Cesaro Leaves WWE. WrestleMania Night 1 Main Event.
Episode 37494 · February 25th, 2022 · 5 mins 28 secs
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(STINGER: WWE)
Cesaro is a free agent. His contract with WWE expired after more than a decade with the company. PWInsider was the first to report this.
Cesaro’s contract expiring means there’s no non-compete for him to wait out. He can work for anyone he wants, starting now.
WWE says the SmackDown Women’s Title match between Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey will main event Night 1 of WrestleMania.
Despite landing on his head during his match against Drew McIntyre at Saturday’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view…Madcap Moss is set for a rematch on Friday’s SmackDown.
Tonight’s NXT Level Up has Jacket Time vs. Joe Gacy & Harland…Xyon Quinn vs. James Drake…and Sarray vs. Elektra Lopez.
Moustache Mountain is STILL the NXT UK Tag Team Champions. They turned away the challenge of Ashton Smith & Oliver Carter on Thursday’s episode.
Also on the show…Amale beat Xia Brookside…and Rohan Raja beat Danny Jones.
(STINGER: AEW)
The TNT Championship is on the line on tonight’s Rampage. Sammy Guevara defends against Andrade El Idolo.
Also tonight…a Face of the Revolution Ladder Match qualifier between Orange Cassidy and Anthony Bowens.
Plus, another 5 Minute Rookie Challenge with Serena Deeb…and AEW Women’s Champ Dr. Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa sign the contract for their title match at Revolution.
Fightful reported Thursday that AEW has picked up its option year on Brian Cage’s contract. Cage later tweeted he doesn’t know who told this to Fightful…but the website is standing by its story.
Angelico tweeted Thursday that he’s been out of action with a torn ACL and meniscus. He says the injuries happened late last year…but he added that his recovery is well ahead of schedule.
(STINGER: Impact)
We have four new matches announced for Impact’s Sacrifice special on March 5th.
The Good Brothers will defend the Impact Tag Titles against Violent By Design’s Eric Young & Joe Doering.
The Good Brothers are BACK in Bullet Club. At least that’s the word from Jay White, still referring to himself as the leader of Bullet Club. He says kicking out the Guerrillas of Destiny was “strictly business”.
Eddie Edwards says he simply turned his back on those who turned their backs on him when he betrayed Impact and helped Honor No More secure its place in the company.
Edwards also gave his wife Alisha an ultimatum to join him and his “new family” or stick with Impact.
Edwards is now set to face Rhino at Sacrifice.
Honor No More is on a roll. Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Kenny King beat Rich Swann, Willie Mack & Chris Sabin in the main event of Thursday’s Impact.
Moose will defend the Impact World Championship against Heath…
And JONAH will face.PCO.
JONAH beat Zicky Dice on Thursday’s Impact.
Matt Cardona is still the Digital Media Champion. He beat Jordynne Grace in a Dotcombat Match.
Deonna Purrazzo held another open challenge…and held onto AAA’s women’s title with a win over Lady Frost.
Plus, Bhupinder Gujjar beat John Skyler
On Before The Impact…Ace Austin & SPEEDBALL Mike Bailey beat the X-Division Champion Trey Miguel and the #1 Contender Jake Something. Austin pinned Something.
Violent By Design’s Deaner has re-signed with Impact.
GCW has a pair of shows in Los Angeles this weekend.
Friday night it’s Welcome To Heartbreak…with the return of Sean “X-Pac” Waltman. He tags with Joey Janela against Matt Cardona & Brian Myers.
Saturday night…it’s The Coldest Winter…with Máscara Dorada vs Gringo Loco,,,and Thunder Rosa vs. Tony Deppen.
This week’s episode of NWA Powerrr premieres on YouTube tonight at 6PM Eastern.
Kamille defends the NWA Women’s World Championship against Taryn Terrell.
Plus, Colby Corino vs. Rhett Titus in a 2 out of 3 Falls Match…and Chelsea Green vs. Kenzie Paige.
(STINGER: New Japan)
The Strong Openweight Championship is on the line on Saturday’s New Japan Strong. FILTHY Tom Lawlor defends the title against Taylor Rust.
Also on the show, Matthew Rehwoldt vs. El Phantasmo…and Karl Fredericks vs. Ethan HD.
New Japan announced Gabriel Kidd is “returning to the United Kingdom and taking a leave of absence”...due to health issues.
That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Friday, February 25th. Enjoy your weekend and be sure to subscribe to this feed so you don’t miss our next update.
I’m Matt Carlins. Thank YOU for listening.
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