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Logan Paul talks potential of Tom Brady being at WrestleMania 42

Posted on by Jake Skudder

Logan Paul will be teaming with IShowSpeed and Austin Theory to take on LA Knight and The Usos to open WrestleMania 42 Night 1. Before the event, Paul was asked if he is “prepared” for an appearance from Tom Brady, the NFL legend who has been going back and forth with the WWE Tag Team Champion over the past few months.

“As far as I’m concerned, he’s washed up,” Paul said according to The Mirror US, also noting that Brady already “was beaten by a YouTuber slash wrestler in his own sport,” referring to Brady’s inaugural Flag Football event back in March.

Could Tom Brady be at WrestleMania?

There has been no confirmation on Brady and whether he’ll be at ‘Mania this year, but it would make sense for an appearance considering his ties to Las Vegas. The NFL legend has an ownership stake in the Las Vegas Raiders, so he’s usually in town.

If Brady is shown on camera then it’s probably unlikely he’ll have anything to do with Paul or his match to open the card. Having said that, WWE does love a celebrity involvement, and with this being the first ‘Mania on ESPN Unlimited, they are probably going to go all out with the celebrity involvement for those viral moments…which Tom Brady getting involved would certainly be.

Check out our coverage of WrestleMania 42 Night 1 live tonight via our ongoing blog!

Tom Brady WWE WrestleMania 42 status update

Posted on by Joseph Currier

An appearance by NFL legend Tom Brady sounds possible for WWE WrestleMania 42, but there’s been no deal agreed to yet.

Brady and Logan Paul have been going back and forth the past few weeks to help promote the Fanatics Flag Football Classic that took place over the weekend. In the process, Brady took repeated shots at WWE, calling pro wrestling “cute and scripted.” That led to multiple WWE wrestlers joining in and responding to Brady.

There have been rumors that this is all leading to Brady appearing in some form at WrestleMania 42. Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE and Brady are in negotiations but nothing has been agreed to yet.

“From what I have been told, they are in negotiations with Tom Brady — but there is absolutely not a deal at this point for Tom Brady,” Meltzer said. “So it could happen. Obviously, Logan Paul and Tom Brady are working. I mean, everyone knows they’re working the angle, I think people have seen that coming in. But there could be something in some form at WrestleMania, it would not be a surprise.

“And what they did in the football game was clearly to build it. Just as all the talk of, you know, Tom Brady cutting down pro wrestlers and the wrestlers all responding — that is all storyline. That is not like Tom Brady’s a d**k and he doesn’t respect pro wrestling.”

WrestleVotes first reported earlier this month that WWE and Brady had discussed a possible Mania appearance, and there were departments in WWE working on things like logos, speciality merchandise, and branding for Brady.

A WrestleMania role would make sense for Brady given that he is part-owner of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders. Allegiant Stadium in Vegas, where the Raiders play their home games, is hosting the event on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19. It’s the second straight year that WrestleMania has been held at the stadium.

Team USA dominates Tom Brady & Logan Paul’s teams at Fanatics Flag Football Classic

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Team USA dominated and seamlessly won the inaugural Fanatics Flag Football Classic.

Current and former NFL players teamed up and formed two teams in a 3-team group that included Team USA as well. All three teams played against each other in a round-robin format.

Team USA squad faced a couple of teams largely comprised of current and former NFL players, as well as Logan Paul and IShowSpeed. Different from tackle football, Team USA displayed an extensive knowledge and skillset of flag football and dominated the competition.

They won all three of their games and combined to outscore their opponents 106-44 while scoring on 14 of their 15 possessions.

Despite Team USA’s domination, several former and current NFL players performed well, especially Odell Beckham Jr. and the legendary Tom Brady. Brady, 48, displayed why he was regarded as one of the best.

Fanatics Flag Football Classic scores and results

  • Game 1: Team USA 39, Wildcats FFC 14
  • Game 2: Team USA 43, Founders FFC 16
  • Game 3: Wildcats FFC 34, Founders FFC 26
  • Championship game: Team USA 24, Wildcats FFC 14

In the end, at the press conference, Brady also possibly brushed aside his feud with Logan Paul and expressed his true thoughts for him.

“I’ll say this: He [Logan Paul] impressed me out there. And I think that he’s, and obviously some of the coaches that were coaching him said how seriously he was taking it and how he just wanted to learn and be a sponge to go out there and do a great job,” Brady said. “And, you know, to watch what he and his brother have done, I really — there’s a little tit-for-tat stuff — but I do have respect for people that are really driven to succeed.”

Several WWE wrestlers respond to Tom Brady’s latest jabs

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Weeks after Tom Brady’s heated segment with Logan Paul on his ImPaulsive podcast, the NFL legend seems to keep going with more WWE jabs.

