After initially announcing she would be appearing at the Squared Circle Expo, Masha Slamovich has had her pulling booked after the predictably negative response to booking a guest who was let go (i.e. her contract was not renewed) from TNA over allegations of domestic abuse. “After speaking to friends in the industry who know a bit more about the details of Masha’s situation, as well as carefully considering the feedback from fans and others in our business whose opinion we value, we have decided to pull Masha Slamovich’s appearance from the SCX VI. The vendor who was bringing her in for the appearance is also in agreement and fully supports the move as well. While we still absolutely believe that many people will often deserve a second chance and the opportunity for redemption, the timing for this was ill thought out and regrettable. We truly hope and wish for Masha to continue to better herself and hope that learning from past mistakes will allow for growth and a better future.”
Via social media Capcom revealed Kenny Omega did motion capture for Street Fighter 6.
In their fourth quarter SEC filings, TKO revealed Vince McMahon has reimbursed them $12 million for litigation expenses, including antitrust filings from shareholders, the Janel Grant lawsuit, et cetera. Considering how much money he’s worth it’s barely a drop in the bucket. Considering how much money TKO rakes in it’s equally minuscule to them. In fact the company posted revenue of $1.038 billion with a net income of $0.8 million for the quarter,with an adjusted EBITDA of $281.2 million. They also revealed revenue of $4.735 billion for 2025, with net income of $546.2 million, and an adjusted EBITDA of $1.585 billion. They are stupidly profitable which explains why they can be so tone deaf when it comes to their creative decisions and ticket prices. They don’t have to listen to anyone.
Brock Lesnar’s son Turk just scored a hat trick playing for the Calgary Rockies U17 team.
Here’s the lineup for a jam packed episode on Honor Club tonight. (ROH)
- ROH Women’s Pure Championship Match: Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Trish Adora
- ROH World Women’s Television Championship Match: Red Velvet (c) vs. Zayda Steel
- Jay Lethal vs. ‘Dynamite Kid’ Tommy Billington
- J.D. Drake vs. Adam Priest
- Johnnie Robbie vs. Persephone
- The Frat House (Cole Karter & Griff Garrison) (w/ Jacked Jameson & Preston Vance) vs. T.M.D.K. (Shane Haste & Bad Dude Tito)
- Satnam Singh in action
- Big Bill & Bryan Keith in action
- Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) (w/ Isla Dawn) in action
- SkyFlight (Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin & Darius Martin) (w/ Christopher Daniels) in action
- ROH World Television Champion Nick Wayne returns
In this interview Chelsea Green talks about her ankle: “The ankle is chipped. I mean, the internet knew my ankle was all sorts of things before I even knew. But, yeah, it’s broken but it’s not the worst kind of break so we’re good, we’re good. We’re healing up very quickly which I’m so thankful for. So when I broke it and found out – I broke it on Friday but I actually didn’t find out till Wednesday. Well, I had already done three Disney and Universal days. I had already been drinking and walking and roller coastering. So I was like, ‘Well, if I can do all that, let me just text work and I wanna work. I wanna be in a wheelchair or I wanna be hobbling around in a boot.’ I mean, come on. Come on. So many fun things.”
Eddie Kingston has pulled out of independent bookings and is not on the road for AEW right now due to severe migraine headaches. (PWI) Best wishes to him to recover and be well. Migraines are the worst.
Rebel is currently doing in-patient rehab following treatment for her lung cancer: “I’m doing speech therapy for my speech, and chewing is difficult and swallowing. So I’m getting speech therapy for that. I’m getting occupational therapy for being able to raise my hands, and I’m also getting physical therapy, and that will help with my walking and my gait. Right now, I’m walking with a walker. I am able to walk without the walker, but I am a big fall risk. So we just take precautions.” Best wishes to her too. Cancer is even MORE the worst.
Here’s another health update – Fred Ottman is home from the hospital. “They released me from the hospital yesterday. They kept me in the hospital for an extra couple days for observation because the surgery was pretty tough, but I’m home with my beautiful wife Sheila. And I got home healthcare coming in and checking on me today. And then will become the road to recovery, which ought to take a while, I believe. But I just wanted to keep you guys in the loop, and thanks for all the prayers and all the thoughts and everything and the cards and letters that have been sent to me. God bless you, each and every one. I really appreciate the support. You know, you’re my extended family. So I just wanted to keep you in here. All right, I love you, and I won’t bother you no more. Have a great day.”
Hikaru Shida’s visa issues have been resolved for a while now, and she was backstage at Dynamite last week, so the only problem is they haven’t given her anything to do on TV. (FF)
NXT Stand & Deliver has been moved from Las Vegas to St. Louis. WWE decided having NXT there the same weekend meant it would get lost in the shuffle of events for WrestleMania 42. (PWI) Or — and let’s be frank about this — they moved it to a city where people might actually pay to go since nobody wants to go to Las Vegas due to the high ticket prices and high food and hotel costs.
Speaking of NXT here’s the latest card for Vengeance Day on March 7th. (WWE)
- NXT Championship Match: Joe Hendry vs. Ricky Saints
- NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Izzi Dame vs. Tatum Paxley
- NXT Underground Match: Lola Vice vs. Kelani Jordan
And here’s the current card for next week’s NXT. (WWE)
- NXT Women’s Championship Match: Jacy Jayne vs. Zaria
- Shiloh Hill, Hank & Tank vs. Vanity Project
- Ricky Saints hosts the Absolute Experience
- Izzi Dame & Tatum Paxley face-to-face
Bronson Reed flew immediately to Birmingham after tearing his bicep on Raw, and if he hasn’t already had surgery by the time you read this, he will have it imminently. (PWI)
There were three dark matches at NXT on Tuesday. (PWI)
- Channing Lorenzo (with Arianna Grace) defeated Ulka Sasaki; the distraction from Grace allowed Lorenzo to win with Cement Shoes
- Linca Dorada defeated Aaron Fara via a Shooting Star Press
- Karmen Petrovic defeated Chantel Monroe, thanks to a corkscrew roundhouse kick
WWE has filed a new trademark for WWE EVOLVE Succession.
Paramount has increased their WBD buyout offer from $30 to $31 a share in their effort to outbid Netflix for the acquisition.
Recent WWE tryout hopeful Regina Tarin is taking a short notice fight against Ernesta Kareckaite for UFC this weekend. (FF)
Davey Boy Smith Jr. got robbed in Canada and his father’s WWE Hall of Fame ring is among the items that have yet to be recovered.
