Becky Lynch has revealed nixed plans for a return at WrestleMania 37.
Lynch ended up making her surprise return at WWE SummerSlam. She replaced Sasha Banks to challenge Bianca Belair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. Lynch won the title in under 30 seconds after nailing Belair with a cheap shot following by a pump handle slam for the win.
Lynch had been out of action due to her pregnancy. She quickly found herself hitting the gym and getting back in shape. In fact, “The Man” revealed to talkSPORT’s Alex McCarthy that she was even set to make her return at WrestleMania inside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida back in April.
Becky Lynch just told me she was originally good to go for WrestleMania and it was discussed she’d face Bayley.
That didn’t happen (obviously) and then she was meant to return in October before WWE called her the week of SummerSlam.
Ultimately, Becky Lynch didn’t appear at “The Grandest Stage of Them All.” Bayley didn’t even have a match at the PPV. Instead, she was involved in multiple segments on the show before being made to look like a fool courtesy of the Bella Twins.
Becky is currently embracing the role of a heel on television. She has done all she can to avoid a rematch with Belair. Lynch’s efforts were futile, however, as she will be putting her SmackDown Women’s Championship on the line against Belair at Extreme Rules on Sept. 26.
WWE Superstar Damian Priest recently spoke to Graham Matthews of Fansided. The RAW Superstar discussed a number of topics during the interview, including his angle with Bad Bunny and the impressive debut the Latin artist had at WrestleMania 37.
“We talked about [a potential return] before and after,” Priest began, saying how Bad Bunny feels regarding a WWE in-ring return. “There’s no question that we’ll see Bad Bunny in a WWE ring again. When? I don’t know.”
“He’s really busy, he’s going to start touring again soon” Damian Priest added. “That’s a wild schedule he has to prepare for. But I’d be shocked if we never saw him again. It’s impossible.”
Damian Priest on Bad Bunny
“The love he has for this business and now the love this business has for him, there’s no way I don’t see him coming back” Priest concluded.
Damian Priest finished the interview by saying how Vince McMahon reacted to his own performance at WrestleMania 37. “I made sure to do what he wanted and he told me, ‘I gave you direction last week and this week you implemented it and you did exactly what I wanted you to do. That’s all I ask for. Thank you.’”
“I said, ‘No, thank you.’ That was it” Priest revealed. “At WrestleMania, he gave me a hug and said, ‘Congratulations, I’m happy for you. You did your job well. You should be proud.’”
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Back in January, WWE expected to have 25,000 fans in attendance each night, which would give them 50,000 total, for WrestleMania 37.
It was later bumped up to 45,000 fans each night only for that number to drop back down to the original expectation of 50,000.
Tampa Sports Authority released the actual numbers to Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston. The event sold 40,806 tickets over two nights, which generated a combined $6.2 million in revenue.
The first night had 18,328 with 20,172 total tickets sold while the second night had 18,924 in the house with 20,634 total tickets sold. Comped tickets for Saturday were 1682 and 1470 for Sunday.
WWE announced 25,675 attendance on both nights from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. WWE sold 7,952 two-day packages in non-suite seating and a total of 435 suite tickets were sold for both nights.
The first night opened with WWE Champion Bobby Lashley retaining the strap against Drew McIntyre while Bianca Belair won the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship from Sasha Banks in the headliner.
On the second night, Rhea Ripley won the Raw Women’s Title from Asuka and in the headliner, Universal Champion Roman Reigns retained the title over Edge and Daniel Bryan.
WWE will hold WrestleMania 38 from Dallas, Texas next year and WrestleMania 39 in 2023 in California.
2021 Men’s Royal Rumble winner Edge recently took part in a WWE media call. The Rated R Superstar discussed a number of topics during the call, including his ‘tweener’ character he portrayed heading into WrestleMania 37.
Main eventing Night 2 of WrestleMania 37, Edge and Daniel Bryan both lost in a Triple Threat match with Roman Reigns defending his Universal Championship.
“When you find out it’s a triple threat, you go, okay, we both can’t play the underdog hero” Edge began during the call, discussing how Daniel Bryan was added to the match. “[You can’t have] that Rocky vibe and both pull that off. If you look at the both of us, well, that’s Bryan. That’s his thing. No one does that better than him.”
