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Roman Reigns, CM Punk face off on the final Raw before WWE WrestleMania 42

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Roman Reigns and CM Punk faced off on the final Raw before WrestleMania 42.

The open to Monday’s show had Reigns accuse Punk of lying and trying to rewrite his legacy. The video showed a montage of Punk’s contradictions over the years involving bringing in the Shield, saying he was here to make money instead of friends while showing pictures of himself smiling with talent, and capped off with Pat McAfee’s promo where he asked if Punk’s merchandise sales went to needy families who wanted to go WrestleMania or to his account titled “I’m sorry Saudi Arabia.” Reigns said he would give Punk an opportunity to tell the truth to him in the main event segment of the show, or he would.

After Reigns entered the ring for the show-closing promo, Punk came out and proceeded to tell his truth: he hated Roman Reigns because he envied him. Everything was handed to him, and hated he was champion for so long. He apologized for bringing up Sika’s name, saying he envied not being born “into a dynasty,” and instead had to find his family in the streets and through the independents.

Reigns said that he hated Punk too, and hated him for a long time. He said it was because of his relationship with the crowd.

“I hope one day I can get to the point that when I leave, they miss me as much as they missed you,” he revealed. “I hope that one day when I leave, they chant for me for ten years straight.”

Reigns said the truest thing Punk has is his connection with his fans, but on Sunday it wouldn’t be “and still,” but “and new.” Reigns closed off their war with words by saying that on Sunday, the nostalgia act would end.

The two will meet in the main event of the second night of WrestleMania this Sunday, while Cody Rhodes will battle Randy Orton for the WWE title on Saturday.

WWE Raw live results: WrestleMania 42 go-home show

Posted on by Steve Khan

Date: April 13, 2026
Location: Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA 

The Big Takeaway —

WrestleMania 42 is this weekend. 

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Show Recap — 

Raw kicked off immediately with a pre-taped Roman Reigns promo. Reigns said that when he won the Royal Rumble, he told CM Punk to enjoy his time as the World Champion, but instead, he lied and exposed himself as a hypocrite. 

The video cut to clips of Punk’s hypocritical statements. Punk claimed he brought in the Shield, even though when the angle first happened, he claimed he had nothing to do with it. Punk claimed the company treated him like garbage, even though he was champion for 400+ days. Punk claimed he didn’t surround himself with a wiseman or yes-men, even though he previously had Paul Heyman or the Straight Edge Society by his side. 

They also showed Pat McAfee’s comments about Punk taking the money to go to Saudi Arabia. Reigns said he liked McAfee, but never has a punter run his mouth to him. Nobody believed in Punk anymore because it wasn’t 2012. Reigns didn’t lie. That’s why people liked him and trusted him. Either Punk would tell the truth tonight, or Reigns would. 

(This was well done, and a good idea to start the show with this as a hook for their segment later tonight.) 

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Wrestlers were shown arriving at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, and a video package for Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi aired. 

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman segment 

Adam Pearce and Paul “Triple H” Lesvesque stood in the ring together. Pearce wanted to ensure the Lesnar-Femi match actually happened, so he decided they would sign their match contract separately. 

Heyman marched out and agreed with Pearce’s sentiment. We were close to WrestleMania, and nobody should get close to Lesnar. 

Lesnar entered and signed the contract. Heyman said it might as well be a Nigerian death warrant. Lesnar ripped the microphone away from Heyman and said we wouldn’t even know Femi’s name after Sunday. Heyman gave us a spoiler for the real WrestleMania main event—Lesnar would win, and Femi would lose. 

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After all the talking to kick off the show, we were treated to a video involving the Vision. IShowSpeed was having doubts about his upcoming match. Logan Paul and Austin Theory tried to psych him up and did some in-ring training with him. Speed was full of confidence following this short training session. 

During a break, Michael Cole said WrestleMania was all about the moments, and they aired a clip of Giannis Antetokounmpo saying his favourite Mania moment was Lesnar ending Undertaker’s streak. 

There was footage of the Mania stage being built at the stadium in Las Vegas. 

Charlotte Flair (w/ Alexa Bliss) vs. Lyra Valkyria (w/ Bayley)

Flair had control throughout a break after hitting a big boot, but Valkyria came back with a middle rope leg drop onto a hunched-over Flair for two. Flair responded with a moonsault for a nearfall before Valkyria hit a fisherman’s suplex for two. 

Flair chucked Valkyria outside the ring, knocking over Bayley in the process. Back in the ring, Flair rolled up Valkyria, but Bayley tripped up Flair, and Valkyria managed to fall backward into a cover for the pinfall win. 

Flair was pissed, and the two teams got into a shoving match until the referees backed them off. 

Match result: Lyra Valkyria defeated Charlotte Flair (10:25) 

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Cole let us know there were still tickets available for the SmackDown and Raw surrounding WrestleMania. (Both shows are also in Vegas.) 

The MFTs confronted LA Knight and the Usos backstage. Solo Sikoa couldn’t believe Jimmy and Jey were hanging out with Knight every week. Knight challenged three of them to a six-man tag match tonight so he could smack them back to factory settings. 

Penta cut a commercial break promo plugging the Intercontinental title ladder match at Mania. He planned on bringing pain, and the match would be a war. 

They plugged the Hulk Hogan Netflix documentary. (The new one, not the one from 2017.) There was only a split-second crowd reaction to this because the video was followed by Stephanie Vaquer’s entrance, but it sounded like people were booing the Hogan plug. We’ll see what the live reports indicate. 

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Stephanie Vaquer and Liv Morgan segment 

Vaquer entered the ring for an interview with Cathy Kelley, but she was immediately attacked from behind by Liv Morgan. (Morgan still has a knot on her forehead.) Vaquer collided with Kelley, who was knocked down (perhaps Kelley’s first ever bump). 

This led to our latest pull-apart brawl, as the two women brawled until officials broke things up. With Vaquer out of the ring, Morgan grabbed a mic and said, “I knew your mother was trash, but I didn’t know she raised a little bitch.” (Enlightening stuff.) 

Vaquer stormed back into the ring to brawl again until officials broke it up again. 

(Kelley was helped to the back, and later in the show, Cole said she was checked on by trainers and would be fine.)

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Jackie Redmond interviewed Iyo Sky backstage. Sky said she may have lost to Jade Cargill on SmackDown, but she did not regret fighting for her friend, Rhea Ripley. Sky would be rooting for Ripley at WrestleMania. 

Asuka and Kairi Sane interrupted. Asuka said Sky went into Mania as the world champion last year, but this year, she was just Ripley’s sidekick. 

Sky said she had enough of Asuka and told Sane she didn’t have to put up with this. Asuka put Sane in a match against Sky tonight (presumably because Pearce didn’t make any matches himself). 

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Six-man tag team match: LA Knight, Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso vs. Solo Sikoa, JC Mateo & Tanga Loa (w/ Talla Tonga)

This was a short match with a commercial break, so not much happened. 

Jey went for a suicide dive, but Sikoa caught him and drove him into the announce desk. Tama Tonga showed up behind the barricade and was confronted by Sikoa and Tonga. This distracted Loa, so Knight hit him with a BFT for the pinfall win. 

Match result: KA Knight & The Usos defeated Tanga Loa, JC Mateo & Solo Sikoa (6:45) 

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Jelly Roll’s favourite WrestleMania was The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania X8 in Toronto. There was one more of these segments later on, with a bunch of fans choosing Cody Rhodes’ win over Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 as their favourite.

Gunther and Seth Rollins segment 

Gunther entered for a promo, but like the earlier segment with Vaquer and Morgan, he was immediately attacked from behind by Seth Rollins. Gunther bailed. 

Rollins said Gunther jumped him two weeks in a row, so tonight was his receipt, and Rollins would finish the job at Mania. Rollins said if this really was personal for Gunther, like he claimed—and not just him seeking a favour from Heyman—he should return to the ring and tell him why he wanted this match at Mania. 

Gunther grabbed a mic and got back into the ring and into Rollins’ face. Gunther said he was indeed solving Heyman’s problem, but he was also doing it with a smile on his face, because Rollins was pissing him off. Rollins strutted around like he was the best in the ring, but he wasn’t—Gunther was, and Rollins never wanted to find that out. 

When he was the world champion, Rollins didn’t seek him out. Instead, Rollins became a useful idiot for Heyman. WrestleMania was personal for him because he wanted to expose that Rollins could not lace his boots. 

They butted heads before exchanging blows. Rollins got the better of this brawl and tried to curb-stomp Gunther’s head onto the ring steps, but Gunther escaped through the crowd. 

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Dominik Mysterio confronted Pearce backstage. Dom didn’t like that Rey Mysterio was getting an IC title shot, while he had to face the Demon Finn Bálor. Dom said Bálor told him the demon was dead. He also signed a contract to fight Bálor, not the demon, and wanted the match cancelled. Pearce said Rey was a Hall of Famer and was getting the IC title match he deserved—and Dom would get what he deserved, too. 

Actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sacramento Kings player Dylan Cardwell were in the crowd. 

IYO SKY vs. Kairi Sane (w/ Asuka)

During a break, Asuka and Sky played tug-of-war with Sane until Asuka forcefully let go, and Sane collided with Sky as a result. Sane took over in the match, and Asuka took some cheap shots on Sky while the referee was distracted. Sky made her come back following the break with a missile dropkick and running corner meteora. 

Sane distracted the referee after being knocked off the top rope, allowing Asuka to shove Sky into the ring post. This made a loud thud, but Jessika Carr had to play dumb like she didn’t hear anything, even though she turned around and Sky was dead. 

Ripley ran out to her music and hit Asuka with a headbutt (which actually missed by a mile), but was attacked from behind by Jade Cargill. Sky wiped out Cargill in response. 

Sky went to the top rope, but with the referee distracted for at least the third time in the match, Asuka tripped her off, and Sane applied a small package for the pinfall win. 

Match result: Kairi Sane defeated IYO SKY (9:56)

That’s three straight singles losses for Sky, who does not have a singles win in 2026. 

This match probably would’ve been pretty good without all the outside stuff, but the outside stuff is what we’re paying for. 

*******

There was a video package for AJ Lee vs. Becky Lynch. 

Triple H and Pearce entered to Triple H’s music during a break for the next segment. 

Oba Femi segment 

Pearce called out Femi to sign the WrestleMania contract. Femi entered to a strong reaction, and he quickly signed the contract. Triple H alerted Femi to Heyman, who was suddenly standing on the stage. The crowd chanted for Femi. 

Heyman said he’s never seen someone come across as the biggest star in the industry as fast as Femi. Heyman knew when he was safe and knew when he was not, and knew Femi was a violent man. That was also the thing Heyman liked most about Femi. He was the most violent man to come to WWE since Lesnar. He was the fastest rising star since Lesnar. He was the most impressive athlete, fighter, and combat athlete— 

Heyman’s sentence was cut off by the crowd, who continued to chant loudly for Femi. Heyman informed them that it would all come to an end on WrestleMania Sunday. It would all come crashing down in Suplex City with an F5 by Lesnar. Heyman said Femi would have to rebuild his career after WrestleMania and that his door would be open. 

Femi said it was taking everything in his being not to beat Heyman pillar to post. The crowd chanted, “Beat his ass.” Femi wasn’t interested because Heyman’s physical scars would heal, but the emotional scars from his beast losing would last forever. Femi told Heyman to close his door, because the only door Femi needed was the door to WrestleMania. 

Femi said Heyman thought no one could beat Lesnar because of the past 25 years, but over the past four weeks, Femi showed that he absolutely can be beaten. It wasn’t personal for Femi, it was business. But it wasn’t business as usual because this was different. He could feel it, Heyman could feel it, and the fans could feel it. This was the end for Lesnar. 

Femi said Heyman has always been there with Lesnar as his mouthpiece, but he has never been an honest one. If Heyman were honest, he would have come out there and announced that his client was scared of him. He was the mountain that Lesnar could not climb, and he would win at WrestleMania. Femi was the one and always was. Everyone knew it, and at WrestleMania, Heyman would know it, too. 

(This was a good final segment for this match. Femi had to fight through some overwritten dialogue, but he was really good here, particularly when he got more and more fired up.) 

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They aired Liv Morgan’s Terrible Trouble music video. 

Je’Von Evans & Dragon Lee vs. Rusev & JD McDonagh

There was an impressive spot during a break where Evans hit a frog splash with Rusev positioned more than halfway across the ring. The impressive spots continued when Dragon Lee made a hot tag. Lee leaped over the top rope and used a hurricanrana to yank McDonagh off the apron and into Rusev. 

Lee hit a snap German suplex, but McDonagh responded with a Spanish fly. Evans broke up the cover and wiped out Rusev with a dive. Lee followed moments later with a Styles Clash on McDonagh for the pinfall win. 

— Rusev attacked Lee and Evans after the match. Rey ran out to attack Rusev and went for a 619, but Rusev cut him off with a clothesline. Penta ran out next, but Rusev cut him off with a Machka Kick. Rusev laid out everyone (minus McDonagh) and put Lee in the Accolade. Rusev stood tall. 

Match result: Dragon Lee & Je’Von Evans defeated JD McDonagh & Rusev (8:13) 

Every Raw match is ten minutes or less with a commercial break in the middle, but at least the last 90 seconds of this was fun. And nobody interfered.

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Danhausen accosted Pearce backstage. Danhausen assumed Pearce was on the phone with John Cena and wanted to talk to him. Pearce said no. The comedy here was Danhausen saying, “You can’t see me,” while Pearce was on the phone, then disappearing when Pearce turned back around. 

(Danhausen also came out in front of the live crowd during break earlier to do his usual bit.) 

Somebody in the crowd had a “We want Naomi” sign. You know why she’s out of action, right? 

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Roman Reigns and CM Punk — WrestleMania 42 go-home segment

Roman Reigns entered. He told Sacramento to acknowledge him. They did. 

CM Punk’s music hit and entered through the crowd. He slapped hands with fans and really, really took his time to get to ringside. Punk stood atop the announce table and addressed Reigns’ cold-open promo. 

It sounded like a political smear campaign to Punk, and he assumed Reigns put it together himself. Punk wanted to tell his truth. The fans could be witnesses, and Reigns could be the judge. Punk wanted Reigns to tell him when he was telling lies. 

Punk made his way up the steps and started his promo while standing on the apron. Punk said he hated Reigns because he envied him. This was all he ever wanted. This was the only dream he wanted since he was a kid. He envied that it was handed to Reigns. He hated that Reigns was champion for 1,316 days because, after some self-reflection, Punk knew how hard he worked to be that great. 

In the history books, when they talk about legacy, they wouldn’t ask how, they would ask how many. Punk hated the number 1,316. He hated how many times Reigns main-evented WrestleMania. He hated that he felt this way. 

Sika was a great man, a great wrestler, a champion, and a Hall of Famer. Punk loved and respected the old-timers. He hated the fact that he invoked Reigns’ father’s name in vain, “and I sincerely apologize to you.” (Punk entered the ring and cut the rest of his promo face-to-face with Reigns.) 

Punk said there was more than one royal family in professional wrestling. He hated that he envied that he wasn’t born into a dynasty. He didn’t know what it was like having that kind of family. 

Punk was born in the backyard and back alleyways of Chicago. He was a misfit who had to find his own family. He found his own family in the streets of Sacramento. He found his family in the locker rooms of every VFW hall, dilapidated Midwest barns, bowling alleys, and abandoned churches. 

Punk found his family on the indies, then he conquered Japan. He went to England and Puerto Rico. He went around the world twice. He wasn’t born on third base with a silver spoon. He busted his ass and made pro wrestling his home, and made them his family. 

Punk hated that he felt this way, or that he had to share anything with Reigns, including his first singles match headlining WrestleMania. Just like he had gold on his shoes and around his waist tonight, on April 19th, there would be gold above his head with his blood-caked face when their match was over, and Las Vegas chanting his name. 

Reigns responded. He said that was probably the truest stuff he’s heard Punk say—until the last part. Reigns wanted to say something true, too. He hated Punk. He hated him for a long time. But the main reason was his relationship with the fans. 

Reigns hoped that when he left, the fans would miss him as much as they missed Punk for ten years. That was the truest thing Punk had, the relationship with their fanbase. No one could take that from him. On Sunday, that was Punk’s truth, but not the reality. 

The reality was that Punk’s time was up. He had months to be relevant (as the world champion), but did nothing with it. This nostalgia experiment would be done, and we would fix the mess that Punk started. They would make this place where they had it (before Punk returned)—at the very top worth every single dollar. 

On Sunday, the Tribal Chief would take over, and Punk, although with the rest of the world, would acknowledge him. 

They stared down as the show ended.

Roman Reigns addresses his WWE goals and future

Posted on by Joseph Currier

As he heads into another WrestleMania main event, Roman Reigns doesn’t sound like he intends to retire any time soon.

Reigns will headline WrestleMania 42 night two this Sunday when he challenges CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship. In advance of the match, Reigns spoke with YouTuber Nico Leonard and addressed whether he still has any WWE goals he hopes to achieve. Reigns is no longer focused on first-time accomplishments but instead wants to show the difference between himself and everyone else on the roster.

“I’m very happy with what I’ve done over the past few years, and I could hang my head on that. But I know I still have more to offer,” he said. “There’s not any accolade I can win in wrestling now, but I can take a championship and then showcase what happens to a championship when you put it on a megastar. And that’s my goal is to showcase the difference between when I have a title and when everybody else has one.”

Reigns’s current WWE contract is believed to be coming up soon with it set to expire after WrestleMania 42. He isn’t preparing to wind down his career, though, with Reigns feeling young at 40 years old. There’s still a lot more he wants to do creatively in WWE — and he is well aware of the financial incentive to continue.

