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For the most part, Iâ€ve really enjoyed a post-Vince McMahon WWE. Most of the things I dislike about the current product have been faults of TKO. The constant brand-integration sponsorships, rising prices to attend a live event, and having to have access to six different platforms to watch WWE are at the top of my list. While not perfect, WWE’s Creative has been better than what we were getting from WWE in the last decade of Vince McMahon. Better is not an automatic pass, though.

Paul Levesque will never be a perfect booker, nor should he be expected to be. Look at any era and there are stories that didnâ€t work. The same shows with The Undertakerâ€s debut had the Gobbledy Gooker, and while Steven Austin and the Rock were on top of the world, Mae Young was delivering Mark Henryâ€s baby hand. Any writer will tell you that not everything is a hit. I know that different ideas in my head will play differently when put out into art for others to appreciate.

Weâ€ve had great moves like Codyâ€s story, the introduction of mid-card womenâ€s titles, and the rise of brilliant talents such as Dominik Mysterio. Weâ€ve also had some misfires that were more than simple undercard angles that were dropped.

Tag Teams (or Making Every Title Matter)

If you watch Smackdown in a vacuum, they have a really good tag team division. Thereâ€s even a team in Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss that are a pretty fan act as champions right now. But thereâ€s a lacking of depth in the company when it comes to tag team wrestling.

Raw has been the worst offender, as Finn Balor & J.D. McDonough have only defended their titles once on television before the match with A.J. Styles & Dragon Lee – two guys who have been feuding with another guy in their stable, showing there are no actual tag teams that are taken seriously on Raw as contenders right now. With a roster with more members on it than ever before, there have to be more green guys who can learn in teams or established stars without storylines, like with Styles & Lee.

With the women, it will be the same 3-4 teams, not leaving enough teams to have personal grudges as established teams. Makeshift teams end up being the majority of the womenâ€s tag roster. We need the male equivalents to the Road Warriors, Dudleys, and FTR who make tag wrestling their established division to work within.

As stacked as the Smackdown tag roster is, you do have to watch Smackdown to catch the matches. With USA not having streaming abilities outside of a cable package, this leaves many people without access to Smackdown. While personally loving tag team wrestling, and one that has watched the majority of WWE PLEs, I miss watching tag title matches on the big cards. The biggest moments are saved for these PLEs, and their tag team champions arenâ€t priority to get those moments.

Wyatt Sicks

While on the topic of tag team champions, The Wyatt family not being a major part of your October PLE makes no sense to me. People adored Bray. We miss him and want to celebrate and honor his work that was left. After a stellar debut, it quickly became just another faction. There were injuries, but instead of using the healthy members, theyâ€re removed from television until all were healthy. Thereâ€s a Universal Studios exhibit, and theyâ€re tag team champions, but we missed a lot in between, and now fans have less invested in the group than we should.

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Karion Kross

I remember when Claudio Castignoli was in WWE as Cesaro and how everyone he worked with seemed to have great things about him, fans were strongly behind him, and even “Stone Cold” Steve Austin was pushing for Cesaro to get pushed to the top of the card on a live podcast to Vince McMahon. Alas, that glass ceiling withstood, and there was no shattering it by proving yourself if the right person who made the decisions didnâ€t see it.

Kross was a viral sensation and top merch seller, while being at the bottom of the mid-card. He was getting ovations in multiple cities that didnâ€t match his presentation. The fans liked him. I guess the new WWE offices have those glass ceilings too.

Ron “The Truth†Killings

The man cut the Promo of the Year after returning from being released from his contract. Interrupting the broadcast, taking over the show, and ending that monologue by cutting the braids from his hair heâ€d been known from for decades… and nothing.

Heâ€s now the same R-Truth comedy character he was before. I was ready for a matured version of his TNA run. I wanted to hear from the man who was always held back. Especially when the fans – and fellow wrestlers who disagreed with the decision – were very vocal in their support. It was his chance to visit the main event in the twilight of his wrestling career, but nowâ€s heâ€s another missed opportunity.

Cena Heel Turn

We all wanted to see it. We got it and the wrestling world was on fire. Crossover attention on memes, fan reaction videos creating internet traffic, and the venture fandom wanting to hear that first promo afterwards. Then he came out in jorts and a retirement T-shirt that celebrated his career as brightly as a cereal box.

