With one week to go, WrestleMania at SoFi Stadium is continuing to sell thousands of tickets and the show has now surpassed a combined 124,000 tickets sold with this week seeing a nice jump in sales.
WrestleMania 39 night one is currently at 62,351 tickets while night two is at 62,961 tickets distributed. SoFi Stadium is right now set up for 64,213 seats so both nights are shy of 2,000 tickets away of a sellout. The latest numbers were reported by @WrestleTix ticket tracking service.
It is believed that WWE will eventually expand SoFi Stadium for over 70,000 seats each night and if they keep on selling tickets at this rate, that’s a very easily achievable goal.
Kenny Omega will be defending the IWGP United States title this coming Wednesday night on Dynamite.
AEW President Tony Khan revealed in a tweet that Omega will put up his gold on the line against NJPW’s Jeff Cobb in St. Louis, in what will be Omega’s first defense since capturing the title.
Omega won the IWGP United States title at the Wrestle Kingdom 17 pay-per-view in January, defeating Will Ospreay.
Last Week’s Rating: 474,000 overall; 0.18 in 18-49 demo
Boosted by a huge lead-in, that’s the best demo in ages.
Just when it seemed like fences were being mended, CM Punk goes off again.
It’s Friday Night, and you know what that means… I’ve screwed up!
Because this week it’s a Saturday Rampage.
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Powerhouse Hobbs vs Penta El Zero M, TNT Title
Backstory: We were told Penta answered the open challenge after Hobbs beat his brother last week
JR wildly overhyped the show as we went straight to the ring.
No time for entrances of two ostensible top acts. Though they did find time to display the real stars via a shot of QT Marshall with the TNT title over his shoulder, even going so far as to name Harley Cameron (the Australian blonde).
‘Zero Miedo’ chants as they got straight to sluggin’ – Hobbs throwing rights, Penta returning fire with stiff open-hands before going after the vertical base of the big man with hard kicks. A thrust kick and dropkick sent the champ outside, Penta took flight but was caught mid-tope with a stiff elbow strike and beaten round ringside.
Returning to the ring, Hobbs snatched Penta up out of the corner into a backbreaker.
We already had about as much footage of Harley filming as we did of this title defence. Supplemented by highlighting Marshall once more as the announcers talked about him before he tied Penta’s mask to the bottom rope.
Abrahantes quickly untied it.
A delayed vertical suplex bagged two.
Break.
A boot to the mush and slingblade brought Penta back into it, a backstabber out of the corner bagging two. Before he began targeting the arm. Hobbs shook it off with a headbutt and an off-the-shoulder powerslam for two of his own.
Looking for Town Bidness, Penta slipped out, enziguri, thrust kick, another, Hobbs again knocked outside as Penta took flight in pursuit. A reckless Hobbs then collided with the ringsteps and was belted with a diving footstomp off the top to the apron. Another followed inside for another two.
(Seemed like this was heavily edited here; Hobbs kept simply appearing in different places.)
Readying Fear Factor, Marshall hopped onto the apron clutching a consignment of weapons, Abrahantes snatched the chair away, Solo came off the top to eat Fear Factor, allowing Hobbs to drill Penta with the belt then Town Bidness.
Whatever.
About to beat on Alex again, Rey Fenix chased-off the heels with a hammer.
Is the priority here for QTV to get Hobbs over? Or vice-versa? Because the champ’s already taken a backseat to the rest of his crew.
As for the Lucha Bro’s being fodder for the champ… both are capable of being genuine main eventers and as over as anyone on the roster.
Horrible creative.
WINNER: Powerhouse Hobbs
A re-cap of the Elite storyline from Wednesday, including the stellar main event between Omega and Vikingo. This coming Wednesday, a beaten and battered Omega will face Jeff Cobb as they showed the war of words between the two since January (including New Japan footage).
