Wade Keller of the Pro Wrestling Torch is reporting that Scott Hall is on life support after he suffered three heart attacks following complications stemming from hip replacement surgery.
Hall was hospitalized in early March after he fell and broke his hip and Keller reports that he had hip replacement surgery last week. But a blood clot got loose and that complication led to three heart attacks yesterday. He is currently at the Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia.
The 63-year-old Hall had his fair share of health complications throughout the years, mainly due to drug and alcohol addiction but with the help of Diamond Dallas Page, he got his act back together.
Hall’s hospitalization was originally disclosed by his friend Jerry Jarrett in a post on Facebook.
A new replica title was added to the already-massive collection on WWEShop.com, this time featuring the WCW World Heavyweight title that was used by WCW from 1991 to 1994.
Modeled from the title held by legends like Ron Simmons, Vader, Sting, Lex Luger, and others, the 5.7-pound title is now selling for $399.99. It has plates 5mm thick and fits a waist size of 46″.
The title comes with a blue cloth carrying back sporting the old WCW logo.
The replica is available for shipping now through WWEShop.com.
One third of The New Day, Xavier Woods, returned to the ring last night at the non-televised live event in Jackson, Mississippi.
Woods teamed up with Kofi Kingston to take on The Usos and Ridge Holland and Sheamus in a triple threat tag team match for the Smackdown Tag Team titles, a match which The Usos won.
Woods has been injured since the beginning of January and was scheduled to be out of action for up to six weeks. His injury came when he jumped off the bottom rope to hit a DDT and landed badly, tearing his plantaris, the muscle underneath the calf.
The plan for WrestleMania was to have all three members of The New Day take on Holland, Sheamus, and the newly-renamed Pete Dunne in a six-man tag the match. That plan is now obviously out of the window as Big E is suffering from a broken neck and it could be changed to just a tag team or find a temporary replacement for Big E.
Sami Zayn actually answered some FaceTime calls from fans after his number was posted by Jackass star and WrestleMania opponent Johnny Knoxville.
Many fans posted screenshots on social media of Zayn answering their call when dialing his number, engaging in video conversations. “I appreciate the facetime call last night. You the man,” said one tweet. “He was hella chill,” commented another user who was lucky enough to get through.
Zayn posted a screenshot of having 378 unanswered FaceTime calls, 369 unanswered phone calls, and 20,152 unread text messages. “I’M IN HELL,” he wrote as the caption.
His number flew on a banner behind a plane all over Los Angeles, a present from Knoxville who earlier was getting bombarded by messages from Zayn himself.
Impact Wrestling this week on AXS TV drew 94,000 viewers, down 37,000 viewers from last week’s show. Impact did 0.03 in the 18-49 demo, down 0.01 from the prior week and did not chart in the cable rankings. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Popular American group Dude Perfect, who are from Texas, will be unveiling the set of WrestleMania 38 inside the AT&T Stadium during Mania weekend.
The group, consisting of former Texas A&M University college roommates Tyler Toney, Cory and Coby Cotton, Garrett Hilbert, and Cody Jones, have amassed over 57 million subscribers to their YouTube channel where they showcase their incredible trick shots and stunts. All their videos combined have over 14 billion views, making them one of the most subscribed and watched sports channel on the streaming website.
Usually WWE unveils the set of WrestleMania the day before the show, showcasing the bright lights and fireworks that will be part of the two-night spectacular.
Pete Dunne was moved to the main roster and is now part of the Smackdown brand, but unfortunately for him, he also got a dreaded name change.
Dunne, who’s been part of WWE since 2016, is now going by the name of Butch and was paired with Ridge Holland and Sheamus. Dunne had an alliance with Holland in their NXT days before Holland was moved to Smackdown.
The new name received a barrage of negative reactions online and all thought the change was unnecessary, especially for someone who’s been wrestling for WWE for the past five years, and for someone who was NXT UK champion for 685 days out of those five years.
Dunne is the latest unfortunate one who was on the receiving end of a name change. Walter, another former NXT UK champion, recently had his name changed to Gunther.
