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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Thursday, February 27, 2025 Issue #7500 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR 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 It's outdated, it's ugly.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 (https://www.threads.net/@wrestlingonlinecom), and of course on your iPhone and Android devices through o

===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Issue #7499 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR NXT cooked last night and the Roadblock show is gearing up to be incredible. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > DYNAMITE PREVIEW - Over 3,000 fans are expected tonight for Dynamite at the Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California. The show airs on TBS at 8PM ET and also live streams on Max. Scheduled for tonight are Konosuke Takeshita vs Orange Cassidy for the AEW International title with the winner facing Kenny Omega at the Revolution pay-per-view, Bryan Keith vs Will Ospreay in a bounty match, a trios match featuring Daniel Garcia and FTR vs Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong, and Deonna Purrazzo vs Harley Cameron. Plus, "Hangman" Adam Page will also be in action and we'll hear from MJF, Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana. > COLLISION RATING - Collision this past Saturday drew 421,000 viewers, down 81,000 viewers from last week's episode which had the big lead in from the NBA. This was the second most-watched episode of Collision of 2025 so far. The show had a 0.12 rating in 18-49, down 0.09 from last week and placed #9 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider) > GIULIA VS VAQUER, TITLE VS TITLE AT NXT ROADBLOCK - Someone will be walking out with two NXT Women's titles at the Roadblock NXT event on Tuesday, March 11, as NXT Women's champion Giulia and NXT Women's North American champion Stephanie Vaquer are on a collision course. After Vaquer successfully defended her title against Karmen Petrovic on last night's episode, Giulia came out to say that she is the best women's champion. Vaquer begged to differ and then challenged her best friend to a double title match. Both women then held up their respective title above their shoulder and the match was later made official for the March 11 Roadblock show. > OBA FEMI VS MOOSE FOR NXT TITLE ANNOUNCED - TNA X Division champion Moose will get a shot at the NXT title, currently held by Oba Femi, on the March 11 Roadblock event, live from The Theatre at Madison Square Garden. Moose defended his title on NXT last night against Lexis King and afterward, the NXT champion came out to confront Moose. "This is the match to make, and Ava made it official," Femi said. "So in two weeks at Roadblock at Madison Square Garden, it's going to be The Face of the Franchise versus The Ruler for the NXT title." Only Femi's NXT title will be on the line in this match. The two have been locked in a program for the past couple of weeks and Femi will team up with The Hardys against Moose, Brian Myers, and Eddie Edwards in a six-man tag match which will air tomorrow on Impact on AXS TV. > HARDY BOYZ TO DEFEND TNA TAG TEAM TITLES AT NXT ROADBLOCK - The Hardy Boyz are returning for another match on NXT television and their TNA Tag Team titles will also be on the line. After Matt and Jeff beat No Quarter Catch Crew last night on the show, the NXT Tag Team champions Fraxiom came out to confront The Hardy Boyz. Frazer said they are the greatest tag team today and are standing face-to-face with the greates

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Saturday, February 22, 2025 Issue #7496 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR I was left with more questions than answers following that very, very bizarre Rock promo. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > WRESTLEMANIA 42 OFFICIALLY GOING TO NEW ORLEANS - The Rock, appearing live on Smackdown last night in New Orleans, announced that WrestleMania 42 will be coming from the Caesars Superdome in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana on April 11 and 12, 2026. The news was heavily expected and was rumored for the past several weeks within the wrestling industry. The Rock's announcement was welcomed by cheers from fans inside the Smoothie King Center and loud chants of "Holy shit." The Superdome has already hosted WrestleMania twice - once in 2014 for WrestleMania XXX and four years later in 2018 for WrestleMania 34. With WrestleMania 42, the Superdome becomes only the second location ever along with Madison Square Garden to host WrestleMania on three different occasions. The Caesars Superdome hosted this year's Super Bowl. Registration is available to receive exclusive pre-sale information at https://www.wwe.com/wm2026-presale-registration. > THE ROCK WANTS CODY RHODES' SOUL! TO APPEAR AT ELIMINATION CHAMBER - The Rock will be at the Elimination Chamber on March 1 in Toronto, Canada, expecting an answer from WWE champion Cody Rhodes. After dropping the news that WrestleMania will be in New Orleans next year, The Rock called out Cody Rhodes to the ring. The Rock explained that he can