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Pat McAfee Details Backstage Blowup At WrestleMania 35 Over His Shorts

Moments before the WrestleMania 35 pre-show was set to begin, Pat McAfee says he was on the verge of walking out due to Michael Cole yelling at him for wearing shorts.

McAfee detailed the tense backstage moment on his show this week and said it began with him being told not to wear jorts to WrestleMania. Pat obliged by making tuxedo pants into tuxedo shorts.

However, when Michael Cole saw him wearing them backstage before the kickoff show, he got angry in front of everyone who was around … saying Pat looked unprofessional and sloppy.

“He was like yelling. Real. This wasn’t like a rib, or like a gimmick, you could tell there was actual panic,” McAfee explained. He then walked to the room where the WrestleMania watch-a-long was going to film and began packing his things. When the digital person in charge of the stream asked what was going on, Pat said, “You can tell Michael Cole to go f*ck himself, I am leaving. I am not getting punked and yelled at like a child in front of everybody like that.”

The WWE employee then said he’d go talk to Vince McMahon and asked Pat to hold tight.

He returned moments later with Michael Cole and the two explained how they showed Vince a picture of Lebron James wearing suit shorts. Vince apparently told them “yeah, I’m hip. I’ve seen it” and said he loved the idea of Pat wearing them.

Cole then apologized for yelling at him and said he was worried the shorts would ruin his chances in WWE, because this was the first time he was being seen on TV by Vince McMahon.

Watch Pat explain how it all went down HERE.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

WWE Giving EC3 A Manager?

It looks like Drake Maverick may be adding to his stable on WWE’s main roster.

Maverick, who is still the WWE 205 Live General Manager, was the manager for EC3’s dark match against Harper before tonight’s post-WrestleMania 35 edition of WWE SmackDown from Brooklyn. The two had worked together in TNA both as allies and rivals.

That dark match saw Harper get the win over EC3 via pinfall. It was noted that both Superstars were over with the crowd.

Maverick has been away from RAW since The Authors of Pain were taken off TV due to the leg injury that Akam suffered back in January. It was reported that he would be out of action for a few months. Rezar has worked some WWE Main Event singles matches since then.

There’s no word yet on if WWE plans on using Maverick with EC3 on WWE TV.

Below are photos and videos of EC3 with Maverick at tonight’s SmackDown from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn:

https://twitter.com/TaffMaster/status/1115764374134820864

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Hardy Boyz Win Smackdown Tag Titles, then Attacked By Lars Sullivan

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.

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.