Former WWE ID talent Zayda Steel is now All Elite.
AEW President Tony Khan announced on social media that the 22-year-old Virginia native has signed a contract with AEW.
“She put up a great fight in her AEW debut match on #AEWCollision tonight, and now it’s official: @ZaydaSteel is All Elite,” he wrote along with the usual All Elite graphic.
Steel signed a WWE ID contract in 2024 and was a regular on the EVOLVE shows. She announced in October of last year that she would not be re-signing her WWE ID contract and lost her final match against Thea Hail.
Steel appeared a couple of times on ROH in December before making her AEW in-ring debut on the Maximum Carnage Collision, losing to Marina Shafir.
The Opps lost their AEW Trios titles yesterday on the Maximum Carnage themed episode of Collision, marking the end of Powerhouse Hobbs in the company.
The match, against JetSpeed and “Hangman” Adam Page, headlined the broadcast and ended when Kevin Knight pinned the departing Hobbs for the title change.
Hobbs’ contract with AEW expired on January 15 and he opted not to sign a new one, with WWE his next destination. Unlike others who made it clear they are leaving when their contract expired and were taken off television for a while, Hobbs remained featured until the very last day, with the match even airing after his deal expired.
His profile has been swiftly removed from the AEW roster page following the broadcast.
Santos Escobar has returned on television after disappearing for six months, but this time, he was on AAA’s premiere episode on FOX.
Escobar interrupted El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., who issued a challenge in the ring. Wearing his old El Hijo del Fantasma Jr. mask, he told something to Wagner in his ear and then clocked him.
He got the AAA Latin American title on his shoulder and unmasked himself, declaring his name as Santos Escobar before dropping the title again.
It’s been a long road back for Escobar, who famously left the WWE when his contract expired and then re-signed a few days later for a larger contract. He last wrestled in July 2025 at a non-televised live event in Mexico, with his last televised appearance coming at the WWExAAA Worlds Collide: Los Angeles in June.
Here are the results from last night’s TNA Genesis 2026 pay-per-view which took place live from the Curtis Culwell Center in Dallas, Texas.
PRE-SHOW: Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo defeated Eric Young, BDE, and KJ Orso in a four-way match to retain the TNA International title; Tessa Blanchard and Mila Moore defeated Indi Hartwell and Vicious Vicki Venuto.
PAY-PER-VIEW: AJ Francis defeated Rich Swann; Mustafa Ali defeated Elijah; Eddie Edwards defeated JDC in JDC’s retirement match; Ryan Nemeth defeated Mara Sadé in an intergender match; Lei Ying Lee defeated Zaria to retain the TNA Knockouts title; The Hardys defeated The Righteous to retain the TNA Tag Team titles; Joe Hendry defeated Cedric Alexander and Moose in a three-way match; Mike Santana defeated Frankie Kazarian in a Texas Death match to retain the TNA World title.
AAA Lucha Libre will be making its debut on FOX Mexico tonight with a live broadcast starting at 9PM ET.
Several WWE stars will be in attendance for this event and the broadcast will be kicking off with Hall of Famer and lucha libre legend himself Rey Mysterio.
Headlining the show will be El Hijo del Vikingo vs El Grande Americano with the winner becoming the number one contender for the AAA Mega title currently held by Dominik Mysterio. Also scheduled are AAA Reina de Reinas champion Flammer vs Lady Shani in a non-title match, Nino Hamburguesa, La Parka, and Mr. Iguana vs. Abismo Negro Jr., Taurus, and Histeria, plus appearances from El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr, Omos, and others.
If you are not in Latin America and cannot get FOX, the show will also stream on WWE’s YouTube for international fans.
Live from the Curtis Culwell Center in Dallas, Texas, TNA Wrestling presents Genesis 2026 on pay-per-view. The full card is as follows:
Mike Santana vs Frankie Kazarian in a Texas Death match for the TNA World title with Nic Nemeth as the special guest referee; Lei Ying Lee vs Zaria for the TNA Knockouts title; The Hardys vs The Righteous for the TNA Tag Team titles; Cedric Alexander vs Moose vs Joe Hendry in a three-way match; AJ Francis vs Rich Swann; Elijah vs Mustafa Ali; Ryan Nemeth vs Mara Sadé in an intergender; JDC vs Eddie Edwards in JDC’s retirement match; and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo vs Eric Young vs BDE vs mystery opponent in a four-way match for the TNA International title in the pre-show.
