The Ultimate Warrior recently appeared on MLW Radio, the official podcast of Major League Wrestling. You can listen to the interview at MLW.com. Here’s a quote of what Warrior said about his relationship with Vince McMahon back in the early 1990’s:

“For me it was really unique, maybe more unique than for anybody else. Whenever I would go to Stamford, I didn’t stay at a hotel. I just went straight out to Vince’s house, Vince and Linda’s home. Shane was there at the time. He was in high school. I had a big brother, little brother relationship with him. That’s the way that I would describe it. I was very close to all of them.

“I remember taking long walks on the property out there with Vince. I remember talking about that even beyond the Ultimate Warrior’s time as the champion or the thing of today that years down the road that he would still be Ultimate Warrior as a persona and me as a person would still be a part of this family. It was very close and very intimate. I don’t think that it’s like that at all today and I don’t remember anybody else being given that courtesy or allowed that openness to their family as I was back then.”

Warrior also spoke about his upcoming reality show, CM Punk and more.

In what is unlikely to be a coincidence, WWE.com now has a feature looking at the Ultimate Warrior’s most “insane” interviews.

During a recent interview with Mike Buda of SportstownChicago.com, former WWE superstar Charlie Haas sounded off on the sad state of WWE’s tag team division:

“If you look at their tag team division, it sucks. The wrestlers don’t suck, the division sucks. Creative doesn’t know it; I don’t know if it’s creative or the political bullshit Vince McMahon or whoever that don’t like tag team wrestling. They don’t push it and they don’t showcase it like they used to. At one time, it was phenomenal when you had Edge and Christian, the Dudleys, the Hardys and the New Age Outlaws. That was great, but now they just throw two guys together and they put a couple of shitty belts on them that look terrible. Those belts look like pennies.”

It’s one thing to complain – but Haas actually has a reasonable solution for how to fix the fledgling division:

“You’ve got one of the greatest minds in the business, who was part of one of the greatest tag teams and that’s Arn Anderson. I would go back to the agents and say ‘Arn, you’re in charge of the tag team division. Come up with some tag teams, create tag teams and create story lines.’ Let the agents that have been in the ring and have done their jobs, let them write the business.”

— In a new article on the WWE website looking at the upcoming cruiserweights show on the WWE Network, WWE takes a somewhat random jab at former employee, Eric Bischoff:

“Through the crumbling of WCW and his own shameless self-promotion, Bischoff has become somewhat of a sports-entertainment punchline.”

– Wade Barrett will have a supporting role in the WWE Studios project Dead Man Down starring Colin Ferrell, Noomi Rapace and Terrance Howard.

– Husky Harris, last seen on WWE TV has a member of the Nexus, is being advertised for Friday’s RAW house show in Huntsville, Alabama. Harris had a new gimmick in WWE developmental and is listed as taking on Alex Riley on the card. The top matches set for the show are C.M. Punk vs. Mark Henry and John Cena vs. Lord Tensai.

Shane Douglas has issued the following video statement regarding last week’s disastrous Extreme Reunion show that took place. Douglas takes full responsibility for the “dark spots” and promised that he will not wrestle for the company again, they will overhaul the talent roster and the production value of the show has been addressed and will be better next time.

Former WWE Divas The Bella Twins issued the following statement on their official website this week talking about their WWE release:

“What a whirlwind few days. As you all know by now, TwinMagic has decided to take some time away from wrestling. First and foremost, we want to thank each and every one of you for your support. We would not be where we are without the Bella Army. This beautiful chapter in our life was filled with many amazing memories, friendships and moments with you all that we will cherish. Being apart of WWE is like being apart of a family, we will always be in it :)

Just so you know, we need your continued support. We are on the cover of Maxim Espanol this month and later on this week check out the calendar to see where you can meet us.

Throughout the last five years, the Bella Army has helped us take home two Diva Championships and helped make us two of WWE’s most popular Diva’s, but most importantly the interaction we had with Bella Fans everywhere has allowed us to have so much fun. We want this fun to continue. Keep talking to us on Twitter and interacting on our blog posts. We will also do fan questions this week with the hash tag #BellaArmyForever.

Remember it’s not Good-Bye….the fun is just getting started BELLA style!

