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		<title>WWE women&#8217;s world champion Liv Morgan lands another movie role</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>WWE RAW women&#8217;s world champion Liv Morgan has landed her next movie role, joining the cast of the upcoming psychological &#8230; <a href="https://nodq.com/news/wwe-womens-world-champion-liv-morgan-lands-another-movie-role/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WWE RAW women&#8217;s world champion Liv Morgan has landed her next movie role, joining the cast of the upcoming psychological thriller Ping. The announcement comes after Liv shared photos from the film’s production on Instagram last month.</p>
<p>Deadline.com noted that the film stars Megan Lawless, known for the horror breakout hit Obsession. Liv will play a character named Jess, although details about the role have not been revealed. The movie is being directed by first-time filmmaker Richie Gordon.</p>
<p>Ping follows <em>“an aspiring creative director who lands a remote dream job, but is forced to choose between her sanity and a boss she can never mute.”</em></p>
<p>Liv is represented by CAA and also has a role in the upcoming film Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo. She also previously appeared on the USA Network series Chucky.</p>
<p>Liv, Lawless, Savanah Moss, and Carter Jenkins are among the announced cast members for Ping, which is being produced in Mississippi.</p>
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		<title>Former WWE star Kane (Glenn Jacobs) could be headed to the United States Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Former WWE star Glenn Jacobs, known to wrestling fans as Kane, recently completed an eight-year tenure as mayor of Knox &#8230; <a href="https://nodq.com/news/kane-glenn-jacobs-could-be-headed-to-the-united-states-senate/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Former WWE star Glenn Jacobs, known to wrestling fans as Kane, recently completed an eight-year tenure as mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. His term <a href="https://nodq.com/news/former-wwe-star-kane-glenn-jacobs-comments-on-his-term-as-mayor-of-knox-county-coming-to-an-end/">ended at the beginning of September</a>.</p>
<p>Jacobs could now be headed to the U.S. Senate. According to a report from Axios, Jacobs is being viewed as a potential candidate for an appointment to the Senate.</p>
<p>The appointment could become necessary if Senator Marsha Blackburn wins the Tennessee gubernatorial race. Under Tennessee law, the governor would be responsible for appointing someone to fill the vacant Senate seat on an interim basis.</p>
<p>Blackburn&#8217;s campaign has pushed back against reports that she is already putting together a shortlist of potential replacements.</p>
<p><em>“She has been very clear there will be no discussions about a potential replacement until the appropriate time,”</em> campaign manager Abigail Sigler told Axios, adding that Blackburn is currently focused on the November election.</p>
<p>If Blackburn wins the governor&#8217;s race and leaves her Senate seat vacant, she would have the authority to appoint an interim replacement. The person selected would serve until the next statewide election for the seat in 2028.</p>
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		<title>Ric Flair: &#8220;They got kids now making millions of dollars that couldn&#8217;t even walk in the g*ddamn ring with me&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>While appearing on Booker T’s podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair commented on wrestlers using social media to market &#8230; <a href="https://nodq.com/news/ric-flair-they-got-kids-now-making-millions-of-dollars-that-couldnt-even-walk-in-the-gddamn-ring-with-me/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While appearing on Booker T’s podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair commented on wrestlers using social media to market their characters. Here is what Flair had to say&#8230;</p>
<p><i>&#8220;There are more kids right now making money because of their social media than their talent. It&#8217;s absolute insanity. I mean, social media can make or break anybody. They got kids now making millions of dollars that couldn&#8217;t even walk in the g*ddamn ring with me and Book. I swear to God, they couldn&#8217;t—they couldn&#8217;t wrestle 30 minutes if they had to, much less—I mean, much less, you know, every day.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Booker T responded with the following comments&#8230;</p>
<p><i>&#8220;I think about social media and I say it&#8217;s the best thing in the world, and I think it&#8217;s the worst thing in the world at the same time, especially from our business perspective. But I say the kid, you know, like a MJF, I mean, he&#8217;s been able to manage still being a heel, still being, you know, vilified throughout this social media world. And I just want to give him a little props there just because he&#8217;s been different. He&#8217;s been unique.&#8221;</i></p>
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		<title>WWE having talks with Disney about special events for 2027</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>While speaking at the Goldman Sachs Conference, TKO COO Mark Shapiro commented on WWE’s relationship with The Walt Disney Company, &#8230; <a href="https://nodq.com/news/wwe-having-talks-with-disney-about-special-events-for-2027/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While speaking at the <strong>Goldman Sachs Conference</strong>, TKO COO Mark Shapiro commented on WWE’s relationship with The Walt Disney Company, the parent company of WWE’s media partner ESPN. Shapiro stated the following&#8230;</p>
