In this interview Drew McIntyre says he was genuinely frustrated at the Royal Rumble but the details about it online are wrong. “Not all the details are accurate, but yeah, I was fuming. I let everybody know what I thought and then I left. I’ve learned, as an adult, nothing good happens when you’re highly emotional so just go calm down, get the facts, and deal with it. I don’t want to punch somebody in the head and be unprofessional and find out facts later that I didn’t know about it. It depends on the situation. For me, if I ever feel somebody did something disrespectful and went into business for themselves and the likes, that’s when I get frustrated. Sometimes, it’s not what it appears on the surface and you have to get all the facts together and you have to just calm down. It’s just funny that every time I have a moment, it doesn’t happen often, Priest jokes about it in a promo because that’s all he’s got, ‘Drew complains all the time, he’s always going to leave the building.’ It’s a couple of times in a few years. Considering I’m Scottish and have an anger problem, that’s not too bad. Also, if I stayed I might have punched some people out and been like, ‘Oh, it wasn’t actually their fault. Wakey, wakey.'”
Chelsea Green vs. Zelina Vega on SmackDown ended in a “shoot” although it didn’t change the already planned outcome. Vega was set to get a non-title win over Green but not via countout. Green legitimately did not hear the referee counting to ten and did not get back in the ring in time to beat it. Referees are instructed to “call it like a shoot” in those situations so they don’t look stupid by holding up their count at nine and yelling at somebody to get in the ring before ten. Since it didn’t change the actual plan that much other than ending the match a few minutes early there’s no heat on anyone. (PWI)
IN FACT they’ve already co-opted the finish into the storyline as Green has “hired an attorney” to contest the result of the match.
Rhea Ripley was in attendance at UFC 314 last night. Speaking of Ripley she says that she and Bianca Belair aren’t overlooking IYO Sky: “I don’t want to say we’re overlooking IYO, because we’re not. We know that she’s a threat. We know what she’s capable of. Hell, I’ve never beat her in a one-on-one competition. I know exactly what IYO brings to the table. I feel like when it comes to me and Bianca, what we’ve been saying over the last two, three, four years is we’ve wanted to face each other at WrestleMania. We’ve wanted it to be a one-on-one thing. Seeing Bianca do that, obviously it hit me in a part of my emotions that have been hurt before by a lot of people, so I acted out.”
Tony Khan has unveiled a new ROH Women’s Pure Title and naturally there will be a tournament to crown the champion.
Here’s the updated card for Dynamite on Wednesday. (AEW)
- AEW World Trios Championship: Death Riders (Jon Moxley, PAC & Claudio Castagnoli) (c) vs. The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata & HOOK)
- Men’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Hangman Page vs. Wild Card Entrant
- Men’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament Semifinal Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita
- Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament Semifinal Match: Athena vs. Mercedes Mone
Jonathan Gresham is booked for Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling May 10th in Toronto.
Rich Swann is no longer with TNA Wrestling. (FF)
MMA fighters Tank Abbott, Don Frye, Dan Severn, Butterbean and Mark Kerr will be honored at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII in Las Vegas.
CMLL Viernes Espectacular results are below. (FF)
- Valiente Jr., Oro Jr. & Eléctrico def. Disturbio, Inquisidor & Hunter.
- 2/3 Falls Match: La Fuerza Tapatía (Star Black, Explosivo & Fugaz) def. Infarto, Crixus & Kráneo (2-1).
- CMLL Universal Championship – Lightweight Eliminator Match: Stigma def. Rayo Metálico.
- CMLL Universal Championship – Trios Eliminator Match: Los Infernales (Mephisto & Euforia) def. Los Viajeros del Espacio (Futuro & Max Star).
- CMLL Universal Championship – Middleweight Eliminator Match: Akuma def. Gran Guerrero.
- 2/3 Falls Match: Atlantis Jr., Star Jr. & Máscara Dorada (w/ Alana Flores & KeMonito) def. Hechicero & Los Hermanos Chávez (Ángel de Oro & Niebla Roja) (w/ KeMalito) (2-1).
Their latest Martes de Glamour show is below.
