Category: WWE

The New Day Win Gauntlet Match To Earn Kofi Kingston WWE Championship Match At WrestleMania 35

It appears that Kofi Kingston vs. WWE Champion Daniel Bryan is now official for WrestleMania 35.

Kofi’s New Day partners Xavier Woods & Big E won a gauntlet match on SmackDown to earn Kofi a title shot at WrestleMania 35 against WWE Champion Daniel Bryan.

Xavier Woods & Big E defeated Gallows & Anderson, Rusev & Nakamura, The Bar, The Usos (who forfeited because they said Kofi deserves the title match) and Daniel Bryan & Rowan.

After the match was over, Vince McMahon seemingly confirmed that Daniel Bryan would face-off against Kofi Kingston at WrestleMania while speaking with Kayla Braxton. Most of the SmackDown Superstars then walked to the ringside area to celebrate with Kofi and The New Day.

Charlotte Flair Wins SmackDown Women’s Title Ahead Of WrestleMania 35

Charlotte Flair defeated Asuka for the SmackDown Women’s Championship with less than two weeks until WrestleMania 35 where she will compete for the RAW Women’s Championship against Becky Lynch and RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey in the Main Event.

Charlotte is now a 8-time champ.

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1110703784613707776

WWE SmackDown Live Preview 3/26/19

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live  will take place from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT as the Road to WrestleMania 35 continues.

* Fatal 4-Way Match to determine Asuka’s WrestleMania challenger

* Kurt Angle to have his final match on SmackDown LIVE against AJ Styles

* What does the future hold for The New Day?

* What’s next for Lynch and Flair after an eventful Raw?

WWE 205 Live Preview 3/26/19

Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT as the Road to WrestleMania 35 continues.

* The Lucha House Party vs. Humberto Carrillo, Jack Gallagher and Drew Gulak.

* Tony Nese is heading to WrestleMania

Joan Jett Set To Perform Ronda Rousey’s Entrance Music At WrestleMania 35

WWE has announced via a press release that Rock N’ Roll icon Joan Jett will be performing at WrestleMania 35. The Hall of Famer will be doing a live rendition of Bad Reputation, a song Ronda Rousey uses as her theme music.

“The Queen of Rock N’ Roll, Joan Jett, is a music legend and icon for powerful women everywhere.” stated SVP and General Manager of WWE Music Group Neil Lawi.”Her performance at this year’s WrestleMania promises to be both exhilarating and inspiring, and we are honored to watch her join a distinct list of extraordinary performers who have lit up the WWE stage.”

Ronda has been using Bad Reputation as her entrance since she started MMA. It became a rallying cry while she became the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion.

Founder of the Runaways, Joan Jett has entertained many for over 40 years with her songs, “I Hate Myself for Loving You” and “I love Rock ‘N Roll”. She is not the first artist to perform a superstar’s entrance. She joins Snoop Dogg, Motorhead, Rev Theory, Limp Bizkit and Mark Crozer among others.

Ronda Rousey is set to defend the Raw Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch in the main event of WrestleMania 35. The event takes place April 7th inside MetLife Stadium.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE Reportedly Offers New Contract To Becky Lynch

Becky Lynch was reportedly offered a new WWE contract earlier this month.

WWE’s new offer to “The Man” was a multi-year contract that includes a pay raise, according to Pro Wrestling Sheet. Lynch is expected to sign the new contract soon.

It’s no secret that WWE officials have been trying to re-sign talents to new contracts as of late, ahead of their current contracts expiring.

WWE announced yesterday that Lynch will headline WrestleMania 35 in the main event match with Charlotte Flair and RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey.

As noted, Lynch took to Twitter after the WrestleMania 35 announcement and thanked fans for helping to make it happen.

https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1110206135330631681

 

SNL Stars Colin Jost And Michael Che To Compete At WrestleMania In The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

SNL Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che have officially been added as competitors in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania.

It all went down on Raw last night when Jost and Che appeared on “A Moment of Bliss” in an attempt to settle their beef with Braun Strowman.

That didn’t work, however, and it ended with Braun challenging Colin to squash their beef by entering the annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

Che attempted to accept on his behalf, but his co-star suggested he join him in the match.

Braun asked WrestleMania host Alexa Bliss to make it official, and she obliged.

Watch how it all ended below.

WWE Changes Mustafa Ali’s Ring Name

WWE has dropped the “Mustafa” from Mustafa Ali’s name.

The changes have been made to Ali’s official WWE SmackDown roster page, and his Twitter page. His new Twitter handle is @AliWWE. His Twitter name now includes his real name – “Ali / Adeel Alam.”

Ali has talked about how he was booed because of his name and where he’s from during several recent media interviews. He spoke with Uproxx earlier this month and talked about how people would react when they saw the Mustafa Ali name.