After Brady called WWE “cute,” several wrestlers from the promotion stood up and responded to Brady’s comments. However, he has done it again. Speaking with Sports Illustrated at the Fanatics Flag Football Draft night, Brady made similar comments.

“You know all their stuff is so cute and scripted. And they know what’s going on. In a football game, you don’t know. So they wouldn’t even get near me. Plus, if I had a good offensive line, they’d punch those guys right in the throat, and they’d be probably crying,” Brady claimed. “There’s no fake BS we do in American football. So, for those guys, it would be a whole different story.”

These comments were, however, not taken lightly by several WWE stars. “A lot of words to say ‘if I had five guys to protect me, I might be ok'” Charlotte Flair said.

WWE’s latest addition, Danhausen, also joined and commented, “It would only take one [WWE] superstar to CURSE Tim Bordy.” “I bet I can sack you,” wrote The Bella Twins.

Paul’s Vision partner Austin Theory also joined and wrote, “[Logan Paul] let me know when you want to drop this goof.”

Former WWE wrestler James Ellsworth also joined and shared his thoughts, though they were controversial. “Says the guy who was a part of more obvious “fixed” games in sports history.”

Fans need to wait and see if this scenario potentially leads to Brady’s appearance at WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tom Brady continues to take shots at ‘cute and scripted’ WWE

Posted on by Joseph Currier

NFL legend Tom Brady continues to take shots at WWE ahead of a rumored WrestleMania appearance.

Brady and WWE wrestler Logan Paul are both involved with the Fanatics Flag Football event that’s taking place this weekend. To help promote the game, Brady and Paul have gone back and forth about WWE being scripted and whether wrestlers are as good of athletes as football players.

That continued today with Sports Illustrated asking Brady how many WWE wrestlers it would take to sack him.

“All their stuff is so cute and scripted and they know what’s going on. In a football game, you don’t know it, so they wouldn’t even get near me,” Brady responded. “Plus, if I had a good offensive line, they’d punch those guys right in the throat and they’d be probably crying. You know, there’s no fake BS we do in American football. So for those guys, it’d be a whole different story for them.”

WWE star Charlotte Flair responded after the clip was posted, calling out Brady for needing an offensive line to protect him.

There has been no confirmation that Brady will be involved with WrestleMania 42, but WrestleVotes reported earlier this month that WWE has discussed the possibility with him and has worked on Brady-themed speciality merchandise. Brady is a part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, who play their home games at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

Allegiant Stadium hosted WrestleMania 41 last year and will also be the venue for WrestleMania 42. The two-night event is taking place on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19.

The Fanatics Flag Football event was initially schedule to be held in Saudi Arabia but has been moved to Los Angeles. It will air on Fox this Saturday (March 21) at 4 p.m. Eastern time.

Tom Brady & WWE reportedly have discussed WrestleMania appearance, merchandise

Posted on by Josh Nason

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Daily Update: UFC 314 fallout, Linda McMahon, Tom Brady

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  • Running down AEW Dynasty, controversy over the finish, where the angles look to be going, Young Bucks return, what the PPV number says and what to learn from it, long-term, Chris Jericho update, Why the show was long, Swerve vs. Booker and match-by-match rundowns.
  • Update on the Mania card, what matches are on what night, what is up in the air on the card, length, odds, Kevin Owens injury, Paul Heyman angle, Flair vs Stratton and Stand & Deliver, ticket demand and more.
  • New Japan Sakura Geneis report, angles at the show, Best of the Super Juniors and Windy City Riot.
  • Update on the legal strategy of WWE, Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon regarding the ringboys lawsuit.
  • El Hijo del Santo’s possible last match in Mexico City
  • The most detailed look at the ratings for all the pro wrestling shows, including comparisons with a year ago quarters, demos, placings and competition.
  • Fantastica Mania Mexico
  • Arena Mexico hosting tournament of champions
  • Mina Shirakawa leves Stardom
  • Dragon Gate in Las Vegas
  • Lots of Las Vegas lineups for this coming week
  • Champion Carnival in All Japan begins
  • Junior Sakura Geneis thoughts
  • Anniversary of a legendary match
  • Advance ticket sales to the major WWE & AEW & Las Vegas wrestling events
  • Injury updates
  • Ospreay on Owen Hart
  • Aaron Pico signs with UFC
  • Major 2010 feud rematch falls apart
  • Lex Luger Hall of Fame notes
  • Legacy Hall of Fame notes

