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Friday, April 25th

Natalya will take on Kenzie Paige for the NWA Women’s Championship at the NWA’s Crockett Cup on May 17.

A Toni Storm sighting:

MLW’s return to Thunder Studios in Los Angeles on 10/4 for MLW Slaughterhouse will officially go on sale today at 10 AM Pacific (1 PM Eastern) today at www.MLWLA.com.

The promotion’s next live event will be Azteca Lucha on 5/10 from Chicago’s Cicero Stadium, which has been announced as sold out.  Announced for that show is Atlantis & Esfinge vs. Guerrero Maya Jr. & Hechicero.

Word is that Bianca Belair might have broken a finger at WrestleMania.

Here is what you will see on Smackdown tonight:

TLC: Tag Team Champions The Street Profits vs. The Motor City Machine Guns vs. DIY.

The newest member of Smackdown revealed.

AEW Dynamite ratings:

This week: 521,000 overnight viewers and 0.14 in the key demo. This is the lowest rating of 2025.

Last week: 624,000 overnight viewers and 0.17 in the key demo.

Next week’s episode of TNA Impact will air live at 10 p.m.

Thursday, April 24th

NXT ratings:

This week: 686,000 overnight viewers and 0.17 in the key demos.

Last week: 663,000 overnight viewers and 0.14 in the key demos.

Don’t be surprised if Cedric Alexander joins the Hurt Syndicate in AEW.

For those who like number crunching, Nevada Current has an article for you: As lawmakers mull massive expansion of program, WWE offers glimpse of how film tax credits work.

Here are your Collision spoilers:

Swerve Strickland beat Blake Christian. Strickland had to fend off Johnson and The Bucks. Kenny Omega lent a hand.

Toni Storm beat Queen Aminata – Women’s World Championship Eliminator Match

Hologram defeated Max Caster

Anna Jay defeated Taylor Gainey. Jay was attacked by Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford.

Lio Rush and Action Andretti beat Top Flight

Bandido defeated Dralistico – ROH World Championship Match

Rush defeated AR Fox

FTR beat Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly. Daniel Garcia helped Strong and O’Reilly chase FTR off after the match.

Wednesday, April 23rd

Here’s what you will see on Dynamite tonight:

More good news from MLW:

WCW superstar Steve “Mongo” McMichael entered hospice care today.

TNA Wrestling World Champion Joe Hendry is the special guest on the Press Pass Podcast on Thursday, April 24, starting at 2 p.m. ET. Press Pass will be available for fans to view on-demand on TNA+ and YouTube on Thursday evening. Tom Hannifan will host Press Pass, where media from around the world can interview the reigning TNA World Champion.

AAA Triplemania XXXIII Regia is slated for June 15th at Arena Monterre.

Tickets for WWE RAW in Quebec City on August 11th are now available through TicketMaster using the presale code WWETIX.

Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson and the rest of the cast of Moana 2 have been nominated for an American Music Award in the Favorite Soundtrack category.

Bad Bunny has been nominated for Favourite Male Latin Performer, Favorite Latin Album, and Favorite Latin Song.

Not nominated for anything?  Travis Scott. Good thing, because if his WrestleMania performance is any indicator, he would take forever walking up to the stage if he won.

Word is that the reason Tama Tonga was attacked before WrestleMania and his arm slammed in a car door was he is dealing with a legit injury and had to be written off TV.

An announcement from TNA:

107.5 The River in Nashville has an interview with Jasmine St. Claire about hardcore wrestling, ECW and Paul Heyman. You can check it out here.

Before that, though, you should check out our interview with her from our archives.

Here is what you will see on TNA Impact:

TNA Champion Joe Hendry & Elijah vs. NXT’s Ethan Page & Frankie Kazarian.

TNA Tag Team Champions Matt and Jeff Hardy have invited The Nemeth Brothers to the Hardy Compound.

Rosemary vs. Jacy Jayne.

Last stop before Rebellion.

Mike Santana to appear.

Tessa Blanchard to appear.

Look who’s coming to Dynamite:

Tuesday, April 22nd

Lex Luger explained on The Ariel Helwani Show why he could make the HoF roll call on WrestleMania night one. He suffered a fall at the airport before the HoF ceremony and the HoF ceremony wore him out.

