Last night R-Truth and Damian Priest became WWE Tag Team Champions as they went over Tama Tonga and JC Mateo of the MFTs on SmackDown.
This may or may not be related to the fact Tama Tonga paid a “significant fine” and was reprimanded for breaking an unwritten WWE rule not to upload footage from rehearsals, which he in fact did on his TikTok account and subsequently deleted when the office complained — but not before people had already saved it and re-uploaded it to multiple platforms.
The woman who flirted with Andrade El Idolo on Collision last weekend was Simone Williams, who is also known as Princess Aussie, a regular for WOW Women Of Wrestling. (WO)
Brandi Rhodes has also been added to WWE World for WrestleMania weekend.
The last Dynamite did a 0.13 18-49 demo and 730,000 viewers. (PI)
According to this interview with NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi, New Japan is looking to do more long term multi-year contracts with their talent.
I’m not saying WWE has lost the plot on what’s cool or anything but Nickelback is providing the official theme song for both nights of WrestleMania 42.
After ESPN had already reported it on Friday, WWE officially confirmed Dennis Rodman will be going into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.
Ted DiBiase Jr. was found not guilty in his federal criminal fraud trial on all counts. (PWI)
Toni Storm was not medically cleared to compete on Dynamite this week even though she had been scheduled to do so, and the angle was done to write her off TV for an extended time. There’s no word as to the nature of the injury that sidelined her. (FF)
Here’s the updated card for NXT next Tuesday. (WWE)
- Gauntlet Eliminator North American Title #1 Contenders Match: Jackson Drake vs. More Competitors TBA
- NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Tournament Match: Eli Knight & Elio LeFluer vs. The Culling
- Ricky Saints vs. Tony D’Angelo
- Thea Hail vs. Kelani Jordan
- Lainey Reid & Fallon Henley vs. Wren Sinclair & Kendal Grey
- Sol Ruca and ZARIA meet face-to-face
