Morning Daily News Update
By Conor Renshaw on 6 August 2025
Good morning, everyone!
It’s Wednesday, hump day, and we’ve got another round of Morning Daily News! Also, why not have a look at the latest offerings from the blog? Garth Holmberg has a new Fan-Cam Files for WWF at Montreal from March 6, 1998. Kat has posted a review of Episode 5 of WWE Unreal. Rock Star Gary has got a new review of WCCW from March 19, 1988. Tomas Cunha has posted Part 5 of his Fantasy Booking of The Nexus and a new Decisively Ranked for every WWE match between Brock Lesnar & John Cena.
The Hurt Syndicate Have Backstage Heat For Refusing To Put People Over
Rumours have been swirling, and now Fightful Select has reported recently about The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, and MVP) in AEW and how they apparently have heat with the locker room over refusing to put other tag teams over. Apparently, JetSpeed and FTR are two teams that the group don’t want to put over, but they are seemingly open to putting over Gates of Agony, The Outrunners, and Private Party.
Hulk Hogan’s Funeral Attended By Vince McMahon, Triple H, Kid Rock & More
Hulk Hogan’s funeral took place yesterday and was attended by huge names from the world of wrestling, music, sports, and Hollywood. Ric Flair posted on Twitter about how he, Vince McMahon, Triple H, Kid Rock, and Dennis Rodman attended Hogan’s funeral. Other reports said that Stephanie McMahon, Bam Margera, Theo Von, John Laurinaitis, Jeff Jarrett, Linda Hogan, and Sky Daily were also at the funeral.
Backstage News On Brock Lesnar’s Legal Clearance To Make WWE Return
New news has come out about Brock Lesnar’s surprise return to WWE at SummerSlam Night 2 and how WWE’s legal team had to “clear” him for return, which some took to mean that he has been cleared of any legal issues in connection with the Janel Grant lawsuit. However, the new report has clarified that it is not the case, and that the “clearance” was a decision made by WWE’s legal department to bring him back to TV, and not a legal exoneration. Grant’s legal team have stated that they expect more details about those involved in the lawsuit, including Lesnar, to emerge in discovery.
‘WWE Unreal’ Finishes In Netflix Top Ten
Netflix’s latest WWE documentary series, “Unreal”, debuted last week, and according to data released by the streaming giant on Monday, the new show hit Netflix’s top ten worldwide last week. WWE Unreal finished with 2.3 million global viewers overall and also finished in the top ten in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia.