“I’m 40 years young,” Reigns said. “With everything that we have within sports science, nutrition, all the information we have, careers have been extended.

“And then we also — you get to a point where you grind it out early in your career, and then once you get towards the back end, that equity kicks in, and then you get into a different ballpark as far as finances. And I’m not going to leave the park now. If the ATM machine is broken, you’re not going to run away from it. You’re just going to keep collecting that money. I still feel like, creatively, there is so much left for me to do. And there’s still a great deal of earning for me to take advantage of.”

If Reigns defeats Punk on Sunday, it will be the first time he’s held WWE gold since his loss to Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 40 in 2024. Both Reigns and Punk are set to appear on tonight’s WrestleMania go-home episode of Raw.

Roman Reigns says there is ‘no true competition’ to WWE

Posted on by Bryan Rose

In Roman Reigns’ opinion, there is no true competition to WWE.

Speaking to Nico Leonard, the former WWE Champion said that while there are other wrestling promotions out there that people can work for, there’s only one place to be at the top of pro wrestling.

“There’s no true competition for us. There’s other promotions, there’s other places to work in pro wrestling. But if you want to be at the top show, if you want to be considered tippy top of the mountain, you have to be at the top of WWE,” he said. “And i’ve done everything you can do there, but you can still continue to dominate the scene. You can still be the number one guy.”

The closest competition to WWE is AEW, who managed to get a foothold in the industry thanks to a television slot on TNT. WWE has frequently countered AEW’s attempts to gain momentum with mixed results. Last year it notably ran against one of AEW’s pay-per-view events, running their Wrestlepalooza show on ESPN Unlimited the same day as AEW All Out.

Roman Reigns is scheduled to face CM Punk for the World Heavyweight title on night two of WrestleMania 42 next weekend.

CM Punk, Roman Reigns confirmed for WWE Raw WrestleMania go-home show

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Before their WrestleMania match, CM Punk and Roman Reigns will have one final interaction on WWE Raw.

WWE sent out an announcement today confirming that Punk and Reigns will be “under one roof” for Raw’s WrestleMania go-home show. The episode is being held at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center on April 13.

No other details about the segment were announced, past that Punk and Reigns will be appearing live. Reigns, who was not on Raw this past Monday, will likely respond to the “pipe bomb-style” promo where Punk took shots at Reigns, made reference to Vince McMahon, and called for WWE to lower its ticket prices.

Punk defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Reigns is officially confirmed as the main event for WrestleMania 42 night two on Sunday, April 19.

This is the first announcement WWE has made for Monday’s go-home Raw. Brock Lesnar, who is facing off against Oba Femi at WrestleMania, is also advertised to be in the building. While Punk vs. Reigns is going on last at Mania, Lesnar vs. Femi is likely to open the night two broadcast.

‘Street Fighter’ actor praises Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns’ performances

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

Actor David Dastmalchian feels Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes’ performances in Street Fighter are a central highlight of the film. 

The actor told Soundsphere that Reigns and Rhodes’ contributions to the film adaptation will certainly leave an impressionable mark on viewers. 

“You can definitely tell everybody that I said that Cody Rhodes’ performance as Guile is going to be one of the highlights of Street Fighter,” he says. “And when everyone sees what Roman Reigns did as well, they’re going to freak out. It’s a great film. It’s really exciting.”

Dastmalchian portrays M.Bison, an antagonist in the Street Fighter video game series. Rhodes and Reigns were cast as Guile and Akuma, respectively. 

Filming for Street Fighter began in 2025 with a star-studded cast extending beyond Hollywood. The live-adaptation of the iconic video game is being directed by Kitao Sakurai. 

This isn’t the first time the game is being brought to the silver screen. In 1994, a Street Fighter film was released featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Damian Chapa & more. 

Last year around August, Rhodes was reportedly written off WWE TV during his feud with Drew McIntyre, to film for Street Fighter. 

Reigns and Rhodes’ complex WWE history intertwined with the filming. Rhodes cited that he barely had any interaction with his former WrestleMania rival on set to which Reigns responded it was out of nervousness. 

Street Fighter is set for release on October 16, 2026. 

Daily Update: CM Punk & Roman Reigns, Sol Ruca & Zaria

Posted on by Bryan Rose

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Among the topics covered:

  • 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.
  • WWE star training for a bodybuilding contest soon
  • Jesse Ventura rants but his timeline makes sense

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Sol Ruca and Zaria appear on March 24 episode of WWE NXT. (Image credit: WWE)

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AEW & Other Wrestling

  • Don Callis spoke to CTV ahead of AEW’s shows in Winnipeg this week.
  • Hechicero told Sports Illustrated he’s ready to defend the CMLL Heavyweight title anywhere, including AEW, and praised Claudio Castagnoli’s reign as champion: “There is nothing to complain about with Claudio Castagnoli. He did it so well with great defenses not only in Mexico with the CMLL shows, but also to make some defenses in the United States with AEW. And that’s something now I really want. Not to defend the championship in Mexico with CMLL, I also want to defend the championship all around the world because it is a world championship, so that’s something that I really want. So that’s my main goal with this championship.”
  • JetSpeed vs. Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja has been added to CMLL’s Saturday show in Arena Coliseo.
  • Lady Frost is set to be a free agent with her AEW contract expiring at midnight.
  • A trailer for Slowburn Shoot: An Indie Wrestling Story, a documentary focused on Absolute Intense Wrestling. The trailer features the likes of Nick Gage, Hornswoggle, Britt Baker, and Ethan Page, among others. It will screen for the first time on April 13 as part of the Cleveland International Film Festival.
  • Tessa Blanchard vs. Jody Threat in a Bunkhouse match is set for this week’s Impact.
  • United Japan Pro Wrestling, a group consisting of most of the major promotions in Japan including NJPW, NOAH, Dragongate, and DDT, have announced a “FACE THE NEXT” event featuring younger talent for May 12 at Shinjuku FACE.
  • Dragon Dia announced on social media that he would be leaving Dragongate as of April 1.
  • Layla El has been announced for WrestleCon.

CM Punk taunts Roman Reigns’ fans after WWE Raw: ‘The marquee says wrestling, not cinema’

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

CM Punk addressed Roman Reigns’ fans following their latest confrontation on WWE Raw.

The two got physical once again Monday after Reigns attacked him Punk the previous week, separated by Adam Pearce and security.

After the program went off-air, Punk mocked Reigns’ fans in the crowd for booing him, making inappropriate gestures and saying to one person, “F**k you, buddy, this is The Garden. The marquee says wrestling, not cinema, you f**king idiot.”

Reigns took a seat on a chair nearby as Punk soaked in the moment.

The past few weeks have been intense for the two as the verbal feud escalated into a physical altercation on the March 23 edition of Raw. Reigns speared and powerbombed Punk through the announcer’s desk after Jey Uso hyped him to. 

The Usos reunited with Reigns after Punk’s personal remarks about Sika Anoa’i. However, Jey’s interference initially drew a mixed response from Reigns. He requested Jimmy Uso to get his brother out of ‘his’ ring last week. Moments later, as security hauled The Usos out of the ring, Jey encouraged his cousin to make the first move and attack Punk, which he eventually did. 

WWE Raw live results: Punk, Reigns, Lesnar appear at Madison Square Garden

Posted on by Steve Khan

Date: March 30, 2026
Location: Madison Square Garden in New York City 

The Big Takeaway —

If you thought WWE would put together a big Madison Square Garden show with WrestleMania around the corner, you’d be wrong. This was a weak show that concluded with a Punk-Reigns angle for the fifth straight week, and it was not worth the wait. 

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Show Recap — 

CM Punk, Oba Femi, Nia Jax and Lash Legend arrived at Madison Square Garden. 

Cody Rhodes kicks off Monday Night Raw in MSG

Rhodes entered and was almost universally cheered. He said MSG was the home of the WWE Championship and the WWE Champion would always be present at the world’s most famous arena. He asked what they wanted to talk about. 

Stephanie McMahon interrupted. Rhodes was surprised to see her. She wasn’t sure why, because her last name was “McMahon,” and this was the place her grandfather built. He asked her what she wanted to talk about. 

Stephanie said she wanted to talk about him, Randy Orton and WrestleMania—but Rhodes wouldn’t like what she had to say. She said the three of them were multigenerational talents and knew what it was like to be at the top. 

They all took different paths to get to where they were. Rhodes took the golden path, and that was wonderful. He was true to himself, and he believed he could bring out the best in his opponents. But he couldn’t do that this time against this version of Orton. 

This Orton was diabolical. Rhodes didn’t have to be diabolical, but he had to be able to think like Orton. Dusty Rhodes knew that. Dusty could get down and dirty, but Cody was not his father. This Cody could not beat this Orton. 

Rhodes said the last thing he wanted to do was be rude to Stephanie. He knew all about Orton. He knew Orton punted people’s heads off—his father included. Orton did stuff so vile they couldn’t show it today, including things he did to Stephanie. 