make Cody and his family have everything as long as he becomes The Rock's champion. He said that the two have become friends since WrestleMania last year and even mama Rock and mama Rhodes are besties now. He described Cody as a great champion and reminded him that he's the most powerful man in WWE. Pointing to the crowd, Cody said that everyone knows that he's their champion and no one should know that more than The Rock, who calls himself The People's Champion. The Rock said that there's one thing he always wanted that he never had: a brother. Rock told Cody that when came back last year, he was supposed to take on Roman but Cody "f*cked it up" and slapped The Rock, something that nobody does. Rock called Cody special but he needs an answer at Elimination Chamber. Before leaving the ring, The Rock said that there is something he wants...and it's "that," while pointing at the WWE title. Cody asked Rock if all he wants is the WWE championship and Rock said no, he doesn't want the title...he wants his soul! You can see the segment at https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/the-rock-to-appear-at-elimination-chamber-to-get-an-answer-from-cody-rhodes/. > THE ROCK HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER SMACKDOWN - Dwayne Johnson spent around 25 minutes talking to the press after Smackdown ended, fielding questions from local media about WrestleMania in New Orleans, Cody Rhodes, and other topics. Speaking about his promo with Rhodes, The Rock said certain angles don't need to culminate to a match, suggesting that this one will be one of those. “In the world of pro wrestling, as we all know, every

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Sunday, February 16, 2025 Issue #7490 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR A good night of rasslin' last night, don't you think? ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > VENGEANCE DAY RESULTS - Here are the results from last night's NXT Vengeance Day which took place live from the CareFirst Arena in Washington, DC. Stephanie Vaquer defeated Fallon Henley to become the new NXT Women's North American title; Nathan Frazer and Axiom defeated Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura to retain the NXT Tag Team titles; Eddy Thorpe defeated Trick Williams; Ethan Page defeated Je'Von Evans; Oba Femi defeated Austin Theory and Grayson Waller in a triple threat match to retain the NXT title; Giulia defeated Bayley, Roxanne Perez, and Cora Jade in a fatal four-way to retain the NXT Women's title. > JORDYNNE GRACE ARRIVES IN NXT - Jordynne Grace has officially arrived in NXT. Absent since her debut as a WWE Superstar at the Royal Rumble, the former TNA Knockouts champion made her presence felt at Vengeance Day last night and came to spoil the party at the end of the broadcast. After Giulia successfully defended her NXT Women's title against Roxanne Perez, Cora Jade, and Bayley, the new NXT Women's North American champion Stephanie Vaquer came out to celebrate with her best friend. With The Beautiful Madness and The Dark Angel both in the middle of the ring with their titles up above their shoulders and credits rolling, the sirens hit the speakers to a monstrous pop from the crowd. "Oh my God guys, The Juggernaut is here," screamed Corey Graves on commentary. The crowd chanted "holy shit" as a smiling Grace stood in front of the new champions. "The Juggernaut has just sent shockwaves through NXT," said Vic Joseph as the show faded to black. You can see it at https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/jordynne-grace-arrives-in-nxt/. > NEW FACTION DEBUTS - A new faction made its debut on NXT last night at Vengeance Day consisting of under-contract athletes Dion Lennox, Saquon Shugars, Cutler James, and Osiris Griffin. The foursome attacked Frazer, Axiom, Briggs, and Inamura following their tag team title match with fans chanting "Who are you?" That was not their only appearance of the night though as later in the broadcast, the faction came out to attack NXT champion Oba Femi following his successful title defense. The four were wearing masks, giving bad vibes of Retribution, although it remains to be seen where this goes. Out of all four, Dion Lennox is the only one who appeared on NXT television before. Their debut came after several mystery vignettes aired on NXT leading up to last night's show. You can see their debut at https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/new-faction-makes-debut-at-vengeance-day/. > STEPHANIE VAQUER WINS NXT WOMEN'S NORTH AMERICAN TITLE - Stephanie Vaquer got her first taste of gold in WWE as she became the new NXT Women's North American champion last night at Vengeance Day. Despite interference from Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx of Fatal Influence, The Dark Angel overcame the odds and defeated Fallon Henley with the Spiral Tap in the opening match of the card

