Pro Wrestling News Report (December 17, 2025)

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Here is your Pro Wrestling News Report for December 17, 2025. Running Time: 42 Minutes. Topics covered in this report include: Cody Rhodes lands John Cena's first interview since his retirement match TMZ lands Gunther's first interview since his match against John Cena Gunther's message to fans complaining about the finish of his match against John Cena: "Suck it up. Stop crying. Life goes on." Thea Hail def Blake Monroe for NXT North American Championship in a controversial finish. Was the 'botch' accidental or intentional? Mick Foley quits WWE due to their 'close relationship' with President Donald Trump WWE SmackDown 12/12/25 and WWE RAW 12/8/25 TV ratings WWE reveals the full list of categories and nominees for 2025 NXT Year End Awards. DT's picks for 2025 NXT Year End Awards and a quick flashback to the winners of 2024 NXT Year End Awards John Cena channels Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars: A New Hope to tease the possible reason for his smile and tap out to Gunther at Saturday Night's Main Event So..... Nikki Bella reveals her ideal pick for an opponent for WrestleMania and/or her retirement match WWE announces seven additional NXT House Show dates outside of Florida for January and February 2026 TNA iMPACT 12/18/25 Preview featuring Team NXT vs Team TNA Cage Match, TNA World Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal, Tessa Blanchard and Lei Ying Lee in Tag Team action and more WWE SmackDown 12/19/25 match preview (Non-Spoiler) And much more! Enjoy! 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0:00.0	Hey, what's up, everybody? Don Tony, here. Happy holidays. It's Wednesday, December 17, 20, 25.
0:06.4	Welcome to the latest wrestling news update. I was just about to say, in two weeks the month is over.
0:11.8	Shit, two weeks, the year is over. It's been an interesting year, my friends, good, bad, ugly, and horrible.
0:21.0	For everybody who has been asking, yes, I will definitely be streaming live on
0:24.6	YouTube. New Year's Eve. I just, I'm not sure yet if it's going to be 9 p.m. or 10
0:29.7	p.m. Eastern. I will talk about it Sunday night on a sit down and we'll figure it out then.
0:35.7	If you're planning on spending a little bit of your New Year's Eve with yours truly, definitely start making a little list, a couple of notes for yourself of what you want me to get into. Because it's going to be sit-down format and we're definitely going to reminisce a little bit about 2025. So if there's any particular wrestling moments you want me to get into, we will definitely get into it.
0:56.0	So obviously you have to be live to be part of it.
0:59.0	And yes, we will definitely pay tribute to Kev.
1:02.1	Totally missed that guy.
1:03.6	Not the same, obviously.
1:05.5	But, you know, as Gunther said, I mean, not trying to segue this way, but as Guntar just said on TMZ earlier today,
1:12.6	life goes on. It is true. I mean, when we talk about Kev, we can interpret Guntzer's phrase a little
1:20.3	bit different. Stop crying. Life goes on. You know, because I think realistically, Kev would
1:26.3	want us to be upbeat and happy and remember
1:29.0	him for the good times.
1:30.0	His voice will never be forgotten because we have 20 years of shows that will never be erased
1:34.8	from history.
1:37.6	But Gunter talking about John Cena and the fans, and he even comment about Goldberg
1:43.5	a little bit, not the biggest fan of
1:45.1	Goldberg.
1:46.3	Not a lot of people, big fans of Goldberg lately, but Guntz was on TMZ.
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