Dustin Rhodes lost to Jake Hager last night at AEW Revolution. Following the match, Rhodes spoke to the media backstage at Chicago’s Wintrust Arena. During the post-event media scrum, Rhodes announced that he is moving to the tag team division. He also announced QT Marshall as his new partner.

“I’m a little bit upset right now, not going to lie about,” Dustin said backstage.

“I think it may be time for me to reach out and take a partner, for a little while,” Rhodes continued. “QT Marshall has been there with the Nightmare Family for quite some time and I want to give him a chance.”

“You are going to be seeing a lot of us together. It’s going to help my body tremendously.”

Dustin then said they have a secret weapon and that weapon is Brandi Rhodes.

“Brandi will also be there as our manager and help us on our path,” Dustin continued.

“The Natural Nightmares maybe,” Dustin said regarding a possible team name.

Rhodes and Marshall teamed up recently on AEW Dark and defeated the team of Peter Avalon and Shawn Spears.

Dustin’s post-event media scrum can be viewed below:

Tony Khan addressed his wrestlers appearing for New Japan Pro Wrestling during last night’s post-event media scrum.

“We all definitely watch a lot of New Japan in this room. I think they are a great company and a lot of my people have worked shows there and I have no problem with guys – as long as its not interfering on a regular basis with what we do on Wednesdays and with our PPVs, guys working there. That’s some of the flexibility we have. Can’t have it all the time but I think it’s been fine for me, it doesn’t really bother me.”

Khan continued to talk more about NJPW.

“Hasn’t really been a 2-way street,” Khan continued. “Haven’t seen a lot of their guys here. Don’t hear from them often but if you guys are watching this you’re welcome for all the great stuff I’ve done for you and if you’d ever like to send somebody here to do work, I would treat them respectfully like you’ve treated my guys because generally when my people worked there you’ve done right by them. You being New Japan.”

Khan’s post-event media scrum can be viewed in its entirety in the player below:

Jon Moxley is the new AEW World Champion. He defeated Chris Jericho for the title at AEW Revolution last night from Chicago’s Wintrust Arena. Moxley spoke to reporters following last night’s event and spoke about what the win means to him.

“I’m feeling pretty f***ing about it, to be honest with you,” Moxley said when asked about his decision to come to AEW to kick off the scrum.

“That feeling of satisfaction of piece of work, that artistic satisfaction. 8 weeks of beginning to end, a piece of work. It’s like popping f***ing bubble wrap, it’s so satisfying. It’s why we do this and to be standing there in an arena full of thousands of of people and they’re so happy. They’ve been on the ride, they’ve been on the journey. It’s like a painting I can hang on my wall and always look at.”

Moxley also spoke about conversations he had a year ago discussing what the goal of AEW was to be.

“Pro-wrestling, I’m telling you it works. It’s like Mac and Cheese, it always works, it’s always good and we’ve brought that back to the people.”

Moxley also suggested during the interview that he might not want Cody to adhere to the stipulation that he can never challenge for the world title again.

“I’m not playing that game, I’m not going to live in a world where ‘oh you beat everybody except for Cody because he had the thing with MJF.’ If he feels he can beat me, he better damn sure expect to get in the ring with me and we’re going to wave the little rule.”

“If he thinks he can beat me, I insist that he give it a try.”

Moxley’s full media scrum can be viewed in the player below:

Tony Khan spoke to members of the media last night following AEW Revolution from Chicago. Khan spoke on a number of issues including his role

• Khan noted that while there have been reports that his role on the creative team has increased in recent weeks, he’s always been the final say. He is the filter because there are so many ideas from wrestlers that you can’t do them all.
• The word “War Games” will not be used in relation to the 2-ring event on March 25th, 2020. The term they are using is “Blood and Guts Match.”
• Had mixed feelings toward Cody’s neck tattoo. It could be a hindrance if he wants certain acting roles, however, but said it works great if Cody just wants to be a “badass wrestler.”
• Khan would like to keep All Out in Chicago, says the market has been great for them.
• They are trying to hit different markets for Dynamite but moving it internationally could be tough because of time zones and wanting to keep the show live.
• Colt Cabana has signed. He is coming in as a wrestler, announcer, and coach. He also has the ability to work other places as well.
• No update on negotiations with Jeff Cobb but talks are ongoing.
• Awesome Kong helps to produce the women’s matches but is currently filming the final season of Netflix’s GLOW.
• He checks in with TNT from time to time when there are ideas that are little “out there” but they have been very supportive.
• Khan described the Dark Order has a “huge evil corporation” and said it is really developing into something he thinks fans will like. He would not speculate or comment on Matt Hardy, however.
• He said everyone at AEW watches a lot of NJPW and he has no problem with his guys working there. He noted that it hasn’t been a 2-way street with them, however.