<p><em>“Remember, WWE is a different audience than the UFC, and when it comes to going after families, that’s our audience, and I think advertisers are starting to see that. Frankly, I’m excited for 2027 because we’re working with The Walt Disney Company on some special events around Disney and WWE and bringing those two audiences together since, of course, what do they have in common? Family.”</em> (quote courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremylambert88" target="_blank">Jeremy Lambert</a>)</p>
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		<title>WWE President Nick Khan: &#8220;We have the best creative in terms of all of wrestling&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>While speaking with John Ourand on The Varsity, WWE President Nick Khan was asked whether he is satisfied with where &#8230; <a href="https://nodq.com/news/wwe-president-nick-khan-we-have-the-best-creative-in-terms-of-all-of-wrestling/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While speaking with John Ourand on <strong>The Varsity</strong>, WWE President Nick Khan was asked whether he is satisfied with where WWE currently stands with ESPN and the direction of the partnership moving forward. Here was Khan’s response&#8230;</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Great but we always want growth.</p>
<p>So we knew going into the deal that the Comcast distribution deal was not done. ESPN promised us it would get done. It got done.</p>
<p>We knew YouTube, as you just mentioned, that deal wasn&#8217;t done. If Justin Connolly over there, he obviously knows the space, you know, quite well considering all of his experience at Disney, that he&#8217;s now taken over to YouTube.</p>
<p>Well, that deal wasn&#8217;t done. They promised us that it would get done. It got done.</p>
<p>So now we have the distribution that we needed from the outset that we knew was going to take a minute.</p>
<p>And by the way, in terms of complaints, sports fans in general, it&#8217;s sort of why Twitter, now X, was created.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s almost like when you and I were much younger. Do you remember, like, comment or complaint cards? Like, restaurants would have them, airlines would have them, you know, rarely.</p>
<p>You got the nice person who would put in a comment card of, &#8216;I just want to let you know how exceptional the service was tonight,&#8217; and this and that when you&#8217;re leaving a restaurant.</p>
<p>But that&#8217;s not what that medium was created for. What it was created for was, &#8216;The service was terrible. The food was terrible. I didn&#8217;t like it.&#8217;</p>
<p>So you&#8217;d only get complaints.</p>
<p>And by the way, those complaints, some of them we look at and we say, &#8216;Hey, there&#8217;s some truth to this. Let&#8217;s make a little adjustment here,&#8217; this and that.</p>
<p>But you cannot not cater—you&#8217;ve seen this in politics. If you believe what social media says, you will incorrectly predict so many outcomes.</p>
<p>And without bringing Democrats, Republicans into this, you just saw it in the Michigan Senate primary. The gentleman who won that primary was down 11 points, 11 points, the day before the election. He had been outspent, I think it was 7 to 110 to 1, something like this.</p>
<p>And boom, he comes in and wins with a close victory again in the primary. But he comes in and wins when all of the polls and everything online was saying that he had no chance.</p>
<p>So for companies that read it and believe it and react to it, it never, ever works.</p>
<p>Even if you see some of these companies that took some of these far-right or far-left positions, that&#8217;s not what most people are looking for. Most people are looking for left of center, right of center.</p>
<p>They&#8217;re looking for the same thing in the sports space.</p>
<p>So you cannot be reactive to that sort of thing. You have to rely on your team to know.</p>
<p>We have the best creative in terms of all of wrestling and Triple H, real name Paul Levesque. We have the best live events team, in my opinion. We have the best merchandise consumer products team. They&#8217;re able to monetize it.</p>
<p>And if you&#8217;ve seen the growth at TKO, that&#8217;s, you know, UFC, WWE, On Location, IMG, PBR, each of these continue to grow every year.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not easy, but it&#8217;s not supposed to be easy.</p>
<p>So you got to continue to develop and redevelop what you do, and you got to make sure that you have the right team in place that can help you make the right decisions.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>TKO executive says WWE &#8220;resized&#8221; pay for wrestlers after making new media deals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>While speaking at the Goldman Sachs Conference, TKO COO Mark Shapiro was asked about balancing talent expenses with the marketing &#8230; <a href="https://nodq.com/news/tko-executive-says-wwe-resized-pay-for-wrestlers-after-making-new-media-deals/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While speaking at the <strong>Goldman Sachs Conference</strong>, TKO COO Mark Shapiro was asked about balancing talent expenses with the marketing and promotional support provided to talent in WWE and UFC. In his response, Shapiro stated the following&#8230;</p>
