Trick Williams brought out rapper Lil Yachty on Friday’s show in St. Louis and asked him if he would come to WrestleMania ahead of Williams’ match against Sami Zayn for the United States title. Yachty agreed, adding another celebrity to the mix for the upcoming two night event in Las Vegas.
This brought out Sami Zayn, who exchanged words with Williams. Carmelo Hayes then came out wanting a rematch, pointing out that if it wasn’t for Williams’ involvment last week, Zayn might not be champion. Zayn seemed hesitant to give Hayes the match, but ultimately agreed. Some more teasing by Williams led to Zayn giving him a clothesline out of the ring.
Zayn ended up retaining his title in the main event of SmackDown, though in a controversial way. Hayes tweaked his knee after landing off the turnbuckle and was being checked on by the referee in the corner. Zayn decided to use this to his advantage, hitting the helluva kick and pinning Hayes to score the win. After the match Yachty cut a promo, distracting Zayn long enough for Williams to connect with the Trick shot to end the show.
Earlier in the night, it was brought up that Nikki Bella had rolled her knee during last week’s match against Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss. It was noted on commentary that Bella was undergoing rehab and still intends on competing at WrestleMania 42, where she will team with sister Brie against Flair & Bliss, The Irresistible Forces, and Bayley & Lyra Valkyria in a match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles.
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including a look at all the injuries this weekend, Kyle Fletcher apologizes for comments last week, Smackdown notes from Friday, WrestleMania weekend news, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Nikki Bella is in a walking boot after her injury on WWE SmackDown — but she might still be able to compete at WrestleMania 42.
After injuring her ankle last Friday, Bella was at SiriusXM studios in New York City today to host “Front Row with the Women of WWE” alongside her twin sister Brie. Clips from the event show that Nikki was wearing a walking boot. However, Nikki reportedly told fans that she will be okay in approximately one week.
🚨 UPDATE 🚨
a friend that attended the podcast is telling me that Nikki said that she’ll be good in a week, she’s gonna be okay Bella Army! 🫶 https://t.co/sFyNUjF5GS
The Bellas were facing Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss on SmackDown when Nikki’s injury happened. Nikki & Brie won the match after Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax & Lash Legend got involved. Jax & Legend then attacked both teams until Bayley & Lyra Valkyria made the save.
A title match with Jax & Legend vs. Bayley & Valkyria is taking place tonight on Raw at Madison Square Garden. It’s expected that this is leading to a multi-team match for the titles happening at WrestleMania.
Becoming Women’s Tag Team Champions for the first time is a huge goal for The Bellas, who signed new two-year contracts with WWE in 2026 and plan to retire once those deals are up.
Becky Lynch and Natalya joined The Bellas at today’s SiriusXM interview taping, with Cody Rhodes — who was in the building for an appearance on Busted Open Radio — also stopping by Nikki & Brie’s event.
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including injuries to Kyle Fletcher and Nikki Bella, ratings, Arena Mexico and Super Juniors news, previews for all the TV this week, Smackdown, Collision and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps: Start: J Robinson passes away, injury updates on Kyle Fletcher & Nikki Bella 4:19: NJPW BOSJ updates & CMLL notes 9:11: AEW Dynamite’s rating from Wednesday, lineups for the coming week, Steve Maclin injury scare at TNA Sacrifice 18:04: Notes on UFC & Real American Freestyle 26:54: WWE SmackDown recap 45:55: AEW Collision recap
A look back at the career of Dennis Condrey of Midnight Express fame
Update on WrestleMania, both the matches, business update the ticket demand at the present time
An updated look at AEW’s All In on 8/30 at Wembley Stadium as well as a look at the Dynasty show and ticket demand for the show
Coverage of El Homenaje a Dos Leyendas, CMLL’s second biggest show of the year, with El Satanico’s retirement at 76, The Death Riders appear, the heavyweight title changes hands and Mistico returns
A look at the NCAA Division I tournament including a look back 79 years when future pro wrestling legends dominated the heavyweight division and how it ties into the most recent tournament. We also look at the rivalry that could define college wrestling for years to come between a coach and his former pupil, a guy who was in high school in December and wins the NCAA title in March, as well business notes on the show, both attendance and television ratings
A look back at Sid Vicious, Badnews Allen and Dennis Rodman’s pro wrestling days
Trying to explain the latest controversy in television ratings and how this related to pro wrestling
How ratings differ from a sports survey about wrestling fans
The most complete look at the ratings for all the pro wrestling television shows over the past week,including competition, demos and comparisons with one year ago, as well as competition in the time slot.
