{"id":595268,"date":"2026-04-10T18:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/595268\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:06:11","slug":"wrestling-observer-newsletter-aew-dynasty-pat-mcafee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/595268\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestling Observer Newsletter: AEW Dynasty, Pat McAfee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was another huge news week and Dave Meltzer\u2019s new Wrestling Observer Newsletter recounts it all and then some.<\/p>\n<p>He previews this Sunday\u2019s AEW Dynasty card, headlined by AEW World Champion MJF vs. former champion Kenny Omega.<\/p>\n<p>Dave looks back at last Friday\u2019s much discussed angle that introduced Pat McAfee into the Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes mix, whose idea is what, and what could mean creatively for the future. He also gives a look at the final week before WrestleMania 42 next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Dave also delves into the controversial moves by TNA pulling talent from indie shows where they were set to face AEW talent.<\/p>\n<p>He also recaps NJPW Sakura Genesis and the new IWGP Heavyweight Champion being crowned, NXT Stand &amp; Deliver, CMLL, and the rest of the news in another wild pro wrestling and MMA week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/members.f4wonline.com\/wrestling-observer-newsletter\/april-13-2026-observer-newsletter-aew-dynasty-preview-much-discussed-pat-mcafee-wrestlemania-42-angle-tna-talent-controversy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read (sub needed)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"preferred-source-link\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Google-CTA.jpg\" alt=\"Google Icon\" class=\"google-icon\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/author\/f4w-staff\/\" title=\"F4W Staff\" class=\"gms-profile-image\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775844371_27_bea7f624e383b98215a91710660c9bc2416ddbce6970744ca894467a7094dc52.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"F4W Staff\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                F4W Staff<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Wrestling Observer\/Figure Four Online written &amp; video content, available 24\/7 on this website, YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/wwe-hall-of-famer-not-totally-retired-comments-on-potential-trick-williams-feud\/?utm_source=navigation-previous&amp;utm_medium=internal\" class=\"gms-prev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was another huge news week and Dave Meltzer\u2019s new Wrestling Observer Newsletter recounts it all and then&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-595268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}