The start of WrestleMania 37 was delayed due to rain.
Michael Cole opened the start of WrestleMania 37, saying that due to thunderstorms in the area, there would be a delay to the start of the program. Interviews were shown with Braun Strowman, Shane McMahon, Kevin Owens, and others talking about their matches for WrestleMania, with brief cuts to the kickoff panel who also talked about upcoming matches. After 45 minutes, the first match of the night, Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship, began.
Prior to the start of the show, fans were temporarily asked to seek coverage in concourses, ramps, and club areas within Raymond James Stadium due to thunderstorms in the area. However, fans were allowed back in their seats prior to the start of the pre-show kickoff.
The show started as scheduled at 8 p.m. Eastern, with Vince McMahon welcoming fans to WrestleMania. Bebe Rexha then performed “America the Beautiful”, as planes flew over the stadium.
Date: April 10, 2021 Location: Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL
Show Recap —
KICKOFF SHOW
There’s a new signature video to start the show, not too dissimilar to the previous one.
Kayla Braxton, Booker T, Jerry Lawler, JBL, and Peter Rosenberg are on the kickoff panel.
It appears to be overcast and Braxton acknowledged the rain. There are fans near the panel and JBL couldn’t wait to get them to chant his name. Braxton acknowledged that Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair match would be tonight’s main event.
(If you’re not watching, the pre-show panel is sitting in front of a big backdrop, so you can’t really see anything and there’s not much to look at. Basically, it looks and feels like the pre-show for every other PPV.)
They ran down Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins and The Miz & John Morrison vs. Damian Priest & Bad Bunny. Rosenberg let us nerds know how popular Bad Bunny was and said he’s been training every day at the Performance Center.
There was a Hall of Fame recap. The announcers and a cluster of fans (some of whom were not wearing masks) applauded JBL.
The fans near the panel chanted for Sonya Deville who joined the desk to talk about the tag team turmoil match and the Smackdown women’s title match.
They ran down Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre which opens tonight’s show. As the panel spoke about the match, Braxton started to get excited because she could hear the live crowd cheering in their seats.
Enjoy the show, everyone.
WRESTLEMANIA 37 – NIGHT ONE
The first shot was of the stadium as the ring announcer introduced Vince McMahon.
McMahon stood on the stage in front of the entire roster. He said the wrestlers performed tirelessly the past year but something was missing — the WWE universe. He thanked the fans and welcomed everyone to WrestleMania. The wrestlers applauded the fans.
Bebe Rexha sang America the Beautiful. The wrestlers remained on the stage for the performance. The fans cheered as jets flew over the stadium.
Michael Cole, Byron Saxton and Samoa Joe are the announcers.
Cole said they were informed that there is, unfortunately, a weather delay.
Sarah Schreiber interviewed Shane McMahon backstage. Shane said he had goosebumps standing in front of the crowd. He was ready to go and to take out Braun Strowman. He didn’t have a problem with Strowman, he just liked poking fun at him.
Bobby Lashley and MVP interrupted Shane’s interview so they could talk themselves. MVP said McIntyre was not winning the title back tonight. McIntyre barged in and argued with MVP as MVP held back Lashley. McIntyre said mother nature would not help him and he was ready to fight in the back. Jessika Carr and Jamie Noble separated them.
Lashley and MVP left. McIntyre talked to Schreiber about having to wrestle at the PC last year and now the weather was interrupting his match. He was ready to go right now even if he had to fight in the back.
Kevin Patrick interviewed the New Day. Kofi Kingston said they accepted the challenge by AJ Styles and Omos because they were fighting champions. Patrick wondered if they were intimidated by Omos’ size. Xavier Woods said no, because they’ve been this size since they started wrestling (which was funny). Big E showed up as Woods spoke. Big E said we’d find out why they were the best tag team on god’s green earth. Big E massaged Patrick’s shoulder.
Schreiber interviewed Braun Strowman. He was also ready to go.
Kevin Owens spoke about Sami Zayn. He said they met in 2002 and they connected because of their passion for pro wrestling. He spoke about all of the different places they wrestled around the world. In the 20 years they’ve known each other, no two people were talked down upon more than them but they’d get their chance tomorrow. He was going to stun Zayn and if Logan Paul wanted to try something, he’d be ready.
Bianca Belair spoke to Schreiber. She was ready for tonight and was happy for the fans. Schreiber said she was making Herstory tonight.
Seth Rollins talked to Patrick. Rollins didn’t know Patrick’s name. He also kept mispronouncing Cesaro’s name. Rollins was going to prove that he was Mr. WrestleMania.
Schreiber interviewed Miz and Morrison. They said what they always say.
Titus O’Neil and Hulk Hogan entered the stage. O’Neil and Hogan hyped up the crowd. O’Neil came across great here.
Bobby Lashley (w/MVP) defeated Drew McIntyre to retain the WWE Championship (18:21)
McIntyre entered at about 8:40pm ET and the match started at 8:45pm. McIntyre got a big babyface reaction.
They fought back-and-forth until McIntyre hit consecutive overhead suplexes and a neckbreaker. Lashley tried fighting back but McIntyre hit a Northern Lights suplex for two.
Lashley responded with a clothesline and Dominator for a two count. McIntyre hit a headbutt but Lashley came right back with a spinebuster for two. McIntyre hit a reverse Alabama Slam for two. McIntyre seemed to attempt the Claymore but Lashley connected with another spinebuster. The crowd chanted for McIntyre who told Lashley, “bring it, bitch.”
McIntyre hit an overhead suplex and three consecutive Future Shock DDTs for a nearfall. The crowd chanted “this is awesome.”
McIntyre did the Claymore countdown and the crowd loudly chanted along but MVP pulled Lashley out of the ring. McIntyre wiped them both out with a flip dive.
McIntyre blocked a Hurt Lock but Lashley responded with a nice suplex and Flatliner. McIntyre blocked the Hurt Lock again and slammed Lashley into the turnbuckle before applying a kimura but Lashley got a rope break.