“I’d like to think if I could come at it with that little ‘Rated R’ vibe back, that gives me an edge that I think our audience was ready to see” The ‘Ultimate Opportunist’ continued.
Edge on Character Development
“I think we’re past, and here’s what’s difficult because we don’t have the audience to really know, but I think they were past this veteran who’s coming back” Edge added.
“Can he do it? He’s questioning” Edge continued. “They saw that with Randy [Orton], and that worked there. I thought it could continue to work, but I saw that it wasn’t, and then you throw Bryan into the mix, okay, he’s going to corner that market. Roman [Reigns] is cornering his market.”
“I have to find a direction to come from here, and to me, it’s neither heel nor babyface” The Rated R Superstar stated. “It’s not hero. It’s not a villain it’s Edge. And he wants back what he never lost, and the character of Edge was always driven by the championship. Nothing else.”
“It was so simple. Edge wants the title” the former World Champion concluded. “That’s it. Doesn’t matter who has it. It could have been Batista. It could have been JBL. That’s what Edge wants.”
Do you think that Edge should keep this character going forward in WWE? Let us know in the comments
WWE commentator Corey Graves recently discussed Michael Cole and the botched call from the WrestleMania 37 Night 1 main event. The match between Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair ended when Belair hit a KOD on the reigning Champion; however Cole incorrectly called that Banks had kicked out.
This came after a number of WWE Superstars praised Cole for saying that this was the first ever WrestleMania main event featuring two black women.
“If there’s anybody that’s truly unshakable, it’s [Michael] Cole,” Graves stated on the WWE After the Bell podcast. “Cole felt bad, he felt terrible but I can relate. I almost thought the same thing, from our vantage point, it was not crystal clear.”
Corey Graves on Michael Cole
“I’m not making excuses cause it was what it is, it didn’t take anything away from the amazing moment, it was reality” Corey Graves continued. “It was a very genuine real reaction. Take into consideration, yes we have the monitor, yes we have audio in our headphones, but we’re also in a stadium full of 20,000 people.”
“Any wrestler’s book that you have ever read says being in a stadium is very different than an arena” Corey added. “Because it takes a second, the sound has to leave and come back before anybody can truly register. I myself, wasn’t sure.”
Graves finished by defending the call from Michael Cole, saying that there are always a number of instances of finishers being kicked out of during a WrestleMania match.
“Hey, it’s the main event of WrestleMania, people have kicked out of each others finishers 35 times already tonight” Graves concluded. “Why wouldn’t this be any different? It was a genuine shock after that so everyone, leave Michael Cole alone.”
credit WWE After the Bell and a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription
WWE Superstar Rhea Ripley recently spoke to TV Insider. The Australian Superstar discussed a number of topics during the interview, including her RAW Women’s Championship victory at WrestleMania 37.
Ripley defeated Asuka on Night 2 of WrestleMania 37, using her Riptide finishing move to get the win and cement her place on the Red brand of WWE going forward on Monday nights.
Rhea Ripley Talks Vince McMahon
“One of the big ones was talking to Vince McMahon afterward” Rhea Ripley said during the interview, discussing what it was like backstage after her big win. “Hearing him say ‘well done’ and that I did great. It was so surreal.”
“It’s a dream, and I’m living it” Ripley added. “To have the big boss man say well done was pretty insane to me.”
Rhea Ripley also revealed some advice that Paul Heyman gave her. “It was Paul Heyman who said to me, ‘You can stay humble, but don’t stay silent’” Ripley revealed. “That really hit me because I’m a very humble person.”
WWE Superstar Seth Rollins recently spoke to WWE India. The ‘Messiah’ discussed a number of topics during the interview, including a potential return date for his fiancé Becky Lynch.
Lynch of course left the company last year due to her pregnancy. Becky has made a major tease as to when she till return, recently writing on Twitter:“nothing is guaranteed here tonight, only now eternally.”
This appears to be a rather generic inspirational quote, until you realize the first letter of each word spells out, “N-I-G-H-T-O-N-E.”
