Pro Wrestling News Report (August 6, 2025)

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🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Here is your Pro Wrestling News Report for August 6, 2025. Running Time: 44 Minutes. CLICK HERE to download the WWE SUMMERSLAM 2025 REVIEW Topics covered in this report include: WWE agrees to a five-year, $1.6 Billion deal to move PLE to ESPN (away from Peacock) beginning in 2026 DT attempts to clear up confusion and misinformation and even click-bait perpetrated by many in wrestling media about ESPN/WWE deal, WWE PLE archives, NXT PLE and much more TKO Stock drops five percent following announcement of ESPN/WWE deal but should quickly rebound Hulk Hogan is laid to rest and some who attended his private funeral include: Vince, Shane and Stephanie McMahon, Triple H, Ric Flair, Kid Rock, Chuck Zito, Dennis Rodman, Bam Margera, Nick Hogan and many others Brooke Hogan issues another statement explaining why she did not attend the funeral of Hulk Hogan Audio: Jelly Roll reveals he requested to Triple H to lose at SummerSlam, and gives a great explanation why Rey Mysterio to induct Konnan into AAA Hall of Fame Class of 2025 WWE Unreal: Season 1 on Netflix' rating is in, and the numbers are quite surprising NXT 8/5/25 and WWE RAW 7/28/25 TV rating Interesting story claiming MVP is pissing off some within AEW over creative and booking issues involving Hurt Syndicate Seth Rollins vs LA Knight was originally planned for SummerSlam? NXT Heatwave 2025 latest card (new matches added) WWE announces a weekend (three event) NXT house show tour in South Carolina and Georgia in September And Much More! 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0:28.6	love to use. Hey, what's up everybody? Wednesday, August 6, 20, 25. Welcome to your wrestling news update.
0:34.9	I am Don Tony. I hope everyone is having a good week.
0:39.5	Got some big stuff to get into.
0:43.8	Obviously, the big topic of conversation today is this WWSPN deal.
0:50.1	I'll tell you, the stock market is not very thrilled about it, but I do believe their stock will rebound.
0:50.9	They think it was down like $7 or $8 a share once this announcement was made.
0:56.0	There's actually much more to that story, which we'll get into a little bit. I will tell you
1:00.7	right up front. The level of misinformation out there is very laughable at this point. You have
1:07.7	some wrestling websites that are trying to clickbait you into major emotion
1:12.1	that WWE is going to charge your 2999 instead of 999 and fans are threatening to use VPNs
1:22.1	instead. What's a threat? You're like as if you're going to change ESPN and WWB's mind at this point with this deal.
1:30.2	If you want to use your VPN, go ahead.
1:32.8	Go ahead.
1:33.4	Nobody's stopping you.
1:35.2	This idea of just renegades and anger.
1:39.0	But I'll tell you, also the flip side of it, it's pretty funny because I didn't see this
1:43.1	really happened much
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