McIntyre hit a headbutt but became distracted by MVP. That caused him to miss a Claymore kick and Lashley applied the Hurt Lock. McIntyre tried the Bret Hart counter, pushing off the ropes, but Lashley held on. McIntyre passed out and the referee called for the bell. Lashley retained.
The crowd seemed ready for McIntyre to win but that’s not what happened. The match itself was pretty good.
O’Neil spoke with Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman but they were interrupted by Bayley. She spoke about how huge her show was and wanted props from everyone but they all ignored her, except for Waltman.
There were about five commercials between segments.
Natalya & Tamina won Tag Team Turmoil (14:07)
–Billie Kay & Carmella defeated Naomi & Lana
Billie Kay pinned Naomi in about two minutes.
–The Riott Squad defeated Billie Kay & Carmella
Carmella tried to help Kay cheat but the referee caught her. Riott gave Kay a senton off the top for the elimination. Carmella attacked them after getting eliminated.
–The Riott Squad defeated Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke
Rose and Brooke wore matching gear to help make themselves indistinguishable. Rose slipped during her entrance thanks to the wet stage. Brooke tried a senton off the top but Morgan transitioned into a rollup for the pinfall.
–Tamina & Natalya defeated The Riott Squad
Tamina gave Ruby a diving splash for the pinfall win. Tamina and Natalya earn a tag title shot. This was bad.
Cesaro defeated Seth Rollins (11:27)
Cesaro wore black and yellow. Rollins wore black and red.
Cesaro immediately hit an uppercut and went for a swing but Rollins got the ropes. Rollins followed soon after with a superplex into a falcon arrow for two (less than three minutes into the match). Cesaro came back with a variety of uppercuts and a clothesline for two.
Rollins dodged a few swing attempts until Cesaro finally swung him about eight or nine times until his arm gave out. He tried a sharpshooter but Rollins quickly got to the ropes. The crowd wanted another swing. Rollins dodged an uppercut and hit a flying knee and slingblade. Rollins followed with a very nice corkscrew splash for a two count.
Cesaro abruptly hit the Neutralizer for a nearfall. Rollins followed that with a Pedigree for a nearfall. Rollins hit a few strikes and went for a curb stomp but Cesaro lifted up into an uppercut (reminiscent of the Randy Orton RKO years ago). Cesaro then did an airplane spin/UFO (airplane spin with no arms).
Cesaro did a big swing. Cole claimed it was 23 swings. (I went back on my WWE Network, which I can do because I’m in Canada, and it was more like 19 or 20 swings.)
Cesaro followed with a Neutralizer for the pinfall win. Cesaro celebrated like this was a big win and the crowd was happy. Very good match.
Braxton interviewed Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode. They put over AJ Styles and Omos. Ziggler would welcome Omos with them. Roode knew Styles for a long time and wouldn’t bet against him.
Big E came out on the stage to do New Day’s entrance.
AJ Styles & Omos defeated Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods to win the Raw Tag Team Championships (9:30)
Omos wore normal clothes. Cole tried to claim that he was 400lbs.
New Day beat up Styles and cut him off from tagging Omos. Woods even let us know that they were successfully cutting the ring in half. Styles finally got enough separation to tag Omos and the crowd popped.
Woods tried a few strikes to no effect. Kingston tagged in and tried an axe handle but Omos grabbed him by the arm and yanked him down. Omos handed out backbreakers to Woods and Kingston. Styles leapt off Omos’ shoulders and took out Woods with a Phenomenal forearm.
Omos gave Kingston a tree slam and covered him with his foot for the pinfall win. This was a good showcase for Omos.
Jerry Lawler joined commentary for the next match.
Elias and Jaxson Ryker attacked Strowman with chairs before he could enter the ring, specifically attacking his leg. The ref started the match and Shane hit unconvincing kicks to the leg. Shane grabbed a piece of metal off the top of the cage and hit Strowman with it. Shane tried escaping but Strowman yanked him away and drove him into the cage.
Strowman went for a running powerslam but his leg unconvincingly gave out which allowed Shane to slip out and take control. Shane followed with a “coast-to-coast” dropkick for two. Elias and Ryker tried climbing the outside of the cage but Strowman ran into the cage to knock them off (while also knocking Shane down).
Shane climbed to the top and there was a toolbox on top of the cage for some reason. He smashed Strowman in the face with it. Shane climbed out of the cage to the outside but he stuck his hand through to mock Strowman. Strowman grabbed him by the hand and smashed through the cage, which was admittedly pretty cool, and hammered away at Shane.
Strowman pulled Shane to the top of the cage. As they both stood there, Strowman asked him who was stupid now. Strowman chucked Shane from the top of the cage to the ring, which didn’t look fun.
It seemed like the crowd was ready to accept this as the finish, but instead of leaving the cage, Strowman climbed back into the ring and gave him a powerslam for the pinfall win.
There was a big fireworks display which I assume they wanted to do earlier but couldn’t.
Michael Cole said it was time to honour the hall of famers when he was abruptly interrupted by Bayley, who jumped into his spot. She said she was taking over for O’Neil and Hogan and cut to the hall of fame video.
JBL, William Shatner, Brie & Nikki Bella, Jushin Liger, Titus O’Neil (Warrior Award winner), British Bulldog, and the nWo were honoured for the 2020 hall of fame.
Steve Austin let us know that WrestleMania 38 in 2022 will be held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Booker T joined commentary for the next match.
Damian Priest & Bad Bunny defeated The Miz & John Morrison (15:02)
Bad Bunny had a cool entrance that defied the laws of time.
Priest was going to start but Bad Bunny tagged in to the crowd’s delight. Miz put his hands behind his back and taunted Priest so Bad Bunny punched him in the face. Bad Bunny tackled Miz and hammered away but Miz kneed him in the gut and took over. Bad Bunny countered a takedown into a takedown of his own and Miz bailed to the outside.