Seth Rollins on Becky Lynch
“I can’t say when obviously, I can’t divulge my wife’s secrets,” Rollins began, speaking to WWE India. “That’s bad for me. I gotta be home with her every day, so I wouldn’t wanna upset her. But now, she’s doing great. Obviously, four months postpartum and she’s making incredible strides in her recovery.”
“And I suggest you’ll have some sorta update from her sooner than later about when she may return” Rollins continued. “But she may not. She just surprises. Because she’s full of surprises. So, who knows? But either way, she’s doing great She’s healthy, baby’s healthy. She will be back sooner or later.”
It’s WrestleMania week! Even with the COVID-19 pandemic stopping the ‘normal’ WrestleMania extravaganza; Axxess and the like, there will be a full week of WWE content to watch.
Here’s the full listing for what you can watch this week, including times in GMT and ET.
MONDAY APRIL 5
The Best of WWE: Best of WrestleMania in the 1990s (Peacock on Demand)
WWE Monday Night RAW – 8 PM EST (USA Network), 1am GMT (BT Sport)
RAW Talk – 11 p.m. ET (Peacock), 3am GMT (WWE Network)
TUESDAY, APRIL 6
WWE Hall of Fame 2020/2021 – 8 PM EST (Peacock), 1am GMT (WWE Network)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7
WWE’s The Bump – 10 a.m. ET (Peacock), 3pm GMT (WWE Network)
NXT TakeOver Night 1 Pre-Show – 7 p.m. ET (Peacockand USA Network), MIDNIGHT GMT (WWE Network)
NXT TakeOver Night 1 – 8 p.m. ET (Peacockand USA Network), 1am GMT (BT Sport)
THURSDAY, APRIL 8
NXT TakeOver Night 2 Pre-Show – 7 p.m. ET (Peacockand USA Network), MIDNIGHT GMT (WWE Network)
NXT TakeOver Night 2 – 8 p.m. ET (Peacockand USA Network), 1am GMT (BT Sport)
FRIDAY, APRIL 9
WWE Friday Night SmackDown – 8 PM EST (FOX), 1am GMT (BT Sport)
205 Live – 10 p.m. ET (Peacock), 3am GMT (WWE Network)
SATURDAY, APRIL 10
WWE’s The Bump – 1 p.m. ET (Peacock), 6pm GMT (WWE Network)
WrestleMania 37 Kickoff Night 1 – 7 p.m. ET (Peacock), MIDNIGHT GMT (WWE Network)
WrestleMania 37 Night 1 – 8 p.m. ET (Peacock), 1am GMT (WWE Network)
WrestleMania Night 1 Watch Along – 8 p.m. ET (Peacock), 1am GMT (WWE Network)
SUNDAY, APRIL 11
WWE’s The Bump – 1 p.m. ET (Peacock), 6pm GMT (WWE Network)
WrestleMania 37 Kickoff Night 2 – 7 p.m. ET (Peacock), MIDNIGHT GMT (WWE Network)
WrestleMania 37 Night 2 – 8 p.m. ET (Peacock), 1am GMT (WWE Network)
WrestleMania Night 2 Watch Along – 8 p.m. ET (Peacock), 1am GMT (WWE Network)
MONDAY APRIL 12
WWE Monday Night RAW – 8 PM EST (USA Network), 1am GMT (BT Sport)
WrestleMania 37 will be the first big wrestling event in over a year to feature a live audience in a major capacity since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
With the event being only days away, WWE is preparing for the show in various ways including the planning for the security of the performing stars and more.
Another important aspect of the preparation is the building of the grand set to live up to the hype. A new drone video from Action Jax FPV gives us the first look at the WrestleMania set construction as seen below:
WrestleMania 37 Match Card
This year’s edition of the Show Of Shows will once again be a two-night event and the company is expected to hold 25,000 fans on each night of the show.
The announced matches for WrestleMania include big championship matches such as the Universal title match among Roman Reigns, Edge, and Daniel Bryan as well as the WWE title match between Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley.
Other matches which are expected to draw attention are Shane McMahon vs. Braun Strowman in a steel cage, Randy Orton vs. The Fiend and Bianca Belair vs. the SmackDown women’s champion Sasha Banks.
