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Daily Update: WWE blocks Logan Paul from boxing, Bella Twins, UFC fallout

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

  • March 9, 2026 Observer Newsletter: More on AEW’s potential future with Paramount, WWE Elimination Chamber review & ratings
  • More on the Paramount purchase of WBD and details of when it goes through, if it goes through and details on how it helps or hurts UFC, AEW and Zuffa Boxing as well as a cost efficiency look at the three properties for 2027 if plans go through as stated.
  • The road to WrestleMania and why Paul Levesque is in a position where it’s impossible for him to do the job people want and impossible for him to fail, business notes on the show, and a look at the Elimination Chamber show, how it did on Netflix, the good and the bad.
  • Preview and updates on AEW Revolution and interest level
  • Odds on upcoming wrestling matches
  • Coverage of the New Japan New Beginning USA show in Trenton with two title changes
  • A look at the Demolition tag team as they go into the WWE Hall of Fame
  • The most detailed look at the ratings of all the pro wrestling TV shows, including demos, competition and comparisons with last year.
  • Johnny TV in the most heated match so far this year with Angel de Oro
  • Why AAA television is so entertaining
  • Stardom Cinderella tournament notes
  • Brothers face off in NOAH jr. tag tournament final
  • New Japan Cup first two days
  • Final night of Fantastica Mania notes
  • Jeff Jarrett documentary
  • Wrestler out of prison starts working on indices this week
  • Real American Freestyle angle
  • Update of the robbery of the Canadian promotion and the Davey Boy Smith Jr. Hall of Fame ring
  • John Laurinaitis wants back in to wrestling
  • 16 Carat Gold weekend in Germany
  • Pro Wrestling Eve has biggest show of its history this week
  • Brodie Lee Jr. first singles match date
  • Steph De Lander talks why she and Mance Warner quit TNA
  • Notes on David Finlay signing with AEW
  • ROH first TV tapings in a studio
  • UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight title updates
  • Lots of new UFC fights
  • Updates on WWE front office news and changes
  • The story behind leaking fast nationals
  • WWE accused of deleting key information in a lawsuit
  • More notes on the WWE deal with Endeavor and how it went down
  • Janel Grant speaks in favor of changing Connecticut law on NDAs
  • Bianca Belair update
  • WWE sends out unchecked email to network subscribers causing a panic
  • Next WWE media deal to be made
  • WWE injury updates
  • Nick Khan sells millions in TKO stock

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Sunday Update

Bella Twins
Bella Twins (Image credit: WWE)

— We have two new shows up for subscribers this weekend. We had an interview on Friday’s Wrestling Observer Radio with former WWE and TNA producer David Sahadi talking about his book, “Backstage Pass” that comes out this week. This was a fun interview that many have called it among the best we’ve done. We talk a lot about both companies, from the Attitude Era to the present, and even some RAF, Dwayne Johnson, Vince McMahon, Kevin Dunn, Lou Sahadi, and many others. Our weekend WOR is also up, covering the news of the week as well as Konnan, Cody Rhodes, UFC, Smackdown, Collision, CMLL Friday at Arena Mexico and much more.

— We’ve looking for your thoughts on last night’s NXT Vengeance Day. You can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected].

— Dana White said that they have been in talks with Conor McGregor, but not for the White House show. “We are definitely talking to Conor obviously. Not even close. We have no date for Conor right now. Not even close,” he said.

— As things are planned, Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes is scheduled for WrestleMania 42 and not a three-way or four-way.

— For those who have asked about the Bella Twins, they are expected back to television very soon.

— There was a crazy story this weekend where Logan Paul challenged any NFL football player for a $1 million challenge boxing match. The idea is both sides put up $1 million. Two players, Breiden Fehoko, who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers but is now retired, and Le’Veon Bell, a former all-pro running back who retired and has had three pro boxing matches and several exhibitions, both answered his challenge.

When I saw it, I thought it was just a grandstand challenge and nothing would come of it because no NFL team is going to allow one of its players to do a boxing match, but I wasn’t thinking about retired players. Maybe Paul wasn’t either. But since Feihokio and Bell aren’t active any longer, that wouldn’t apply to them. But, it never got that far.

Yesterday, after all the trash talk challenges for doing three minute rounds until one person quits and then accepted by both sides, Paul was “caught” with a conversation with Chris Legentil, WWE’s EVP of Talent Relations and Head of Communications. The conversation was shared on social media so I would presume that would mean it was planned because if not, I can’t even imagine Legentil would want to have this conversation air everywhere, but Paul probably could get away with breaking protocol to that degree.

Bell accused the call of being staged to get Paul out of the challenge. In the conversation, Legentil told Paul that WWE would not allow him to do any boxing matches. He pleaded to do so. They said there’s an injury risk, he said they are a bunch of football players who can’t box, but Legentil said WWE would not allow him to do it.