Besos!

B&N”

As previously reported, Rey Mysterio tested positive for amphetamines back on February 13th when WWE RAW was in San Diego,  but his 60-day suspension was not announced until April 26th. Mysterio was in disbelief when he was informed of the Wellness Violation and was told to submit all the medications and supplements he was taking at the time for evaluation.

One of the theories going around is that one of the weight-loss dietary supplements Mysterio was taking to get back into ring shape might have contained traces of amphetamines.

Shortly after the drug test, there was talk within WWE of frustration with him to the point it was said he would not be getting any kind of push upon returning. Writers were told in early March not to waste time coming up with angles or storylines for his return but no reasons were given. A very small circle of people in the company would have known about the failure from February 13th until April 26th as doctors evaluated the violation.

Mysterio, who is currently signed to a long-term contract with WWE, won’t be eligible to return until June 25th. Since he was not working on the road, the two month suspension would likely cost him around $166,667 in salary. He also missed another lucrative WrestleMania payday.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— As previously reported, Paul Heyman will be heading to WWE headquarters soon to work on the new CM Punk DVD. Last year, Heyman was interviewed for Steve Austin’s most recent DVD set. Both Steve Austin and CM Punk personally requested that Heyman be involved in their projects.

— Sin Cara will be returning to action on WWE’s upcoming tour of Mexico. An announcement was made on on the April 30th episode of RAW that aired in Mexico. During a recent media interview promoting his return, Sin Cara said he expects things to go a lot better for him this time around.

Sin Cara specifically mentioned that he’s used to working the “right side” of the body (as they do in Mexico, but not in WWE) – and he’s now much more comfortable working the WWE style.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— Edge’s WWE contract expired on April 30th and he has not signed a new deal with the company. When he made a surprise appearance on RAW several weeks ago and gave John Cena a pep talk, he was there to meet with WWE officials, but nothing came of it.

He was forced to pull out of a scheduled appearance for Billy Corgan’s Resistance Pro Wrestling show on 5/11 because of his filming schedule for Syfy’s “Haven” show, but he did promise to appear at a future RPW show.

— Michael Cole’s heel announcer gimmick was supposed to officially end at WrestleMania 28. His new role is to be an “edgy” character who still respects John Laurinaitis, one of WWE’s top heels. A recent sign of Cole retreating from being an annoying heel and shifting to a more neutral role was that he was sympathetic towards John Cena during his feud with Brock Lesnar.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

The WWE website has a new storyline-driven article up that says the Board of Directors may take action against Brock Lesnar for his attack on Triple H this past Monday. However – the ‘contract demands’ made by Lesnar on the 4/23 episode of RAW and agreed to by John Laurinaitis protect Lesnar from liability.

“Adding one further wrinkle is the revised contract that Laurinaitis agreed to during the April 23 edition of Raw. Among the new terms approved by the GM was a clause that waived any future fines or disciplinary actions against Lesnar.

Triple H has already dismissed those additional contract perks as null and void, but could Lesnar’s camp pursue legal action in the event that the Board of Directors or Triple H comes down on Lesnar?”

The article also mentions that the Board of Directors is considering taking action against Jon Laurinaitis for his role in the whole situation.

Here is the latest Twitter rant from Scott Steiner, once again trashing Bischoff & Hogan:

“With eric bn gone chant 609 when garrett is in the ring… Instead of getting rid of the guys who are the problem they keep paying hogan n bitchoff n try To save money else where,they no longer fly Taz n Tenay in for the tapings they Do voice overs in nashville..i betcha eric will try n replace them/one bn himself/ Saying hes saving the company money

“As i tweeted 3 wks ago jeremy Borash was the other guy that b-tchoff ripped on social Media which alot of guys came to his defense and called eric a piece of sh-t,so he realize he got heat so thats where That segment came from when Jeremy calld him out on open fight night tryin to defuse the heat by Putting it on the show,which then 609Garrett came out at the end of show to save the day..wtf bullsh-t… The thing is Borash has done more for TNA than b-tchoff has,and hes bn there since the beginning, And the last time i checkd all b-tchoff does is kill the ratings,and as bad as it is with him pushing his son