WrestleMania 37 will take place from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on April 10 and 11. Check out an updated WrestleMania match card here
AJ Styles had been lobbying for a match against Triple H at this year’s edition of WrestleMania but the plans couldn’t come together for this dream match.
During his recent media call to promote the upcoming NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver event, The Game talked about a number of things and explained why he turned down the offer for a bout against the Phenomenal One.
Triple H explained how AJ Styles wanted the bout and he kept asking for it from the former world champion as the Show Of Shows came closer. He revealed that in the beginning, he hadn’t said no to the match:
“He pestered with me every time I saw him! He would ask me about it and ask me about my schedule and as we got closer, man, I’ve said this before, getting ready for WrestleMania is a different thing. And the older you get, the harder it gets.
“When he first came to me, I said, ‘AJ, I’m not going to tell you no. Personally, I’d love to work with you and at this point, you can carry me to something.’ So, I’d love it.”
However as time passed by, Triple H realised that he wouldn’t be able to get in the shape for a match at the show. Even though Styles was still hoping for it until last minute, the King Of Kings decided to cancel the plans:
“There’s a part of me that wants to do it, and then there’s just a bigger part of me that says, ‘I’m so busy 24/7, that to even try and contemplate how to train in the way I would want to train and get in-shape – and by shape, I don’t mean look—in-shape ring wise so you don’t embarrass yourself once you get in there at 52.
“It’s a lot of work and I don’t know that I have – I’m not afraid of the work. If I could make more hours in the day, I could find time to do it. It’s just time.”
After getting a negative answer from Triple H, AJ Styles is now scheduled to compete in a tag team match. He will be teaming with Omos to challenge The New Day for the Raw tag team championships on night one of WrestleMania 37.
While no new matches were announced during the show, this week’s episode of SmackDown still featured a couple of big WrestleMania announcements including the addition of a stipulation to a title match on the PPV.
Sami Zayn had announced last week that Logan Paul will be making an appearance on this week’s episode of the Blue Branded Show. The episode saw the YouTube star being featured in a segment with the former US champion.
During the segment, Sami asked Paul to be his guest at the upcoming WrestleMania event and the celebrity guest accepted this proposal.
Though Kevin Owens attacked Zayn before he could end the segment. Things then ended with Sami Zayn recovering from the attack while a shocked Logan Paul stood in the ring.
This wasn’t the only WrestleMania announcement made during the show. Apollo Crews revealed in a backstage segment that his IC championship match with Big E will now be a Nigerian Drum match.
Crews explained that the match will have no rules and limitations, just the beatings loud enough to sound like the beating of the drums. Based on the description, it essentially seems to be a No DQ match.
Updated WrestleMania 37 Match Card
WrestleMania 37 will take place from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on April 10 and 11. After the latest announcements, here is the updated card for the show:
WrestleMania 37 Night One Matches
WWE Championship Match: Drew McIntyre vs. Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander are banned from ringside.
SmackDown Women’s Championship Match: Bianca Belair vs. Sasha Banks
Raw Tag Team Championship Match: Omos and AJ Styles vs. The New Day
Steel Cage Match: Shane McMahon vs. Braun Strowman
Singles Match: The Miz with John Morrison vs. Bad Bunny with Damian Priest
Singles Match: Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins
WrestleMania 37 Night Two Matches
WWE Universal Championship Triple Threat Match: Daniel Bryan vs. WWE Hall of Famer Edge vs. Roman Reigns
Raw Women’s Championship Match: Rhea Ripley vs. Asuka
WWE Intercontinental Championship Nigerian Drum Match: Apollo Crews vs. Big E
WWE United States Championship Match: Sheamus vs. Matt Riddle
Singles Match: Randy Orton vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt with Alexa Bliss
Singles Match: Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn, Logan Paul will be on Sami’s corner
The upcoming WrestleMania 37 will be the first WWE event to feature a live audience in over a year and the company is expecting to host 25,000 fans on each night of the show.
The latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter provided some update on the ticket sales of the event and it reveals that there are still seats available for the show despite the event being less than 10 days away.