When Eric Bischoff recalls working with Hulk Hogan, he remembers how, no matter how good an idea was, that Hulk Hogan would always ask, “What happens next?†Hogan knew that no matter how big the moment could be, there was a show to do next week and a new PPV to start building towards. WWE has attempted to build too many shows around “moments†without there being a payoff or a move to something bigger.

In any narrative, you need a reason for a character to change their motivation, and it needs to be plotted out, as a shocking moment should be a stepping stone, not the ultimate moment itself. TV dramas have shown how this can go down for years. Kill off a character in order to alter the relationships of the characters for a storyline payoff, or a ratings ploy that left them in a hole they couldnâ€t get out of. The Cena turn ended up being the latter.

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The Knicks may not have Josh Hart(back), Mitchell Robinson (workload management), Karl-Anthony Towns (quad) and OG Anunoby(ankle) for their preseason finale on Friday night.

Robinson was held out of practice on Wednesday and Thursday due to workload management.

Due to his injury history, New York plans to manage Robinson’s workload for the foreseeable future. That means he will miss games during the regular season when healthy.

Robinson has been dealing with some soreness in the preseason. Maybe the Knicks hold him out on Friday due to precautionary reasons ahead of the regular season. (It would be a surprise if the Knicks’ workload management plan kept Robinson from playing in Wednesday’s season opener).

ESPN NBA analyst Richard Jefferson sees Robinson as a key to this Knicks season.

“You look at Mitchell Robinson; how healthy is he going to be? What is their big depth? Especially when you look at what’s coming out of the West. Most likely what’s going to come out of the West is a team with at least two or possibly three very good bigs,” Jefferson said on a conference call Thursday to preview the NBA season.

“Mitchell Robinson has to be healthy. If he’s not healthy and Karl-Anthony Towns is your primary big and you’re going to try to win a championship against all of those bigs that are floating around… if he’s not healthy during the season, they’re going to have trouble in my opinion.”

Jefferson would also like to see the Knicks’ offense a bit more balanced this season under Mike Brown. He believes it will pay dividends in the postseason.

“I’m talking about a fraction (of a change to the offense). I like the ball in Jalen Brunson’s hands – he’s the type of player that can do all the things,” Jefferson said. “But just a little bit more balance can take pressure off of him. That’s what I think will allow him a little more burst. You don’t want him working as hard – especially if you’re planning on playing until June. Because that’s a different monster.

“Playing all season takes a special player. Playing a couple rounds in the playoffs, as the main guy, is another level. Playing all the way to the Finals? If you’re having to do that, that’s very very difficult. So even relieving some of that pressure …I think will help because they’re minutes will be down throughout the regular season because of the coaching change.”

Fellow ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler will be watching New York’s pick-and-roll defense closely throughout the season.

Legler said on Wednesday that the Knicks “need to be much better defensively than they’ve been in defending ball screens. That was a major problem from them a year ago. They can get physical with (OG) Anunoby and (Mikal) Bridges and things on the wings, the way they can guard one on one.

“But their ability to defend ball screens is going to be challenged every night. They’ve got to figure out how they defend that. Because they were taken advantage of a year ago, everybody knew that, they attacked it.”

Both Legler and Jefferson agree that the Knicks’ health in the postseason is incredibly important. You can say the same for every team. But the Knicks need a healthy Robinson in high-stakes playoff games. Without Robinson, the club can’t play its double big lineup and it would presumably ask Towns to play center.

“The talent is there, the opportunity is there. The Knicks should be thinking ‘Get to the Finals,’” Legler said. “Anything short of that this year should be a disappointment for the New York Knicks, that’s the way they should view it because of what’s in front of them in the Eastern Conference.”

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Tuesday nightâ€s (10/14) episode of NXT on The CW broadcast network averaged 690,000 viewers, compared to 625,000 the prior week and the 572,000 the week before that. The current ten-week rolling average is 666,000.

One year ago this week, NXT drew 639,000 viewers. The ten-week rolling average a year ago was 684,000.

Two years ago this week, NXT drew 798,000. Then ten-week rolling average was 757,000.

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In the key 18-49 demo, it drew 0.12 rating, compared to 0.12 and 0.10 the prior two weeks. The ten-week rolling average is 0.14.

One year ago, it drew a a 0.19 rating with a ten-week rolling average of 0.18.

Two years ago, it drew a 0.23 rating with a ten-week rolling average of 0.22.