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Issue #7485 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Nothing to say today, back tomorrow. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > FIRST WRESTLEMANIA 41 MATCH OFFICIAL - The first match for WrestleMania 41 was made official last night after Royal Rumble winner Jey Uso picked Gunther as his opponent as he goes after the WWE World Heavyweight title. Gunther, who has promised to make Jey Uso's life a hell until WrestleMania, interrupted the popular star's entrance last night on Raw and laid the smackdown on Uso before being escorted out by referees. It was then when Uso informed Gunther that he will meet him at WrestleMania. Uso has not managed to beat Gunther yet, and his last title shot a week before the Royal Rumble was close, but Gunther found a way over the line. The Austrian star has been champion since SummerSlam. At last year's WrestleMania, Gunther lost the Intercontinental title to Sami Zayn. > NXT ROADBLOCK FROM THE THEATER AT MSG - WWE announced that the special NXT Roadblock episode on The CW will be held at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, March 11. This will be the second back-to-back WWE television taping from the world's most famous arena as Monday Night Raw on March 10 will be held from Madison Square Garden proper. While NXT held a show once at The Theater before, this is their first television taping from the location which can hold around 5,000 seats. Roadblock tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 14. A pre-sale will start tomorrow morning at 10AM with the code NXTLIVE on Ticketmaster.com. > SMACKDOWN RATING - Smackdown drew 1,507,000 viewers for the post-Royal Rumble broadcast, down 71,000 viewers from the prior week. The show had a 0.48 rating in 18-49, down 0.03 from last week and was #1 on cable and all of television, beating both college basketball and NBA on FOX and ESPN respectively. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider) > BAYLEY AND LOGAN PAUL ADVANCE TO ELIMINATION CHAMBER - Bayley and Logan Paul advanced to the Elimination Chamber last night on Raw after winning their respective qualifying matches. Bayley qualified first after she beat WWE Women's Intercontinental champion Lyra Valkyria with a cradle and then in the main event of the broadcast, Logan Paul beat Rey Mysterio in the other qualifying with a new finisher. Bayley joins Liv Morgan, Alexa Bliss, and Bianca Belair so far while Paul joins John Cena, CM Punk, and Drew McIntyre. Seth Rollins vs Finn Balor and Roxanne Perez vs Raquel Rodriguez are the last two qualifying matches from Raw which will take place next week. > AEW TAPING DYNAMITE TONIGHT - AEW will be taping Dynamite tonight from the H-E-B Center in Austin, Texas as a big crew and staff will be heading to Brisbane, Australia to prepare for Grand Slam. The AEW contingent is expected to head Down Under after tonight's broadcast to give them enough time to recover after the long flight and also do some events in the community leading up to the big day on Saturday. Tickets for Grand Slam: Australia from the Brisbane Entertainment Centre remain ava

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Saturday, February 8, 2025 Issue #7483 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR It sucks when people lose their job. Thankfully, the wrestling business is healthy enough that there are other places everyone can work at and still make a living. ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > SEVERAL WWE SUPERSTARS RELEASED - Several WWE Superstars were given the axe yesterday including AOP, their manager Paul Ellering, Blair Davenport, Cedric Alexander, and Sonya Deville. Alexander, the former member of The Hurt Business, announced via social media he is no longer part of WWE and will be a free agent in 90 days. He was recently part of the NXT roster. "Thank you for the last 8 1/2 years! Being a professional wrestler has been a dream of mine since I could form memories and I will continue to do so till the good Lord says otherwise," Alexander wrote. AOP and Ellering were part of The Final Testament with Karrion Kross and Scarlett but that didn't go anywhere much. They were brought back to the company in 2023 and were sparsely used on television. Davenport has not been used on WWE television since November and lost her way in the pack after she was called up from NXT. The 28-year-old British star has been under a WWE deal since 2021. And the last, and somewhat surprising, departure is Sonya Deville. De ville is part of the Pure Fusion Collective with Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark and has been with the company since 2015. PWInsider reports that her situation is that the contract is not being renewed so she will become an instant free agent when her deal expires in a few weeks. > THE GOOD BROTHERS AND GIOVANNI VINCI GONE - Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Wrestling is reporting that Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and Giovanni Vinci have all been released from WWE as well. Gallows and Anderson returned to WWE in October 2022, two years after they were released the first time around. The duo joined AJ Styles and Michin as The O.C. but after not being used on TV much, they were moved to NXT last year. Their last televised match was in September of last year. Giovanni Vinci also had a rough time after being split from Imperium. The Italian star was moved to NXT again before being recalled to