Bad Bunny used a nice rollup for two. The crowd cheered as he posed. Miz took him down for a moment but Bad Bunny did a spinning leg scissors takedown. Morrison tagged in and distracted the referee which allowed Miz to hit a cheapshot and the bad guys took over.
Bad Bunny fought back and caught Miz in a rollup for two, but Miz took him down with a big boot. The heels worked over Bad Bunny and Morrison did a Spinarooni as Booker watched on commentary.
Miz was too distracted by the crowd so Bad Bunny hit a boot and tornado DDT before tagging in Priest.
Priest beat up Miz and Morrison. He suplexed Morrison into Miz before chokeslamming Miz but Morrison broke up the cover. Priest and Bad Bunny each hit Miz and Morrison Broken Arrows at the same time but they both kicked out.
Priest wiped out Miz and Morrison with dives and Bad Bunny followed with a dive of his own. Priest tried his finisher and Miz countered into Skull Crushing Finale but Bad Bunny broke up the cover.
Bad Bunny gave Morrison a damn Canadian Destroyer on the outside.
Priest hoisted Miz on his shoulders and Bad Bunny hit a flying crossbody for the pinfall win.
This was way, way, better than I would’ve thought. Bad Bunny was great, and Miz and Morrison obviously did their part.
Bianca Belair defeated Sasha Banks to win the SmackDown Women’s Championship (17:15)
Banks had blue and green hair with green and black gear. Belair wore purple. Belair was emotional before the match and the crowd was very into this as it started.
Belair went for a Glam Slam early (which the announcers didn’t catch) but Banks knocked her out of the ring. Banks used Belair’s braid to drive her into the post. Banks tried a suicide dive but Belair rolled through and very impressively pressed her back into the ring. Belair tried a moonsault but Banks caught her by the hair and hit a series of kicks.
(A big negative was the announcers letting us know that this match was presented by the sponsor as the camera panned out to show the logo.)
Banks went for double knees but Belair intercepted and slammed her. Banks tried grabbing Bianca’s hair for leverage again but Belair used it to yank Banks into the post. Belair followed with a crazy delayed suplex.
Belair used tackles, a dropkick, a standing shooting star and a version of the Glam Slam. Belair went for a 450 splash but Banks got her knees up.
They traded counters until Belair hit a powerbomb for two. Banks got frustrated and kicked away at Belair before hitting a tornado DDT for two. Belair followed with a frog splash for two.
Banks became extra frustrated and wrenched Belair’s arm into the rope before tossing her into the steel steps. Banks put Belair into the crossface (using Bianca’s hair for leverage) but Belair got a rope break. They battled for position off the top. Belair avoided a double knee strike and hit a 450 splash for a nearfall.
There was a tug of war with Bianca’s hair. Belair whipped Banks with her hair and hit KOD for the pinfall win. Belair is the new champion.
This was extremely good.
(Michael Cole completely messed up the finish and said the Banks kicked out, even though that clearly didn’t happen.)
Ahead of the two-night event kicking off on Saturday, WWE has revealed the set for WrestleMania 37:
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida is hosting WrestleMania 37 this Saturday and Sunday. With Raymond James Stadium being the home of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the set design features a giant pirate ship.
WrestleMania 36 was originally supposed to take place at Raymond James Stadium last year, but that show was moved to the WWE Performance Center following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. WrestleMania 37 is the first event that WWE has sold tickets to in more than a year. There will be approximately 25,000 fans in attendance each night. The stadium would normally hold a maximum of 70,000 fans per night.
Both nights of WrestleMania 37 are airing live on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network everywhere else. The shows will start at 8 p.m. Eastern time each night. There will also be pre-shows starting at 7 p.m. Eastern.
Here are the cards for WrestleMania 37:
WrestleMania 37 night one (Saturday, April 10) —
SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks defends against Bianca Belair
Bad Bunny & Damian Priest vs. The Miz & John Morrison
Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) defend against AJ Styles & Omos
Steel cage match: Braun Strowman vs. Shane McMahon
Seth Rollins vs. Cesaro
Tag Team Turmoil match: Naomi & Lana vs. Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke vs. Natalya & Tamina vs. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan) vs. Carmella & Billie Kay (winning team will challenge for Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler’s WWE Women’s Tag Team titles at night two)
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley defends against Drew McIntyre
WrestleMania 37 night two (Sunday, April 11) —
Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against Edge and Daniel Bryan in a triple threat match
Raw Women’s Champion Asuka defends against Rhea Ripley
“The Fiend” Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn
Intercontinental Champion Big E defends against Apollo Crews in a Nigerian Drum Fight
United States Champion Riddle defends against Sheamus
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler defend against the winners of the Tag Team Turmoil match from night one
A new team has been added to the Tag Team Turmoil match at WrestleMania 37 night one.
On tonight’s WrestleMania week edition of SmackDown, it was officially announced that Carmella & Billie Kay will be taking part in WrestleMania 37 night one’s Tag Team Turmoil match. The winning team will challenge for Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler’s WWE Women’s Tag Team titles at WrestleMania 37 night two.
The Tag Team Turmoil match features teams from both Raw and SmackDown. Naomi & Lana, Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke, Natalya & Tamina, The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan), and Carmella & Kay are the five teams that will be taking part in it.
Naomi & Lana and Rose & Brooke are part of the Raw roster, while Natalya & Tamina, The Riott Squad, and Carmella & Kay are on SmackDown.
Kay had appeared in a backstage segment with the Tag Team Turmoil participants and Jax & Baszler on Raw earlier this week. When asked if she even had a partner, Kay said Carmella was reviewing her resume.
