Morning Daily News Update: December 17, 2025 – Title Changes Hands On WWE NXT Due To Botched Finish
By Conor Renshaw on 17 December 2025
Good morning, everyone!
It’s time for the Morning Daily News Update!
It’s Doomies season once again! Check out how to put your nominations in for this year’s Doomies here!
We’ve also got Niz’s review of last night’s episode of WWE NXT!
Details On WWE NXT Botch That Led To A Major Title Change — Report
Last night on NXT, Blake Monroe failed to kick out of a pin during her Women’s North American Title match against Thea Hail, and thus Hail won the belt. However, this apparently was not the planned finish, and now the company’s creative plans have reportedly had to shift to accommodate the botched title change.
WWE Raw Back In Netflix Global Top Ten Rankings
Raw is back in Netflix’s top ten rankings… just. The December 8 episode of Raw managed to scrape the number ten spot in Netflix’s global top ten rankings, while all five seasons of Stranger Things continued to dominate.
Report: Steven Borden expected to be under AEW contract ‘before long’
Sting’s son, Steven Borden, is expected to sign a deal with Tony Khan very soon after Borden made his official AEW in-ring debut in a dark match on Dynamite last week, where he defeated Kiran Gray, a fellow Darby Allin trainee.
In other WWE viewership news, the December 12 episode of SmackDown saw a jump up in views and ratings in the coveted 18-49 demographic as it garnered 1,124,000 total views and a 0.25 rating in the 18-49 demo. The December 5 episode managed 1,063,000 views and a 0.24 rating in the 18-49 demo.