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Tickets for All In 2026 go on sale to the general public

All In London

Tickets for AEW’s biggest show of the year, All In, went on sale to the general public this morning at Ticketmaster.co.uk.

Tickets start from as low as £31.70 each and all the way to £1,569.20 for ringside.

At this point, the majority of the stadium remains closed off pending sales of the opened sections. Some sections are also not fully open and have rows either half blocked or only alternate rows open.

The last All In in London had an attendance of 46,476 in 2024 and was headlined by Swerve Strickland vs Bryan Danielson for the AEW World title in a title vs career match.

All In takes place on Sunday, August 30 at London’s Wembley Stadium. This is the third time that All In is being held in the iconic football stadium.

The Bella Twins talk WWE Women’s Tag Team title shot and retirement

On yesterday’s episode of SiriusXM’s The Nikki and Brie Show, Nikki and Brie Garcia open up about stepping into the ring to wrestle for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship for the first time ever.

Nikki Garcia reveals that she and Brie will likely retire after their two-year WWE contract is up and shares her hopes for their final run. The twins also discuss their nerves and preparation for their upcoming title match, how they’d like to be remembered and much more.

Nikki & Brie Garcia open up about nerves & pressure of title match (2:02-3:27)

Brie Garcia: How do you feel right now?

Nikki Garcia: You know, I feel a lot of things. Being here for the past year, I’ve gotten to know how these women in this era work and I have learned and have understood the incredible competition it is in this era on both these shows, so you know, that puts a lot of pressure on of all of a sudden getting a title match so quickly. It creates a lot of nerves. You know, it also has made my head just spin. I mean, I was telling you earlier day when we were on a power walk, I haven’t been sleeping the past few nights because I wake up right at 3 a.m., it’s usually at 3 or 3.30, and I’m just like thinking of all these things and thinking of things. “Okay, this is how we can take them out,” because I mean, also Nia Jax, Lush Legend are no joke, I mean, strong tag team, but you and I are built in tag team. We are a tag team that was born together and it’s incredible, and so my mind’s been racing and I’m thinking of all these things and how to be as prepared as possible as going in, so it’s been a lot of emotions, but incredible emotions.

Brie Garcia: For sure. I mean, there is a difference between when you see mental strength and physical strength, but both are very powerful and chemistry, you know, is a powerful thing. Alignment and there’s something we’ve been together since the womb, since we were tiny little embryos.

Nikki Garcia says she & Brie will retire after their two-year WWE contract is up & shares hopes for their final run (18:57-20:46)

Nikki Garcia: For me, I don’t think you and I will ever get that last retirement moment that John got and AJ Styles got, let’s be honest, the men get, right? I don’t think you and I will ever get that, but I would love to have that because I do know that the contract that we signed, you know, we signed a two-year deal starting Royal Rumble and for you and I, the talks we’ve had and what I know just where I’m at, that’s it. That will be the end for me and for us and I would love, because I need the buttons on things, right? I would love to have them on. I would love to put my kicks, my snapback, my jersey right in the middle of that ring and just give that final bow, so I don’t know if we’ll ever get that. I don’t think we will, but is that what you were?

Brie Garcia: Yeah, I mean, if that’s what you want out of this all. Yeah.

Nikki Garcia: Well, I just want to have such a great iconic final run. A final run that you and I look back on and we’re so proud of. I want the Bella Army to be stronger than ever and you see them. They’re still there. They’re so strong, and it’s been so fun seeing new Bella Army, old Bella Army, Bella Army that’s had kids now that have shown up and they’re now Bella Army and I just want to have this like, I want to have some of my best matches. I want to have a lot of fun, but I want to have an iconic moment where it’s like, I could look back and go, “Damn, that was a great two years. We did it.” I don’t want to walk away with any what ifs. I don’t want to like, “If I only did.” I don’t want any of that. I want to look back at these past two years that we’re about to create and be like, “Damn, girl. We did it.”