• Tony Khan On Possibly Moving Dynamite To Monday Nights

Khan’s post-event media scrum can be viewed in its entirety in the player below:

Cody Rhodes debuted a new neck tattoo before yesterday’s AEW Revolution PPV. The tattoo has drawn strong reactions, both positive and negative, from fans.

AEW posted the following closer look at Cody’s new ink:

Brandi Rhodes was asked about the tattoo during the post-event media scrum last night. The former leader of the Nightmare Collective is not a fan of Cody’s new ink.

“I’m the one person that doesn’t like the neck tattoo, I don’t like it,” Brandi said. “I’ve said it, there it is.”

“I know a lot of wives like to be really hands-on,” Brandi said. “My husband makes his own decisions. He’s allowed to make his own decisions. So, if I decided to do something crazy, he can just let me make my own decisions.”

Brian Pillman Jr. offered up an interesting reason as to why Cody put the tattoo in a hard-to-cover place.

GoFundMe Started For Cody’s Tattoo Removal

Some feel so strongly about Cody’s tattoo that they have started a GoFundMe to have it removed.

“Cody just unveiled a horrible tattoo on AEW Revolution. The tattoo clearly was a major factor in him losing his match against MJF, and it’s just really really ugly. I’m sure Cody is embarrassed and probably regrets it.  Let’s raise some money so Cody can afford to get it removed,” a description of the GoFundMe readds.

Bray Wyatt lost the WWE Universal Championship to Goldberg at Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia. The last time Wyatt had been in the country he defeated Seth Rollins for the same championship. Wyatt recently reacted to his title loss to Goldberg on social media.

Wyatt also responded to a fan on Twitter asking if WWE is trying to kill its characters:

Earlier this morning, Wyatt offered up the following:

Wyatt has hinted that we might be entering “Chapter 4” of his story:

He also responded to a fan on Twitter who was confused as to why the Fiend wants to face Cena at WrestleMania.

Wyatt is likely referring to the fact that John Cena defeated Bray Wyatt at Wyatt’s first-ever WrestleMania. They met in single’s action at WrestleMania 30 in 2014 with Cena coming out the winner.

Bray Wyatt vs John Cena – Head-to-Head Statistics

Single’s matches:

John Cena leads 3-1

1. WrestleMania 30: John Cena defeated Bray Wyatt
2. Extreme Rules 2014: Bray Wyatt defeated John Cena (Steel Cage)
3. Payback 2014: John Cena defeated Bray Wyatt (Last Man Standing)
4. Monday Night RAW 8/25/14: John Cena defeated Bray Wyatt via DQ

Multi-Person Matches:

Bray Wyatt leads 2-1-1

1. Money in the Bank 2014: John Cena defeated Alberto Del Rio and Bray Wyatt and Cesaro and Kane and Randy Orton and Roman Reigns and Sheamus (This match was a MITB match but with the World Heavyweight Title on the line as opposed to the briefcase.)
2. Smackdown 7/26/16: Dolph Ziggler defeated AJ Styles and Apollo Crews and Baron Corbin and Bray Wyatt and John Cena (6-Pack Challenge)
3. Elimination Chamber 2017: Bray Wyatt defeated AJ Styles and Baron Corbin and Dean Ambrose and John Cena (c) and The Miz (Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship)
4. Smackdown 2/14/17: Bray Wyatt (c) defeated John Cena and AJ Styles (WWE Title – triple threat)

King Corbin lost a steel cage match to Roman Reigns at Super ShowDown on Thursday in Saudi Arabia. According to Corbin, however, his elaborate entrance on the show contributed to his loss.

Corbin offered up an excuse on social media recently for the loss that is similar to the one offered up by Deontay Wilder recently in regards to his loss to Tyson Fury.