Smackdown last year, only to lose his first match in three seconds. His last match was a dark match against Luke Gallows in December 2024. He had been working for WWE since 2017. > ISLA DAWN ANNOUNCES HER DEPARTURE - Isla Dawn announced her departure from WWE. In a post on social media, Dawn posted a photo backstage at a WWE show with the words, "Here for a good time not a long time. See you in 90." The 90 indicates the 90-day no-compete clause, where anyone released will still get paid for the next three months but they get to stay home. The 31-year-old Scottish star was one-half of The Unholy Union with Alba Fyre. She joined WWE in 2018 as part of NXT UK. She is a former WWE and NXT Women's Tag Team title holder. > THREE QUALIFY FOR THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER - Three WWE Superstars qualified for the Elimination Chamber last night on Friday Night Smackdown. Bianca Belair was the first one

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===================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE : mailto:[email protected] ===================================================================== _ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ ___ _ _ ___ \ \ / / _ \ __/ __|_ _| | |_ _| \| |/ __| \ \/\/ /| / _|\__ \ | | | |__ | || .` | (_ | \_/\_/ |_|_\___|___/ |_| |____|___|_|\_|\___| ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ / _ \| \| | | |_ _| \| | __| | (_) | .` | |__ | || .` | _| \___/|_|\_|____|___|_|\_|___| _ _ _____ _____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | \| | __\ \ / / __| | | __|_ _|_ _| __| _ \ | .` | _| \ \/\/ /\__ \ |__| _| | | | | | _|| / |_|\_|___| \_/\_/ |___/____|___| |_| |_| |___|_|_\ ==================================================== Thursday, February 6, 2025 Issue #7481 ==================================================== Visit our website at http://www.wrestling-online.com ==================================================== //->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Nothing to say today, have a good one! ======================================================== //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at http://www.wrestling-online.com/ > TWO MATCHES ADDED TO GRAND SLAM: AUSTRALIA - Two new matches for Grand Slam: Australia were set up on last night's episode of Dynamite. Cope and Jay White will team up to take on AEW World champion Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli in a Brisbane brawl. The match was made after a big brawl between FTR, Death Riders, White, and Cope opened the show. Also, Australia's own Buddy Matthews will be on the card and will challenge Continental champion Kazuchika Okada for the title. This now brings a total of four matches for the show which will take place on February 15. The show will air on TNT and Max after the NBA All-Star Weekend programming ends at approximately 10:30PM ET. > TONY KHAN SAYS GRAND SLAM: AUSTRALIA WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A TV EVENT - Speaking to TVInsider, AEW President Tony Khan claimed that Grand Slam: Australia was always planned as a television event. Khan, who announced Grand Slam: Australia from the Suncorp Stadium in August of last year, said that TNT "recently" brought to them the opportunity to follow the NBA All-Star weekend. "We saw it as a huge opportunity. It was a great vote of confidence for our partners at Warner Brothers Discovery," Khan said. "It will be one of the biggest nights of the year on TNT. It’s a great opportunity given the lead-in." Grand Slam: Australia is no longer taking place from the Suncorp Stadium and it has moved to the much smaller Brisbane Entertainment Centre, where the show is close to selling out with around 12,000 fans in attendance. "This will be one of the biggest TV events of the year. This will arguably be the biggest TV card of the year," Khan added. Grand Slam: Australia will air after the NBA All-Star Weekend programming on TNT, currently scheduled for a 10:30PM ET start time. > COLLISION RATING - As expected, Collision on Saturday got killed in the ratings, drawing only 197,000 viewers on TNT in head-to-head with the Royal Rumble, down 53,000 viewers from the previous week. This was the lowest number the show has done in its usual time slot. In 18-49, Collision had a 0.04 rating, down 0.03 from the prior week. The Max viewership numbers are not part of this rating. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider) > CHRIS JERICHO: TV RATINGS AND TICKET SALES DON'T MEAN MUCH ANYMORE - In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, ROH World champion Chris Jericho claimed that ratings and selling tickets don't mean as much anymore due to amount of money networks are throwing at wrestling companies. "I think probably from a financial standpoint, as a business, I think wrestling is the biggest it’s ever been," Jericho said. "Maybe not from a complete ratings standpoint, but things have changed. Ratings don’t mean as much as they used to and selling tickets in buildings don’t mean as much as they used to because there’s so much money in television alone, and that’s never been that way before." Up until a couple of years ago, Jericho said that AEW would overtake