Notes on CMLL talent coming to WrestleMania week
Major injury to arguably CMLL’s best worker
Notes on the 83rd anniversary of pro wrestling in one of its most famous arenas
Notes on tentative plans for a major mask vs. mask match
Callum Newman and Yuya Uemura tear it up in the New Japan Cup finals
Next major New Japan show thoughts with Ospreay’s returnh
Tanahashi talks goals to turn the company around
Kazusada Higuchi retirement notes
Thoughts on Satoru Sayama and his impact on pro wrestling
Aja Kongs 40th anniversary show
Gable Stevesn and RAF
Ted DiBiase Jr acquitted in his case
The end of CBS News Radio and what former WCW announcer was an anchor there
Notes on the announcing at the orignal When Worlds Collide AAA show
Lots of WrestleMania week show notes
FantasticaMania comes to the U.K.
Update on WBD sale to Paramount Skydance
Update on Revolution PPV buys
Jeff Jarrett becomes co-owner of a sports franchise
Jericho talks about working today
More on the Ali Revival Act
A list of a lot of PPV buy numbers for UFC
Ari Emanuel’s role in getting President Trump to stop the case against Ticketmaster/Live Nation.
— Sorry for the late update today. My son and daughter-in-law had a musical performance several hours away so I’m just getting back.
— J Robinson, the legendary former University of Minnesota wrestling coach passed away today. The college announced his passing at the age of 79 with no further details. Robinson, who was the college roommate in the late 1960s with Hall of Fame pro wrestler, who remained friends with him which led to Brock Lesnar and Shelton Benjamin becoming pro wrestlers, coached at Minnesota from 1986 to 2016 after being an assistant at Iowa. His teams won three NCAA tournament tries in 2001, 2002 and 2007, and six Big ten titles. Robinson was fired in 2016 because of an alleged drug ring involving a number of wrestlers on the team and he wouldn’t cooperate in the investigation. Robinson placed fourth in the 1970 world championships and fifth in 1971, and went to the 1972 Olympics but didn’t place. He coached 14 national champions, including Lesnar.
— Nikki Bella suffered an ankle injury on Friday’s Smackdown show. We don’t have an update on Kyle Fletcher’s injury from last night’s Collision show.
— For Raw tomorrow they’ve added Penta vs Kofi Kingston for the IC title. With Penta vs. El Hijo del Vikingo already being announced as a title match in Mexico City, I don’t expect a title change here. PWInsider reported Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair to Raw tomorrow as well.
— New Japan is slowly rolling out the names for the Best of the Super Juniors tournament. The tournament will be 5/14 to 6/7. Names announced first are Master Wato, Yoh, Vaiiente Jr. from CMLL, Kosei Fujita, current IWGP jr. champion Douki and El Desperado.
— There is talk of a couple of AEW stars in G-1 this year. AEW is working with New Japan as Bryan Danielson, Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega have done ads for the 7/11 show in Chicago putting over how important and grueling the tournament is. Tickets were under 2,000 the first day they were put on sale.
— All In ticket sales at Wembley Stadium have topped 21,000.
— Yesterday’s UFC show from Seattle had 705,000 searches which is very high for a Fight Night show. It also did among the highest numbers of first-day viewers so far this year, I believe the third best number behind two PPV shows. The RAF show had 62,000 which shows that brand really picked up traction with this show while the PFL last night did 10,000. Nothing from pro wrestling made the top 500 in searches.