— Jordynne Grace was injured on Friday doing a Main Event match taped before SmackDown. She is currently in a walking boot. Not sure of the nature of the injury.

— UFC last night was pretty much dominant in Google searches for the weekend. There were UFC topics that finished No, 3, No. 4, No. 22, No. 25, No. 49, No. 51 and No. 54. No. 3 was the UFC show at the White House. No. 4 was the show from last night headlined by Charlies Oliveira beating Max Holloway to retain the BMF title. The total searches for last night’s show were 885,000, which is below the usual PPV number. Other numbers included the Big 10 wrestling championships at 50,000, Cody Rhodes had 20,000 and NXT Vengeance at 5,000.

— The difference between a regular Saturday UFC show and a “numbered” show has now been watered down as last night’s show was only up two percent in views from the show the week before. As far as what happens if you put the PPVs up without a paywall, the reality is that at least last night’s show would do only slightly more than a regular show. If you had a marquee event, that’s different.

— UFC announced that the Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk fight from March 7, 2020, will go into the Hall of Fame this year. This was the best women’s fight in any discipline that I’ve ever seen and easily among the best UFC fights, men or women, in history, winning almost all the fight of the year awards for that year. Weili retained the strawweight title in that fight.

— The best matches I’ve seen this weekend were FTR vs. The Rascalz and Claudio Castagnoli vs. Konosuke Takeshita from AEW Collision last night. The only other recommended stuff was Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles vs. Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X, and Oskar vs. Callum Newman from the New Japan anniversary show.

— AEW Dynamite on Wednesday in San Jose has Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Hechicero & Konosuke Takeshita, Young Bucks & Mark Briscoe vs. FTR & Tommaso Ciampa, Willow Nightingale vs. Persephone for the TBS title, Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy vs. David Finlay & Gabe Kidd, and footage from a press conference with Adam Page and MJF. They are shooting that for television with legit press in San Jose a few hours before the show.

— I’ll only say the 6/14 UFC White House show card reveal was a huge disappointment:

  • Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje in a lightweight title unification bout
  • Alex Pereira vs. Cyril Gane for the interim heavyweight title
  • Sean O’Malley vs. Aimann Zahabi
  • Mauricio Ruffy vs. Michael Chandler
  • Bo Nickal vs. Kyle Daukaus
  • Diego Lopes vs. Steve Garcia

People were teased by months of Conor McGregor, Jon Jones, Colby Covington and others saying they wanted on the show. There was a fight that fell through at the last minute, but Dana White wouldn’t say what it was. Most speculated it was Pereira vs. Jon Jones, but White denied that. Jones and White had totally conflicting stories with White saying that Jones was never ever considered for the show and he even told Jones’ team that despite Jones saying that they were in negotiations for the show. White said that Jones has a bad hip that would need replacing and probably will never fight again.

Jones wrote on X, “So all of this negotiating was complete bullsh*t, is that what you want me to agree to publicly. I’m released from the UFC!!”

— White was asked about the brawl with Arman Tsarukyan and Georgio Poullas at last Saturday’s RAF show. He said he didn’t love it but that was somebody else’s problem. But, he said he wasn’t thrilled with Tsarukyan right now and that there are a lot of different reasons and not just the stuff you see publicly.

— As far as the judging went, in the Cody Garbrandt vs,. Xiao Long split decision, Michael Bell had 28-27 Garbrandt with them splitting the two rounds and Long winning round three but losing two penalty points. Ben Cartildge had 28-27 for Garbrandt with Long winning one and two and Garbrandt winning three plus getting the two penalty points. Ron McCarthy had it 28-27 for Garbrandt as well, with Garbrandt winning round one, Long two and three, but the two penalty points. 63.6 of reporter cards had it 28-27 for Long with only 27.3 percent for Garbrandt and the rest had it a draw.

— The judges had straight 30-27s for Caio Borralho over Reinier de Ridder. I thought de Ridder clearly won one round although had him down 29-28 86 percent of media scores were identical to what I had.

— Mercedes Mone lost two titles this week, dropping the CMLL Women’s title to Persephone Friday night at Arena Mexico as many had expected. Today in Italy, she lost the BestYa women’s title to Swan.

— Alex Windsor beat Syuri today to win the New Japan Strong Women’s title on the Pro Wrestling Eve show at the Indigo at the O2 Arena in London. We’re looking for complete reports on today’s show as well as Friday’s Eve show to [email protected]. Windsor has the British and New Japan Strong belts and will no doubt be getting a shot soon at the AEW Women’s tag team titles alongside Jamie Hayter.

— The first NCAA women’s wrestling championship tournament in history took place this weekend in Coralville, IA. Bella Mir of North Central, the daughter of former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir, who has also fought in MMA, pinned Reese Larramendy of Iowa in 2:26 to win the tite at 145. Kennedy Blaydes, who has wrestled for RAF, pinned Tiffani Baublitz in 1:19 to win at 160.

