broadcast and the fourth most-watched episode this year so far. NXT featured the return of the Hardy Boyz and the in-ring debut of Ricky Saints. The show had a 0.19 rating in 18-49, up 0.02 from the prior week. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

ROMAN REIGNS ADDED TO OVERSEAS SMACKDOWN EPISODES

- Roman Reigns has been added to two Smackdown episodes which will happen overseas next month on the road to WrestleMania. Reigns is now being advertised for the March 21 Smackdown from the Unipol Arena in Bologna, Italy, and the March 28 Smackdown from The O2 Arena in London, England. The Tribal Chief has not appeared on WWE television since the January 6 Raw debut on Netflix. CM Punk has also been added to these two Smackdown episodes as well as the March 17 episode of Raw at Forest National in Brussels, Belgium. Some locations have suffered in terms of ticket sales in this European tour, mainly because of high ticket prices.

TRAVIS SCOTT AT ELIMINATION CHAMBER

- Popular artist Travis Scott will be appearing at the Elimination Chamber this Saturday night live from the Rogers Centre in Toronto. The news came via a post on social media by Triple H, saying that he was with him at ComplexCon in Las Vegas, he helped usher the new Netflix era, and now, he's going to be at the Chamber. "I'll see you there, Travis Scott," Triple H said as he walked across the WWE headquarters. WWE is using the 10-time Grammy nominee's song FE!N as the theme song for WrestleMania 41.

RONDA ROUSEY ADDED TO WRESTLECON

- Former WWE Raw and Smackdown Women's champion "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey will be in Las Vegas for WrestleMania 41 weekend appearing at WrestleCon. Rousey has been added to the Friday WrestleCon session, with photo op or autograph selling for $80 each or $150 for a combo. WrestleCon will take place between April 17 and 20 from the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino. A four-day pass of $41 is required to enter. For more information go to wrestlecon.com.


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