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Bayley wins WWE Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 40

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Bayley is the new WWE Women’s Champion.

WWE’s first-ever women’s Grand Slam Champion added another accolade on Sunday in Philadelphia at WrestleMania 40, defeating IYO SKY in the show’s semi-main event to win the Women’s Championship.

In a bout where SKY kicked out of a Bayley-to-Belly, and Bayley kicked out of SKY’s trademark moonsault, Bayley scored the win by pinfall after a flying elbow and a Rose Plant.

The title match ends a nearly two-year storyline following Bayley forming the Damage CTRL group with SKY and Dakota Kai at SummerSlam 2022, Asuka & Kairi Sane eventually joining the group, then ultimately Damage CTRL turning on Bayley after her Royal Rumble win this year. 

NFL star George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers was ringside for Bayley’s win, as Bayley is a San Francisco Bay Area native and a Niners fan. Kittle’s appearance was highlighted on the WrestleMania broadcast.

While she had pushed for a live appearance by Paramore for WrestleMania, the band’s touring schedule would not allow for it according to Bayley’s social media. Instead the Hayley Williams-fronted group provided music for the pre-match video package for Bayley on Sunday.

Bayley’s best friend and former tag team partner Mercedes Mone posted the following message to Bayley on social media on Sunday:

Be so good they can’t ignore you because yoU we’re born to do this @itsBayleyWWE

Bayley becomes the fourth wrestler to hold the Women’s title since it was rebranded from the Raw Women’s Championship last year.

Daily Update: WWE WrestleMania 40, Cody Rhodes, Shocker

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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Among the highlights in this issue:

  • WrestleMania weekend preview, the matches, the plans for the matches, favorites in every match, where things can go next and how we got there
  • How plans changed throughout the period
  • Dwayne Johnson’s preparation to get into ring shape
  • How Johnson’s return came about
  • Stand & Deliver preview
  • Business notes on all the shows including the insane scalper market setting a new all-time pro wrestling record
  • The lawyers grapple in Janel Grant lawsuit against Vince McMahon.
  • What we’ve learned new and the strategy McMahon’s side is taking
  • AEW cuts and the current realities of AEW business
  • CM Punk’s interview on the Ariel Helwani show in detail and each subject covered
  • The most heated pro wrestling show in decades from last week at Arena Mexico featuring top AAA talent, and how the crowd makeup was different, and exactly what happened at WrestleMania 30 that led to this show taking place
  • The most detailed look at the the ratings from the past week, weekly rankings, competition, segment-by-segment, analysis, how it compares with one year ago
  • Notes from three Stardom PPV shows this past week
  • Preview of two major New Japan events
  • Lots of Mania week shows talked about
  • Main event for RevPro’s biggest show of the year
  • Bloodsport coverage
  • How Kingston vs. Briscoe came about
  • Ticket sales for upcoming WWE & AEW shows
  • Streaming numbers and international TV ratings
  • AEW PPV updates
  • McGregor sets record
  • Dana White talks about blowing off a sponsor
  • PFL signs boxing champion
  • Nick Khan talks Vince McMahon, Netflix deal and bringing in Dwayne Johnson
  • Details behind Vince McMahon’s most recent stock sale
  • WWE numbers in quarter one
  • Martha Hart talks Vince McMahon
  • Ronda Rousey and Drew Gulak controversy
  • WWE star likely returning
  • Merchandise sale updates
  • Update on amateur wrestlers in WWE system
  • Notes from all the house shows

This Week’s Retro Observer Newsletter

Friday Update

  • Garrett and I will be doing a show today covering all the news from the week and talking about this weekend. Bryan and I will be up Saturday, Sunday and Monday night. We’ll try to watch as much as is possible on Saturday because that is going to be a loaded day of shows.
  • Our full preview of WrestleMania both nights is in the new issue.
  • There was a fire today in Cody Rhodes’ tour bus. Nobody was injured and he did all his media interviews. Everyone is safe. The bus ended up with a hole in the ceiling and the front lounge was burned to a crisp.