Recording a video from his hospital bed, helped by a neck brace, Big E gave an update, a positive one, on his condition.
E revealed that his C1 and C6 vertebrae are fractured but they are not displaced and there’s no spinal cord damage. There’s also no ligament damage and at this point, no surgery is required.
The C1 vertebra controls the movement of the neck and supports the weight of the skull at the tip of the spine while the C6 controls wrist extensor muscles, biceps and and other muscles in the upper arm.
While surgery is not required at the moment, recovery time will be at least 12 weeks for the fracture to heal itself and requires rigid braces to keep everything steady.
“A pro tip, if you break your neck, do it in Birmingham, they’ve been great,” Big E joked in the video. “It meant a ton to me that so many of you have been so kind and reached out, stopped here to see me, text me. I feel I sound like a broken record but I’m very grateful and I’m gonna be alright.”
In the latest Form 8-K filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission it was revealed that both WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon and WWE President Nick Khan got some sort of pay bump for 2022.
McMahon, who has a salary of $1.4 million, got an additional $600,000 for a salary of $2 million and his bonus, if he meets all the targets, will be an extra $11 million.
Meanwhile, Nick Khan’s salary remained at $1.2 million but will be receiving an additional $7.5 million as part of his sign-on bonus. Khan received a whopping $15 million worth of WWE shares when he came on board, but will only be able to cash out 40% of that later this year and the rest in 2025.
The other notable increase was for Kevin Dunn, who is the Executive Producer & Chief of Global Television Distribution, who got an additional 181,192 WWE shares added to his portfolio.
Big E’s broken neck news seemingly united the usually-divided internet wrestling community as fans rallied behind the former WWE champion after he was dropped on his head last night on Smackdown.
Colleagues from both WWE and AEW also took to social media to wish E a speedy recovery.
Individuals such as Charlotte Flair, Killer Kross, Scarlett, Mick Foley, Adam Cole, Sasha Banks, Miro, Evil Uno, Stu Grayson, Wade Barrett, Excalibur, Kyle O’Reilly, Carmella, Mickie James, Shelton Benjamin, Kayla Braxton, Titus O’Neil, Amanda Huber, FTR, and countless of others all sent in their best wishes as Big E now faces a long road of recovery.
“Went to see E and he’s in good spirits. Hell of a guy and beyond proud to call him my brother,” added XaVier Woods, who is also injured.
Big E noted that he can move all his fingers which is great news considering he could have been easily paralyzed.
Another title match was added to the WrestleMania card, this time featuring the Smackdown Tag Team champions The Usos defending against number one contenders Rick Boogs and Shinsuke Nakamura.
On Smackdown, The Usos said that there were no worthy opponents for them and that prompted the arrival of Nakamura and Boogs. Jimmy Uso noted that Boogs had a knee injury and if he could beat his brother right there, they would give them a title shot.
But Boogs was faking it and his knee was alright, surprising Jey during the match and eventually beating him to earn the shot for his team.
WWE did not announce yet on which night this match will take place.
Date: March 11, 2022
Arena: Hertz Arena
City: Fort Myers, Florida
It’s Saturday morning, and you know what that means… it’s time for our Rampage Review!
Still in Revolution’s afterglow following an up and down Dynamite comes Rampage. (And btw, what a special night Sunday was, the matches were good and all, but 9/9 predictions! (assuming Rosa wins in San Antonio next week.))
And on seeing this week’s lineup, there was only one question to be asked: Tony Khan wants this cancelled right? He’s got ROH now, all the sports stuff, he just doesn’t have time for Rampage. A show full of squashes with only one bona fide star (Darby) in action.
DARBY ALLIN (W/ STING) VS MARC QUEN (W/ ISIAH)
Story going in: Allin interfered in the AFO’s beatdown of Matt Hardy on Dynamite.
This week’s opener had a lot to live up to, following two weeks of exceptional TNT title matches.
Surprisingly, this one was dominated by Marc Quen, the story being Darby trying to keep his opponent grounded with head and face locks. Meaning that this one was slower than you’d think – stomps, shoulders in the corner and an abdominal stretch as Quen controlled the pace.
