AJ Lee, Elio LeFleur, Ricky Sosa, Impact, Ric Flair, SmackDown, Raw, Asuka, IYO SKY, La Catalina, NXT Revenge, Dynamite – Wednesday’s Latest Pro Wrestling News for April 8th, 2026

AJ Lee

In this interview with Sports Illustrated, AJ Lee talks about who she’d like to face again: “I think the fans would really love to see me and the Bellas again, or me and Naomi. We never really got to like kill it, but she is just one of those people who every time I was in the ring with her, I felt so at my absolute best. She brings that out of you.”

Elio LeFleur has undergone surgery. Best wishes to him for a speedy and full recovery!

Ricky Sosa has been added to this week’s Impact on AMC. Here’s the lineup. (TNA)

  • TNA World Tag Team Championship Tables Match: The Hardys vs. The Righteous
  • Dani Luna vs. Jada Stone
  • Frankie Kazarian vs. BDE
  • Elayna Black vs. Myla Grace
  • Taryn Terrell appears
  • Ricky Sosa appears

Conspiracy theory time! Ric Flair claims WWE is blocking him from working with Roots of Fight even though he currently has two pieces of apparel for sale with them.

The last SmackDown did a 0.43 18-49 and 1.508 million viewers. (PI)

Last week’s Raw finished #6 in the global top ten with three million viewers. (Netflix)

It’s claimed that Asuka vs. IYO SKY is still in the works for WrestleMania 42. (BSN)

La Catalina has departed from CMLL. She was reportedly unhappy with her recent booking. (BSN)

The next two weeks of WWE NXT are being billed as NXT Revenge.

Here’s the updated card for Dynamite tonight. (AEW)

  • AEW TBS Championship Match: Willow Nightingale vs. Queen Aminata
  • Darby Allin, Bandido & Jack Perry vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Mark Davis, & Andrade El Idolo
  • We hear from Chris Jericho