Source: WrestlingINC
For what it’s worth, Bryan Alvarez noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that there is at least one major WrestleMania 32 surprise planned that very few people in the company know about, and it’s not Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson debuting. Alvarez added that people may have a good idea of who the surprise is come late Saturday night.
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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.
Below is a new preview for Shane McMahon and The Undertaker’s Hell In a Cell match at WrestleMania 32 on Sunday.
It appears that there will be two matches that will air on the USA Network as part of the 2nd hour of the WrestleMania 32 pre-show in which the first hour will air exclusively on the WWE Network.
The first hour starts a 5pm EST on the WWE Network, the second hour runs from 6pm EST through 7pm EST on the USA Network. The matches on USA Network looks to be The Dudley Boyz VS The Usos and The Total Divas VS B.A.D. & Blonde
Last night on RAW Chris Jericho officially accepted AJ Styles challenge for WrestleMania 32.
Plus, it was announced that there will be a 10 Diva Tag Team Match at WrestleMania 32 on the Kickoff show. B.A.D. & Blond (Lana, Naomi, Tamina, Emma & Summer Rae) VS The Total Divas (Brie Bella, Alicia Fox, Paige, Natalya & Eva Marie)
Here is the card for WrestleMania 32:
Hell in a Cell Match: Shane McMahon VS The Undertaker: If Shane wins he gets control of RAW. If Undertaker loses it will be his last WrestleMania Match.
WWE World Heavyweight Championship: (C) Triple H VS Roman Reigns
No Holds Barred Street Fight: Dean Ambrose VS Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman
Divas Championship – Triple Threat Match: (C) Charlotte w/Ric Flair VS Sasha Banks VS Becky Lynch
4 on 3 Handicap Match: The New Day VS The League of Nations
Intercontinental Championship – Ladder Match: (C) Kevin Owens VS Sami Zayn VS The Miz VS Dolph Ziggler VS Stardust VS Sin Cara VS Zack Ryder
AJ Styles VS Chris Jericho
The 3rd Annual Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal
And scheduled for the Kickoff show:
The Dudley Boyz VS The Usos
The Total Divas (Brie Bella, Alicia Fox, Paige, Natalya & Eva Marie) VS B.A.D. & Blond (Lana, Naomi, Tamina, Emma & Summer Rae)
United States Championship: (C) Kalisto VS Ryback
Jonathan “Coach” Coachman returned to WWE RAW last night in Brooklyn and after giving props to WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day, announced that ESPN SportsCenter will be doing live coverage of WrestleMania 32 from Dallas on Sunday leading up to the big event.
Is it possible that Ronda Rousey along with her 4 Horsewomen of MMA friends be at WrestleMania 32?
As noted earlier, 4 Horsewomen of MMA member Shayna Baszler will be appearing at the Shimmer 80 event on Saturday, April 2nd in Dallas, Texas the night before WrestleMania 32. And usually where we see Shayna we see other 4 Horsewomen of MMA member Jessamyn Duke and sometimes 4 Horsewomen of MMA member Marina Shafir. As we all know the 4 Horsewomen of MMA was at WrestleMania last year and we all know what happened with Rousey & The Rock and Triple H & Stephanie McMahon.
With The Rock set to appear at WrestleMania 32 in Dallas and with him teasing a Mania shocker, and the fact that Stephanie has been training, and Rousey’s plans being pushed back and with Baszler in Dallas during WrestleMania week with the possibility of Duke & Shafir also being in town, sparks speculation that Rousey just may show up at WrestleMania 32 for another Mania moment with The Rock involving Stephanie McMahon.
The idea of Rousey finally being able to get her hands on Stephanie a year later at WrestleMania is awesome, but we will just have to wait and hope that he happens.
Thanks to fellow Wrestling News Blog writer Vanessa with provided me with information for this post.
WWE issued the following:
USA NETWORK TO PREMIERE LIVE WRESTLEMANIA KICKOFF SHOW ON SUNDAY, APRIL 3
Special SMACKDOWN with Live Segments from AT&T Stadium to Air Thursday, March 31 and WWE HALL OF FAME Special to Premiere Thursday, April 7
NEW YORK – March 18, 2016 – For the first time ever, USA Network, the exclusive cable home to WWE’s marquee properties, announces expanded access to WRESTLEMANIA, WWE’s biggest event of the year. Between March 31 and April 7, the network will feature multiple events, including a live, one-hour broadcast of the official WRESTLEMANIA KICKOFF SHOW, a special SMACKDOWN episode with live segments, the one-hour WWE HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY, and a movie marathon celebrating Dwayne “The Rock®” Johnson.
