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Full list of WWE Superstars and Legends appearing at WWE World

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE World

WWE Superstars will be super busy this weekend doing media appearances, community events, and also meeting the thousands of fans who have descended upon Las Vegas for WrestleMania week.

A large chunk of the roster will be available at WWE World over the next five days where fans spent thousands of dollars to meet their heroes.

Most of the Superstars and Legends have sold out of their allocated time so if you were not quick in getting a ticket when they came out, you’re out of luck.

Appearing on Thursday are Bianca Belair, Charlotte Flair, Cody Rhodes, Damian Priest, Drew McIntyre, Haku, IRS, Jade Cargill, Kevin Owens, Lita, Motor City Machine Guns, Nia Jax, Nikki Bella, Randy Orton, Seth Rollins, Street Profits, Tama Tonga, Ted DiBiase, The Boogeyman, The Godfather, Tiffany Stratton, and Zelina Vega.

Friday there will be AJ Styles, Alpha Academy, Bayley, Big E, Chad Gable, Chelsea Green, Dakota Kai, Finn Balor, Hornswoggle, Jey Uso, Kofi Kingston, Lyra Valkyria, Natalya, Penta, R-Truth, Raquel Rodriguez, Rhea Ripley, and Ricky Saints.

Meeting fans on Saturday will be Asuka, Braun Strowman, Bron Breakker, Candice LeRae, DIY, Iyo Sky, JD McDonagh, Joe Hendry, Kane, Liv Morgan, Maxxine Dupri, Michelle McCool, Omos, Rikishi, Sheamus, Shinsuke Nakamura, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Miz and Maryse, The Undertaker, and Torrie Wilson.

Sunday will feature Austin Theory, Booker T, CM Punk, Diamond Dallas Page, Ethan Page, Grayson Waller, Jimmy Uso, Joe Hendry, Jordynne Grace, Karrion Kross and Scarlett, Kelani Jordan, Mick Foley, Mike Tyson, Naomi, Rey Mysterio, Shotzi, Solo Sikoa, Stephanie Vaquer, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Miz, Trish Stratus, and X-Pac.

Rounding up the appearances on Monday are Cora Jade, Dominik Mysterio, Fraxiom, Giulia, Jacob Fatu, Jaida Parker, John Cena, Kairi Sane, LA Knight, Ludwig Kaiser, Oba Femi, Rey Fenix, Rob Van Dam, Roxanne Perez, Sol Ruca, Trick Williams, War Raiders, and Xavier Woods.

To see remaining tickets, go to https://store.epic.leapevent.tech/wwe-world-at-wrestlemania/2025.

WrestleCon returns in Las Vegas for four-day convention starting today

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Colin Vassallo
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WrestleCon

WWE World is not the only convention opening today as WrestleCon is also in town for its annual gathering.

This year’s WrestleCon is held at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino and will run from today until April 20.

Opening hours are today from 4PM to 8PM, tomorrow from 9AM to 2PM, and Saturday and Sunday from 9AM to 1PM.

A four-day ticket is available for $61.00 but cheaper single-day tickets are also available to purchase.

Over 200 guests are scheduled to appear and meet fans for photo and autograph opportunities including the likes of Sting, Toni Storm, Mike Tyson, Ronda Rousey, Saraya, Kurt Angle, Britt Baker, Demolition, Dudley Boyz, Ric F lair, Mick Foley, and many, many more.

Roman Reigns says in-ring career nearing an end in the next couple of years

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Colin Vassallo
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In a story posted by Vanity Fair, it was revealed that Roman Reigns’ contract will run out after WrestleMania 42 next year.

The Tribal Chief said that he plans to continue working with WWE after that, but knows that his time in the ring is getting shorter an shorter.

“After I finish the contract that I’m in, we probably got another year or two max,” Reigns told Variety. “Then it’s time to take on a less physical form of entertainment.”

That could mean Reigns would spend more time in Hollywood after his in-ring career is over, telling Variety that while he receives a lot of scripts from Hollywood, he is limited in what he can take due to his WWE job.

The 39-year-old has been with WWE since 2010.

A comprehensive guide to VR casinos

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Daniel Street
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VR or virtual reality casinos have become a prevalent option for countless gamblers out there. The reason for this is these casinos always offer players a highly interactive and immersive gambling online experience. They stimulate the feelings that players get when they play at a physical casino. However, for this, they are not required to leave their homes as they can play in their casual dresses sitting on a couch. Fortunately, you can explore the environments of virtual casinos besides interacting with dealers and other players. Players opt for online casino Malaysia as they can play in a virtual casino surrounding and get engaged in various games.