For this weekend, we will be doing polls on these shows:

  • ROH Supercard of Honor
  • New Japan Sakura Genesis
  • NXT Stand & Deliver
  • WrestleMania night one
  • WrestleMania night two
  • You can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected]m
  • The Cubs Fan reported on a situation with Shocker over the weekend. He was wrestling in Oaxaca, was arrested and taken by police on charges of destroying the hotel room and that he threatened to kill himself. His wife, Gisela Dominguez said that he gets paranoid when he’s on substances and believes everyone is out to get him. She said he’s expressed suicidal thoughts before but has never acted on them in her presence. She said she feels he needs to go to rehab and noted he’s also done that many times in the past.
  • Paul Levesque said that the WWE draft will take place in about a month.
  • The Athletic story on Cody Rhodes
  • The Bryan Danielson vs. Blue Panther match headlines a loaded Arena Mexico show tonight. There is also the first block of the tournament of champions which will be a four-week tournament. Tonight has national champions with Star Black, Esfinge, Guerrero Maya Jr., Magia Blanca, Futuro, Magnus, Rugido, Disturbio, Cholo and Apocalipsis. The traditional big trio match is Mistico & Volador Jr. & Atlantis Jr. vs. Rocky Romero & Templario & Averno.
  • Panther was posting workout videos on Instagram for weeks and he’s said to be in the best shape he can be at 63. It has been years since he’s done a long singles match. Danielson said that when he was younger, he was transfixed by watching Panther’s style when he was younger. Danielson said he’d love to work all the CMLL arenas but there is nothing booked and there are issues that would keep that difficult. He said he believes there is more American interest in CMLL than has been in a long time. He also said it would be a dream of his to have a tag team match with Panther as his partner. He said he doesn’t care if he’s cheered or booed, but if he was in the crowd, he’d be cheering Panther. The advance was very good, nothing close to last week but last week was a rare one.
  • Brandon Tate of “The Boys” tweeted this regarding his being released by AEW and the claim it was for missing dates. One of the twins at one point also retweeted that Dalton Castle was limited as a performer. But this was his response.
  • During Paul Levesque’s interview on the Pat McAfee show, there were a couple of loud chants by the fans for MJF.
  • Smackdown tonight in Philadelphia has the Andre the Giant Battle Royal, Jey Uso vs. Solo Sikoa, Zelina Vega vs. Elektra Lopez, Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne vs. Austin Theory & Grayson Waller and the KO Show with Randy Orton.
  • After Smackdown is the Hall of Fame hosted by Jackie Redmond on Peacock:
  • Lia Maivia inducted by Dwayne Johnson
  • Thunderbolt Patterson inducted by Scott Spars
  • Muhammad Ali inducted by Lonnie Ali (wife)
  • Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda
  • Bull Nakano inducted by Madusa
  • Paul Heyman inducted by Roman Reigns
  • ROH Supercard of Honor at 8 p.m. Eastern on Honor Club
  • Mariah May vs. Momo Kohgo
  • Tony Nese & Josh Woods vs. mystery opponents
  • Cole Karter & Griff Garrison vs. Serpentico & Angelico
  • Johnny TV vs. Dalton Castle
  • Mina Shirakawa & Maika & Mei Seira vs. Saya Kamiani & AZM & Tam Nakano
  • Mike Bennett & Matt Taven defend the ROH tag titles against The Infantry
  • Kyle Fletcher defends the TV title against Lee Johnson
  • Billie Starkz vs. Queen Aminata for the women’s TV title
  • Athena vs. Hikaru Shida for the ROH women’s title
  • Eddie Kingston vs. Mark Briscoe for the ROH title
  • Rampage tonight on TNT has Malakai Black vs. Christopher Daniels, Roderick Strong vs. London Lightning, Serena Deeb vs. Trish Adora and Komander vs. Action Andretti vs. Bryan Keith vs. Daniel Garcia in an elimination match.
  • Unlike in past years where a lot of the bigger shows even struggled, the key Japanese company shows and GCW and WrestleCon shows have been doing sellouts of 750 at the Penns Landing Caterers and close to 1,000 at the 2300 Arena.
  • UFC tomorrow from the Apex airs on ESPN+ only starting at 3 p.m. Eastern. 
  • Nora Cornollie (138.5) vs. Melisa Mullins (138) – Both missed weight
  • Dlan Budka (185.5) vs. Cesar Almeida (185.5)
  • Dan Arguesta (136) vs. Jean Matsumoto (136)
  • Piera Rodriguez (116) vs. Cynthia Calvillo (119) – Calville missed by three pounds and the fight has been canceled
  • Pedro Falcao (136) vs. Victor Hugo (135.5)
  • Norma Dumont (136) vs. Germaine de Randamie (135)
  • Court McGhee (170.5) vs. Alex Morono (171)
  • Trevor Peek (155.5) vs. Charlie Campbell (155)
  • Valte Walker (264) vs. Lukasz Brzeski (236)
  • Ignacio Bahamondes (156) vs. Christos Giagos (156)
  • Morgan Charriere (145) vs. Chepe Mariscal (145.5)
  • Alexander Hernandez (150) vs. Damon Jackson (146) – Hernandez missed weight by four pounds but the fight is still on)
  • Brendan Allen (186) vs. Chris Curtis (186)
  • On Jeopardy last night there was a clue that said “In Landover, MD, he beat Big John Studd in a thrilling steel cage match. The contestant correctly answered “Who is Andre the Giant?” (thanks to Brian Henke)
  • GCW & JCW vs. The World last night:
  • Jordan Oliver b Aigie Blanc
  • Griffin McCoy b Session Moth Martina
  • Syuri d Masha Slamovich 30:00. They got a standing ovation when this was over
  • Gringo Loco & Arez & Latigo b Dragon Kid & Shun Skywalker & Yamato
  • Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura & Rina Yamashita b Alec Price & Cole Radrick & 1 Called Mandes
  • Mike Dailey & Tony Deppen & Terri Yaki & Marcus Mathers & Charlie Tiger & Calvin Tankman & Mr.Danger b Ho Ho Lun & LJ Cleary & Lou Nixon & Ricky Knight Jr & Ryuji Ito & Shota & Mizuki Watase
  • Mao & Yoshihihko (blow up doll) won over Ciclope & Miedo Extremo, Icarus & Robert Dreissker and Leon Slater & Man Like DeReiss
  • There is a new video being put out by ClassicWrestling.net of Harley Race, with matches with Dusty Rhodes, Terry Funk, Jack Brisco, Jerry Lawlerr, Dory Funk Jr., Dick the Bruiser, Rick Martel, Angelo Poffo, Terry Taylor, Rick McGraw and Mike Stallings.