Corbin posted the following to social media in regards to his loss to Roman Reigns:

Meanwhile, Deontay Wilder offered up the following excuse for his loss to Tyson Fury:

“He didn’t hurt me at all, but the simple fact is, Kevin, that my uniform was way too heavy for me,” Wilder said to Yahoo Sports. “I didn’t have no legs from the beginning of the fight. In the third round, my legs were just shot all the way through.”

Speaking of the costume, Wilder also had the following to say:

“I was only able to put it on [for the first time] the night before, but I didn’t think it was going to be that heavy. It weighed 40, 40-some pounds with the helmet and all the batteries. I wanted my tribute to be great for Black History Month. I wanted it to be good and I guess I put that before anything.”

Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley will face each other in the main event of AEW Revolution with the world title on the line. According to comments Jericho recently made to SI.com, Jericho is the one who recruited Moxley to come to AEW.

“I recruited him,” Jericho said of Moxley. “I don’t even think he knew what AEW was at that point. He is a guy that I knew would be big for us, but I never expected he would be this different, and I mean that in a good way. This is not the guy who was Dean Ambrose. Dean Ambrose is a f—ing nothing compared to this guy. There is a fire inside of him, a creativity, he’s free.”

Jericho then said it is his job as AEW champion to help create new stars.

“This is my job as champion. I make stars. I’m already a star. Mox is a star. This company may have started on my back, but six months later it’s now on a bunch of backs, and that was the idea.”

Jericho would then continue to talk about other members of the AEW roster who he feels he has helped elevate.

“Jungle Boy. Scorpio Sky. MJF’s promo against Jericho. I heard, ‘MJF held his own! He might have even been better than Jericho!’ Gee, you think so? Who wanted it that way? Cody is another guy who’s been a completely different performer.”

Jericho also noted during the interview that while he had nothing to do with it, Hangman Page has become a different performer over the months that Dynamite has been on the air.

“I had nothing to do with this one, but look at Hangman from when we worked in August until now. He’s a totally different guy. That, to me, is why this is working so well. Everybody is starting to grow.”

The full interview with Chris Jericho can be read here.

Tito Ortiz defeated Alberto “El Patron” Rodriguez in December for Combates Americas. The fight result was briefly changed to a no-contest earlier this week, however. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation briefly changed the fight result to a no-contest pending an investigation.

• Alberto El Patron vs Tito Ortiz Fight Result Changed

The department issued a statement to MMA JUnkie recently stating its reasons for the investigation.

“A urine sample provided by Jacob ‘Tito’ Christopher Ortiz on Dec. 7, 2019, at the Combate Americas MMA event showed a potentially disqualifying substance that Ortiz claimed was prescribed by a physician,” the statement reads. “Pending the outcome of the TDLR inquiry into whether the substance was indeed prescribed by a physician, TDLR marked the fight results as ‘No Contest.’ TDLR confirmed with the physician that the item was prescribed to Ortiz. TDLR has reinstated Ortiz’s victory in the Dec. 7 bout.”

The fight result has now officially been changed back to a 1st round submission victory for Ortiz. The win is Ortiz’s 3rd in a row having defeated Chael Sonnen and his longtime rival Chuck Liddell in his previous two fights. Ortiz has also been spotted recently training at the WWE Performance Center though he has not signed with the company.

• Backstage Update On Tito Ortiz Visiting WWE Performance Center

Macaulay Culkin has been a wrestling fan for a very long time. He was shown in the live crowd at WrestleMania VII just months after Home Alone became a smash hit in movie theaters. Culkin has attended numerous other wrestling events in the nearly 30 years since as well but he won’t be attending WrestleMania 36 in Tampa Bay this year.

• Macaulay Culkin Cancels WrestleMania Plans Following Super ShowDown

Culkin made a comment in reply to a Twitter thread about the Goldberg vs Fiend match at Super ShowDown that he has canceled his plans to attend WrestleMania 36 in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Goldberg evidently became aware of Culkin’s comment and decided to send him a message on Twitter in response.

Culkin only had one request for Goldberg:

Goldberg then issued another response to Culkin:

Macaulay Culkin At Bar Wrestling

Culkin is the host of the Bunny Ears podcast. The podcast features notable guests such as Tony Hawk, Bob Saget, Andy Richtor, and more. Culkin has also been involved in wrestling at the independent level. He interfered in a match for Joey Ryan’s Bar Wrestling and used many tactics his character from Home Alone once did to fend off a pair of would-be burglars.