How do VR casinos work?

A virtual reality casino is a digital platform and it utilizes virtual reality technology for stimulating an experience that resembles a real-life casino. When players wear a virtual reality headset, they get shifted to an immersive 3-dimensional environment. Here, they communicate with other players, with games, etc. This technology utilizes highly realistic sound effects, detailed graphics, and interactive characteristics for creating a surrounding that looks like the sounds and sights of real casinos.

Benefits of playing at a VR casino

If you play at a VR casino, you will derive several benefits:

Improved immersion and realism

The most extraordinary benefit of a VR casino is its immersion level. Players opt for a VR casino because they get transported to a 3D and realistic environment. This makes them feel as if they are inside a casino. This way, VR casinos heighten the enjoyment and thrill of the players’ gaming experience. This realism does extend to the games too as VR technology never fails in making the actions of players more lifelike and engaging.

Huge accessibility and a convenient option

Another vital benefit of playing at a VR casino is the accessibility and convenience it gives. Players can play VR casinos from the comforts of their homes. Thus, they are freed from traveling a long distance and visit a brick-and-mortar casino for playing their preferred games. it is especially beneficial for players who don’t have a casino close to their location. To play VR casino games, you need to have a compatible platform of gaming and a VR headset. With these requirements you can dive into the huge world of virtual casinos.

Social interaction

When a player plays in a VR casino he gets a social dimension, and most often, he misses it when he gambles online. VR casinos make it possible for players to communicate with other players who hail from different corners of the globe. Again, they can also make new friends all from the VR surrounding only. These things add a new level of thrill beyond the games that players play.

The bright future

VR casinos have a bright future, and when players play in these casinos, they get a highly immersive and realistic experience as VR technology is improving incessantly. It is hoped that it will continue to entice a larger audience, and it will further popularize the VR casinos.

Mone, Page, and Ospreay advance in Owen Hart Cup 2025 tournaments

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Colin Vassallo
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Three matches in the men’s and women’s Owen Hart Cup tournament took place on Dynamite last night.

Kicking things off was the Mercedes Mone vs Athena semi final match, a first between the two respective champions. The match was given a lot of time and it was the home town girl TBS champion who advanced to the final and will now meet the winner of the Jamie Hayter vs Kris Statlander match.

“Hangman” Adam Page had to face the wildcard of the tournament in this quarter final match, who ended up being former TNA champion Josh Alexander. Page inflicted Alexander’s first loss in AEW and will now take on Kyle Fletcher in the semi.

In the third tournament match of the night, Will Ospreay bested Konosuke Takeshita in another semi final match that got ample time and limited commercials. He now advances to the final and will face either Page or Fletcher.

Josh Alexander makes surprise appearance on Dynamite

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Colin Vassallo
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Josh Alexander made his AEW debut last night on Dynamite, revealing himself as the wildcard in the Owen Hart Cup tournament and faced “Hangman” Adam Page in the quarter final.

During the match, AEW President Tony Khan officially welcomed Alexander to AEW. “It’s official: @Walking_Weapon is ALL ELITE,” he wrote, adding the usual welcome graphic.

Unfortunately for Alexander, he lost his first match but the story was not over. After the match, Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis confronted Page in the ring and it was Alexander who attacked Page from behind, turning heel immediately.

Alexander left TNA in February of this year, losing his last match there against Eric Young on Impact. The Canadian spent six years with the promotion where he won the TNA World title twice, the TNA Tag Team titles twice, and the TNA X Division title once.

Rumors were that Alexander was joining AEW following his TNA departure and it was just a matter of time when he would show up on television.

WWE World to open at Las Vegas Convention Center at Noon today

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE World

WWE World kicks off today at the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall and will be open until Monday.

You will be able to meet WWE Superstars for autographs and photo ops (for additional cost), watch live content and programming, create your own WWE Superstar entrance, get tattooed by Ink Fusion Empire, enter the WarGames cages, drink at the Real American Beer bar, call a match, watch WWE memorabilia on displays, play WWE 2K25, and much, much more.

WWE World opening hours are today from Noon to 7PM, tomorrow from 9AM to 4PM, and Saturday, Sunday, and Monday from 9AM to 3PM.

A ticket is required to go in WWE World and they are priced $55 for adults of $25 for kids. A five-day entrance ticket is also available for $345 for adults or $138 for kids.