After the ads, the ‘strange enigma’ hit a super-plex for two before yielding control once more as the Private Party-er got consecutive two-counts of his own, one following a backflip kneedrop.
‘Let’s go Darby’ chants flooded the air as he turned a suplex attempt into his mentor’s Scorpion Death Drop before Isiah prevented Allin from a Coffin Drop. For which Sting made him pay. But not before Quen took advantage, shoving his opponent to the floor and launching an insane 450 from the top-rope to the outside. You could feel that one for both guys.
Back inside, Quen attempted a shooting star, Darby saw it coming, Fujiwara armbar, tap-out.
Post-match, the AFO came out, followed by the reunited ‘Hardys’ (get the Z out!) who again locked eyes with Allin and Sting. Trouble’s brewing. Matt and Jeff were dressed for the millennium but got a huge pop.
Side-note, is putting Sting and Jeff Hardy back in the ring such a great idea? Is Sting cool with it at his age?
WINNER: DARBY ALLIN
Next, Dan Lambert and the Men of the Year gave us a history lesson, comparing Wardlow/MJF with Larry Zbysko/Bruno Sammartino. Page claimed that Scorpio was still defending two belts when he faces ‘Wardog’ on Wednesday: his streak and his TNT title (Scorpio hasn’t lost in over a year and gave one of his two TNT belts to Lambert). The champ called himself the ‘face of TNT’.
Short and effective.
Which was also applicable to the House of Black’s latest offering: shot in the usual way, with only Malakai visible at first before each member stepped forward as they spoke, finishing each other’s sentences as though one voice. Ominously, the trio talked of ‘guilt’, ‘mak(ing) your eyes turn black again’, ‘know(ing) your secrets and ‘know(ing) your truth’.
Excalibur speculated as to their victim as we returned to the ring.
JAMIE HAYTER (W/ BRITT & REBEL) VS MERCEDES MARTINEZ
Story going in: Allies of Britt Baker & Thunder Rosa prior to the title match on next week’s Dynamite.
If there was a any doubting the purpose of this, the commentators made it quite clear from the get-go. Completely ignoring the action, they plugged the Rosa/Baker match with even Starks acknowledging that the cage would ensure a fair fight.
Which was a shame as this was a hard-hitting effort. After a test of strength, Martinez unloaded in the corner to wake the crowd.
Back from break, Mercedes was in control with a series of impressive low-trajectory underhook suplexes for two. Firing back, Hayter countered a fisherman buster with a ura-nage across the knee for a two of her own. Back on their feet, they exchanged strikes before colliding off the ropes as the ref started a double count.
Recovering more quickly, Mercedes flung Hayter into the buckle with an overhead throw. After a B-RUTAL Spider Suplex from the top, Mercedes had the match won but was struck three times by Baker prior to a Hayter lariat for the win. Mercedes looked good here, but that finish did her no favours, very weak.
In the aftermath, Britt and co. hovered menacingly, only to be repelled by Rosa.
WINNER: JAMIE HAYTER
A quick Shida voice-over preceded the next match. She hasn’t forgotten Serena. Not when she was in the hospital, not when she was rehabbing… before threatening to ‘cut your head off.’
QT MARSHALL (W/ SOLOW & COMOROTO) VS KEITH LEE
Story going in: Marshall was spurned by Lee on Dynamite after offering help vs Team Taz.
This was short and still too long. QT kept getting bits of offense in only for Lee to shrug it off. ‘Limitless’ was very popular with the crowd.
Ricky Starks was great here. He claimed Hobbs could throw further (which Taz backed up), then asked ‘Who’s this ref? He’s not counting quick enough’ when Lee kicked out of a pin attempt before one.
Eventually, Lee shook off an enzuigiri, blocked a Diamond Cutter, and scooped up QT for a DVD into a powerslam for the 1,2,3.
There wasn’t much to this.
As the match began, Excalibur noted the presence of Will Hobbs at the commentary booth. You could see what was coming.