“The original plan was much worse,hogan n bitchhoff sons were going to wrestling camp at same time… Thank god hogans son has his p-ssy genes and quit otherwise the fans would have to suffer with These 2 a**holes nepotism’s their non athletic sons to the top,as soon as bitchhoff leaves TNA,609Garrett Career will be over,bcuz guys will kick his ass out of spite bcuz Eric is such a piece of sh*t”

– iNDEMAND has posted the official promotional poster and synopsis for the upcoming WWE pay-per-view, No Way Out on 6/17. The synopsis reads:

“In the grips of WWE’s most ruthless matches, defeating your opponent is grueling but escaping them is impossible. Watch as John Cena, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Randy Orton, Alberto Del Rio, and all your favorite WWE Superstars fight to emerge victorious at WWE No Way Out, Sunday, June 17, 8PM ET/5PM PT, live on pay-per-view.”

As we reported several weeks ago, Amazon.com’s synopsis for the upcoming DVD release of WWE No Way Out 2012 revealed that the main events will take place inside of a steel cage and will feature “new and innovative ways to prevent opponents from escaping. All stipulations in place, which may include Lumberjack, Strap, Chain, Steel Cage, Handcuff Matches or more will ensure no respite from the chaos inside the ring.”

Here’s the new PPV poster from iNDEMAND featuring Daniel Bryan and AJ Lee in an old fashion Western scene:

– Here’s the latest Backstage Fallout video from RAW featuring interviews with Jerry Lawler, Abraham Washington and The Miz:

– The Miz is currently in Brazil doing promotional work for WWE’s upcoming live tour. WWE will hold its first-ever event from Brazil later this month at Ginasio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo on May 23rd.

– This week marks 5 years since Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins made their WWE television debuts on ECW as The Major Brothers, defeating the team of Matt Striker and Marcus Cor Von. They would later go on to be Edge’s “Edge Heads” sidekicks before going their separate ways.

– John Hennigan, formerly WWE superstar John Morrison, is the star of a new 4-minute short movie titled, “The Negotiator.” Hennigan plays “Officer Rexy, LA’s finest Negotiator deals with a man who wants to shoot himself.” The clip, which was produced by the Curtain Jerks wrestling podcast, can be seen here:

– To update the status of Evan Bourne’s arm injury, he had the ‘PICC’ line (peripherally inserted central catheter) removed this week and is still wearing a cast. Bourne tweeted back on April 19th that he has “no idea” when he’ll be cleared to return to the ring, but hopes it will be by “#endofsummer.”

– Former WWE Divas The Bella Twins are now taking independent bookings and are going by their real names, Nicole and Brianna Garcia. They’ll be appearing at the Northeast Wrestling show on June 1st in Newburgh, New York. They will participate in a meet & greet at 6pm before the show. Other talent booked for the show include Jerry Lawler, Kevin Nash and Bobby Lashley.

Their profiles have been removed from the WWE website.

– The dark main event after Tuesday night’s WWE SmackDown tapings in Toledo, Ohio saw Randy Orton defeat Kane.

(Partial Source: f4wonline.com)

– Brock Lesnar was informed several weeks ago that John Cena would be defeating him in their match at Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view.

– Abraham Washington says former WWE Tag Team Champions Epico and Primo might be ready to sign with him after dropping the gold on RAW to Kofi Kingston and R-Truth. AW tweeted on Tuesday:

“After speaking with Primo and Epico last night the former #WWE tag team champions might be ready to sign on the dotted line… Even though Primo and Epico lost the battle, by signing with me they most certainly will win the RAW is WAR!!!!!”

– Yoshi Tatsu has deleted his Twitter rant where he said Lord Tensai’s ring name, which means “Lord Natural Disaster,” was offensive to Japanese people in the wake of last year’s devistating earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands of people. To read his original rant, click here.

(Partial Source: f4wonline.com)

Paul Heyman issued the following statement regarding last weekend’s Extreme Reunion event promoted by Shane Douglas:

“I’ve had a ton of people ask me about #ExtremeReunion… and I haven’t said a word about it. Not a word in advance. And certainly nothing to say about it now. I didn’t comment on TNA’s Hardcore Justice in advance, nor after the show, either. Nothing to say about that, either. I chose not to participate in either show, or any other attempt to re-live #ECW, so I don’t feel it would be right 4 me to comment on it.”