VIDEO: WWE reveals the set for WrestleMania 40

Posted on by Ethan Renner

WWE has continued an annual tradition with the set reveal for WrestleMania 40. 

In a video posted Thursday night to its YouTube channel and social media platforms, WWE unveiled the set and stage for Saturday and Sunday’s WrestleMania 40 event taking place in Philadelphia at Lincoln Financial Field. 

This year’s reveal video was hosted by Jackie Redmond and Kayla Braxton, and featured an appearance from media personalities Ninja Kidz.

With Philadelphia serving as this year’s WrestleMania host city, the set features a color scheme similar to that of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, who play their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. 

WrestleMania 40 takes place over two nights, with kickoff shows streaming on Peacock/WWE Network beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, April 6 & Sunday April 7, with the main cards kicking off each night at 7 p.m. Eastern time. 

This year’s set reveal is in the embedded video below:

WWE reveals cards for WrestleMania 40 nights one and two

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WWE has revealed the match lineups for WrestleMania 40 nights one and two.

Chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque unveiled the matches for this weekend’s two-night WrestleMania event in a series of social media posts on Monday night. The shows will take place at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. 

Seven matches will take place on night one on Saturday, April 6, with six matches official for Sunday, April 7. 

Each night will include four championship matches. 

Both shows will stream live on Peacock/WWE Network starting at 7 p.m. Eastern time on their respective nights.