The Nikki & Brie Show hosted by Nikki & Brie Garcia is available anytime on the SiriusXM app. New episodes every Monday and Thursday. Listen to the full episode here.

Chris Masters talks Master Lock, John Cena, never winning a WWE title, and more

Former WWE Superstar Chris Masters sat down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood, California to discuss making his WWE debut at such a young age, having one of the best physiques in pro wrestling history, never winning a championship in WWE, being the first wrestler to be put in the STFU by John Cena, his pec dance to Crazy Train when Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne hosted Raw, fans calling him “Sexy Jesus”, and more!

I don’t think it’s talked about enough that you were only 22 when you made your WWE debut, looking as jacked as you did. I think because you had that much muscle, people assumed [you were older]:

“I was 21. I know that because I was turning 22 when I worked the Elimination Chamber. That’s how that always stands out to me. So I definitely didn’t look my age. I think most of the guys didn’t even treat me like I was my age because of that. I was a kid. It was me, Muhammad Hassan and Renee Dupree, just a few young guys amongst a locker room of men that most of us kind of grew up watching. So yeah, I just think most of them just kind of treated me like I was a grown man, when really, I was a kid. If you think, because when I do seminars, or even just indies, I’ll see guys who were right around that age, and they still look like kids. So I’m like well, that was me. I was that age too. I just looked older. It doesn’t mean I was necessarily more mature or had any kind of wisdom or anything like that at point.”

Do you feel like you were ever close at any point in time in WWE to winning a championship?

“There was a point. I mean, Carlito and me were supposed to win them at that WrestleMania, but it literally got switched like the day before. We were penciled in to win it. But then Carlito, they wanted him to turn baby and The Spirit Squad, they kind of wanted to get the belts on them somehow, to give them some steam, so that was that. Then the Intercontinental title. I was actually supposed to win that, but it was the same point where they had given me intervention for my prescription painkiller abuse at the time. They even told me, I remember having the meeting with Johnny [Ace], and because there was a four way match that night, it was in Vegas for the Intercontinental title that I was slated to win. But then they caught wind of the issues I had, and I had an intervention, and basically told me you’re going to rehab. I screwed that. So tag belts, I had no control over that just happened. IC, I f’d up. There was a point there, because you can even watch back to those old Raws where Vince was playing with the idea of making me the youngest champion. But, you know, he was feeling out a lot of guys at that point. I’m pretty sure Cena gave me probably the thumbs down at some point.”

Didn’t Cena give you the very first STFU?

“Yes, and it was a shoot STFU. I mean, again, I’m not saying that Cena was purposely doing it to shoot on me. I used to think sometimes with Cena, he got so fired up in the moment that he wouldn’t even know his own strength type of thing. So, yeah, he did it to me for a shoot. You’ll see my face starts turning red, I start trying to get it a little bit looser. I’m pretty sure that I heard later on that he was working with Kurt, and Kurt had to tell him to loosen it up a little bit. But Kurt with his neck issues and stuff. But my Master Lock could be kind of brutal sometimes with guys, because I didn’t really know how to work it either. So sometimes when I look back at those videos and I look at me putting on Kurt, I’m kind of like, oh man, I was probably rougher with him than I needed to be. Because when you’re that green, you don’t know how to shake spirit as much. You do stuff a little more real than you have to. I can remember, actually, there was a time with Shane Helms, we were working at a live event, and I Master Locked him, I guess, way too hard. So I released the Master Lock, they ring the bell, the match is over, and he gets up, and I think he tells me to f off, and just walks off. I’m not even saying it to heel on him, I was too stiff, I didn’t know how to work it, and it became a big drama with everybody, because then it was like, you know, he no sold the hold, I’m obviously doing it too rough, and I know that too. Because with Shelton, one time, he was telling me, I was about to pass out. I mean, if it’s too tight, some of the guys were so broad here that it’d be so tight that it would be tough, because you start twerking their neck from the start. [It’s a legit hold] You’ll pass out, cuts off the blood flow, and you’ll go out.”