— In the New Japan Cup today in Amagasaki, Shota Umino beat Chase Owens and Ryohei Oiwa beat Yuto-Ice. Tuesday in Okayama has Shingo Takagi vs. Don Fale and Yuya Uemura vs. Drilla Moloney. Thursday in Takamaatsu has Satoshi Kojima vs. Ren Narita and Oleg Boltin vs Henare. Friday in Kanaoka has Hirooki Goto vs. Jake Lee and Callum Newman vs. Hartley Jackson. Saturday in Nagoya has Yujiro Takahashi vs. Shota Umino and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ryohei Oiwa. Well, at least that last match looks great on paper. Uemura vs. Moloney should be great and Henare vs. Boltin should be as well.

— Last night’s CMLL show at Arena Coliseo in Mexico City sold out, which makes 11 weeks in a row, the longest streak of the modern era.

— Stardom Cinderella tournament matches in round two today at Korakuen Hall

  • Hanan b Ranna Yagami
  • Rian b Natsupoi
  • Hina b Azusa Inaba
  • Sayaka Kurara b Tomoka Inaba
  • Rina b Ami Sohrei
  • Miyu Amasaki b Saya Iida

— House of Glory sold out show at the Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago before about 325 on Friday night: Myron Reed b Ken Broadway, Infamous b JJ Doze to keep the cruiserweight title, Shotzi b Killer Kelly to keep the women’s title, Gringo Loco b Trik Davis, Zilla Fatu b Bishop Dyer to keep the Crown Jewel title, Private Party b Bang & Matthews, Charles Mason NC Bryan Keith to retain the heavyweight title. Next show is 3/21 in Long Island, NY.

They also announced a HOG Culture Cash show on 4/16 at 8 pm. at the Pearl Theater in Las Vegas with Zilla Fatu vs. Brody King.

— Birthdays today include Maki Ueda, the Japanese women’s star of the 70s, who turned 67, Ursula Hayuden the Farmer’s Daughter from GLOW turned 57, Michael Tarver turned 49, and Chad Gable turned 40. Wild Bull Curry was 71 when he died 41 years ago today.

— Trish Stratus will be doing a Fan Experience at Flanker Kitchen and Sports Bar in Las Vegas from 4/13 to 4/20-, with merchandise, food, podcasts, panels and other talks.

Daily Update: UFC notes, Logan Paul, weekend lineups

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

  • March 9, 2026 Observer Newsletter: More on AEW’s potential future with Paramount, WWE Elimination Chamber review & ratings
  • More on the Paramount purchase of WBD and details of when it goes through, if it goes through and details on how it helps or hurts UFC, AEW and Zuffa Boxing as well as a cost efficiency look at the three properties for 2027 if plans go through as stated.
  • The road to WrestleMania and why Paul Levesque is in a position where it’s impossible for him to do the job people want and impossible for him to fail, business notes on the show, and a look at the Elimination Chamber show, how it did on Netflix, the good and the bad.
  • Preview and updates on AEW Revolution and interest level
  • Odds on upcoming wrestling matches
  • Coverage of the New Japan New Beginning USA show in Trenton with two title changes
  • A look at the Demolition tag team as they go into the WWE Hall of Fame
  • The most detailed look at the ratings of all the pro wrestling TV shows, including demos, competition and comparisons with last year.
  • Johnny TV in the most heated match so far this year with Angel de Oro
  • Why AAA television is so entertaining
  • Stardom Cinderella tournament notes
  • Brothers face off in NOAH jr. tag tournament final
  • New Japan Cup first two days
  • Final night of Fantastica Mania notes
  • Jeff Jarrett documentary
  • Wrestler out of prison starts working on indices this week
  • Real American Freestyle angle
  • Update of the robbery of the Canadian promotion and the Davey Boy Smith Jr. Hall of Fame ring
  • John Laurinaitis wants back in to wrestling
  • 16 Carat Gold weekend in Germany
  • Pro Wrestling Eve has biggest show of its history this week
  • Brodie Lee Jr. first singles match date
  • Steph De Lander talks why she and Mance Warner quit TNA
  • Notes on David Finlay signing with AEW
  • ROH first TV tapings in a studio
  • UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight title updates
  • Lots of new UFC fights
  • Updates on WWE front office news and changes
  • The story behind leaking fast nationals
  • WWE accused of deleting key information in a lawsuit
  • More notes on the WWE deal with Endeavor and how it went down
  • Janel Grant speaks in favor of changing Connecticut law on NDAs
  • Bianca Belair update
  • WWE sends out unchecked email to network subscribers causing a panic
  • Next WWE media deal to be made
  • WWE injury updates
  • Nick Khan sells millions in TKO stock

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Friday Update

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— Garrett Gonzales and I will be doing our show later this afternoon covering all the news of the week in the new issue and there is a lot of it. We will also be back talking more news tomorrow night with a big weekend of activity including the all-women’s show tonight, the UFC show tomorrow night, NXT Vengeance Day, AEW Collision, Smackdown and whatever else breaks.