Night one (Saturday, April 6) —

  • The Rock & Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins
  • WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley defends against Becky Lynch
  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Gunther defends against Sami Zayn
  • Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso
  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship six-pack ladder match: Finn Balor & Damian Priest defend against Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa, The Miz & R-Truth, Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods, Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate, Grayson Waller & Austin Theory
  • Jade Cargill, Bianca Belair, & Naomi vs. Asuka, Kairi Sane, & Dakota Kai
  • Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee vs. Dominik Mysterio & Santos Escobar

Night two (Sunday, April 7) —

  • Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against Cody Rhodes
  • WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins defends against Drew McIntyre
  • WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY defends against Bayley
  • WWE United States Champion Logan Paul defends against Kevin Owens & Randy Orton in a triple threat
  • LA Knight vs. AJ Styles
  • Philadelphia street fight: Bobby Lashley, Montez Ford, & Angelo Dawkins vs. Karrion Kross, Akam, & Rezar

Rey Mysterio issues WWE WrestleMania 40 challenge

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Rey Mysterio has issued a challenge to Santos Escobar & Dominik Mysterio for a tag team bout at WWE WrestleMania 40. 

In a segment on Friday’s SmackDown, Mysterio appeared alongside the LWO and declared his intention to face Escobar & his son Dominik in a tag team match at WrestleMania with a mystery partner. 

Rey then revealed Dragon Lee as the newest member of the LWO, and as his planned partner for the WrestleMania contest, and the LWO brawled with Escobar’s Legado Del Fantasma. 

WWE has yet to officially announce that tag bout for WrestleMania. 

A faction warfare storyline between the LWO (Rey Mysterio, Dragon Lee, Carlito, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, Zelina Vega) and Escobar’s Legado Del Fantasma (Escobar, Angel Garza, Humberto Carrillo, Elektra Lopez) got an added twist on last week’s SmackDown as Dominik seemingly temporarily aligned with Escobar’s group. Dominik is part of The Judgment Day faction on Raw, but was without a clear WrestleMania direction prior to his inclusion. 

Following up on Friday’s segment, Vega vs. Lopez is set for next Friday’s SmackDown, the go-home show for WrestleMania 40. 

Fight Game: The Rock lays the smack down on Cody Rhodes

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John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

We kicked off the show talking about the two big angles on this past Monday’s Raw: The Rock beating up Cody Rhodes and the three-person promo between CM Punk, Drew McIntyre, and Seth Rollins.

We then got to the rest of our Top 5 which included:

  • Drew McIntyre’s possible free agency
  • Mercedes Mone so far three shows into her AEW run
  • Swerve Strickland as the top contender to Samoa Joe’s AEW World title
  • The Brutus Beefcake Dark Side of the Ring episode
  • Trick & Melo in NXT
  • Ridge Holland’s “retirement” angle on NXT

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WWE teases Meek Mill performance for WrestleMania 40

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WWE has teased a WrestleMania 40 performance from Grammy-nominated rapper Meek Mill. 

A WrestleMania ad featuring Meek Mill aired during Monday’s Raw, and the artist posted the video to his social media channels with the comment: 

Wrestlemania Philly about to be turnt turnt!!!!!

Meek Mill is a native of Philadelphia, the host city for WrestleMania 40 on Saturday, April 6 & Sunday, April 7. WWE chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque quoted Meek Mill’s X post with the following comment: 

Game on…the whole world’s on notice. @MeekMill #WrestleMania

Monday’s teaser follows a social media exchange between Meek Mill & Triple H on social media on Sunday where the rapper mentioned that his sons were hoping to attend WrestleMania, and Triple responded by telling Meek Mill to clear his schedule. 

Meek Mill teased a performance of his Dreams and Nightmares song: 

Triple h they want dreams and nightmares at wrestling!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meek Mill was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Back of my Mind in 2021, and nominated for Best Rap Album for Championships in 2019. 

CM Punk announced as WWE WrestleMania 40 guest commentator

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CM Punk is headed to WrestleMania as a guest commentator. 