Jumped by Aaron Solo and Nick Comoroto, Lee fought them off, only to be levelled by Ricky Starks and a ‘PPP-Powerhouse’ spinebuster, before the pair mocked Lee’s pose. Seems we’re getting a battle of the ‘hoss’es.
WINNER: KEITH LEE
SHANE ‘SWERVE’ STRICKLAND VS TONY NESE
Story going in: A jealous Nese interrupted Strickland’s interview on Dynamite and made the challenge.
Whose house? If Strickland needed any help reinforcing his charisma, they picked the perfect opponent. Fortunately, Nese excels in other areas. Though in fairness his pre-match promo was pretty good. And this was a good main event.
So, the story here was that Nese is irritated by the acclaim Strickland’s receiving. Naturally, the chants of ‘Swerve’s House’ drove him to the top rope to scream the contrary. Prompting Taz to deadpan, ‘it’s Tony’s house dammit… kinda, cheque please.’
And Nese’s irritation grew as the match went, making him more aggressive, making it easier for Strickland to see what was coming, and so on and so on.
Beginning on the mat, the pace quickened with Swerve evading and striking with an array of unorthodox moves, leading to Nese pulling the rope down to try and send him crashing to the outside. Smoothly, the recent signee simply performed a handstand from inside the ring, landing perfectly on the outside. Which only incensed Nese further.
Strickland was always a step ahead, and it continued like this until late in the match.
After the last ad-break, the two threw-hands on the mat and then up onto their feet. Swerve got the best of this too, until being caught with an uppercut to the throat and then ‘necked’ across the top rope. It didn’t last though, Nese missing a moonsault before being struck with strikes and chops, a flying elbow to the back of the head and a brainbuster for a close two.
More back and forth than you might expect towards the end, the action continued with Nese gaining a two and then very-close-to three-count with a 450 from the top.
Finally though, Strickland put his opponent away for good. Beginning with Nese hanging precariously from the apron, Swerve hit a double foot-stomp from the apron to the floor, then a heel kick to the head, before another foot-stomp, this time from the top, sealed the deal.
Strickland has everything necessary to be a big star: cool, catchy entrance music; presence; swagger – he carries himself like he’s a big deal. Could’ve probably done with beating someone that fans remembered was on the roster.
WINNER: SWERVE STRICKLAND
All in all, a very easy, fun hour of wrestling. Albeit with few things you had to see to keep up with main storylines.
GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO WATCH…
• Strickland. Charismatic, confident and unique in the ring.
• Quick mention for the commentary. Taz, Excalibur and Starks were excellent. We need more of them, particularly Taz. Hopefully, Jericho’s busy with his new faction.
It was a very good day for AEW yesterday as their upcoming June 1 episode of Dynamite from The Forum in Inglewood, California, nearly sold out on the first day of tickets.
According to ticket tracking service WrestleTix, AEW moved over 12,000 tickets so far, an impressive number for that building which always had a hard time selling out for wrestling events. The arena will likely be set up to have in the range of 13,000 to 14,000 once production is figured out.
This will be the AEW debut on the West Coast and it was a highly-anticipated event for obvious reasons with AEW fans not disappointing.
The show will eventually sell out by the time June 1 comes around and it will be a very healthy gate for the company.
It is WrestleMania season in the WWE and whilst the main event is not set to take place until April 2 and April 3, 2022, at the home of NFL team the Dallas Cowboys, the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, there is plenty of build-up to the showpiece of the professional wrestling and sports entertainment industry.
Indeed, WrestleMania has become an iconic sports event and one that is watched by millions around the world, as they get to watch their favorite superstars compete against each other on the biggest stage of them all.
The show became synonymous at one point in history because of the streak that The Undertaker had once managed to create before seeing it be broken by Brock Lesnar, however there is no denying that the 38th edition of the event will be as big and as good, if not better than the rest to have happened before it.
WWE Live: Road To WrestleMania Tour to steamroll through Toronto
Canadians will be able to get their own taste of the action in the very near future as the WWE Live: Road To WrestleMania will finally go through the country on its continued tour ahead of the main event that will take place next month.