— The lineup for the UFC show on 6/14 at the White House will be announced tomorrow night on the UFC PPV show. White said it will be only a six-fight show but there may be a seventh fight. But six fights will be announced tomorrow.

— Jake Paul’s MVP Promotions announced an all-women’s promotion called MVPW, along with announcing a three-year deal for the promotion with ESPN. The debut show will be 4/5 in London, and it will also air on Sky Sports. It will air on ESPN Unlimited in the U.S. The first ESPN television date will be on 4/17 and Alycia Baumgardner (17-1) vs. Bo Mi Re Shin (19-3-3) for the super featherweight title at the Theater in Madison Square Garden. They also announced a 5/30 show from El Paso headlined by Stephanie Han (12-0) defending the lightweight title against Holly Holm (34-3-3)

— AEW Dynamite on Wednesday did 650,000 viewers with an 0.12 in 18-49 and an 0.20 in 25-54. That tells you how ridiculous the 50-54 number is. I don’t have the number yet but it’s likely around 100,000.

— Today is crazy talk day. Logan Paul and NFL player Le’Veon Bell have agreed to a boxing match with no headgear with no time limit and three-minute rounds, ending only via knockout or someone giving up.
Meanwhile, Dana White and Eddie Hearn are both saying that they are up for a boxing match against the other. White had made a comment about their feud saying they could do a boxing match. Hearn said he would accept. This is the crazy grandstand stuff that Eric Bischoff did in 1998 with Vince McMahon, that McMahon didn’t accept, nor should he have, although McMahon did counter that if they wanted a fight they could do it but not on a WCW show. Of course, that went nowhere. We’ll see where this one goes.

— SmackDown tonight from Portland, OR, features the Drew McIntyre vs. Cody Rhodes WWE title match that theoretically determines who faces Randy Orton at WrestleMania. Rhea Ripley is on the show. There will be a tag team turmoil match to determine who faces the MFTs for the title next week. There are 8,000+ tickets out.

— Hearn, who is now managing Tom Aspinall, noted that he was stunned at how little Aspinall, the UFC heavyweight champion, was making.

— New Japan’s 54th anniversary show was earlier today at Korakuen Hall:
Drilla Moloney & Daiki Nagai b Yuya Uemura & Masatora Yasuda
Great O’Khan & Henare & Francesco Akria & Jakob Austin Young b Hirooki Goto & Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano & Tatsuyua Matsumoto
Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa b Yuto-Ice & Gedo
Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi b Don Fale & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Ren Narita & Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi & Sho & Dick Togo b Satoshi Kojima & Shota Umino & Aaron Wolf & Tatsumi Fujinami & Leona (Fujinami)
Jake Lee b Yoshi-Hashi in the New Japan Cup
Callum Newman b Oskar in the New Japan Cup
Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori b Kosei Fujita & Robble Eagles to win the IWGP jr. tag titles
Douki b Master Wato to retain the IWGP jr. title

— Stardom also had the first day of the Cinderella tournament in Aichi:
Rian b Yuma Mizumori
Aya Sakrua b Fukigen Death
Ranna Yagami b Waka Tsukiyama
Natsupoi b Tabata
Hanako DCOR Yuria Hime
Maki Ioh b Kikyo Furusawa
Saori Anou DCOR Fuwa-Chan
Hana b Momo Kohgo
It’s a single-elimination tournament that runs over the next week. The women in the double count-out matches are both eliminated from the tournament.

— It’s a pretty big weekend but the only show we are doing polls on is NXT Vengeance Day tomorrow night. You can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down, or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected]

— CMLL tonight at Arena Mexico has an all-women’s show available as a PPV through Triller at $9.99 or $7.99 if you have a Triller subscription. It will likely be one of the largest crowds for an all-women’s show outside Japan in history. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. Eastern. Based on the advance, it is not going to sell out. It needs just over 9,000 to break the Mexico record and 10,900 to break the North American record.
Catalina & Sanely vs. Garra Negra & Keyra
Maika vs. Dark Silueta
Mina Shirakawa vs. Zeuxis
Megan Bayne vs. Olympia
Princesa Sugehit vs. Marcela vs La Magnifica for the Copa Irma Gonzalez
Kira & Skadi vs. Candela & Metalica for the Mexican national women’s’ tag team titles
Jarochita & Lluvia vs Starlight Kid & Mei Seira for the CMLL women’s tag team titles
Mercedes Mone vs. Persephone for the CMLL women’s title

— The Pro Wrestling Eve show at the Indigo at the O2 Arena in London is Sunday, which will be before the largest crowd to ever witness an all-women’s pro wrestling event in the U.K. with a lot of AEW talent working the show including Willow Nightingale, Kris Statlander and Harley Cameron. Nightingale defending the TBS title against Nina Samuels is now official for the EVE show on Sunday at the Indigo. The show will air on the EVE streaming service.

