Evening Daily News Update: January 1, 2026 – Dawn of a New Year Edition

What can be said about 2025? The New York Knicks won the Emirates NBA Cup, the price of admission for a major WWE event could buy a decent used car, TNA jockeying for #2 before they LOLTNA’ed as usual by following their biggest show with 4 weeks of re-run TV and then crapping on their feel-good story as soon as possible.

Alex has another (Almost) 5-Star Match Review for us, this time highlighting Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat from Beach Blast 1992, and Kat’s Smackdown Rewind covers the September 16, 1999 episode, a.k.a the one where Vince won his own companies Championship.

MJF to Defend AEW Title at Indie Event
He will appear for Limitless Wrestling on January 16th.

YouTube Spotlight: Roddy Piper Mixtape
Enjoy a jam-packed collection of classic brawls, outlandish interviews and deep cuts celebrating one of wrestling’s biggest personalities, WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.