“You know, with that it’s almost difficult to say, because there’s some times, being new, or not being an established character yet on WWE, because I’m still relatively new, you don’t know exactly what the fans’ reaction is going to be. I’ve had nights where it’s very obvious that I’m the good guy but I’m still booed, and you can kind of make a checklist about reasons why they’re booing me, and one of the evident ones is because of my name and where I’m from,” Ali said. “Especially in the earlier years with WWE — because I’ve been with the company for about two and half years now — but people would see the name Mustafa Ali, and they hadn’t even seen me, just the name Mustafa Ali, and it elicited a negative reaction. And to me that was just years of how the media portrayed people of that demographic, it was always as bad guys. So I think people booed, and then they got confused when they saw this really happy babyface guy coming out, slapping hands and kissing babies, and then they still booed, but then they see me wrestle and they think “Oh, this guy can do some pretty spectacular stuff,” and then they see a guy with an immense amount of heart that will lay it all out in the ring each night, and slowly but surely I feel like they’re finally seeing Mustafa Ali for what he is, and who he is.”

Ali took to Twitter last night and issued his first public comments since the name change. Ali said “Mustafa” means “chosen one” and name or not, nothing has changed.

He wrote, “Mustafa means the “chosen one” with an emphasis on being chosen from amongst the people. Name or not, nothing has changed. I fight for the people. I am one of them.”

You can see Ali’s full tweet below:

https://twitter.com/AliWWE/status/1110361241837551617

Ali will likely be on tonight’s SmackDown and is expected to work the 6th annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 35.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE RAW Preview 3/25/19

Tonight’s WWE RAW takes place from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts as The Road to WrestleMania 35 continues.

* Fight or flight – how will Roman Reigns respond?

* The Phoenix Saga

* Kurt Angle’s farewell tour continues

* Family affair – Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne

* One “Giant” leap – who will announce their spots for the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal?

* It’s been one week – has Alexa Bliss brokered peace between Braun Strowman and the WrestleMania Special Guest Correspondents?

The Hart Foundation To Be Inducted Into The WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2019

WWE has announced The Hart Foundation’s Bret Hart and Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart for the 2019 WWE Hall of Fame class. This makes Bret a two-time Hall of Famer.

Hart and Neidhart join headliners DX (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chyna, Billy Gunn, “Road Dogg” BG James, Sean “X-Pac” Waltman), Torrie Wilson, Harlem Heat and The Honky Tonk Man as confirmed inductees for the 2019 class. Veteran WWE employee Sue Aitchison will receive The Warrior Award.

Below is WWE’s full announcement on The Hart Foundation’s induction:

The Hart Foundation to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2019

Bret “Hit Man” Hart & the late Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart symbolized tag team excellence in WWE in the 1980s and early 1990s. Now, the three-time WWE Tag Team Champions will be forever immortalized in sports-entertainment history.

The Hart Foundation are the latest inductees announced for WWE Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019. They’ll take their place in the hallowed hall during the 2019 Induction Ceremony on Saturday, April 6, the eve of WrestleMania 35, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Tickets for the ceremony are available now. The news was first reported by Yahoo Sports. With this induction, Bret Hart will become a two-time WWE Hall of Fame Inductee, joining Ric Flair and fellow 2019 Inductees Shawn Michaels of D-Generation X and Harlem Heat’s Booker T.

Hart and Neidhart were no strangers to each other before joining forces. In fact, they’re family: “The Anvil” and “Hit Man” were brothers-in-law. That close connection made them gel almost instantly when they joined WWE’s tag team ranks in 1985, guided by “The Mouth of The South” Jimmy Hart. Hart’s technical prowess and Neidhart’s raw power made them a team to be reckoned with from the moment they debuted.

In early 1987, The Hart Foundation finally set their sights on the World Tag Team Titles, held by The British Bulldogs, comprised of Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid. With the help of Jimmy Hart and crooked official Danny Davis, Hart & Neidhart captured their first World Tag Team Championship.

Though they had reached the top of the tag team mountain, The Hart Foundation soon became disillusioned with Jimmy Hart’s nefarious ways. When they split from their manager, Hart & Neidhart soon found themselves the target of “The Mouth of The South’s” new charges, whether it was The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers or The Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine. Hart even enlisted tag teams outside his stable of Superstars, like Demolition, to take out The Hart Foundation.

By 1990, “Hit Man” & “The Anvil” had fought off Jimmy Hart’s attempts to tear them down, and turned their attention back to WWE’s top tag team prize. After bulldozing over The Bolsheviks in seconds at WrestleMania VI, The Hart Foundation made it clear they were coming for the World Tag Team Titles. It would take a few months, but at SummerSlam 1990, Hart & Neidhart defeated Demolition in a grueling 2-out-of-3 Falls Match to claim their second World Tag Team Championship.

Though they split up by the summer of 1991, The Hart Foundation left an indelible mark on WWE’s tag team division and created many lasting memories for the WWE Universe. That’s why there’s no greater honor for this legendary tag team than induction into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Don’t miss seeing The Hart Foundation take their place in sports-entertainment history during the 2019 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday, April 6, the eve of WrestleMania 35. Tickets for the ceremony at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., are available now. The historic evening will also stream live on WWE Network at 7 ET/4 PT.