WrestleMania 41 Superstore opens this morning in Las Vegas

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Colin Vassallo
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WrestleMania 41

The WrestleMania Superstore opens today in Las Vegas, ready to welcome thousands of fans from all around the world who will be spending a couple of millions of dollars in merchandise.

Located at the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall on 300 Convention Center Dr, the WrestleMania Superstore will feature the largest collection of WWE merchandise under one roof, with exclusive WrestleMania merchandise, signed memorabilia, apparel, title belt replicas, and more.

There will also be a Lids customization station with limited edition WrestleMania patches, a WrestleMania jersey personalization station, Topps Chrome WWE trading cards at the Topps booth where fans can seek autographs of favorite Superstars, trade with fellow fans and add iconic WWE moments to their Topps collections, and an exclusive collection of t-shirts and jackets from Civil Regime

Store opening hours are today from 11AM to Midnight, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 9AM to Midnight, and Monday from 9AM to 3PM.

No ticket is required to enter the WrestleMania Superstore.

Eric Bischoff congratulates Tony Khan and AEW for milestone Dynamite episode

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Colin Vassallo
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Eric Bischoff, who is a frequent critic of AEW and its booking, has congratulated AEW President Tony Khan and the entire staff for surpassing Nitro in total number of episodes.

Talking on his 83 Weeks podcast, the former WCW President said, “It does say a lot about Tony’s commitment. Tony put his own money into this. You can judge the product, I can judge the product, I often have. I just don’t watch it anymore, but truth is, his vision, his dream, his money, his commitment.”

Bischoff noted that what Khan has done isn’t easy, no matter how anyone feels about the product.

“It doesn’t bother me a bit,” Bischoff then said about AEW beating WCW in episodes. “It just doesn’t mean anything to me while it does to Tony and company.”

Dynamite to make history tonight on Turner Sports with episode #289

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Colin Vassallo
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Dynamite logo

Tonight’s Dynamite is live from the sold out MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston, Massachusetts and it will be episode #289, surpassing WCW Nitro and becoming the longest running prime time weekly pro wrestling program in Turner Sports history.

Three Owen Hart Cup tournament matches will take place, with the last quarter final from the men’s tournament featuring “Hangman” Adam Page versus the wild card entrant, and two semi final matches with Will Ospreay vs Konosuke Takeshita and Athena vs Mercedes Mone in a highly-anticipated match.

Plus, the AEW Trios titles will be on the line as Jon Moxley, PAC, and Claudio Castagnoli defend against Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata, and Hook.

Dynamite is live starting at 8PM ET on TBS and on Max.

Women’s elimination tag match announced for Stand & Deliver countdown show

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Colin Vassallo
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NXT Stand & Deliver

A fatal four-way elimination tag team match to determine the #1 contenders for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles has been announced for the NXT Stand & Deliver countdown show.

The match will feature Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade vs Fatal Influence vs Lash Legend and Jakarta Jackson vs Tatum Paxley and Gigi Dolin.

The winners will earn a match against whoever the WWE Women’s Tag Team champions will be after WrestleMania – either Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez or Bayley and Lyra Valkyria.

The NXT Stand & Deliver Countdown show airs at Noon ET / 9AM PT.

WWE President Nick Khan expects wrestlers to jump ship from AEW

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE President Nick Khan said that he expects wrestlers from “the other wrestling promotional company” to jump ship when they’re contractually able to.

Speaking on the Bill Simmons podcast, Khan said that they’re happy that a lot of talented wrestlers are over on the other side.

“When, contractually, they are available to talk to and have conversations with, assume a number of them will come over,” Khan said.

Asked by Simmons if signing many of them would mean that some would be “wasted” and not featured on television, Khan said that they don’t do that.

“That’s something we won’t do. We won’t sign and bench people. We sign people who we want to use.”

Khan also said that he has nothing “but respect to the father who finances it and owns the Jaguars,” referring to Shahid Khan, the father of Tony Khan.

Stephanie McMahon podcast What’s Your Story? announced

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE and Fanatics today announced the launch of the What’s Your Story? Podcast hosted by Stephanie McMahon, with new episodes debuting every other week.

The first episode 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.

In March, WWE announced that Fanatics will partner on producing and distributing all WWE podcasts, strengthening an already successful partnership between the two brands, which includes global e-commerce, licensed merchandise and memorabilia, and more. The expanded partnership includes the recent launch of podcasts such as “What Do You Wanna Talk About” hosted by WWE Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes, “The Raw Recap Show” hosted by Megan Morant and Sam Roberts, and others.

