LA Knight disclosed that Brock Lesnar’s WWE Royal Rumble elimination did not unfold as it was supposed to.
While not revealing the story in entirety, Knight told Chris Van Vliet on the latest episode of the Insight Podcast the elimination did not go as planned.
“I did (eliminate Brock Lesnar). And man, I’ll tell that story someday, but it feels too new and fresh to me. But I’ll just say things went differently than they were supposed to.”
During the WWE spectacle match in January, Cody Rhodes and Knight threw Lesnar over the top rope in a surprising move. However, footage from the match appeared to show Lesnar instructing Rhodes and Knight to attack him before sending him over the top rope. Roman Reigns eventually won the classic battle royal and challenged CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania.
Knight participated in a six-man tag team match at WrestleMania against The Vision. Barely a couple of years ago fans were rallying behind him to win the Money in the Bank briefcase which could contribute to his re-focused pursuit this year,
Brock Lesnar heard Jey Uso's music then told Cody Rhodes and LA Knight to eliminate him. pic.twitter.com/QiuQiqcjgj
LA Knight is still receiving good crowd reactions, but he thinks they’d be even bigger if his character have more of a direction.
On a new episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Knight described himself as being “kind of a man without a country” due to not having a set trajectory in WWE at the moment. He is proud of the staying power he’s had and described his crowd reactions as still being an 8/10. If he had a storyline fans could invest in, he believes the reactions would be a 10/10 once again.
“I think there were a lot of people leaning on the idea that that was going to be a fad. There were a lot of people leaning on the idea that was going to be a flavor of the month, that that was going to be a passing thing,” Knight said. “Here we are in 2026. I walked in the ring last night — now you could argue, yeah, maybe the reactions aren’t quite as big as they were at that time. I’m going to tell you why that is in a second. But if you noticed last night, I still circle around, I get the thing, and I stand there and they still chant the name.
“Now you could say that’s programming, you could say that’s passion, you could say it’s whatever it is. Bottom line is: it’s still there. However, the reason it’s not as big as it was is because right now I’m just kind of a man without a country so to speak. I’m not really doing, I don’t have a set trajectory at this moment. If you look at last year, last summer when I started all of a sudden, me and Seth [Rollins] were going at it for the title and it’s me and The Vision, there it was renewed again.
“So it’s a matter of just making sure that I’ve got direction, I’ve got somewhere to go and I’ve got somewhere that people care about, something that people can sink their teeth into, that then takes it up from an 8 up to a 10 and beyond. And so I think that’s really just the key to the whole thing. And it’s kind of crazy that it’s kept on this long when I don’t think a lot of people were counting on that being the case.”
Though he has his frustrations with the business, Knight is grateful that pro wrestling has finally rewarded him after he spent much of his career as a journeyman. He’s earned the trust of WWE and no longer has promos scripted for him, instead just having an overall point that he needs to cover. He’ll sometimes receive instructions like making sure to say “King & Queen of the Ring” instead of just “King of the Ring” for branding purposes.
Knight competed at WrestleMania 42 in a six-man tag match where he and The Usos defeated Logan Paul, Austin Theory & IShowSpeed. And while Knight doesn’t feel like his character has much of a direction right now, his WWE schedule remains busy. He noted that an injury to someone else led to him being booked for WWE’s full three-week summer 2026 European tour instead of only working the TV dates he was originally set for.
LA Knight on his wrestling future —
At 43 years old, Knight’s in-ring career is much closer to the end than the beginning. He told Insight that he feels like he could physically keep going for a while but mentally wants to be home spending time with his dogs. It tortures him inside knowing that his puppies might only have 10-15 years left.
“The funny thing is, physically, I could do this for a long time. I’m really good physically,” Knight said. “Mentally, I’m just like, I want to snuggle puppies.”
Van Vliet asked Knight if he would like to wrestle into his 50s.
“No, f*** no. No. Are you nuts? No,” he responded. “But would I like to be able to come in and maybe like do an occasional appearance or do some, yeah, sure, maybe. But I don’t think I’ve been built up to the point where I can do like an Undertaker-type thing or an Austin thing or something like that. So I don’t think that’s in my future either.