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida is hosting WrestleMania 37 this Saturday and Sunday. Here are the updated cards for the event:
WrestleMania 37 night one (Saturday, April 10) —
SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks defends against Bianca Belair
Bad Bunny & Damian Priest vs. The Miz & John Morrison
Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) defend against AJ Styles & Omos
Steel cage match: Braun Strowman vs. Shane McMahon
Seth Rollins vs. Cesaro
Tag Team Turmoil match: Naomi & Lana vs. Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke vs. Natalya & Tamina vs. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan) vs. Carmella & Billie Kay (winning team will challenge for Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler’s WWE Women’s Tag Team titles at night two)
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley defends against Drew McIntyre
WrestleMania 37 night two (Sunday, April 11) —
Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against Edge and Daniel Bryan in a triple threat match
Raw Women’s Champion Asuka defends against Rhea Ripley
“The Fiend” Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn
Intercontinental Champion Big E defends against Apollo Crews in a Nigerian Drum Fight
United States Champion Riddle defends against Sheamus
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler defend against the winners of the Tag Team Turmoil match from night one
A preview to WrestleMania leads off the current issue of the Wrestling Observer. We look at each match, thoughts on the match, who are the gambling oddsmaker favorites, chart ticket demand with Mania and the next two UFC PPV shows, rules in play, and non-WrestleMania ticket demand.
Also in this issue:
End of the Wednesday night war with the final standings, cover the two Takeover shows, look at television vs. streaming viewership, Canadian numbers, final stands in shows and quarters, and where AEW and NXT go from here.
Takeover with match-by-match coverage with star ratings and other notes from the shows.
Vince McMahon’s decision to put the Chris Jericho interview on Peacock right after the second day of WrestleMania, why the timing works, how Tony Khan reacted, the good, the bad, the political, a preview of something talked about and how this does show a change in WWE policy.
The death of Jack Veneno, a look at his four world title matches with Ric Flair, Dominican wrestling, the story about the world title change that wasn’t approved by the NWA board, as well as the movies on his life and career that have been produced. We look at the level of fame he had in the Dominican Republic and outside the Dominican Republic.
A feature on the direction of AEW, where the viewership declines are and aren’t, reasons, and changes in AEW television over the past year as well as a look at different stars and how much time they are getting.
Nick Khan talking the return of two of WWE’s best known women stars, A.J. Styles’ idea for this year’s Mania that didn’t happen, Roman Reigns talks a match with The Rock, looking at the popularity of all the major promotions and who is gaining and falling, WWE gets rid of longtime announcing team, The Hurt Business breakup, Paul Levesque talks Undertaker’s comments on the modern generation, how pro wrestling did compared to televised sports this past week, Seth Rollins talks fans at TV, A&E wrestling schedule, and WWE market value.
Will Ospreay’s win of the IWGP title, the history of U.K. wrestlers challenging for New Japan’s world title, business updates including bad news for New Japan going into two stadium shows, why the title changed, other angles, all the upcoming streaming shows and major shows over the next month and some good business news as well.
Sakura Genesis, with match-by-match coverage and star ratings.
WWE Hall of Fame ceremonies, go through the candidates, note speeches, the major gaffe in one of the inductions and a look back at a pioneer wrestling family that is never talked about.
U.S. Olympic wrestling trials, the major confrontations, the stars of the team, plus stars of the future to watch out for.
Stardom PPV show.
More into detail on ratings than any other source, we have how every segment on NXT and AEW did as well as how it did with different age groups, genders and more, plus a look at all other wrestling shows of the past week.
Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week.
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FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE
Garrett Gonzalez and I will be doing a show tonight talking all the latest news from wrestling and MMA, and we’ll have shows Saturday, Sunday and Monday with Bryan Alvarez talking WrestleMania and Raw.
Smackdown tonight is built around two matches originally considered for WrestleMania, the Andre the Giant Battle Royal and the four-way for the Smackdown tag titles with Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode vs. Rey & Dominik Mysterio vs. Street Profits vs. Chad Gable & Otis.
AEW is doing its first house show tonight in Jacksonville. The show was just about sold out this morning with about 100 tickets left.
We’re doing polls this week for both Takeover shows and both WrestleMania shows, thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with best and worst matches on both shows to [email protected].
Elle Magazine has a piece they’ve been working on for literally a few years on Becky Lynch.
Phillip, who passed away today at 99, was a fan and also attended a second show in July, 1968. At the 1963 show, he gave George Kidd a medal for Outstanding Performance as he was a big fan of technical wrestling. The show raised 10,000 pounds for His Royal Highness’ Award Scheme. Some of the historical biggest names in U.K. history were on that show like Kidd, Billy Robinson, Mick McManus, Ian Campbell, John Da Silva and Jackie Pallo. (thanks to Bradley Craig)
UFC weigh-ins for tomorrow’s show:
ESPN+ at Noon Eastern:
Impa Kasanganay (170.5) vs. Sasha Palatnikov (170.5)
Da Un Jung (205.5) vs. William Knight (205.5)
Luis Saldana (145.5) vs. Jordan Griffin (145.5)
Hunter Azure (135.5) vs. Jack Shore (136)
Yorgan DeCastro (261.5) vs. Jarjis Danho (255.5)
John Makdessi (153.5) vs. Ignacio Bahamondes (156.75), Bahamondes forfeits 20 percent of his purse to Makdessi
Scott Holtzman (155.5) vs. Mateusz Gamrot (156)
Jim Miller (155.5) vs. Joe Solecki (155.4)
ABC TV at 3 p.m. Eastern:
Mike Perry (170) vs. Daniel Rodriguez (170.5)
Nina Nunes (116) vs. Mackenzie Dern (115)
Sam Alvey (186) vs. Julian Marquez (186)
Sodiq Yusuff (146) vs. Arnold Allen (145.5)
Kevin Holland (183.5) vs. Marvin Vettori (186)
Nina Nunes was formerly known as Nina Ansaroff but is taking the name of her wife, Amanda Nunes. The scheduled Erin Blanchfield vs. Norma Dumont fight was canceled by the Nevada Athletic Commission due to Dumont missing weight by 3.5 pounds.
