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I’m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Thursday, March 18, 2021.

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(STINGER: WWE)

WWE has set a new date for the sale of tickets for WrestleMania. They’ll go on sale to the general public...Friday morning at 10AM Eastern.

There will also be an exclusive presale for fans who register online. That starts THIS MORNING at 10AM.

The Tampa Bay Times reports capacity is set at 25,000 for each of the two nights - about the same as last month’s Super Bowl...and health and safety protocols will be similar to those at the Super Bowl.

It’s day one of the “Peacock Era”.

WWE Network goes live today on Peacock - its new exclusive home in the United States.

The “original” Network will still be up until April 4th. So, Sunday’s Fastlane pay per view will air on both Peacock and the “original” network.

Your current WWE Network account will NOT automatically be transferred over to Peacock.

WWE is telling network subscribers to “be on the lookout for an email with more specific directions.”

Bottom line, if you want to watch WWE Network after April 4th, you will need to sign up for Peacock.

WWE has updated the FAQ on its website with info on remaining balances, gift cards, canceled accounts, automatic billing and more.

Finn Balor will defend the NXT Championship against Karrion Kross at the two-night Takeover: Stand & Deliver event during WrestleMania week. But WWE did NOT specify whether that match will happen on Night 1 on the USA Network...or the Night 2 show on Peacock.

Balor and Kross teamed up in the main event of last night’s NXT - challenging Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch for their tag titles.

The match ground to a halt after Burch appeared to suffer an injury. He never returned to the match, so Lorcan had to go it alone.

Balor accidentally knocked down Scarlett. That was enough for Kross. He turned on Balor..and Lorcan pinned Balor to retain the tag titles. Kross continued to beat up on Balor after the match.

NXT UK Champion WALTER made a surprise appearance on last night’s NXT...and laid out Tommaso Ciampa.

WWE’s two Cruiserweight Champions came face-to-face. Jordan Devlin confronted Santos Escobar...and they agreed to decide the one, true cruiserweight champ at TakeOver.

We should mention quickly - Devlin is set to defend his Cruiserweight Championship on today’s NXT UK...against Trent Seven. Today’s episode has a special start time - of 4PM Eastern.

Getting back to last night’s NXT…

Kyle O’Reilly was barred from Capital Wrestling Center last night - but sent in a video to vow revenge against Adam Cole. Later, cameras spotted police outside the CAC, with both Cole and O’Reilly in handcuffs.

Dexter Lumis beat Austin Theory.

NXT Women’s Champ Io Shirai delivered a contract for a title match to Raquel Gonzalez. I assume she’ll sign it.

(STINGER: AEW)

A brutal, bloody and historic main event on last night’s Dynamite. Dr. Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa brought out tables, ladders and even thumbtacks during their Unsanctioned Lights Out - Anything Goes - Match.

Dr. Baker was powerbombed onto the tacks...and later, Thunder Rosa drove her through a table at ringside...and got the pin.

Penta El Zero Miedo kicked out of the Crossroads and even got in his signature arm breaker on Cody Rhodes, but moments later Rhodes caught Penta with a rollup to steal the pin.

Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston beat the Good Brothers. After the match, Kenny Omega joined the Good Brothers for a post-match attack. They Pillmanized Kingston’s leg. Then, they set up for another with a steel chair wrapped around Moxley’s HEAD. The Young Bucks ran out to stop them...and even refused a Too Sweet from Omega.

MJF’s new faction has a name. The crew that includes Wardlow, FTR, Tully Blanchard and Shawn Spears will be known as...The Pinnacle.

Brian Cage broke ranks from Team Taz...to tell Sting he respects him.

(STINGER: New Japan)

The other half of the New Japan Cup’s “final four” is being decided this morning. It’s Will Ospreay vs. SANADA...and Jay White vs. David Finlay.

The semifinal matches are happening Saturday.

Warrior Wrestling announced late Wednesday that Kylie Rae will defend that promotion’s women’s title at their show in Chicago on June 5th. It would be Kylie Rae’s first match since she stepped away from pro wrestling last November.

David Marquez says he will not be part of the revival of NWA Powerrr starting next Tuesday. He said in a statement Wednesday he “wasn’t invited back”.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Thursday, March 18. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

I’m Matt Carlins. Thank YOU for listening.

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