“So it’s pretty much going to be at some point when I decide to call it, I’m going to disappear into the sunset and you’ll just never see me again. I’m not even joking. I’m being dead-ass serious. If they decide at some point and they get crazy enough to go, ‘We’re going to put him in the Hall of Fame,’ sure, I’ll come back and I’ll do that, but I got a feeling that probably ain’t going to happen either. But maybe that’s my own feeling of just never being — no matter where I’ve gone, I’ve always felt underappreciated in the wrestling business.”
Becky Lynch has accomplished nearly everything there is to achieve in WWE, but one accolade eludes her.
On the latest episode of What’s Your Story with Stephanie McMahon,Lynch talked about her evolution in dealing with creative decisions without pushing back. And she revealed the one accomplishment left to achieve in her WWE career which is to win the Money in the Bank briefcase.
“Gosh, I think it’s a little bit from column A and a little bit from column B, right where I know I’ve proved myself enough, and I’m at the point in my career where I’m immensely confident in my ability. And in ‘what do you want me to do? Okay, yeah, whatever’. If I agree with it or I don’t agree with it, and sometimes I’ll be like, that’s great, that’s amazing. Sometimes I’ll disagree. But you got to play the job.”
“I think it’s a lot of years, isn’t it? And then it’s every goal that I wanted to take off the list I have bar one, just a silly, not that it’s silly, I want the Money in the Bank briefcase. And especially this character with the Money in the Bank briefcase. Everybody would hate it so much because they wanted to go to somebody younger, somebody up and coming, somebody who’s never been a champion before and ah. F*cking just love that in everybody’s face and have all the champions fear me.Oh, the power, you know.”
Lynch has checked off almost every accolade in her WWE career. She is a Grand Slam Champion, Royal Rumble winner, first women’s WrestleMania main eventer where she won the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Titles.
Lynch was instrumental in elevating the Intercontinental Championship. At Clash in Italy last weekend, Sol Ruca ended her third title reign.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has been added to WWE 2K26.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick is the latest addition to the list of playable wrestlers in WWE’s current video game, 2K26. Featuring his own unique entrance, fans can now use Zelnick in their gameplay.
The Take-Two CEO uses Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” as his entrance song, which is also exclusive to him and cannot be used by other superstars.
Zelnick is also rated a 77 overall, which is surprisingly higher than Johnny Gargano, Retro CM Punk, 1997 Eddie Guerrero, Syxx, and a few other WWE wrestlers.
His addition comes to the game just hours after Zelnick spoke to IGN about the success of 2K26 and his intentions of ensuring the video game’s future quality.
Strauss Zelnick wants to improve WWE 2K video game’s quality
“I do think there’s ongoing opportunities to improve the quality of the game. I do think that we can give consumers more of what they want, and I know our team at Visual Concepts always wants to do better. We’re never in the business of patting ourselves on the back. We believe that arrogance is the enemy of continued success, and I think that title could be double or triple the size that it is as long as we delight consumers, and as long as we give them something new and not expected that’s consistent with the brand that they love. That’s our job.”
Here is Strauss Zelnick's full entrance that includes a new entrance animation and "My Way" by Frank Sinatra, and no, you cannot use the song as it's exclusive to him. #WWE2K26pic.twitter.com/csDpfu0oFH
Active for a significant period of time, WWE has now quietly retired the WWE NXT Heritage Cup Championship.
As pointed out by fans, the NXT Heritage Cup championship was recently removed from the champion section on WWE’s roster page. According to the Wayback Machine, the title was still visible on the page at the end of May, 2026.
Fans have expected this move for a while, as WWE has not featured the title on NXT programming since Tony D’Angelo tossed it off a bridge in July 2025. The title was first introduced in 2020 for the NXT UK brand. Throughout its history, it has been held by names such as Tyler Bate, Noam Dar, A-Kid, Mark Coffey, Lexis King, Nathan Frazer, and Channing Lorenzo. Dar boasts the longest reign with the title at 341 days.
Lorenzo was the last champion, having won the title in June 2025. While the title is not active currently, Lorenzo is still technically the champion and is continuing his reign at 345 days.