Bellator tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern on Showtime:
Goiti Yamauchi (155.8) vs. Dan Moret (155.6)
Cat Zingano (145.2) vs. Olivia Parker (145.4)
Adam Borics (145.8) vs. Jeremy Kennedy (145.7)
Liz Carmouche (125.4) vs. Vanessa Porto (126)
Ryan Bader (205) vs. Lyoto Machida (204.6) in the light heavyweight tournament
Becky Lynch and Bayley have been added as new WWE athletes in the Ultimate Rivals video game.
The WWE has been sending out refunds to people prorated regarding the dropping of the network. I was told that I’m being credited for $3.22 of the prorated remainder of my latest subscription.
AEW
Anakin Rosa, the 15-year-old son of Thunder Rosa, had his first match at the Dogg Pound Dojo where his mother is a trainer, in San Antonio.
Because of shows running long today, the shows on Title Match Network tonight from Florida will be starting later than originally scheduled (thanks to Shannon Walsh)
The PFL has announced a partnership with FPT TV in Vietnam for the 2021 season. FPT is the leading sports broadcaster in Vietnam. They’ve also inked a deal with ELEVEN in Portugal for the new season that starts 4/23. They will carry all the events this year.
The PFL also announced that Loren Mack has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications. Mack has worked with the WEC, UFC and ONE in the past.
Bellator light heavyweight Grand Prix odds from SportsBetting.ag:
Vadim Nemkov +190
Yoel Romero +425
Ryan Bader +500
Anthony Johnson +700
Corey Anderson +1000
Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov +1000
Phil Davis +1400
Lyoto Machida +3300
For tonight Bader is a -290 favorite over Machida at +230
IWF will be running the first Tuesday of every month going forward on CompoundMedia.com
During an NHL game on NBC Sports network, announcer Bryan Boucher talked about how his coach used to wrestle as Little Brutus for Stampede Wrestling.(thanks to Barry Werner)
During the TV show “The Goldbergs” on ABC, two of the characters had an argument over who had the better physique, Hulk Hogan or Randy Savage (thanks to Joe Puccio)
Legacy Fighting on 4/16 at the Grand Casino Hotel & Resort in Shawnee, OK on Fight Pass is headlined by Aaron McKenzie (9-2-1) vs. Brandon Phillips (8-3).
Alex Hammerstone vs. Milo Muertes for the National Open weight title will headline Wednesday’s MLW Fusion show.
Generational Championship Wrestling from earlier today in Tampa: Leila Grey b T-Gainz, Kayden Greene & Ronnie Rios b Sir Knight & Space Cowboy, Jake Painter b JC Vega, Danny Vegas & Hezekiah Hoskins & Jebediah Moss b The Make Its, Janai Kai b Killa Kate, Mr. King won six-way over Aaron Nova, Izzy James, Ron Bass Jr., Rey Fury and Speedy Ricky, , Culture Inc b The Mane Event-DQ, Lio Rush b KC Navarro (thanks to Shannon Walsh)
WrestleMania 37 night one will officially be headlined by a historic main event.
WWE has announced that Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship will main event WrestleMania 37 night one this Saturday. Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship will open the night one card.
Banks vs. Belair will be the second women’s main event in WrestleMania history. Banks and Belair will also be the first Black women to headline WrestleMania.
Belair got the WrestleMania title shot by winning this year’s women’s Royal Rumble match. Banks has been SmackDown Women’s Champion since October of last year.
In a piece published by The Undefeated before today’s announcement was made, Banks thanked the Black women in pro wrestling who came before her and helped her and Belair reach this point. “I hope it just means to them that their hard work and efforts didn’t get unnoticed,” Banks said through tears. “It’s because of everything that they did that I’m here now, and I thank them so much.”
“We’re representation for all the Black women that came before us and laid a foundation and all the groundwork before us,” Belair told The Undefeated. “It’s us physically in the ring, but they are in this match right along with us. So I just want them to know that we’re paying tribute to them, we’re honoring them, we’re representing for them. I want people to know that when they see us, I want them to see them as well. Because without them, this wouldn’t be happening.”
Today is Belair’s 32nd birthday. She tweeted about main eventing WrestleMania: “THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER! This is more than just about ME. This is more than just about US. Grateful. Blessed. We are creating History.”
Night two of WrestleMania 37 this Sunday will be headlined by Roman Reigns defending his Universal Championship against Edge and Daniel Bryan in a triple threat match.
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida is hosting both nights of WrestleMania 37. The events will stream live on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network everywhere else. Both nights will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern time. There will also be pre-shows starting at 7 p.m. Eastern.
Here are the updated cards for WrestleMania 37:
WrestleMania 37 night one (Saturday, April 10) —
SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks defends against Bianca Belair
Bad Bunny & Damian Priest vs. The Miz & John Morrison
Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) defend against AJ Styles & Omos
Steel cage match: Braun Strowman vs. Shane McMahon
Seth Rollins vs. Cesaro
Tag Team Turmoil match: Naomi & Lana vs. Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke vs. Natalya & Tamina vs. Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan vs. Carmella & Billie Kay (winning team will challenge for Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler’s WWE Women’s Tag Team titles at night two)
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley defends against Drew McIntyre
WrestleMania 37 night two (Sunday, April 11) —
Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against Edge and Daniel Bryan in a triple threat match
Raw Women’s Champion Asuka defends against Rhea Ripley
“The Fiend” Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn
Intercontinental Champion Big E defends against Apollo Crews in a Nigerian Drum Fight
United States Champion Riddle defends against Sheamus
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler defend against the winners of the Tag Team Turmoil match from night one
The WWE Championship match will open night one of WrestleMania 37.
WWE confirmed this afternoon that the WWE title match between champion Bobby Lashley and challenger Drew McIntyre would open the show.
