Category: WWE

WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday Results 4/2/2022

SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM TITLES MATCH
The Usos (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura & Rick Boogs

Rick Boogs was injured

Drew McIntyre defeated Happy Corbin

The Miz & Logan Paul defeated Rey Mysterio & Dominik Mysterio

After the match: with hands raised, The Miz turned one Logan Paul, hitting him a Skull Crushing Finale

Stephanie McMahon introduced Gable Steveson

RAW WOMEN’S TITLE MATCH
Bianca Belair defeated Becky Lynch (c) (**TITLE CHANGE**)

Cody Rhodes defeated Seth Rollins

WWE Hall of Fame class of 2022 was introduced – The Steiner Brothers, Queen Sharmell, Shad Gaspard’s family, Vader’s Family and The Undertaker

SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S TITLE MATCH
Charlotte Flair (c) defeated Ronda Rousey

KO Show – Kevin Owens challenged Stone Cold Steve Austin to a No Holds Barred Match.

“NO HOLDS BARRED” MATCH
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin defeated Kevin Owens

WWE NXT Stand & Deliver Results 4/2/2022

WWE NXT WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez defeated Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne (c) (**TITLE CHANGE**)

WWE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER MATCH
Cameron Grimes defeated Carmelo Hayes (c) and Grayson Waller and Santos Escobar and Solo Sikoa (**TITLE CHANGE**)

Tony D’Angelo defeated Tommaso Ciampa

WWE NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) defeated Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel) (c) and Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed & Julius Creed) (**TITLE CHANGE**)

WWE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Mandy Rose (c) defeated Io Shirai and Cora Jade and Kay Lee Ray

Gunther defeated LA Knight

WWE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Dolph Ziggler (c) defeated Bron Breakker

WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 4/2/2022

DATE: April 2, 2022 1:00 pm
LOCATION: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
AVAILABLE ON: Peacock (U.S.), WWE Network (International)

CARD

WWE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Bron Breakker vs. Dolph Ziggler (c)

WWE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Cora Jade vs. Io Shirai vs. Kay Lee Ray vs. Mandy Rose (c)

WWE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER MATCH
Cameron Grimes vs. Grayson Waller vs. Santos Escobar vs. Solo Sikoa vs. Carmelo Hayes (c)

WWE NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed & Julius Creed) vs. MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) vs. Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel) (c)

WWE NXT WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez vs. Gigi Dolin & Jayce Jane (c)

Tommaso Ciampa vs. Tony D’Angelo

Gunther vs. LA Knight

WWE NXT Level Up Preview 4/1/22

Tonight’s WWE NXT Level Up episode was taped earlier this week at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

NXT Level Up usually airs every Friday night at 10pm ET on Peacock and the WWE Network, but tonight’s show will have a special start time of 12:47am ET. The change was made due to the 2022 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony airing on Peacock at 10pm ET, right after SmackDown goes off the air.

  • Xyon Quinn vs. Dante Chen
  • Kayden Carter vs. Tatum Paxley
  • Damon Kemp(the brother of Gable Steveson) vs. James Drake of The Grizzled Young Veterans

WWE Hall Of Fame Preview 4/1/2022

The 2022 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony will air live tonight on Peacock from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

The Undertaker will be the headliner for the 2022 Class, and he will be inducted by WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon. There is no word on if there will be Legacy Wing additions this year, but WWE is going with a smaller group of inductees. There will be no Celebrity Hall of Famer.

WWE has announced the following line-up for tonight’s induction ceremony:

* The Undertaker, inducted by WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon

* Vader, posthumously inducted by TBA

* The Steinier Brothers, inducted by TBA

* Queen Sharmell, inducted by WWE Hall of Famer Booker T

* Warrior Award: Shad Gaspard, presented to his wife Siliana Gaspard by Dana Warrior

WWE SmackDown Preview 4/1/22

The WrestleMania 38 go-home edition of WWE SmackDown on FOX will air live tonight from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

WrestleMania 38 Set Reveal With Dude Perfect, Pat McAfee And Michael Cole

Pat McAfee, Michael Cole and the guys from sports-comedy group Dude Perfect (Tyler Toney, Coby Cotton, Cory Cotton, Garrett Hilbert, Cody Jones) have revealed the set for WWE’s WrestleMania 38 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX.

As seen in the video below, Dude Perfect’s football trick shot ignited the pyro on The Grandest Stage of Them All to reveal the setup inside AT&T Stadium.

McAfee, a former NFL punter who will wrestle Austin Theory on WrestleMania Sunday, was later assisted by some editing as he kicked a trick shot while more fireworks went off outside of the stadium.

WrestleMania 38 will take place this Saturday and Sunday, live from AT&T Stadium. The two-hour Kickoff pre-shows will begin at 6pm ET, and the main card will begin at 8pm.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Windham Rotunda (Bray Wyatt) Arrives In Dallas, Says He “Hates Ruining Surprises”

Former WWE Champion (Bray Wyatt) Windham Rotunda has arrived in Dallas, TX, for WrestleMania weekend.

On Thursday night, Windham noted on Instagram that he hates ruining surprises. He also encouraged fans to ask up to six questions that he will answer.

I just got to Dallas. This place feels so alive, it makes me feel alive. This week in particular has always been a huge part of me. God damn I missed this energy. I missed all of you too. I’m sure some of you have questions for me. I got answers. Here it is. I’ll reply to 6 questions in the next hour. Keep in mind I hate ruining surprises.

