Below are some top WWE news stories of the day, involving WrestleMania and Vince McMahon.
• According to TheWrestlingBlog, the following 3 originally planned matches for WrestleMania 40 got canceled:
1. Seth Rollins (c) vs. CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship
2. Gunther (c) vs. Brock Lesnar for the Intercontinental Championship
3. Charlotte Flair vs. Bianca Belair
Below are the reasons why these matches got canceled:
1. Punk tore his triceps during the Men’s Royal Rumble match.
2. Lesnar was indirectly mentioned in the Vince McMahon lawsuit, so WWE pulled him from their plans and are distancing themselves from him.
3. Flair suffered a torn ACL, a torn meniscus & a torn MCL during a match on SmackDown last year and will be out of action for about 9 months.
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• During an interview with Fansided, AEW President Tony Khan was asked about Janel Grant’s allegations against Vince McMahon and WWE.
Here’s what Khan said:
“I can’t comment on the terrible allegations against WWE right now. That’s something people are paying a lot of attention to right now, with good reason.
For us, first and foremost, trying to create a safe locker room environment for everybody, women and men, and we have a really good bond. I think we have a great locker room, and everyone knows there is a support system there. There are a lot of channels.
I think everybody feels very good about having a safe place and a safe workspace, and there are people you can talk to. There are people in the office, but even on the wrestling side.
For us, I think that the most important thing in any office of any workplace is just having a lot of people that will listen and will want to make the company a safe and good place to work.”