— The Arman Tsarukyan vs. Georgio Poullas wrestling match for RAF from last Saturday which Tsarukyan won via decision ended in a wild brawl where Tsarukyan threw a number of punches after it was over. Instead of Tsarukyan being punished, they are being booked for a rematch ASAP, meaning on the 3/28 show in Tampa.

— Francis Ngannou and the PFL have parted ways before the expiration of their contract together.

— UFC 326 starts at 5 p.m. Eastern on Paramount Plus from the T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It should be noted that from 8-10 p.m. Eastern and 5-7 p.m. Pacific that four fights scheduled as the Johnson fight through the Rodrigues fight, will be airing on CBS. This will be the first time in history that two main card fights from a “numbered” show will be airing on television.
Luke Fernandez (205) vs. Rodolfo Bellato (204.5)
Rafael Tobias (204) vs. Diyar Nurgozhav (205.5)
Sumudaerji (126) vs. Jesus Aguilar (125.5)
Cody Durden (125.5) vs. Nyamjargal Tumedemberel (125.5)
Ricky Turcios (146) vs Alberto Montes (145.5)
Donte Johnson (185.5) vs. Cody Brundagde (185.5)
Cody Garbrandt (136) vs. Xiao Long (135.5)
Gregory Rodrigues (186) vs. Bruno Ferreira (184)
Drew Dober (156) vs. Michael Johnson (155.5)
Rob Font (136) vs. Raul Rosas Jr. (135.5)
Caoi Borralho (186) vs. Reinieer de Ridder (185.5)
Max Holloway (155.5) vs. Charles Oliveria (156)
The Jeong Yeong Lee vs. Gaston Bolanos fight was canceled due to Lee having a weight issue.

— Buff Bagwell was at the TNA tapings last night in Atlanta. He’s on the show that will air next Thursday, and said he would wrestle with TNA. Frankie Kazarian shoved him down. Elijah made the save. Bagwell had his right leg amputated form above the knee. Yoshiaki Yatsu wrestled in that condition and Zach Gowen did as well.

— Nic Nemeth will be on tomorrow’s Memphis Wrestling TV show.

Tom Brady & WWE reportedly have discussed WrestleMania appearance, merchandise

Posted on by Josh Nason

The recent conflict between Tom Brady, Logan Paul and other WWE wrestlers may be part of something bigger between WWE and the greatest football player of all time.

On Thursday’s WrestleVotes Radio, the outlet reported that “logos, speciality merchandise and branding” using the terms “T-Bone” and “The Untouchable Tom Brady” have been worked on within some WWE departments.

They also reported that as recently as last year, there were conversations between WWE and Brady’s people about him appearing at WrestleMania as it returns to Las Vegas for a second straight year. Brady is a minority owner in the Las Vegas Raiders who play at Allegiant Stadium which will host WrestleMania. He also has a merchandising deal with Fanatics who are also partners with WWE.

WrestleVotes noted that any WrestleMania appearance doesn’t appear to be in-ring related, but just of the personal appearance variety.

Brady appeared on Paul’s podcast to hype up a new Saudi Arabian-backed flag football league they are both involved in. During his appearance, he said he loved WWE and that it was “cute” which got CM Punk, Paul Heyman and others like Liv Morgan to respond on social media to defend WWE.

Logan Paul reveals ‘slippery’ issue with WWE ring mat sponsors

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Former champion Logan Paul has explained in detail the ongoing issue with WWE ring mat sponsors.

Speaking on the latest edition of his ImPaulsive podcast, Paul opened up and revealed how slippery the WWE ring mat gets due to the sponsor logos on it.

The issue emerged after LA Knight had slipped while performing the mid-rope elbow drop on Randy Orton. Sharing his thoughts on the situation, Paul said, “By the end of the night, the middle of that ring gets really slippery with them logos painted in there. I’ll just say it, bro, I noticed. I can’t get running full speed. I’ve gotta be really careful with my feet and my placement, because the logos that they now paint in the middle of the ring.”

Since the TKO-WWE takeover, TKO has been using and placing advertisements and brand logos all over the ring mat and turnbuckles to generate more revenue. One of the first-ever ring sponsors was Paul and KSI’s hydration drink, Prime. Paul noted that he was one of the first ones to sponsor the WWE ring mat and advertise his brand, before going into more details about the issue it now faces.

“That I started. I started it with Prime. We were the first in-ring middle of the ring sponsor ever with the logo. It’s not us anymore, it’s not us anymore. I know this was a thing because before we did that, we were going back and forth with WWE about whether or not it was even possible,” Paul added.

“Because the way they paint it, they wanted to actually stress test the mats and have people wrestle and see if it got oily, and they determined that the type of paint they used was okay and that it wasn’t gonna be slippery. But then they started using colored paint as well. I don’t know what they’re using now, but I’m telling you, it’s slippery.”