The NXT Heritage Cup has now officially been removed as a recognized current championship on the WWE website
The last holder was Channing 'Stacks' Lorenzo, who had still been listed as champion until today despite the trophy being thrown off a bridge by Tony D'Angelo at the… pic.twitter.com/CNL77ZQsu4
Aria Bennett (Ajiea Lee Hargrave) recently indicated on social media about possibly being done with WWE.
On her Instagram page, Bennett mentioned “Former WWE” in her profile. Just below the former WWE note in her bio, she also has an email address mentioned for booking opportunities. Bennett has also gotten rid of her WWE-specific profile. And instead, the feed is more focused on her life outside WWE.
Bennett’s update comes just after WWE WrestleMania 42, following which WWE made a bunch of releases. In a new update by our Bryan Alvarez, it was noted that Bennett “was actually cut from NXT in late April.”
Bennett is a former NCAA ALL-American Gymnast. She signed with WWE in 2024. The former athlete wrestled in a handful of live events and three early episodes of WWE EVOLVE. Missing from television action for several months, her last bout took place in April 2025 at an NXT live event when she teamed with Chantel Monroe against Carlee Bright & Kendal Grey. She underwent surgery for a torn ACL in July.
The most detailed look at the sale of New Japan, what happened, the glory days that Bushiroad built and why it came down and what led to the sale.
Business realities of Japanese wrestling today.
The reason for the surprising low sale price.
The shareholders lawsuit against Vince McMahon and the WWE Board of Directors is getting near. Judge Travis Laster orders sanctions against Nick Khan and Vince McMahon for destruction of evidence. Laster makes a ruling, and we look at it in detail, on how this changes the trial and the exact details of the destruction of evidence including when McMahon and company knew not to do it and ignored their own lawyers. Also we look at problems with the case.
AEW Double of Nothing coverage. Business notes, historical biggest gates in U.S. pro wrestling, three-time world champions by 30, how the PPV did, poll results, Mick Foley and more.
Did Ronda Rousey set a viewing audience record for MMA, plus coverage of Rousey vs. Carano, how everything goes forward, can things be sustained, can she fight, will she fight, her thoughts on AEW.
Scott Coker returns to MMA with a new promotion.
Marcel Barthel (Ludwig Kaiser) arrested.
A look at the career of Jerry Grey.
The most detailed look at the ratings for all the TV shows over the past two weeks.
Mistico injury update.
How CMLL is doing this year compared to last year.
Natalia Jiminez and J Balvin appear and are part of CMLL shows.
Wrestlers vs. media soccer game.
Grande vs. Grande match looked at.
Major return to Stardom.
Champion Carnival finals.
NOAH tag team tournament.
New Japan Best of the Super Juniors tournament.
Hana Kimura tribute show.
Phil Hickerson passes away.
WCW announcer is the final anchor as CBS News Radio closes its doors after 99 years.
Death of the Laguna version of Piloto Suicida.
Junior Hodge Trophy winner.
Advance ticket sales for all major events in AEW, WWE, TNA and other indies.
Pro wrestler/fighter on the Rousey-Carano undercard.
WWE stars purchase promotion.
Tony Khan media appearances.
More thoughts on how Paramount/Skydance can affect AEW.
What can affect the time slot of Collision in 2027.
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During his appearance at SBJ On Stage (filmed in April but made available this week), Nick Khan was asked how WWE preserves the fan experience while ticket prices are higher than ever:
So here’s the challenge, and I’ll tell you a mistake we made with Canelo-Crawford [boxing match]… we wanted to make sure the upper bowl was priced family friendly. As soon as we put them on sale, the upper bowl was sold out in three minutes. It wasn’t sold out to families. It was sold out to third-party ticket brokers. So we priced it, I think, the cheapest seats at $35. A day later on the third-party broker websites, they were $75 selling. So the marketplace dictates the ticket price.
I absolutely want to come back to Australia. We’ve had incredible events with the fans in both Sydney and Brisbane. I think we’ve built a great audience, our wrestlers are so popular and some of the top stars in AEW are actually from Australia.
Given what a great wrestling country it is and how many awesome stars we have in AEW from there, I think we’ve got something really special.