According to the report, while most of the tickets were sold in the pre-sale, the company still has about 1,000 tickets left for night one and 809 tickets left for night two.
Some people within the company expected the PPV to be an immediate sellout similar to the recent UFC 261 event in Jacksonville because it’s their first big event to allow a live crowd in attendance in a long time.
However, it didn’t turn out to be the case as there are still tickets left unsold days before the event and there is some disappointment within the company over this situation.
WrestleMania 37 will once again be a two-night event. It will be taking place on Saturday, April 10th, and Sunday, April 11, 2021, from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The show will be airing on Peacock.
The upcoming WrestleMania event will feature a number of title matches and the wrestling veteran Hulk Hogan has revealed who he would like to win two of the biggest championship bouts at the Show Of Shows.
The Hulkster recently appeared on WWE After the Bell with Corey Graves where he talked about things such as his career, his catchphrases, and more.
Talking about the big matches at the upcoming event, Hogan revealed which star he would like to win the WWE championship match between Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre:
“Bobby, his accolades are a mile long, he’s the real deal brother, he’s a real badass. I’m really hooked on Drew McIntyre. Something about his presence, something about his intensity, he loves this business and I’ve been in his corner since day one so I’m really hoping that Drew steps up and things go his way.”
The former world champion also discussed the triple threat Universal championship match among Edge, Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns. Hulk Hogan said that he would like The Rated R Superstar to win the bout:
“As far as the other main event, they turned that into a three-way so that’s kind of like ‘Jump Ball’ time. It’s going to be pretty crazy but Edge has made a heck of a showing as of late. He looks like he’s really hungry and in my opinion, I’d love to see it go Edge’s way.
Nothing from Daniel or Roman Reign’s, Roman I’ve been following since he’s a kid, I know he is intense, but for some reason when I saw Edge standing over both those guys with a chair he looks like a bad, dangerous guy right now.”
Hulk Hogan will not only be hosting WrestleMania alongside Titus O’Neil, but he will also become a two times WWE Hall Of Famer during the WrestleMania weekend when he will get inducted as part of the nWo.
WWE has not announced a WrestleMania match for the women’s tag team championship so far but latest reports have revealed what the company is planning for the titles.
According to reports from PWinsider, the current plan is to hold a multi-team #1 contenders tag match featuring four or more teams on night one of the show.
Night two of the WrestleMania event will then see the winner of this multi team match challenging the current women’s tag team champions Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax for their titles.
WWE’s contract with Tropicana Field is coming to an end on April 2. The first Raw tapings at the Yuengling Center will be taking place on April 12.
In preparation of the move, the company taped the WrestleMania go home episode of Raw in advance and they set up the mentioned matches for the PPV during the episode.
While the participants for the #1 contenders match have not been revealed so far, based on the recent WWE programming Lana & Naomi, Tamina Snuka & Natalya, Liv Morgan & Ruby Riott, and Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke are some of the teams which could compete in the bout.
WrestleMania 37 will take place on April 10 and April 11 from Raymond James Stadium and it will be the first WWE event in over a year to feature live audience.
WWE Hall of Famer and one third of the WrestleMania 37 main event Edge recently spoke to app.com. The ‘Ultimate Opportunist’ discussed a number of topics during the interview, including fans finally being back in attendance for a major PPV at WrestleMania 37.
“Our audience, it’s our phantom limb” Edge began. “Without them there, it doesn’t feel quite the same yet. It’s not going to feel the way it’s supposed to until we get there that night and you actually hear a rumble and a roar out there from an audience. Then it will become fully real to me, I think.”
“Right now, as a company, we’re all kind of flying blind” Edge continued. “Because we have these stories and we have this creative but we don’t know what the actual reaction is going to be. When we walk out there, who knows how they’re going to react?”
Edge on Roman Reigns
Edge also talked about how the heel version of Roman Reigns will be affected by fans being there live. Reigns has not yet had the opportunity to unleash his ‘Tribal Chief’ persona on a live crowd since making the turn last year.
“An audience has never seen this (version of) Roman Reigns, and I think this is the Roman Reigns they’ve wanted to see for a long time” Edge claimed. “So how are they going to react? We don’t know. How are they going to react to me at this stage and kind of flipping the switch on finding the old Rated-R Superstar? Who knows.”