“If you’re involved, speak your mind. If you take a pass on something, STFU. Just another voice bitching with the rest. #NotMyStyle I haven’t done any conventions. No shoot tapes. No paid autograph signings. Nothing wrong with ’em. Just #NotMyStyle So … I have kept my mouth shut about #ExtremeReunion. I wasn’t there, so who am I to say anything?”

Heyman also commented news of him working with WWE on the upcoming CM Punk DVD project:

“I was interviewed for the Austin DVD. I’m honored 2b interviewed for the @CMpunk DVD as well”

* WWE DRAFT News, Former Superstar Wants To Return & Big Changes Coming To WWE

WWE Intercontinental champion Cody Rhodes recently spoke with the Toledo Free Press and spoke about a number of topics, including what it was like growing up the son of Dusty Rhodes, starting off his career as a referee and what he’s learned from John Cena. Here are some highlights of what Cody said about:

Growing Up The Son of Dusty Rhodes:

“For me, I didn’t really pick up on the fact that he was, like, Dusty Rhodes, until about the time that I was in middle school. For me, he was always just dad. He was retired, not really as heavily involved. We got outside of the suburbs a little bit, and through other friends of mine’s parents I figured out how much that he’d done in the wrestling industry. I’d been to a lot of shows where he was a prominent figure, but I didn’t know how much he had done, especially in the late ’80s.

Being a Wrestling Fan As A Kid:

“I was a fan, but I don’t think I knew how much of a fan I was.”

His Decision to Become a Wrestler When he was a Teen:

“It was hard for my mother to take, because I never explored the options of doing anything else. It was just like it was set in stone. I think that’s what made it worse for even her — she couldn’t even say anything to change my mind.”

Starting out as a Referee in Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling:

“For me, it was just as exciting as being the one wrestling. The referee has a lot of control that I don’t think a lot of people realize in the ring. And I got the same rush performing as I did as a referee, especially as a teen.”

Getting Experience At Ohio Valley Wrestling:

“I also got a very firm grasp on how big of a fan I was. I was told when I was going to Louisville that you’re gonna eat, sleep and breathe wrestling. And I thought I’d have some outside interests. And from the time I entered, I never had any outside interests. When we weren’t at [training], we were at somebody’s apartment, watching WWE 24/7. And when we weren’t there, we were eating, and I was learning about diet and training — that was something I never had any access to. My dad was not a body guy. And in this day and age, when a company has evolved to where a lot of the specimens you see on TV are carved from stone, that was all new to me.”

Learning from John Cena:

“I spent a year driving Cena around when I was on the Raw brand. The goal was to learn a lot about him, what he does in the ring, how he has gotten where he has gotten, but also to learn a lot about merchandising and marketing, pretty much all the things he does. And I’d say I learned a great deal on what it takes outside of the ring. He’s noted as being one of the most hard-working people in entertainment, and he is. If you want his job, you have to work as hard as he does. And it is much easier said than done.”

– John Cena is still advertised for this weekend’s RAW brand live events, despite his speech after Extreme Rules where he told fans he’ll be taking time off.

Cena is scheduled to face Mark Henry this weekend. The main events for the RAW house shows will see WWE Champion CM Punk defending against Chris Jericho.

– Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson turns 40 years old today. He was born on May 2nd, 1972. Happy birthday to The Rock!

The following are live notes from Tuesday’s WWE television tapings from Toledo, Ohio:

– Dean Ambrose won another dark match, defeating Ezekiel Jackson. Ambrose has been touring with WWE a lot lately and winning virtually all of his dark matches, a sign that he’s close to making his television debut.

– The following matches were taped for this week’s WWE NXT:

* Tyson Kidd and Alex Riley vs. JTG and Johnny Curtis

* Michael McGillicutty vs. Percy Watson

It had been rumored that new talent from FCW would debut on this week’s show, but that did not happen.

– The Great Khali vs. Jinder Mahal was taped for this week’s Superstars.