Windham will be the headline attraction at WrestleCon’s “U.S. vs. The World” event scheduled for Saturday. With tons of others shows happening in the Dallas area, it’s possible that Wyatt makes a few surprise appearances.

Fans on social media are also hyping up Wyatt as Seth Rollins’ possible mystery opponent on WrestleMania Saturday. Furthermore, some fans believe Wyatt could be unveiled as Tully Blanchard’s new client in AEW. As noted earlier, AEW President Tony Khan revealed via Twitter that Blanchard will be introducing a new client during ROH’s Supercard of Honor XV show Saturday night.

Since his WWE release last July, Windham has been busy working on a horror film project along with special effects artist Jason Baker. Recently, Baker appeared on The Wrestling Inc. Daily to provide an update on the project. You can see Windham’s IG post below.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Cody Rhodes May Back Out Of WrestleMania 38 Plans [Report]

Many fans expect Cody Rhodes to return to WWE at WrestleMania 38 this weekend. But a new report suggests that it’s not a done deal.

Many wrestling fans are anticipating Cody Rhodes’ return to WWE during WrestleMania 38 this weekend.

As previously noted, Rhodes reportedly signed a contract with WWE following his departure from AEW. On this week’s episode of WWE Raw, chairman Vince McMahon promised Seth Rollins a match at WrestleMania 38. However, The Architect won’t know who his opponent is until the day of the show.

So it’s easy to speculate that The American Nightmare will show up and reveal himself as Rollins’ WrestleMania opponent. But according to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there’s a chance that the second-generation wrestler doesn’t actually compete at “The Show of Shows” this weekend.

During a conversation with Dennis Salcedo on her YouTube channel (h/t WrestlingNews.co), Meltzer revealed that there are people close to Cody who believe that he could end up backing out of WrestleMania 38.

“Depending on who it is, it better be somebody good because…everyone expects it and they kind of have to deliver it I suppose,” Meltzer explained. “If it’s not him, it’s his choosing, it’s not theirs. They believe it’s him. They believe that’s the guy. If for whatever reason he backs out because he’s going to back out, I don’t expect that to happen, but I know people close to him who do…We’ll have to see how it plays out.”

Needless to say, it would be a major letdown for countless WWE fans if Cody didn’t show up at WrestleMania 38 weekend. Most of the company’s top main event stars are already on the two-day WrestleMania card, and it’s hard to think of more intriguing potential options than Rhodes at this point.

Brandi and Cody Rhodes parted ways with AEW last month following the expirations of their contracts. Brandi worked as AEW’s Chief Brand Officer, and aside from wrestling, Cody was one of the company’s Executive Vice Presidents. It’s worth noting that The American Nightmare was never under a non-compete clause after leaving AEW, so he was free to sign with another promotion right away.

Day one of WrestleMania 38 is now just one days away. If Cody doesn’t turn out to be Rollins’ WrestleMania opponent, then we should get more clarity on his WWE status and situation. There’s always the possibility that he doesn’t show up until the post-WrestleMania edition of Monday Night Raw, too.

Source: TheSportster

The Hardys Announced For AAA’s TripleMania XXX

The AEW involvement in AAA’s TripleMania XXX events in 2022 will now include the Hardys

Announced at a press conference held in Tijuana on Tuesday afternoon, Matt and Jeff Hardy will compete at the second TripleMania XXX event in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on June 18. They will take on former Ring of Honor star Dragon Lee and former CMLL star Dralistico, themselves a brother tag team.

The Hardy Boyz become the eighth and ninth AEW stars to compete on one of the three TripleMania XXX shows taking place in 2022. Andrade, Penta El Zero Miedo, Rey Fenix, Sammy Guevara, Tay Conti and the Young Bucks are all scheduled for the first TripleMania XXX event in Monterrey on April 30. The Young Bucks will headline the event against Fenix and AAA Mega Champion Hijo del Vikingo.

Missing are AEW team FTR, who are the current AAA World Tag Team Champions. It is unknown if they will be added to the Tijuana event or TripleMania XXX in Mexico City this October. Last week the Young Bucks declared they’d be returning to AAA as AAA World Tag Team Champions, indicating a potential title match with FTR soon on AEW TV.

This will be Jeff Hardy’s first appearance in AAA and Matt Hardy’s second; he previously competed in AAA’s Lucha Libre World Cup in 2015, where he, Johnny Mundo (John Morrison), and Mr. Anderson reached the finals as Team USA before losing to Team AAA (Alberto El Patron, Myzteziz and Rey Mysterio).

The brothers also have competed for lucha libre promotion The Crash, where they won the promotion’s tag team titles in 2017.

In addition to the Hardy Boyz vs. Dragon Lee and Dralistico, TripleMania XXX in Tijuana will feature the semi-finals of the ongoing mask vs. mask tournament featuring El Canek vs. Psycho Clown, LA Park vs. Villano IV, Blue Demon Jr. vs. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Penta vs. Ultimo Dragon. The losers of each match will move onto the semi-finals, and the losers of the semi-finals match will then compete in a mask vs. mask match at TripleMania XXX in Mexico City this October.

At today’s press conference, AAA President Dorian Roldan revealed that all the winners in the first round of the mask tournament at TripleMania XXX Monterrey will take part at TripleMania XXX Tijuana. No other matches were announced. As with AAA TripleMania XXX Monterrey, AAA TripleMania XXX Tijuana will air on FITE TV, with English and Spanish commentary.

Source: Wrestling Inc.