“The next day, on Saturday, I could hardly get out of bed. So I just called the guys and they were so cool about it and said, ‘Look, we’d love to have you down there. Let’s see how you feel later today.’ But it was obvious by late afternoon that time that I wasn’t going to be able to get out there.”

Luger did make his appearance at WrestleCon on Saturday though.

Raw ratings:

Last week: 2,900,000 viewers and 5,600,000 hours watched.

Previous week: 2,800,000 viewers and 5,700,000 hours watched.

Smackdown ratings:

This week: 1,741,000 overnight viewers and 0.55 in the key demos.

Last week: 1,551,000 overnight viewers and 0.45 in the key demos.

WWE announced that this year’s WrestleMania was the highest-grossing event ever put on by WWE.

Word is that backstage interviewer Cathy Kelley has been training at the Performance Center for a broader role at WWE, would could entail her being a manager.

Bayley has a year and a half left on her current contract with WWE.

Samantha Irvin has released a new song:

AEW made this announcement today:

🚨 Special Announcement! 🚨

🏖️ AEW Beach Break will feature a live broadcast of #AEWDynamite as well as a special taping of #AEWCollision on Wednesday, May 14, at the
@NOW_Arena
in Chicago!

🎟️ Additionally,
@ringofhonor
Supercard of Honor has been rescheduled for Friday, July 11, at
@EsportsStadium
in Arlington, during #AEWAllInTexas Week.

ROH Death Before Dishonor will now take place on Friday, September 5, at the historic
@2300arena
in Philadelphia!

AEW Collision originally scheduled for Saturday, May 17 in Wichita, KS has been canceled, and refunds are available at all original points of purchase.

Refunds for the previously scheduled ROH Supercard Of Honor on Friday, May 2 in Atlantic City, are available at all points of purchase.

Here is what you will see on NXT tonight:

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez vs. Gigi Dolin and Tatum Paxley

 

Congrats to Batista:

Monday, April 21th

Karrion Kross cut a heck of a promo after Mania.  Work? Shoot? A little of both?

This may also lead to him going back to his pre-WWE name, Killer Kross.

Warning for language:

 

Paul Heyman explains why he picked Seth Rollins at Mania:

Want to know what’s new to stream this week? Slam’s John Powell has your schedule here:

What’s New to Stream This Week April 21st to 25th

 

…and here is what’s on HBO in May.

What’s Coming to HBO Max in May

Here is more on that docuseries WWE: Unreal.

Word is the Penn and Teller segment may have been a way for WWE to remove the Heritage Cup from NXT TV.

John Cena will be at Backlash in a few short weeks.

Yup. That was WWE President himself Nick Khan attending to the woman who was involved in that Mania crash with Steve Austin and the quad bike he was driving.

Bushi had this to say about NJPW letting him out of his contract: “I would also like to express my gratitude to New Japan Pro-Wrestling for listening to my selfish wishes and letting me cancel my contract even though I had signed an annual contract with the company. I am grateful to New Japan Pro-Wrestling for letting me cancel the contract.”

Word is AAA could be rebranded NXT Mexico.

News from the WWE: “Money in the Bank will emanate from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 7 at 4pm PT.

It is being rumoured that Rey Mysterio’s injury is a pulled groin.

The Most Electrifying Wrestler in history is making his debut for MLW:

Sunday, April 20th

Unlike HHH’s speech this is short. Tied for first in the @Triller_TV #WrestleMania Week Pick ‘Em repping @slamwrestling. This is a WrestleMania moment I am proud to share with @TomCampbell but next year? It’s personal, Tom. @slamwrestling vs. @Cultaholic. Book it @Triller_TV! pic.twitter.com/oYDvpBbOqr

— John Powell (@POW2112) April 20, 2025

Natalya is a new host on Busted Open.

John Cena and Paul Heyman will be on tomorrow’s Pat McAfee Show.

An update on Tiffany Stratton, she didn’t lose or break a tooth during her match with Charlotte Flair.  She posted a photo indicating that she had all of her teeth.

Speaking of WrestleMania, yes, Jade Cargill suffered several wardrobe malfunctions last night before and after her match with Naomi and Lex Luger was absent from the HoF roll call.