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Ricky Starks out to call-out Juice Robinson as promised. Juice played it up like they were about to fight, started to walk away, Starks flung him into the ring, Robinson bailed through the crowd.
He said they’d only fight when the lights were bright, in New York City (that’s April 5th). Robinson referred to himself as ‘Bullet Club’s Juice Robinson’. Totaled up, that’s sure to start rumors of Jay White debuting.
The match was later confirmed.
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Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal & etc. They stole a trick from the NBA and accused AEW officials of conspiring against them. Vowing to eventually win gold. (Jeff’s probably got some for sale if they’re that bothered.)
Dutt’s overacting was impressive even for him.
Brody King vs Jake Hager
Backstory: King was screwed out of a victory against the JAS last week
As good as King is, it’d be nice to see Malakai & Murphy in singles action sometime.
A trio of fans were rocking matching purple hats in solidarity with Hager.
Charging one-another right out the gate, neither gained much until a double-hand chop from King knocked Hager both down and out(side).
King appealed to the crowd after flinging Hager into the barricade; Hager returned the favor.
Break time.
A Bossman slam bought two as we returned. Hager slipped into the ankle lock but couldn’t keep the hold, King dumping the Oklahoman in the corner but missing with a cannonball, getting his feet up to block the Hager Bomb, discus lariat, count of two.
Right as the returning Anna Jay slammed Julia into the ringpost.
Allowing a devastating Distraction Roll-up which King somehow kicked out of. Brody then easily snatched up Hager into All Seeing Eye (something like a Michonoku Driver out of a DVD) for the win.
Brody checked on Julia and helped her to her feet.
AEW seem to be getting behind King. But the House still don’t seem a priority unless they’re in the ring with Jericho or the Elite.
WINNER: Brody King
Swerve said he’s sick and tired of Keith Lee. He’s found someone as twisted as himself, revealing Tech N9ne. He’s going to finish this and win the war, ‘hoodies… up’.
Not much different to what was said during his last appearance.
Taya Valkyrie vs Leila Grey
Backstory: Jade’s had Mark Sterling ban Taya’s version of Jaded, Grey offered to serve the papers ‘personally’
Either this crowd were really happy to see Grey, Jade and Sterling or they were pumping in crowd noise.
Leila talked smack and got smacked, via lariat. But it’d been at least a match since someone got on the apron; Sterling felt he’d better fill the void, allowing Grey to attack from behind.
Valkyrie hit a kick to the chest, knee strike, Road to Valhalla, 1, 2, 3.
Sterling then tasted one too as Jade looked on, concerned.
Is it banned or not?
Outside of that, continue to enjoy Taya’s act.
WINNER: Taya Valkyrie
The Acclaimed vs the Kingdom
Backstory: Damned if I know
This is the second time the Kingdom or a member have main-evented Rampage.
Shouty and Switchblade got their full entrance simply to come out and commentate. Something the TNT champ could only dream of.
Huge pop for the Acclaimed.
‘…all the fans asking who the hell is the Kingdom? Taven sucks if I’m bein a buck, Mike Bennett is best known for bein’ a cuck’.
The first time all night the show’s had energy.
Maria immediately distracted Caster from the apron, the Kingdom ran through double-team offense, barely bagging a one-count.
A blind tag to Bowens led to a really nice double-team back-cracker as 2.0 continually talked about how great the Acclaimed’s rap was. Menard got a text from Jericho offering to pay for them to take the Acclaimed out on the town next week.
Scissor Me Timbers followed to Bennett; Taven was dumped outside as the former champs did indeed scissor.
Break.
Taven got two on a struggling Caster, the Kingdom goaded Billy Gunn, Maria grabbed Caster’s boot, another two for Taven. As Gunn chased Maria up the ramp and Top Flight came out to ensure she left.
‘This isn’t a good turn of events, Maria didn’t have to leave,’ said JR, playing the part of Jerry Lawler.
