In this interview Paul “Triple H” Levesque talks about convincing John Cena to turn heel before WrestleMania 41: “It was a conversation – without getting into the details – it was a conversation that when it was brought up, everybody… I think in John’s mind he was like ‘Wow, I didn’t think you were going to say that. I love it.’ It’s a challenge to him. John’s not a complacent person, right? I think he would have done it and he would have done it happily and he would have done it for fans, but I think there would have been a piece of him that would have been like ‘Alright, I’m just going to go through my day here.’ This now, I guess it’s no different than if a Hollywood role for any actor where they say ‘We’d like you to play the character you’ve played in 20 other movies pretty much and just do the same thing.’ It’s like ‘OK.’ At a certain point in time they come and they give you something way off something you’ve ever done and you’re like ‘Wow, alright, that’s a challenge I’ve never done before.’ That energizes you and gets your creatives juices going and excites you, it lights you up as a performer. This is going to be special because John is lit up about it. We’re lit up about it. It’s going to be incredible.”
PROGRESS Wrestling “Chapter 178” results are below. (PWP)
- Michael Oku (w/ Amira) def. Myles Kayman. Ethan Allen attacked Oku after the match, but Oku and Amira fought back.
- PROGRESS Proteus Championship Doghouse Rules Match: Simon Miller (c) def. Gene Munny
- Nina Samuels def. Millie McKenzie
- No Ropes I Quit Tag Team Match: Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos & Kid Lykos II) def. Connor Mills & Nico Angelo
- Last Man Standing Match: Tate Mayfairs def. Eddie Dennis
- Charles Crowley def. Session Moth Martina. Will Kroos then rebelled against Martina after she slapped him.
- Cara Noir def. Trent Seven
- PROGRESS Tag Team Championship Match: The Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo & TK Cooper) def. Smokin’ Aces (Charlie Sterling & Nick Riley) (c). Nick Riley then announced he’s leaving PROGRESS.
GCW “Amerikaz Most Wanted” results are also below. (FF)
- Alec Price, Bang And Matthews (August Matthews & Davey Bang) & Brooke Havok def. Dan The Dad, Kody Lane & The New Guys (Jake Bosche & Scott Stanley)
- Megan Bayne def. Zayda Steel
- Dani Mo & The Brothers Of Funstruction (Ruffo The Clown & Yabo The Clown) def. The BackSeat Boyz (JP Grayson & Tommy Grayson) & The Wraith
- Mance Warner def. Gary Jay
- JCW Championship: Masha Slamovich (c) def. Blake Christian and Caleb Konley and Jimmy Lloyd
- Deathmatch: Otis Cogar def. Sam Stackhouse
- GCW World Championship – Deathmatch: Effy (c) def. Dr. Redacted
- GCW Ultraviolent Championship – Deathmatch: Matt Tremont (c) def. The Bev
- 2 Tuff Tony & Mickie Knuckles (w/ Violent J) def. The Rejects (John Wayne Murdoch & Reed Bentley)
On a related note this clip was shared to the Fightful channel on YouTube.
Living Colour, the authors of CM Punk’s theme song “Cult of Personality,” will be performing in Las Vegas as part of the Fremont Street Experience for WrestleMania.
Mina Shirakawa vs. AZM has been added to Windy City Riot on April 11th. (NJPW)
- NJPW Strong Openweight Championship – 30-Minute Iron Man Match: Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships: West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) (c) vs. Intergalactic Jet Setters (KUSHIDA and Kevin Knight)
- Winner Gets Shot at NJPW Strong Women’s Championship: Mina Shirakawa vs. AZM
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Konosuke Takeshita
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. David Finlay
- Tetsuya Naito & Titan vs. Rocky Romero & El Phantasmo
Karmen Petrovic vs. Maika has been added to Bloodsport XIII.
Here’s the updated card for Raw this afternoon on Netflix.
- WWE Women’s World Championship: IYO SKY (c) vs. Rhea Ripley (guest ref Bianca Belair)
- Jimmy Uso vs. GUNTHER
- Dominik Mysterio & Finn Balor vs. Bron Breakker & Penta
- The New Day in action
- John Cena and Cody Rhodes on the same show
- Logan Paul calls out AJ Styles