Wrestling fans also showed UFC boss what they thought about his past comments about the WWE. The booed him both times he was shown on the broadcast.

Word is expect Becky Lynch to replace Bayley at Mania tonight.

A look back from WWE:

Word is that WWE has distributed 2,646 tickets so far for the Roast of WrestleMania.

Brodie Lee Jr. was the final entrant in GCW’s Clusterf–k battle royal last night.

Saturday, April 19th

Dragon Lee could be subbing for Rey Mysterio at WrestleMania tonight.

Lana has signed a Legends deal with WWE.

A little fun to start your day:

Roman has this to say:

Becky is back…sort of…

Word is that with the success of their Vault and WCW Youtube channels the WWE will be launching an ECW one soon.

A reminder that NXT Stand and Deliver is on this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. ET.

Friday, April 18th

Powell is leading the pack:

Speaking to The Masked Man Show, Jey Uso said this: “I’m on the end of my career, I feel like. I still got a couple years left. I still feel strong, but this is the first time I’ve kind of felt the years kind of catching up on me. Getting older, man. I’ll be 40 in August. I love wrestling. Wrestling is everything. I’m just starting to get to the point where I just want to venture out a little bit more.”

Here is your WrestleMania kick-off show:

Want to know what’s on this weekend beyond WrestleMania? John Powell has your calendar:

What’s New to Stream This Weekend April 18th to 20th

For you Survivor fans:

Survivor 48 Stock Ticker: Episode Seven

While being interviewed on The First Take, Cody Rhodes had this to say about Travis Scott: “I told everybody he didn’t get me at all and then I realized there was a nice fan cam shot of how difficult it is. Travis Scott, for as talented as he is — and he’s an incredibly talented guy who I’d even bought his kicks — Travis Scott kind of sucks and if he’s coming to WrestleMania, which Triple H announced who’s coming to WrestleMania, I’ll be looking for what we call in the wrestling business a little bit of a receipt.”

While on The Masked Man Show, CM Punk had this to say: “Your body’s going to give up on you way before your mind does. You know, so to me, my mind’s never been sharper. I’ve never been more focused and there is life in wrestling beyond taking bumps and being in the ring. So, we’ll see what happens but I don’t plan on — they’re trying to get me to sign a five-year deal.”

Some SummerSlam news:

WWE has announced that two-day combo tickets for SummerSlam, which takes place Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, will be available starting Friday, May 2 at 10am ET/7am PT via Ticketmaster.com.

General presale for the two-day combo tickets will begin Wednesday, April 30 at 10am ET/7am PT until Thursday, May 1 at 11:59pm ET/8:59pm PT. Chase Freedom cardmembers will receive an exclusive pre-sale offer beginning Tuesday, April 29 at 10am ET/7am PT through Thursday, May 1 at 11:59pm ET/8:59pm PT. Fans can use the unique telephone number on the back of their Chase Freedom card to receive first access to SummerSlam combo tickets. Click here for more information.

Fans can now register for the Wednesday, April 30 general presale by visiting: https://www.wwe.com/summerslam-2025-presale. Additional information regarding individual event tickets will be announced at a later date.

Additionally, SummerSlam Priority Passes are now available from On Location, the Official Fan Hospitality Partner of WWE. These exclusive packages offer unparalleled access to every exhilarating moment, including premium seating, pre-show hospitality with WWE Superstar appearances, ringside photo opportunities and much more. To buy now, please visit https://onlocationexp.com/summerslam.

For all you football fans here’s something fun: Arsenal players as WWE WrestleMania stars (it weirdly makes sense).

 

Thursday, April 17th

Some news from Fanatics:

On Thursday in Las Vegas, official sports partner of Make-A-Wish, Fanatics, teamed up with the wish-granting organization and WWE to enhance once-in-a-lifetime experiences for 25 kids having their wishes granted to attend WrestleMania 41.

Fanatics kicked off the WrestleMania wish experience at WWE World, the official five-day WrestleMania fan festival operated by Fanatics Events. The highlight for the kids was performing their Superstar Entrances—a dream come true for every wrestling fan. In partnership with WWE, Superstars Tiffany Stratton (WWE Women’s Champion) and Braun Strowman made a surprise appearance to cheer on the kids as they made their grand entrances. WWE ring announcer Mark Nash announced each kid before their entrance which featured custom music and graphics. At the end of each wish kid’s Superstar Entrance, Strowman and Stratton presented them a customized title belt and took photos together to commemorate the incredible surprise and experience. Each wish kid also received $250 to spend during a private shopping experience at the WWE World Superstore.