On Thursday, March 31 from 8-10PM ET/PT, SMACKDOWN will feature live segments from AT&T Stadium just days before WRESTLEMANIA 32.
On Sunday, April 3, USA’s live hour of the WRESTLEMANIA KICKOFF SHOW will start at 6PM ET/3PM PT and include the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, featuring 20 WWE Superstars. WRESTLEMANIA 32 will broadcast live from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. And leading in and out of the live kickoff show, USA Network will celebrate with a movie marathon featuring WWE homegrown star Dwayne “The Rock®” Johnson, with films including The Rundown, Faster, Fast Five and GI Joe Retaliation.
The night after, on Monday, April 4, an all-new WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW will feature the fallout from the action of WRESTLEMANIA 32.
Then on Thursday, April 7 at 10PM ET/PT, immediately following SMACKDOWN, USA will broadcast the one-hour 2016 WWE HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY special. WWE Legends including Sting, Big Boss Man and The Fabulous Freebirds will be immortalized for their accomplishments and contributions to sports entertainment in this year’s WWE Hall of Fame class.
In 2016, USA Network became the exclusive cable home to WWE’s marquee properties, offering fans the live WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW for three hours every week (8-11PM ET/PT) and SMACKDOWN on Thursdays from 8-10PM ET/PT. In 2016 to date, MONDAY NIGHT RAW is averaging 4.09MM total viewers, 1.91MM P25-54 and 1.87MM P18-49 L7 and SMACKDOWN on USA is averaging 2.82MM P2+, 1.23MM P25-54, and 1.15MM P18-49+ L7, making USA the #1 cable entertainment network across the key demos on Monday and Thursday nights. In 2015, the two programs reached 50MM viewers.
Last night on RAW, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz and Sami Zayn all wanted a shot at Kevin Owens’ Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania. Owens says he will talk to Stephanie McMahon to set up a Triple Threat Match and the winner will face him at Mania. Stephanie agreed to allow Owens to set up the match.
When it came time for the match, Owens told Lillian that he’s got this and did the ring introductions. He brought out Stardust, Sin Cara and Zack Ryder for the #1 contender’s match. During the match, Zayn, Miz & Ziggler came out argued with Owens, and then all heck broke loose. The match ended and was apparently ruled a no contest.
Owens went to see Stephanie again, and She announced that Owens will defend his Title against all six of them in a Ladder Match at WrestleMania.
Intercontinental Championship – Ladder Match: (C) Kevin Owens VS Sami Zayn VS The Miz VS Dolph Ziggler VS Stardust VS Sin Cara VS Zack Ryder
Also last night on RAW, Vince McMahon announced that if the Undertaker doesn’t defeat Shane McMahon in their Hell in a Cell Match at WrestleMania then it will be his last. It has already been announced that if Shane wins he gets control of RAW.
Plus, AJ Styles issued a challenge to Chris Jericho for WrestleMania.
Chris Jericho responds to AJ Styles challenge in this RAW Fallout Video:
Here is the updated WrestleMania 32 card:
Hell in a Cell Match: Shane McMahon VS The Undertaker: If Shane wins he gets control of RAW. If Undertaker loses it will be his last WrestleMania Match.
WWE World Heavyweight Championship: (C) Triple H VS Roman Reigns
No Holds Barred Street Fight: Dean Ambrose VS Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman
Divas Championship – Triple Threat Match: (C) Charlotte w/Ric Flair VS Sasha Banks VS Becky Lynch
4 on 3 Handicap Match: The New Day VS The League of Nations
Intercontinental Championship – Ladder Match: (C) Kevin Owens VS Sami Zayn VS The Miz VS Dolph Ziggler VS Stardust VS Sin Cara VS Zack Ryder
United States Championship: (C) Kalisto VS Ryback
The Dudley Boyz VS The Usos
The 3rd Annual Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal
WWE.com has announced that all 3 members of WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day will face The League of Nations at the Wrestlemania 32 PPV on April 3 from Dallas, Texas. It will be a 4-on-3 Handicap Match.
During a sitdown interview with Michael Cole, Kalisto accepted Ryback’s challenge for WrestleMania 32 and will put the United States Title on the line.
Matches already announced for WrestleMania 32:
Hell in a Cell Match: Shane McMahon VS The Undertaker
WWE World Heavyweight Championship: (C) Triple H VS Roman Reigns
No Holds Barred Street Fight: Dean Ambrose VS Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman
Divas Championship – Triple Threat Match: (C) Charlotte w/Ric Flair VS Sasha Banks VS Becky Lynch
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