Arn Anderson is Cody Rhodes’ manager in AEW and has been by his side in recent weeks as Cody prepares to face MJF at Revolution. Anderson discussed the upcoming match on his podcast recently along with Conrad Thompson.

Anderson first addressed the fans who thought he would turn on Cody on the Dynamite show from Atlanta.

“Ever since day one when Cody decided he was going to solicit my services as a coach, a fair share of people have been waiting for the other shoe to drop. Never trust an Anderson, Cody you know what he did to your Dad, you know what he did to your brother, you can’t trust him, God knows it’s going to go down in Atlanta and it didn’t. So, I’m very happy to say that I told people in advance, this is a new day, this is a new thought process. Cody didn’t offer me a job. He didn’t give me a job. I don’t need a job and I don’t want a job.”

During the cage match last Wednesday, it appeared as though Anderson considered closing the cage door on Cody but then hit MJF with the door instead.

Arn Anderson Talks Cody vs MJF

“One of the mistakes that Cody made is one that a lot of men make. When he agreed to the 10 lashes, he let his ego do his thinking.”

“That would have been a good time to ask me what I thought,” Anderson continued.

Anderson also spoke about what fans can expect between Cody and MJF on Saturday.

“This is just going to be a wrestling match and it’s going to be a – hey, who has more talent? Who doesn’t blow a gasket and get off his gameplan? We’ve got to account for the big guy on the outside because what we did find out in Atlanta is the guy is a monster.”

Anderson’s comments can be heard in the player below:

Cody Rhodes says that while AEW has never designated one event as its most important, Revolution may end up being the promotion’s WrestleMania level event. The AEW EVP spoke with Newsweek about the upcoming PPV.

“A lot of people ask us, ‘What’s your WrestleMania? What’s your big event?’ We’ve never designated one event as the big event out of our four pay-per-views,” said Rhodes. “But just kind of going with what my gut is feeling and seeing the marketing element, the thematic element, the staging element, I think Revolution may end up being the big one.”

Revolution marks the fourth and final pay-per-view of All Elite Wrestling’s quarterly PPV calendar. The current roster of AEW pay-per-view events includes Double or Nothing, All Out, Full Gear and Revolution. The promotion also holds occasional ‘special events’ including shows like Fyter Fest, Fight for the Fallen, Bash at the Beach and the Jericho Cruise.

Cody is scheduled to take on Maxwell Jacob Friedman Saturday night in Chicago. The relationship between the former close friends imploded at Full Gear (November 2019) when MJF threw in the towel while in Cody’s corner for his title match against Chris Jericho. The action not only cost Cody the match but also the ability to ever challenge for the AEW World title again.

“If I’m wrong,” Cody continued, “that means one of the others is the big one, so it’s OK. But I have just such a good feeling about February 29th.”

• Cody On If Dusty Rhodes Would Have Left NXT For AEW

Head over to Newsweek.com to check out their full interview with Cody Rhodes.

Below, you can catch up on the entire rivalry between Cody and MJF.

There are currently 3 WWE Superstars who could be back from long-term injuries shortly. According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Nia Jax, Jeff Hardy, and Lars Sullivan could all be back soon.

Jeff Hardy was backstage at the recent Smackdown in Glendale, Arizona. He is due to be back from knee surgery at any point. He has been on the shelf since April. Hardy and his brother Matt had been the Smackdown tag team champions when Hardy was injured shortly after WrestleMania. They were forced to vacate the titles. Jeff has had additional time added to his WWE contract due to injuries as well, which is why Matt’s contract is up on March 1st and Jeff is still under contract past that time.

Nia Jax also went on the shelf in April of last year. She had double knee surgery that was expected to take her out of action until early 2020. She’s expected back shortly as well.

Lars Sullivan went down with a knee injury in June and was estimated to be back in 6-9 months. That put his return scheduled for some time around January – March 2020. So, he is due to be cleared for a return shortly. Sullivan was fined $100,000 by the company last year after offensive message board posts from years ago resurfaced and garnered a strong reaction from fans.

• Jeff Hardy Was Backstage At SmackDown This Week

WrestleMania 36 will take place on April 5th, 2020 from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida. The lineup for the show is said to have been in a state of flux over the last few weeks, however.

2 news matches have been added to the planned lineup. These include Otis taking on Dolph Ziggler and a women’s tag titles match pitting the Kabuki Warriors against Natalya and Beth Phoenix.