Logan Paul defends LA Knight’s WWE Elimination Chamber ‘botch’

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Logan Paul recently defended LA Knight following his WWE Elimination Chamber ‘botch.’

At Elimination Chamber 2026, LA Knight suffered an embarrassing incident when his foot slipped while performing a mid-rope elbow drop on Randy Orton.

The botch became a talking point on the internet and even led to Orton breaking character and laughing while lying down inside the chamber. However, breaking character, Paul has now come to Knight’s defense.

Speaking on a latest episode of ImPaulsive, Paul said, “That particular botch is not his fault. I was in the ring watching it go down live and I can feel the ropes before I do the jumps, they are so slippery you have no idea.”

Shortly after Knight ‘botched’ the move, he took a lowblow from Paul and was pinned, eliminating him from the match.

Earlier in the night, fans also saw Finn Balor slip on the same rope while performing a move on CM Punk during his WWE World title match.

Seth Rollins returns, attacks Logan Paul at WWE Elimination Chamber

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Seth Rollins is back.

Towards the end of the men’s Elimination Chamber match on Saturday a masked man entered through the crowd and attempted to climb the structure. Officials escorted him away as other officials took Trick Williams to the back following his elimination. The distractions allowed another masked man to slip through and enter the chamber. Rollins proceeded to lay out Logan Paul with the stomp then unmasked, revealing himself to be the man behind The Vision’s recent misfortune.

Rollins had been out of action since October recovering from shoulder surgery. He was written out on the Raw after Crown Jewel when Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker shockingly turned against him, laying him out. In the months since The Vision split from Rollins, they’ve added two new members: Logan Paul who joined them in the men’s War Games match at Survivor Series and Austin Theory, who was the original masked man helping The Vision.

At the Royal Rumble, a new masked man began attacking Vision members up until Friday, when Logan Paul laid him out before he could attack Theory. When Paul unmasked the man, it was revealed to be nobody relevant.

WWE’s Bronson Reed undergoes successful biceps surgery

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

Four days after tearing his biceps on Monday Night Raw, Bronson Reed emerged from surgery with a positive message for his fans. 

Reed shared a photo of himself lying in a hospital bed, tied up in all manner of equipment and braces, on Instagram late Friday night. He included a simple message: “Surgery done. Tomorrow is DAY ONE. The road back.”

Reed tore his biceps during an Elimination Chamber qualifying match on Raw. He was originally scheduled to win the match, but could not continue. That led to Jey Uso winning the match instead. Then, tonight’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown opened with Uso being placed into an ambulance, having been assaulted by an unknown attacker. 

Logan Paul, Reed’s stablemate in the Vision, faced Jacob Fatu later in the show, with the winner replacing Uso in the Chamber match. Paul won the match after WWE Champion Drew McIntyre attacked Fatu.

Assuming nobody else is taken off the show in the next 24 hours, the field for the Men’s Elimination Chamber match is set, with Paul joining Randy Orton, LA Knight, Cody Rhodes, Je’Von Evans, and Trick Williams Saturday night in Chicago. The winner will then be scheduled to challenge McIntyre at WrestleMania 42 in April. 

Logan Paul replaces Jey Uso in men’s WWE Elimination Chamber match

Posted on by Bryan Rose

One more Elimination Chamber qualifying match took place on SmackDown.

Logan Paul qualified for the chamber in the main event, replacing Jey Uso who was attacked shortly before SmackDown went on the air. Paul defeated Jacob Fatu after Drew McIntyre interfered yet again, this time striking Fatu with the WWE title as he climbed the turnbuckle. Paul followed with a rollup to win the match.

Prior to the finish, the masked man that had been attacking members of The Vision returned yet again, looking to take out Austin Theory with the stomp. However, Paul exited the ring and took him out, unmasking him to reveal an unidentified man who was taken away by officials.

On social media, Uso was shown laid out just minutes prior to the start of SmackDown, with the show starting with Uso being placed into an ambulance. Later in the show, both Paul and Fatu pleaded their cases to Nick Aldis to be put in the match. Aldis then told Paul that he would face Fatu in the main event with the winner getting Uso’s spot in the chamber.

Uso won his qualifying match on Raw, defeating Bronson Reed and the Original El Grande Americano. Reed was supposed to win that match, but tore his bicep during a pinfall breakup and was unable to continue. As a result, it turned into a singles match where Uso won after a frog splash.

WWE Elimination Chamber (February 28)

  • World Heavyweight title: CM Punk defends against Finn Balor
  • Women’s Intercontinental title: Becky Lynch defends against AJ Lee
  • Men’s Elimination Chamber: Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Trick Williams vs. Logan Paul
  • Women’s Elimination Chamber: Tiffany Stratton vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Asuka vs. Kiana James vs. Raquel Rodriguez

Report: Bronson Reed injury leads to rewrites of masked man angle

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Bronson Reed’s injury on WWE Raw has reportedly led to rewrites of the masked man angle.