Fans wanted the student-teacher dynamic from them, but he ceased to be the student a long time ago. He wasn’t the student when he was Orton’s babysitter, making sure Orton was still breathing in the car they rode together. 

Rhodes was not the student, and he was not afraid. Rhodes said he was not his father and added, “You wanna bring up fathers? I’m not mine, you’re right. Stephanie McMahon, with all due respect, you’re not yours either.” 

The crowd popped, and Stephanie smacked him in the face. Stephanie said she was out there because she cared about him. She was there because no one else was giving him guidance. Rhodes didn’t understand what Orton was capable of. Orton wasn’t just listening to the voices in his head—he beckoned them. And it appeared he was listening to someone else as well. Unless Rhodes learned to think like Orton, he would lose the title. 

Stephanie was about to leave, but Rhodes grabbed her by the arm and turned her around. Rhodes said he had two words for her: “Thank you.” He left. 

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IShowSpeed and Adam Pearce were interrupted by Danhausen. Speed told Danhausen he’s had a terrible week and wanted to be uncursed, but Danhausen had a list of crazy demands to make that happen. Pearce tried to cheer up Speed by telling him he had front row seats for the men’s tag team title match. LA Knight, guest announcer for the match, appeared and left with Speed. 

Street Fight for the World Tag Team Championships: Jimmy & Jey Uso (c) vs. Logan Paul & Austin Theory

They can go 17 minutes uninterrupted for a talking segment, but this supposedly important tag team title match couldn’t go 50 seconds without going to commercial break. 

The Usos hit a dive ahead of a break, but it didn’t matter because the Vision took control with weapons immediately after. The Usos came back with ugly-looking superkicks and weapon shots. They placed a trash can over Paul and obliterated it with kendo stick shots. They also gave Theory a double superplex off the middle rope through a table. 

Paul approached his mother in the front row, and she handed him brass knuckles while IShowSpeed tried reasoning with him. Knight left the announce table and went after Paul. Paul grabbed onto Speed for leverage to save himself, but he pulled Speed over the barricade in the process.

Knight chucked Paul into the ring post as Speed put the knux on. Speed felt something behind him, turned around and knocked down Knight with the knux before realizing who it was. Speed was filled with regret. 

Paul tried to use the knux on Jimmy, but he ducked, and the Usos handed out superkicks to both Vision members. Jey speared Theory and went to the top as Jimmy went for a dive, but Paul decked Jimmy with the knux. Jey went after Paul, but Theory rolled over onto the unconscious Jimmy for the pinfall win. That’s how they changed the tag titles. 

— Paul and Theory celebrated with IShowSpeed as fireworks went off, although Speed wasn’t sure how to react. 

Match result: Austin Theory & Logan Paul defeated Jimmy & Jey Uso to win the World Tag Team Championships (8:48) 

This was not a particularly entertaining street fight. The stip was an excuse to do all the outside nonsense, and the finish sucked. 

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Jeff Ross and Lin-Manuel Miranda were in the crowd. 

Liv Morgan and Stephanie Vaquer segment 

Morgan entered. She told Stephanie Vaquer, “You’re done for, bitch.” She said it was one thing to attack her, but it was another thing to attack her family, Daddy Dom. She wasn’t surprised because Vaquer didn’t have any family there. Vaquer claimed Morgan hid behind her family, but Vaquer sneak-attacked her anytime she got. 

Morgan wondered if Vaquer was scared to confront her face-to-face. Morgan’s mother taught her not to let anyone get the better of her, but as for Vaquer’s mother: “tu madre es basure, puta.” 

Vaquer stormed out (to her music) and dropped Morgan with a thrust kick. Vaquer grabbed a steel chair, but it was a trap, because the returning Roxanne Perez decked her from behind. The two heels hammered away on Vaquer until Morgan laid her out with Oblivion. 

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Theory and Paul celebrated with the tag titles backstage. IShowSpeed wanted to make it clear that he didn’t want to get involved earlier. Paul wasn’t hearing it. He laughed and said Speed had enemies now. Speed tried pleading with them until Paul Heyman interjected. 

Heyman said Speed was in good hands. He told the Vision to take Speed with them to dinner so they could celebrate. After they left, Heyman bluntly said, “The Usos are going to kill him.” The crowd laughed. 

Pearce approached Heyman and asked if he had checked his email. Heyman brushed this off as nonsense and left. (This was weird. Heyman was oddly dismissive of the idea that he would correspond via email. I’m also not sure why Pearce didn’t just explain it to him here.) 

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Michael Cole said this was the first time since 1987 that women’s tag team titles were defended in MSG. That match was between The Glamour Girls and The Jumping Bomb Angels. 

Women’s Tag Team Championship match: Nia Jax & Lash Legend (c) vs. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria

They got a full three minutes before the babyfaces wiped out the heels with dives ahead of a break. Like the previous match, it didn’t matter because the heels took control as soon as they were in commercials. 

Back from break, Valkyria planted Legend with a DDT and made the hot tag to Bayley, who landed a diving elbow drop for two. Legend cut her off with a big boot, and Jax followed with a leg drop for two. Jax set up for the Annihilator, but Bayley got underneath, walked with Jax toward the middle of the ring and hit a powerbomb. The crowd cheered the impressive spot. 

They all traded moves when Nikki and Brie Bella marched to ringside. They were quickly joined by Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss. Valkyria left the ring to talk to them for some reason, so Jax attacked her from behind. 

Some other stuff happened before Flair entered the ring and chop-blocked Jax for the DQ. Fans groaned. 

Jax and Legend were attacked by everyone else and knocked out of the ring as the energy evaporated from the crowd. 

Match result: Nia Jax & Lash Legend defeated Bayley & Lyra Valkyria via disqualification (10:44) 

Another subpar match with an even worse finish. 

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Danhausen announced during a break that Saturday Night’s Main Event would return to MSG on July 18th. He did some goofy comedy before scampering backstage. 

Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi segment 

Brock Lesnar, wearing his gear, entered with Heyman. Heyman repeated what he said about what happened two weeks ago, that Lesnar was distracted and caught off guard by Oba Femi. Last week, Lesnar was not there for a fight—he simply wanted a conversation with Femi. This week, however, Lesnar was dressed to fight. 

Heyman has seen this before in WWE and UFC. When a man locks eyes with Lesnar, they piss themselves and leave a puddle of piss in the ring. They might as well wipe up Femi along with the puddle of piss. 

Lesnar was tired of hearing about piss (interesting) and grabbed the mic from Heyman. He angrily called out Femi. 

Pearce entered with security guards because he wanted to preserve one of his WrestleMania main events. (I don’t think this is actually the main event of either night, that’s just how big they see the match.) 

Oba Femi entered anyway. Security ran after Femi, but he easily chucked them all aside—killing one guy in particular by launching him way up in the air and dropping him on the floor. Pearce got in Femi’s face, but Femi shoved him aside into the barricade. 

The crowd chanted for Femi as he sauntered around the ring. Femi entered the ring and faced off with Lesnar as the crowd chanted, “Holy shit.” Triple H slipped in the ring to get between them, and people booed. 

The crowd chanted for a fight, but Lesnar smirked and backed out of the ring. Triple H told them it would happen at WrestleMania. Before he left, Lesnar grabbed a security guard and gave him an F5 onto the floor. 

(This was well done. They can probably hold off on any further interaction because the crowd is begging for them to go at it now.) 

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Finn Bálor pre-taped promo 

Bálor said Judgment Day were a family, and they ran Raw for four years. Bálor did things he wasn’t proud of during that time. Perhaps the worst decision he made was thinking he could make a man out of Dominik Mysterio. 

Bálor gave credit to Dom for running his playbook against him. But Dom should remember that when he turned on his father and felt lost, it was Bálor he turned to. Bálor stepped in and stepped up for him. 

Dom didn’t lose the Intercontinental Championship because of him—he lost because he was a self-entitled jackass. Bálor was guilty of creating that jackass. He was responsible for creating Dom, so he would be responsible for destroying him at Mania. 

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Cole gave Carmelo Hayes a shout-out for his United States title reign and his run of open challenges, which came to an end against Sami Zayn on Friday. 

Intercontinental Championship match: Penta vs. Kofi Kingston (w/ Grayson Waller)

Kingston took control after giving Penta a back body drop onto the apron. Waller was about to go after Penta, but Kingston stopped him because he wanted to do this on his own. Following a boring heat segment during a break, Penta mounted a brief comeback until Kingston cut him off with an SOS for two, followed by a Fameasser for two. 

With Penta outside the ring, Waller was about to chuck him over the announce table, but thought better of it and placed him on the apron. Kingston called Waller a dummy and told him to leave it alone. Kingston tried a leaping backward dive, but Penta caught him and suplexed him onto the announce table. Waller told Kingston that maybe he did need him. Penta flew in at that moment and laid out Waller with a Canadian Destroyer. 