According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, here is what is currently planned for WrestleMania. Please note that plans for these matches could be changed.

Planned Matches:

1. WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar (c) vs Drew McIntyre
2. Universal Championship: Goldberg (c) vs Roman Reigns
3. John Cena vs Bray Wyatt
4. Edge vs Randy Orton
5. Undertaker vs AJ Styles
6. RAW Women’s Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs Shayna Baszler
7. NXT Women’s Championship: Rhea Ripley (c) vs Charlotte Flair
8. WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs Natalya & Beth Phoenix
9. Otis vs Dolph Ziggler
10. Men’s Battle Royal
11. Women’s Battle Royal

5 additional matches to be added:

• A match involving Seth Rollins
• A Smackdown Women’s title match
• Intercontinental title match
• Smackdown tag team titles match
• A U.S title match

The report would continue to say there have been rumors of Tyson Fury coming in after his victory over Deontay Wilder but they are nothing more than rumors at this point.

Goldberg defeated Bray Wyatt’s “Fiend” at Super ShowDown yesterday to win the WWE Universal Championship. The match result has garnered strong reactions from fans and those in the wrestling industry. Booker T took to his radio show recently to give his thoughts on the matter.

“Always expect the unexpected,” Booker said in a Macho Man voice. “Anything can happen in WWE. My thing is, I didn’t think this was going to happen either, I didn’t see this happening.”

Booker continued to say that he felt there was an opportunity for a big “moment” to occur in Saudi Arabia but he wasn’t sure exactly what that would be.

Booker then talked about a potential Roman Reigns vs Goldberg match at WrestleMania. He joked that it would be “old spear” versus “new spear” and that they should work in a little “Shakespeare.”

“I like it because my thing is right here, how else were we going to get the belt off the Fiend?” Booker said about Wyatt losing.

“Who else taking the title off the Fiend would have been better than Goldberg?” Booker asked. His co-host, Brad Gilmore, suggested Roman Reigns may have been better.

“What is better, Roman conquering the Fiend? Or Roman conquering Goldberg?” Booker questioned.

“One thing about Goldberg is, the guy still has his fans,” Booker concluded about Goldberg.

“People know every time they see Goldberg, it could be the last time, so just savor the flavor,” he continued.

Booker’s comments can be heard in the below YouTube video:

Kenny Omega is often cited as one of the best pro-wrestlers going today. Some even offer higher-praise to the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

During a discussion with Jonathan Snowden of Bleacher Report, the AEW World Tag Team Champion discussed his process of putting the matches together that his fanbase enjoys so much.

“A lot of wrestlers are wrestling fans at heart,” Omega said. “I’m not necessarily a fan [of wrestling] anymore. I’m a fan of TV dramas, I’m a fan of video games, and I’m a fan of movies. I like the way that those forms of media are laid out to attract the fan. That’s my study material for how I put together a storyline or a match.”

Kenny Omega On His Unique Wrestling Style

Omega continued to say his matches are more about putting together a story than doing cool moves or his athletic ability.

“Yes, I’m athletic and I can do cool moves and I try to be original with the way I perform them, but I feel the way that I put things together is different from the average wrestler because the average wrestler is just that: He’s just a wrestler. He’s a wrestler who wants to be a wrestler. I am wrestling as a job but trying to tell human stories to pull at your heartstrings.”

Omega would also continue to talk about how he is not a typical “wrestler’s wrestler” but that’s not what he’s trying to do.

“There’s no Kenny Omega copy-and-paste formula. It’s all different. It’s difficult and very mentally draining, and because I do that, maybe it makes me not a true wrestler’s wrestler. What I am trying to do is not attract the wrestler’s wrestling fan; I’m trying to open up the world to what wrestling can be and show there is no limitation to what wrestling can be.”

Omega is currently 1/2 of the AEW tag team champions along with Adam “Hangman” Page. They will take on the Young Bucks with the titles on the line at Revolution.

The full interview can be found here.

Cody Rhodes was a guest this week on the official AEW podcast, AEW Unrestricted. During the conversation, Cody spoke about the first time he met Tony Khan, liking both Star Wars and Star Trek, his best wrestling trainers, the AEW creative process and more.

