Bullied or bully?:

A former WWE writer has hit back at FTR after Dax claimed he was bullied by Shawn Michaels. He says he and his tag team partner, were not the most pleasant people in the locker room, either...

''Writers are, without a doubt, second class citizens in wrestling. But nobody deserves to be in a hostile or uncooperative work environment, regardless of what they do on the show. They ducked me all night, when they could have helped me make the promo better. We barely got the pre-tape on the air that night.

Austin Aries:

Austin Aries has signed for Braun Strowman's Control Your Narrative promotion.

Debut:

Buddy Murphy debuted for AEW last night.

WWE deal:

WWE have signed a deal with On Location to offer premium packages to their fans for their live and PPV tour. The special deals, which are on sale now, will cover the traditional major events, as well as premier live events.

Daniel Bryan talks last ambition:

Daniel Bryan says his goals in wrestling are almost totally done, bar competing in G1 for New Japan.

Jeff Hardy defends refusing WWE rehab offer:

Jeff Hardy hopes we have not seen the last of him in a WWE ring, but added that he felt no remorse for refusing WWE's demand he go to rehab to save his job, which led to his release...

“They released me and tried to make me go to rehab but I’m just so over it. My dream match was with Roman Reigns, I’ve talked about that many times but then I said, ‘so you want me to go away for like 28 days just to save my job?’ No. You know what’s important to me? Family. My two daughters, my wife, they believe in me. F*ck WWE man. It’s like a private, personal thing. I’m not going to f*cking go to rehab. If they believe in me, that’s all that matters, my wife and my two girls.”

He added that he will be heading to AEW as soon as he is able.

Goldberg:

Goldberg says he had Covid-19 when WWE booked him to face Roman Reigns in Saudi Arabia, leaving him almost no time to get ready for the match.

Impact signing

Deaner has re-signed.

Alum recalls hellish battle with Covid-19

Mojo Rawley says he feared he was going to lose his life while fighting Covid-19...

“Probably the scariest part for a little bit of this was when the breathing was bad, it was scary to go to sleep because I was worried that I might not wake up. You know, I might suffocate myself in my sleep. Especially with how tired I was getting at points because I literally wasn’t sleeping. You know, I worried I was just going to pass out and that might be it, you know? So there was that fear for a little bit. It was just kind of like the on and off kind of spotty body fever kind of thing. Like the chills and whatnot, I think most people get it. And then, I’m not sure what happened from there. Myself, the doctors, we have a couple of hunches, but things kind of spun out of control, my fever spiked to 104°. I was overheating, it was so crazy. I remember taking an ice-cold shower trying to get my body temp down and like, the freezing cold water would touch the top of my head, and by the time it got down to my neck it was like, boiling hot. I was like, that’s crazy that this, just this amount of distance was causing water, freezing water to boil. So I went into the hospital. They checked me out, they took my temperature. They really didn’t have anything for me to do but sit in a cold room by myself to bring my fever down. But after that, I just started developing this cough and these breathing issues. I was coughing so bad that the blood vessels in my eyes burst. So like, my eyes were bloodshot, looked insane.”

He said to top this off he heard about the swingeing roster cuts his employer at the time were making, adding to his distress, with fear for his job, as well as his life.

Injury:

Impact champion Moose is working with a torn labrum, he says he is beat up, but will fulfil his title reign, before taking an extended break to recover.

 

Cena heat:

John Cena is getting mainstream media heat for a tweet, using the awful conflict in Ukraine, as fuel for promoting his new movie.

Cesaro:

Cesaro has reportedly ended his more than a decade long career with the WWE. He and WWE had been in contract negotiations until as recently as last week, when he decided that he had had enough of the impasse in talks. He chose not to attend a booked appearance at SmackDown, and when contacted to ask his whereabouts, he is said to have informed WWE he was no longer employed by the company. He is under no contractual obligation to WWE and is free to sign and start working elsewhere whenever he wants.

Brian Cage:

Brian Cage says he expects to be offered, and will accept a one year contract extension with AEW.