Who is it the hardest to put the Master Lock on?

“Probably, Bobby [Lashley]. Just look at his build. I mean, I say that just because I remember just holding that thing for a long time on anybody can be kind of tough. I’m saying not for 20 seconds, but like with Bobby, it was hard, you know, because by the time I got it around his neck, it was probably not even fully locked in, just because he was so kind of broad up here.”

Tony Khan-led company bid $6.9 billion for WWE in 2023

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Court documents in the ongoing TKO shareholder lawsuit revealed that a company called Base 10, headed by AEW President Tony Khan, bid $6.9 billion for WWE during its sale process in 2023.

The information was published by Brandon Thurston or Wrestlenomics for a story on POST Wrestling.

Base 10 was incorporated in 2014 and lists Tony Khan as its sole owner, with the address registered at the stadium of the Jacksonville Jaguars, the NFL team owned by his father.

It was noted that the offer by Base 10 was the lowest offer WWE received. There were three other bidders for the company, including Liberty Media, the owners of Formula 1, a private equity firm named KKR, and the eventual winners, Endeavor.

All parties except Base 10 were given additional and non-public information about WWE during the sale process, likely because of their superior offers.

WWE shareholders are suing because they feel that Endeavor was pre-selected as the winning bid by Vince McMahon and other offers were not given the same importance which could have led in a higher payout.

Both Liberty Media and KKR offers were similar and could have surpassed Endeavor’s winning bid.

The documents also reveal that despite several rumors at the time, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia never made any offers to purchase the company.

Disney+ running WrestleMania 42 sweepstakes

WrestleMania 42

Disney+ is running a WrestleMania 42 sweepstakes where the winner will receive two tickets for each night, hotel accommodation, VIP experiences, and coach transport to the Allegiant Stadium.

Now through April 3, WWE fans and subscribers of Disney+ can enter daily at the Disney+ Perks website with their MyDisney account to get a shot at winning.

Non-subscribers are also eligible to play by sending an e-mail to disneyplusentry@probabilityworks.com with the subject line: WWE WrestleMania 42 Sweepstakes. The body of the e-mail must contain your full name and an answer to the question, Who is your favorite WWE Superstar? Do not write anything else in the body otherwise you are disqualified automatically.

The sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia.

CMLL announces Claudio Castagnoli under dual AEW/CMLL contract

CMLL

CMLL announced that current CMLL World Heavyweight champion Claudio Castagnoli has signed a contract with the promotion, with the Swiss Superman now under a dual contract with AEW as well.

While AEW has announced multiple CMLL stars as under dual AEW/CMLL contracts, Castagnoli is the first from AEW to be under a similar dual deal.

The Death Riders member has been CMLL World Heavyweight champion since November 28, 2025, beating Gran Guerrero at the Leyenda Azul event in Mexico City. It’s his first run with any CMLL title.

CMLL’s Mistico, Mascara Dorada, Hechicero, and Persephone also have dual contracts.

WWE selling Cody Rhodes podcast taping tickets in Las Vegas

WWE is selling a live podcast taping of What Do You Wanna Talk About? with Cody Rhodes and guest Liv Morgan through OnLocation during WrestleMania week in Las Vegas.

The taping will be held on Wednesday, April 15 at 2PM at a location to be revealed at a later date.

Fans who are willing to pay the $550 price tag to attend the live taping will have to go without their phone or any other recording devices, as the location will strictly prohibit the usage of such devices “to protect the integrity of the recording and content being produced.”

The first 50 people who purchase the ticket will also get an exclusive meet and greet with Liv Morgan.

3:16 Day moves more WrestleMania 42 tickets at a discounted price

WrestleMania 42

Ticket tracking service @WrestleTix is reporting that WWE moved almost 4,000 more tickets for WrestleMania during their 3:16 Day with 31.6% discounts on each ticket.