Gunn dropped Bennett in the aisle, literally holding his head in his arm to watch as the Taven and Bowens went at it in the ring, where Bowens came out of a leapfrog into a thrustkick, over-the-shoulder facebuster. Gunn allowed Bennett back in, the distraction allowing a roll-up for two.
Bowens quickly fought back with stiff strikes, tag to Caster: the Arrival, Mic Drop, victory.
‘We did it!’ announced 2.0. JR laughed.
The Acclaimed remain incredibly over. Though that might not last if they continue to be paired with 2.0 and the Kingdom.
On the latest episode of his podcast, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair said that he recently talked to Arn Anderson following the death of his son.
The former members of the iconic Four Horsemen had a big fallout towards the end of WCW and Flair often said that Arn did not even bother to check on him when he was on his deathbed several years ago and not even when his son Reid passed away years earlier.
But after Arn lost his son Barrett, Flair reached out, saying he knows what Arn is going through as a father.
“It’s a very personal thing with Arn. I know what he’s going through. Kevin Nash knows what he’s going through. Any number of people out there,” Flair said, “All the bullshit that we go through…there are some things in wrestling that are real and hurtful and just never seem to work out right.”
The 16-time world champ said that the two have now reconnected after going their separate ways years before.
“I mean…to have that phenomenal time in the 80s and see it kind of slip away for whatever reason, quite honestly because of promoters, and then to reconnect and have a private moment and exchange texts and everything, it made me cry,” Flair continued. “I was that happy to hear back from him. Not much more I can say about that. I just hope he and I can move forward and do some stuff together.”
Flair’s daughter Charlotte recently also uploaded some photos with Barrett on her social media after he passed away.
The Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal will be returning this year but it won’t be at WrestleMania, but rather on Smackdown the night before.
The battle royal has been part of the Smackdown prior to Mania for the past few years now, with the match being relegated from the main show for WrestleMania 35, 37, and 38. WWE didn’t do the match for WrestleMania 36 due to the pandemic.
At WrestleMania 31, 33 and 34, the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal was part of the Kickoff show and only at WrestleMania XXX and 32 it took place on the actual PPV.
28 participants have been confirmed for this match including Angel Garza, Ashante “Thee” Adonis, Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley, Bronson Reed, Butch, Cedric Alexander, Cruz Del Toro, Dexter Lumis, Dolph Ziggler, Elias, Humberto Carrillo, Joaquin Wilde, Johnny Gargano, Karl Anderson, Karrion Kross, LA Knight, Luke Gallows, Mace, Madcap Moss, Mansoor, Mustafa Ali, Rick Boogs, Ridge Holland, Santos Escobar, Shelton Benjamin, Top Dolla, and Xavier Woods.
Impact Knockouts champion Mickie James will also miss the Multiverse United event next week due to her injury, an injury which was revealed to be a broken rib last night on Impact’s Sacrifice show.
James was supposed to defend the title against Jordynne Grace last night but that match did not take place after the promotion announced on Thursday night that James was out injured. She was also defending the title against Miyu Yamashita, Deonna Purrazzo and Gisele Shaw next Thursday at the Impact x NJPW: Multiverse United show but that got pulled too.
Now James has a few weeks to recover and Impact said that if she is unable to compete at the Rebellion pay-per-view on April 16, she has to surrender the title. If she is able to compete, James will defend the title against Jordynne Grace and the winner of the four-way match from Multiverse United featuring Deonna Purrazzo, Gisele Shaw, Masha Slamovich, and Miyu Yamashita in a triple threat match.
Ronda Rousey has not been cleared yet to compete but she will be in time for WrestleMania.
The former WWE Raw and Smackdown Women’s champion was on Smackdown last night and announced with Shayna Baszler that the two will be part of the fatal four-way tag team showcase match at Mania. Unlike the other teams, they didn’t need to qualify to enter the match.
Natalya and Shotzi have now joined Raquel Gonzalez and Liv Morgan, and Rousey and Baszler in the match after beating Xia Li and Lacey Evans last night. Another team will be added next week.