<p><em>“Let’s talk about the pay for the superstars and our fighters first. What I would tell you is post our new deals with ESPN on WWE and with Paramount+, CBS, Peacock, Sky with UFC, and even a little bit post-Raw with Netflix, we did resize our fighter and superstar pay composition. That is baked into our numbers. So there will be no further adverse impact with regard to how that plays out or divvies out. We’re confident with where we sit.</p>
<p>We have 600 fighters, as an example, in our stable at the UFC. We do, to your point, really rely on development. Keep in mind that when you look at WWE, 75% of the superstars come from NXT. So they’re starting in our development league and going all the way up. So pipeline is very important to our strategy.</em></p>
<p><em>On the UFC front, we’ve really capitalized on the investments of our performance centers in Mexico City and Vegas, and particularly China. We’re really getting real traction. So that’s a big part of our strategy. It will continue to be a big part of our strategy, and we will continue to be aggressive in other monetization opportunities for both our superstars and our UFC fighters with regard to advertiser deals, marketing partnerships, bonuses through the fight card in terms of finishes and Fight of the Night.</p>
<p>What you see is you see the best of the best signing up and lining up to be a part of the UFC and to be a part of WWE. So that’s something we always watch out for and we want to make sure that we’re really spreading the opportunities, but the strategy’s working. Our margins will continue to expand.&#8221;</em> (quote courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremylambert88" target="_blank">Jeremy Lambert</a>)</p>
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		<title>News regarding Kairi Sane potentially working with AEW following her departure from WWE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kairi Sane was among several WWE departures announced on April 24th 2026. According to Fightful.com, Kairi is not currently signed &#8230; <a href="https://nodq.com/news/news-regarding-kairi-sane-potentially-working-with-aew-following-her-departure-from-wwe/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kairi Sane was among several WWE departures <a href="https://nodq.com/news/90159/">announced on April 24th 2026</a>. According to Fightful.com, Kairi is not currently signed with AEW. Sources told the outlet that there have been talks between Kairi and AEW, but no deal has been finalized at this time.</p>
<p>The report noted that sources indicated it never appeared likely that Kairi would sign with AEW in time for All In, and she was not factored into the event’s plans at any point.</p>
<p>Several wrestling companies are reportedly interested in Kairi, including promotions outside the United States. However, sources familiar with the situation said she is not expected to make Marigold her <em>“home in Japan.”</em></p>
<p>It remains unclear how close AEW and Kairi may be to reaching an agreement or what issues, if any, still need to be resolved before a deal can be completed.</p>
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		<title>Ric Flair: &#8220;I spent more money on clothes than I made, thank God for credit cards&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While appearing on Booker T’s podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair commented on marketing his character in professional wrestling. Here is what Flair had to say&#8230;</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Basically everything I said I was doing. Actually, 99% of what I said I was doing.</p>
<p>So, it wasn&#8217;t hard. I was really having fun. And once I got on a roll, I mean, I obviously—and this is not an embellishment because Book [Booker T] has known me forever—I spent more money on clothes than I made. Thank God for credit cards.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of First Take. I like Stephen A. He was—and we&#8217;re good friends. But what he spends on clothes of the year reminds me about me. I mean, I just tried to have a different suit every week for TV. He has something different on every damn day.</p>
<p>I mean, and it—but it stands out. I mean, it just does. I mean, when Book—when Book walks in all tricked out, man, and Book is one of these guys with that great physique, he doesn&#8217;t have to do that.</p>
<p>I was physically gifted in terms of being healthy, but I was no Adonis by any means, right? So I just played off the strengths of what I knew I was good at.</p>
<p>People didn&#8217;t like me bragging about my clothes. They don&#8217;t like me bragging about my cars. And most of all, they didn&#8217;t like me bragging about my women.</p>
<p>And that ain&#8217;t work.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Report: WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair files lawsuit against digital talent agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Independent reported this week that WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair has filed a $10 million lawsuit against digital &#8230; <a href="https://nodq.com/news/report-wwe-hall-of-famer-ric-flair-files-lawsuit-against-digital-talent-agency/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Independent</strong> reported this week that WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair has filed a $10 million lawsuit against digital talent agency FAM Networks in Manhattan Supreme Court. According to the complaint, Flair alleges that FAM Networks persuaded him to sign an agreement giving the company a perpetual license to his name, image, likeness, voice, social media accounts and commercial identity, while promising revenue opportunities that allegedly did not materialize.</p>
