One of the main events of Backlash, now marketed as WrestleMania Backlash, will feature Drew McIntyre taking on Bobby Lashley for the WWE title.
McIntyre won a triple threat match last night on Raw against Braun Strowman and Randy Orton, earning another title shot but his night did not end on a good note as T-Bar and Mace of Retribution attacked McIntyre from behind, taking him out.
The Lashley vs McIntyre match is the first one announced for the card. The show is officially being promoted as WrestleMania Backlash, with the date of May 16, giving WWE just over a month to build it up.
Last year, Money in the Bank was the first pay-per-view to take place after WrestleMania.
Jeff Jarrett is entering the world of podcasting with a new show titled My World with Jeff Jarrett. The podcast will be part of Conrad Thompson’s podcast empire at adfreeshows.com and begins on Tuesday, May 4.
The show will take listeners on a journey not only through Jarrett’s Hall of Fame career as an in-ring performer but also his time as a promoter and company owner. Along with co-host Thompson, wrestling’s self-proclaimed King of the Mountain will look back at the Jarrett family history in the sports entertainment business that dates to 1946, his personal accomplishments, and his forays into company ownership with the creation of NWA Total Nonstop Action (now known as Impact Wrestling) and Global Force Wrestling.
“For years I’ve been asked, ‘If I could do a podcast with anyone in wrestling today, who would it be?’ And I’ve always been consistent that one of those names is Jeff Jarrett,” Thompson said. “If Jarrett’s life was a movie script, nobody would believe it. I can’t wait to dive into Jeff’s story and hear directly from one of the most accomplished and controversial people to ever be in the wrestling business. ‘My World’ is going to be a can’t-miss podcast.”
Jarrett is eager to share his unique perspectives on the business with Thompson’s listeners.
“The King of the Mountain and the Podfather finally coming together,” Jarrett said. “I’ve been aware of Conrad for quite some time now, and he’s obviously a skilled interviewer with great passion for the wrestling business. He not only does his homework but asks the questions the fans really want to know the most. I can’t wait to get started on May 4.”
The Miz and Mrs reality TV show on USA Network returns tonight for the second half of season two immediately following Monday Night Raw at 11PM ET.
In the upcoming six episodes, Miz and Maryse celebrate an anniversary, have a pregnancy scare, and think about joining a country club. While that is usually more than enough for a family to navigate, their moms decide they are ready to date, Mike creates a man cave and helps his dad find a hobby, and Maryse launches her beauty product.
The series is produced by WWE and Bunim/Murray Productions, Gil Goldschein, Farnaz Farjam-Chazan, Russell Jay Staglik serve as executive producers for Bunim/Murray Productions. Howie Miller serves as showrunner and executive producer. Kevin Dunn and Chris Kaiser serve as executive producers for WWE. The Miz and Maryse are also executive producers.
WWE begins its four-month residency at The Yuengling Center tonight in Tampa with the post-WrestleMania Raw.
Opened in 1980, The Yuengling Center sits on the campus of the University of South Florida and is the third WWE ThunderDome location following the Amway Center and Tropicana Field.
The Yuengling Center is formerly known as the USF Sun Dome where the 1995 WWE Royal Rumble took place. WWE also held a few Saturday Night’s Main Event shows in the 80s while both UFC and Bellator also held events there several years ago.
According to their website, the residency at The Yuengling Center will last till August 3, 2021. WWE intends to resume touring in the second half of 2021 if the coronavirus pandemic remains stable.
WWE today announced that Adnan Virk will make his debut as the new play-by-play voice of Monday Night Raw tonight, replacing Tom Phillips.
“I’m elated to be joining the premier sports-entertainment company in my new role with WWE,” said Adnan Virk. “As a kid who grew up idolizing WWE Hall of Famers like Bret Hart and Ric Flair, the opportunity to call modern legends like Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley, Randy Orton, Charlotte Flair and so many others alongside Corey Graves and Byron Saxton is truly humbling.”