In a post on Instagram yesterday, Rousey said that she has a fractured radius in her elbow, an injury she suffered at a non-televised live event in Rockford, Illinois on February 26. The injury altered plans for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles match and those titles will not be defended on night two now.
Everybody loves a good floral arrangement, and we are all familiar with arrangements with fresh flowers brought forth by spring showers. Still, the saddest part of using fresh flowers for decoration is probably having to watch your favorite blossoms gradually wither away. Throughout the 1980s, dried flowers remained extremely popular, but fell out of fashion from the 90s onwards. But they have started to gain popularity in recent times once again. With this rising vogue of dried flower arrangements, you can make some exquisite floral decor for celebrations or for your home with them. Dried flowers require very less maintenance and can be arranged to fit your personal preferences, and they go well with the aesthetic of fall.
Dried flowers are typically dehydrated and are perfect as evening decor for fall due to their earthy tones. They are delicate, give a rustic touch and have a coarse texture, and a soft tone. When the flower is dehydrated, it removes all moisture from it and the color can fade slightly. These flowers might undergo a re-coloring and setting procedure when they are totally dried to bring back some of the initial hues.
Flowers best for dried flower arrangement
Although most flowers could be dried, some are more delicate than others. When certain types of flowers dry, they become highly sensitive and the petals can easily fall off. Because of this, drying the appropriate flowers is important. This will help you to preserve your blooms and keep them intact for several months. Some grasses and flowers that are perfect for drying include:
Roses
Hydrangeas
Amaranth Flowers
Palm Spears
Statice Flowers
Gypsophila Blooms
Pampas Grasses
Larkspur Flowers
Eucalyptus Leaves
Celosia flowers
Sea Holly Flowers
Drying flowers by yourself
You can easily get dried flowers by allowing them to air dry or dry naturally. For this, hang them for a couple of days in a dry area upside down and let them completely dehydrate. You can also dry flowers using a press. Some people also use heavy objects like books to press them dry. This method works best for flowers that can lie flat like California poppies, hibiscus, pansies, or cosmos. Place your flowers gently on some pages around the book’s middle, giving each one plenty of room. After that, shut it and place several larger books atop it. Over time the flowers will dry and flatten out.
Dried flowers last at least a year or even longer when stored in a dry area away from direct sunlight. This might even go up to 10 years when kept in sealed boxes or jars.
Tips to make dried flower arrangements
You can make a unique and vibrant dried floral arrangement using a few materials and some simple steps. The steps include:
Prep your flowers
Prior to beginning your flower arrangement, make sure to pick up an assortment of dried grasses and flowers. You can either buy them online or from local stores, or you can dry them yourself at home. Picking annual flowers, which sprout, grow, bloom, set seeds, and decay all in one season, like cosmos, pansies, primrose, begonia, chrysanthemum, and petunia is a good option. After you’ve assembled your supplies, apply your regular hairspray all over the dry grass plumes to help stop shedding. Using floral spray paint can also add some color to the arrangement.
Prep your vase
Pick out a vase that complements the color scheme and height of the dried flowers. If you are looking to create a fuller arrangement, ensure that the vase has a wide aperture at its top. Then, cover the top with transparent tape in a grid-like pattern. This will guarantee that every stem remains in its intended location in the vase.
Arrange your flowers
When styling the flowers, you can follow some common practices to get the best visual effect. The vase height should be around one-third of the height of your arrangement. Begin with the florals that complement the color palette you selected. You can either choose flowers with different shades of the same color or mix and match different hues. But it is crucial to start with a focus flower. Make sure to place the biggest stems along the back. Add the smaller stems in front to give it a layered look. After you are finished with your layers, make sure to add some accent grasses and smaller blooms to beautify the arrangement.
Conclusion
Dried flower bouquets and arrangements can offer a touch of elegance to your house as well as celebrations. It also vibes well with the fall aesthetic, last longer, and can be preserved as a memento or keepsake.