“The first time I feel like I really met (Tony Khan), because we had passed each other a few times, I’d even seen him backstage at WWE, but the first time I think I really met him was when I went to a Jags game and I watched the game from the owner’s box and he came up in the middle of the game to talk to us and I got to see how he kind of runs the infrastructure he’s responsible for there, and I was so impressed,” Cody said.

Cody On His Best Pro Wrestling Trainers

He also noted that Robert Gibson was one of his two best wrestling trainers. The other trainer was an acting coach he had in Los Angeles. Cody had hoped to become an actor during a period when he thought he was too small to be a wrestler. He noted that much of what he learned in the acting class he felt was applicable to pro-wrestling. Cody would continue to say that Dusty brought this acting coach into NXT as well.

Cody On AEW’s Creative Process

“The creative process is what we promised people,” Cody said. “It really is different flavors and a different variety.”

“Matt, Nick, Kenny, myself and Tony, the best parallel I can think of is like a band. Everybody plays a different instrument, everybody thinks they’re the lead singer too but if somebody brings a song, you do everything you can… it may not be from your heart and soul but you want to see their process on it, you want to support their process.”

He continued to talk about how the Young Bucks are very fourth-wall poking, Kenny loves Japanese style wrestling and Cody loves old southern wrestling. Cody also said that Tony seems to like everything.

On Star Wars vs Star Trek

Cody also spoke about his love of both Star Wars and Star Trek. Aubrey Edwards pointed out that some feel it’s not okay to like both.

“Star Wars is for everybody, Star Trek is for smart people,” Cody said. “It’s a completely different show and the fact that they were ever compared is so bizarre because one is Camelot and King Arthur and vast legendary fiction and then the other one is the concept of this utopia that happens.”

Cody also found a way to compare Mick Foley to Captain Picard during this part of the conversation.

A link to the full podcast can be found here.

Goldberg will face Bray Wyatt for the Universal Championship in Saudi Arabia today at Super ShowDown. He spoke to SI.com recently about what he hopes to achieve with his performance on today’s show.

“I need to erase my last performance here, first and foremost,” said Goldberg, speaking from Saudi Arabia in reference to his match against Undertaker last fall. “I knocked myself out 30 seconds into the match, and I performed like a school child. That’s one of the reasons I’m back, and this is my opportunity to do it.”

Goldberg continued to say that he still wants to wrestle but his internal athletic clock is ticking.

“My internal clock is ticking, and I don’t know when it’s going to stop in terms of my ability to put these boots on and continue to do what I used to do. And when I’m posed with a challenge, I’m a defensive lineman, I don’t turn it down.”

Goldberg On Still Wanting To Wrestle

He would also talk about having a responsibility to his fans to be the same athlete he used to be.

“This is still a passion of mine,” said Goldberg, whose gratitude and appreciation for pro wrestling continues to reach heights he never imagined. “I also have a responsibility to my fans, who still believe in me to go out there and be the same machine I used to be, so I’m going to go out there and do it.”

Goldberg also spoke about experiencing the culture in Saudi Arabia. He told a story about another time he was in the country for a car show and meeting people from the country.

“I was here in November for a car show, and I was able to stay for a much longer stretch and experience the people from a different perspective. I met a little boy and girl, and that meeting brought me to tears. They were two beautiful, innocent children, no different from children anywhere else in the world. Experiencing it for myself, the people I’ve met here are gracious and kind.”

The full interview can be read here.

Jon Moxley has a chance to win the AEW World Championship on Saturday at Revolution from Chris Jericho. Moxley recently commented to Sportskeeda that winning the AEW title would be a better feeling than when he won the WWE Championship in 2016.

“This, I feel, will be a far greater feeling,” Moxley said. “You know this is me, on my own, doing things my way. Totally different situation. Not even a comparable situation – as good as a night as that was.” 

Under the name Dean Ambrose, he won the WWE title at Money in the Bank 2016. He first won the MITB briefcase and then cashed it in later that night on Seth Rollins who had just defeated Roman Reigns for the belt.

“Chris Jericho is arguably hotter than he’s ever been, and that’s really saying something considering Chris Jericho’s career. I think he’s not just trying to be good every week he’s trying to be the greatest of all time. And like I said I’ve been running through competition; killing dudes – You’re getting the best version of Chris Jericho and the best version of Jon Moxley at the same time and something’s gotta give, somebody’s gotta go down,” Moxley said.

The full interview with Jon Moxley can be read here.