McIntyre expressed interest in opening the show in an interview with Wrasslinews last week.
“I mean, I would be happy opening the show or closing the show,” he said. “This year is so unique in the sense that the last match — every match at WrestleMania is a main event. Let’s be realistic, if you’re on WrestleMania, you’re in a main event, but when you’re fighting for the championship, generally it’s cool to close the show. This is such a unique WrestleMania, without having the fans there for an entire year, that first reaction is gonna be so, so special. So that’s why I said if I finish last, the last match — that’s phenomenal! That’s fantastic! That’s tradition! But if I’m in the opening match, to me that’s also just as big because if you get to walk out in that first match and get the crowd full of energy and all those pent up reactions that we’ve been keeping inside for a year, that’s gonna be special too.”
Night one of WrestleMania 37, which takes place on April 10, will also feature the following matches:
Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair for the SmackDown Women’s title
Bad Bunny and Damian Priest vs. The Miz and John Morrison
The New Day vs. AJ Styles and Omos for the Raw Tag Team titles
Braun Strowman vs. Shane McMahon in a steel cage match
Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins
Lana & Naomi vs. Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose vs. The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott) vs. Natalya & Tamina in a Tag Team Turmoil match where the winners will face Nia Jax and Shanya Baszler for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles on night two of WrestleMania 37
At one point, an plan was discussed for WWE WrestleMania 37 that would feature the return of Becky Lynch — an plan that might begin to take form on Friday’s SmackDown.
In this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that the plan was for Bayley to do a “Ding Dong, Hello!” interview segment at some point during the weekend that would see Lynch make her return by “driving a big truck in.”
“That also explains Bayley seemingly not booked for the show after a year when she was women’s MVP,” Meltzer wrote.
As noted, the SmackDown roster member isn’t booked on either night of WrestleMania and tonight’s pre-taped show is the final one before the festivities kick off Saturday. She hasn’t wrestled since a late-February six-woman tag team match, but recently said in an interview that she’s not injured and that there were no plans for her despite pitching several non-title grudge match ideas.
Lynch has been out of action since last May as she revealed she was pregnant and relinquished the Raw title. She gave birth in December. The timing would seem to make sense given a feature in Elle Magazine dropped Friday and that WWE president Nick Khan said in a interview this week that Lynch would return “at a certain point of time…in the not-too-distant future.”
The 37th WrestleMania takes place on 4/10 and 4/11 with WWE’s first ticketed event with a decent-sized live audience since the start of the pandemic.
Both nights are scheduled for a one-hour pre-show at 7 p.m., followed by the main show from 8-11 p.m., although it can go longer, but the target planned finish is listed at 11 p.m.
Both nights are listed as having seven matches. No pre-show matches have been announced, and pretty much every main wrestler on the roster with the exception of Charlotte Flair, Bayley, Carmella and Billie Kay is already accounted for either on the two shows of the “WrestleMania Friday Night Smackdown” show that was taped on 4/2 and airs on 4/9. It wouldn’t be a surprise to add guys from the Battle Royal or some of the talent from Friday to do one pre-show match, but nothing has been listed as of yet.
Three matches look great for day one, and really five have strong potential on day two, and that’s not including a Randy Orton vs. The Fiend match likely to be heavily gimmicked in one of those polarizing angles that appeals to some and others hate.
Night two of WrestleMania 37 will include a performance by pro wrestling fan and Grammy-nominated rapper Wale.
WWE has announced that Wale will perform Big E’s entrance music “Feel the Power” live at WrestleMania 37 night two this Sunday. Big E is defending his Intercontinental title against Apollo Crews in a Nigerian Drum Fight at night two of WrestleMania.
“Feel the Power” debuted as Big E’s entrance music this past December. Big E won the Intercontinental title that month by defeating Sami Zayn in a lumberjack match.
“He’s one of my favorite rappers there is, but also to have my friend and someone who’s a huge wrestling fan, I was geeked just to be able to get him to perform,” Big E told Bleacher Report. “To have him perform for me at home — Tampa’s my home — is incredible. I’m so stoked about it. We’ve been trying to get Wale for years. We tried to get him at a ‘Mania a couple of years ago, but things didn’t work out. I’m so excited about it and I know he is, too, because as a big fan, it’s a dream come true.”
Wale has appeared on WWE programming multiple times in the past, including officiating The New Day and The Usos’ rap battle in July 2017.
“One of the things that I realized years ago is that so many of the rappers as a hip-hop head that I really enjoyed were big, massive wrestling fans,” Big E told Bleacher Report. “I thought, ‘Man, we should be doing so much more to connect those two bridges.’ I love that and that’s what he’s been doing: bringing the culture to WWE and I think it’s so dope.”
Wale has also partnered with Foot Locker to launch a capsule collection of WaleMania clothing that pays tribute to some of the greatest Black WWE champions in history. The collection includes T-shirts honoring Sasha Banks, Kofi Kingston, Booker T, Mark Henry, and Ron Simmons. WaleMania began as a WrestleMania week event in 2015.
When Crews challenged Big E to make their match at WrestleMania 37 a Nigerian Drum Fight, Crews said there will be no rules or limitations for the match — just a beating so loud it sounds like a drum.
WrestleMania 37 night two will also feature rock musician Ash Costello performing Rhea Ripley’s entrance music “Brutality.” Ripley is challenging for Asuka’s Raw Women’s Championship at the show.
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida is hosting WrestleMania 37 this Saturday and Sunday. Both nights will stream live on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network everywhere else.
The end of the Wednesday night war is the lead story in the current issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
We look at the announcement, international implications, barbs back-and-forth, Paul Levesque’s speech announcing the move to those who work at NXT, the Wednesday night stats with one week left, a look at the final head-to-head battle, advantages each side had going in, what lessons were shown by the Wednesday wars, where each side had the advantage and what lessons it says about what people want out of their wrestling.
