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  It was previously reported by Wrestlingnews.co that a lot of WWE talents were not happy about being left out of the Wrestlemia 39 card.                                           Ringside News reached out to a tenured WWE source about this report were it was especially noted that some talents weren’t happy about some slots on the card bern given to legends or celebrities attractions.                                           They were told that the card has not been finalized yet in terms of match announcement, the question was even ask in return by that WWE source on how could it be possible that talents were unhappy about being left out when the card isn’t even complete and there is still discussions with talents about potential matches that may taking place ?                          This is also the WrestleMania season were there is every year an amount of legends or celebrities been featured like Maria Menounos Bad Bunny or most recently Johnny Knoxville and Stone Cold Steve Aust

  Officially added for tonight’s edition of Monday Night RAW.                                         Cody Rhodes vs Chad Gable.                                Street Profits vs Jimmy Uso & Solo Sikoa.       Pteviously announced :                                           Damage CTRL vs Becky Lynch & Lita for thé women’s tag team Championships.                       Will Brock Lesnar accept Omos challenge for WrestleMania 39.                                               Asuka vs Carmella.                                                Piper Niven vs Candice Lerae.                           Special edition of Miz TV «  goes Hollywood « 

 It was previously reported by Wrestlingnews.co that Triple H wanted to have a smaller Wrestlemania card than usual this year and would have decided to cancel the annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal who has been held every year now since Wrestlemania 30.                                               According to their report, this decision would have caused for many WWE superstars to be unhappy by the idea of not been showcasing on  this Wrestlemania 39 card.                                 Some of them may have reportedly spoken about their frustrations to see their spots on the card bern taking away by legends and celebrities such as John Cena and Logan Paul.  However, according to wrestling journalist Tom Colohue, this «  unhappy feeling «  among the WWE locker room may not be as serious as it sound.                                             Speaking with Colohue earlier today about this situation here is what he told me :                     «  I havent had anybody confi

                Full results from Champaign, Illinois  Becky Lynch def Bayley.                                    The OC ( Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson) def The Judgement Day ( Dominik Mysterio & Damian Priest ).                                                  Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler def Natalya & Tegan Nox.                                                     The Usos & Solo Sikoa def Drew McIntyre, Sheamus & Braun Strowman.                            Cody Rhodes def Finn Balor ( after the match the OC joins Cody Rhodes in the ring ).             Bray Wyatt def LA Knight in a «  Lights Out Street Fight ).                                                      Charlotte Flair def Sonya Deville, Liv Morgan & Zoey Starks in a Fatal 4 Way to retain her Smackdown women’s championship.                 Austin Theory def Seth Rollins to retain his United States championship.   

 A Smackdown superstar could be in the world title picture very soon.                                       Gunther entered the 2023 Royal Rumble as the first entrant with an impressive record for the most time spent in a 30 man-battle royal with 71 minutes and 40 seconds.                                Insider source WrestleVotes is reporting that Triple H «  loves «  the current Intercontinental champion with the belief that he’s ready to step up in the main event picture :                             «  Triple H loves him, they all live him ever since he came to his own at Clash at the Castle. I’m not only talking about Triple H, Road Dogg is big on him too ( WWE producer ) Jason Jordan really likes him as well.                Once WWE gets in two world titles you double the amount of peoples in the main event picture, Gunther is ready to step up, I expect him by the summer to be at the top of the card. I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins a world title, he might be next in line «    

New details has emerged on where WWE plans on holding their upcoming King & Queen of the Ring PLE.                                  PWInsider Élite is now reporting that the King & Queen of the Ring will take place in Saudi Arabia on Saturday May 27th.                         The last time WWE held a King of the Ring tournaient was at Crown Jewel 2021 which was also in Saudi Arabia,  at that same event the company heads its first ever Queen’s Crown tournament who will be replaced by Queen of the Ring.           