The topic of inter-gender pro-wrestling is talked about much these days. Inter-gender amateur wrestling has been a less frequent topic of conversation. Teen wrestling standout Heaven Fitch may have just changed all that, however. Last weekend, the high school junior won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) state wrestling championships in the 106lbs division while competing against male wrestlers.

“I just wrestled my best, and I kind of dominated the match, if I’m being honest,” Fitch said. The teenager says she has been wrestling since she was 6 years old after watching her older brothers compete in tournaments.

“(My parents) didn’t want me to wrestle,” Fitch said regarding her decision to wrestle. “I’m pretty sure it was because they didn’t want me to get hurt. But I would just be like, ‘Well, if they can do it, then I should be able to do it.'”

The NCHSAA stated to media that they have roughly 300 females involved in amateur wrestling and that number is growing.

Highlights of Heaven Fitch winning and becoming the first-ever female wrestler to win an individual wrestling state championship can be viewed in the Tweet below:

• Naomi & Bayley Talk Wearing Abayas and Wrestling In Saudi Arabia

Tito Ortiz seemingly defeated Alberto “El Patron” Rodriguez (aka Alberto Del Rio) at a Combate Americas event on December 7th, 2019. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has recently changed the result of the fight to a no-contest, however.

It is not clear what has led to the department changing the result of the fight. An ongoing investigation is said to be taking place, however. Combates Americas have said they are in fact-finding mode at the moment regarding the department’s decision.

Tito Ortiz vs Alberto El Patron Fight Result Changed

For Ortiz, the victory over Alberto had been his 3rd straight win. He defeated longtime rival and MMA legend, Chuck Liddell, in November of 2018 and Chael Sonnen in 2017.

For Alberto, this was his first MMA fight in many years. The 42-year-old now holds a 9-5-1 professional MMA record. Perhaps Alberto’s most famous fight was a loss to Mirko “Cro Cop” Filopivich in 2003 at Pride Bushido 1.

Tito Ortiz is said to be have been training at the WWE Performance Center recently. The 45-year-old is not currently signed to the company, however.

• Backstage Update On Tito Ortiz Visiting WWE Performance Center

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross are currently a tag team on WWE programming. They defeated the Iiconics to win the WWE Women’s tag team championships last August. Cross and Bliss would drop the belts to the current champions, the Kabuki Warriors, at the Hell in a Cell PPV last October.

Alexa Bliss spoke with Metro in the UK about wanting the women’s tag belts to play a more prominent role at WrestleMania this year.

“I would love for us to go for the tag team championships again. We’re establishing the women’s tag division still, and there’s no better place to showcase the titles than at WrestleMania!” Bliss said.

She would continue to say that WrestleMania is the perfect spotlight for the women’s tag team division.

“I think our women’s tag division has some of the most talented women on the roster, you just don’t see that because the tag division is so new and it’s not getting as big of a spotlight. But it’s just a matter of time because the titles are so new, and I think WrestleMania is the perfect spotlight for it!”

Alexa Bliss On Being A Babyface

Bliss also spent some time during the interview speaking about the difference between being a babyface and heel in WWE.

“It’s been very interesting, being the bad guy for six years and then all of a sudden being told, ‘Oh you’re a good guy,'” Bliss added. “So I’m definitely working on getting rid of those bad guy tendencies – it’s still in my nature to scream at the ref and throw a temper tantrum in the ring, but hopefully I can gear it towards another direction!”

One thing she noted is that now that she is a babyface, it’s okay for her to laugh while in character.

“A lot of times I just don’t keep a straight face,” she admitted. “When I was a bad guy, I used to have to keep a straight face all the time, even when stuff was funny.”

The full interview with Alexa Bliss can be read here.

WWE has added three matches to the Super ShowDown event tomorrow from Saudi Arabia. The promotion announced the additions to tomorrow’s lineup on today’s episode of The Bump.

Dolph Ziggler versus Mansoor has been added to the lineup tomorrow. At the last Super Showdown event from Saudi Arabia in 2019, Mansoor won a 50 man battle royal as the live crowd cheered him on. Mansoor will have another chance at this year’s event to make an impact when he takes on a former world heavyweight champion in Dolph Ziggler.

A rematch from this Monday night Raw show will also take place tomorrow in Saudi Arabia. Angel Garza will take on his cousin Humberto Carrillo in singles competition. When these two met on Monday night, Garza was able to score the victory with a clever pinning combination.