@WrestleTix reported that 1,905 additional tickets were sold for WrestleMania Saturday while WrestleMania Sunday had 2,217 tickets sold on Monday.

With these numbers, Saturday would be around 39,500 and Sunday stands at 40,500 with four weeks to go.

Tickets are expected to start picking up, with WWE notorious for moving thousands and thousands of tickets in the final week.

Despite having a lower attendance so far than last year, WWE is expected to break the gate record due to higher prices, even taking in consideration the multiple discounts offered throughout the past few months.

Leila Grey undergoes surgery to repair torn ACL

AEW star Leila Grey underwent surgery to repair a torn ACL.

Grey suffered the injury late last year during a match against Mercedes Mone for the TBS title at a Collision taping.

The reason why it took her four months to go under the knife is because she was told to hold off until she had a better range of motion in her knee.

“Hey guys. I finally had my knee surgery yesterday. Everything went well,” she wrote on social media. “I’m home recovering and starting therapy tomorrow. Thank you all for the support during this time.”

Grey, with the help of a knee brace, participated in a WBFF Pro Fitness competition just a week after suffering the injury and won the WBFF Pro Fitness Diva category.

Nattie to wrestle at GCW Bloodsport XV during WrestleMania weekend

Bloodsport

Nattie is returning to Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport, taking part in the upcoming Bloodsport XV event during WrestleMania week.

The Lowkey Legend has already wrestled twice for Barnett’s show before, beating Masha Slamovich and Miyu Yamashita.

“This veteran wrestler grew up on the mats, in the ring, and learned how fold people like laundry in The Dungeon. She had forged a career of victory, triumph, and championships,” wrote Barnett while announcing her participation. “Stepping into the ring of Bloodsport, she was like a Phoenix reborn out of the blood and guts that stain this mat, and showed the world who she is and always has been.”

Barnett added that Nattie is now walking to the ring “with no chip on her shoulder” and nothing to prove.

Bloodsport XV, promoted by GCW, will take place on Friday, April 17 live from the Horseshoe Las Vegas. Tickets available now.

AEW Tag Team title match announced for Dynasty 2026

The first match for the upcoming AEW Dynasty pay-per-view was announced last night on Dynamite.

The match will feature AEW Tag Team champions FTR defending their gold against the returning Adam Copeland and Christian Cage. This is their second match against each other after the Canadians defeated FTR at All Out last year, only for the current champs to be written off in a post-match angle which also involved Beth Copeland getting a spike piledriver.

Copeland and Cage came out on Dynamite to interrupt The Young Bucks who also wanted a shot at the titles, revealing they got first dibs at FTR.

FTR also showed up during the segment, but got beaten up by all four, with Copeland, Cage, and The Bucks holding the two titles together in a stare down before The Bucks eventually backed off.

Toni Storm pulled from planned No Holds Barred match on Dynamite

The planned Toni Storm vs Marina Shafir No Holds Barred match at last night’s Dynamite did not take place.

Minutes before the show started, AEW published footage on social media of Storm lying in a pool of blood in the locker room with Mina Shirakawa checking up on her.

When Dynamite kicked off, Tony Schiavone announced that Storm was not cleared to compete and the backstage attack was mentioned before the replacement match took place.

It was Storm’s close friend Shirakawa who replaced her in the No Holds Barred match, a match which the Japanese star won.

At this point it is unclear why Storm was pulled out of the match and what injury she is suffering from.

The angle with Ronda Rousey from Sunday was not followed up and the former WWE champion did not appear on TV.

New American Gladiators with several wrestling stars to debut on April 17 on Prime

The American Gladiators reboot, featuring several wrestlers, including the host, will debut on Amazon Prime on April 17.

Hosted by former WWE champion Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, the popular series will feature a total of 16 new American Gladiators, four of whom are wrestlers.

Michael Wardlow and Kailey Latimer, better known to fans as Wardlow and Kamille from AEW, are part of the cast and so are Eric Bugenhagen, who was Rick Boogs in WWE, and former TNA star Jessie Godderz.