Back in the ring, Penta came off the top, but Kingston met him mid-air with a Trouble in Paradise for a nearfall. Kingston set up for a superplex, but Penta dropped him and spiked him with a Canadian Destroyer for the pinfall win. 

— Jackie Redmond interviewed Penta and asked him about his plans for WrestleMania. Penta said he spoke to Pearce, and the IC title would be defended in a ladder match. He issued a warning to anyone in the match and warned them that it wasn’t just the title hanging about the ring, it was his kingdom. 

Match result: Penta defeated Kofi Kingston to retain the Intercontinental Championship (9:57) 

This was ok. I feel like Kingston only got this IC title match because of that one big spot he did in MSG with Randy Orton many, many years ago. 

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Pearce approached Heyman backstage and asked where Lesnar was. Heyman assured him that Lesnar had left the arena. Pearce again asked if Heyman checked his emails. Heyman was again dismissive of this. Heyman instead wanted Pearce to hear what he had to say in the ring. 

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Dom entered during a break and cut a basic promo saying he would beat Bálor at Mania.

Paul Heyman segment, WrestleMania angle 

Heyman entered. He gave Howard Finkel a mention before announcing that the Vision were the new world tag team champions. He said he tried to give the fans Lesnar vs. Femi tonight, but that wannabe mid-level suck-up middle-management pseudo-general manager Pearce got in the way. 

Pearce interrupted. He asked again if Heyman checked his emails. Heyman said there was nothing Pearce could tell him that he didn’t already know. Pearce informed him that the Boston police department dropped all charges against Seth Rollins. 

Heyman claimed he knew that already. Heyman continued by putting himself over as the last remaining manager from the 1980s and the last promoter standing from the 1990s. Some fans chanted for ECW. 

Pearce said if Heyman checked his email, he’d also know that Seth Rollins was medically cleared to compete. Heyman was shocked as Rollins’ music hit. 

The babyface Rollins attacked Heyman from behind with a steel chair. Rollins set up for a curb stomp but was suddenly yanked out of the ring by Gunther. 

Gunther put Rollins in a sleeper hold and put him to sleep. He grabbed Rollins by the head, pointed at the sign, and told him WrestleMania was in their future. 

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IYO SKY vs. Raquel Rodriguez 

For the third time tonight, the babyface hit a dive ahead of a break, only for the heel to take control immediately during commercials. In this case, Sky hit an Asai moonsault. Penta was somehow the only babyface to not follow suit. 

Sky made her comeback when they returned, but Rodriguez got her feet up on a moonsault attempt. Sky responded with a hurricanrana and double foot stomp for two. 

Asuka and Kairi Sane ran out as Asuka urged Sane to get involved. Sane leaped on the apron, and Sky confronted her. Rodriguez tried to take advantage with a big boot, but Sky moved out of the way, and Rodriguez booted Sane off the apron. 

Sky hit Rodriguez with a running meteora before turning her attention to the outside as Asuka was yelling at Sane. 

A frustrated Sky decided to wipe out Asuka with a suicide dive, but she slipped as she went through the ropes and landed right on her head. Sky popped up, fortunately, and seemed ok. 

Sky said something to Sane before making her way back into the ring, but Rodriguez simply grabbed her and hit a Tejana Bomb for the pinfall win. 

Match result: Raquel Rodriguez defeated IYO SKY (10:26) 

Yet another match that felt secondary to all the other stuff happening around it. Not good. 

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Cole spoke about Penta’s IC title ladder match at WrestleMania. He claimed Pearce already set the field because qualifying matches had been happening on WWE Main Event, which airs on YouTube. Joining Penta in the ladder match will be Dragon Lee, Je’Von Evans, Rusev, and JD McDonagh. 

(This is absurd. Rusev, for example, last wrestled on Main Event nearly two months ago, while McDonagh last wrestled on the show in January.) 

They ran down a few other matches before showing John Cena’s announcement on social media that he would be hosting WrestleMania. (I believe this was the only time this was mentioned on the show.)

Backstage, Redmond asked Pearce for an update on Rollins. Pearce said Rollins would be looking for a receipt at Mania and made the match official for the show: Rollins vs. Gunther. 

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CM Punk and Roman Reigns main event segment 

Reigns entered first and asked New York to acknowledge him. After they did, Punk marched out to his music, and he immediately attacked Reigns. They brawled back and forth as officials tried breaking things up. Reigns tossed one guy aside before spearing Petey Williams. 

Reigns was about to powerbomb Punk through the announce table, but Punk slipped out and gave him a GTS. Punk acted like he was done, but he grabbed Reigns and powerbombed him through the table. Punk screamed, “Who’s f—cking old now?!”

Punk sat down next to Reigns and punched him in the head a few more times before being pulled off by Pearce. Punk posed atop the barricade as officials checked on Reigns, and the show ended.

Fight Game: What’s AEW’s biggest money match?

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John LaRocca and Garrett Gonzales return with a brand-new Fight Game to discuss some of the most interesting topics in pro wrestling.

We gave out our thumbs up and thumbs down before jumping into our two big topics on current wrestling.

The first topic is on what AEW’s biggest money match is as we look toward All In later in the summer. If Will Ospreay is going to be finally anointed as AEW World Champion, should it be against MJF or Kenny Omega?

Then, we focus on the build to CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns for WWE WrestleMania 42 and try and figure out where they may be going next.

We finished up the show with our new Observe This segment talking about stories from Dave Meltzer’s 1985 Observer Book. This week was all about the build to the original WrestleMania.

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Roman Reigns responds to Cody Rhodes’ ‘Street Fighter’ set claims

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Previously, Cody Rhodes opened up and recalled his “strange relationship” and awkward interaction with Roman Reigns on the set of ‘Street Fighter,’ and Reigns has now responded.

Speaking to Adam Glyn, Reigns was asked about Rhodes’ claims that they were kept apart on the sets of ‘Street Fighter.’

“The rumor is, he was requesting that. He was a little nervous that I was showing up. He got there before me, and there was only a couple days of crossover,” Reigns said. “I think he was a little (nervous). You know what it is. The Tribal Chief comes to town, and he gets a little nervous. He doesn’t know what to do.”

‘Street Fighter’ is set to release in October 2026 and will star both Reigns and Rhodes as Akuma and Guile.

Reigns and Rhodes share a complicated history. From their early days feuding to recent back-to-back WrestleMania 39 and 40 main events against each other, the duo even proceeded to tag along at Bad Blood 2024.

Daily Update: Netflix price increases, Roman Reigns, WWE NXT

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  • Full coverage of AEW Revolution, keys to the show, the returns and surprises, poll results and other business notes, thoughts on the matches
  • Notes on Tony Khan’s attempt to buy WWE in 2023 that came out this week
  • Updates on WrestleMania with confirmed matches, matches not announced but are on the schedule, the 31.6% off ticket sale, comparisons of demand for tickets with last year, potential matches and more on how matches were changed, as well as Steve Austin talks
  • AAA Rey de Reyes update, a look at the promotion and how it differs from WWE and CMLL and what comes next
  • A look at what happened in the ring when referee Dallas Edwards suffered a medical emergency in the ring during a match and the response issues
  • The most detailed look at the ratings for all the major television and streaming shows of WWE, AEW and TNA, demos, comparisons, competition numbers and placings
  • Claudio Castagnoli draws his first Arena Mexico sellout as CMLL world champion
  • Notes on the other major shows of the week in Mexico
  • Stardom Cinderella tournament finals and the top matches for the company’s biggest show of the year
  • Champion Carnival blocks
  • New Japan Cup notes
  • Manami Toyuota and never going to WWE and would it have mattered
  • Sareee talks her WWE stint
  • Kendo Kashin on Tadao Yasuda
  • 45th anniversary of the Tiger Mask debut and the best woman wrestler in the world at that time is still holding a championship today
  • NCAA wrestling tournament notes
  • Ted DiBiase Jr. trial notes
  • Ticket sales for upcoming WWE, AEW, TNA, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Rousey vs. Carano and more shows
  • Mistico sells out San Jose three weeks in advance and thoughts on the show
  • Former WWE champion in boxing match
  • Ricochet, Gates of Agony and Mercedes Mone in Europe
  • TNA new business deal
  • Ricochet Twitter controversy
  • Former AEW and WWE champion appears this weekend on one of the most-watched TV shows
  • AEW contract notes
  • Zuffa makes choice not to accept a commission regulation and will do it themselves
  • Gina Carano talks about how UFC tried to stop the Carano vs. Cyborg fight from happening
  • WWE in Saudi Arabia thoughts
  • WWE’s deal with Front Office Sports and some thoughts
  • Davey Coates, WWE tour manager, passed away

