The return of Pat McAfee to be part of the Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes program for WrestleMania 42 was a directive that came down on high in TKO from Ari Emanuel, who is looking for more “corporate synergy” between ESPN and WWE. (FF)
Cody Rhodes was told to “shoot from the hip” on Pat McAfee for his segment on SmackDown. (BSN)
Now that he’s been acquitted Ted DiBiase Jr. is doing cons again — WrestleCon specifically.
The full Best of the Super Juniors blocks have been revealed. (NJPW)
A Block
- Master Wato
- Ryusuke Taguchi
- Kosei Fujita
- Robbie X
- Francesco Akira
- DOUKI (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion)
- Titán
- Valiente Jr.
- Nick Wayne
- Jun Kasai
B Block
- El Desperado
- KUSHIDA
- YOH
- Robbie Eagles
- Taiji Ishimori
- Jakob Austin Young
- SHO
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Hyo
- Daisuke Sasaki
MJF just showed up in WrestlePro to set up a match with Pat Buck.
Will Ospreay says Callum Newman winning the IWGP Heavyweight Title is “one of the greatest moments” of his life since he trained the young man. In fact he’s the youngest IWGP Heavyweight Champion ever at only 23 years old.
Mercedes Mone has relinquished her APAC Title because the promotion didn’t have the money to fly her out to defend it and wouldn’t let her defend it in other promotions.
Here’s the updated lineup for NXT on Tuesday. (WWE)
- Men’s Speed Championship tournament begins
- Jasper Troy vs. Keanu Carver vs. Josh Briggs
- Sol Ruca vs. Izzi Dame
- Lola Vice’s championship victory celebration