Virk will also continue his on-air host duties across MLB Network’s programming this season. Previously, Adnan worked at ESPN where he primarily covered college football and baseball. He was also a studio host for ESPN’s college football coverage and a play-by-play announcer and studio host for the network’s coverage of Major League Baseball. He has guest hosted SportsCenter, Outside the Lines, Olbermann, ESPN’s coverage of the College World Series, and Mike & Mike. Virk also hosted backstage Oscar’s coverage for ABC’s The Oscars: All Access.
Virk will be joined at ringside for Raw by Corey Graves and Byron Saxton. Graves will replace Samoa Joe, who remains part of the roster, but no announcement was made on who will replace Graves on Smackdown with Michael Cole or if Graves will be pulling double duty.
Tom Phillips will become the new host of 205 Live and oversee special projects for WWE’s programming on Peacock and at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. Phillips also remains in his role of Senior Manager, On Air Talent.
Appearing on The Bump yesterday ahead of WrestleMania, Randy Orton had nothing but great things to say about Bad Bunny, who on Saturday had his WWE debut in a tag match on Mania night one.
Orton said that he couldn’t recall any kind of celebrity who came into their world, stopped everything that they were doing for months and concentrated solely on learning the ropes.
The Viper noted how Bunny trained for up to five hours everyday at the WWE Performance Center and moved full time to Orlando to have a great showing at WrestleMania. Another big difference was that Bunny had major respect to everyone in the locker room and did not act like other celebrities who came before him, something which everyone backstage took note of and in the process, Bunny earned everyone’s respect back.
“I have to say thank you to Bad Bunny for having respect for what I do and what everyone in the locker room does, and what WWE does. I appreciated him as a fan, but now I can look over at him and call him a fellow performer in my world,” Orton said.
“I feel it is important for me to say that I appreciate Bad Bunny and the hard work he put into delivering last night. He knocked everyone’s socks off. I was watching, and I know he impressed a lot of us. He is officially a WWE Superstar now in my book.”
It was Adam Pearce and Drew Gulak who took Bunny under their wing and prepared the 27-year-old for the big day. Recalling the first bump he took in the ring, Pearce told Billboard.com that Bunny’s soul “leaped out of his chest” but he was smiling from ear to ear as he was on the road to make his dream a reality.
Bad Bunny will soon resume touring early next year and WWE helped him make the announcement on night two of WrestleMania, complete with a commercial featuring Triple H.
“You did amazing at WrestleMania,” Triple H tells Bunny as they stand in the middle of a road. “But now, it’s time for you to do what you do.” At that point, Triple H hands over Bunny a carry case. “Thanks,” replies Bunny, who walks away and sits on top of a truck, like his entrance at WrestleMania.
Once sitting down, Bunny opens the case to find silver microphone with a skull. Bunny nods in agreement, closes the case, and signals for the truck to drive away.
Gilbert Hardy, the father of Matt and Jeff Hardy, has unfortunately passed away a few days ago.
In a message on social media, Matt wrote, “I love you, Dad. Thanks for making so many sacrifices to give myself & Jeff a fair chance at life. We were blessed to have you for so many years.” He also thanked everyone for the kindness and love they showed to their family during the difficult times.
Jeff was removed from the Andre The Giant Memorial battle royal and was not part of the WrestleMania weekend at all due to his passing. Jeff has been absent from television for quite a few weeks now and it’s believed that it is directly related to this. The former WWE champion did not release any statement on social media.
Five title changes took place over the weekend during WrestleMania out of a possible eight which were on the line during the pay-per-view.
Apollo Crews, Sheamus, AJ Styles and Omos, Bianca Belair, and Rhea Ripley all became new champs on Saturday and Sunday. Crews beat Big E in a Nigerian Drum fight to win the Intercontinental title and his first title in WWE career. Sheamus regained the United States title by beating Riddle in spectacular fashion. AJ Styles and Omos beat The New Day to become the new Raw Tag Team champions, putting Styles on the Grand Slam list and giving Omos his first title. Bianca Belair beat Sasha Banks in the main event of night one and won the Smackdown Women’s title, her first title with the promotion. And Rhea Ripley was ready for Asuka, winning the Raw Women’s title. This is her third title following the NXT UK Women’s and NXT Women’s titles.