Fanatics is the official sports partner of Make-A-Wish and amplifies all sports-related wishes for the organization (more than 600 wishes have been elevated since the partnership began in 2023).

Make-A-Wish creates life-changing wishes for kids, helping them build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight a critical illness. The experience can be a game-changer that brings joy and a sense of normalcy back into a family’s life and that’s exactly what Make-A-Wish, Fanatics, and WWE intend to do during WrestleMania weekend.

Cody Rhodes was on The Today Show this morning:

WWE and Morgan & Morgan, America’s largest injury law firm, today announced a multi-year partnership agreement in which Morgan & Morgan will become the Official Law Firm Partner of WWE and be featured across a variety of WWE assets.

Chris Bey, All Day

SportsCasting has a fun article detailing each state’s favourite WWE superstar. You can check it out here.

Word is Becky Lynch has resigned with WWE but there haven’t been any plans for her. She hasn’t been fond of the creative ideas thus far.

Roman Reigns has revealed that his current contract ends shortly after WrestleMania 42.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling and Triller have announced an expansion of their partnership. Both Northern Rising and Resurrection will be available via Triller. The pricing will be:

Standalone Event: $29.99

Two-Event Bundle: $44.99

Here is what you will see on a live Collison tonight:

AEW TNT Champion Adam Cole will defend his title in an open challenge.

ROH Television Champion Komander vs. Nick Wayne.

AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone & Harley Cameron vs. Kris Statlander & Julia Hart.

AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm to appear.

Wednesday, April 16th

News from AEW:

Will Slam’s John Powell come out on top or is he doomed to be pinned? Follow the Mania Week Media Pick ‘Em on X and all of the great wrestling events this week on Triller TV.

Cody Rhodes will be on The Today Show on NBC tomorrow.

A message from AEW:

WWE and Fanatics today announced The launch of “What’s Your Story?” hosted by WWE icon Steph McMahon, with new episodes debuting every other week. The first episode of “What’s Your Story?” premieres Thursday, April 17 and will feature UFC President and CEO Dana White.

“‘Stephanie’s Places’ on ESPN+ inspired me to help tell the stories that shape who we are as people,” said McMahon. “This podcast is the perfect medium to do just that, in a very informal environment, where we can all just be ourselves.”

On “What’s Your Story?”, Steph, alongside her co-host and best friend Elyse, will sit down with some of the most influential figures in sports, business and entertainment to uncover their personal stories of hardship and success. Along the way, Steph will share never-before-heard stories about her own journey, professional career, growing up in the WWE and more. New episodes will be available across all audio platforms and WWE’s YouTube channel, which has amassed more than 108 million subscribers.

The Stand and Deliver card was firmed up last night. Here is what you will be seeing:

Word is that it was The Rock who instructed Travis Scott to slap Cody hard at Elimination Chamber.

Here is what you will see on AEW Dynamite tonight:

TBS Champion Mercedes Moné vs. ROH Women’s World Champion Athena in an Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Match
Will Ospreay vs. Konosuke Takeshita in an Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Match
Hangman Adam Page vs. Wildcard Opponent in an Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Match
Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta (c) vs. Samoa Joe, HOOK and Katsuyori Shibata for the AEW World Trios Championships
The Hurt Syndicate (c) vs. Gates of Agony for the AEW World Tag Team Championships

All Elite Wrestling today announced that The O2 in London will host AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on Sunday, August 24, marking the first time AEW has ever held an event at the legendary venue. In addition, AEW will make its Scotland debut for a very special dual taping of AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision at OVO Hydro in Glasgow on Wednesday, August 20. Tickets for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door at The O2 and AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision at OVO Hydro go on sale Friday, May 2 at 10 AM Local Time via AEWTix.com andlivenation.co.uk. Fans interested in exclusive presale opportunities can register for early access at https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/AEWUK2025.

Just an FYI that the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will stream on YouTube.

A message from HHH:

 

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