WWE Raw airs live tonight on the USA Network and will emanate from the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
This episode of Raw is the go-home for this weekend’s WrestleMania.
Mickie James has suffered an injury.
On Thursday night, Impact Wrestling took to Twitter to announce that Mickie James is dealing with an injury and will no longer be able to defend her Knockouts Championship against Jordynne Grace at tonight’s Sacrifice pay-per-view event.
You can check out the official announcement below:
“Due to an injury, @MickieJames will be unable to compete at Sacrifice. We will give an update and address the Knockouts World Title situation tomorrow night at Sacrifice.”
Friday night’s Impact Wrestling Sacrifice pay-per-view event in Canada that will air at 8:00 PM EST on Impact Plus and FITE.tv.
Sacrifice Card
*Future of the Knockouts Championship will be addressed
*Busted Open Match: Bully Ray vs. Tommy Dreamer
*Josh Alexander, Rich Swann & Frankie Kazarian vs. Time Machine (Motor City Machine Guns & KUSHIDA)
*Digital Media Championship: Joe Hendry © vs. Brian Myers
*X Division Championship: Trey Miguel © vs. Lince Dorado
*Tag-Team Titles: Ace Austin & Chris Bey © vs. Bad Dude Tito & Shane Haste
*PCO vs. Kenny King
*Speedball Mike Bailey vs. Jonathan Gresham
*Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw
In recent weeks, it’s been reported that AEW is close to finalizing a new weekly television show that will air on Saturday nights.
It’s been strongly hinted by F4W’s Andrew Zarian that the show could air in the 6:05 pm EST timeslot, a welcomed timeslot for old-school WCW/NWA fans.
Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the Saturday show should be up and running by July:
“The schedule in June hasn’t been announced yet other than the Canadian shows so we don’t know if this (7/14 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is the first Saturday taping or the Saturday show will begin before this date. But the Saturday show is right now planned and unless something major changes it will be debuting at least by July if not earlier,” Meltzer wrote.
Source: eWrestlingNews
WWE SmackDown will air live tonight on FOX and emanate from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
-Cody Rhodes vs. Ludwig Kaiser
-LA Knight vs Rey Mysterio
-The build to WrestleMania 39 continues
WWE is encouraging “WWE NXT” talent to ask their friends and family to come to tapings in hopes of building up more enthusiasm among the live audience, according to a new report. In the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, it’s reported that WWE sent a memo to the talent on its developmental “NXT” roster ahead of last Tuesday’s taping requesting that they “strongly encourage their friends and family in the central Florida area to attend “NXT” tomorrow evening at the Performance Center to help bring energy to the crowd in the final shows leading up to Stand and Deliver.”
The memo was reportedly sent out in response to lackluster crowds at “NXT” tapings in recent weeks, something that irked WWE officials. Tickets are free to “NXT” tapings, but fans need to request spots in the audience ahead of time online. “NXT” Stand and Deliver, the developmental promotion’s annual WrestleMania weekend premium live event, will take place next Saturday in Los Angeles. The event will be headlined by an “NXT” Championship match between current title holder Bron Breakker and challenger Carmelo Hayes, while several other key figures including Dragon Lee and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s daughter Ava, will be making their highly anticipated in-ring debuts for the promotion.
The card will also include the return of former “NXT” Champion Johnny Gargano, who is set to face off against Grayson Waller, as well as several other title matches to be announced on this Tuesday night’s go-home show.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Alexa Bliss hasn’t appeared on WWE TV since the Royal Rumble, and her status has been widely speculated due to her absence from WrestleMania storylines.
The former Women’s Champion revealed on Twitter that she had a spot on her face that became worse, and that after a biopsy, she was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma. You can check out her tweets below:
“Thank you! Don’t worry, short healing time. Always get your skin checked! Esp if you are in the sun or use tanning beds! Lol”
“There was a spot on my face yes- that had gotten worse. So went to get biopsy. Was basal cell carcinoma. During my procedure doc also found other squamous cells. Was a quick and easy procedure. Glad I always get my skin checked 😊”
Source: PWMania
It’s been two weeks since “WWE NXT” Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez mysteriously “collapsed” after her successful title defense against Meiko Satomura at the Roadblock special, a clear homage to the November 1995 angle where “NXT” booker Shawn Michaels collapsed during a match with Owen Hart due to what was claimed to be post-concussion syndrome. There have been conflicting reports as to whether this was a cover for any kind of real-life health issue, and WWE has been building to a ladder match for the title at Stand & Deliver during WrestleMania weekend, but officially, Perez is still champion. On Tuesday, hours after Dave Meltzer reported that Perez was cleared to return from whatever was keeping her on the sidelines, she shared an update on Twitter.
“I can’t thank the @WWENXT Universe enough for all the thoughts and prayers over the past two weeks,” she wrote in the presumably in-character tweet. “The outpouring of support fills my heart. I wish I had better news, but the doctors are saying we’re no closer to finding out what happened to me at RoadBlock. I’m very frustrated, but I promise I’ll be back, stronger than ever, but I just don’t know when!”
Perez —as Rok-C — was the first wrestler to hold the rebranded Ring of Honor Women’s World Championship, winning a tournament final in September 2021. After Sinclair Broadcasting announced the restructuring of ROH shortly thereafter and offered releases to all contracted talent, she took them up on it and dropped the title to Deonna Purrazzo before jumping to WWE. Perez has held both women’s titles on the “NXT” brand, winning the singles title from the departing Mandy Rose in December and briefly holding the tag titles with Cora Jade in between them defeating Toxic Attraction and Jade turning heel in July.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
AEW Dynamite airs tonight live on TBS and will emanate from the Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, Missouri.
Alicia Atout and Major League Wrestling have parted ways.
On Tuesday, the MLW interviewer took to Facebook to announce that she’s been granted her release from the company.
Atout signed with MLW in 2019. In 2022, she took on a heel role with the company by aligning herself with Richard Holliday.
You can check out Alicia Atout’s full statement below:
“I’m officially a free agent!
I’ve been granted my release from MLW. My time there allowed me to grow, be creative, and create some lifelong memories and friendships. I appreciate the opportunity and have so much love for that dope locker room.
Life’s constantly changing, and I’m psyched for future adventures. Looking forward to my next chapter in wrestling.”
Tonight’s episode of WWE NXT from Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center on the USA Network:
NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez has been medically cleared.