Those who survived WrestleMania were Bobby Lashley, Roman Reigns, and the team of Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax. Lashley beat Drew McIntyre in the opening match of night one to retain the WWE title. Roman Reigns pinned both Edge and Daniel Bryan by stacking them on top of each other and retained the Universal title in the main event of night two. And Baszler and Jax beat Tamina and Natalya to retain their WWE Women’s Tag Team titles.
The only title not defended during WrestleMania was the Smackdown Tag Team one. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode did defend them on Friday in a fatal four-way tag team match on a broadcast promoted as WrestleMania Smackdown.
This was the first Mania since 34 that both the men’s major titles – the WWE championship and Universal championship – did not change hands. On that night in New Orleans, AJ Styles retained over Shinsuke Nakamura and Brock Lesnar retained over Roman Reigns.
It’s worth noting that seven out of the nine titles are held by heels, with only Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley considered faces.
WWE announced that WrestleMania 37 nights one and two were attended by a total of 51,350 fans with both nights selling out.
Each night had 25,675 tickets sold according to WWE and if that is an inflated number, it was not overly inflated as in previous years for obvious reasons.
Weeks before tickets went on sale, there were rumors that up to 45,000 tickets were going to be put on sale for each night but a more sensible decision was taken by changing that to just 25,000.
With no international fans, it would have been extremely hard to sell 45,000 tickets each night and tickets only went on sale three weeks before the show.
Ticketmaster only had a few hundred tickets remaining on sale before each night so it is completely possible of a legit sell-out.
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Babatunde Aiyegbusi, who appeared on Raw Underground under the name of Dabba-Kato, resurfaced yesterday at WrestleMania, aligning himself with Apollo Crews and helping crews win the Intercontinental title.
The 32-year-old was dressed in military uniform when he attacked Big E from behind during the Nigerian Drum fight. PWInsider.com reported yesterday that his new name will be Azeez after WWE filed to trademark the name Commander Azeez.
He has been signed to a WWE deal since 2016 but rarely made it on television. He did appear once at the Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi and then was a weekly fixture on the Raw Underground gimmick in summer of 2020 until the whole concept was nixed.
Born in Poland to a Polish mother and Nigerian father, he is a former American football player where he played in Europe. He was signed to the Minnesota Vikings but was cut before the 2015 season.
Here are the results from night two of WrestleMania 37 which took place from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
Randy Orton defeated The Fiend; Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax defeated Tamina and Natalya to retain the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles; Kevin Owens defeated Sami Zayn; Sheamus defeated Riddle to become the new United States champion; Apollo Crews defeated Big E in a Nigerian drum fight to become the new Intercontinental champion; Rhea Ripley defeated Asuka to become the new Raw Women’s champion; Roman Reigns defeated Edge and Daniel Bryan in a triple threat match to retain the Universal title.
Shotzi Blackheart’s step father passed away yesterday, a few days after she revealed that he was in a coma.
“This is extremely painful. I see all the caring messages and I really appreciate them but I am just far too overwhelmed to respond to them all,” she wrote in a long message on Instagram.
Shotzi said that she had great relationships with both her biological and step dads and her step dad came into her life when she was just four years old.
“My step dad came into my life when I was 4 and he made it a point to become good friends with my biological father and they became best friends, brothers. He was that fun guy that everyone wanted to be friends with. The party guy,” she wrote.
She recounted how her step dad taught her everything, from riding a bike to appreciating the beauty in life.
“Dad I miss making brownies with you, I miss our long conversations that went on until sunrise, I miss your Donald Duck impression and I miss hearing you call me butthead. RIP DAD I love you sososo much!”
Blackheart wrestled at NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver the day after he fell into a coma.