TNA taped next week’s May 10th episode of Impact Wrestling on Tuesday night from Orlando, Florida. Credit to PWInsider.com for these spoiler results:

* TNA champion Bobby Roode promo to open the show. He brags he will soon break the records and become the long reigning TNA champion of all time. Rob Van Dam, Ken Anderson and Jeff Hardy come out. Hulk Hogan announces a 4-Way Match with the winner earning something if they win. Anderson and Hardy would take RVD’s title shot if they win. If Roode wins then he chooses his opponent at Sacrifice. If RVD wins, then he gets to pick the stipulation for Sacrifice.

* Brooke Tessmacher defeated Velvet Sky but was laid out by Gail Kim.

* Matt Morgan was laid out on the way to the ring against Crimson by Bully Ray and was carried out. Crimson had the referee count Morgan out.

* TNA X-Division champion Austin Aries defeated Zema Ion,

* Kazarian and Daniels revealed their secret, which were photos of AJ Styles making out with Dixie Carter. Styles, who came out during the segment, was shocked.

* TNA TV champion Devon beat Robbie E.

* Joseph Park confronted Billy Ray but was punched and laid out.

* Rob Van Dam defeated Bobby Roode, Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy in a Four Way, then posed on top of a ladder, so we are getting a ladder match. Abyss emerged on the stage and cut a promo, announcing his return.

* JOHN MORRISON & Chris Masters In Talks With TNA, Hulk Hogan’s “New Concept” Revealed

WWE taped this week’s SmackDown on Tuesday night from Toledo, Ohio. Thanks to reader Mikel for the following live report:

Dark Match:

* Dean Ambrose defeated Ezekiel Jackson

SmackDown Results:

* SmackDown opens with World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus called out Daniel Bryan for a match. Sheamus beats Bryan by DQ when #1 contender Alberto Del Rio interfered. Bryan and Del Rio have words after the match.

* Trainers come out and check on Sheamus after he takes an armbar from Del Rio.

* WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and R-Truth defeated Hunico and Camacho. Abraham Washington, Rosa Mendes, Epico and Primo came out to watch the match from the stage.

* Brodus Clay defeats Jack Swagger by DQ after interference from Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler takes a big headbutt from Clay but they beat him down. Clay cleans house and chases them and Vickie Guerrero off.

* Randy Orton and Big Show vs. Kane and Cody Rhodes is announced for later tonight.

* Backstage segment with Daniel Bryan and Alberto Del Rio arguing about getting a title shot at Sheamus. Eve Torres appears and says she has to check with the doctors to see if Sheamus is able to compete.

* Damien Sandow vs. Derrick Bateman is up next. Sandow cuts a heel promo against the crowd and Bateman. He refuses to wrestle Bateman and walks out.

* Ryback comes out as the replacement and squashes Bateman.

* Randy Orton and Big Show beat Kane and Cody Rhodes. Show hit the WMD on Cody for the win.

* They re-tape Brodus Clay vs. Jack Swagger with Clay winning by count out.

* Layla defeated Natalya in a non-title match.

* Ricardo Rodriguez introduces Alberto Del Rio. He comes out to watch the main event of Bryan vs. Sheamus in the rematch from earlier, made by Eve. Sheamus comes out with his shoulder bandaged up. Sheamus beat Bryan with the Brogue Kick. Del Rio also interfered in this match.

– Monday’s RAW Supershow drew a 3.3 rating with 4,880,000 viewers. The show did hours of 3.41 and 3.27, so hour two lost viewership once again.

– As we’ve been reporting here on the site, Brock Lesnar did throw a tantrum backstage after Extreme Rules, f4wonline.com is reporting that it was partially a ‘work’ on the locker room as a way to convince people that Cena going over was the right decision. Lesnar was upset about the finish, but “some, if not most” of the situation was not entirely legitimate.

WWE tried to have word leak out on Monday that Lesnar had quit the company, likely to get the “dirt sheets” reporting it so people would be surprised when Lesnar showed up on RAW. However, by the time that this was going on, it was already out there that Lesnar was at the arena and going to be at RAW.

As seen on Monday’s RAW, Brock Lesnar was written off television with his WWE contract status “up in the air” following the attack on Triple H.  We reported on Monday that Brock Lesnar had a meltdown backstage after his loss to John Cena at Extreme Rules. Lesnar was said to be absolutely furious about John Cena’s post-match promo – because the original plan was for John Cena to get stretchered out and look “totally incapacitated” to  sell the beating he took from Lesnar during the match. Lesnar felt that he was made to look weak and WWE officials double crossed him.