— Many have called the show in Seattle last night the best UFC show so far this year. Joe Pyfer’s second round finish of Israel Adesanya came after a great back-and-forth round. In the co-main, Alexa Grasso beat Maycee Barber with one of the most amazing finishes ever as far as quickness goes, essentially an incredible knockdown into a choke in the blink of an eye. This will be talked about as one of the best finishes of the year.
— The show did a $4.2 million gate, the largest gate in U.S. MMA history for a non-PPV show
— White said that they are hoping for Islam Makhachev to return in August and that nothing is remotely close to done regarding a return of Conor McGregor, but he is hoping for it to happen in July.
— Rich Ingling, the Executive Vice President and Treasurer for the Cauliflower Alley Club passed away on Friday at the age of 75. He was described as the heartbeat of the organization. CAC President Brian Blair, who was friends with him for 40 years, said that “He was a good man that worked hard for the CAC, as he saw how much good was done. Rich was honest and passionate about helping others. He will be deeply missed.” He started in wrestling as a referee out of the Monster Factory.
— Ed Loredo announced Podermania on 4/15 at 3 p.m., an all-women’ s show at the Horseshow in Las Vegas. He announced Billie Starkz vs. Charlie Evans will be at 2:30 and only for those in attendance live as the match won’t be streamed.
— Arman Tsuaryukyan beat Georgio Poullas 9-3 in the RAF main event last night in Tampa. But the real biggest matches saw Kyle Snyder beat 2024 Olympic gold medalist Akmed Tazudinov via criteria decision after a 3-3 even score, and Bo Bassett, a 19-year-old high school senior who is a phenom who placed 5th at worlds last year, beat Vlademir Khinchegashvili, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist, via a 13-3 tech fall.
— Also at the show saw an angle where Wyatt Hendrickson, after beating Trent Hilger 6-2, called out Tristan Wirfs of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who has been an Pro Bowl offensive lineman the past five years. In the promo Wirfs, an All-American at Iowa who was a state champion in high school, said that he didn’t think there would be a problem in getting clearance for such a match,. Wrifs is 6-foot-5 and 320 pounds. They gave the impression they would be doing a match, but challenges in RAF like this often don’t lead anywhere.
— I didn’t hear a lot about great matches over the weekend, really more about the UFC show. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kevin Knight from last night and today’s TJPW matches with Sareee (there is that name again) & Takumi Iroha bating Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo as well as the Yuki Arai TJPW title match with Miu Watanabe where Arai won the title. The TJPW show at Sumo Hall drew the largest crowd for a women’s wrestling show in Japan so far this year, topping 3,000.
— Neon did his move, the double springboard Fosbury, for the first time in months on the Friday night show at Arena Mexico.
— Mistico & Mascara Dorada & Amazing Red vs. Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz & Myron Reed was announced for the 4/17 Maple Leaf Wrestling show in Las Vegas.
— CMLL in Puebla tomorrow night as Flip Gordon & Neon & Templario vs. Cavernario Barbaro & Gran Guerrero & Soberano Jr., plus Xelhua vs. Averno.
— Arena Coliseo in Guadalajara announced that for ticket sales at the box office they will only allow each person to buy at most two tickets and they will not sell any tickets to people under 18. This is said to be a way to battle scalpers.
— Mickie James & Taryn Terrell & ODB vs. The Elegance Brand under Hardcore Country rules was announced for the TNA Rebellion PPV show.
— Roxanne Perez’s return should be imminent.
— Michael Hayes turned 67 today. Joe Stecher died 52 years ago today at the age of 80. Stecher was one of the biggest stars of the 1920s with Stranger Lewis and Jim Londos. Reid Flair passed away 13 years ago today at 25 from a drug overdose. (thanks to Tony Richerds)
— ONE canceled its planned 6/26 show in Denver. No surprise there at all.