You knew the fans were going to pop big when it eventually happened…and after months and months of teasing, Rey Mysterio has finally decked his son and accepted his challenge for WrestleMania.
On Smackdown last night, Dominik distracted his dad in his match against LA Knight, causing him to lose. But the actions afterward at ringside finally pushed Rey over the edge. Dominik was berating his mother and his sister who were sitting at front row, calling her a deadbeat mother for doing nothing about it. His sister tried to step up to him but he got in her face and called her stupid.
At one point his mother took his mic and after addressing him, he took her mic away and screamed “shut up” in her face. That was the last nail in the coffin for Dominik as Mysterio ran to ringside and punched him in the face to a massive pop from the Las Vegas crowd.
With Dominik down, Rey said that he didn’t want to hit him, but he made him do it and if he wants a fight at WrestleMania…well, he got one. That prompted another big pop from the fans and “Yes!” chants, capping off another excellent angle on the show.
Here are the results from last night’s Impact Sacrifice 2023 event which took place from St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and aired exclusively on Impact Plus.
Eddie Edwards defeated Bhupinder Gujjar in the pre-show; Rosemary defeated KiLynn King in the pre-show; Mike Bailey defeated Jonathan Gresham; Joe Hendry defeated Brian Myers to retain the Impact Digital Media title; Deonna Purrazzo defeated Gisele Shaw; PCO defeated Kenny King; Trey Miguel defeated Lince Dorado to retain the Impact X Division title; Ace Austin and Chris Bey defeated Bad Dude Tito and Shane Haste to retain the Impact World Tag Team titles; Bully Ray defeated Tommy Dreamer in a Busted Open match; Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Kushida defeated Frankie Kazarian, Rich Swann, and Steve Maclin in a six-man tag team match.
Last time WrestleMania was in Los Angeles, John Cena co-headlined the show against JBL for the WWE title. This time around, it will be John Cena who will open the show of shows on Saturday, April 1.
WWE announced that Austin Theory vs John Cena will be the first match of night one of WrestleMania. While in the past being the “curtain jerker” was seen as a downer, nowadays, being the first match on a show like WrestleMania is a big responsibility as you set the tone for the rest of the show and get the crowd going.
You have to go back to WrestleMania XX in New York in 2004 to find a John Cena match as the first match on the card. That night, John Cena defeated The Big Show to win, yep, you guessed it, the United States title.
The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes VS. Ludwig Kaiser
During the match Paul Heyman came to ringside. As Rhodes went for a finishing maneuver, Solo Sikoa joins Heyman and distracts Rhodes. Cody was able to catch Kaiser in a Cody Cutter then hit Cross Rhodes for the win.
Winner: The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes
After the match, Heyman and Solo come in the ring and Heyman says Cody is owed an apology. Heyman says “she” did a lousy job with that announcement so let me do this and announced Cody as the winner. A Cody Rhodes who has a huge pothole on his road to WrestleMania in Solo Sikoa who will go one -on-one on Monday Night Raw then next Friday Roman Reigns will be here on Smackdown to go face to face one last time before WrestleMania.
Cody says I should say no but as good as you are (looking at Solo) like I told you Monday you’re not ready. Cody then says after Solo finds out he is not ready, Roman Reigns is going to find out that he is not ready either and throws the microphone at Heyman’s feet.
Charlotte Flair is out next. She said this business was built on respect. She went on to say she loves her Dad and she is proud she was able to carry on the family legacy and diamonds are forever and so is Charlotte Flair.
Rey Mysterio VS. L.A. Knight
Rey’s wife and daughter are in the front row, during the match Dominik Mysterio comes out and distracts Rey and Knight was able to knock Rey off the ropes. As Rey gets Knight set up for a 619, Dominik trips Rey and Knight rolls Rey up for the pinfall.