Reed tore his biceps on the February 23 episode of Raw during an Elimination Chamber qualifying match that was ultimately won by Jey Uso. Reed was the planned winner but was not able to finish the match.

According to a report from WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select, Logan Paul and the masked man were scheduled to be part of the finish to Reed’s match on Monday before he was injured. The report adds that the masked man angle will likely undergo heavy rewrites as a result.

Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussed Reed’s injury on the post-WWE Raw edition of Wrestling Observer Radio this week.

“It was actually the running sliding lariat that did it,” Alvarez said.

“He was breaking up a pin and literally in breaking up the pin, he just kind of hooked him with the arm to break it up, and he immediately looked at his arm.”

Meltzer noted, “(Reed) was gonna win the match, by the way. I think most people already know that anyway, but he was going to win that match.”

Bad Bunny, WWE in discussions for tag team match involving Logan Paul

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Bad Bunny has been the talk of the entertainment and pop culture world for various reasons stemming from his Super Bowl halftime show performance and the politically charged discussion around it.

There is also discussion in the wrestling world as to whether the popular entertainer will return to WWE and if so, when.

Our Bryan Alvarez is reporting that the feeling is WWE is indeed discussing a match with Bad Bunny which would likely be of the tag team variety and involving Logan Paul “but probably not a singles match and probably not at WrestleMania.”

After a U.S. Senator called for Bad Bunny to go to AEW following an anti-ICE chant breaking out before an MJF vs. Brody King match, Alvarez said to expect the performer to be back in WWE “sooner than later”.

On Wednesday, Paul said the idea of he and Bunny having a match “has been floated around” with him saying a week prior he thinks it would be the “biggest” of all time.

Earlier on Thursday’s Wrestlevotes Radio on Fightful Select, it was said WWE had been in contact with the star’s reps well in advance of the Super Bowl to gauge his interest in either wrestling or appearing at their biggest shows of the year, taking place in April from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

The star has wrestled three times, debuting at WrestleMania 37 in a tag match alongside Damian Priest, then returning at the men’s 2022 Royal Rumble match and finally against Priest in a street fight at 2023’s Backlash, held in his home country of Puerto Rico.

John Cena reveals approaching AEW’s Claudio Castagnoli before Logan Paul match

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John Cena recently opened up about getting in touch with AEW’s Claudio Castagnoli before his match against Logan Paul at Clash in Paris.

Throughout his retirement tour, Cena paid tribute to several of his rivals by using their moves in the ring during matches. Ahead of Clash in Paris, Cena approached Castagnoli to borrow certain moves from his moveset because the veteran believed they would help Paul’s style. Speaking on the No-Contest Wrestling podcast, Cena reflected on the incident.

“With Logan [Paul], he doesn’t have that many matches to go on. A lot of stuff he was doing was viral moments. ‘I need something more than that.’ We never left the ring. I saw Logan, and I’m like, ‘You look and work like Cesaro.’ I called Claudio [Castagnoli], ‘Can I borrow some stuff, please?’ ‘Are you kidding me?’ He’s part of the coffee group. ‘No problem. I can’t be there. It would be an honor.’ I’m like, ‘Logan, watch this guy. These are things I think you can do,'” Cena said.

“I’m sending him modified clips of the super European (uppercut), the giant swing, all things I thought Cesaro did well that I think Logan can do well. ‘This might help you wih you style. Get more stuff.’ Take it from Five Moves of Doom, there is going to come a time where you need more stuff.”

While Cena and Castagnoli (then known as Cesaro) never had a major rivalry in WWE, they had a few matches against each other over the years. The two are good friends and also part of a close coffee group chat with Seth Rollins.

Logan Paul says him wrestling Bad Bunny has been ‘floated around’

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Logan Paul has addressed speculation that he could wrestle Bad Bunny in WWE and called it “floating around.”

In a recent episode of his ImPaulsive podcast, Paul opened up about his response to Bunny’s Super Bowl 60 Halftime show. Calling it a “work”, Paul also addressed the possibility of him wrestling Bunny in WWE.

“Let’s peel back the f****ng curtain. I’m going to stop f****ng around. Bad Bunny is a world-renowned superstar. He also can be a WWE superstar when he wants. He’s a good wrestler. He can f****ng wrestle. There have been talks about maybe us wrestling. It’s been floated around. I’ve been candid about the fact that I’d love to do it. I think it would be the greatest WWE match of all time. I really believe that.

“In that regard, any time I’m asked about Bad Bunny, I think that in the back of my mind. To set that up, when I’m asked if I’m excited, saying ‘no,’ one word, now people are talking about it. However, there is truth to the fact that I’m a 30-year-old man,” Paul said.