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  • Roman Reigns is appearing on “The Tonight Show” tonight, with Chris Pratt & Charlie Day and Ariana DeBose set to be the other guest. BTS are the musical act.
  • Netflix, the broadcast home of WWE Raw, has raised its prices on all three tiers in the United States:
    • The ad-supported tier is now $8.99 per month (previously $7.99)
    • The standard plan without ads is now $19.99 per month (previously $17.99)
    • The premium plan with ultra HD is now $26.99 (previously $24.99)
  • The June 9 episode of WWE NXT will take place on the road from the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts. Tickets are going on sale this Friday.
  • NXT referee Adrian Butler (Darryl Sharma) thanked Ricky Morton for spending time with the refs while guest coaching at the Performance Center this week:
    • Thank you @RealRickyMorton for coming back for a great week with us. Thanks for the amazingly kind words and spending time with the #WWENXT referees!
  • Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has wrapped up production on the third and final movie in his “Jumanji” franchise, which is set to be released in theaters this Christmas.
  • WWE ID wrestler Cappuccino Jones told Opinion City Podcasts that Sean “X-Pac” Waltman and Booker T have been two of his wrestling mentors:
    • Let’s be talking about Sean Waltman, X-Pac. He’s like one of my biggest mentors. I’ve learned so much from him. Really, he’s someone who really has taught me to just be myself, be an artist. You know, I’m an artist at heart, I think we all are. Wrestling’s an art form at the end of the day. He’s really good about reminding me that it’s – just be yourself, just be loose out there.
    • Booker T as well. I wrestle at Reality of Wrestling quite often. I’ve had so many matches there. And Booker T has so many good – he’s really good at the details. All these guys, Booker T, X-Pac – it’s no accident that they were stars for their whole careers.
  • While promoting tomorrow’s SmackDown, Chelsea Green visited the Pittsburgh Steelers’ facility and met up with players Cam Heyward and Joey Porter Jr.
  • WWE Vault uploaded a full Madison Square Garden house show from March 19, 1990 featuring Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect, Bret Hart vs. Rick Martel, and more.

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  • Referee Aubrey Edwards made an Instagram post reacting to the end of AEW’s Unrestricted podcast:
    • Today we released the last episode of the AEW Unrestricted podcast. I’ve been crying on and off about it for a few weeks, but I’m smiling listening to it this morning. It’s incredibly bittersweet, as I’m not going anywhere – this is just an end to one of the few projects I work on at AEW. Now I get those precious few hours back every week to put into being the best referee I can be.
    • On this episode I tell the story of how I accidentally became a podcast host for 7 years. It’s never something I expected, but I’m thankful for [Tony Schiavone] for picking me to be his cohost.
    • Thank you to [Alex Abrahantes] for filling in sooooooo many times at the last minute when Schiavone’s plate was overflowing.
    • Thank you to [Will Washington] for becoming the second full time host when Tony’s plate got too full. You’ve become one of my closest friends in the process.
    • Thank you to our wonderful producer Stacie. She was behind the scenes, involved in all 316 episodes. This podcast would not have happened without the glue and magic that was Stacie.
    • Thanks of course to @aew and @tonyrkhan for giving us a platform to tell stories.
    • Thank YOU so much for listening to AEW Unrestricted
  • Wardlow will be going by the name “Fang” in Amazon Prime Video’s “American Gladiators” revival.
  • Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows appeared on a new episode of TMZ’s Inside the Ring podcast.
  • ECW legend Shane Douglas was interviewed by Going Ringside.

Did Roman Reigns subtly tease The Rock’s return at WrestleMania 42? | Opinion

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Roman Reigns might have a trick or two up his sleeve, especially after dealing with CM Punk’s antics ever since Reigns chose him as his WWE WrestleMania 42 opponent. With tensions already at their peak, I think the situation could potentially draw in another member of Reigns’ family. 

The heart of the matter

On the March 16 edition of WWE Raw, Reigns bumped into The Usos backstage, a week after they confronted Punk about his statement about Reigns’ deceased father. Reigns acknowledged their efforts and that they were right in their course of action.

The OTC then looked into the camera and issued a message saying that everyone in the Bloodline should take offense to Punk’s remark about Sika Anoa’i. 

“At the end of the day if you run your mouth, there’s gotta be consequences. As a matter of fact, to all my family, all the Bloodline, cousins, you should be offended at what CM Punk said about my father, your Uncle. But here’s the thing, you got before and you have after WrestleMania, but on that weekend CM Punk is mine,” said Reigns.

Given Reigns’ demeanor for anyone to step up, there is one other person from his family whom we all know has long-term issues with Punk: The Rock. 

Why The Rock could return to be in Roman Reigns’ corner again

The WWE veteran showed solidarity with Reigns at WrestleMania XL against Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins. However, the original motive behind his move was to initiate a feud with Reigns for WrestleMania. That was met with backlash from the WWE fanbase who instantly rallied behind Rhodes (#WeWantCody) who won the Royal Rumble and rightfully carved his path for WrestleMania.

Last year, The Rock influenced John Cena’s shocking turn heel at Elimination Chamber with Rhodes being the victim again. While Rhodes is feuding with Randy Orton on SmackDown, The Rock might be tempted to drop by and ensure he doesn’t get the win at WrestleMania 42.  

The Rock’s history with CM Punk

The Rock and Punk go a long way back. When Raw celebrated its 1000th episode in July 2012, The Rock returned as a special guest on the program while Punk and John Cena were battling it out for the WWE Championship. Big Show interrupted and attacked Cena, forcing Rock to rush out to even the odds.

Punk was already infuriated when The Rock dismissed him earlier that evening which shaped his decision to attack Rock with a GTS, instigating their rivalry further.

In January 2013, The Rock faced off with Punk and challenged him for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble. This was also where Punk’s signature “Your arms are too short to box with God” promo was used. 

It’s important to note that during this time, The Shield were running rampant in WWE. The stable (Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose) made their debut at Survivor Series 2012 and interfered in Punk’s match against Ryback.

At the 2013 Royal Rumble, The Rock and CM Punk collided in a WWE Championship match. The bout carried the stipulation that if The Shield got involved in any manner, he would be stripped of the title. 

Final thoughts

Thirteen years later, it seems Punk’s sentiments towards The Rock may have toned down considering he mentioned his respect for everyone in The Anoa’i family except for Sika. 

With Reigns now standing as one of the biggest names in the industry, let alone the WWE roster, he possesses the influence to shift the dynamic power play on his side and urge The Rock to return. 

If that scenario unfolds, The Rock’s appearance on the road to/or at WrestleMania 42 could amplify the momentum for Reigns and Punk’s rivalry.

WWE Raw notes: Roman Reigns powerbombs CM Punk, Seth Rollins ‘arrested’

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The road to WrestleMania 42 continued on this week’s Raw.

Paul Heyman came to the ring during Monday’s show in Boston all on his own. He called out Rollins, noting that with Austin Theory and Logan Paul being taken out earlier by the Usos and the rest of the Vision out of action, he was all alone. Rollins entered through the crowd and unmasked himself, but it was a ruse: Heyman informed Rollins that he was violating a restraining order he had requested.

Police started to escort Rollins to the back as Heyman used the opportunity to berate Rollins, at one point targeting his daughter. Rollins saw an opening near the entranceway and bolted back to the ring, laying out Heyman with a punch. Police caught up and placed Rollins in cuffs as Heyman looked on with an evil grin.

The main event of the show saw CM Punk come out to talk about what Roman Reigns said last week. He declared that he was proud of being old and wasn’t trying to run away from it unlike Reigns, accusing him of using Just For Men to cover up his grey hairs. He directed his attention to Jey Uso, who soon arrived and got confrontational. Jimmy followed suit and tried to diffuse the situation, telling Jey they should focus on their World Tag Team title match next week.

Jey and Punk continued to trade words until Reigns showed up. Like Jimmy, he attempted to diffuse the situation and told the Usos to leave. But as Reigns started to leave himself, Jey stopped the Tribal Chief and told him that he knew what he had to do. Reigns responded by spearing Punk, taking him out of the ring, and powerbombing him through the announce table.

After grabbing a motionless Punk and screaming in his face, Reigns walked to the back. Punk recovered and told officials that he wasn’t the one that needed help as Raw went off the air.

WWE Raw live results: CM Punk, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar appear

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Date: March 23, 2026
Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA 

The Big Takeaway —

For the fourth straight week, Raw ended with a talking segment featuring CM Punk and some combination of the original Bloodline. This week, it was all three Bloodline members. The segment ended with Roman Reigns laying out CM Punk at the behest of Jey Uso. It was a more interesting segment than last week, fortunately. 

On the flip side, Raw featured about 33 minutes of wrestling (even fewer when counting commercials) over 2 and a half hours. I know it’s WrestleMania season, but it’s been weeks of the same pattern, with weeks to go. 

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Show Recap — 

Judgment Day, Bayley and Lyra Valkyria, The Usos, and Je’Von Evans (greeted by IShowSpeed) were shown arriving at TD Garden in Boston. 

There was a very dramatic recap of Oba Femi laying out Brock Lesnar.

Brock Lesnar opens Monday Night Raw

Lesnar entered with Paul Heyman. (Lesnar wore a new “FAF5” shirt, a reference to Heyman’s promo last week. Heyman was well dressed and is no longer dishevelled.) 