Hello everybody! It’s @TheMagnumDA here with you for NIGHT TWO of the WrestleMania XXXVII Pick’em report!! Last night was a hell of a show – we had the first ever weather delay in Mania history, plus we had the first one-on-one main event between two of the best women’s wrestlers on the planet! It was an unbelievable show – Bad Bunny might’ve stole the whole show with his performance in that tag match with Damian Priest against Miz and Morrison. Awesome, awesome stuff.
After Night One, here are the current standings:
Colin: Six Points
Heel Turn Tom: Four Points
The Renegade: Four Points
Magnum: Three Points
Brother Bull: Two Points
Tricky Don: Two Points
KPC-123: Two Points
Now, here’s where it’s going to get very interesting…on Night One, each correct pick was worth one point. It only makes sense that on Night Two, we make each correct pick worth TWO POINTS. That’s right, DOUBLE THE POINTS for each correct pick. That means anything can happen – Colin’s lead is incredibly comfortable, but it only takes one or two missteps and it’s over! With that in mind, it’s time to tell you our predictions for WRESTLEMANIA Night Two!!!
ON WITH THE PICKS!
WWE Intercontinental Championship – Nigerian Drum Fight
Big E (c) vs. Apollo Crews
Colin: This whole Apollo transformation must lead to a title win here. If he loses this match, then all this has been for nothing in my opinion. Move Big E up the card an let Apollo have a run with the IC title. New champ.
Heel Turn Tom: I feel there will be big things for Big E this year, and either a World or Universal title run. But since that is not starting right away, I see Big E winning and remaining the Intercontinental Champion for now.
The Renegade: Regardless of the gimmick match, Big E is going to retain once again.
Magnum: The match at FastLane didn’t end well. I am optimistic that this match will have a better finish. I do like where Apollo’s character is headed…and I think he’ll get the biggest win of his life Sunday when he becomes the Intercontinental Champion. Apollo wins!
Brother Bull: I’ve also gotta roll with Big E retaining the gold.
Tricky Don: Big E will get a triumphant win, and this will elevate him to Heavyweight Champion within the year.
KPC-123: I’m going with Big E to retain!!
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn (with Logan Paul)
Colin: Kevin Owens is going to jump off that pirate ship, is he? Expecting Logan Paul to turn on Sami Zayn. These two should have a great match, but I’m picking Kevin Owens to come out victorious.
Heel Turn Tom: Kevin Owens will put a damper on Sami’s documentary by stunning him for the 1-2-3.
The Renegade: I’m going with the upset – I’ll take Sami Zayn to win it.
Magnum: Ah, yes. The Pirate Ship Match. I’ve heard rumblings and rumors about KO wanting to jump off the Pirate Ship at Raymond James Stadium, and this could be the match where it happens. Technically, this isn’t a No-DQ match, but that could change at any moment. For now, I’ll take KO to win and knock some sense into Sami. Should be entertaining as hell!
Brother Bull: Sami Zayn has been soooo good with his latest incarnation, he gets the W.
Tricky Don: My prediction is Kevin Owens will win this one. I am going to go on a limb and predict this match will lead to a boxing match between Logan Paul and Kevin Owens.
KPC-123: Can I pick Logan Paul? But seriously, probably Zayn will weasel in a win somehow.
WWE Raw Women’s Championship
Asuka (c) vs. Rhea Ripley
Colin: Ripley has been hyped for quite a while now. Yeah, she probably wouldn’t be there if Charlotte was available, but it is what it is. Both are awesome wrestlers and this should be another great match. Ripley wins, new champion.
Heel Turn Tom: This call up and title match will seem unnecessary if Auska wins. I see Rhea winning and becoming the new Raw Women’s Champion.
The Renegade: It’s Rhea’s time to shine – she wins this match and becomes Raw Women’s Champion.