While appearing on The Ariel Helwani Show, Mick Foley was asked if he’s thought about telling Darby Allin that he does not need to take all of the risks he’s taking in the ring:
Yes, I will have that conversation. I didn’t think the time to have the conversation was hours before his biggest match [at Double or Nothing]. I’ve been told that people have had that conversation with him. And he says, ‘Everybody does the best stuff on the pay-per-views. I owe it to my fans to do it on every televised event. So, I’ll try to talk with Darby. I didn’t know until about six weeks ago that I was an inspiration in his career…
But I will have that talk with him and try to find out, like, it’s got to be another gear where you can allude to the things, give people 80 percent of what you usually do, knowing that the vast majority of his fans will be thankful for what he gives them and they will understand that they might have to wait until a special event to get the 100 percent Derby. I understand many a man has tried and failed, but I’ll give him the best advice I possibly can.
This was never about you Speedball. You and the rest of the sickos don’t understand…So forgive me for what I’m about to do to you tonight. #AewDynamite
FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) has been announced for Appalachian Mountain Wrestling’s Super Bowl of Wrestling show in Corbin, Kentucky on August 22.
Kerry Morton challenging Thrillbilly Silas Mason for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is official for NWA Hard Times 6 in Atlanta this Saturday. The show is being filmed for future episodes of NWA Power.
Stardom wrestlers Saya Kamitani and RINA will be doing meet and greets at MLW’s events in New York City and Philadelphia on June 11-13
Logan Paul feels like he owes CM Punk an apology after mocking Punk for tearing his triceps a couple years ago.
At WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on May 23, Paul suffered his own torn triceps while The Vision were defending their World Tag Team titles against The Street Profits. He opened up about the injury on his Impaulsive podcast this week and said he never knew how bad a torn triceps could actually be. When Punk sustained his injury in 2024 and had to miss several months, Paul just thought he was a “p*ssy.”
“I tore my tricep off the bone, and a little piece of bone literally came with the tendon. It’s insane because — I’ll be honest, when CM Punk tore his tricep, I just thought he was a major p*ssy,” Paul said. “I cut a promo about it. I’m like, ‘You tore your wittle tricep?’ When I said it, I was like, ‘I hope this doesn’t ever happen to me.’ And he was just standing there and I remember thinking, ‘The dude tore his tricep. How was he out for six months? How bad could it be? It’s a f***ing tricep.’ It’s horrible.”
Paul explained that his injury happened at the very end of the SNME match in what was the last spot he was set to take part in.
“So what had happened was, I was on the outside, a nearly 300-pound [Angelo] Dawkins comes flying over the ropes,” Paul said. “He lands on me, my arm is flexed in trying to catch him landing on the ground — and too much weight, too much tension. I could feel the tendon snap off the elbow.”
Immediately, Paul knew he was injured and was feeling real pain, not selling like a wrestler typically does. He had to make sure after the match that Bron Breakker was not too rough when raising Paul’s arm in the air.
“I told Austin [Theory[ when we were in the ring, I said, ‘I tore my tricep.’ And he looks at — we’re still working — and he looks at me, he’s like, ‘What? Are you f***ing serious?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah.’ And then Bron Breaker goes to raise our arms because we had just won the match,” he said. “And I go, ‘I hurt my arm, I hurt my arm, I hurt my arm.’ And he takes a second. I’m like, ‘Please, careful, careful.’ And then he slowly raises it up and it was fine. But in that moment, I was like, bro, my partner’s about to rip my f***ing arm off more than it already is.”
Mental toll of the injury —
The injury has Paul feeling depressed and “mentally stuck,” which is a very unusual place for him. He cannot see the silver lining in the situation yet. Before this happened, Paul felt like he had a ton of momentum in WWE and was ready to go on a “generational” tag team run with Theory.
Theory is not vacating the World Tag Team titles despite Paul’s injury. Instead, Breakker is filling in with all members of The Vision eligible to defend the belts. Doctors have given Paul a six-month recovery timeline, but he’s already undergone surgery and is working to come back as soon as possible.
Amid Paul’s injury, WWE is considering adding new members to The Vision. Maxxine Dupri potentially joining the faction is a storyline that has already started to play out on television.