How to watch
The Countdown to Genesis starts at 7PM ET and airs for free on the company’s YouTube channel. The pay-per-view will start at 8PM ET and is available for purchase for $39.99 on the TNA+ streaming service as well as PPV.COM and traditional PPV providers. For international fans, Triller TV is also airing the show for $19.99
MJF defended his AEW World title at an indie show last night promoted by Limitless Wrestling.
But while the result of the match came to no surprise, what happened after the match made the bigger headlines.
Following MJF’s match against Alec Price, the champion then got the mic and cut a small promo, saying that his boss called him and asked him to put Price to test and see if he deserves to be Elite. And he also said to watch out for Price’s partner, Jordan Oliver, to see if he has what it takes to be Elite as well.
“Boys, are you ready to be part of AEW or f*cking what,” MJF asked the duo as fans erupted.
MJF then shook hands and hugged both of them, in a rare sign of, well, weakness, something that he immediately addressed afterward in typical MJF fashion.
“Let me make something clear to both of you. Do not mistake my kindness for weakness. If you want my championship ever again, I will kill you where you stand,” MJF warned them.
The Maximum Carnage themed episode of Dynamite drew 526,000 viewers, up 10,000 viewers from the prior week and their best audience since November 26, 2025. The show had a 0.08 rating in 18-49, the same number it had last week. (Ratings credit: Dave Meltzer / Wrestling Observer)
WWE will be returning to London in June for a live episode of Monday Night Raw on Netflix.
The company yesterday announced during Smackdown that Raw will be coming to the O2 Arena on June 22. This show will be part of another European tour, details of which have not been announced yet.
The show comes two months before AEW takes over London again with All Out at Wembley Stadium.
Two matches were announced for next week’s Saturday Night’s Main Event from Montreal which will take place just a week prior to the 2026 Royal Rumble premium live event.
The Cody Rhodes and Jacob Fatu rivalry which was put on hold due to Fatu’s injury months ago will continue with their first match against each other on WWE television. The two had a pull-apart brawl on Smackdown last night after Rhodes said he had the biggest receipt for Fatu coming his way for costing him the WWE title against Drew McIntyre.
Also, the fatal four-way match to determine the number one contender for the WWE title got its participants after four qualifying matches took place on Smackdown.
Randy Orton defeated The Miz, Trick Williams defeated Matt Cardona, Damian Priest defeated Solo Sikoa, and Sami Zayn defeated Ilja Dragunov in these matches, with all four men advancing to Montreal.
The winner will take on Drew McIntyre at the Royal Rumble.
Cody Rhodes became the first person to declare for this year’s Royal Rumble with the show just two weeks away.
Rhodes, who already won two editions of the Rumble in 2023 and 2024, will have a chance to go for the third one after he lost his WWE title to Drew McIntyre last week in a Three Stages of Hell match.
If Rhodes does end up winning the match, he would join Stone Cold Steve Austin as the only other person in WWE history to win the Rumble on three separate occasions. Austin won the 1997, 1998, and 2001 editions.
None of the women have declared for the Rumble so far.
Prices for WWE World at WrestleMania 42 have been released today as the multi-day convention went on sale at FantasticsEvents.com.
Daily tickets for adults will cost $87.47 for Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, $99.13 for Friday, and $64.14 for Monday. Daily tickets for kids are $46.54 from Thursday to Sunday and $34.98 for Monday. All prices are inclusive of the service fee.
Multi-day tickets will cost $384.87 for adults while for kids it’s $174.94 with fees included. Multi-day tickets will allow you to enter WWE World for the full five days.
WWE World, located in South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, will have opening times of Noon to 7PM on Thursday, 10AM to 5PM on Friday, 10AM to 4PM on Saturday and Sunday, and 9AM to 1PM on Monday.
TNA announced the dates and locations for two of their upcoming TNA+ streaming events, No Surrender and Sacrifice.
No Surrender takes place on Friday, February 13 from The Pinnacle in Nashville, Tennessee. This is the same location where AEW held their Thanksgiving Eve episode of Dynamite and where NXT will have a live event later this month.
Sacrifice will be held on Friday, March 27 live from the Alario Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. It’s a location that is familiar with TNA as several televised events were held there in 2022 and 2024.
TNA will also hold a set of television tapings the following night on both occasions from the same venues.
While the 2026 Royal Rumble is officially sold out, WeBook.com has now started the option for fans to resell their tickets, just two weeks prior to the show.