Magnum: Rhea lost her V-Card last year to Charlotte, so I wouldn’t be surprised if she comes out of nowhere to make a major splash this year. I think this could be a total squash match, where Rhea completely destroys and decimates Asuka. Give me Rhea Ripley, and don’t be surprised if she does it in under one minute – THAT’S how you put the Women’s Division on notice!
Brother Bull: Rhea Ripley did the JOB last year, gets rewarded this year with big rub win over Asuka.
Tricky Don: Rhea has been dominating! Asuka has not won a match at WrestleMania. I gotta go with Rhea.
KPC-123: I gotta go with Rhea Ripley here – it’s time for a new champion.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler (c) (with Reginald) vs. Natalya and Tamina
Colin: Although my pick was originally Lana and Naomi, I still think the outcome will be the same – Natalya and Tamina become the new champs. Probably the correct team won yesterday and it is about time Nattie gets some gold. Tamina has never had a title either, so this is the perfect time to pull the trigger.
Heel Turn Tom: While I may be wrong on night one, I am staying with the winning team from last night claiming the Women’s Tag Team Championship tonight. Natalya and Tamina win it.
The Renegade: I have to take Jax and Baszler to retain – they’re too tough on top.
Magnum: Well, well, well…my pick last night went bust, didn’t it? I still like the idea of Baszler and Jax breaking up after this, with Reginald being the reason why. I think Natalya and Tamina will shock the world and win the gold.
Brother Bull: Originally, I thought the champions would retain, but now that this is Natalya and Tamina challenging Nia and Shayna…I’ve gotta go with the challengers to win the titles.
Tricky Don: I’ve gotta take the champs to retain here. Jax and Baszler win it.
KPC-123: No matter who won the TTT, I had a feeling that Jax and Baszler would retain anyways.
WWE United States Championship
Riddle (c) vs. Sheamus
Colin: Bro. Riddle might forget his lines but he certainly won’t forget his moves. Probably a hard-hitting bout but keeping my money on Riddle to retain.
Heel Turn Tom: Fans seem to be behind Riddle and I see WWE keeping the US Championship on Riddle at the end of the night.
The Renegade: Bro. I’m going with Riddle, bro.
Magnum: I was beyond ecstatic when I heard these two were locking up at Mania. Their Survivor Series qualifying match (from last October on Raw) was beyond phenomenal. I could see them tearing it up one more time, with the result remaining the same as it was in October: Sheamus wins.
Brother Bull: Man, everyone seems to really be into Riddle…but I can’t go against Sheamus here. Sheamus wins!
Tricky Don: One word: Bro! Riddle wins.
KPC-123: I’m going with the Original Bro – Riddle wins and retains.
The Fiend (with Alexa Bliss) vs. Randy Orton
Colin: The last time these two wrestled at WrestleMania they shit the bed. It was one of the most underwhelming WWE title matches I’ve ever witnessed live. I am surprised there are no gimmicks for this match. A cinematic match would have been good for this one while giving everyone inside the stadium a breather. The Fiend wins.
Heel Turn Tom: I don’t know where this story line will go or what you do with the Toxic Avenger…er, I mean The Fiend after WrestleMania. But if you can’t kill The Fiend by setting him on fire, he has to win this match tonight against Orton.
The Renegade: He might be burnt to a crisp, but I’m taking The Fiend to win it.
Magnum: Dear God, make it stop with these two. I’ll take The Fiend (medium rare), FINALLY killing off this wretched storyline. Hopefully.
Brother Bull: Randy Orton finds a way to defeat the mind games of Wyatt.
Tricky Don: The Fiend is due to get his win back from WrestleMania 33. My only request: Please do not add all of the graphics on the wrestling mat again.
KPC-123: I’m going to take The Fiend over Randy Orton!
WWE Universal Championship – Triple Threat Match
Roman Reigns (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. Edge vs. Daniel Bryan
Colin: Tricky, tricky, tricky. I’m always of the idea that you should not end WrestleMania on a downer and always send the fans home happy. Using that, Daniel Bryan should win. But there’s a case for everyone to win this match. Edge would complete his return, but how often is he going to wrestle if he wins the title? And Roman, well, he’s been fantastic since he returned. I’m going to pick Daniel Bryan and have 25,000 fans chanting YES! YES! YES! to end the show.