WWE’s new mentality with Lesnar, according to f4wonline.com, is that he’s getting paid a ton of money to work a limited schedule – so he should be used to put over their top talents. People in Lesnar’s camp were under the impression that WWE might have been testing Lesnar by changing plans without telling him and having Cena deliver the post-match speech to the live crowd.

Lesnar went nuts backstage in front of everyone, tearing things up and throwing a tantrum. Lesnar specifically yelled at Marc Carano, the assistant to John Laurinaitis, about how things are a mess and “everything is wrong” in WWE. Some felt that part of the tantrum was just an act by Lesnar to show to the locker room that he has more power than WWE and can walk away any time he wants.

During his backstage rampage, Lesnar also suggested that Cena intentionally pulled down the top rope at Extreme Rules, causing him to nearly blow out his knee in the bad spot towards the end of the match where they both tumbled out to the floor. Despite what Lesnar said about Cena pulling down the rope, Lesnar and Cena are believed to be on good terms and this could have also been Lesnar being overly dramatic and worked up.

Lesnar relationship with WWE remains complicated. WWE is going to have their hands full over the next year booking Lesnar due to his contract, which only requires limited appearances.

Following Lesnar’s attack on Triple H, it appears WWE is building towards a match between the two at SummerSlam. After that, Lesnar will almost certainly work the remaining “big” pay-per-views (Survivor Series, Royal Rumble) leading up to WrestleMania 29, which is will be his final match with the company.

– As you can imagine, there is major heat on Rey Mysterio right now for his latest Wellness Policy violation. People are in disbelief that Mysterio is getting paid big money to sit at home while recovering from his latest injury – yet he reportedly came up positive for a narcotic drug.

Some people think that Kevin Nash’s recent tweet about a friend being released from WWE was referencing Rey Mysterio, but at this time, there has been no official announcement about him being released. He is currently serving a 60 day suspension and will be cleared to return to the ring at the end of May.

– A major error occurred on Monday’s RAW. Chris Jericho was supposed to defeat Big Show by count out in the Beat the Clock Challenge match, but the referee messed up the  count. While Jericho was going to win by 1 second, the plan all along was for Daniel Bryan to win the series and challenge CM Punk for the WWE Title.

– As noted several months ago here on the website, Jim Neidhart had a hearing on April 12th and was sent to jail, where he has remained since then. Neidhart will soon be heading to the Salvation Army in Tampa, FL for a substance abuse in-house rehab program.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

It was announced early this week that Chris Jericho’s heavy metal band FOZZY will be performing on the upcoming Rockstar Uproar Tour, which takes place from August 15th through September 30th. One of the tour dates is August 19th, the night of SummerSlam.

During a recent red carpet interview at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards, Jericho revealed that he’ll be taking a break from WWE soon to tour with Fozzy this summer.

While WWE’s live events page still lists Chris Jericho on the SummerSlam preview page, it remains to be seen if he will appear on the card.

Jericho is not currently advertised for any shows (with the exception of SummerSlam) from August until the RAW Supershow on October 1st from the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, OK. He is also advertised for the WWE overseas tour which starts in late October.

That said, there’s a good chance that Chris Jericho will be written off WWE television prior to August 15th and eventually return to WWE full time this fall.

WWE will tape this week’s SmackDown and NXT shows tonight from Toledo, Ohio.

NXT: Redemption will continue tonight with week 61. Matt Striker announced last week’s that we’ll likely see several new talents debut from WWE developmental. No word yet on which wrestlers are getting called up, but we’ll have NXT/SmackDown spoilers up tonight.

As for SmackDown, this week’s show will feature World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus and Randy Orton teaming up against Kane and Daniel Bryan.

Also advertised for Friday’s SmackDown are appearances from #1 contender Alberto Del Rio as well as Christian. It’s worth noting that Christian was advertised for last week’s SmackDown and did not appear, but there were reports that WWE decided to hold off until after Extreme Rules to feature Christian’s return, so he will likely appear.