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Mercedes Mone recalls advice cousin Snoop Dogg gave to her

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

In the recent edition of her Mone Mag newsletter, Mercedes Mone recalled a vital piece of advice she once received from her cousin Snoop Dogg.

Writing in her Mone Mag’s latest edition, Mone reflected on Dogg’s advice for her on breaking records after she expressed her thoughts on breaking Ultimo Dragon’s record.

“And I remember something that Snoop Dogg said to me: you can’t go back and watch your games because you have to get ready for your next one. You always have to be ready. You have to keep on going. There’s no time to watch the highlight reels of my life because I’m busy trying to make more.”

Holding 13 championships simultaneously a few weeks ago, after a few recent losses, Mone is now down to holding nine belts across AEW, CMLL, RevPro, ROH, and several other promotions.

Mercedes Mone recalls pitching the idea of a women’s tag-team championship to Vince McMahon

In the same edition of her Mone Mag, she recalled a past incident where she and Bayley pitched the idea of a Women’s tag-team title.

“Launching the belts at AEW reminds me of Bayley and I fighting for the WWE to create Women’s tag team titles. We were having multiple women’s matches every single week and yet we were not fighting for anything. There was no story. We were just having matches but you need titles in order to fight for something,” she wrote.

“For a year, every single week, Bayley and I knocked and waited at Vince’s door. It’s giving me goosebumps remembering it, but the first time we brought it up, we were just like, ‘Vince, we are legit having these multiple women’s matches every week. Don’t you think the women need to fight for something? There are men’s tag, men matches every single week. We can’t just be a one-woman storyline for the Raw Women’s title or the SmackDown Women’s title. Just having two girls with titles is limiting us when you have so many women in the back.’ To me, the matches didn’t make any sense or mean anything. It took Vince a whole year, but finally he said yes.”

Mone and Athena are now scheduled to challenge Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale for the AEW Women’s Tag-Team Championships at Worlds End 2025.

Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Snoop Dogg pay tribute to John Cena ahead of final match

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Celebrities have sent messages to John Cena ahead of his match on Saturday.

During Friday’s SmackDown, messages from Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Snoop Dogg, Peyton Manning, Jelly Roll, and Jimmy Fallon played, all congratulating him on a legendary career that will end on Saturday when he wrestles Gunther in his final match at Saturday Night’s Main Event.

“Congratulations on an incredible career. You’ve impacted the lives of so many people inside the ring and outside the ring. Good luck in your last match, I hope you fare better in yours than I did in mine,” Brady said.

“Congratulations John on an amazing career. What you’ve done for the sport and for WWE is insane. You’re a legend, congratulations,” Fallon said.

Major League Baseball also paid tribute to Cena on Friday, recognizing him for wearing many MLB jerseys during the early part of his career. 

It was also confirmed by Cena himself on Friday that he will close out Saturday Night’s Main Event after controversy emerged over whether he would open the show or headline it. Three other matches will take place showcasing NXT & TNA talent taking on main roster WWE stars.

Snoop Dogg, Bubba Ray Dudley appear during WWE WrestleMania 40 street fight

Posted on by Ian Carey

WWE Hall of Famers Bubba Ray Dudley and Snoop Dogg made surprise appearances at WrestleMania 40. 

Dudley was announced as the guest referee for the Philadelphia Street Fight match between Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits and The Final Testament on the show. Snoop Dogg was on commentary for the match. 

Kross and AOP were in control of the match until Kross got in Dudley’s face after a near fall and Bubba responded by putting his old Dudley Boy glasses on. Lashley and the Street Profits then recreated several Dudley Boy spots before Montez Ford hit a frog splash on Kross through a table for the win. 

Snoop, Dudley, Lashley, B-Fab, and The Street Profits celebrated in the ring to end the segment. 

Dudley is a co-host of Busted Open Radio on SiriusXM Radio. He last appeared for TNA Wrestling in October at Bound for Glory and the TV tapings the night after. 

Shane McMahon returns, gets injured at WWE WrestleMania 39

Posted on by Josh Nason

This story has been updated.

For the second straight night, The Miz got his comeuppance in a strange WWE WrestleMania 39 segment that saw the brief return of Shane McMahon before he tore his quad less than a minute after their impromptu match began.

The surprise savior? Snoop Dogg. 

The rapper and The Miz repeated their night one act where they revealed the evening’s attendance and Miz took umbrage with how Snoop Dogg sanctioned the surprise match he had with the returning Pat McAfee the night before.

Snoop Dogg then threatened to do it again and out came the 53-year-old McMahon to his traditional music and in his traditional garb. 

After McMahon got emotional and told the fans how much their cheers meant to him, the match began and ended just as quickly.

After taking a few punches, Miz went off the ropes and McMahon did a leapfrog, coming down awkwardly on his leg. He tried to stand up, but immediately collapsed, grabbing his left knee. As the referee checked on him, he said something to Miz who then jumped around the ring to stall.

The camera focused on Miz as he bounced around the ring while McMahon was pulled out, not to be mentioned again.

Snoop Dogg then re-entered and said it wasn’t going down like that, punching Miz not once, but twice. He then hit a People’s Elbow, complete with tossing his sunglasses out to the crowd, to get the pin and end an incredibly memorable moment in WrestleMania history.

Paul “Triple H” Levesque said at the post-event press conference that McMahon tore his quad.

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This was McMahon’s first on-screen appearance since the 2022 men’s Royal Rumble that he participated in. Afterward, news broke of some discontent regarding how he had helped book the widely-panned Rumble match and how he positioned himself in doing so, resulting in him being pulled from appearances for Elimination Chamber and WrestleMania 38 and eventually pulled from the company altogether.