Both WrestleMania 41 nights at over 50,000 after more tickets moved

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Colin Vassallo
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WrestleMania 41

Both WrestleMania Saturday and WrestleMania Sunday pushed more tickets over the past few days as both nights are now over 50,000.

The Saturday show is now at 51,373 according to @WrestleTix while the Sunday show is at 53,072. On both nights, the Allegiant Stadium is set up for 54,595 seats.

Tickets for Saturday went down a little bit and it shows in sales, with over 1,200 sold in three days. Tickets for Sunday also dropped slightly in price, with 645 tickets sold in three days.

Allegiant Stadium can seat up to 65,000 but WWE is blocking a large section due to the massive stage being constructed.

WWE ID Championship tournament starts today in Las Vegas

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE ID

The WWE ID Championship tournaments kick off today at the Game Changer Wrestling-promoted event at Moon at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Scheduled to take place tonight are tournament matches Kylie Rae vs Zayda Steel, Marcus Mathers vs Sam Holloway, Aaron Rourke vs It’s Gal, and Ice Williams vs Aaron Roberts.

Two non-tournament matches will also happen with a six-man tag team match featuring Sean Legacy, Cappuccino Jones, and Jack Cartwheel vs Swipe Right and Jackson Drake, and Zara Zakher vs Izzy Moreno with the stipulation that if Moreno wins, she will enter the women’s WWE ID tournament.

The event starts at 5PM PT / 8PM ET and will also air on Triller TV.

NXT Tag Team title match for Stand & Deliver set

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Colin Vassallo
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NXT Stand & Deliver

Hank Walker and Tank Ledger will get an NXT Tag Team title shot this Saturday at Stand & Deliver after they won a gauntlet match on last night’s NXT.

Walker and Ledger defeated Tyriek Igwe and Tyson Dupont, Brooks Jensen and Niko Vance, Tavion Heights and Myles Borne, and Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura last to earn the #1 contenders spot.

The two now take on Fraxiom, the team of Nathan Frazer and Axiom, who have held the titles for the past 225 days!

AEW Grand Slam: Mexico announced for June with CMLL

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Colin Vassallo
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Grand Slam Mexico

AEW’s next Grand Slam event is heading down south as AEW will make its Mexico debut at Arena Mexico in Mexico City on Wednesday, June 18.

The show, promoted with CMLL, will see AEW take on one of wrestling’s most historic venues and it will be televised in Dynamite’s place.

The news was originally announced by FOX Sports MX.

Tickets for the event go on sale Saturday, April 26.

The last Grand Slam was held in Brisbane, Australia at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre this past February after it was moved from the original location of Suncorp Stadium. It aired in place of Collision.

Lola Vice and Thea Hail advance to Stand & Deliver ladder match

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Colin Vassallo
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NXT Women's North American title

All this six competitors in the NXT Women’s North American title ladder match have been confirmed following last night’s NXT broadcast on CW.

Lola Vice was the first one to qualify on the night, defeating Tatum Paxley and then Thea Hail submitted Karmen Petrovic in the second qualifying match, also securing her Las Vegas show spot.

They now join Kelani Jordan, Sol Ruca, Izzi Dame, and Zaria in the ladder match where the winner will become the new NXT Women’s North American champion.

The title was vacated a few weeks ago by Stephanie Vaquer after she won the NXT Women’s title from Giulia.

Ethan Page to wrestle for NXT North American title at Stand & Deliver

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Colin Vassallo
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Ethan Page won a fatal four-way match on NXT last night and became the #1 contender for the NXT North American title.

Page defeated Wes Lee, Lexis King, and Eddy Thorpe in the opening match of the broadcast, pinning King after hitting his finishing move, the Twisted Grin.

The former NXT champion now moves on to battle Ricky Saints for the NXT North American title at this Saturday’s Stand & Deliver premium live event. This will be the only singles match on the five-match card.

Raw views for 04/07/2025

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Colin Vassallo
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Raw

The April 7 Raw barely made it on Netflix’s Top 10 chart, placing #10 in the global list with 2,800,000 viewers recorded. That is the lowest total number of views since the February 24 episode.

Netflix recorded a total of 5,700,000 hours consumed on the show and it was in the top 10 in only seven countries including Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United Kingdom, and United States.

Notably missing is India, which has failed to crack the top 10 despite WWE having a large following there and moving to Netflix on April 1.

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