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  • We have two new weekend shows on the site today. We walked with Marc Mero on Friday as well as went over the news from the week. Last night we talked UFC, WWE WrestleMania, AEW, New Japan in Chicago, media rights for 2026, and a lot more.
  • Last night’s Collision had a push for a loaded Dynamite show on Wednesday. Collision will be live Thursday from Boston. The Wednesday show from Boston, which will break the Nitro record for most episodes of a prime time pro wrestling show on the Turner Networks, has Jon Moxley (replacing an injured Pac) & Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta defending the trios titles against Samoa Joe & Hook & Katsuyori Shibata, Will Ospreay vs. Konosuke Takeshita in the Owen Hart tournament, Mercedes Mone vs. Athena in the Owen Hart tournament, Adam Page vs Wild Card in the Owen Hart tournament, and Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin defend the tag titles against the Gates of Agony.
  • Linda McMahon in the Los Angeles Times on ending DEI programs in education.
  • Bayley vs. Liv Morgan has been added to Raw tomorrow in Sacramento. Not exactly Bayley’s home city but 125 miles away. It’s the WrestleMania go-home show. The only other announced match was AJ Styles vs. Karrion Kross. Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, CM Punk and Paul Heyman will be shooting their last Raw angle and Gunther and Logan Paul are there.
  • We’re looking for your thoughts on New Japan’s Windy City Riot. You can leave as thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to dave@wrestlingobservercom
  • We’re looking for ROH spoilers from last night’s AEW show in Springfield, MA, results finishes and highlights to [email protected]
  • WMC-TV, which carried pro wrestling for decades in Memphis and Kamala (or Kimala it was at first) debuted with the gimmick there drawing huge with Jerry Lawler, ran a story on Kamala in the WWE Hall of Fame.
  • Tom Brady teased that he may be attending WrestleMania in an interview with Fox News.
  • As far as Google searches, last night’s UFC PPV did 910,000 which is low for a PPV, but I’d expect interest to be down on the PPV. Aside from the main events, the most interest was Paddy Pimblett and Yair Rodriguez. WrestleMania had 30,000 searches over the weekend.
  • Regarding the main event, every media scorer had it for Alexander Volkanovski, most 49-46 and giving Diego Lopes only round four. Round two was close due to the Lopes knockdown at the end of the round. Derek Cleary was the only judge to give him round two.  87 percent of media scores were 49-46. There were 8 percent of fan scores at MMA Decisions for Lopes.  
  • The tease on Windy City Riot for the 5/9 New Japan show in Ontario, CA is Young Bucks & Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows vs. Bullet Club War Dogs. This hasn’t been announced yet but the Young Bucks did a video issuing the challenge and teasing Anderson & Gallows as their partners.
  • Based on international returns, the audience for SmackDown outside the U.S. on Friday was roughly the same as the prior week which would be a good thing.
  • LFG tonight at 8 p.m. features Devon Dudley in as the guest of Bubba Ray. Rivals at 9:30 p.m. is on Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins. Greatest Moments at 10:30 p.m. is about WrestleManias of the 80s.
  • Bloodsport announced that Tank Abbott, Don Frye and Mark Kerr would be making guest appearances at the 4/17 show. They are also doing meet and greets at Wrestlecon on Friday and Saturday.
  • Drew McIntyre cut his head open on the Friday Smackdown angle when Damien Priest rammed his head into the ring steps. You could see the blood on McIntyre’s hands but not on his forehead because the cut was on the top of his head and his hair covered it. He’s fine but that’s two straight weeks he’s gotten hurt in doing this angle with Priest.
  • Will Kaven defends the British cruiserweight title against Lio Rush on the 4/20 RevPro show at the Doncaster Dome.
  • All Japan Champion Carnival results from today in Hiroshima:
    • (B) Hokuto Omor (2 points)  b Ryuki Honda (2)
    • (A) Davey Boy Smith Jr. (4) b Kuma Arashi (0)
    • (B) Mike D Vecchio (6) b  Rei Saito (0)
    • (A) Kengo Mashimo (2) b Hideki Suzuki (4)
    • (A) Jun Saito (4) b Shotaro Ashino (0)
  • On Saturday, Bleeding Gums Wrestling, a Scotland-based hardcore group, had its Lust for Death 2 tournament with Jack Harrop beating Mickie Knuckles in the finals before a sellout at The Church in Dundee. Necro Butcher was on the show and had a bloodbath with Iceman (thanks to Bradley Craig)
  • Jonathan Gresham has been added to the Maple Leaf Wrestling show on 5/10 in Toronto.
  • Pure Pro Wrestling claimed 1,500 fans for its show last night in Flint, MI: Drake b James Alexander, Khaos b Tenshi to win the women’s title, Rohit Raju b Jack Price, Silas Young & Darling Roger b Sean Evans & Hannah Henderson, Danny Astrao b Dylan Night in a belt vs. career match, Midwest Misfits b Obsidian and 2 Fly & Upper Echelon in a ladder match Amazing Zondo & Ken Riddle b Gideon Malice & Tank, Father Tim b Rhino & Ray Adams to win the Michigan state title (thanks to Leonard Brand)