NXT’s move to Tuesday, what should happen with the ratings based on past examples, trajectory changes of late, the numbers each show has done in the past unopposed and what should and shouldn’t be expected to happen over the next few weeks. We also look at the 2021 averages for AEW and NXT.
Also in this issue:
How the Endeavor IPO changes the UFC business and how the ESPN deal makes making the big money fights less important to UFC. We look at the value of a Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou fight, but where the big payoff goes and where the big expense goes.l We look at numbers Jones has talked about, the lightweight title, belts losing all credibility, and questions about Jones and Ngannou should a fight take place.
WWE Network shows migrating to Peacock, shows difficult to find, editing of shows, shows that had already been heavily edited, WWE next business report, how the new NFL scheduled affects Raw and WWE, Charly Caruso leaving and ESPN deal, Vince McMahon and Oliver Luck lawsuit update, William Shatner as wrestling fan decades ago, Glenn Jacobs honored, Rhea Ripley talks how she found out about her WrestleMania match, Paige talks wrestling again, writing team member let go, International TV ratings, how wrestling shows did s compared with sports programming this past week, Shawn Michaels talks superkicks, a look at the Hurt Business breakup, William Regal talks Sasha Banks, Hall of Fame news, and WWE market value.
UFC 260, with the background of the show, match-by-match coverage, business notes and poll results.
WWE heading into WrestleMania, the main event story behind the story the build up, business notes, ticket sales, NXT Takeover, plus updated lineups.
Andrade’s different interviews talking why he left, the Charlotte Flair pregnancy test story, the COVID story, the Saudi Arabia trip, where he may wind up, offers made by WWE, what he wants out of his career, and what angle suggested for him that was nixed.
ROH 19th anniversary show, with highlights, match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.
2021 Hodge trophy award voting and why there were two winners even with the voting not close.
Non-WWE shows during WrestleMania weekend, from AEW to Game Changer, ticket sales and more.
More into detail on ratings than any other source, we have how every segment on NXT and AEW did as well as how it did with different age groups, genders and more, plus a look at all other wrestling shows of the past week.
Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week.
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WEDNESDAY NEWS UPDATE
WWE
Today’s episode of The Bump was a NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver special that featured Raquel Gonzalez, Karrion Kross, Scarlett, Adam Cole, and LA Knight.
Cathy Kelly, Lita, and Riddle will appear during The Bump’s Watch Along of NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver night one tonight.
Io Shirai spoke to Sports Illustrated on her match against Raquel Gonzalez tonight and changing her style in NXT.
Bayley spoke to Alex McCarthy of talkSPORT where she confirmed that the company has no plans for her at WrestleMania. I cannot give you an honest answer, dude,” Bayley started with a smile. “I don’t know. I’m sorry guys, it just didn’t happen. Even if there was something, I don’t know if I would tell you guys to spoil it. But yeah, it’s OK. I’ll be here for a long time. I might just jump the barricade and steal my own moment if they won’t give me one. I’ll just steal it.”
Sami Zayn shot an angle that appeared on WWE’s social media where he interrupted a sparring session with Logan and Jake Paul.
Young Rock on NBC last night scored 2,552,000 overnight viewers, up slightly from last week’s 2,523,000 viewers.
Shotzi Blackheart wrote on Twitter: “Its been a rough week. Ive never been this heartbroken. My step dad is in a coma after 2 heart attacks. I was able to visit him and I’m hopeful but It isn’t looking good. Energy is powerful so please send prayers/ positive vibes ANYTHING to the man that taught me to ride a bike.”
Big E spoke to Ariel Helwani on WrestleMania 37 and a possible Jon Jones-Francis Ngannou fight.
Rob Van Dam talked to the Battle Creek Enquirer about being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. “Being inducted into the Hall of Fame probably means more than being a world champion because there are probably a lot of world champions that will never be in the hall of fame,” he said. “To have Vince McMahon stand up during the induction ceremony and tell me that I changed the style of the business was probably the highest compliment I could imagine.”
Foot Locker, WWE, and Wale have partnered up to release capsule collections celebrating Black champions, including Sasha Banks, Kofi Kingston, and Booker T.
The company uploaded a clip from Chris Jericho’s episode of The Broken Skull Sessions with Steve Austin, where he mentioned Sammy Guevara as one of his favorite tag team partners.
The WWE Performance Center’s YouTube page has a short documentary on Ember Moon’s return from injury.
Other Wrestling
In an interview with PWInsider, Tony Khan hoped that the NXT move to Tuesdays would bring in new wrestling fans. “I think there are a lot of wrestling fans who like AEW, and I think among the world of wrestling fans, we have a chance to continue building an audience and getting fans to check out the show now because we won’t be opposed by another wrestling show next week,” he said. “I think we’ll have some new fans coming in then I really hope, checking us out, and I hope to make some new wrestling fans in general, fans of AEW and then they can check out other companies and find what they like in wrestling, and find the wrestlers and the moves and the stories they like, and I just want to make new fans of wrestling.”
Khan also expressed interest in doing more house shows in the future. “I am open to doing more house shows,” he said. “This is an experiment, it felt like a great week for us to do it where we have the whole crew available to us and we got a really good house for Dynamite this week, we have a great crowd, and with the recent sales of Dynamite, tickets have trended really well, Revolution did very well, the weather’s been great, the fans have been great, we wanted to do something special for our fans here in Jacksonville.”
ROH COO Joe Koff expressed interest in a future Ring of Honor Hall of Fame in a video posted on the company’s YouTube channel. “Absolutely,” he said when asked. “We talk about it. It’s not a new thought. It’s a matter of how, who, when, but most importantly why. And I think we are getting that part answered.”
Forbes has released their 2021 World Billionaires list. AEW co-owner Shad Khan finished in 308th place with an estimated net worth of $8 billion. Vince McMahon placed 1,517th with an estimated net worth of $2.1 billion. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tops the list with $177 billion.
