Tonight is the last NXT show before this Saturday’s NXT TakeOver: New Orleans
* Roderick Strong & Pete Dunne square off with Authors of Pain in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Final
* Killian Dain to clash with Lars Sullivan as the NXT North American Title Ladder Match approaches
* Kairi Sane and Vanessa Borne face off in the NXT Women’s Division
Samoa Joe is apparently ready to return to action imminently, as he has been added to the WWE RAW taping a week from this Monday on April 16th from the XL Center in Hartford, CT. Joe has been out of action since suffering a right foot injury during a match with Rhyno on the January 8th episode of RAW.
Source: WrestlingINC
In the video below, Rusev is talking to Dasha Fuentes after this week’s WWE SmackDown Live win over Jinder Mahal. Regarding Sunday’s WWE United States Title Fatal 4 Way at WrestleMania 34 with champion Randy Orton, Jinder and Bobby Roode, Rusev says it’s now time to take back what is his. He also teases that he may dust off the old tank he used for his entrance at WrestleMania 31.
Triple H unveiled the new NXT North American Championship in a video hyping the upcoming ladder match at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans this Saturday night to determine its first title holder.
WWE is planning to create “augmented reality experiences” and virtual reality content for those who are unable to attend WrestleMania weekend in New Orleans.
WWE Exec VP/Digital and Social Content Jayar Donlan told Sports Business Daily:
We are going to have some augmented reality experiences with WWE superstars. We are going to be having a lot of live look-ins with one of our popular shows, “WWE Now.” We’ll have original content like video diaries. We’ve even had an alligator predict WrestleMania matches. One of the bigger things we’re doing is our new partnership with NextVR — we are going to be creating WrestleMania virtual reality content, which will be sponsored by Snickers, at the WrestleMania Axxess fan festival.
No further details were given on their VR plans this weekend, but it’s safe to assume they’ll be rolling out all the information ASAP.
Read the full interview for more on WWE’s social media philosophy, working on social media presence with Superstars and the experience of making Mixed Match Challenge for Facebook.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
The WWE Hall of Fame airs live Friday night on the WWE Network. However, Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Jarrett is at tonight’s Smackdown in Nashville. WWE cameras capture Jarrett’s reaction to being back in a WWE arena.
Warch the video below.
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN with the final show before Sunday’s WrestleMania 34 pay-per-view.
* AJ Styles & Shinsuke Nakamura to face Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin
* Rusev battles Jinder Mahal days before U.S. Title Fatal 4-Way
* Charlotte Flair faces Natalya in a rematch from two weeks ago
* Shane McMahon to return ahead of WrestleMania
Tonight’s WWE Mixed Match Challenge and WWE 205 Live will take place from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN.
WWE Mixed Match Challenge final:
* Asuka & The Miz vs. Charlotte Flair & Bobby Roode
WWE 205 Live:
* Can Cedric Alexander and Mustafa Ali’s friendship survive WrestleMania?
* Is Drew Gulak too aggressive for Mark Andrews?
Last night on WWE RAW The Undertaker did not appear and give John Cena an answer to his challenge for WrestleMamia 34.
WWE did post the following match preview for the unconfirmed match after RAW ended:
Will The Undertaker return to battle John Cena at WrestleMania?After coming up short in several attempts to secure a WrestleMania bout, including the Royal Rumble Match, a career-altering contest inside Elimination Chamber and a WWE Championship Six-Pack Challenge Match at WWE Fastlane, John Cena has seen his Road to WrestleMania hit a dead end.
However, before accepting his fate and preparing to go to The Showcase of the Immortals as a member of the WWE Universe, The Leader of the Cenation decided to exhaust one more option and challenged The Undertaker to a one-on-one match on The Grandest Stage of Them All.
Unfortunately for the 16-time World Champion, no response came one way or the other, prompting the frustrated Superstar to employ drastic measures and actually call The Deadman a coward! Though this resulted in Cena being assaulted by Kane before defeating him in a No Disqualification Match the following week, there was still no word from The Demon of Death Valley.
Finally, on the final Monday Night Raw before WrestleMania, Cena seemingly lost hope that the epic contest would take place, delivering a somber and, at times acidic, final message to The Deadman before walking up the ramp.
So, what now for Cena? With The Undertaker offering no answer to his challenge, perhaps the showdown between the two iconic Superstars is simply not meant to be. Is Cena destined to experience this year’s Showcase of The Immortals as a spectator? Will he aid another Superstar to victory or perhaps offer his expert knowledge of The Grandest Stage of Them All as a guest commentator? Or, is there still a chance that a match between John Cena and The Undertaker may take place? Find out this Sunday at WrestleMania, streaming live on WWE Network at a special start time of 7 ET/4 PT!
On the go-home Raw just days away from WrestleMania Stephanie McMahon put her opponent Ronda Rousey through a table. Watch the video below!
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