In this interview Jacob Fatu says injuries have cost him opportunities in the past: “I probably missed out on a lot of opportunities, but it is what it is. They say in this business, ‘Things happen, and the show must go on.’ I missed out, but what was I going to do? I couldn’t sit there and dwell. No, none of that. Instead of the past, you must manifest for the future. I really had to double back and tap in with myself, mentally and physically. I had to remember who ‘The Samoan Werewolf’ Jacob Fatu was at the end of the day.”
Pat McAfee was the person on the other end of Randy Orton’s phone calls.
Mick Foley is doing voiceover work for a documentary on deathmatch wrestling.
Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar are both booked for Raw.
Valentina Rossi has been offered a WWE ID contract.
I must amend/correct a previous statement — Janel Grant was ordered to “serve herself” to John Laurinaitis, not Vince McMahon. McMahon was the one who “ordered” it though.
Dynamite had a 0.15 18-49 demo and 730,000 viewers this week. (PI)
Here’s the updated WrestleMania 42 card. (WWE)
- Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton
- World Heavyweight Championship Match: CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns
- WWE Women’s Championship Match: Jade Cargill vs. Rhea Ripley
- Women’s World Championship Match: Stephanie Vaquer vs. Liv Morgan
- WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship Match: AJ Lee vs. Becky Lynch
- WWE United States Championship Match: Sami Zayn vs. Trick Williams
- WWE Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Penta vs. Dragon Lee vs. JD McDonagh vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Rusev
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: The Irresistible Forces vs. Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair vs. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria vs. The Bella Twins
- Unsanctioned Match: Drew McIntyre vs. Jacob Fatu
- Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi
- Dominik Mysterio vs. Finn Balor
- John Cena to host
WWE President Nick Khan just received 88,584 shares of company stock with an estimated value $18.05 million. (WO)
Thunder Rosa’s planned dual contract with AEW & CMLL is now “all but done.” (FF) UPDATE: Actually it is done as of right now.
There were two dark matches before SmackDown. (PWI)
- Royce Keys def. Berto
- Alex Shelley def. Apollo Crews
WWE confirmed that Nikki Bella is injured on SmackDown last night.
Seth Rollins will be kicking off Raw on Monday. (WWE)
MLW is doing a joint event with CMLL on May 1st.
Here are Sakura Genesis 2026 results. (NJPW)
- Pre-Show: Masatora Yasuda & KUSHIDA beat Taisei Nakahara & Tatsuya Matsumoto
- T.M.D.K. (Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson) defeated Master Wato & Togi Makabe
- The Unbound Company (Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Shingo Takagi) beat The United Empire (Jakob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee)
- Toru Yano, YOH, Tiger Mask & Aaron Wolf beat HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, DOUKI & Don Fale)
- The United Empire (The Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Will Ospreay) beat El Desperado, Taichi & Yuya Uemura
- NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Match: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Oleg Boltin (c) beat The House of Torture(Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita) to retain the belts.
- NJPW World Television Championship Match: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shota Umino (15-minute Time Limit Draw). As a result, Takeshita retains the title.
- IWGP Tag Team Championship: Knock Out Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) beat T.M.D.K. (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.)
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Callum Newman beat Yota Tsuji (c) to win the title.
Here’s the card for NXT Stand & Deliver tonight. (WWE)
- NXT Championship Match: Joe Hendry vs. Ethan Page vs. Ricky Saints vs. Tony D’Angelo
- NXT Women’s Championship Match: Jacy Jayne vs. Kendal Grey vs. Lola Vice
- NXT North American Championship Match: Myles Borne vs. Johnny Gargano
- NXT Tag Team Championship Match: The Vanity Project vs. Los Americanos
- NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Tatum Paxley vs. Blake Monroe
- Sol Ruca vs. Zaria
- Pre-Show: Shiloh Hill, Wren Sinclair, Eli Knight, and Hank & Tank vs. Birthright