As you can probably take a guess, ticket prices are much higher than their face value, with tickets going all the way up to $2,800 for ringside.
The Rumble had some of the cheapest prices ever for a TKO-led WWE premium live event, with general admission at $21.33, Premium at $133.33, Platinum at $186.67, Diamond at $240, VIP at $320, and VVIP at $400.
Tickets for the Smackdown on the eve of the Rumble are also available for resale as well.
Both shows take place from a specifically-built outdoor arena inside the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, east of King Fahd Road.
Most wrestling fans only see the 15 minutes inside the ring. They do not see the 300-mile drive at 2:00 AM or the desperate search for a gym that is actually open. The reality is that for a wrestler, the match is the fun part. The real work is trying to keep the body from falling apart while living out of a rental car. So, how do wrestlers stay match-ready on the road?
Tech is a Lifesaver (Literally)
It is not just about “feeling good” anymore. It is about data. A lot of the talent in the locker room has become obsessed with tracking recovery. You will see them checking heart rate variability on their watches or reading up on things like a HumeHealth Body Pod review to see if a smart scale can actually track water retention after a long flight. It is a weird balance of using high-tech gear to manage a very old-school physical toll. And while security researchers like those at Cybernews warn about being careful with that data, most wrestlers are simply worried about whether their hydration levels are tanking.
Eating Clean in a Dirty World
The biggest myth is that wrestlers just eat whatever they want because they burn it off. If they relied on what was available at 1:00 AM in rural America, they would be powered entirely by gas station hot dogs and energy drinks.
The smart ones are basically walking Tupperware containers. They cook five pounds of chicken breast before leaving the house, shove it in a cooler bag, and drag it through TSA. If that runs out, it becomes about hacking the menu at Waffle House by ordering six eggs, holding the toast, and doubling the meat. It is not glamorous, but it is fuel.
The Gym Hunt
Consistency is everything, but consistency is impossible when waking up in a different time zone every day. The first thing a wrestler does upon landing is not check into the hotel. Instead, it is Googling “gyms near me.”
Sometimes they get lucky with a Gold’s Gym. Sometimes they are stuck in a rusted-out basement gym in a strip mall, paying $15 for a day pass. But they go anyway. It is common to see a carload of wrestlers piling into a local Planet Fitness just to get a pump in before the show. It is a weird kind of bonding experience to sweat it out together in a strange town before going to war later that night.
Sleep: The Impossible Goal
A wrestler can lift all the weights they want, but if they are not sleeping, they are going to get hurt. That is the hardest part. They finish a match, adrenaline is through the roof, they drive four hours to the next town, and try to sleep at 4:00 AM.
It is a constant battle to shut the brain off. Many rely on white noise apps, eye masks, or strict wind-down routines just to grab four hours of quality rest. If a performer is not mentally sharp in the ring, they risk dropping someone on their head. It is that simple.
This life is not for everyone. Staying “TV-ready” while living like a nomad is a grind that breaks a lot of people. It is a constant juggling act of diet, training, and just trying to stay sane. The fans cheer for the moves, but the real victory is just making it to the next town in one piece.
Former TNA President Dixie Carter appeared at the Impact debut episode on AMC last night.
Carter was walked out to the stage by current TNA President Carlos Silva, and received a mixed reaction by the Dallas crowd.
“I cannot believe 24 years ago. How many of you have watched TNA almost that long? I just want to say from the bottom of my heart, thank you,” Carter said. “Thank you all for being here tonight. What an incredible honor. This company is on AMC launching a brand new chapter. I couldn’t be more proud of the locker room, all of you fans, thank you for everything you’ve done. It’s a very sentimental night for me so thank you so much.”
After she finished her short speech, Bully Ray came out to join the commentary desk for the main event and had a stare down with his former boss, a boss who he famously put through a table several years ago. The two hugged on stage before Carter returned to the back.
Carter ran TNA for 14 years starting in late 2002 until late 2016, when she resigned after Anthem Sports & Entertainment took over the company.
TNA X Division champion Leon Slater will not be appearing at the Genesis pay-per-view tomorrow, with Santino Marella citing the same visa issues as Dani Luna.
Slater was set to defend the title against Cedric Alexander and Moose in a three-way match, but while Slater will not be in town, someone else will take his place.