The announced matches and segments were…

• Battle Royal for shot at NXT Womenâ€s Championship (winner to face Jacy Jayne at Halloween Havoc)
• Blake Monroe vs. Zaria
• Josh Briggs vs. Matt Cardona
• El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Lexis King

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Weâ€re on our way. We are Tomâ€s 26. This time, more than any other time, this time. Weâ€re going to find a way. Find a way to get it right. This time. Well, maybe. Next time is also good. And the time after that. You donâ€t like this time? We have other times. Hey, Spain are pretty good right now arenâ€t they.

There is an entire multilayered history of Englishness in the basic tone and mood of English World Cup excitement. It is easy to forget that when the 1982 squad, AKA Ronâ€s 22, released the song This Time, a tortured paean to finally erasing their own ancestral agony, England had actually won the World Cup only 16 years earlier.

This was like Spain winning it in 2010 and then doing a song next year saying, oh, finally, finally weâ€re going to assuage our endless generational failure. To be fair, Ronâ€s 22 did a brilliantly authentic job of it, faces set with funereal dignity, belting out their V‑necked Viking death hymn. But then, the English are born to feel this. Itâ€s the safe space: wounded lions, comfort in longing, failure as epic drama, thwarted greatness as a form of national identity.

Through corned beef fumes on the quays of Mexico City, to rage at Gareth Southgate for providing actual, tangible hope, because hope is the one thing theyâ€ll never forgive you for, this has been the tone. It has also been the most beautiful part of England football, more deeply cherished than actually doing well in 1990, or just accepting that maybe weâ€re not very good and need to work out a way to coach and play.

It is important to state all this again now England have qualified with great efficiency for the tournament next year in the US, Mexico and Canada. If only because it makes Thomas Tuchelâ€s job description – win the World Cup or fail – seem less like a doomed mission and more a simple truth. Letâ€s face it, this has been the case for every England manager, even when success has been a much more distant prospect. And right now, pragmatically, logically, England have their best chance of winning a World Cup since 1970.

Thomas Tuchel is trying to bring a sense of clarity to Englandâ€s preparations. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters

This is not just a patriotic take. For the first time England are led by someone who has both won the Champions League and managed in the domestic top tier. The players are good. They seem unencumbered by the task. It doesnâ€t really matter if Tuchelâ€s England havenâ€t faced any top teams yet. These players come up against elite opponents every week in a global league. We know what Kevin De Bruyne looks like. Itâ€s still hard. But itâ€s not scary any more.

Forget the heat chat too, which belongs to a previous era of donâ€t drink the waterand the food is all muck. To suggest the pressing Tuchel employs is possible only in cold weather is to misunderstand what pressing is, to see it as running constantly as opposed to triggers, controlled traps and keeping the ball in between.

Spain, Germany and Deschamps‑era France have taken up four of the past eight World Cup final spots, all European teams that play a pressing game. Tuchelâ€s tactics speak to the dominant culture, to the way Chelsea pressed Paris Saint-Germain into the turf in New Jersey in July.

This is also not an overreaction to results in qualifying. All of the other teams in Group K were terrible. But England still looked hungry, serious and happy to be there. Outside of one end-of-term defeat by Senegal the record over the past year reads played nine and won nine, with nine clean sheets. No one will fancy facing this England team right now.

Tuchel would do well to emulate Didier Deschamps†France team. Photograph: Thibault Camus/AP

It is important to remember that Tuchel is the key to this. International football is a throwback in many ways. We are accustomed to the idea of managers having some kind of “philosophyâ€. Success is a process: banana bread, bald men with iPads, adherence to the famed Benelux school of the blitz-rage counter-swarm.

In international football the manager is just as important, but leadership is the opposite thing. Itâ€s about clarity, about taking things away more than adding them. Southgate got this, but was still in love with the quest, still talked about fighter pilots a lot, still saw his role as crawling, Shawshank-style, through an eight‑year tunnel of shit.

Tuchel seemed puzzled by this at first. Here is a man whose life has been the overthinking of football, asked now to contemplate clarity, simple stuff, underthinking. He has, though, worked it out in real time, aided by the hugely underrated virtue of not actually seeming to want the job that much.

Their tactics are simple: defend as a unit, attack at speed. Even better, not since Fabio Capello have England had a manager so clear the job will not define him. Where Capello also had the key demerits of being tactically outmoded and not speaking English, which was in effect like being managed by a very angry tailorâ€s mannequin, Tuchel has a bracing fearlessness, the sense that this is simply an interesting project, unafraid to dish it out to fans, players, hacks, his predecessor.