The new series was oddly filmed in Paris, France between June 13 and July 1, 2025.

An Amazon Prime subscription is required to watch the series once it debuts.

Sexyy Red to attend NXT Stand & Deliver next month

NXT Stand & Deliver

Shawn Michaels has invited Sexyy Red back to NXT for the upcoming Stand & Deliver premium live event next month.

Red, who is from St. Louis where the show will be held, has appeared multiple times on NXT television and hosted the NXT Battleground PLE a few years back.

“Heard @SexyyRed314_ new album Richer Den Alla My Opps drops April 3… #StandAndDeliver heads to her hometown of St. Louis on April 4…” wrote HBK. “It’s only right that we run it back for #WWENXT’s biggest show of the year!!”

The 27-year-old rapper is a big wrestling fan and often posts about WWE on her social media.

Dynamite preview for 03/18/2026

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The fallout from Revolution will take place tonight live on Dynamite from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.

The big question is if Ronda Rousey will appear again on the show considering her friend Marina Shafir has a match. So far, three matches have been announced:

  • Will Ospreay vs. Blake Christian
  • Gabe Kidd vs Darby Allin in a Coffin Match
  • Toni Storm vs Marina Shafir in a No Holds Barred match

Dynamite airs at 8PM ET on TBS and streams also on HBO Max and MyAEW.

Raw views for 03/09/2026

Raw

The March 9 episode of Raw had 2,800,000 viewers, down 200,000 viewers from the prior episode and barely made it on the Netflix top 10 global chart, coming in at #10.

Raw had 5,000,000 global viewing hours based on an episode edited down to 1 hour and 41 minutes.

The show ranked in the top 10 chart in 14 different countries throughout the week including Bahrain, Bolivia, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, Jordan, Kuwait, Mexico, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, and United States.

Ricochet’s MS post on X lands him in trouble, issues apology

Ricochet is in hot water with AEW after a very controversial post on X and was forced to issue an apology.

A fan, named Sandi, replied to a video published after Ricochet lost his AEW National title during the Zero Hour portion of Revolution, writing, “his acting hasn’t improved,” and added a laughing emoji.

Sandi’s profile listed that she had the chronic autoimmune disease Multiple sclerosis, and Ricochet fired back, replying to her post with, “I’m glad you got MS.” The post has since been deleted.

Ricochet faced backlash from fans after his post, but he defended his reply, writing that the amount of “little bitches” who tweeted and wished harm on him, even death, can’t take it when he claps back at them. Ricochet also mentioned that fans said some of the most vile things to him and his wife.

But things took a turn yesterday, when Ricochet was forced to issue an apology for his post.

“I took out my hatred for the IWC on Sandi, and inadvertently others who are effected by MS,” he wrote. “She didn’t deserve it and for that, I sincerely apologize. Moving forward I’ll do better.”

Live Impact from Sacramento announced for May

Impact

TNA will be holding a live episode of Impact in Sacramento, California come May.

The show is set for Thursday, May 14 at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center and the company will also hold a second set of television tapings from the same location the following night.

Tickets for these two shows go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 27 at 10AM PT.

Collision rating for 03/14/2026

Collision this past Saturday night drew 458,000 viewers, up 88,000 viewers for the Revolution go-home episode. The show had a 0.07 rating in 18-49, up 0.02 and was #24 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

Logan Paul donates $20,000 to two high school students in San Antonio

While in San Antonio for Raw this past Monday, Logan Paul visited the Holy Cross of San Antonio High School for some rock-paper-scissors, motivation, selfies, and scholarships.

Paul surprised two high school students from the school with $10,000 donations each, which came as a total surprise to the students.

“Mr. Paul’s generous spirit and heartfelt messages on hard work and self-confidence greatly inspired our students. Thank you, Team Paul,” said a post on the school’s Facebook page.

Photos of Paul playing and interacting with students were also published.