During SmackDown on Friday, The Bella Twins wrestled Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss. However at some point during the match, according to Bryan Alvarez, Nikki Bella apparently got hurt.
“Not sure the severity but Nikki Bella appeared to suffer some sort of leg injury while brawling off screen with Nia Jax before the finish of their tag match on SmackDown,” he writes. “She was limping and had Nia throw her outside afterwards and never got into the ring again, and the doctor was over checking on her for the rest of the segment. Hopefully she’s ok.”
Brie scored the pinfall win for her team before Lash & Jax entered and proceeded to assault both teams, something that they had been doing for the last several weeks. Bayley and Lyra Valkryria, who are set to challenge the champions on Raw this coming Monday, ran down for the save.
The title scene in recent weeks on SmackDown has revolved around Bliss & Flair and the Bella Twins attempting to take down The Irresistible Forces, with both teams getting title matches but ultimately coming up short. Jax and Legend have proven dominant, repeatedly laying out both teams with WrestleMania only a few weeks away.
The Bella Twins are back in WWE for an extended period of time.
This Friday on SmackDown, Nikki & Brie Bella will challenge Nia Jax & Lash Legend for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles. They spoke about the match on a new edition of the Nikki & Brie Show and revealed that, when Brie returned at the 2026 Royal Rumble, they signed new two-year contracts with WWE. They are planning for this to be their last wrestling contract before retirement.
“For me, I don’t think you and I will ever get that last retirement moment that like John [Cena] got and AJ Styles got,” Nikki said. “Let’s be honest, the men get, right?
“I don’t think you and I will ever get that, but I would love to have that. Because I do know that the contract that we signed, we signed a two-year deal starting Royal Rumble. And for you and I, the talks we’ve had and what I know just where I’m at, that’s it. That will be the end for me and for us.”
Nikki added that she’d love to have a moment where she gives a final bow and leaves her gear in the ring. She doubts she’ll ever get that, but she still really wants to have an iconic final run that their fans can be proud of.
“I want to have some of my best matches. I want to have a lot of fun,” Nikki said. “But I want to have like an iconic moment where it’s like, I could look back and go, ‘Damn, that was a great two years.’ We did it. I don’t want to walk away with any what ifs… I want to look back at these past two years that we’re about to create and be like, ‘Damn, girl. We did it.'”
In this final run, The Bellas are balancing who they are now with the people they used to be. Nikki & Brie are already WWE Hall of Famers — and becoming Women’s Tag Team Champions is one of the final things on their bucket list. Being able to accomplish this now that they are both mothers would be especially meaningful.
“This is like the final thing,” Nikki said. “So when I’m like 60, 70, 80, hopefully 90s, sitting with Brie on a porch, wine tasting, wine making, like we could, ‘Girl, we did that.’ We did Evolution. We did this. Tag team champs. Like, that’s how my mind works, like that’s accomplishments. But dang, to do it as moms. Nothing is better.”
The Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina is hosting this Friday’s SmackDown episode. After the show, there will only be four weeks left until WrestleMania 42.
“Obviously, my husband [Bryan Danielson] might be one of the greatest coaches in the world. And he’s a very hard coach,” Brie Bella said.
To which Nikki Bella also responded with, “I mean, you should see my text message from him. I’m showing (William) Regal, like, ‘So this is what Bryan wants me to practice today.’”
Bella’s last wrestling match was at the 2022 Royal Rumble, following which she made her comeback last month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Hall of Famer returned after a span of almost four years, after repeatedly hearing no.
The twins reunited on January 31st, 2026, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and now plan on going after Rhea Ripley and IYO Sky’s tag team titles. Nikki Bella was recently involved in a Women’s Championship feud against Stephanie Vaquer.
While the sisters have now returned to WWE, Danielson currently works in AEW and had also taken on commentary duties with Excalibur and Tony Schiavone on Dynamite during Taz’s absence. Following his last in-ring bout at AEW WrestleDream 2024 against Jon Moxley, Danielson returned for a short bout against Max Caster last year during an episode of Collision in June 2025. Following this, he has completely stayed away from any in-ring matches.