WWE is reportedly planning 2 major Premium Live Events in May 2023, with Backlash set for Saturday May 6th and King & Queen of the Ring set for Saturday May 27th. According to anew report from Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics the locations have still yet to be revealed. According to reports, Backlash 2023 will not have the «  Wrestlemia Backlash «  title like we saw in 2021 and 2022.  The King & Queen of the Ring will take place over Memorial Day week end which is the same week end AEW will do their Double or Nothing Pay Per View scheduled on Sunday May 28th in Las Vegas.   

  Tonight’s post Elimination Chamber episode of WWE Smackdown on FOX is reportedly going to feature an injury angle for Tegan Nox.  Nox is in town for tonight’s Smackdown and has been booked in some sort of injury angle. According to a report from Fightfull Select it was unclear on whether it has been done to remove her from television due to a legitimate injury or not.  

There has been a lot of interrogations and speculations since last Monday regarding Trish Stratus’s involvement with WWE as her scheduled appearance on Monday Night Raw was canceled at the last minute for the second time in 2 weeks, as previously reported the Hall of Famer was booked for the «  Ding Dong Hello «  segment but after a private meeting with WWE head of creative Triple H resulted in «  creative change «  Trish left the arena before the segment even took place and was replaced by fellow Hall of Famer Lita which led to Lita and Becky Lynch challenging Damage CTRL for the women’s tag team championships next Monday on Raw.  It was also reported that despite this last minute switch of plans Trish Stratus was still slated to work an upcoming storyline, some fans then started to speculate that the 6 women tag team match between Trish, Lita & Becky Lynch vs Damage CTRL originally scheduled for Elimination Chamber will probably take place at Wrestlemania 39.  However, according

WWE Money in the Bank PLE returns to the 02 Arena in London on July 1st and based on advertisements Roman Reigns is not expected to work the show.  Reigns is not being advertised by the advertisements event on WWE’s website, instead Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Drew McIntyre, Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair are promoted by WWE, the «  Tribal Chief « is also not mentioned on the show’s poster.          It is still possible that he’ll be added to the show in due times, but the fact that he’s not part of the ore sale tickets advertisements isn’t a good sign for the UK fans who expected to see the current WWE Undisputed Universal champion live this summer. 

It had previously been reported by Fightfull Select that WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus was at RAW in Ottawa last night and «  listed internally » for the Ding Dong Hello segment. The segment would end up being Lita and Becky Lynch challenging Damage CTRL for thé women’s tag team titles and Trish Stratus Actualy didn’t appear.  A «  creative change «  had reportedly led to the switch on the show itself, WRKD Wrestling had provided further details on Twitter stating :                                 «  In case you couldn’t tell, plans changed last minute tonight, be patient, hang in there, Trish is still on the way, she will be working on a storyline that she wanted for quite some time « What the plans are and what the storyline  will be is unknown at the moment.   

Mercedes Mone returning to the ring last Saturday at NJPW Battle in the Valley when she defeat Kairi for the IWJP women’s championship. Speaking with Alex McCarthy ahead of her title win, Mone revealed that she is still a free agent and hasn’t signed an exclusive deal with NJPW or STARDOM         About her contract status here’s what Mercedes  said :  «  I’m as free as a bird, I’ve got the choice to decide whatever I want to do especially tomorrow when I win the IWJP women’s championship, I’plan to take that title all over the world not just New Japan . It is about to become a global championship so wherever it be on United States tv, Japan tv, Mexico tv or Germany, anywhere all over the world is wherever I choose to make it happen. So whoever has the best bag, whoever writes the best chaque for Mercedes Mone that’s where I might end up «                                  Mercedes Mone has been challenged by the current STARDOM high speed champion AZM for a future IWJP women’s champions

Ronda Rousey conquered UFC and WWE every time she stepped foot in the octagon or in the squared circle. According to a recent report Ronda is gunning for a major role in an upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU) movie. According to a report from Giant Freakin Robot, Ronda Rousey could be making her MCU debut in the near future, she is currently in négociations with the billion-dollar franchise to play the role of Thundra in the upcoming Captain America New World Order movie.   