Adam Thornstowe of Reno Scum wrote on Twitter that the team is no longer a part of Impact Wrestling. “Well..Reno Scums time with Impact has come to an end,” he wrote. “I’m nothing but thankful for everything they did for us. I wanna thank the staff and [producers], and especially the talent. It is undoubtedly one of the most talented locker rooms in the world. Until we see ya again…Oi Oi Oi!”
Lars Sullivan has been announced for a in-store meet and greet in Flushing, New York on May 8, his first appearance since his WWE departure.
WWE has announced a change to one of the matches for WrestleMania 37.
At WrestleMania 37 night one this Saturday, it will now be Bad Bunny & Damian Priest teaming together against The Miz & John Morrison. The bout had originally been announced as a singles match between Bad Bunny and Miz.
The change to the match was made official when Miz & Morrison accepted a challenge from Bad Bunny & Priest on Raw tonight. In an angle earlier on the show, Miz and Morrison defaced Bad Bunny’s $3.6 million Bugatti by painting on it. When Bad Bunny came to see what Miz and Morrison had done to his car, Miz and Morrison attacked him from behind.
Bad Bunny will be making his in-ring debut at WrestleMania 37. The music superstar first appeared for WWE when he performed his song “Booker T” at the Royal Rumble this January. Bad Bunny & Priest have been feuding with Miz & Morrison since then.
WrestleMania 37 is taking place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida this Saturday and Sunday. Both nights will air live on Peacock in the United States and live on the WWE Network everywhere else.
Here are the updated cards for both nights of WrestleMania 37:
WrestleMania 37 night one (Saturday, April 10) —
SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks defends against Bianca Belair
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley defends against Drew McIntyre
Bad Bunny & Damian Priest vs. The Miz & John Morrison
Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) defend against AJ Styles & Omos
Steel cage match: Braun Strowman vs. Shane McMahon
Seth Rollins vs. Cesaro
Tag Team Turmoil match for a WWE Women’s Tag Team title shot at WrestleMania 37 night two
WrestleMania 37 night two (Sunday, April 11) —
Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against Edge and Daniel Bryan in a triple threat match
Raw Women’s Champion Asuka defends against Rhea Ripley
“The Fiend” Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn
Intercontinental Champion Big E defends against Apollo Crews in a Nigerian Drum Fight
United States Champion Riddle defends against Sheamus
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler defend against the winners of the Tag Team Turmoil match from night one
A Tag Team Turmoil match has been announced for WrestleMania 37 on April 10, with the winners facing the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions the following day on April 11.
It was announced on tonight’s Raw that Lana & Naomi, Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose, The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan), and Tamina and Natalya will compete in a Tag Team Turmoil match. The winners of that match on Saturday will advance to the second night of WrestleMania, where they will face WWE Women’s Tag Team champions Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax for the titles.
Jax and Baszler appeared on tonight’s show, defeating Asuka and Rhea Ripley after Ripley abandoned her tag team partner. After the match, the champions were confronted backstage by all of the aforementioned teams.
The team of Billie Kay and Carmella was also brought up as possibly taking part in the match. Jax asked Kay if she even had a partner for the match. Kay mentioned that Carmella was looking at her resume, which she gave to Carmella this past Friday.
WWE has announced musical performances for both WrestleMania 37 and NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver.
WrestleMania 37 night one this Saturday (April 10) will begin with Grammy-nominated singer Bebe Rexha performing “America the Beautiful.” The main cards for both nights of WrestleMania 37 will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern time. They’re airing live on Peacock in the United States and live on the WWE Network everywhere else.
“I’m excited to sing ‘America the Beautiful’ at this year’s WrestleMania,” Rexha said. “Being part of WWE’s biggest event of the year is an honor and I look forward to performing for fans around the world.”
At WrestleMania 37 night two on Sunday (April 11), Ash Costello will perform Rhea Ripley’s theme song “Brutality” live. Ripley is challenging for Asuka’s Raw Women’s Championship at night two of WrestleMania.
NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver is taking place over two nights this Wednesday (April 7) and Thursday (April 8). To kick off night one, rock musician Nita Strauss will perform the national anthem. Night one of TakeOver: Stand & Deliver will air live on the USA Network, with there also being a simulcast on Peacock in the U.S. and the WWE Network everywhere else. Night two will be live on Peacock in the U.S. and the WWE Network everywhere else.
“I know what it takes to create a spectacle with @WWE. I’m excited to have our very own @hurricanenita open #NXTTakeOver Stand & Deliver Night 1 with our National Anthem,” Alice Cooper tweeted. “Play it proud, play it #NXTLOUD!”
As part of WrestleMania week, WWE announced Monday that 25 of their talents will be available for 15 Cameo videos each to be recorded over the next five days.
With costs ranging from $500 to $150, the videos will be recorded starting today through Friday, April 9th. The list of currently available talents and costs featured are as follows:
Randy Orton: $500
Shane McMahon: $500
AJ Styles: $400
Daniel Bryan: $400
Seth Rollins: $400
Big E: $250
Kofi Kingston: $250
Xavier Woods: $250
Drew McIntyre: $250
The Miz: $250
Braun Strowman: $250
Kevin Owens: $250
Damian Priest: $250
Sheamus: $250
Matt Riddle: $200
Cesaro: $200
Apollo Crews: $200
Bobby Lashley: $200
Bianca Belair: $200
John Morrison: $200
Sami Zayn: $200
Omos: $150
Availability for Alexa Bliss ($400), Asuka ($200) and Rhea Ripley ($150) are already sold out.
The company entered into a partnership with Cameo last fall after a new policy was put into place where talents needed to end their individual deals with Cameo and other third parties like Twitch. WWE sold out 30 Cameo $1000 slots for the Undertaker during last November’s Survivor Series week.