“I think the bottom line is you’ve just got to hope they react” The Rated R Superstar concluded. “And I’d like to think, as starved as we all are just for entertainment and a walk back into whatever our new normal is, I’d like to think that’s going to be a pretty ravenous crowd, reaction-wise.”
WWE has announced a few new things for WrestleMania 37.
On Monday’s episode of Raw, WWE confirmed that United States Champion Matt Riddle vs. Sheamus will take place at this show. Also, Braun Strowman vs. Shane McMahon will now take place inside of a Steel Cage structure.
WWE has yet to announce which nights these bouts will take place on. Strowman defeated Jaxson Ryker with Elias and McMahon at ringside on Raw. After the match, Strowman announced the stipulation. On this same show, Sheamus beat Riddle in a non-title match. After the match, Riddle attacked Sheamus to get payback.
WWE presents WrestleMania 37 on Saturday, April 10th, and Sunday, April 11, 2021 from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida that will air on Peacock.
Updated WWE WrestleMania 37 Card
Night 1
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre
WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair
Bad Bunny vs. The Miz
Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins
WWE Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. AJ Styles and Omos
Night 2
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs. Edge
WWE Raw Women’s Champion Asuka vs. Rhea Ripley
Randy Orton vs. The Fiend
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn
WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E vs. Apollo Crews
Match Date TBA
Braun Strowman vs. Shane McMahon – Steel Cage Match
WWE United States Champion Matt Riddle vs. Sheamus
Logan Paul was already confirmed during this week’s Friday Night SmackDown to be the special guest at Sami Zayn’s premiere of the documentary trailer on next week’s SmackDown. But that’s not the only time the social media star would be involved in WWE programming, because according to reports he might be involved in more than just a segment on the weekly show. According to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio, Paul will be involved in the WrestleMania 37 match between Zayn and Kevin Owens. While Meltzer wasn’t able to confirm if Paul will play the role of special referee in the match, he did say that the YouTube personality will be involved in some way. Paul and Bunny will be the two celebrities for this year’s WrestleMania, it was added in the report.
Logan Paul was announced this week for making an appearance at next week’s episode of SmackDown after his recent interactions with Sami Zayn on Twitter. During this week’s SmackDown, we saw Kevin Owens hosting the KO Show with Sami Zayn present as his guest. During this segment, Zayn announced that he will be hosting a “red carpet premiere” for his documentary next week with Paul as his special guest.
A match between Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens was also announced for WrestleMania during the show as the longtime rival Owens challenged Zayn at the “Grandest Stage Of Them All” with him accepting. Meanwhile, Logan Paul and Zayn have been exchanging messages on Twitter for the past few weeks, with Paul siding with Zayn regarding the purported conspiracy against him. “Hey man, I noticed you started following me on here. Check your DMs, I sent a bunch of raw footage that my documentary crew has collected over the past few months. What you saw was the tip of the iceberg. No one understands how bad @WWE has it out for me. Judge for yourself. Thx,” wrote Zayn to Paul on Twitter.
Hey man, I noticed you started following me on here. Check your DMs, I sent a bunch of raw footage that my documentary crew has collected over the past few months. What you saw was the tip of the iceberg. No one understands how bad @WWE has it out for me. Judge for yourself. Thx https://t.co/Wk2FXcObXh
Roman Reigns’ upcoming match at WrestleMania 37 saw a major change a couple of days ago at Friday Night SmackDown as it was announced that the Universal Championship bout has been changed to a triple threat match involving Reigns, Edge, and Daniel Bryan. It was also confirmed that the match would take place at Night Two of the event, making it a main event match.
Some WWE fans have been rallying for making Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair’s SmackDown Women’s Championship match to be made the main event of Night One at WrestleMania 37. As soon as it was confirmed that the Roman Reigns’ match will take place on Night Two, fans began trending the hashtag “MainEventBanksvsBelair” in order to show support for the match to be a main event. Many from the wrestling industries also joined in and showed support for the campaign. During this, the Universal Champion decided that it needs to be made clear who’s actually main eventing WrestleMania. Writing in a Twitter post, Reigns simply said, “2 weeks. 14 days. The 1 and ONLY Main Event.”