Lesnar was greeted with chants of “Oba.” Heyman ran down his resume, which just received more chants for Oba. Heyman said the fans were pissing off Lesnar. If we were being honest about last week, Lesnar beat up 20 masked men, got distracted by Seth Rollins, and only then did the overhyped Femi take advantage.  

Heyman said we’ve heard this narrative many times. This new opponent of Lesnar would be the next big thing, the conqueror’s conqueror, etc. Lesnar conquered Undertaker’s streak, but Undertaker never got revenge. (Except that Undertaker did beat Lesnar that following SummerSlam.) 

There was a line of guys who were supposed to beat the ‘one’ in ‘21-and-one’ after that: Goldberg, Braun Strowman, Dean Ambrose (whose name got a pop), Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles, and John Cena. None of them could do it. And Oba Femi wouldn’t either. Femi already had his moment when he put his foot on Lesnar and pointed at the sign. That would be the biggest moment of Femi’s career, because he would be victimized and conquered by Lesnar at WrestleMania. 

The lights dimmed, and Femi entered. Heyman bailed before Femi faced off with Lesnar in the ring. Lesnar kicked Femi in the gut and went for an F5, but Femi slipped out and clotheslined Lesnar over the top and to the outside. Lesnar looked stunned, and the crowd chanted for Oba again. 

Lesnar backed away as Femi stared him down. Lesnar yelled, “You ain’t that lucky, boy!” and he smiled as he backed up the aisle.

(This was a perfectly good follow-up to last week.) 

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Dominik Mysterio cut a pre-taped promo on his IC title match tonight. 

There were clips of Logan Paul at the recent flag football event. He “sacked” Jalen Hurts and got into it with Tom Brady.  

World Tag Team Championship match: Jimmy & Jey Uso vs. Logan Paul & Austin Theory

The opening match started at 8:25 pm, and they still went to a break less than 90 seconds into it. And nothing had even happened since the last break besides the Vision entering the ring. 

They returned from break, and Michael Cole gave a quick mention of the recently passed Dennis Condrey. Then Jey Uso made a hot tag. 

The top turnbuckle came off during Jey’s comeback. Theory cut him off for a moment, but Jey came right back with a spear. Jey went to the top, but Paul crotched him on the exposed buckle. Jimmy went after Paul, but Paul chucked him into the ring post. 

Paul grabbed the brass knuckles, but LA Knight’s music hit. Knight attacked Paul from behind and shoved him into the ring steps. Knight slid the knux into the ring, and Jey used them to knock out Theory. The referee saw that part, so he called for a DQ. 

— After the Vision were announced as the winners by DQ, Jey popped back into the ring and punched Paul with the knux, too. 

Match result: Logan Paul & Austin Theory defeated Jimmy & Jey Uso via disqualification — The Usos retain the tag team titles (7:26)

So, 40 minutes into the show, we’ve got one match that went 7 minutes and ended in a DQ, and half of it happened during commercials. 

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El Grande Americano, Bravo and Rayo were interviewed by Byron Saxton during commercials. El Grande wants to take Original’s mask. 

Becky Lynch and AJ Lee segment

Lynch entered. She questioned the fans booing her while they cheered AJ Lee, who abandoned them for a decade. She understood taking breaks. She took 10 months off, but not 10 years. She took time off because the fans got tired of seeing her succeed. She went home to her family, to people who appreciate her. Her daughter and the love of her life. 

When she came back, she didn’t go after the world title. She instead went after the Intercontinental title and turned it into the most important and most interesting women’s title in all of wrestling. She was damn proud of that title and what it represented. (Maxxine Dupri was recently the champion.) 

Now, AJ Lee pranced around like she deserved the title. Lynch tried to go home and take a break with the people she loved, but when she went home, her daughter—her greatest accomplishment—was singing Lee’s stupid “Light It Up” song, skipping around the house and flipping her hair like that Jersey scum. It’s almost like her daughter didn’t realize her mom was the greatest women’s wrestler of all time. 

Meanwhile, Lee’s greatest claim to fame was that she mastered the Diva’s era. “Well, I murdered the Diva’s era.” She put a stake through its heart and ripped the wings off the butterfly belt. 

Lee entered to her music, but Lynch bailed into the crowd. Lee said Lynch liked to fight dirty because Lee walked her like a dog every time they entered the ring together. Lee figured Lynch wanted to get embarrassed again. She was ok with that because maybe that would finally get Lynch out of her life. Maybe she would make Lynch tap out on the biggest stage of them all. 

Lee wanted to show why she was the best wrestler of her generation, Lynch’s generation, and maybe next. She was your favourite wrestler’s favourite wrestler—and Lynch’s daughter’s favourite wrestler. Lee gave Lynch an IC title match at WrestleMania. 

Lynch said Lee fell right into her trap. WrestleMania was her domain. Lynch recalled the last time Lee competed at WrestleMania. Eleven years ago, Lee walked into the office the next day and handed in her resignation. Lynch would save her the trouble this time by ending her at WrestleMania. 

(Lynch was better than she’s been in a while here, and I liked her line about killing the Diva’s division. Lee’s delivery was fine, but her dialogue does not align with reality.) 

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Backstage, Jimmy thanked Knight for the help earlier. Knight told Jey he could’ve tried to hide the knux. Jey wasn’t about to hide because everyone had to get got. Knight understood how he felt, but he was starting to sound like Roman Reigns. Jey was tired of hearing this, so he left. Jimmy politely warned Knight to watch his mouth when he spoke about their family. 

(This interaction happened in front of a production truck with a big picture of The Rock on it.) 

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Derrick White and Joe Mazzulla of the Boston Celtics received a big ovation from the crowd. 

Je’Von Evans vs. Grayson Waller (w/ Kofi Kingston) 

This also went to break about 90 seconds in. Waller used to wrestle in boxing shorts, but he’s traded those in for long tights. Waller tried enlisting Kingston’s help early in the match, but Kingston declined. 

Evans was in complete control outside of Waller briefly taking control during a break. Waller had some offence after the break, but Evans came back with a German suplex out of the ropes and a leaping knee strike. Waller knocked him off the top and hit some sort of Unprettier variation. 

Waller went to the top, so Evans scaled the ropes, leaped up off the top rope and brought Waller down with an impressive super hurricanrana. Evans followed with an OG Cutter for the pinfall win. (Kingston seemed amused by the result.) 

— After the match, Kingston told Waller he didn’t get involved because he’d rather Waller try to win than get DQ’d. 

Match result: Je’Von Evans defeated Grayson Waller (8:56) 

This was a good showcase for Evans, and Waller provided a good base. 

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Heyman approached Adam Pearce backstage. Heyman wanted him to schedule a match at Madison Square Garden next week for the tag titles, with the Usos defending against the Vision in a street fight. Pearce said he liked the idea and he’d think about it. Heyman was about to flip his wig because Pearce didn’t immediately agree, but he calmed down, realizing it was not a good idea to upset Pearce. 

Heyman was about to leave, but Pearce told Heyman to go to the ring. Heyman didn’t know why, so Pearce reminded him that he wanted to address Seth Rollins. Heyman didn’t want to anymore, but Pearce told him he had to do it and do it now. After Heyman left, Pearce said he won’t miss Heyman when he’s gone. 

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Original El Grande spoke to Saxton during a break. He said there was only room for one Americano in this town. (It’s beyond time to get Chad Gable out of this gimmick.)  

They announced Dennis Rodman for the WWE Hall of Fame. 

Paul Heyman and Seth Rollins segment

Heyman entered the ring again, this time on his own. He was having a bad night. Not just because he had to appear in Boston, but because there was no one left for him to hide behind. Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker would not be back any time soon. Lesnar had already left. Paul and Theory were half-conscious. Heyman was alone. 

Heyman had a stalker. A psychopath who calls himself a visionary. Despite the character Heyman portrayed on TV, he said, “I’m a man. A man who’s been pushed too far.” 

Heyman knew Rollins felt the same way, which meant WWE wasn’t big enough for the two of them. That wasn’t a challenge for a match, because he obviously didn’t stand a chance, but he wondered what choice he had left. Heyman invited Rollins to the ring to finally put him out of his misery. 

A masked man entered through the crowd and hopped on the announce table. The masked man revealed himself to be Rollins, of course. Four police officers confronted Rollins as Heyman smiled. Rollins smiled too, realizing this was Heyman’s doing. 

Heyman announced he had a restraining order placed on Rollins, and Rollins was in violation. (If that were true, Rollins would have been made aware of the order and not been caught off guard.) 

As police escorted Rollins away through the crowd, Heyman said Rollins would be fired and go to jail. His wife would leave him and marry half of the locker room. Someone would call Child Protective Services, and Heyman would adopt his daughter. 

Rollins ran away from the police, sprinted to the ring and decked Heyman with a single punch. Police ran in and handcuffed Rollins. Pearce joined the police as they marched Rollins to the back. Heyman looked on with his evil grin. 

