Below are some top WWE & AEW news stories of the day, featuring Cody Rhodes and WrestleMania 40.
• According to Fightful Select, Cody Rhodes outdid his performance from WrestleMania 39 during WrestleMania 40 weekend, setting a new personal record.
An internal memo circulated within WWE disclosed that Rhodes amassed over $1 million in merchandise sales through WWE World and Shop during the WrestleMania XL weekend, surpassing his previous record for the event.
• Triple H had the following to say about Seth Rollins’ World Heavyweight Title reign ending at WrestleMania XL:
“How do you make steel and leather become a most sought after possession? How do you get men to give their blood, sweat and tears to attain it? How do you make it mean the absolute most? Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins.”
According to the Wrestling Observer, Rollins is expected to be on a hiatus for about 4 weeks.
• United States Champion Logan Paul watched the WrestleMania 40 – Night 2 main event LIVE at the stadium and posted his reaction video:
Wrestlemania 40 blew my mind 🤯 pic.twitter.com/6pa2yJ22Nh
— Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) April 8, 2024
• WWE Hall of Famer Bubba Ray Dudley said the following about AEW on Busted Open Radio after footage of the CM Punk – Jack Perry fight aired on Dynamite:
“Before I put my weary head down on my pillow, I will pray to God for AEW, and I will say, God, I hope they popped a rating tonight. I hope something positive came out of this footage, or came out of tonight.
Because when tomorrow comes, if that rating is not good, if they’re not back up to at least 800,000, it’s gonna be dogpile on the rabbit. And the rabbit is gonna deserve the dogpile.
This is not on the talent. This is not on the locker room. And most of the time, it never ever is across the board. It’s on creative. It’s on the booker. It’s on the matchmaker.
This company needs help. At this point, I hope even you diehards realize that. There are lots of people who wanna help. I’ve gone on record to say I would help for free.
And if you think that’s me politicking for a job when I just performed in front of 72,000 people as a special guest referee (at WrestleMania 40), you’re out of your f**king mind.”
Also Read: Backstage AEW Reaction To CM Punk Fight Footage Being Aired & Will Ospreay Taking A Shot At Triple H
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