It is at this point the omission of star players raises its head, a point of strength, but also something that needs to be managed and understood. As long ago as 1982 the video for This Time was dominated by closeups of Kevin Keeganâ€s hammy, sombre face, the unfit star who would ultimately prove just a distraction, and separately of Noel Edmonds, perfectly primped and hair-sprayed, with that familiar celebrity helicopter gunship salesman energy.

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Englandâ€s 1982 World Cup song This Time is still relevant as England retain a sense of being wounded lions. Photograph: BBC Pictures Archives

This has always been an English vice. Losing the run of yourself when confronted with actual talent, jamming every famous face into the team, convinced your star players are magic buttons, that to be English and good is to make the world kneel before you, to carry the Ark of the Covenant into battle.

This is where Tuchelâ€s approach is both interesting and also an act of pragmatism. It may feel exhilarating to omit the semi‑fit fancy boys, Jude, Phil, Jack, Trent, to embrace this as an act of performative hair shirt-ism. We are the humblest. We are exceptionally unexceptional.

But this is not grandstanding. It is just good sense. Tuchel is doing this because England have an overload of No 10s and they only need one, and a choice of inside forwards. But the door is not closed. There is still plenty of time for Jude Bellingham, for example, to return with a clear role in a functioning unit. A disciplined Bellingham would be a huge bonus for Tuchel. But only, as has been the mantra to this point, when the team demands it.

Another advantage: Tuchel knows where his players rank in the elite tier. To win a World Cup England will need to beat a combination of Spain, France, Argentina, Portugal, Belgium and others. The real point, and the nub of every tournament, is that they will need to beat teams who keep the ball and who have players just as skilful as their own stars. The only way to do this is to have a system that is balanced, that has no snags or celebrity bodge-jobs.

Tuchel is concerned about Englandâ€s lack of a quality stand-in for Harry Kane. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/The FA/Getty Images

Again this is where realism comes into it, and why Tuchel is not playing mind games when he says England are outsiders. They lack a really high‑grade midfielder, central defender, left-back and a stand-in for Harry Kane, although the use of Elliot Anderson in one of those spots looks like an excellent fix.

A good starting team would look something like: Pickford; James, Guéhi, Stones, Livramento; Rice, Anderson; Saka, Eze, Gordon; Kane. Adam Wharton has a chance still, although Tuchel seems to have doubts about his physical capacities. Cole Palmer is the only star player worth making a real exception for, because he is just so good in that 10 role and so suited to the tempo of the game.

Otherwise England also need to think about non-Kane goals. Morgan Rogers, Eberechi Eze, Anthony Gordon and Jarrod Bowen have 59 caps and six goals combined. Phil Foden, Jack Grealish and Bellingham have 14 in 128 games. Why donâ€t you play all your stars? Because they havenâ€t been great.

There have been only manageable tasks to this point. The real outcome will be defined next summer by the finest margins in some steel-and-glass megadrome, when the stitches pull, the tiny details merge into a single narrative, and victory either happens or it doesnâ€t.

Stripping away how that is going to work, putting aside last time, thinking only of this time, is Tuchelâ€s key note of progress. As the manager wields his razor, the most England can hope for is a World Cup that comes down simply to how good you are, which would be a kind of triumph in itself.

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WWEâ€s reimagined developmental brand, Evolve, takes a major leap forward tonight with its first official premium live event — Succession. The show airs at 8:00 PM ET and is streaming for free in the United States on Tubi, with international fans able to catch the event via WWEâ€s official YouTube channel. With deep personal rivalries, high-stakes title matches, and a brutal stipulation bout, Succession is set to make a major statement.

Ringside News will be providing live, match-by-match updates and highlights throughout the night. Stay tuned to this page, refresh frequently for real-time results, and join the discussion in the comments below!

WWE Evolve: Succession Results (10/10/25): Live Match Updates and Highlights

Jackson Drake pinned Bryce Donovan to keep the WWE EVOLVE Championship.
In a Bull Rope Match, Tate Wilder beat Brooks Jensen by pinfall.

Kendal Grey pinned Kali Armstrong to become the new WWE EVOLVE Womenâ€s Champion.

Backstage notes: Sean Legacy faces Edris Enofe next week, with Big Jaah as special guest GM. Masyn Holiday and Layla Diggs tried to get roles in Big Jaahâ€s next movie. Chantel Monroe mocked Wendy Chooâ€s new way of speaking, and Choo replied, “AJ Lee said therapy works.†Adrenaline Drip also hyped up their upcoming rubber match with Harley Riggins and Jax Presley.