“I’m not excited about any halftime show. I don’t care. I didn’t even really watch the game that much. I was ripping packs.  I’d say 80-20. Yeah. 80 being work. 20% like, I don’t care if it’s Bad Bunny performing or someone else.“

Paul and Bunny have been rumored to work together since Bunny’s comments on an episode of Hot Ones and Paul’s response to that on his vlog. The potential match also received a thumbs up from Cody Rhodes, who wants to see it at WrestleMania.

However, as of now, there has been no confirmation on a match between the two, and these are just Paul addressing the speculations.

Andrade takes dig at Logan Paul over stealing moves

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On social media today, Andrade took a dig at his former WWE colleague Logan Paul over stealing moves.

Andrade faced off against Hangman Page at AEW Grand Slam Australia over the weekend. Though he lost the match, Andrade shared a clip today of the moment where he hit Page with a reverse Spanish Fly. Andrade accompanied the post with the following message: “New move for Logan Paul!”

The trolling didn’t stop there, with Andrade responding to someone who said that Paul is better at him than everything besides in-ring wrestling: “I know he is a good YouTuber!!”

Andrade also posted the following response to a fan who claimed that he stole the reverse Spanish Fly from Nathan Frazer:

Though it’s Andrade calling him out here, it’s Page’s moveset that Paul has most commonly been associated with. The Buckshot Lariat, one of Page’s signature spots, is a move that Paul has brought to WWE.

Page vs. Andrade at Grand Slam Australia was a number one contender’s match. With his win, Page earned an AEW World Championship shot against MJF next month at Revolution.

Logan Paul says 99% of NFL players would ‘s–t the bed’ in WWE

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Logan Paul compared WWE wrestlers to NFL players in a recent interview.

Paul is set to take part in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 21, 2026. The event will feature past and current NFL players, such as Tom Brady. Brady was a guest on Paul’s podcast earlier this week, during which Paul announced that he would be playing in the event.

Sports Illustrated published an interview with Paul on Friday in which he discussed his conversation with Brady and the upcoming flag football tournament.

“I was going back and forth with Tom Brady and we’re talking about athleticism and what it takes to be an athlete. And so funny, Tom Brady talking to me about being an athlete. Bro, the worst NFL Combine of all time,” Paul said, referring to Brady’s performance at the 2000 combine. “Okay, you won seven Super Bowls. It’s like, seven Super Bowls, six Super Bowls, six seven Super Bowls. It doesn’t matter how many Super Bowls you won, how many United States titles have you won? How many subscribers do you have on YouTube? What’s your net worth?”

“If you put any of the WWE Superstars on the roster, including the women, on an NFL team, they would do bare minimum, all right, because these people are athletes,” Paul continued. “If you plucked 99 percent of NFL athletes from the team and put them in a WWE ring, they would s**t the bed. They would not be able to do it. It is the hardest thing in the world to do.”

The Fanatics Flag Football Classic will air on Fox Sports and Tubi and will be hosted by comedian Kevin Hart. The event will be formatted as a three-team tournament.

Paul also discussed his lifelong obsession with Pokemon, signing a full-time contract with WWE, and more during the interview, which is available in its entirety here.

Logan Paul thinks WWE match vs. Bad Bunny would be ‘biggest’ of all time

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Logan Paul doesn’t know if him facing Bad Bunny is a realistic possibility, but he believes the match would be a massive spectacle.

Paul, speaking with The Takedown on SI, said he has no doubt that him squaring off against Bad Bunny in WWE would be the biggest pro wrestling match of all time. He thinks excitement for the celebrity matchup would break outside of the wrestling bubble and create something huge.

“If Bad Bunny versus Logan Paul happened, I have no doubt it would be the biggest wrestling match of all time,” Paul said. “Like, hands down, without question, that match extends so far beyond the WWE Universe. It breaks all barriers of what people think wrestling is. You have the opportunity to capture a global audience in one match.

“The guy is talented. The guy is so talented. The definition of a superstar, whether it’s performing at a big game halftime show, or actually even wrestling. Now that said, I’ve got some experience under my belt. I don’t see how he’s going to be able to stand my pressure and my athleticism and strength, but if it happens, that’s a big money match. That’s a big money match I know the whole world would tune in for and I think it would be a real good one.”

Though Paul wants the match, Bad Bunny’s busy schedule could be a barrier to making it happen.

“I’m not setting the table,” Paul said. “I don’t know. Look, the thing about him is he’s a busy guy. He’s a very busy guy. I don’t know. I don’t know what is on his agenda. I would like to, I would. I would like to make it happen.”

Paul now considers himself a full-time wrestler after signing his most recent WWE contract. Bad Bunny has worked three matches for WWE over the years but has not competed since 2023. It’s rumored that he could be appearing for WWE again at some point soon.

A Paul vs. Bad Bunny match is also something that Cody Rhodes would like to see, with Rhodes telling TMZ that Paul should be Bad Bunny’s opponent if the music superstar were to compete at WrestleMania.