Here are the results of said same. (FF)
- Shezmu & La Dinastía Trueno def. Makará, Obek & Rav
- Duende Blanco & KeMonito def. Chamuel & KeMalito.
- Las Chicas Indomables def. Las Infernales
- Torneo Cibernetico: Rafaga Jr. def. Gallo Jr., El Tapatío, Ángel Rebelde, Arlequín, Calavera Jr. I, Calavera Jr. II & Temerario
- El Gallero & El Galeon Fantasma def. La Fuerza Tapatia
- Atlantis Jr. & El Sky Team def. Euforia, Zandokan Jr. & Último Guerrero
Honky Tonk Man has signed a new multi-year Legends contract. (WWE)
Here are NJPW Windy City Riot results. (FF)
- Kick-Off Show Match: Zane Jay def. CJ Tino
- TJP def. Tom Lawlor.
- NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship #1 Contenders Match: AZM fought Mina Shirakawa to a double countout
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship Match: The World Class Wrecking Crew def. Intergalactic Jet Setters
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship 30-Minute Iron Man Match: Tomohiro Ishii def. Gabe Kidd
- Los Ingobernables de Japon def. El Phantasmo & Rocky Romero
- Zack Sabre Jr. def. David Finlay
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: Hirooki Goto def. Shota Umino.
- The Young Bucks appeared on the Tron and challenged the War Dogs to a match at NJPW Resurgence, teasing some “too sweet” friends coming with them.
- NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Konosuke Takeshita def. Hiroshi Tanahashi
The known list of WWE Hall of Fame inductors for 2025 is below. (WWE)
- Triple H – inducted by Shawn Michaels
- Lex Luger – inducted by DDP
- Michelle McCool – inducted by The Undertaker
- Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13 – inducted by CM Punk
- The Natural Disasters – no inductor listed
Here’s the updated WrestleMania 41 card. (WWE)
Night One:
- Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins
- WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: Gunther vs. Jey Uso
- WWE Women’s Championship Match: Tiffany Stratton vs. Charlotte Flair
- WWE United States Championship Match: LA Knight vs. Jacob Fatu
- WWE World Tag Team Championship Match: War Raiders vs. New Day
- Naomi vs. Jade Cargill
- El Grande Americano vs. Rey Mysterio
Night Two:
- Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Cody Rhodes vs. John Cena
- WWE Women’s World Championship Match: IYO SKY vs. Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley
- WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Bron Breakker vs. Dominik Mysterio vs. Finn Balor vs. Penta
- Sin City Street Fight: Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez vs. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria
- Logan Paul vs. AJ Styles
Here’s the card for the final SmackDown before WrestleMania. (WWE)
- Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal: Competitors TBA
- WWE Tag Team Championship Match: The Street Profits vs. Motor City Machine Guns
- Chelsea Green, Alba Fyre, & Piper Niven vs. Zelina Vega, Kayden Carter, & Katana Chance
- John Cena appears
Bret Hart talks about his WrestleMania match with Steve Austin being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame: “I love the idea, and I appreciate how many other people might be considered for something like this. But for me, I’ve always believed, and I’m very proud of my career and proud of a lot of the great matches I had throughout my career. But I’ve always felt from probably the night that I had this match that it was the best match I ever had, for sure. And I had a lot of great matches, but I just always felt something special about this match and what it did and what it delivered and what the ramifications of the match and how far Steve Austin’s career went and how much of a difference it made maybe for his career. I think Steve has always been a great wrestler, whether he had that match or not. But I think that match launched and just made it so much easier for him.”
A new report disputes that Kevin Owens has had his neck surgery and claims in fact he has NOT gotten it yet and is not expected to return for the rest of 2025 — and he may not even be back for WrestleMania next year. (FF)
Here’s an injury update from Kairi Sane: “Three months ago, I tore a ligament in my thumb and couldn’t even open a bottle cap. Now, I’ve fully regained my grip strength – and I’m even stronger than before. I’m truly grateful from the bottom of my heart to Dr. Hirsch, who performed my surgery.He was such a kind and wonderful doctor. I wish I had taken a photo with him to remember that moment.”
