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Braun Strowman has downplayed speculation about a return to WWE, joking on Twitter that it would take a “dump truck of gold” to get him back in the ring. The former Universal Champion, released in 2025, reiterated his semi-retired status while promoting the second season of Everything On The Menu, signalling his continued focus on television over wrestling for now.
Word is that Evil’s new name in NXT will be Nox Raijin. “Nox” is Latin for “night.” “Raijin” (雷神) is Japanese and refers to the “thunder god” (a deity in Japanese mythology associated with lightning and storms). His real name is Takaaki Watanabe.
Hendry and WWE have released the Fire Logan Paul song as a music video. You can check it out here.
Here is the full card for NJPW Ignition to Dominion (Wednesday, May 6)
Callum Newman & Jake Lee vs. Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi
Yuto-Ice, OSKAR, Taiji Ishimori, Gedo & Daiki Nagai vs. Great-O-Khan, HENARE, Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay
Aaron Wolf, Oleg Boltin & Tiger Mask vs. Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo
Yuya Uemura & Masatora Yasuda vs. Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita
Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma vs. Taichi & El Desperado
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato
Ryusuke Taguchi & Taisei Nakahara vs. SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Sol Ruca’s big botch on Raw where she tripped while going for a Sol Snatcher on Becky Lynch has been edited out of the final archived version on Netflix and other postings by the WWE.
The Backlash matches Trick Williams versus Sami Zayn and Seth Rollins versus Bron Breakker will air live and free on ESPN 2 in the USA.
Where is Drew? Drew McIntyre is currently filming Chad Stahelski’s Highlander reboot at Scotland’s Eilean Donan Castle. Henry Cavill and Karen Gillan also star in the movie. Drew plays the brother of Cavill’s character. Dave Bautista also stars as the evil The Kurgan.
Drew said about the movie and his role: “I don’t go into the ins and outs backstage in these things, but I had the chance to talk to a couple of people and get offered an opportunity. When we talk about this next time, if something’s out there and it’s not edited, and I don’t feel like an arse, because some people have been edited out, we just look like arses. And then we will go into details about it. But if it comes around the way you just mentioned, and Dave ends up killing me, I have an idea that we just keep doing feature after feature after feature where he murders me. I think he even mentioned me one time, ‘We can keep this going, and then you can get me the next time.’ No, screw that, I want it to be like Undertaker’s streak. I want it to be like 20 films in a row [where] I just get murdered, and then just out of nowhere, I go, ah! Like Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, where he gets the Sheriff of Nottingham, just out of nowhere, and the whole place pops and lose their minds. I finally broke the streak.”
Carmella has shared a positive update following recent eye surgery, revealing she is healing well 72 hours after undergoing a procedure to correct droopy eyelids. She noted reduced swelling, improved vision, and visible results already, while continuing her recovery after time away from WWE, where she has not competed since 2023.
The results for last night’s episode of WWE Raw are in.
The lineup for tonight’s episode of WWE NXT has been confirmed.