 As previously reported Mercedes Mone won the IWJP women’s title at NJPW Battle in the Valley 2023, prior to her match Mercedes was interviewed by Marc Raimondi from ESPN.com about a potential WWE return, here was her response.                                              «  I guess people like to say never say never…you never know in life, I never knew that life would take me here but I always follow my heart so wherever my heart tells me that’s where I’m going «  

- Roman Reigns vs Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Universal championship  - Elimination Chamber match for the United States championship : Austin Theory ( c) vs Seth Rollins vs Johnny Gargano vs Damian Priest vs Bronson Reed vs Montez Ford        - Elimination Chamber match for a shot at the RAW women’s championship at Wrestlemania 39 : Asuka vs Carmella vs Nikki Cross vs Liv Morgan vs Raquel Rodriguez vs Natalya      - Brock Lesnar vs Bobby Lashley                    - Finn Balor & Rhea Ripley vs Edge & Beth Phoenix   

As PWMania.com previously reported Kota Ibushi has left NJPW and is now a free agent. The twitter account @puroresuFLow has spoke with Ibushi about a possible  WWE run and stated «  Ibushi has told me that if they allowed him to train and create the next generation of wrestlers on the Performance Center amont while having high profile matches he will certainly work with WWE «  According to WrestleVotes  there was a WWE meeting in January about perspective free agents which involved a lot of of the creative team and marketing people where both Kota Ibushi and Jay White’s names were discussed .Kota Ibushi had competed in the Cruiserweight Classic tournament in 2016 but didn’t signed a contract with WWE.  

The Roster for the upcoming WWE 2K23 video game has been officially announced.  With the batch of superstars brought back to the WWE under the Triple H regime many big name have missed out on making out the game base roster for this year.                            Here is the complete list of WWE current main roster superstars who are not featured in the game base : Ashante Adonis - B-Fab - Bray Wyatt - Bronson Reed - Candice Lerae -   Emma - Chelsea Green - Johnny Gargano - Luke Gallows - Karl Anderson -  Top Dolla - Maxine Dupri - Naomi - Mia Yim - Tegan’Knox - Valhalla   

In a now deleted tweet, a fan took to Twitter and stated that WWE should release Baron Corbin and wouldn’t even have to worry about any other company signing him.  Baron Corbin saw this fan’s tweet and was clearly irate, making it clear that he didn’t understand what was wrong with such people.                         « Seriously some people just make me sick, I will never understand what’s wrong with you »Many fans Actualy think that Corbin’s best character was his «  bum » gimmick from 2021, as a matter of fact even Corbin himself tought they were about to turn him babyface with that gimmick.  We will have to wait and see what WWE creative will have next for Corbin after the end of his association with John Bradshaw Layfield last Monday on RAW   

Randy Orton may soon return to ring action, despite reports that his status is uncertain.   Orton underwent a lower back fusion procedure in November, those in WWE have expressed concern about his career.  It was reported that Orrton’s condition hasn’t changed as recently as this past week.  Last week end a photo of Orton looking jacked has circulated , Wrestling bookmaker Jose G Sanz said that Orton has recently contacted him making boots about his comeback in response to a fan on his Facebook stories. His response «  I haven’t made them yet but Randy Orton recently contacted me via email for his return, currently Drew McIntyre and Bray Wyatt are some the biggest superstars, I’ve also received an orEr from Cody Rhodes for boots for Wrestlemania «    Randy Orton was scheduled to take a break in May Then return for a feud with Matt Riddle who hasn’t appeared on television since December in result of entering a rehab facility. Let’s see if The Viper will be able to come back in time for

                     Matches confirmed                      Roman Reigns vs Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley for thé Smackdown Women’s Championship.          André The Giant Memorial Battle Royal ( participants TBD ).                                         Matches planned as of today :                      Austin Theory vs John Cena for the United States Championship ( if Cena isn’t available a back up plan will be named ).                    Bobby Lashley vs Brock Lesnar.                  Edge vs Finn Balor in a HELL in a CELL match.                                                             Seth Rollins vs Logan Paul.                         Gunther vs Drew McIntyre vs Sheamus for the Intercontinental Championship.                   Bianca Belair vs Asuka for the RAW Women’s Championship.                                              Bray Wyatt vs Uncle Howdy                        Dominic Mysterio vs Rey Mysterio ( possible re