Initially scheduled to have taken place last year on December 29, 2021, Canadians have had to be patient and wait for their favorite superstars to storm through Toronto, Ontario. The event will be one of the final nights to take place before the two-night spectacle as it takes place on Sunday, March 27, 2022, and will be held at the Coca-Cola Coliseum.
What will those in attendance get to see?
The WWE always continues to be able to put on the very best shows when they arrive in a destination, whether it be in the U.S., Canada, or overseas in places such as Europe or in Saudi Arabia, therefore it should be expected that a top show will be on offer to those that attend the event in Toronto.
According to the event stadium’s official website, there have already been a number of different matches to have been confirmed, whilst it has also been revealed that there will be a very special guest in attendance that will be hosting the show for Canadians in attendance.
JUST ANNOUNCED: @WWE Hall of Famer and Toronto’s own Trish Stratus will host WWE Road to WrestleMania at Coca-Cola Coliseum on March 27. pic.twitter.com/KZ5jGV2809
None other than the legendary WWE Hall of Famer and Toronto’s own Trish Stratus is scheduled to host proceedings. For those that do not quite know what Trish had managed to accomplish in her WWE career, her list of accomplishments is rather impressive.
Amongst many, perhaps the two highlights of her career include the fact that she won the WWE Women’s Championship an impressive seven times, whilst recently in 2021, she was named the No. 1 of the top 50 Greatest WWE Female Superstars of all time.
A host of the biggest names are also thought to be on the card, although it is important to note that this can change at any moment, therefore it is perhaps wise to check the listings out immediately prior to the show in order to know what to potentially expect.
Indeed, by checking out what the card looks like for the WWE Live: Road To WrestleMania Tour beforehand, it could provide Canadians with a better chance of trying to identify who they may want to place a wager on.
With a number of legal Ontario sportsbooks now available to utilize, players could look to try and further enhance their viewing experience whilst attending the show and place a wager as the matches take place by betting on what they think will happen.
Practicing their betting and using the best sportsbooks Ontario has could enable them to maximize their chances of having a successful experience when WrestleMania comes around a week later. As they say, practice makes perfect, and familiarizing yourself might just be the difference between a positive and negative experience.
What will we see at WrestleMania 38?
Naturally, the WWE Live: Road To WrestleMania Tour in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is all in aid to build up the main event the weekend after, therefore it is perhaps wise to take a look and see what could potentially be expected.
As highlighted already, WrestleMania 38 will take place across two days as the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will host the event on April 2 and April 3, 2022. With the showpiece and the defining event of the WWE calendar taking place over two nights now, there is certainly a lot to look forward to.
Date: March 11, 2022
Arena: Legacy Arena
City: Birmingham, Alabama
Smackdown opens with Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns confrontation at the Madison Square Garden event, ending with Lesnar being laid out and Reigns standing over Lesnar holding up both titles yelling for Lesnar to acknowledge him.
Out first, Brock Lesnar says Reigns changed the game and changed the rules. No one draws first blood on Brock Lesnar and lives to tell about it. He does not care about titles, he wants blood and calls out Roman Reigns. Out comes Paul Heyman, who says Roman Reigns is not here this evening. Lesnar asked Heyman if Reigns isn’t here who is going to protect him and Lesnar begins to chase Heyman as security tried to stop him. Lesnar pitched them all around but Heyman was able to jump in a car and take off.
They show Sheamus and Ridge Holland beat the ATV and destroy it with sledgehammers. They are interviewed in the back by Megan Morant and Sheamus said they improved the ATV by making it lighter they brought someone with them tonight, they brought Butch (NXT’s Pete Dunne).
Big E & Kofi Kingston VS. Sheamus & Ridge Holland
Big E goes right after Sheamus before he even got his coat and hat off and before the bell. Outside, Ridge threw Big E over his head and Big E landed on his head on the floor. Kofi went to the top rope but Butch got on the apron and Sheamus kicks Kofi in the face and pins him. Sheamus, Butch and Ridge beat Kofi as medical personnel tend to Big E.