This episode was pre-taped, as Zayda Steel and Stevie Turner appeared, and the Legacy vs. Enofe match must have been filmed earlier since Enofe has already been released.

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The Knicks, playing without a single starter and several key reserves, got worked over by the Washington Wizards, 120-103, for their first preseason loss of the year on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.

In their fourth preseason game of the year, the Knicks decided to sit Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Josh Hart, Ariel Hukporti, Mitchell Robinson, and Landry Shamet. Head coach Mike Brownsaid before the game that he intended to start Hukporti and play Shamet, who is one of three veteran players on a non-guaranteed contract fighting for one roster spot, but both were ruled out due to illness.

In their place, Malcolm Brogdon, Deuce McBride, Jordan Clarkson, Pacome Dadiet, and Guerschon Yabusele went out as the starting five with the plan to give the players of the second unit and those on the roster bubble an extended run.

“I thought our starters did not bring the energy,” Brown said after the game. “This is probably our worst basketball game overall. We did it in spurts: we weren’t very good to start the game, we weren’t very good to start the third quarter.”

Washington capitalized by shooting the lights out, 68.3 percent in the first half and 53.7 percent for the game. New York made up for the lack of defensive production with a rough shooting night, 41.9 percent in the first half and 44.4 percent for the game.

The plus-minus for the starting five was not pretty: Clarkson minus-29 in 21 minutes, Dadiet minus-20 in 24 minutes, Yabusele minus-33 in 23 minutes, Brogdon minus-30 in 18 minutes, McBride minus-26 in 28 minutes.

But, always the teacher, there was a positive to take from a game that didn’t go their way.

“Great film to learn from because we made a lot of mistakes that have been uncharacteristic of who we’ve been so far, even in practice, we’ve played a lot better than this in terms of what we’re trying to do offensively and defensively,” Brown said. “Great learning experience, we’ll all grow from it, and, hopefully take that step forward instead of just thinking we took a step backwards because we didn’t play well tonight.

Here are the takeaways…

– Dadiet took advantage of some good early looks, knocking down a pair of early threes. There were a few times when the 20-year-old looked a bit lost on the defensive end. He finished with eight points on 2-for-7 shooting (2-for-6 from deep) with six rebounds (two offensive).

 Ahead of the game, Brown highlighted how the Knicks are going to look for opportunities this year to get Dadiet time as they really like his upside.

“He’s just gotta continue to understand how big he is,” Brown said. “He’s long. He’s a big wing. And at times, he doesn’t utilize it. We always talk about playing big, playing big, playing big. And he doesn’t utilize it all the time. And that’s just being young. At times, he’s a little quiet and he’s a little unsure of what he should be saying or doing.

“So we keep trying to throw him into the fire as much as possible. It’s something that I’d like to do come regular season. I don’t know how many minutes he’s gonna get per game. But he definitely has a chance to be a player in this league for a long time, and you wanna help try to speed that development up because you see a lot of good things.

“You see he can run, you see he can cut, he’s big… you see he does a petty good job of finishing and shoot the basketball. And you couple that with his ability to play defense, and you have a pretty good young prospect, especially for his age.”

– An area of concern: The Wizards were able to get good looks and forced an early timeout by Brown. The defense is still a work in progress for this bunch of Knicks as they learn the new head coach’s system and Washington took advantage, connecting on 65 percent from the floor (13 of 20) in the first quarter for a 36-26 lead. That continued in the second, with the visitors making seven of their next 10 field goals en route to shooting 71.4 percent in the period (15 of 21 and 5 of 9 from three) for a 75-52 halftime edge. Naturally, the Wizards opened the third with an 11-0 run on their way to building a 34-point lead at one point before the Knicks clawed their way back to a more respectable deficit.

– Clarkson connected on three of his first five attempts (2-for-4 from three) in the first. He led the Knicks with 10 first-half points (4-for-7 shooting) and should have had a few assists if some open looks had gone down. It wasn’t a great shooting night from deep,  7-for-24 (29.2 percent) in the first half and 6-for-18 (33.3 percent) after the interval. Clarkson finished with 12 points on 4-for-11 shooting (2-for-5 from deep) with one rebound, four turnovers, and zero assists.