Heel Turn Tom: Everyone has a story to be told here with the win, but the best story and finish to Night Two will be when Edge wins the match by pinning Bryan and becoming the Universal Champion.
The Renegade: I’m going with the guy added at the last minute – Daniel Bryan wins the Universal Championship.
Magnum: Man, oh man. This is, without question, the most difficult pick of the night. The ironic thing is that WWE turned Edge heel right before this show, but I think the fans are going to go crazy for him when they see him. I think Daniel Bryan was put into the match because WWE booked themselves in a corner. They couldn’t figure out how to keep Reigns strong (while losing the title), so they brought Bryan into the match to take the fall. Whatever happens, I know that Edge has never won a World Championship at a WrestleMania (he only has one victory in a Mania title match – a successful defense against Alberto Del Rio ten years ago)…so I think that changes tonight. Edge is your NEW WWE Universal Champion.
Brother Bull: Again, I’m going to swim against the current. Everyone is picking Edge or Daniel Bryan…but I’m going to pick Roman Reigns to retain his Universal Championship.
Tricky Don: Should be a great match with a lot of spears! It would be great to see Daniel Bryan pull off a spear! Roman has had a great year, and we finally received our wish with a heel Roman Reigns. Roman keeps his heat and retains on Sunday.
KPC-123: I’m going with my husband Edge! (Editor’s Note: He’s taken!!)
There you have it, folks! That’s going to do it for the W-O Pick’em Crew. Enjoy Night Two of WrestleMania and thank you for joining us! We’ll see you next time for the PPV Pick’em report. @TheMagnumDA signing off.
It’s night two of WrestleMania tonight, hopefully not as wet as last night, but chances are it’s going to be worse. But the show must and will go one one way or another. We will take a look at the betting odds of the full card below while reminding everyone that odds might change by the time the show goes on the air.
In the Universal title main event match, Royal Rumble winner Edge is the favorite to walk out of Tampa with the title with his odds at 1/2. The current champ Roman Reigns is 19/20 to retain while Daniel Bryan seems like an afterthought with his odds not doing great at 5/1.
The Fiend will take on Randy Orton in what will be Wyatt’s first match since December when he was set on fire. As expected The Fiend is the overwhelming favorite in this match with his odds set at 1/20 while Orton is a massive underdog at 7/1.
The Intercontinental title will be up for grabs in a Nigerian Drum fight. Both the champ, Big E, and the challenger, Apollo Crews, have the same odds of 17/20 with bookmakers undecided. If E loses tonight, he advances to a 0-7 record at WrestleMania.
Best friends turned bitter eternal enemies Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn will go one-on-one tonight with Logan Paul also involved somehow. Owens is the big favorite with 1/14 odds while Zayn is far away with 11/2 odds.
Is Rhea Ripley ready for Asuka? We will soon find out but if the odds are correct, yes she is! The Australian former NXT champ is 1/5 favorite to win her first title on the main roster while Asuka is 3/1 to retain the gold.
United States champion Riddle will be defending the title against Sheamus and the challenger is currently the favorite to win this one with odds set at 7/10 in his favor. Bookmakers aren’t high on the Bro – see what we did there? – and his odds are 1/1 as underdog.
And finally, the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles will be defended with Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax taking on Tamina and Natalya. The team of Tamina and Natalya are the favorites with odds of 2/5 while Baszler and Jax are 7/4 to keep them.
WWE has announced a new documentary coming to the WWE Network titled Superfan: The Story of Vladimir.
Vladimir is a big-time WWE fan whose full name is Vladimir Abouzeide and long-time fans will remember seeing him almost at every televised event sitting ringside.
“The Story of Vladimir tells the life story of Vladimir Abouzeide, one of the most devoted and recognizable fans in WWE history, who came to Manhattan from Haiti as a child and quickly found his passion for living through the lens of sports-entertainment,” the description of the documentary reads.