WWE WrestleMania 39 night one notes: John Cena, KSI, Lil Uzi Vert

Posted on by Josh Nason

The following are notes from night one of WWE WrestleMania 39 from Los Angeles, California.

John Cena

The Nikes Cena wore during his match with Austin Theory were a shoutout to the famous Kowloon restaurant in Massachusetts who sold custom pairs earlier this year. The restaurant is well-known for hosting pro wrestlers over its 70 years in existence and features a ton of memorabilia.

KSI

As those who watched the event know, YouTube star and musician KSI was the person in the PRIME bottle during the Logan Paul vs. Seth Rollins match. The two boxed against each other twice and then went into business together as founders of the popular drink company.

Jasper Randall 

The conductor that led the crowd for Seth Rollins’ music is, indeed, a real-life composer that has worked on a slew of top entertainment projects.

Snoop Dogg

Not only was the legendary rapper the co-host of the show along with The Miz, he also drove Rey Mysterio out to the stage as part of his entrance, complete with the gold WWE Championship belt he famously lost and then found.

Lil Uzi Vert

In a night featuring several musicians, the 27-year-old Vert performed “Just Wanna Rock” as part of The Usos’ entrance.

Dan Barry

Longtime indie wrestler Dan Barry was one of the lead guards helping escort Dominik Mysterio to the ring. The 40-year-old has been a wrestler since 2003.

Everything Else:

  • This was Michael Cole’s 22nd WrestleMania, the most of any announcer. 
  • In the Rhea Ripley/Charlotte Flair match, Cole noted it was the first time in WWE history that the wrestlers, ring announcer and referee were all female.
  • Attendance was announced as 80,497.

Snoop Dogg’s Golden WWE Championship belt has gone missing

Posted on by Ian Carey

Snoop Dogg’s Golden WWE Title belt is missing. 

The 51-year-old rapper was presented with the custom championship by Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair at a WrestleMania launch party in August. He posted to social media on Saturday that the belt is currently missing.  

“This #WWEGoldenTitle is just perfect. I brought it out on The Holidaze of Blaze Tour to show the fans how dope it is but it came up missin!!! I NEED it 911 ASAP before #WrestleMania in Hollywood so if y’all see it, let me know!” Snoop wrote on Instagram. 

WWE posted a notice to fans asking anyone who has seen the belt to contact them. 

On Sunday, WWE posted a video of Guillermo Rodriguez from Jimmy Kimmel Live with the golden title. Rodriguez ends the video by saying that he has also lost the belt, however. 

Snoop Dogg was inducted into the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2016. The following night, he performed a live version of his cousin Sasha Bank’s theme music as she made her way to the ring for a triple threat match against Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch. 

AEW announces Holiday Bash, New Year’s Smash special events

Posted on by Bryan Rose

AEW has announced their holiday schedule, promoting three special shows toward the end of the year and heading into the start of 2021.

The company will air a special edition of Dynamite on December 23 called the Dynamite Holiday Bash. This will air immediately following a Boston Celtics vs. Milwaukee Bucks NBA game that will take place prior to AEW’s normal timeslot.

AEW has also announced a two week event called New Year’s Smash. The first night will take place on December 30, with Chris Jericho serving as a special commentator. Night two will take place on the first Dynamite of 2021, on January 6. Snoop Dogg will be a special guest on the program.

Winter is Coming, the last special edition of AEW Dynamite, took place last week. In the main event, Kenny Omega defeated Jon Moxley to win the AEW World championship thanks to the help of Impact Wrestling’s Executive Vice President Don Callis.

Cody to judge ‘Go-Big Show’ competition series on TBS

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Cody will be a judge on a new TBS reality show, Go-Big Show.

After tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite ended, Cody appeared and mentioned that while he is currently out of action, he will be a part of a new talent competition. He threw it to host Bert Kreischer, who explained the premise of the show.

Go-Big Show will feature celebrity judges Snoop Dogg, Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Nettles and Cody judging the likes of monster trucks, alligator trainers, stunt archery, and other feats. It will also highlight behind-the-scenes stories from the challengers, whose aim is to impress the judges in head-to-head competition.

The show is taking place at the Macon Coliseum in Georgia, where strict COVID-19 safety protocols are taking place. The arena will remain empty, but will have a drive-in audience with spectators. The show will be produced by Propagate and Matador Content and will launch in 2021.

Cody has not been seen on AEW television since being laid out by Brodie Lee and the Dark Order on the August 22 episode of Dynamite.

Snoop Dogg, Joan Lunden to be honored at WWE Hall of Fame ceremony

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

The WWE’s final two honorees for the Hall of Fame ceremony will be Snoop Dogg and Joan Lunden.

Snoop Dogg, who is related to Sasha Banks and has been on WWE television a few times over the years, will be the celebrity inductee. It had been rumored within wrestling for weeks and reported in past Wrestling Observer Newsletters that they were talking, and in wrestling circles, the belief was that it was a done deal.

Also reported at the time was Lunden, who will receive the Warrior award.

While the Snoop Dogg announcement was made via email, John Cena made the announcement on Lunden Monday morning on The Today Show. Lunden will be presented with the award on Saturday night by Dana, the widow of the Ultimate Warrior. Lunden, best known for her hosting Good Morning America was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, and very publicly battled through chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

“It is truly humbling to be honored by WWE and receive this year’s Warrior Award at the 2016 Hall of Fame induction ceremony,” said Lunden to WWE.com. “After being diagnosed with cancer, my first thought was to survive, but soon after, I changed my focus from my cancer to the fight against cancer, and my life took on a whole new purpose. WWE has welcomed me into their family, offering me warmth and support, as have so many of the WWE fans from around the world.  It is a privilege to receive this honor.”

The ceremony will air live on the WWE Network with an edited verson airing on post-Mania Thursday after Smackdown on USA.