Former TNA World champion Joe Hendry is returning to a TNA ring to fill the void and will be participating in this non-title three-way match instead. Hendry was announced to be appearing on the show several days ago but his exact involvement was not revealed.
Slater, who is a Brit, is rumored to be appearing on Smackdown tonight from London instead.
For wrestling fans, the thrill isn’t just the in-ring action. It is also predicting the next champ and maybe putting some money on the outcome. But if you are traveling, whether chasing a wrestling tour or just on vacation, keeping up with your bets can get tricky. Here is what you need to know to stay in the game while on the road.
Location Matters
The U.S. doesn’t have one set of rules for sports betting. Every state does its own thing. An app that works perfectly on your couch might lock you out the second you cross state lines. This fragmentation is a major hurdle for travelers who assume their accounts are universal.
Betting apps use sophisticated GPS technology to pinpoint exactly where you are. If you aren’t in a state where they are licensed, you can’t bet. Just having an account isn’t enough. For example, you might live in a state where online sportsbooks are fully legal, but if you travel just an hour away to a neighboring state with stricter regulations, your app becomes useless for placing wagers. Always check the laws at your destination before you leave so you aren’t left scrambling during a big pay-per-view event like WrestleMania or SummerSlam. Knowing the landscape ahead of time prevents the frustration of missing out on a prime opportunity simply because of geography.
Wi-Fi Risks
Hotel and airport Wi-Fi is convenient, but it is rarely secure. Logging into your betting account on these public networks can expose your banking info to hackers who prey on unsecured connections. When you are dealing with financial transactions and sensitive personal data, the risk is significantly higher than just checking your email.
Many people use a VPN to stay safe, but betting apps often block them to stop people from faking their location. This creates a difficult situation where you want security but also need access. If you need security without getting blocked, check out guides on the best Hard Rock Bet VPNs from experts like VPNoverview. They break down which services actually work without triggering app errors. Using the right tools ensures that your data remains encrypted while still allowing the sportsbook to verify that you are in a legal jurisdiction.
Managing Your Money
Even if betting is legal where you are visiting, your specific app might not work there. Sometimes you can log in and look at odds, but you can’t actually place a wager because that specific operator does not hold a license in that territory. This is a common point of confusion for bettors who see that sports betting is legal in a state but do not realize their specific brand of sportsbook is not authorized to operate there.
Also, handle your money before you leave. Some apps won’t let you deposit or withdraw funds if you are out of your home state. Load up your account beforehand so you don’t miss a bet because of a declined transaction. It is much easier to manage your bankroll from the comfort of your home network than to try and resolve banking issues while on hotel Wi-Fi or using roaming data. Being prepared financially ensures that when the main event starts, you are ready to participate.
Traveling shouldn’t ruin your fun. By knowing the local rules and keeping your connection secure, you can focus on the match instead of fighting with your phone. A little bit of preparation goes a long way. If you research the laws, secure your connection, and fund your account in advance, you can enjoy the wrestling action from anywhere in the country without missing a beat.
Jackie Redmond sat down with Chris Van Vliet in Washington, DC to discuss how a phone call from Michael Cole led to her joining WWE, the unique way she got into broadcasting, her dream job of reporting on the NHL, interviewing Triple H and The Rock after the wild WrestleMania 40 press conference, if she has any interest in getting in the ring, and more!
On CM Punk’s return:
“I crossed paths with CM Punk prior to joining WWE because he’s such a hockey fan. So I knew him through hockey. So when he came back, I instantly DM’d him. I was leaving the venue, and I was like, ‘You little sh*t! I didn’t know you were coming back.’ This is crazy, and I was still pretty new at that time. So for me, I was like, Oh my gosh. It’s an intimidating world. Everyone’s so nice and welcoming, but it’s a big world with big personalities. Everyone’s focused on what they have going on. So when I first started, I was very much in my shell, I was shy. So when Punk came back, I was like, Oh, my God, a friendly face. I know this person, which is so crazy because his reputation prior to coming back, it just amazes me some of the things that people say about him. Because for me, he’s always just been an absolute pleasure, so nice, so professional, just awesome.”
So how did WWE bring you in for this job originally?
