Speaking to No-Contest Wrestling, Jey Uso revealed his mom will be at WrestleMania: “he’s a strong woman. It had to be hard for her because she had us at 18 and my dad was always trying to be a wrestler at 18, so we didn’t have no money. She did her best, and as I got older, I recognized game. She did her best to raise us. We were crazy. It was four boys. I love my mother. All of us, we take care of her. She’s queen. She’ll be at Mania. She’s the glue. She’s 50/50 about watching wrestling because she has a lot of, I’m pretty sure, good and bad memories from the business, but seeing how we’re doing now, she loves it. Can’t wait to put on for her at WrestleMania.”
In this interview Paul “Triple H” Levesque talks about pitching a heel turn to John Cena: “I went to John and said, ‘What if we pull the lever than no one wanted to ever pull and what if we turn you heel.’ To me, it felt like, if you never do it, it’s just left dangling there. Now, we get to write for this guy that has been this ultimate good guy for 20-plus years. We get to turn him bad. How does that look? In the first conversation we had about it on the phone, John is very great with pitches, he lets you get all the way to the end, he doesn’t say much, he just listens and when you get to the end he was like, ‘Wow, I didn’t think that’s where you were going to go with this. That’s bold, but I fucking love it. I love it because I could be safe, I could be easy, I could come in and phone this in and do my greatest hits and move on or I could be challenged. This is challenging to me. This is a juicy role. Now, how do I make these people hate me?’ Who knows, by December, does he see the light and become a good guy again? Maybe. Does he retire as a bad guy?”
AEW has filed two new trademarks for “AEW Summer Blockbuster” and “Paragon.” (FF)
Here’s the updated card for Resurgence on May 9th. (NJPW)
- NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. ELP
- STRONG Openweight Championship match: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Drilla Maloney
- STRONG Women’s Championship Triple Threat Match: Mercedes Mone (c) vs. AZM vs. Mina Shirakawa
- STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship Match: Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaac (c) vs. Templario & TJP
- The Bullet Club (Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors, Gedo, & David Finlay) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) and two mystery partners
- Fred Rosser vs. Matt Vandagriff
- Alan Breeze vs. CJ Tino
Tony Khan talks about listening to feedback: “I do like to listen to feedback from lots of people across pro wrestling, and especially if it’s constructive, it can be really helpful. I think there’s a lot of times where you hear somebody say something, and they say, ‘Oh, why didn’t they do it this way?’ Or ‘Instead of going from point A to point B and then to point C, you know, maybe off in between point and point B, they could have added this,’ and so maybe there’s a good idea there they can use in the future. I really do love hearing feedback from all kinds of people, from people in wrestling, wrestlers, people who work in wrestling in the production side or both, and fans. Fans that I’ve never been backstage at a show in their lives, but just love wrestling and watch it a lot, and they have great ideas.”
Tonight’s Dark Side of the Ring is about Tony Atlas: “With the physique of an Adonis and endless charisma, Tony Atlas made his mark as one of wrestling’s first Black stars but racism, addiction and ego kept Mr. USA from the top.”
The lineup for NXT tonight on The CW is below. (WWE)
- WWE North American Championship #1 Contenders Match: Ethan Page vs. Eddy Thorpe vs. Wes Lee vs. Lexis King
- NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Tag Team Gauntlet Match: Briggs & Inamura vs. No Quarter Catch Crew vs. Hank & Tank vs. The Culling vs. Tyson DuPont & Tyriek Igwe
- Parking Lot Fight: Dark State vs. The D’Angelo Family
- More NXT Women’s North American Championship Ladder Match Qualifiers
Adam Cole talks about his plans for AEW’s TNT Title: “Initially, it wasn’t something I had even thought about but now hearing that question and thinking about the possibilities with it happening and stuff in the future, there absolutely maybe is a possibility. I really want to honor the TNT Championship and make it one of the most prestigious titles within AEW again. I really do believe that he’s the future of All Elite Wrestling, but while I’m holding the championship, like I said, I’m going to defend it and fight for it with pride, regardless of what it looks like.”
Topps is putting WrestleMania 41 patches on WWE superstars and after WrestleMania 41 they will be randomly inserted into trading card packs.
CMLL Domingo Familiar results are below. (FF)
- Match Relámpago: Grako def. Astro.
- 2/3 Falls Tag Team: Princesa Sugehit & Skadi def. Dark Silueta & Metalica.
- 2/3 Falls Trios Match: Guerrero Maya Jr. & Los Demonios Samurais (Okumura & Yutani) def. Capitan Suicida & Los Divinos Laguneros (Blue Panther Jr. & Dark Panther).
- 2/3 Falls Trios Match: El Cobarde, Stuka Jr. & Hijo del Villano III def. Dragon Rojo Jr., Magia Blanca & Xelhua.
- 2/3 Falls Trios Match: Atlantis, Blue Panther & Panterita del Ring def. El Terrible, Gran Guerrero & Valiente.
- 2/3 Falls Trios Match: Neon, Star Jr. & Templario def. Difunto, Volador Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero.
From MLW: “After sending shockwaves with a record-setting sellout debut, Major League Wrestling is storming back to the greater Los Angeles area on Saturday, October 4 with its annual Halloween-themed event: MLW Slaughterhouse. Emanating live from Thunder Studios – located at 20434 S Santa Fe Ave, Long Beach, CA 90810 – MLW Slaughterhouse promises a night of hellraising horrors and title fights, as Major League Wrestling unleashes its most sinister event of the year. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 25 at 10:00 a.m. PT at MLWLA.com, with prices starting at just $10.”
Despite rumors about her AEW status, Mariah May has “significant time” left on her AEW contract and isn’t going anywhere. (PWI)
Collision did 455,000 viewers and a 0.12 18-49, up from 335,000 and 0.08. (Wrestlenomics)
