Morning Daily News Update: January 6, 2026 – AEW Dynamite Viewers Plummet To Record Low

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It’s Morning Daily News time!

We’ve got a bunch of new blog posts from yesterday to look at, also! We have Rock Star Gary with a new review of WCWA from June 8, 1988, Jabroniville with a new Joshi Spotlight, LScisco with a new WTWWW for WWF Wrestling Challenge from September 11, 1994, and Kat has the review of last night’s Stranger Things themed episode of Raw.

AEW Dynamite does record low viewers for New Year’s Eve episode

The New Year’s Eve episode of Dynamite saw a viewership drop from the last episode to air on a Wednesday, which was the December 17 episode. The December 17 episode garnered a viewership of 511,000, and the December 31 episode viewership plummeted to 398,000 views, a 22.2% decrease. 398,000 views is also the lowest ever number for a Dynamite show that has aired on a Wednesday; the only Dynamite shows with lower views are ones that aired on a Tuesday.

AJ Styles vs. Gunther announced for next week’s WWE Raw

WWE has confirmed that Gunther will face AJ Styles on next week’s episode of Raw, which takes place in Germany. This comes after rumours have been swirling that Gunther could be poised to be the man to face AJ Styles in his retirement match later this year.

WWE set to hold tryouts next week in Orlando

It has been reported that WWE is set to hold tryouts in Orlando, Florida, next week. This will be the first time the company has held tryouts since SummerSlam last year.

WWE Star Gets In Heated Argument With Grandma At Live Event

Xavier Woods got into an altercation with an elderly woman at a WWE holiday house show. In the footage posted on social media, Woods is seen goading the woman to come over the guardrail to have it out with him, and security had to hold her back as she attempted to climb over.