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Cole announced a crowd of 13,340. 

Asuka & Kairi Sane vs. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria 

This also went to break just after 90 seconds had elapsed. The babyfaces (Bayley and Valkyria) made their comeback after a break. Valkyria hit Asuka with a fisherman’s suplex before Bayley hit a flying elbow drop for two. Bayley was frustrated and tagged out, but Asuka first planted Bayley with a German suplex. Asuka and Sane double-teamed Valkyria before Sane hit a double foot stomp off the top, but Bayley broke up the cover. 

Bayley suplexed Asuka onto the announce table and went for a flying elbow drop off the barricade, but Sane pulled Asuka to safety, and Bayley crashed onto the table. Valkyria dropkicked Sane, who knocked over Asuka in the process. Valkyria then hit Sane with Nightwing for the pinfall win. 

— Jackie Redmond interviewed the winners in the ring. Bayley said they were feeling pretty damn good after beating one of the best teams in the world. Valkyria said Nia Jax and Lash Legends knew that they could beat them. Bayley challenged the champions to a tag title match next week at MSG. (The fans booed when she called it the world’s most famous arena.) 

Match result: Lyra Valkyria defeated Kairi Sane & Asuka (8:58)

There were some good spots, but this match was just ok, and the crowd didn’t really care. The basic story was Valkyria pulling out the victory despite Bayley’s efforts coming up short. Bayley didn’t explicitly mess anything up, but Valkyria was the one who earned the win. 

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IShowSpeed met with Penta and Dragon Lee. He was a fan of Penta and wanted Penta to show him how to do his little strut. After Speed left, Penta told Dragon Lee he could have a rematch whenever he was ready. They shook hands. 

Saxton interviewed Evans during a break and asked why he hadn’t accepted Kingston’s offer. Evans respected Kingston but wasn’t interested in being the next Kofi Kingston. He wanted to be the real OG and the first Je’Von Evans. He had dreams and goals of his own. He wanted to be a champion and had his eyes on tonight’s IC title match. 

IShowSpeed met with Pearce backstage. He was excited to see CM Punk, Roman Reigns, and Brock Lesnar. Danhausen showed up. (He put his ear out so he could hear the crowd cheering.) Danhausen was impressed with IShowSpeed’s social media follower count. Danhausen wanted a piece, but Speed said no. Danhausen cursed him and vanished. Speed was concerned. 

Cody Rhodes’ first interview since being attacked by Randy Orton will happen… this Wednesday on Pat McAfee’s show. 

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An emotional Asuka told Sane that they had lost because of her and that if she cared about their team, she would make it up to her. Asuka left, and Iyo Sky (who got a nice pop) approached Sane. Sky told Sane she deserved better. Asuka called Sane away. 

Raquel Rodriguez confronted Sky. Rodriguez wasn’t happy about Sky getting involved in her match last week. Sky said she’d do it again. Rodriguez challenged her to a match, and Sky accepted (for next week). 

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Dom and Liv Morgan entered for his match, but Stephanie Vaquer attacked Morgan from behind. Officials pulled Vaquer away, so Morgan took advantage and attacked Vaquer, tossing her into the stage. The fight spilled to the back, and they brawled in Gorilla as officials tried to break it up. 

Intercontinental Championship match: Penta (c) vs. Dominik Mysterio (w/ JD McDonagh) 

They were about to do the usual title match in-ring introductions with Alicia Taylor, but Dom attacked Penta as she got started. The ref checked with Penta before starting the match. Dom’s idea didn’t work because Penta immediately cut him off and went on offence. 

Dom came back with a dropkick and hit a suicide dive into a DDT (sort of) as they went to break 75 seconds into this title match. Penta mounted his comeback after the break and hit a flip dive, and he hit a Penta Driver moments later for two. He set up for a Destroyer, but Dom hit a Michinoku Driver for two. Dom set up for a 619, but Penta hit a superkick. Penta distracted himself by going after McDonagh, so Dom dropkicked him and hit a 619. 

Dom went to the top, but Finn Bálor’s music hit. McDonagh ran after Bálor, but Bálor launched him into the stage and over some equipment. Dom took too long to go for the frog splash, so when he did, Penta countered into a small package for the pinfall win. 

— Bálor attacked Dom and hammered away at him. McDonagh pulled Dom to safety, so Bálor wiped them both out with a dive. Bálor went after Dom again, but McDonagh saved him again. 

Dom was able to escape through the crowd while Bálor laid out McDonagh with a dropkick and Coup de Grace as Dom watched from the stands. Bálor stared him down as his music played. (Bálor could’ve just gone after him again now that JD was laid out, but Dom was out of the ring, so you’re not allowed to.) 

Match result: Penta defeated Dominik Mysterio to retain the Intercontinental Championship (7:45) 

This wasn’t much of a match, and the finish wasn’t great either. I suppose I don’t blame them too much, given the lack of time and the finish. These two have also wrestled each other way too much since Penta’s debut, so hopefully, this will be it for a while. 

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There was a tale of the tape for Femi and Lesnar, and Femi’s height was listed as 6’4”. (Femi is both taller and heavier than Lesnar.) 

Next week on Raw at Madison Square Garden in New York: 

  • Brock Lesnar appears 
  • Nia Jax & Lash Legend (c) vs. Lyra Valkyria & Bayley for the tag titles 
  • Raquel Rodriguez vs. IYO SKY 
  • The Usos (c) vs. The Vision for the tag titles in a street fight 

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Punk made his way through Gorilla, but was met first by Jimmy Uso. Jimmy warned Punk that his brother was on a warpath. 

CM Punk and Roman Reigns main event segment

Punk entered first. He mentioned Jimmy’s words of warning, but he wasn’t about to watch his words. It also showed, once again, that Roman Reigns couldn’t do anything without his cousins. 

What he didn’t know was that his cousins couldn’t do anything without Reigns. Nobody in that entire family could do anything by themselves. Nobody in that family could be the heavyweight champion. He had them all shook. Reigns gave the entire family permission to go after him, but none of them had. 

This was the shit-talk business. They said awful things to each other to sell the big fight. That was his job. But these were just words, and he was tired of talking. Reigns did say one thing last week that pissed him off. (Fans yelled, “Old.”) 

Punk said Reigns called him old. It’s not what he said, but who said it. “My young boy does not get to disrespect me and call me old.” He asked the Boston fans if he was old. They actually cheered, and some chanted, “Yes.” 

Punk said if he told them he wasn’t old, he’d be a liar. He was old. He was proud of it. If he were ashamed of it, he would be covering up his grey whiskers with Just For Men, just like Reigns did. 

He was middle-aged and crazy like Terry Funk. He’s the same age as Nolan Ryan was when he beat up Robin Ventura. Gordie Howe played pro hockey until he was 52, and they called him Mr. Hockey. Punk was Mr. Game Seven. The older he got, the more pressure he felt, and the more pressure he felt, the better he was. Age was just a number. 

He was old but not insecure. He would never ask the fans to acknowledge him. Reigns has underestimated him. He dropped Reigns with one punch last week. This old man would tie him up in knots at WrestleMania. 

Twenty minutes into their match, when Reigns was grasping for air and all the oil and “jizz” he covered himself in dried up, Punk would hit him with a GTS and put him to sleep. Reigns would wake up and realize Punk was the best in the world, and he just got beat by an old man. Gunther didn’t underestimate him and still couldn’t get the job done. The same could be said about Jey Uso. 

Jey entered. Jey told Punk he was old and had been hit in the head too many times because he was still running his mouth about their family—and about him. Jey threatened to fight him right now. Punk said Jey never did get his title rematch, so he offered a world title match right now. (The fans didn’t react because they knew that was not happening now.) 

Jimmy entered. He told Jey that he didn’t think when he got emotional. He only saw red, and that’s why they got disqualified earlier. They had to focus on their title match next week. Jey said he didn’t care about that right now. Jimmy told him to let Reigns handle it. Jey was pissed about Punk talking shit and wondered why Reigns wasn’t out there. 

Reigns entered. Reigns stared at Punk before turning his attention to the Usos. He said they already had their tag match and told them, respectfully, to get out of his ring. Punk advised them to stay because Reigns would need their help. 

Jey shoved Jimmy aside and went after Punk, but Punk dropped him with the microphone. Jimmy and Punk got tangled up before Reigns dropped Punk with a Superman punch. 

Officials ran down to settle things down, and the Usos left the ring. Reigns was about to leave, too, but Jey told “Joe” that he knew what he needed to do. Jey told Reigns to get Punk. After hearing Jey’s words, Reigns turned back toward the ring and speared Punk. 

Reigns didn’t stop there. He drove Punk twice into the ring post and powerbombed him through the announce table. Reigns grabbed Punk by the sweater and screamed in his face as Pearce yelled at him to stop. 

Reigns walked toward the back. As Punk was still down, he looked up, laughed, and told the officials, “I don’t need any help. I’m not the one that needs help.”