Joe Hendry will defend his NXT Title against Ricky Saints at Vengeance Day on March 7th. (WWE)
In this interview Killer Kross talks about his post-WWE perspective: “I always have a very positive perspective no matter the situation I’m put in. If I’m told I’m going to manage, I’m going to manage the best possible. I’m going to make it feel as big as possible. That is what I was taught in the indies. If you’re given a tiny role, try to make it as big as possible. Yeah, I am a wrestler. I did want to wrestle more, but now I get to and get to do it over the world. I get to do it in MLW. We’re going to Romania soon. There is so much more cool amazing stuff going on.”
Despite any speculation about the “mystery box” for Elimination Chamber being related to Chris Jericho, he is and remains under an AEW contract and is still listed on their website’s roster. (FF)
Last week’s Impact stayed steady at a 0.05 18-49 demo but the audience increased slightly from 241,000 to 254,000 total viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
Meanwhile last week’s Raw dropped from 3.1 to 2.9 million viewers. (Netflix)
WBD has issued an ultimatum to Paramount to make their “best and final offer” to acquire them despite already having an agreement from Netflix on the table.
Tessa Johnston has joined the list of people getting a WWE tryout.
Mickie James will be a special guest referee for MCW on February 28th.
Bianca Belair has begun post-surgery rehab on her broken finger.
Acting NXT GM Robert Stone said Jaida Parker is sidelined with a neck injury. (WWE)
Here’s the current card for NXT next week. (WWE)
- NXT Women’s Championship Match: Jacy Jayne vs. Sol Ruca
- NXT Tag Team Championship Match: DarkState vs. Swipe Right
- NXT North American Championship Match: Ethan Page vs. Myles Borne
- WWE Speed Championship Match: Jasper Troy vs. Elio LeFleur vs. Eli Knight
- WWE Women’s Speed Championship #1 Contenders Tournament Match: Blake Monroe vs. Thea Hail
Here’s the current card for Impact on Thursday. (TNA)
- Guitar Case Casket Match: Elijah vs. Mustafa Ali
- TNA International Championship Match: Trey Miguel vs. Stacks
- Tessa Blanchard vs. Jody Threat