Brie Bella feels like this was the perfect moment for The Bella Twins to link back up in WWE.
At the Royal Rumble last weekend, Brie returned to the ring for the first time in four years. Her twin sister Nikki had already been back with the company for a solo run — but now she’ll have Brie by her side as they join the women’s tag team division.
“I just feel like this is the perfect time for The Bella Twins,” Brie said while appearing on Good Morning America on Tuesday. “The women’s division is on fire, it’s the best I’ve ever seen it. And I’m just like, I can’t sit at home anymore and be watching like a fan. I’m like, I gotta get in.”
The Bellas appeared on Raw last night and declared their intention to challenge for the Women’s Tag Team titles. During the Good Morning America appearance, they sent a message to Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY.
“[Rhea Ripley] & IYO SKY should watch their back, just putting that warning out since they’re our current tag team champions,” Nikki Bella said. “You know, Brie and I, we’re the OG tag team. We never had that opportunity to go for the tag titles, and we want them.”
Brie Bella said she’s still on cloud nine after the Rumble return. She did not know if fans would remember her, so the love she’s received has been overwhelming.
The Bellas are already WWE Hall of Famers but have never held the Women’s Tag Team titles before. They told Good Morning America that winning the belts is a goal they have before retirement, though they indicated that their retirement might not happen until “years down the road.”
Nikki Bella appears to be on her way to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the WWE Royal Rumble.
Fans online pointed out on Wednesday that Bella can be seen in the background of an Instagram Stories post shared by Jackie Redmond, who was on a flight to Riyadh.
Bella hasn’t appeared on WWE programming since the December 29 episode of Raw, where she competed in a three-way title match against Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer and Raquel Rodriguez.
Fifteen of the 30 spots in the Women’s Royal Rumble match have been confirmed by WWE. Those announced so far are:
Rhea Ripley
IYO SKY
Liv Morgan
Roxanne Perez
Raquel Rodriguez
Asuka
Bayley
Lyra Valkyria
Jordynne Grace
Chelsea Green
Alexa Bliss
Charlotte Flair
Lash Legend
Nia Jax
Giulia
During an appearance on ESPN’s Get Up on Wednesday morning, Triple H said the Royal Rumble will feature “a lot of surprises,” while also noting that both Rumble matches already have what he described as “star-studded” lineups.
“There’s a lot of surprises in store, but also it’s one of the most star-studded Rumbles that I can recall,” Triple H said.
Nikki Bella has reportedly been on dates with an NFL star.
TMZ reported on Tuesday that the WWE Hall of Famer has spent time with Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean. Despite this, Nikki considers herself single, and whatever is going on between the two currently is casual. TMZ also noted that Nikki had been spotted at recent Eagles games.
Nikki previously dated John Cena in 2012 and became engaged in 2017. However a year later, the two called off their engagement. She went on to marry Dancing with the Stars partner Artem Chigvintsev in 2022. She later filed for divorce in 2024 after Chigvintsev was arrested for a felony domestic violence charge, though criminal charges were never filed.
Returning to WWE last year, Nikki has been seen on the Raw brand. She formed a brief friendship with Stephanie Vaquer until she turned against the Women’s World Champion. The two had a match at Survivor Series, with Vaquer emerging victorious. The two met again recently, this time with Raquel Rodriguez added into the mix in a three-way match. Vaquer retained the title in that match as well.
Nikki and Brie Bella have an upcoming chance to win one million dollars for charity.
On Saturday, YouTube star MrBeast announced a special challenge where 30 celebrities will compete for a chance to win $1 million for charity. He posted a photo of the group, which includes The Bella Twins.
Mr. Beast wrote:
“To celebrate Beast Games 2 dropping next Wednesday me and Kevin Hart gathered 30 celebrities to compete for $1,000,000 for charity! This YouTube video will drop the same day as Beast Games 2. I CANT WAIT!”