Winner: L.A. Knight
After the match, Dominik gets a microphone and asks Rey if he is going to give him what he wants and be a man and face him at WrestleMania. Rey walks away and Dominik says walk away like you always do. Then he asks his mom how it feels to be married to a loser that won’t stand up to his own son. Then he goes over and asks then asks Rey’s wife if she knew she married a deadbeat and says of course you do because you sat there and let it happen that makes you a deadbeat too. Rey’s daughter jumps up and gets in her brother’s face and Rey’s wife rips the microphone out of Dominik’s hand after he tells his sister to sit down. She is too stupid to understand what is going on here.
Rey’s wife said Dominik and Dominik ripped the microphone out of her hand and told her to shut up just as Rey walked over then punched Dominik. Rey says you pushed me to do this. You don’t disrespect your mother like that. My Wife. You want a fight at WrestleMania? You’re on, I will see you at WrestleMania son.
Xia Li & Lacey Evans VS. Natalya & Shotzi
Lacey tags Xia in and they try a double team on Shotzi but Shotzi kicks Lacey and as Xia holds Shotzi. Lacey comes running to hit her right hand but Shotzi ducks and Lacey hits Xia. Shotzi then throws Lacey out of the ring, Natalya kicks her off the apron and Shotzi hits her with a suicide dive. Shotzi tags in Natalya and they use the Hart Foundation’s “Hart Attack” clothesline maneuver and Natalya locks Xia in the sharpshooter for the victory.
Winners: Natalya & Shotzi
Since winning, Natalya and Shotzi are added to the WrestleMania match. Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan join them in the ring and Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey come out and threaten to go in the ring tonight and say they got added to the match at WrestleMania.
Official contract signing for the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania with Drew McIntyre, Sheamus and Gunther.
Sheamus and Drew start to argue. Gunther comes out and gets right in Adam Pearce’s face and wants him to justify why he has to defend his title in a triple threat. The Brawling Brutes where out with Sheamus and as Gunther turns and says he is going to beat Drew then Sheamus and looked at Butch and asked him what he was looking at. Butch jumped and started beating on Gunther.
Gunther VS. Butch
While the match was going on, Drew hit Sheamus with a Glasgow Kiss then Ridge came after Drew who got thrown into the ring post for his efforts. All this distracts Butch who gets hit with a clothesline and last symphony for Gunther to pick up the win.
Winner: Gunther
After the match Drew hits Gunther with a Claymore.
In the back The Street Profits find themselves in a heated conversation with Braun Strowman and Ricochet. Braun says we will settle this at WrestleMania because we want all your smoke.
Kevin Owens comes out to host the KO Show with special guest Sami Zayn. They talked about their match at WrestleMania and then Kevin presented a new shirt to Sami. His typical KO Mania on the back of a WrestleZaynia shirt. Sami was excited and hugged Kevin. The Usos rush in and attack them until Kevin was able to get a chair and chase off the Usos.
In a Form 8-K filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission it was revealed that WWE Executive Chairman Vince McMahon has reimbursed WWE the $17.4 million in costs that the company incurred in the investigation over hush money payments.
The payment reflect costs through January 31, 2013 in connection with and/or arising from the investigation conducted by a special committee of the Company’s board of directors, related revisions to the Company’s financial statements and other related matters.
Any additional costs following January 31 will also be reimbursed by McMahon.
“The Agreement also includes a release of Mr. McMahon by the Company regarding the recovery of the costs described above and a release of the Company by Mr. McMahon regarding the investigation and related matters described above,” the SEC filing states.
The filing was signed by Maurice Edelson, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for WWE.
In a post on Instagram, former champion Ronda Rousey confirmed that she has a fractured radius in her elbow, an injury which she suffered last month at a WWE non-televised live event.
“Well, after thousands of dislocations (I thought not tapping out to armbars and tearing ligaments was cool in my teens) my elbow finally fractured simply by slapping the mat in Rockford, Illinois – right before WrestleMania,” Rousey wrote on social media.
