WWE: Asuka Says Unwanted Romantic Advances Towards Her Are Still Happening, WWE Reportedly Planning Big Push & Character Change for NXT GM Ava, More News

Feb 7, 2025

Asuka Fan Stalker Incident Update – Asuka Says Unwanted Romantic Advances Are Still Happening

As noted before, Asuka recently has been dealing with a fan stalking situation and had released a statement this past January informing fans to not make any romantic or personal approaches toward her. Asuka had stated earlier this month that both TKO Group and WWE were taking protective action for her.

Asuka provided an update earlier today on Twitter stating that she is still dealing with unwanted romantic advances towards her and informed those people to stop doing it immediately.

There are still people who have romantic feelings for me and are making advances. Please stop immediately.
— ASUKA / 明日華 (@WWEAsuka) February 7, 2025

WWE Reportedly Planning Big Push & Character Change for NXT GM Ava

WWE reportedly is currently working on major plans for NXT General Manager Ava, according to WrestleVotes Radio.

It was reported that their sources stated that WWE’s NXT creative have begun putting plans in motion for Ava to be featured more prominently on NXT television. It was also reported that WWE is also currently working on new merchandise and a new character for Ava with ties to her father Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s “Final Boss” persona.

It was also reported that these plans could include Ava playing off the Final Boss character as a way to raise her importance on NXT television.

It was also reported that Ava is well-liked within the company and is seen as someone who could have a big future in WWE.

WWE News & Notes

Deadline reported that Alexa Bliss recently signed a deal with Paradigm Talent Agency to further her career outside of wrestling.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that WWE officials recently contacted several European-based indies talent for potential extras work for their upcoming tour of Europe this March. It was reported that WWE recently contacted several wrestling schools and promotions in Europe seeking recommendations for indies talents to bring in for extras work.

WWE recently announced that CM Punk will be making several appearances for their upcoming new European tour this March. It was announced that CM Punk will be making an appearance at their March 22nd house show event in Belfast, Northern Ireland, their March 23rd house show event in Nottingham, England, their March 29th house show event in Vienna, Austria, and their March 30th house show event in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2K Games recently released a new gameplay trailer for their upcoming WWE 2K25 video game.

WWE recently released two new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a 15-Man Elimination Chamber Qualifying Battle Royal match from the February 6, 2009 episode of WWE SmackDown. The second new video was the full “Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch hit the road” episode of WWE Ride Along.

In a recent interview with the No-Contest Wrestling podcast, Roman Reigns gave his thoughts about what motivates him to keep going with his wrestling career after all that he has accomplished for it. Reigns stated “I got that thing, that drive. I want more. Always want more. Goal posts go back. ‘Oh, we’re in the endzone.’ Move them back again. ‘Man, we got pretty high.’ There’s another level. So I’m always trying to get better. And I just believe this is what I’m supposed to do. [Paul Heyman] picks me up in the morning, ‘How you doing?’ I woke up. Everybody else is f*cked because I woke up. That’s how I look at it. You all had a chance until I woke up. Today is mine. That’s just what it is.” (Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com)

In a recent interview with the Busted Open Radio podcast, WWE Hall of Famer The Undertaker gave his thoughts about who he thinks will be inducting Triple H into WWE’s Hall of Fame for this year’s ceremony. The Undertaker stated “Shawn, I think.” The Undertaker also gave his thoughts about if Shawn Michaels would be a no-brainer choice for Triple H’s inductor. The Undertaker stated “I think so. Their friendship, the things they did together. Obviously, I have a tremendous history at WrestleMania with him and we’ve had great matches, but it’s gotta be Shawn. That’s his call. Wherever he goes, you can’t make a wrong call there, but I would guess Shawn. If not Shawn, Stephanie [McMahon].” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with Daniel Cormier’s DC Check-In podcast, Jey Uso gave his thoughts about his connection with fans and his belief that he will become the new People’s Champion in WWE. Uso stated “I’m the man of the people now. I’m the new People’s Champ now, or will be. But I do love the people because I feel like they watched me raise me, they watched my whole story in front of them, and I was never supposed to be the top guy. They chose me, Uce. Mark Henry just said that on their podcast, the people chose Jey. That’s what it’s working for him. They’re not shoving nobody down no one’s throat. They watched me work, and I feel like they can resonate with that.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with ComicBook.com, director Chris Killian gave his thoughts about the reasons why Seth Rollins’s character was cut from the final version of the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World film. Killian stated “You know, when you’re taking characters like Serpent Society from publishing, who, as you know, are individuals dressed up as snakes and have snake adjacent powers, you’re always iterating and trying to figure out the version that totally works best in a movie like this. I love Seth, Seth’s incredible. But as we were evolving and we knew we had an additional photography period, just one that we did early on in the process that’s planned. We were trying to figure out, ‘Hey, who’s somebody that can bring a very specific kind of gravitas that works with this tone.’ And when Giancarlo became available, it was such a no brainer. I have a very particular history with him. He’s iconic for working with Spike Lee. I interned with Spike Lee when I was 19 years old. And of course, fans have been fan-casting him for a long time in the MCU. So it’s really about making sure that all the elements worked in the grounded tone and vision that I have for this film. And as we evolved and iterated, Giancarlo just made sense. And what a blessing to have in this film.“