Punk announced during Monday’s WWE Raw episode that he will serve as special guest commentator for the Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre World Heavyweight Championship match on night two of WrestleMania 40 on Sunday, April 7. 

Making a special appearance on Monday’s Raw in Chicago, Punk, World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, and Rollins’ WrestleMania challenger Drew McIntyre went more than 22 minutes in a segment setting up Punk as guest commentator for Rollins vs. McIntyre.

Punk teased hosting WrestleMania, teased being a guest referee for the World Heavyweight title match, taunted McIntyre for wearing “lifts in [his boots]” and “shoe polish” in his beard, dared McIntyre to name who had “chosen” McIntyre to be WWE’s “chosen one,” referenced Jim Cornette’s podcasts, name-dropped The Rock, and much more in the memorable segment before closing with a promise to make Rollins & McIntyre “interesting” with his WrestleMania commentary. 

Rollins will defend his World Heavyweight title against McIntyre on night two of WrestleMania on Sunday, April 7 after teaming with Cody Rhodes against The Rock & Roman Reigns in the main event of night one the day before. McIntyre earned the title shot by winning an Elimination Chamber match last month in Perth, Australia. 

Punk suffered a torn right triceps in the Royal Rumble in January after making it to the final two of the match eventually won by Cody Rhodes.

WWE posted an interview with Punk regarding Monday’s segment: 

Wrestling Observer Live: The Road to WrestleMania continues, new AEW champions

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwV5RGhtk_k

I am back with another Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, discussing all the latest stories from this past week in wrestling.

This past Friday’s WWE SmackDown featured Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes, but the confrontation to build their night two WrestleMania main event seemed less intense compared to the previous few Bloodline segments. I analyzes the segment and speculate on the upcoming main events for WrestleMania, along with sharing his thoughts on the rest of SmackDown.

He also highlights last weekend’s AEW Collision where Bryan Danielson faced Katsuyori Shibata as well as the significant title changes on this past Wednesday’s Dynamite where Adam Copeland and Kazuchika Okada won singles championships.

I also discuss how Mercedes Mone, Will Ospreya, and Okada are positively impacting the company.

Additionally, I give some thoughts on Paul Heyman’s career, Shayna Baszler’s upcoming appearance at GCW Bloodsport, and Ronda Rousey’s comments about both WWE and Vince McMahon.

Tune in for all this and more on the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Live, available by clicking below or on YouTube above.

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WWE WrestleMania qualifying tournament finals set

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The final four is set for the WWE WrestleMania qualifying tournament on SmackDown. 

Austin Theory & Grayson Waller, and Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins of The Street Profits won their tournament matches on Friday’s SmackDown to advance to the bracket two finals. They will meet on next Friday’s SmackDown, with the winners added to the six-pack Tag Team title ladder match set for WrestleMania 40. 

The Street Profits defeated Akam & Rezar of Authors of Pain on Friday’s SmackDown, while Theory & Waller were victorious over Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson of The OC.

Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne of New Catch Republic, plus Humberto Carrillo & Angel Garza of Legado Del Fantasma won bracket one matches on last week’s SmackDown and will also meet on next week’s SmackDown with a spot in the WrestleMania ladder match on the line. 

On this week’s Raw, The New Day’s Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods, DIY’s Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano, plus R-Truth & The Miz won matches to qualify for the WrestleMania Tag Team title match. 

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Finn Balor & Damian Priest will defend their titles at WrestleMania in the six-pack ladder match. 

The field for the WrestleMania Tag title match: 

  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship six-pack challenge ladder match: Finn Balor & Damian Priest defend against The New Day, DIY, The Miz & R-Truth, Legado Del Fantasma/New Catch Republic winner, Street Profits/Austin Theory & Grayson Waller winner

Fight Game: Cody Rhodes is heating up on the road to WrestleMania

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John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

We kicked off the show talking about how Cody Rhodes has done in his recent promo war with The Rock as WWE WrestleMania XL approaches.