Winners: Sheamus and Ridge Holland
They show Kevin Owens challenging Stone Cold Steve Austin to be on the KO Show at WrestleMania.
After the break they continue to show Owens calling out Austin and Austin’s response which came through a video.
They recap Ricochet winning the Intercontinental Championship, then they show Sami Zayn in the back getting ready to be interviewed when Johnny Knoxville appears on the screen saying Sami Zayn got his personal cell phone number and has been calling and stalking him, so for his birthday he rented a plane and is flying Sami’s number all over LA and they show a plane with a banner saying “Call Sami Zayn @ 407-574-1532.” Knoxville said he about lost his voice from laughing so hard and said see you at WrestleMania!
This was posted on TMZ. Zayn says he could not prepare for his rematch tonight because he was getting thousands of text messages. He isn’t worried because he is going to win tonight. Michael Cole stated he learned it was 11,000 messages and McAfee said lets get it to 20,000 by the end of the show
Drew McIntyre & The Viking Raiders VS. Happy Corbin, Madcap Moss & Jinder Mahal
Corbin tried to attack McIntyre as Corbin, Mahal, Shanky and Moss attack McIntyre and then throw him in the ring. McIntyre fights free and goes after Corbin who runs out of the ring. Moss gets headbutted and then gets clotheslined over the top rope. Mahal got thrown over McIntyre’s head then Shanky got slammed, then McIntyre grabbed the sword as his music hits. The Viking Raiders never came out.
They show Sonya Deville and Ronda Rousey match from last week and Charlotte Flair’s appearance. Ronda Rousey is in the ring as we go to break. During the break they showed a Women’s history month celebration for Lita.
Rousey said we are less than a month away from WrestleMania. She says she has been finding ways to fine tune the ankle lock that she learned from her first mentor, Kurt Angle, and she thinks there is no better way to honor Kurt then by beating Flair for the title with the ankle lock. Flair’s music hits and she comes to the ring. Flair says by the end of the night she is going to make Rousey tap out. And Rousey said, “I would like to see you try.” Flair walks out of the ring as Rousey says I am either going home from WrestleMania with your arm or you’re going to tap out.
They show Lesnar chasing Heyman through the arena from earlier tonight.
Sasha Banks & Naomi VS. Natalya & Shayna Baszler
Carmella & Queen Zelina are at the announce desk who get up on the apron as Banks shoves Natalya into Zelina and hits the knees to the face and pins Natalya.
Winners: Sasha Banks & Naomi
The Usos says the WWE management does not have any worthy challengers for the them because everyone is the twos and they are the ones. Shinsuke Nakamura’s music hit and Rick Boogs and Nakamura come out to challenge The Usos. If they can beat Jey Uso tonight they can have the tag team championship match at WrestleMania.
Rick Boogs VS. Jey Uso
Boogs caught Jey running off the rope then picked him up for a suplex and held him for a few minutes and even going to his one knee a couple times before landing the suplex. After interference from Jimmy, Jey rolled up Boogs but Boogs kicked out then hit Jey Uso with a powerslam for the pin.
Winner: Rick Boogs
Sami Zayn VS. Ricochet for the Intercontinental championship
As they are announcing the match, Austin Theory comes out and confronts Pat McAfee at the announce desk, then sits down beside McAfee. Theory gets in McAfee’s face and McAfee dives over the desk and goes at it with Theory. Officials having a hard time keeping McAfee and Theory apart as both Zayn and Ricochet just watch from the ring.
Back from break order is restored and the championship match is started. Zayn with a couple two-counts on Ricochet but Ricochet kicks out. Zayn sets Ricochet up for a Halluva Kick only to get hit by the Recoil then a 630 splash off the top rope and pins Zayn.
Winner: And still Intercontinental champion Ricochet
They show in the back Ronda Rousey fighting with Charlotte Flair as officials fail to break them up. Charlotte slams Rousey on a car and chokes her as Ronda slides off the car onto the floor. Officials finally get them to stop as Ronda looks mad as she attempts to get to her feet. Flair walks away as we end the show.