The original plan of Rousey teaming with Shayna Baszler to go for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles was altered following her injury and there were rumors that the baddest woman on the planet was still going to be part of the show in the fatal four-way showcase match.
But Rousey said that doctors have not cleared her for in-ring action yet.
“The only thing saving these chicks now are the doctors not letting me compete. Well ladies, they can’t keep me away forever, I’m not moping, vengeance is coming.”
Taya Valkyrie was finally written off Impact television last night during the latest episode on AXS TV.
An angle which was shot backstage saw Valkyrie and Jessicka searching for the new Impact Knockouts Tag Team champions The Coven when they stumbled upon a casket. A hand popped out from the casket and grabbed Valkyrie, dragging her inside. The casket then closed, marking the end of Taya’s latest run with the company.
“Well, what can I say. To the men and women of @impactwrestling, you’ve been such an enormous part of life for the last 6 years,” Valkyrie wrote in a post on social media.
“You’ve all had such a huge part in picking me up when I’m down, being my biggest cheerleaders and truly proving that sometimes, family is chosen. I love each and everyone of you,” she continued.
Taya thanked those at Impact for welcoming her back, helping her rediscover herself when she was truly broken and allowing her to just be her.
“Death Dollz, our bond is one that can never be broken. The last year with you two has been a highlight of my career and I owe you both the world. It’s not goodbye, it’s just see you all down the road,” she concluded.
A new Impact World champion will be crowned at the Rebellion pay-per-view on Sunday, April 16 in Toronto.
With Josh Alexander out injured for months, it will be Steve Maclin or KUSHIDA who will walk out of Canada with the title next month as the two have been selected to headline the pay-per-view.
Alexander was supposed to defend the title against KUSHIDA at the Multiverse United show next week, a co-branded show between Impact Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling in Los Angeles.
His replacement will be announced at a later date.
Trinity Fatu, the artist formerly known as Naomi in WWE, has applied to trademark the name Trinity Starr.
The application was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on March 20 through attorney Michael Dockins. It’s currently filed only for services and performances by a professional wrestler and merchandise.
Fatu, who is no longer under a WWE contract, has not appeared on TV since May of last year when she and Sasha Banks walked out of Raw. She will be appearing at WrestleCon next week as part of WrestleMania weekend where she will be signing autographs and posing for photos with fans.
Dynamite this week drew 954,000 viewers, a nice increase of 102,000 viewers compared to last week’s broadcast. The show was hyped for the dream match between Kenny Omega and Vikingo and the tactic seemed to have worked. This was the most-watched episode since February 22. In the 18-49 demo, Dynamite drew a 0.33, up 0.05 from last week and placed #4 on the top 50 cable chart. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Live from the St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Impact Wrestling presents Sacrifice 2023 live and exclusively on Impact Plus. The full card is as follows:
Frankie Kazarian, Steve Maclin, and Rich Swann vs Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Kushida in a six-man tag team match; Tommy Dreamer vs Bully Ray in a Busted Open match; Trey Miguel vs Lince Dorado for the Impact X Division title; Ace Austin and Chris Bey vs Bad Dude Tito and Shane Haste for the Impact Tag Team titles; Joe Hendry vs Brian Myers for the Impact Digital Media title; Deonna Purrazzo vs Gisele Shaw; Jonathan Gresham vs Mike Bailey; PCO vs. Kenny King.
The show starts at 8PM ET and is also available internationally via FITE.TV for $9.99.
Mickie James, the current Impact Knockouts champion, is injured and will not be wrestling tonight at the Sacrifice Impact Plus event. Impact did not disclose what kind of injury James is suffering from and made the announcement in a post on Twitter.
James was supposed to defend her title against Jordynne Grace tonight but that match is now off. No replacement was announced and the card is now down to eight matches.
Impact has promised an update on James during tonight’s broadcast from Ontario.