We then got to the rest of our Top 5 which included:

  • Mercedes Mone’s week 2 in AEW
  • Kazuchika Okada beating Eddie Kingston for the AEW Continental title
  • Adam Copeland as the new TNT champion
  • Last week’s Dark Side of the Ring episode on Terry Gordy
  • The latest in NXT

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Three new matches official for WWE WrestleMania 40

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Three new matches are official for WWE WrestleMania 40 set for Saturday, April 6 & Sunday, April 7. 

United States Champion Logan Paul will defend his title at WrestleMania in a triple threat match against Randy Orton & Kevin Owens in a bout announced during Friday’s SmackDown episode. 

Paul retained the US title by DQ over Kevin Owens at Royal Rumble, while Orton pinned both Owens and Paul in the men’s Elimination Chamber match in Perth last month. 

After Jey Uso issued a challenge on Raw this week to brother Jimmy Uso to face him at WrestleMania, Jimmy officially accepted the challenge in a heated promo on Friday’s SmackDown episode. 

LA Knight issued a challenge on SmackDown to AJ Styles for a match at WrestleMania after Styles interfered in the men’s Elimination Chamber match in Perth leading to Knight being pinned by Drew McIntyre in that contest. Styles accepted the challenge on SmackDown with a sneak attack, laying out Knight with a steel chair. 

WrestleMania 40 will stream live on Peacock/WWE Network on Saturday, April 6 & Sunday, April 7 at 7 p.m. Eastern time from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Here is the updated lineup:

WrestleMania 40 night one —

  • The Rock & Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins

WrestleMania 40 night two —

  • Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against Cody Rhodes
  • World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins defends against Drew McIntyre

WrestleMania 40 night TBA —

  • Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley defends against Becky Lynch
  • WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY defends against Bayley
  • Intercontinental Champion Gunther defends his title
  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Finn Balor & Damian Priest defend their titles in a six-pack ladder match
  • United States Champion Logan Paul defends against Kevin Owens & Randy Orton in a triple threat match
  • Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso
  • LA Knight vs. AJ Styles

Fight Game: Is Mercedes Mone going to mean big business for AEW?

Posted on by Garrett Gonzales

John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

We kicked off the show talking about John being the focus of a segment on Jim Cornette’s podcast.

We then got to the rest of our Top 5 which included:

  • Mercedes Mone’s AEW debut
  • Samoa Joe vs. Wardlow from this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite
  • Will Ospreay’s promo setting up his AEW Dynasty match against Bryan Danielson
  • The WWE WrestleMania XL card so far
  • The Dark Side of the Ring episode on Buff Bagwell

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Jey Uso issues WWE WrestleMania 40 challenge to Jimmy Uso

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Jey Uso has issued a WrestleMania 40 challenge to his twin brother Jimmy Uso. 

In a segment on Monday’s WWE Raw, Jey laid out a challenge for a brother vs. brother match at WrestleMania 40. Jey dared Jimmy to accept the challenge, promising to knock his brother’s teeth out: 

The singles match would come a year after The Usos main evented night one of WrestleMania 39 as a tag team, defending the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles against Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn at the 2023 event. 

Both Usos left The Bloodline faction in the aftermath of WrestleMania 39 last year, but Jimmy ultimately turned against his brother and rejoined Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa in The Bloodline. Jimmy cost Jey the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in a match against Reigns at SummerSlam in 2023, and also cost his brother the Intercontinental Championship by interfering in a match between Jey and Gunther last month on Raw. 

The WrestleMania 40 card continues to take shape following Monday’s Raw, where a six-pack ladder match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles was added to the lineup. 

The official WrestleMania 40 card to this point is below. The show streams live on Peacock/WWE Network on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7 at 7 p.m. Eastern time: 

WrestleMania 40 night one —

  • The Rock & Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins

WrestleMania 40 night two —

  • Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against Cody Rhodes
  • World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins defends against Drew McIntyre

WrestleMania 40 night TBA —

  • Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley defends against Becky Lynch
  • WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY defends against Bayley
  • Intercontinental Champion Gunther defends his title
  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Finn Balor & Damian Priest defend their titles in a six-pack ladder match