Brown said the Wizards didn’t do anything “tricky,” they were “just in the right spot defensively.”

“They tried to play the way that we’ve been playing throughout the preseason, every day in practice and it showed at times to be very good basketball,” he said, adding that overall, it wasn’t good enough. “We needed to do better collectively as a unit when it came to doing the little things, starting with boxing out we weren’t great at it. Defensively, we weren’t great in our shifts, and we’d been pretty darn good in those two area so far.”

– One of the culprits hurting Clarkson’s assist numbers was McBride, who was 1-for-5 in the first half, missing all four of his attempts from three, with two turnovers and two fouls in the first half. McBride found his range at the start of the fourth with consecutive threes to cut the deficit to 19. He finished with 11 points on 4-for-12 shooting (2-for-9 from three) with two assists and a rebound.

– Brogdon, another one of the three vets on a non-guaranteed deal, got off to a cold start shooting (2-for-7 from the floor) in the first and committed three fouls; he did add three assists. He appeared a step slow on the offensive end. His night ended with four points on 2-for-7 shooting with three assists, two rebounds, and a steal.

– Yabusele made his first three of the preseason in the first to go along with two assists in the early goings, and showed off a jump hook in the second. The new Knick made another three midway into the third, just the team’s second field goal out of their first 12 attempts of the quarter, which cut it to a 30-point deficit. He ended with 11 points on 4-for-8 shooting with five rebounds (four offensive) and two assists.

– Tyler Kolek had a solid second quarter with seven points, three assists, and a steal. He had a nice run of three straight buckets to end the third, cutting the deficit to 100-75. Kolek finished with a team-high 20 points on 7-for-13 shooting (1-for-5 from three) with six assists, four rebounds, and a steal. He finished a plus-10.

“I thought the guys coming off the bench, they did a great job, Tyler gave us great minutes,” Brown said.

– Trey Jemison IIIadded nine points with four rebounds and was a plus-11 in 15 minutes. Tosan Evbuomwan had seven points and four rebounds and was a plus-17 in 15 minutes.

Highlights

A pair of corner triples for Pacôme Dadiet pic.twitter.com/l9d0aSOSO2

— Knicks Videos (@sny_knicks) October 13, 2025

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— Knicks Videos (@sny_knicks) October 14, 2025

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The Knicks conclude their preseason slate with a Friday night tilt against the Charlotte Hornets at MSG. Tip is set for 7:30 before New York opens the regular season on Oct. 22.

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been handed a blow after discovering how long his skipper Martin Odegaard will be sidelined for.

The 26-year-old suffered a medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury during his side’s 2-0 victory over West Ham on October 4, when he was subbed off after just 30 minutes in what was Arteta’s 300th match in charge of the club.

Now, according to the BBC, Odegaard is not expected back until after the November international break.

This means that the Gunners captain will miss Premier League fixtures against Fulham, Crystal Palace, Burnley and Sunderland, plus Champions League clashes against Atletico Madrid and Slavia Prague.

Odegaard has completed 90 minutes just twice this season (Image credit: Getty Images)

Arsenal’s first match back after the November break is a north London derby against Tottenham on November 23, a match which Odegaard will be targeting to make his return.

Arteta will be aware, however, that this latest problem came after Odegaard was forced off during the first half of three consecutive Premier League matches.

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Spain international Mikel Merino has been Arteta’s first-choice replacement for Idegaard, who struggled with a shoulder injury, slotting in alongside Declan Rice, with Martin Zubimendi sitting behind them.

Other options to replace the former Real Madrid man in his usual role include summer signing Eberechi Eze and homegrown talent Ethan Nwaneri.

Arteta addressed Odegaard’s absence following the West Ham match, saying: “Yeah we haven’t had him since the start for one reason or another. The shoulder twice and then this injury. We have to wait and see the extent of the injury.

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Once the MLB postseason ends, the offseason begins in full force, with free agency opening almost immediately and tender deadlines, reserve lists and other key offseason dates arriving soon thereafter.

Below, you’ll find a rundown of key MLB offseason dates set to occur before the end of 2025. All dates are subject to change.

Nov. 1:The scheduled date for Game 7 of the World Series, if necessary.

Day After The World Series Ends:Eligible XX(B) players—players with six or more years of major league service time who are eligible for free agency—become free agents.

Five Days After World Series Ends:Deadline for MLB teams to tender qualifying offers to XX(B) players. Free agency also begins, with players able to negotiate and sign with any club.