Kane is “really proud” of the success his kayfabe brother is having in Lucha Libre AAA creative.
Since WWE’s acquisition of AAA, Undertaker has become an important figure behind the scenes in helping to book the lucha libre promotion. AAA reached the highest point of its WWE era so far last weekend, with the El Grande Americano (Ludwig Kaiser) vs. Original El Grande Americano (Chad Gable) mask match receiving praise as one of the best things to happen in pro wrestling all year.
On Mostly Sports with Mark Titus and Brandon Walker today, Kane reacted to how well Undertaker and AAA are doing.
“Man, it’s amazing. I’m so proud of him. He’s running AAA, which WWE bought, a Mexican promotion, and it’s super hot. I think it just shows how talented he is,” Kane said. “He is the only person that could have made The Undertaker believable. Anybody else, they could have never pulled that. Well, his ability in wrestling transcends that even. Now he’s booking and running a company. As you said, hottest match of the year. The promotion is super hot. And I’m just really proud of what he’s doing.”
While Undertaker has stayed around pro wrestling after the conclusion of his in-ring career, Kane — real name Glenn Jacobs — entered politics and is currently serving his final term as mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.
Kaiser defeated Gable in the mask match at Noche de Los Grandes and will now keep the Americano gimmick moving forward. AAA has Triplemania, traditionally its biggest show of the year, coming up on September 11 and 13 with the respective nights being held in Las Vegas and Mexico City.
Undertaker comments on AAA Noche de Los Grandes —
Following Saturday’s event, Undertaker sent out a tweet thanking everyone who watched Noche de Los Grandes and made the atmosphere electric.
“The atmosphere was electric. The world was watching. History was made,” his X account posted. “To all those in attendance in Monterrey and for everyone who watched #AAANocheDeLosGrandes wherever you did…thank you for making it a truly epic night for @luchalibreaaa!”
On social media today, Ryan Nemeth took an apparent shot at CM Punk, who he’s had issues with since the two were part of the AEW roster.
Nemeth is now with TNA Wrestling and Punk is back in WWE. But, at least on Nemeth’s side, bad blood between them seems to still exist. He sent out a tweet today making fun of “straight edge guys” who won’t take any substances except for performance-enhancing drugs. He did not name Punk in the tweet or make a direct accusation at him, but the post comes shortly after gym footage of Punk having an improved physique got a lot of attention online.
“I love that straight edge guys are like NOTHING! IS! EVER! GOING! IN! MY! BODY! EVER!,” Nemeth wrote. “Except PEDs which I will be putting in my body actually very often now because I do steroids, but of course that does not break my sacred vow. I am more disciplined than you :)”
The issues between Nemeth and Punk concern a 2023 tweet where Nemeth called Punk “literally the softest man alive,” which Nemeth claims was in character.
CM Punk’s WWE schedule —
Since the Raw after WrestleMania 42, Punk has been away from WWE programming due to a schedule change. He dropped the World Heavyweight Championship to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania and is said to be awaiting his next storyline. Instead of continuing the Reigns vs. Punk feud, WWE moved Jacob Fatu to Raw and began a title program between him and Reigns.
I love that straight edge guys are like NOTHING! IS! EVER! GOING! IN! MY! BODY! EVER! except PEDs which I will be putting in my body actually very often now because I do steroids, but of course that does not break my sacred vow. I am more disciplined than you 🙂
Danhausen has some more demands if the New York Knicks are going to remain uncursed.
The NBA Finals featuring the Knicks and San Antonio Spurs is set to begin tonight. Danhausen appeared on ESPN’s First Take this morning and told Stephen A. Smith that if the Knicks are going to remain uncursed, he would like his own TV show.
That is in addition to the courtside seats he has already requested.
Danhausen said:
“Stephen A. Smith, your checks have cleared so far. However, if you want to keep this un-cursing going, perhaps Danhausen is gonna need his own TV show or more monies or perhaps those courtside seats. No big deal. You have until tip-off time to decide what happens with the curse.“
Smith responded by saying that Danhausen was “damaging his reputation by engaging in blackmail.“
Danhausen originally lifted the curse on the New York Knicks on April 28, and the team went on to sweep the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers en route to the finals.