“So I was in Montreal covering the Stanley Cup final between Montreal and Tampa. I mean, this business is funny, right? Because years prior to this, because that would have been 2021. Around 2016, 2017, again, Renee Paquette calls me and is like, ‘Hey, WWE might be interested in you. What do you think? I told them I’d call you first just to see kind of what you think.’ And she’s been such a great person to me. I know we talked about her earlier, but whenever I’ve reached out to her for any type of advice, she’s always been there, even as the years have passed. So she had called me and told me that my name had been brought up, and asked me what I thought. I said, ‘Well, what is the gig?’ I was still in Toronto at this time, and just like, it would be hosting. She goes, ‘I see everything you’re doing in Canada right now with misplays of the month, and you’re hosting our equivalent to SportsCenter on the weekends. You’re doing all this great stuff. I feel like they might put you in NXT, you might be in the middle of nowhere.’ Experience outside of WWE isn’t the same as experience inside of WWE. And she goes, ‘So I don’t know if you’d be into it.’ So I said, ‘You know what? Let me think about it.’ And at the same time, I got an opportunity at NHL Network, and so I ended up not doing the WWE thing, and it never went further than a convo with Renee on the phone. It was very much like early stages, like, ‘Hey, your name was mentioned by somebody.’ So I end up taking the hockey show. My dream job, right? I’m covering hockey two hours a day, live television. Best thing for me to ever happen as a broadcaster, because when you’re live for two hours straight, oh man, you make some mistakes, but you learn how to kind of roll with the punches. So years go by and I’m covering the final in Montreal, and I am not even joking, I get a phone call. I don’t know the number. I pick it up and it’s Michael Cole and he’s like, ‘Hey, I know your agent. I got your contact info from your agent. We are looking for someone to host our post-shows, our Raw Talk and our Talking Smack, and we’re kind of changing them a little bit. We want them to be a little bit more like a real sports post-show where you come into a studio, you talk about what happened. Maybe you go back to the venue, there’s an interview, yada yada yada.’ So I literally get a cold call from Michael Cole, which is so weird. I’m in Montreal, and I’m like, I can’t wait to text my sister after this and be like, ‘Michael Cole just called me. How weird is that?’ I guess my agent was supposed to give me a heads up, but didn’t get me the heads up in time that the call was coming. So I had been on their radar, and yeah, he called me, and I said, ‘Do I have to stop doing this hockey show that I’m doing?’ And he said, ‘Well, where’s the hockey show?’ And I said, it’s in New Jersey. He said, ‘Well, Connecticut’s 90-minute drive. It’s only twice a week, Mondays and Fridays. You do both. It’s fine with us if it’s fine with you.’ So I did the audition, and he called me pretty much after the audition, and said, ‘You got it, if you want it, it’s yours.’ Those were crazy days, because our show was four to six Eastern time. So on Monday, I’d be on the air four to six live, and then I would leave from NHL Network and drive right to Connecticut, get there basically, with the traffic and stuff right on time for Monday Night Raw to start, watch the show and then go live again.”
You were interviewing Triple H at the WrestleMania 40 press conference, then The Rock interrupted:
“The jaw drop, the most natural crazy jaw drop of my entire life. The crazy thing about that situation was I didn’t even know I was interviewing Triple H until eight minutes before that. So we’re getting close to the end of this presser, and a producer comes up to me and is like, ‘Hey, we weren’t planning for this, but some sh*t is about to go down, and I think we need to hear from Hunter after this. We need him to give us something to kind of put a cap on everything that’s going on.’ So okay, that’s no problem. ‘So just pay attention. As soon as it’s done, he’s gonna come out of Gorilla, and he knows he’s gonna chat with you to get this instant live reaction from the craziness that just happened.’ So I find that out late, and I’m like, oh. I’m still only a year into this job, maybe. So for me, Hunter is still a very intimidating presence. I’ve met him, I’ve talked to him. He’s lovely, but we’re not buds. I don’t know him that well. I’m like, Oh man, I’m interviewing Hunter, can’t blow this, this has to be good. And then I interview him, and I should know better at this point that basically 99% of the time when I’m interviewing someone, it will be interrupted, that’s pretty much a staple of what I do. But I had no idea that Dwayne The Rock motherf*cking Johnson was gonna come out, yell at Hunter and drop F bombs all on live television. People do not believe me to this day that I did not know The Rock was gonna do that. I did not know, hand to God did not know that that was gonna happen. So when it did, that was a very real reaction from me. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I felt like I was teleported back to being 10 years old, it’s the Attitude Era and The Rock and Triple H are yelling at each other. What is going on? It was a very surreal, surreal moment for me. I don’t say that a lot, like that was one where I was like is this my life right now?”
