Tag: Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

WWE SmackDown WrestleMania Special Preview 4/9/21

Tonight’s special WrestleMania edition of WWE SmackDown on FOX will be the final go-home show for WrestleMania 37.

* WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan and WWE Hall of Famer Edge will address fans before their Triple Threat at WrestleMania 37 Night Two

* SmackDown Tag Team Champions Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler defend their titles in a Fatal 4 Way against, The Street Profits, Alpha Academy, Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio

* The 2021 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal with Akira Tozawa, Angel Garza, Cedric Alexander, Drew Gulak, Elias, Erik, Gran Metalik, Humberto Carrillo, Jaxson Ryker, Jey Uso, Kalisto, King Baron Corbin, Lince Dorado, Mace, Murphy, Mustafa Ali, Ricochet, Shelton Benjamin, Shinsuke Nakamura, Slapjack, T-BAR, Tucker

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal Moved To SmackDown, Participants Announced

Next Friday’s WWE SmackDown on FOX, the go-home show for WrestleMania 37, will be a special WrestleMania edition of the show.

Adam Pearce has announced that next Friday’s SmackDown, taped this week, will feature the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and a Fatal 4 Way for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles currently held by Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler.

WWE has confirmed that this year’s Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal will take place on the SmackDown before WrestleMania 37.

The company announced the change on social media on Thursday. They also revealed which Superstars will be competing in the match.

WWE.com announced the following ATGMBR participants:

  • Akira Tozawa
  • Angel Garza
  • Cedric Alexander
  • Drew Gulak
  • Elias
  • Erik
  • Gran Metalik
  • Humberto Carrillo
  • Jaxson Ryker
  • Jey Uso
  • Kalisto
  • King Baron Corbin
  • Lince Dorado
  • Mace, Murphy
  • Mustafa Ali
  • Ricochet
  • Shelton Benjamin
  • Shinsuke Nakamura
  • Slapjack
  • T-BAR
  • Tucker

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there was no Andre Battle Royal last year. The last one took place at WrestleMania 35 in 2019 and was won by Braun Strowman.

The very first ATGMBR took place at WrestleMania 30, and was won by Cesaro. Big Show won in 2015, King Corbin in 2016, Mojo Rawley in 2017, and Matt Hardy in 2018.

It looks like there will not be a WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal this year. That match was also not held in 2020 due to the pandemic. The inaugural winner was Naomi at WrestleMania 34 in 2018. Carmella won in 2019.

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.

Possible Surprise Entrant In The Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal At WrestleMania 32

WARNING: IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHO COULD POSSIBLY BE A SURPRISE ENTRANT IN THE ANDRE THE GIANT MEMORIAL BATTLE ROYAL AT WRESTLEMANIA 32 SKIP THIS POST.

 

Source: WrestlingINC

F4WOnline’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that WWE officials had talks about putting Cesaro in the 20-man Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32 on Sunday.

We’ve noted how Cesaro is scheduled to return to the ring in April and apparently they talked about having him as a surprise entrant in the match on Sunday.

4 spots remain in the match as the following Superstars are confirmed: Heath Slater, Curtis Axel, Adam Rose, Bo Dallas, Big Show, Kane, Tyler Breeze, Mark Henry, Jack Swagger, Fandango, Damien Sandow, Darren Young, Konnor, Viktor, Goldust and R-Truth.

NXT Star Hideo Itami Wins Spot In Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal

NXT Star Hideo Itami won the Axxess NXT Tournament earning a spot in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31 Kickoff Pre-Show.

Below is a video of Itami’s reaction to earning his spot in the WrestleMania 31 Kickoff Pre-show match.

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal Moved To WrestleMania Kickoff Pre-Show

WWE announced that the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal has been moved to the WrestleMania 31 Kickoff Pre-show.

F4WOnline reports that the change was made due to officials timing out the show. After time was given to the big matches and angles, they apparently had to cut the battle royal match from the main card.

4 Spots Remain For The Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal

Only 4 spots remain for the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. WWE is expected the announce some of the final 4 spots tonight on RAW. Rob Van Dam is rumored to get one of those final spots.

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