Pro Wrestling News Report for May 14, 2025. Running Time: 36 Minutes.
Topics covered in this report include:
- TKO Mark Shapiro delivers a sobering wakeup call the wrestling world mostly ignored: TKO morphing WWE into UFC template (fewer shows, higher prices, partnership overload) will continue
- CW President says NXT airing on CW has been a ‘game changer’. And he provides lots of metrics to back this up
- Warner Brothers Discovery makes big news about MAX at Media TV Upfronts in NYC. And AEW is not part of it
- Best wishes go out to Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts who underwent a serious heart procedure earlier this week
- WWE files to trademark ‘The High Ryze’
- NXT Underground: Latest news including new matches added
- WWE RAW 5/5/25 TV Rating
- Rumor: 2025 WWE Draft taking place Memorial Day Weekend
- IWC a buzz over Stephanie Vaquer and Miles Borne dating
- Ric Flair to appear on 5/17/25 AEW Collision as part of a tribute to Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael (RIP)
- AEW announces two week, six event TV taping (Dynamite and Collision) in Chicago in July
- Ivy Nile vs Maxxine Dupri: Number One Contenders Tournament for WWE Speed Championship result
- And Much More!
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