The third match added to tomorrow’s event from Saudi Arabia will see the Viking Raiders take on Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. Anderson and Gallows have been successful at Saudi Arabia events in the past, previously winning a tag team gauntlet match which saw them declared the best tag team in the world.

• Video: The Undertaker Arrives in Saudi Arabia for WWE Super ShowDown

Final Card for WWE Super ShowDown

Here is the updated lineup for tomorrow’s Super ShowDown:

• Smackdown Tag Team Championships: New Day (c) vs John Morrison & the Miz
• WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar (c) vs Ricochet
• Universal Championship: Bray Wyatt (c) vs Bill Goldberg
• Steel Cage: Roman Reigns vs King Corbin
• Tuwaiq Trophy: Gauntlet Match: Andrade vs. AJ Styles vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Erick Rowan vs. R-Truth vs. Rey Mysterio
• Smackdown Women’s Championship: Bayley (c) vs Naomi
• RAW Tag Team Championships: Seth Rollins & Buddy Murphy (c) vs the Street Profits
• Mansoor vs Dolph Ziggler
• The Viking Raiders vs the OC
• Angel Garza vs Humberto Carrillo

Naomi and Bayley spoke with the National.AE ahead of their match for the Smackdown Women’s title tomorrow in Saudi Arabia. Naomi defeated Carmella on Smackdown last week to earn the title opportunity. The match will be the second-ever featuring women wrestlers to occur on a WWE show in Saudi Arabia. Natalya and Lacey Evans wrestled at Crown Jewel on October 31st, 2019.

Both wrestlers spoke about wearing abayas while in the country.

“Actually Nattie gave me a couple to bring on the way here and I’ve really been enjoying them. I love them. It’s awesome,” said Naomi about the long garments which are generally worn over clothing and designed to cover the body but leave the face exposed.

“Nattie let me borrow one of her abayas,” said Bayley. “She was messaging us beforehand like ‘hey this what you get to wear over there’, and just helping us with how to prepare.”

“She was saying how much of a beautiful experience it will be,” Bayley continued to say of Natalya.

Both Naomi and Bayley also spoke about making history with women’s wrestling in Saudi Arabia.

“Since I’ve joined the WWE, we’ve always had the idea of changing the perception of women’s wrestling,” Bayley said. “In Saudi, I think we want to change the perception of women in all sports and what women are capable of. It means a lot.” 

“It’s a win-win for me to even be here and have this opportunity,” Naomi said. “Whether I win or lose, I will not walk away feeling like I lost out on anything because I’m super proud and happy to be here and see the progress that’s happening and be a part of that.”

The full interview can be read here.

For the first time ever, two female wrestlers will face each other with the Impact Wrestling World Championship at stake. Impact has recently announced that Tessa Blanchard will defend her Impact World Champion against Tessa Blanchard on next week’s show on AXS TV.

Valkyrie interfered in the closing moments of Tessa Blanchard’s X-Division title match against Ace Austin this week on AXS. Blanchard had defeated Austin at Sacrifice over the weekend and had been awarded a shot at X-Division gold as a result.

Tessa Blanchard vs Taya Valkyrie Head-to-Head Statistics

Taya Valkyrie holds a 6-2 record over Tessa Blanchard in single’s matches. She is 4-1 against Blanchard in matches that took place in Impact Wrestling.

1. 1/25/18 PWR: Taya Valkyrie defeated Tessa Blanchard
2. 3/8/18 Bar Wrestling: Taya Valkyrie defeated Tessa Blanchard
3. 10/14/18 Impact: Tessa Blanchard (c) defeated Taya Valkyrie (Bound For Glory 2018)
4. 10/16/18: Impact: Taya Valkyrie defeated Tessa Blanchard (c) via DQ
5. 1/6/19 Impact: Taya Valkyrie defeated Tessa Blanchard (c) – New Champion
6. 1/12/19 Impact: Taya Valkyrie (c) defeated Tessa Blanchard (Street Fight)
7. 1/18/19 PCW: Tessa Blanchard (c) defeated Taya Valkyrie
8. 9/15/19 AAA/Impact: Taya Valkyrie defeated Tessa Blanchard (c) (New Reina de Reinas Champion)

• Impact Wrestling Results and Takeaways (2/25/20)