Following his successful halftime show performance at Super Bowl LX (60), Bryan Alvarez said on Wrestling Observer Radio that Bad Bunny will return to WWE “sooner rather than later,” suggesting he might even be involved in WrestleMania this year. (WO) He previously made his in-ring debut at WrestleMania 37 and was praised at the time for his respect for professional wrestling and how seriously he trained and prepared for his role.
Last night Kofi Kingston had a free Super Bowl ticket thanks to the generosity of Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch, and was sure to thank both of them on social media for it.
Paul “Triple H” Levesque is receiving some blow back for the fact that advance ticket sales for WrestleMania 42 are down 18% from last year’s two day event which was also in Las Vegas. (WO) When you don’t book anything people want to see and charge life altering ticket prices people need to sell a kidney to afford, should it come as any surprise they’re down 18%? They should be down MORE.
Coincidentally within a 50 mile radius of Las Vegas you won’t be able to find a single bar or restaurant airing WrestleMania 42 — WWE/TKO are enforcing a blackout to try to encourage ticket sales. (FF)
Bron Breaker’s injury reportedly occurred when he flipped over the announce table on Raw. He’s already had hernia surgery and could be out at least eight weeks — perhaps longer, but WWE is “optimistic.” (WO) It certainly helps explain why he was eliminated from the Royal Rumble so quickly.
Speaking of injuries, WWE believes Chelsea Green suffered a bad bruise or deep muscle injury, but did not actually tear or break anything in her ankle, so that’s good news. (PWI)
Here’s the advertised card for Raw tonight. (WWE)
- Elimination Chamber Qualifying Matches: Competitors TBA
- World Tag Team Championship Match: The Usos vs. Alpha Academy
- Nattie Neidhart vs. Maxxine Dupri
Fred Ottman has been in the hospital for a month after his gallbladder ruptured. Best wishes to him!
Matthew Justice was checked out after a scary spot at the MLW Fusion taping — he’s okay though. (PWI)
Former WWE star Aliyah is selling off every pro wrestling related item she has.
NXT house show results from Jacksonville are below. (WBS)
- Zaria beat Lainey Reid
- Eli Knight beat Nathaniel Cranton
- Bayley Humphrey & Drake Morreaux defeated Arianna Grace & Channing Lorenzo
- Lexis King beat Shiloh Hill
- OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price) defeated The Culling (Niko Vance & Shawn Spears) and The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes)
- WWE Women’s Speed Championship Match: Fallon Henley (c) defeated Sirena Linton to retain the title
- Tony D’Angelo def. Brooks Jensen
- WWE NXT Women’s Championship Match: Jacy Jayne (w/ Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid) (c) vs. Kendal Grey (w/ Wren Sinclair) ended in a no contest. As a result, Jayne retains her title
- WWE NXT Championship: Joe Hendry (c) beat Jackson Drake (w/ Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes)
Steph De Lander f/k/a Persia Pirotta is now accepting indie bookings again.