Former WWE champion Big E suffered a broken neck on Smackdown in an incident during the tag team match with Kofi Kingston against Sheamus and Ridge Holland. E was on the receiving end of a belly-to-belly suplex at ringside from Holland and unfortunately landed on his head.
The New Day lost their match when Kingston took the pinfall from Sheamus after the debut of Pete Dunne, who is now going by the name of Butch.
After Smackdown went to commercials, WWE medical personnel stretchered out Big E and he was sent straight to a hospital in the Birmingham area where Smackdown was being taped.
In a video posted at around 4AM, Big E then gave the unfortunate news that he broke his neck.
“I can’t thank all of you beautiful people enough for your concern and your messages, it’s very heartwarming. I can move all of my digits, that’s always a good thing, strength feels fine. But unfortunately, right now they tell me my neck is broken, so there’s that,” E said. “But once again, thank you everybody, I’ll be good…don’t worry…go to sleep…don’t worry about ‘ol me. But for real, thank you. I appreciate all of you. For real.”
It looks like the feud between Sami Zayn and Johnny Knoxville went to another hilarious level.
The former Intercontinental champion posted some screenshots of sending text messages to Knoxville after he got ahold of his number. But the joke turned on Zayn as Knoxville rented a plane that carried a banner saying “Call Sami Zayn @ 407-574-1532” and flew it over Los Angeles.
Speaking to TMZ, Knoxville said, “So yesterday, Sami Zayn got my personal phone number and was texting and stalking me all day. So today, for my birthday, I am flying his phone number over Los Angeles. 407-574-1532. See ya at WrestleMania, Shnookums.”
Zayn posted screenshots of several missed calls from unknown numbers today and then had a text message saying they saw the number from a plane over LA!
Well, that’s…a different way of getting to your WrestleMania opponent to say the very least!
AEW star Leyla Hirsch had to issue a statement after some fans pointed out that she wore the Russian colors on her gear during the Revolution Buy-In show this past Sunday.
Hirsch, who was born in Moscow but came to the United States at the age of eight after she was adopted by an American family and became a U.S. citizen, said she wanted to make it clear that she stood with Ukraine 100% and her heart breaks for its citizens who are suffering at the hands of Putin.
“I cannot change my heritage any more than any other citizen can change theirs. The mere fact that I was born in Russia does not mean that I support this brutal dictator. Everyone who would even suggest such a thing is simply wrong, plain and simple,” Hirsch wrote.
The 25-year-old was offered an AEW deal back in March of last year and had been working for the company on a per-appearances basis since October 2020.
AEW will soon be part of a new media conglomerate as Discovery today announced that their stockholders approved its merger with AT&T’s WarnerMedia to create Warner Bros. Discovery.
The acquisition will see WarnerMedia’s sports, entertainment, and news being merged with Discovery’s ever-expanding portfolio but it will take a few more weeks to iron out certain details, including how streaming services Discovery+ and HBO Max will be integrated together.
AEW, still without a streaming service, could be part of this new, massive entity. AEW’s video library recently got a boost after Tony Khan purchased Ring of Honor and its complete video library which Khan could integrate as well.
According to Deadline.com, the merged company will have nearly 200,000 hours of programming and bring together 100+ brands including HBO, Warner Bros., Discovery, DC, CNN, WB Games, Turner Sports, Cartoon Network, HGTV, Food Network, TNT, TBS, Turner Classic Movies, Wizarding World, Adult Swim, Eurosport, Magnolia, TLC, Animal Planet, ID and others.
Former WWE champion Big E and former Universal champion Goldberg are featured in this week’s episode of Truth or Dab on the popular Hot Ones show on YouTube.
Host Sean Evans asks both Big E and Goldberg some questions and if they decide not to answer, they have to eat a very spicy chicken wing. The two also eventually try to cut a promo on each other while eating crazy hot wings standing face to face.
Several WWE Superstars have appeared on Hot Ones before, including Stone Cold Steve Austin and Sasha Banks.
