Mercedes Mone has been on a crusade across the wrestling world over the past few years as she has attempted to win just about every title available to her. At the time of writing, the AEW star currently holds ten titles represented by 12 physical belts, and has even started calling herself “Ultimo Mone” since she broke Ultimo Dragon’s record of most titles held by one wrestler simultaneously. However, Mone is a polarizing figure and not everyone has been a fan of her “Belt Collector” gimmick, including former WCW star Konnan, who stated on his “Keepin’ It 100” podcast that the storyline is not drawing any money for AEW, or the various promotions Mone travels to.

“I think that this thing with Mone is not money, it’s not interesting, it’s ridiculous. You don’t even know what probably ten of the titles are from if that. I think that most promoters, and I’ve said this before and I will continue to say this because I still deal with them to this day, are marks and they’re money marks. A lot of them just [book Mone] to say ‘Hey, I met Mone’ you know? ‘I got her on one of my shows. I picked her up at the f****** airport.’ They’re marks bro.”

Mone did at one point have 14 belts as she became the Undisputed ROH Women’s World Television Champion on the November 19 episode of “AEW Collision” by defeating Red Velvet. However, Velvet would pull off a major upset in the eyes of many by winning the rematch at ROH Final Battle 2025 on December 5, becoming the new champion and handing Mone only her third singles loss of 2025.

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Earlier this year, Netflix released the reality series “WWE Unreal,” giving a look behind the curtain. The show caught on with a mainstream audience in addition to hardcore wrestling fans, but some, especially industry veterans, were upset with how much it revealed. The show was popular despite having a few detractors, and Netflix now has announced that “Unreal” will be getting a second season soon.

According to an announcement from Netflix, per “Sports Illustrated,” season two of “WWE Unreal” is set to premiere this coming January 20, 2026, consisting of five episodes with a runtime of about 50 minutes each. That means the show will return to Netflix days ahead of next year’s Royal Rumble premium live event.

Season 1 of “WWE Unreal” focused on John Cena, Rhea Ripley, and CM Punk, chronicling their roads to WrestleMania, with episodes focusing on Chelsea Green and The Rock, with Paul “Triple H” Levesque in his producer role. This time around, the series will focus on WWE SummerSlam 2025, and the storylines that led up to the PLE, touching on Cena’s heel turn and 17th World Championship reign. The report also named Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch, Cody Rhodes, Ripley, Pat McAfee, and several other stars featured in the upcoming season.

Interestingly, while they’re listed for Season 2 of “WWE Unreal,” Rollins and Lynch have shared their distaste for the show. Lynch claimed she’d have loved it as a fan, but Rollins outright claimed that he hates it. Lynch further expressed that she doesn’t hate all of it, explaining that the gray area between kayfabe and reality was where she preferred pro wrestling to remain, as it created unpredictability and magic.

While 2025 is nearing its end, 2026 is rapidly approaching and with it comes the biggest event of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s year, Wrestle Kingdom 20. NJPW will once again host their annual supershow from the Tokyo Dome with a card that features the pro wrestling debut of Olympic Gold Medalist Aaron Wolf, Konosuke Takeshita defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in a Winner Takes All match against the IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji, and of course, the final match of Hiroshi Tanahashi’s career as he runs it back one more time with his greatest rival, current AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada.

NJPW has suffered over the past few years financially, leading to attendance figures dropping since the COVID-19 pandemic began to subside, but Wrestle Kingdom 20 is set to be a large exception to the current trend as it is shaping up to be the biggest NJPW event in several years. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter has already confirmed that the show is set to be the biggest Tokyo Dome event for NJPW in nearly 25 years, but in this week’s edition of the Newsletter, Meltzer has confirmed that NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 has completely sold out.

With the sell out, Wrestle Kingdom 20 is guaranteed to set a new record for money grossed at the gate for a New Japan event, and from a legitimate attendance standpoint it is on course to be the biggest NJPW show since Antonio Inoki’s retirement show in April 1998. On top of this, Meltzer claimed that from a Japanese fan point of view, the event is one of the three most in-demand tickets in NJPW history, with the other two shows being the aforementioned Inoki retirement show that drew approximately 70,000 people to the Tokyo Dome, and the NJPW vs. UWFI crossover event in October 1995 that was headlined by Keiji Muto vs. Nobuhiko Takada which drew close to 67,000 people. However, both of those figures are estimates and the actual attendance figures are said to be closer to the 50,000 mark that Wrestle Kingdom 20 is said to have hit already.