Last night on Raw, Liv Morgan chose Stephanie Vaquer and her Women’s World Title as what she’s going after at WrestleMania 42, giving Vaquer an Oblivion to drive the message home. In storyline he earned the right to choose between Vaquer and Jade Cargill by virtue of winning the women’s Royal Rumble match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (WWE)
Speaking of last night’s show Bronson Reed appeared to hurt an arm doing a dive during a triple threat which also featured Jey Uso and El Grande Americano. (WWE) Reportedly he was scheduled to win and move on to the Elimination Chamber but Uso got his spot. (PWI) No word on his condition as of now.
In this interview Xavier Woods attempted to give a timetable for his return from shoulder injury: “I feel okay. Lifting things with my shoulder doesn’t feel okay. I kind of put it through like a meat grinder, so we’ll see how it is. Hopefully, it’s a few weeks of physical therapy, and then we’ll be back at it. But if not, I will let everybody know. But yeah, it’s alright. We’re just staying positive.”
Just as happened last year during March Madness, next month’s tournament will mean one episode Collision will be split into two one hour shows. Slam Dunk Saturday will be March 21st and Slam Dunk Sunday will be March 22nd, both airing at 11 PM ET. (AEW)
Dynamite did a 0.12 18-49 demo and 692,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
Impact did a 0.05 18-49 and 233,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
ROH is taping a studio show on March 1st at WJCT Studios in Jacksonville, Florida. (FF)
CMLL canceled today’s show at Arena Coliseo due to a wave of violence in Mexico following the death of drug kingpin Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.
The current card for WrestleMania 42 is below. (WWE)
- World Heavyweight Championship Match: CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns
- Women’s World Championship Match: Stephanie Vaquer vs. Liv Morgan
- Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Drew McIntyre vs. Men’s Elimination Chamber winner
- WWE Women’s Championship Match: Jade Cargill vs. Women’s Elimination Chamber winner
- Brock Lesnar vs. TBD
Undertaker told AJ Styles on Raw that Styles will be going into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.
John Cena is the leading candidate to induct Styles. (BSN)
Here’s the updated Elimination Chamber card for Saturday. (WWE)
- Men’s Elimination Chamber Match: Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Trick Williams vs. Je’Von Evans vs Jey Uso
- Women’s Elimination Chamber Match:Tiffany Stratton vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Asuka vs. Kiana James vs. Raquel Rodriguez
- World Heavyweight Championship Match: CM Punk vs. Finn Balor
- WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship Match: Becky Lynch vs. AJ Lee
Hacksaw Jim Duggan still has his Atlanta Falcons pay stub from 1977.
Claudio Castagnoli is issuing an open challenge for his CMLL Heavyweight Title: “I just defeated Josh Alexander to retain my CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. I know I’m the best CMLL World Heavyweight Champion that you’ve ever seen. That was my fourth defense. Now, I want to know who is going to step up when I come back to Arena Mexico next Friday, February 27, to defend this prestigious title. So who is going to step up? Who?”
AEW filed a “Paid in Full” trademark on February 23rd. I wonder if Rakim will oppose it. Nah, I doubt it.
Here’s the card for NXT tonight. (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
And here’s an early card for Raw next week. (WWE)
- WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Dominik Mysterio vs. Penta
- Gunther vs. Dragon Lee
- Roman Reigns returns