The opening segment of this week’s episode of SmackDown saw Daniel Bryan demanding another shot at Roman Reigns’ Universal title, only to be taken out by Edge. It was finally confirmed after some building up towards the announcement that Bryan would be added to the main to the main event of WrestleMania. The segment would end in chaos as the three would try taking each other out. The episode ended with Edge standing in the ring.
WrestleMania 37 Card
WrestleMania 37 will air on Saturday, April 10th and Sunday, April 11, 2021 from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Here is the card of the event:
Night 1
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre
WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair
Bad Bunny vs. The Miz
WWE Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. AJ Styles and Omos
Braun Strowman vs. Shane McMahon
Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins
Night 2
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs. Edge vs. Daniel Bryan
It was confirmed on Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown that Kevin Owens will be facing Sami Zayn at WrestleMania 37. The two men have a storied past and look set to add another chapter in April at the ‘Showcase of The Immortals.’
Appearing on Talking Smack, Kevin Owens discussed the upcoming bout against his long-time frenemie.
“It’s really hard to put into words what it means to our careers because we’ve been joined at the hip since we met, in what, 2002. That’s almost 20 years ago,” Owens noted on Talking Smack.
“I like to say we’re more like brothers than friends because we never chose to be friends with each other, right?” Kevin Owens continued. “Sami and I, where we came from, Quebec, it was really hard for people to get outside of the province and make their names in wrestling. But when we started getting a bit of a buzz.”
Kevin Owens on Sami Zayn
“All these wrestling companies — independent companies — would bring us together, and we had no choice” Owens added. “They’d say, ‘We want the best two, and that’s you two.’ That’s why I like to say he’s more of a brother than a friend.”
Kevin Owens finished by saying that Zayn is one of the ‘best in the ring,’ and he hopes to ‘knock some sense’ into the conspiracy theorist when they meet at WrestleMania 37.
“Of course, the last few weeks — last few months — the Sami Zayn that’s been coming out is not exactly the guy I’ve known for almost the last two decades” Owens said.
“Yeah, sure, maybe he’s a prick, but I’ve always respected the hell out of him. But the problem I’ve had the last few months is this conspiracy theory stuff that he’s harping about in this alternate universe that he seems to live in. It’s taken him away from being one of the best in the ring. At WrestleMania, I get to knock [some] sense into him. If I’m going to do that to my brother, I can’t think of a better place to do it at than WrestleMania.
WWE has officially confirmed a major change to the WrestleMania main event and announced that the Universal Championship bout will now be a triple threat match involving Roman Reigns, Edge, and Daniel Bryan.
The opening segment of this week’s episode of SmackDown followed up from the events of Fastlane and it saw Daniel Bryan demanding another shot at the Universal title before being taken out by Edge.
After building towards the big announcement throughout the episode, Adam Pearce finally confirmed Bryan’s addition to the match in the main event segment featuring all three of the match participants.
The segment ended in chaos as all three tried to take out each other after the big announcement. The show ended with Edge standing tall in the ring.
WWE has now announced 11 matches for both nights of WrestleMania and the company has assigned the nights for most of these bouts except for the match between Shane McMahon and Braun Strowman.
The company is expected to announce a stipulation for the match and it’s likely that they will confirm the date for the fight then. You can check out the updated match card for the show here.
Several new matches have been announced for the upcoming WWE WrestleMania 37 event.
On Friday’s episode of SmackDown, Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn, WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E vs. Apollo Crews, and Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins were made official.
Crews vs. Big E is a rematch from the Fastlane pay-per-view event, which saw Big E go over to retain the title. Owens vs. Zayn, a long-standing rivalry, was made official during a Kevin Owens Show segment. Finally, Rollins defeated Nakamura again in a singles match, another rematch from Fastlane. After the match, Rollins attacked Nakamura until Cesaro made the save.
WWE presents WrestleMania 37 on Saturday, April 10th, and Sunday, April 11, 2021 from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida that will air on Peacock.