A clip of Danhausen on ESPN First Take is available below:
According to Nick Khan, the way things ended up at WWE WrestleMania 40 were always how they were supposed to go.
The 2024 edition of WrestleMania saw Cody Rhodes defeat Roman Reigns to finish his story and become Undisputed WWE Champion. But the build to the match took a turn when Rhodes briefly gave up that main event spot to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Fans did not respond well to the move, and the match once again became Reigns vs. Rhodes. A tag team bout was also made for night one of WrestleMania 40 with Reigns & The Rock taking on Rhodes & Seth Rollins.
WWE produced its own “Behind the Curtain” documentary on how fan backlash led them to pivot back to Reigns vs. Rhodes. But Khan, speaking at SBJ On Stage, claimed plans “never changed” and the situation went the way WWE wanted it to go.
“By the way, the plan was always how it ended up in Philly two years ago. Sometimes — it’s a pre-determined outcome in wrestling. You want to throw the fans off, you want to let things bake, and then, boom, it ends up the way that we wanted it to end up. It never changed,” the WWE president said. “That was just online rumors and gossip that we were changing — it never changed. We convinced Dwayne Johnson to come back. He’s on our board of directors. It was a tag team match. He’s about the same age I am, so two years ago let’s say he was 50, he was obviously in phenomenal shape, he did everything that we asked of him and then some. But that was always the result we were looking for.”
Khan’s appearance at SBJ On Stage took place in April prior to WrestleMania 42 but was not uploaded until this week.
Nick Khan on not listening to social media criticism —
At the SBJ event, Khan reiterated that WWE listens to ratings, revenue, and relevancy and does not respond to social media criticism. He views X/Twitter as a vocal minority and has not used the platform in regards to WWE.
“People are allowed to complain, but we don’t adjust our business based on complaints,” he said. “We adjust our business based on ratings, revenue, relevancy.
Betting odds are available for who will win the 2026 King and Queen of the Ring tournaments.
Both tournaments kicked off on Monday’s edition of Raw. Oba Femi was the first to qualify for the King of the Ring semifinals and is tied for the best odds of anyone in the tournament at -200 with Seth Rollins.
Bron Breakker has the next best odds at +200. Finn Balor and LA Knight are both listed at +800. Trick Williams is at +1200, Royce Keys is at +1400, and Je’Von Evans and Jey Uso are both listed at +1600. Dominik Mysterio is at +2000, Ricky Saints is at +2500, Damian Priest is at +3000, and Solo Sikoa, who already failed to advance in the tournament on Monday, is listed at +4000.
In the Queen of the Ring tournament, IYO SKY, who qualified for the semifinals on Monday, has the best odds at -200. She is followed by Raquel Rodriguez at +200, Charlotte Flair at +300, Jacy Jayne at +500, Becky Lynch at +600, Jade Cargill at +800, Liv Morgan at +1200, Lyra Valkyria at +1400, Chelsea Green at +1600, Alexa Bliss at +1800, Bayley and Kiana James at +2500, and Sol Ruca at +3000.
The odds below are via Bet US as of Wednesday morning:
For the three remaining men’s first-round matches, Bron Breakker is the favorite at -200 for his four-way match, and Trick Williams is at +200. Dominik Mysterio is listed at +300, and Damian Priest is listed at +500.
Rollins is favored to win his four-way at -600. He is followed by Je’Von Evans at +400, Ricky Saints at +600, and Talla Tonga at +800.
Royce Keys is the favorite to win his four-way at -125. He is followed by LA Knight at +200, while Jey Uso and Finn Balor are both listed at +300.
Remaining King of the Ring first-round match odds:
Bron Breakker vs. Trick Williams vs. Dominik Mysterio vs. Damian Priest
Bron Breakker: -200
Trick Williams: +200
Dominik Mysterio: +300
Damian Priest: +500
Seth Rollins vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Ricky Saints vs. Talla Tonga
Seth Rollins: -600
Je’Von Evans: +400
Ricky Saints: +600
Talla Tonga: +800
Royce Keys vs. LA Knight vs. Jey Uso vs. Finn Balor
Royce Keys: -125
LA Knight: +200
Jey Uso: +300
Finn Balor: +300
WWE Queen of the Ring tournament winner odds:
IYO SKY: -200
Raquel Rodriguez: +200
Charlotte Flair: +300
Jacy Jayne: +500
Becky Lynch: +600
Jade Cargill: +800
Liv Morgan: +1200
Lyra Valkyria: +1400
Chelsea Green: +1600
Alexa Bliss: +1800
Bayley: +2500
Kiana James: +2500
Sol Ruca: +3000
For the three remaining women’s first-round matches, Liv Morgan is favored to win her four-way at +125. She is followed by Becky Lynch at +150, Chelsea Green at +175, and Alexa Bliss at +400.
Charlotte Flair is the favorite to win her four-way at -300. She is followed by Jade Cargill at +200, Sol Ruca at +300, and Lyra Valkyria at +500.
Jacy Jayne is favored to win her four-way at -200. She is followed by Raquel Rodriguez at +150, Kiana James at +300, and Bayley at +500.
Remaining WWE Queen of the Ring first-round match odds:
Liv Morgan vs. Becky Lynch vs. Chelsea Green vs. Alexa Bliss
Liv Morgan: +125
Becky Lynch: +150
Chelsea Green: +175
Alexa Bliss: +400
Charlotte Flair vs. Jade Cargill vs. Sol Ruca vs. Lyra Valkyria
Charlotte Flair: -300
Jade Cargill: +200
Sol Ruca: +300
Lyra Valkyria: +500
Jacy Jayne vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Kiana James vs. Bayley
Kaitlyn revealed the influence Total Divas had on WWE’s creative decisions despite initial assurances that it would remain separate from on-screen storylines.
During her interview with TMZ’s Inside The Ring, Kaitlyn talked about Total Divas’ influence on WWE storylines and booking decisions despite Vince McMahon informing them it would remain unaffected. She cited her reserved nature may have limited opportunities in the company.
“And Vince promised us, promised the women’s division Total Divas is not going to have any influence on storylines. And then WrestleMania comes around and that’s when they were debuting the show. They were introducing the concept of Total Divas and it literally took the place of a women’s title match on Wrestlemania. So it kind of set the tone for it. And so after that happened, I was just like ‘Okay, the title doesn’t mean anything, I don’t mean, like what do I represent?’ And so it was I think that was actually a big part of this downhill slope that I was on that led to me asking for my release. I just didn’t feel I was just, I guess I don’t matter in this scheme of things.”
The former Divas Champion iterated that there did not seem to be any mitigation of the tension among the women’s division at the time. She named Fit Finlay as the one producer who assisted in the situation but after he left it fell apart.
“Not that I know of. Like I don’t think there was really any mitigation of drama at any point.”
“Back in the day when I was there, it didn’t really seem like it was, nobody wanted to be the one that had to try to smooth situations out with the women. Fit Finley was the one who helped us, was the agent and producer of all of our matches. And then when Fit unfortunately had to leave the company for a year, during that year it was, the producer that got our matches were, it’s almost like it was a punishment for them.”
“So nobody wanted to agent our matches number one because we were all trying to get over and be the one that was on top and so we all had five minutes for matches. And so it was not a lot of fun to try to put together a match for the women and they didn’t know how to, nobody knew how to handle it and so it was kind of just like you know it was. So I never noticed any type of mitigation of the tension.”
“And I never experienced it. So if it was happening, I wasn’t involved in it, but what I noticed is that everybody was just like ‘you know, you’re lucky and you’re on Total Divas or you’re not and that kind of sucks.’ That’s kind of how it felt.”
Total Divas premiered on E! in 2013 to give fans a behind-the-scenes preview of the professional and personal ongoing events in the lives of WWE’s female talent. The show ran for nine seasons before the Total Bellas spin-off.
Do you think WWE will ever reboot Total Divas with superstars from today?? I would love to see it! Imagine having total divas with wrestlers like Bianca Belair, Chelsea Green, Rhea Ripley, Iyo Sky etc. WWE need to make this happen!!!! pic.twitter.com/bR1tpJVK9n
