WWE star Rhea Ripley busts her nose open while wrestling at a live event in Japan, though she seems to be taking it in stride.

October 17, 2025 – WWE today announced seven new dates for Raw and SmackDown, as well as 10 live events as part of the company’s annual Holiday Tour. Tickets for each live event will go on sale Friday, October 24, at 10am local via Ticketmaster.com.

Ampere said WWE’s viewership on Netflix are part of a broader strategy in the streaming industry of grabbing live sports rights in order to drive engagement and reduce churn. The total annual value of sports rights held by subscription-based streaming services climbed from $3.2 billion in 2020 to more than $12 billion in 2025.

WWE Crown Jewel goes down on Saturday from RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. This year's edition of the event will be the first time a Crown Jewel card has been held outside of Saudi Arabia.

In what will be remembered as one of the greatest surprise finishes in the history of WWE PPVs, John Cena, unannounced, showed up in the No. 30 slot and won the 2008 Royal Rumble on 1/27 in Madison Square Garden, throwing out HHH in the finals.