Last night on SmackDown Live The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff Hardy) defeated The Usos to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. After the match, Lars Sullivan came down and attacked the Hardy’s leaving them laying.
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Wrestling News Blog Podcast Episode 6 – WrestleMania 35, WWE HOF, NXT TakeOver, RAW After Mania
Wrestling News Blog Podcast Episode 6 – WrestleMania 35 Podcast Special
Wrestling News Blog Podcast is available on all major podcast apps such as Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts and Stitcher.
Segment One – WrestleMania 35
Segment Two – 2019 WWE Hall of Fame
Segment Three – NXT TakeOver: New York
Segment Four – RAW After Mania
Segment Five – Length of Mania
Segment Six – Final Thoughts on Mania
WWE SmackDown Live Preview 4/9/19
The post-WrestleMania 35 edition of WWE SmackDown Live will take place tonight from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
* The New Day celebrate Kofi Kingston’s WWE Championship win at WrestleMania
* The Usos and The Hardy Boyz square off for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles
* How will The Miz bounce back after crushing loss to Shane McMahon?
* Will the target on Becky Lynch’s back get even bigger?
* How IIconic will SmackDown LIVE be?
Backstage News On WWE Wanting To Do A Big WrestleMania 35 Rematch
Multiple sources have confirmed to Sports Illustrated that the finish of the “Winner Takes All” WrestleMania 35 main event with Charlotte Flair, Ronda Rousey and SmackDown & RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch went off as planned.
As previously reported, the match was scheduled to end with Lynch pinning Rousey. According to SI, the finish with Lynch pinning Rousey while Rousey got her shoulder up was designed to protect Rousey and keep her character strong. The controversial finish allows Rousey to say Lynch did not legitimately defeat her.
SI also reported that WWE officials reportedly have Rousey tentatively planned to face Lynch in a singles rematch at WrestleMania 36 on April 5, 2020 from Tampa. Dave Meltzer added on Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE officials do want to do the rematch, but there’s no date for her return yet and there’s no date or plans confirmed for the rematch.
Rousey is expected to step away from WWE for now. She has stated in media interviews in the past that she wants to have children with husband Travis Browne, which throws out any timetable for a return if they plan to do so during her break. She will also need to recover from the broken hand that she suffered during the match while throwing punches.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
AJ Styles Injured At WWE WrestleMania 35
AJ Styles reportedly suffered an injury during his win over Randy Orton at WrestleMania 35 Sunday night.
There’s no word yet on details of the injury but PWInsider reports that AJ was pulled from yesterday’s Axxess VIP meet & greet appearance due to the injury.
Fans who had tickets to meet AJ today were told that he was removed from the signing due to an injury. They were offered full refunds and the promise of a Styles 8×10 photo that would be mailed to them, or the chance to meet new WWE Champion Kofi Kingston today.
Styles is scheduled to miss tomorrow’s WWE SmackDown from Brooklyn, according to Dave Meltzer of F4Wonline.com. A fan spotted Styles at the airport and said he was moving slowly.
According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, Styles has a hip injury. The severity of the injury is not known.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE Introduces Mystery Character For Bray Wyatt’s Return?
It looks like WWE may have some really drastic character changes planned for Bray Wyatt.
As seen above, WWE began airing new vignettes on this week’s post-WrestleMania 35 RAW for a new character. It looks like they used some sort of laughing buzzard character in the promo.
WWE’s description on the YouTube video says, “What is this unusual creature, and why is it laughing?”
Speculation is that this new promo is for the return of Wyatt, but that has not been confirmed.
It was reported over WrestleMania 35 weekend that WWE was scheduled to start airing vignettes soon for Wyatt’s upcoming return. It was also noted that there will be big changes to Wyatt’s character when he does return, changes that have been in the works for a while.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Dean Ambrose Finishes Up With WWE On RAW, The Shield Say Goodbye To Dean After RAW
Last night’s post-WrestleMania 35 edition of WWE RAW saw Dean Ambrose brawl with Bobby Lashley. This was supposed to be a singles match, which WWE billed as Ambrose’s last match with the company.
It’s been reported that Ambrose is leaving WWE later this month when his contract expires due to how he’s unhappy with the way he’s been used. Ambrose reportedly informed WWE officials that he would not be renewing his deal months ago.
Ambrose is still advertised for live events and RAW TV events this month, but there’s no word yet on if they will keep him off TV until his contract has expired. As noted, Ambrose was left off the WrestleMania 35 card on Sunday.
Below are photos and videos from tonight’s angle with Ambrose and Lashley, which ended with Ambrose getting put through the announce table. Renee Young played up the seriousness of the situation as fans did a “thank you Ambrose!” chant to give it the farewell feel.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Below in this moment you did not see on TV, Universal Champion Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns bid farewell to their Shield brother, Dean Ambrose.
The Undertaker Makes Surprise Appearance On The “Raw After Mania”, Silences Elias
The Undertaker made his return to WWE TV on tonight’s post-WrestleMania 35 edition of WWE RAW from Brooklyn.
Taker made his return during a performance by Elias, who was still upset over John Cena interrupting his WrestleMania 35 performance with the “Dr. of Thuganomics” rap. Elias made a comment on the next person to interrupt him, whether it was a Legend of a Hall of Famer, they would be a “dead man” because he was tired of the interruptions. That’s when Taker returned and did his grand entrance. He faced off with Elias, blocked off an attack and then left Elias laying after a chokeslam and a Tombstone piledriver.
This was The Dead Man’s first WWE TV appearance since Crown Jewel back in November, where he teamed with Kane for a loss to WWE Hall of Famers Triple H and Shawn Michaels. Taker did not work WrestleMania 35 on Sunday, but he is expected to wrestle during WWE’s return to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in early May.
Lacey Evans Starts Feud With Becky Lynch On RAW
It looks like new SmackDown Women’s and RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch could be feuding with Lacey Evans next.
After Lynch came to the ring to cut a promo on her WrestleMania 35 main event win over Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair during tonight’s post-WrestleMania RAW episode, Evans interrupted and walked the ramp like she’s been doing for several weeks on WWE TV. They met at the bottom of the ramp and stared each other down until Evans rocked Lynch in the mouth. Evans then turned to walk back up the ramp but Becky attacked her from behind. The two brawled up the ramp and to the stage. The segment ended with Evans standing tall and taunting Lynch while officials held The Man back.
Sami Zayn Returns On RAW, Unleashed Tirade On The WWE Universe
Last night’s post-WrestleMania 35 edition of WWE RAW, Sami Zayn make his return to the ring. He lost to new WWE Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor.
After losing, Sami cut a heel promo on the crowd. “I can honestly say, from the bottom of my heart, I did not miss this… and I did NOT miss any of YOU,” he said.
“It tuns out WWE is a super toxic environment. It’s not because of the McMahons. And it ain’t because of the other WWE Superstars,” he continued. “It’s because of this audience, and your ugliness!”
This was Sami’s first match since June 2018 as he was forced to take time off to undergo double shoulder surgery to repair both of his torn rotator cuffs. Sami’s last match came against then-Intercontinental Champion Bobby Lashley at Money In the Bank 2018, and his return match was against the current Intercontinental Champion.
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