The first three episodes of Beast Games 2 will be released on Prime Video on January 7, with weekly releases scheduled after. The show will include 200 contestants vying for five million dollars in prize money by competing in challenges.
Nikki Bella is coming off two straight losses in Women’s World Championship matches. She lost to Stephanie Vaquer at Survivor Series and then dropped a triple threat match along with Raquel Rodriguez to Vaquer on the December 29 episode of Raw.
To celebrate Beast Games 2 dropping next Wednesday me and Kevin Hart gathered 30 celebrities to compete for $1,000,000 for charity! This YouTube video will drop the same day as Beast Games 2. I CANT WAIT! pic.twitter.com/mtUWtQVrO6
Recently, on the December 29th episode of RAW, fans witnessed Stephanie Vaquer defend her Women’s World Championship against Nikki Bella and Raquel Rodriguez. However, one mid-match moment caught fans’ eyes when Bella locked in the Fearless Lock move on Rodriguez, leading to “Thank You Cena!” chants from the fans. To which she instantly responded to it by yelling, “No! Thank me!”
Now, a few days after the bout, Bella opened up on the Nikki & Brie Show and shared more insights on the move. Clarifying how her ‘Fearless Lock’ is different than John Cena’s submission move ‘STF’, she opened up about its origin.
“I think people forgot, not everyone, but I used to do the Fearless Lock. Yes, it was during a period of time when John [Cena] and I were together, but the Fearless Lock is different from his submission, it really is. He lays on top of people and grabbing the front face,” Bella continued. The Fearless Lock is a legit submission Shayna (Baszler) gave me. We named it the Fearless Lock because of Fearless Nikki, and coming back from my broken neck, I was training a lot with Nattie [Natalya], Shayna, and Bayley at the PC. I went to an MMA place with Shayna, and she was teaching me legitimate moves.”
Further speaking on the podcast, Bella addressed her reaction to the “Thank You Cena!” chants from the fans.
“I said, ‘I want to come back from this broken neck with a submission.’ She showed me this, and she’s like, ‘It’s not at all what John’s is.’ I get the step in makes people think that, but I’m on the side, and how I lock in, you see it. You’re yanking the person back,” Bella added. “Raquel [Rodriguez] was the first person I did it on over six feet tall, and it looks a lot different. It felt different. I wasn’t expecting anything with John, so when they started chanting, ‘Thank you Cena,’ the old Nikki came alive, ‘Thank me!’ I loved it.”
Bella and Cena were once one of the promotion’s most popular couples and were even engaged when Cena proposed to her at WrestleMania 33 in 2017. However, their relationship fell apart, and their engagement was soon called off.
The new issue of the Observer is up on the site today. Sorry for the delay but there were a number of things having to do with Christmas travel and the weather that basically cost me a full day. But it’s a very heavy issue with two major stories, one on AEW going forward business wise and the many key aspects of media rights and different ways it can go in 2027. The other is a story on Roland Bock, who had one of the most famous pro wrestling matches of the 70s with Antonio Inoki, the famed Stuttgart Massacre, and was one of the most intriguing and controversial pro wrestlers of that era.
