In this interview with Rich Eisen, Seth Rollins says there were hints all along about him forming a faction with Paul Heyman: “If you followed the food crumbs, if you look back at the last two months, you could probably figure it out. You could see it. The writing was on the wall. It made perfect sense to me, and it was a partnership waiting to happen. CM Punk is supposedly this guy’s friend, but he’s leveraging his friendship to get a favor, to get what he wants, which is the main event of WrestleMania and have him in his corner. Then, Roman Reigns, they are supposedly thick as thieves, but Roman Reigns left Paul Heyman to get destroyed by his family and never apologized for two seconds. If Roman takes the Wise Man, then Punk is going to eat him alive. If Paul takes the Wise Man, Roman is going to go after Paul Heyman. I was really the only solution and I told Paul Heyman as such. Here we are.”
In storyline Gunther has been suspended indefinitely for attacking Pat McAfee.
Last night on SmackDown, Randy Orton challenged John Cena to a match at Backlash and Cena accepted.
Speaking of SD, Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer and Axiom) moved from NXT to SmackDown last night and beat Los Garza in their main roster debut.
Former WWE and former New Japan wrestlers the Good Brothers (Machine Gun Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows) will work Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling on May 10th.
WWE Vault uploaded a video they described as “The Shield’s first WWE match.”
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson got $900,000 in royalties and $2.6 million in travel reimbursement from WWE last year.
Kenny Omega is a big fan of Kidd Bandit: “Kidd Bandit is real special, for sure. They have that unknown quality where you watch an athlete and you want to cheer for them, which is very important. You can’t explain it and it has nothing to do with the moves that they do, it’s not a catchphrase, it’s just the je ne sais quoi. ‘I don’t know what it is, but something attracted me to this person and I want to cheer for them.’ You can’t pay for that in wrestling. Things like that is lighting in a bottle and you have to take advantage of that anytime you can find that.”
Mid-Atlantic and Smoky Mountain Wrestling personality Bob Caudle’s wife Jackie has passed away. My condolences to him and to the wrestling community.
Natalya will challenge Kenzie Paige for the NWA Women’s World Title at the Crockett Cup on May 17th.
In this clip MVP talks about working with Evander Holyfield during his time in WWE.
From MLW: “The wait is over. Tickets are NOW ON SALE for MLW Slaughterhouse, as Major League Wrestling makes its highly anticipated return to the greater Los Angeles area on Saturday, October 4. Tickets start at just $10 and are available NOW at MLWLA.com. Following a record-setting sellout earlier this year, MLW is back – this time bringing its annual Halloween-themed event to Thunder Studios Arena, located at 20434 S Santa Fe Ave, Long Beach, CA 90810.”
Here’s a new interview with Dominik Mysterio.
AEW Beach Break will air over two nights even though it will be taped in one.
Zelina Vega beat Chelsea Green for the Women’s US Title on SmackDown. Aleister Black made his WWE return and destroyed The Miz. The two will have a match next week. Also the Street Profits defeated #DIY & MCMG in a TLC to retain their tag team titles. (WWE)
There’s no heat on Karrion Kross for his “shoot” interview. He actually had it approved before it ever made it to air. (FF)
NXT results from Dade City, Florida are below. (FF)
- Wren Sinclair def. Lainey Reid
- Lexis King def. Shiloh Hill
- Brooks Jensen & Niko Vance def. Uriah Connors & Kale Dixon
- Izzi Dame def. Karmen Petrovic
- Tavion Heights & Myles Borne def. OTM
- Thea Hail def. Bailey Humphrey
- Trick Williams def. Anthony Luke
- NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Sol Ruca def. Cora Jade
- NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Hank Walker & Tank Ledger def. Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura
CMLL says as long as Arena Mexico exists lucha libre will never die.