Night 1
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre
WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair
Bad Bunny vs. The Miz
Night 2
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs. Edge vs. Daniel Bryan
WWE Raw Women’s Champion Asuka vs. Rhea Ripley
Randy Orton vs. The Fiend
Match Date TBA
WWE Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. AJ Styles and Omos
Braun Strowman vs. Shane McMahon
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn
WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E vs. Apollo Crews
WWE has announced that Grammy award-winning rapper Bad Bunny will be taking on former WWE champion The Miz in a singles match on night 1 of the upcoming WrestleMania 37 event.
This announcement was surprising to some as people were expecting to see a tag match involving John Morrison and Damien Priest.
PWinsider has now provided some update on the situation and latest report from the site reveals why the company chose to go with a singles match between The Miz and Bad Bunny instead of a tag team bout.
According to the site, both Morrison and Priest are currently dealing with minor injuries and the company has announced a one on one match as a precaution.
The officials didn’t want to announce a tag team match and then be forced to change the bout in case the stars are not cleared to return to the ring by the time of the event so they went with the announced bout.
Though there is no word yet on when or how both these stars suffered their injuries and how long they are expected to stay out of action.
Since their injuries are not very serious, it’s possible that both the stars will be cleared before the Show Of Shows. In the case they are cleared, the company is expected to add them to the announced bout, making it a tag team match.
The removal of Charlotte Flair from the WrestleMania 37 promotional graphic has been a topic of discussion among fans making them wonder if there is some tension between her and WWE.
PWInsider has now provided some update on the situation and the site notes that the former champion has been removed from the advertising as a precautionary measure in case she is not cleared in time to return.
For those who don’t know, Flair herself revealed on Monday that she has tested positive for coronavirus. Though the word is that she had tested positive before this week and it’s the reason why she has been absent from recent Raw episodes.
WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair also took on his Twitter to comment on the situation, indicating that the Queen will be missing the Show Of Shows this year.
Her fiancé Andrade however, recently suggested on Twitter that the female star might be cleared to return in a few days so there is still a chance that Charlotte would return to the company before the big event:
WWE has announced that Rhea Ripley will be challenging Asuka for the Raw women’s championship at the upcoming WrestleMania 37 event, a spot that was originally rumored for Charlotte.
If she does end up returning before the big event, it’s likely that the company will alter this bout in some way, possibly making it a triple threat for the title.
Bad Bunny’s match has been announced for the upcoming WWE WrestleMania 37 PPV.
On Monday’s episode of Raw, WWE had The Miz challenged the rapper to a match at the event.
This rivalry dates back to the Royal Rumble. Bunny accepted the challenge after hitting a guitar strike of his own, which was a play on Miz attacking Bunny a few weeks ago.
It was originally reported WWE had planned for Bunny to team up with Damien Priest to take on Miz and John Morrison. Clearly, plans changed. It should be noted that Priest will be in Bunny’s corner while Morison will be in the corner of Miz.
WWE presents WrestleMania 37 on Saturday, April 10th, and Sunday, April 11, 2021 from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida that will air on Peacock. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:
Updated WWE WrestleMania 37 Card
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs. Edge
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre
WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair
WWE Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. AJ Styles and Omos
Rhea Ripley has ended speculation as to what she would be doing when she was called up to the main roster.
The former WWE NXT Women’s Champion did so during Monday’s episode of Raw. It happened after Asuka had beaten Peyton Royce. This led to Ripley coming out to the ring and challenging Asuka for the strap at WrestleMania 37.
It was previously reported by PWinsider.com that she was headed to the main roster soon and then WWE started airing hype videos for her debut. Ripley’s Last Woman Standing match loss to Raquel Gonzalez at NXT New Year’s Evil special was planned to be her final appearance for the brand. Dave Meltzer later reported that her moving to the main roster was imminent.
Ripley held the NXT Women’s Championship once during her time in the developmental system after winning the title from Shayna Baszler in December 2019.
Ripley made some main roster appearances in the build-up to WrestleMania 36 last year during her feud with Charlotte Flair.
WWE presents WrestleMania 37 on Saturday, April 10th, and Sunday, April 11, 2021 from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida that will air on Peacock. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks.