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VIDEO: Triple H appears on ESPN’s SportsCenter

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Ahead of WrestleMania 36 airing on the WWE Network this coming Saturday and Sunday, Paul “Triple H” Levesque made an appearance on SportsCenter last night:

ESPN’s John Anderson asked Triple H about Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns at WrestleMania having to be altered. Triple H said he didn’t want to get into the specifics of WrestleMania because it’s a must-watch event, but working the show is voluntary and any talent or crew who think there’s a risk to themselves or someone around them don’t have to be there and nothing will be held against them. He said WWE doesn’t want to take chances in this situation.

Triple H also brought up Reigns having a pre-existing condition that would make him more susceptible to something and said it’s understandable that he wouldn’t wrestle at WrestleMania.

WWE has yet to officially announce that Goldberg vs. Reigns is off the show or reveal Goldberg’s new opponent. The tapings for WrestleMania took place last week.

Triple H said they’ve had very few talent who have had issues or chosen not to be there.

During the interview, Triple H also discussed the precautions WWE has taken due to the coronavirus pandemic, the difficulty of wrestling without a live audience, and WWE wanting to continue entertaining people during this time.

Triple H’s appearance on SportsCenter took place after WrestleMania 32 aired on ESPN last night. WrestleMania 35 will air on the channel at 3 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday (April 5).

WWE’s Becky Lynch featured in new ESPN SportsCenter commercials

Posted on by Josh Nason

WWE Raw women’s champion Becky Lynch is part of a new series of ESPN’s iconic “This is SportsCenter” commercials that will begin airing this Saturday.

As part of their 40th anniversary, the network is releasing 12 new spots with three of them featuring Lynch.

The first spot, which will air on TV, digital and social, is called “What’s My Name?” and features Lynch getting angry with a barista after asking what her name is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ImTcCmmPdM

The other two spots will air on digital and social. One (“Vending Machine”) features Lynch assisting SC host Jay Harris as he tries to get something unstuck from a vending machine while the other (“Push”) has Lynch shoving the Rutgers University mascot in a hallway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-GtZSOQfQYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH8xlG1kVAM

WWE talent has been part of these spots before, notably with the following featuring King Kong Bundy, Undertaker, Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels, and Paul Bearer:

Lynch was the only pro wrestler featured in the spots which were also devoid of any UFC/MMA fighters. She is no stranger to ESPN as she was on set to help promote this year’s WrestleMania main event and was recently on the cover of ESPN The Magazine with GLOW star Alison Brie.

Seth Rollins to make an announcement on Monday’s SportsCenter

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Another WWE star is set to make an announcement on Monday.

WWE posted that Seth Rollins will be appearing on ESPN SportsCenter at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time on Monday to make a “big announcement.”

Roman Reigns will be making a SummerSlam announcement on Raw from Evansville later that night.

Daniel Bryan, who has been off television while his wife was in her final stages of pregnancy and giving birth, returns as the SmackDown General Manager on Tuesday night in Dayton.

WWE is attempting to rebound from record low ratings. Raw, due to the NBA playoff final, tied its lowest rating in history, which was the night of the Trump-Clinton debate.

SmackDown drew its second lowest mark since moving to Tuesday, beating only the show that went head-to-head with election night.

Meanwhile, Impact did its highest rating in three months, Lucha Underground’s numbers were way up this week, and Ultimate Fighter did its biggest number in two seasons, so the record lows are not a pattern for other similar programming this past week.