<p>The lawsuit states that Flair had spent decades building his professional identity and describes his career as <em>“building something… through his body, his blood, his pain, his persona, his craft, and his commitment to excellence at a level that only sixteen world championships can describe.”</em></p>
<p>According to the complaint, FAM sent Flair a contract by email on December 5th 2025. He allegedly opened it at 5:57 PM and signed it at 6:11 PM. The lawsuit states: <em>“In those fourteen minutes, without the benefit of legal counsel, without a single attorney reviewing a single word on his behalf,”</em> Flair allegedly surrendered an <em>“irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable license”</em> covering his identity and digital assets worldwide.</p>
<p>The complaint further alleges that FAM knew Flair did not have a lawyer despite contractual language stating that the agreement had been negotiated with counsel.</p>
<p>FAM allegedly offered Flair speaking engagements and appearances, with him receiving 90 percent of the proceeds, as well as 50 percent of revenue from <em>“collaborative projects”</em> and 10 percent from <em>“passive content.”</em> The company also allegedly promised to restore his <em>“hacked, demonetized”</em> Facebook page, which it claimed could generate six figures per month. The complaint states, <em>“These were not aspirations. They were contractual obligations.”</em></p>
<p>Flair alleges that FAM failed to provide the promised opportunities, stating that it <em>“sourced not one speaking engagement. Not one in-person appearance. Not one personal project at the ninety percent royalty tier. It reposted existing content.”</em></p>
<p>The lawsuit further alleges that FAM generated as much as $20,000 per month from Flair’s Facebook page while paying him <em>“next to nothing.”</em> It also claims the company transferred control of the page to itself, preventing Flair’s existing team from accessing it and interfering with a potential advertising deal.</p>
<p>The complaint describes the agreement as <em>“not a contract,”</em> but <em>“a trap,”</em> and argues that FAM used the agreement to obtain control over Flair’s digital identity. It also alleges that FAM was involved in an existing legal dispute with ufologist Steven Greer when Flair signed the agreement but did not disclose that litigation to him.</p>
<p>Flair is asking the court to rescind the agreement, return control of his Facebook page, declare that FAM has no rights to his name, image or likeness, and provide a complete accounting of revenue generated using his identity. He is seeking at least $5 million for breach of contract and at least $5 million for fraudulent inducement, along with additional damages, disgorgement of alleged profits, attorney fees and court costs.</p>
<p>Flair told The Independent that he <em>“wants to bury”</em> the people at FAM Networks and said he has lost at least $250,000 in revenue so far.</p>
<p>There is currently no word regarding a trial date.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In a post published to Instagram, Cody Rhodes announced that his dog Pharaoh has passed away. Cody stated the following&#8230;</p>
<p><I>&#8220;Huskies need a job.</p>
<p>P howled at the moon. When we thought he would be afraid of the older dogs we had, but instead ran into the living room and belly flopped on them. He patrolled the pool. He always tore up a plant when a stranger came into the backyard to let them know — &#8216;I’m crazy&#8217; — and don’t come closer.</p>
<p>He got the best training and retained most of it — I’d call him a crisis dog. Whenever there was a crisis, there he was.</p>
<p>He put his nose under my arm in the truck…every time. He was always with us, and when my world got turned upside down…he sat outside with me looking at the Texas stars until the sky started to shift, and he pressed his head against me firmly in a way that let me know he understood.</p>
<p>It goes without saying, he was a good boy. My best man.</p>
<p>At the first &#8216;All In,&#8217; when Starrcast did its first convention, I’ll never forget him walking into the Hyatt in Schaumburg and us seeing the lobby overtaken by fans &#038; wrestling shirts from front door to the back.</p>
<p>We walked by the lobby bar and they had a special menu posted with &#8216;Pharaoh’s fries,&#8217; but the thing I remember most is how the fans kinda’ parted the sea for him as he walked through…they snapped selfies and chanted his name like he was making an entrance on TV or something, ha.</p>
<p>He’d go on to do multiple charity meet/greets for some of the best shelters in the country. He was a Chewy champion. Mattel fig! Opponent of The Rock.</p>
<p>I knew he was a true alpha when he would just let Yeti bite his face. He was part of the Rhodes’ wrestling family. &#8216;The Siberian Nightmare,&#8217; ha.</p>
<p>I’ve gotten off track, though…I said huskies needed a job, and I don’t think Pharaoh ever truly knew his.</p>
<p>That is until Liberty was born.</p>
<p>I scrolled back through my old pictures and there he is with her…almost every early photo…he’s just peeking into frame, or right beside her, or sternly looking through the lens.</p>
<p>His job was to be with her. Maybe he wanted to protect her.</p>
<p>As I said, he needed a job.</p>
<p>When you watch GOT one night late on TV and decide you want a little wolf pup, it would be fitting to say, &#8216;Your watch has ended,&#8217; but I’d rather say the last thing I told you before you went to forever sleep:</p>
<p>You did your job.</p>
<p>We love you.&#8221;</p>
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