• Major Match Reportedly Canceled For WrestleMania 42
The landscape of WrestleMania 42 has been completely upended following the massive title change on the January 9 episode of SmackDown. While fans have spent months anticipating a third encounter between Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes, new reports suggest that the trilogy is no longer the plan for Las Vegas.
According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, the entire creative direction for WWE’s biggest show of the year shifted on January 7th, just two days before Drew McIntyre defeated Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship.
Meltzer revealed that the decision to put the gold on McIntyre was a last-minute call that forced a total rewrite of the WrestleMania main event scene. As a result, the long-awaited Reigns vs. Rhodes trilogy has reportedly been scrapped.
In its place, WWE is exploring several high-stakes alternatives. One major possibility being discussed is a Triple Threat match involving Drew McIntyre, Cody Rhodes, and the recently returned Jacob Fatu. While this three-way battle isn’t locked in for WrestleMania 42 specifically, it is currently the primary focus for the top of the SmackDown brand.
• CM Punk Defends Top WWE Star After Online Criticism
During an interview on Busted Open Radio, World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk defended Jey Uso:
“Jey Uso, in every arena, like, I’m battling with John Cena and Jey Uso as who sells more t-shirts on any given night. Everybody is going crazy for his music. They’re yeeting, they want him to run it back. This dude can go on TV for 10 minutes and just YEET.
But then if you went on the internet, ‘Oh, he’s the worst wrestler alive.’ Is he, or are you just extremely hyperbolic? Everything nowadays, ‘This is the best thing ever. This is the worst thing ever. I don’t like this, so you have to not like it too.’ It’s really just like, ‘Like what you like. Champion that.’ I try to stay away from the negativity.
Jey Uso is f**king phenomenal. He is 100%. We just live these lives that are so public that everybody wants to point fingers and laugh if we like slip on a banana peel or make a mistake.”