Thé Usos are scheduled to defend their Smackdown tag team championships next week, but as seen this week Roman Reigns hasn’t heard from Jey since the Royal Rumble and his brother Jimmy said he hasn’t either.  There’s a chance we won’t hear from Jey until after the Elimination Chamber PLE on February 18th.  Due to their DUI history it is believed that Jimmy will be unable to travel to Montreal, Canada which means that if Roman Reigns needs a backup the only person able to accompany him aside from Paul Heyman will be Solo Sikoa,  A few months ago Jey made an appearance to a show in Winnipeg without Jimmy.  DUI are treated more much seriously in Canada than in the United States, the plan is for Jimmy and Jey to defend their titles at Wrestlemania so they can start working on this match after the Elimination Chamber.  The Usos are set to defend their Smackdown tag team championships next week against Braun Dyrowman and Rivochet and Jimmy believes his brother will be there.   

 During an appearance on C’BC’s Squavk in Thé street, WWE président Nico Khan commented on the possibility of the company being sold before the next television deals are completed :                                                                                               «  I think it makes the most of sense because if we were to do new deals for RAW and Smackdown, our weekly programs with let’s say NBCU and FOX it would take a numbers of buyers of the table, the digital companies, why would they want content that would live elsewhere for another five years or whatever it might be, now it’s the right time to do it, let’s see what the results are on the strategic alternatives, and then we will deal with the media rights. I think it’s going to be a fast process, maybe three months «  

 Jay Briscoe’s 9 years old daughter was officially released from the hospital yesterday and is back home. She will have to wear her neck and back brace for four more weeks at which she will then return to the hospital to have her back brace surgically removed. She will obviously need continued physical therapy as she recovers but was able to come back home last night.                                              As for Jay’s 12 years old daughter Gracie, she will be moved to the rehab floor of the hospital so she can focus more on physical therapy towards regaining move of her legs below the knee, She has feelings in her legs but is still unable to move them below the knees. 

  Ahead of the match the American nightmare had suffered a torn right pectoral muscle which was exacerbated when Seth Rollins attacked him the night after HELL in a CELL 2022.  Cody recently sat with Logan Paul on his IMPAULSIVE podcast and discussed about the conversation he had with Vince McMahon before the HELL in a CELL match.           «  I wasnt going to have it any other way, I had to have the match at least, the medical exam was simple, it was completely torn, there was nothing more that could’ve happened.  Vince knew I wasn’t going to take «  no «  I had a great conversation with him and he was clear about it a as he told me «  Hey man, if you’re struggle out there we’ll have to call it «  Rhodes also explained that the referee checked on him several times throughout the match to ensure he was fine to continue.                       «  I was just on Planet Z, shock puke you know the shock like when you feel you’re about to vomit ? When you break a home or whatever, I hit somet

  It’s been the belief for a while that John Cena was printed for a match at Wrestlemania 39 against the current United States champion Austin Theory, although at one point Logan Paul requested a match for himself against the 16 times world champion.  Signs are not pointing to Paul vs Rollins at the minute, which make Cena vs Theory the most likely, either way Cena was expected for a match at Wrestlemania. However, a new report from Variety reveals that Cena is Melbourne Australia filming a movie with Zac Efron called Ricky Stanicky. The report stated that The production will take place trough February and March which mean the takeaway is that Cena is a little busy at the moment. Which likely means he won’t have much or any time to prepared for any pre-build up match whatever is potentially planned for him at Wrestlemania whether it’s a match with Theory or anybody else.  John Cena’s last Wrestlemania match ( which wasn’t really a match ) was 3 years ago at Wrestlemania 36 when he lost