In an interview with All the Smoke, CM Punk had a warning for Pat McAfee: “Pat was a wrestling fan who became famous outside of the bubble and was afforded an opportunity to be invited in. Somewhere along the line, he forgot that he was a tourist. To me, that can easily be rescinded. Pat is great at what he does. Pat is not great at what we do. Cody is going to handle it. Poor Cody has to deal with this guy. When he disrespects the business and he says something out of pocket, he’s going to get checked and he’s going to get checked by me. You can’t be running your mouth about ticket sales when you’ve never sold a ticket in your life. I would prefer to not have to deal with Pat, but we’ll see what happens. I don’t think Pat realizes the dangerous things he’s doing.”
Cody Rhodes was equally disparaging of Pat on ESPN: “He’s a rat. A full-blown rat, a full-blooded rat who is surrounded by people that don’t tell him no enough, and now he’s fully involved in what we’re doing, and Pat McAfee is on the marquee next to Randy Orton. No one expected that. So at least we can expect the unexpected with ESPN’s own Pat McAfee.”
Nikki Bella’s clearance for WrestleMania 42 is said to be “touch and go.” (WO)
Asuka vs. IYO SKY may happen at Backlash instead of WrestleMania. (WO)
Here’s the card for week two of NXT Revenge next week. (WWE)
- NXT Women’s North American Championship Casket Match: Tatum Paxley vs. Blake Monroe
- WWE Men’s Speed Championship Match: EK Prosper vs. Lexis King
- NXT North American Championship Match: Myles Borne vs. Dion Lennox
- Last Woman Standing Match: Sol Ruca vs. ZARIA
- Keanu Carver vs. Joe Hendry
There were two dark matches before NXT Revenge week one. (PWI)
- Lizzy Rain (Rayne Leverkusen) def. Layla Diggs via a step-up kick to the head
- Hank & Tank def. Shido Ash & Viktor Zakov via a Collision Course to Ash
The last Collision did a 0.08 18-49 demo and 423,000 viewers. (PI)
SmackDown did a 0.36 18-49 rating and 1.412 million viewers. (PI)
The Miz and Michael Cole are hosting the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. (WWE)
Last week’s Raw finished No. 6 with 2.9 million views.
Mike Santana has been added to this week’s Impact. (TNA)
- EC3 vs. Eric Young
- KC Navarro vs. AJ Francis
- Mike Santana appears
- Chapter Three of the Undead Realm