Vladimir was also presented with an award yesterday before WrestleMania by both Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, naming him as WWE’s first-ever officially-certified superfan.
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued until 4PM ET in the Tampa area by the National Weather Service.
The warning is for eight counties and the Raymond James Stadium where WrestleMania is held is in direct path of the storm. Radar images of the storm show that it should be clear by 5PM, three hours before WrestleMania is set to start.
At the moment it’s raining like crazy in Tampa with thick grey clouds covering the city. Yesterday, WWE staff had a race against time to fix the set after wind messed up the masts and WrestleMania logo and knocked over tons of chairs on the floor. Crew kept sweeping the entrance throughout the show even after rolling a carpet following a slip by Mandy Rose.
With her main event loss to Bianca Belair, now former Smackdown Women’s champion Sasha Banks finds herself with an ugly WrestleMania record, a record which is matched by two others and the second-worse record in Mania history.
Sasha now has zero wins and six losses at WrestleMania. At 32, she lost in a triple threat match to Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch. She lost at 33 in a fatal four-way which also included Bayley, Charlotte Flair, and Nia Jax. At 34, she was part of the women’s battle royal and was eliminated after making the final three. At 35, she and Bayley lost the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles in a fatal four-way match against The IIconics, Nia Jax and Tamina, and Beth Phoenix and Natalya. And last year at 36, she lost in a fatal five-way match where Lacey Evans, Naomi, Tamina, and Bayley were also involved.
Last night’s main event match was her first solo match at a WrestleMania in six attempts.
The only two others who have a 0-6 record at WrestleMania are Curtis Axel and interestingly enough, Big E. Big E could be 0-7 if he loses to Apollo Crews tonight on the show.
The only two with worse records are R-Truth and Heath Slater, both of whom are at 0-8.
Narrated by Stone Cold Steve Austin, WWE released the WrestleMania 38 commercial for next year in Dallas, Texas.
One interesting thing to note from the commercial though is that WWE did not advertise the actual date, writing just April 2022. When WWE announced WrestleManias 37, 38, and 39, for Tampa, Dallas, and Los Angeles respectively, there were the dates, with Mania 38 and 39 listed as one night only.
The date originally advertised is Sunday, April 3, 2022. WWE has held two-night WrestleManias twice in a row but Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon had said that the event would return to one night when it returns in 2022.
WrestleMania 38 will be held at the AT&T Stadium in nearby Arlington.
Live tonight from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida, WWE presents WrestleMania 37 night two on pay-per-view and WWE Network. The full card is as follows:
Roman Reigns vs Edge vs Daniel Bryan in a triple threat match for the Universal title; Asuka vs Rhea Ripley for the WWE Raw Women’s title; Big E vs Apollo Crews in a Nigerian Drum Fight for the WWE Intercontinental title; Riddle vs Sheamus for the United States title; Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler vs Natalya and Tamina for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles; The Fiend vs Randy Orton; and Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn.
Here are the results from the Hardcore Justice 2021 event which aired exclusively on Impact Plus and held at the Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
Josh Alexander and Petey Williams defeated Ace Austin and Madman Fulton and Fallah Bahh and TJP; Mahabali Shera defeated Hernandez in a chairly legal match; Doc Gallows defeated Black Taurus; Matt Cardona defeated Johnny Swinger in a crate American bash match; Sami Callihan defeated Sam Beale; Jake Something defeated Brian Myers in a blindfold hardcore match; Tenille Dashwood defeated Alisha Edwards, Havok, Jordynne Grace, Rosemary and Su Yung in a weapons six-way match to become the number one contender for the Impact Knockouts title; Deonna Purrazzo defeated Jazz in a title vs career match; Deaner, Eric Young, Joe Doering, and Rhino defeated Rich Swann, Eddie Edwards, Trey Miguel, and Willie Mack in a eight-man hardcore match