Nov. 10-13:General managers meetings in Las Vegas.

Nov. 18-20: Owners meetings in New York City.

Nov. 18: Deadline for XX(B) players to accept qualifying offers and the reserve list deadline for teams to set rosters for the upcoming Rule 5 draft. Both deadlines are set for 4 p.m. ET.

Nov. 21:Tender deadline.

Dec. 8-11:Winter meetings in Orlando.

Dec. 9:MLB Draft lottery (held at 4 p.m. ET, announced on MLB Network at 5:30 p.m. ET). You can find 2026 draft lottery odds here.

Dec. 10: MLB Rule 5 draft (2-4 p.m. ET)

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Tonightâ€s WWE RAW airing October 13, 2025, promises an action-packed night live from the RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia. The post-WWE Crown Jewel show sees The Judgment Dayâ€s WWE Intercontinental Champion and AAA Mega Champion “Dirty†Dominik Mysterio defend his WWE Intercontinental Championship against Penta. Plus, Bayley and Lyra Valkyria will take on The Judgment Day (“The Prodigy†Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez) in a Tag Team Match.

The show kicks off at 8:00 AM ET on Netflix and is available for international fans on streaming platforms like Netflix. Ringside News will provide live, match-by-match updates and highlights throughout the night. Stay tuned to this page, refresh for the latest results as the action unfolds, and join the conversation in the comments below!

WWE RAW Results (10/13/25): Live Match Updates and Highlights

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Matches & Key Moments Scheduled for WWE RAW on October 13, 2025

• WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: The Judgment Dayâ€s AAA Mega Champion “Dirty†Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. Penta
• Tag Team Match: Bayley and Lyra Valkyria vs. The Judgment Day (“The Prodigy†Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez)
• WWE World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contenderâ€s Triple Threat Match: “Main Event†Jey Uso vs. “The Best In The World†CM Punk vs. “The Mega Star†LA Knight
• Singles Match: “The Eradicator†Rhea Ripley vs. The Kabuki Warriors†“The Pirate Princess†Kairi Sane
• The Visionâ€s WWE World Heavyweight Champion and WWE Menâ€s Crown Jewel Champion Seth “Freakin†Rollins will appear
• WWE Womenâ€s World Champion and WWE Womenâ€s Crown Jewel Champion “La Primera†Stephanie Vaquer will appear

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Tonightâ€s TNA Bound For Glory, airing October 12, 2025, promises an action-packed night live from the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. The show sees TNA World Champion Trick Williams defend his title against “The Realest†Mike Santana. Plus, TNA World Tag Team Champions and WWE NXT Tag Team Champions The Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) will defend both their titles against Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon) in a Tables Match.

The show kicks off at 6:00 PM ET on YouTube and is available for international fans on streaming platforms like TNA+. Ringside News will provide live, match-by-match updates and highlights throughout the night. Stay tuned to this page, refresh for the latest results as the action unfolds, and join the conversation in the comments below!

Countdown To TNA Bound For Glory Pre-Show Results (10/12/25): Live Match Updates and Highlights

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TNA Bound For Glory Results (10/12/25): Live Match Updates and Highlights

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Matches & Key Moments Scheduled for TNA Bound For Glory on October 12, 2025

• TNA World Championship Match: WWE NXTâ€s Trick Williams (c) vs. “The Realest†Mike Santana
• TNA X-Division Championship Match: “The Youngest In Charge†Leon Slater (c) vs. WWE NXTâ€s “The Young OG†Jeâ€Von Evans
• TNA World Tag Team Championship and WWE NXT Tag Team Championship “One Final Table†Tables Match: The Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) (c) vs. Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon)
• TNA Knockouts World Championship Match: WWE NXTâ€s Kelani Jordan (c) vs. Indi Hartwell
• TNA International Championship Match: “The King of TNA†Frankie Kazarian (c) vs. “Bulletproof†Steve Maclin
• 10-Person Intergender Hardcore War: The System (Moose, Alisha Edwards, Eddie Edwards, “The Most Professional Wrestler†Brian Myers and JDC) vs. Order 4 (Mustafa Ali, Tasha Steelz, Special Agent 0, Jason Hotch and John Skyler)
• Singles Match: “The Undeniable Diamond†Tessa Blanchard vs. Gia Miller
• 20-Person Intergender Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match
• Countdown To TNA Bound For Glory TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship Match: The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay) (c) vs. The Elegance Brand (Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance)

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