*Where AEW stands today, and the key out of the ring and out of their hands challenges that will face them between now and the end of 2027
*AEW’s ratings growth outside the U.S. this past year
*AEW’s television ratings decline with the different factors involved
*Key aspects of the WBD sale and what it means to AEW
*What AEW didn’t do in 2025 as far as new deals that were talked about one year ago
*Estimating using different methods how many U.S. viewers AEW Dynamite really gets
*How things have changed greatly in the past year
*Business of AEW Worlds End
*Gambling odds for matches
*A look at AAA Guerra de Titanes, one of WWE’s best shows of the year
*Anthony Joshua vs. Jake Paul and business numbers and record level manipulation of numbers
*Ric Flair and Mike Tyson file lawsuit against former business partner
*The life and times of Roland Bock, one of the most intriguing pro wrestling characters of the 1970s, his famous matches with Antonio Inoki, the reality of those matches, his tough guy reputation, the legendary tough guy whose career he ended and just how different pro wrestling was back then. We go from being tortured as a child, to developing a street fighter rep, going to the Olympics in wrestling, his attempt to pioneer a promotional style that got big in Japan several years later, why his career didn’t explode in Japan and everything from wrestling bears to bulls
*Who is eligible for the 2025 Rookie of the Year award
*The most detailed look at the ratings over the past week
*Update on 2025 Arena Mexico attendance
*A look at CMLL Dream Match Night
*Ozawa talks awards
*WrestleKingdom updates
*A look at the life and career of Mark Wolf
*Rick Link goes into hospice care
*Jerry Lawler returns to WMC
*Grandson of Hawaiian pro wrestling legend is starting QB at USC, headed to a bowl game an an NFL prospect
*Ticket sales to upcoming WWE,AEW and TNA shows
*Lots of AEW news notes
*Jim Ross responds to DVon Dudley
*Updates on multiple lawsuits against TKO and judges concerns about evidence in two different cases
*WrestleMania ticket sales as well as the next two AEW PPV sales
After people pointed out Nikki Bella paid tribute to John Cena during her match on Raw, she wrote on social media: “You all kept wanting a tribute from me geeezz so here ya all go… but… that’s the Fearless Lock.”
MJF wrote on Tuesday morning that his X account was hacked: “My Twitter got hacked. If you were messaged by me that I needed money, my apologies. However if you were messaged by me and you were dumb as fuck enough to believe that. My Venmo information is below.”
Paul Walter Hauser will face Mad Dog Connelly in a strap match at Orange Crush’s Superpower Slam event on February 1.
Dave Sahadi, who previously did work for WWE, WCW, and MLW and is now directing Real American Freestyle, told PWInsider that he can never work in “professional” wrestling again: “This is the most excited and creatively inspired I have felt about anything in television production in at least fifteen years, if not longer. And I fell my best work is yet to come. I am heartened by our initial success. Traveling o hometowns and producing ”personality profiles” with the athletes in their hometowns is fun. We do this so that the audience gets to know the person beyond the athlete, the real-life stories from childhood to career, ones many viewers can relate to. And creative compelling video packages has always been my passion, but nowadays I wake up in the middle of the night sometimes (most times, actually) with an idea and get right back at it. It’s not a job; it’s a joy.”
Nikki Bella has responded to fans chanting “Thank you Cena” during her Women’s World title match on WWE Raw.
During the triple threat bout on Monday, Bella put Raquel Rodriguez in an STF, a move often associated with her former fiancé, John Cena. Fans began chanting “Thank you Cena” while Bella had the hold applied, prompting Bella to yell back, “No, thank me!”
Following the match, the Bella Twins’ social media account responded to a clip of the STF, noting that Bella’s version of the move is called The Fearless Lock.
“You all kept wanting a tribute from me geeezz so here ya all go… but… that’s the Fearless Lock 💅💋”
The Bella social media account also responded to someone mentioning that Brie Bella’s name was trending during Raw, writing:
“She should be! But where the f is she at?!?! Leave the chickens at home Brie!!”
Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer retained her title in the triple threat match on Raw. She pinned Bella after Bella had been chokeslammed by Rodriguez. It marked Vaquer’s fourth title defense since winning the championship at Wrestlepalooza on September 20.
Cena and Nikki Bella became engaged after Cena proposed to her at WrestleMania 33 in 2017. The two called off the engagement the following year.
Bella’s social media post is below:
You all kept wanting a tribute from me geeezz so here ya all go… but… that’s the Fearless Lock 💅💋 https://t.co/ZEXuWHF84X
BELLA ARMY I saw you tonight! And heard you! Goodness I love you all!! Soooo grateful for you all! Thank you for making your girl feel so special! Sorry I couldn’t get it done for you all. 💔✨🙏🏼
